Yeah, I was very surprised, not only was the pace snappier, the writing was very crisp and moved along to further a point, and the acting was borderline spectacular for this type of show. The Darlene and David scenes were really done well, and you could feel that forlorn feeling of two people who do care a lot for each other, and yet know they cannot make it being together, and yet especially with Darlene she doesn't want to give up. I mean, that was really good. Also good was the scenes of Becky owning up to her drinking and at least taking a step to try to stop it.
I would go so far as to call the Conners better than Roseanne based on the strength of the first two episodes, and I am sad to say that part of what makes it better is Roseanne being gone, because she was the center of the show that made the show moves so slowly because she sucked all the air out of the scenes and made them all about her.
I think the Conners is quite a bit better so far than Roseanne.
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6 years ago
I think both episodes tried to cram way too much in for a half hour sitcom giving very serious subjects just a few minutes and a joke or two (loss of a mother, alcoholism, opioid overdose, teen sex, etc).
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