The Best Episodes Directed By John Whitesell

Recovering alcoholic John Hemingway takes the job of night manager in a seedy bus station, where a robbery and a missing bus test his resolve to stay sober.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Don Reo

John goes 30 days without alcohol, and wants to get back together with his wife. Before he can reach her, she serves him with divorce papers.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Don Reo

John is not about to celebrate when his sponsor orders him to be celibate -- especially when it's for six long months.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: N/A

John's mother, an inveterate con artist, begs him to bail her out of jail, and then becomes the obvious suspect when a batch of credit card slips goes missing from the bus station.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz

Roseanne, mistaken for a guy in her lumberjack Halloween costume, plays along with some braggarts and learns about machismo.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Chuck Lorre

The Connors celebrate Mother's Day with a barbecue with Roseanne's feisty grandmother.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Chuck Lorre

Hayden consoles a wealthy alumnus' widow to secure a substantial donation.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: N/A

Becky is eager to practice for her driving test, and the rest of the family awaits the results of Roseanne's pregnancy test.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: N/A

Lending money to pal Arnie comes easily for Dan, but he believes that borrowing from family only adds up to disaster.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Chuck Lorre

Despite her misgivings, Roseanne, working late as a coffee-shop waitress, leaves Dan in charge of the kids.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: N/A

After Police Officer Jackie gets slightly injured, Gary says he's tired of always worrying about her and wants her to quit her job as a Police Woman. Meanwhile, Becky and Darlene find something disturbing under D.J.'s bed that makes them believe he's a complete psycho.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: N/A

Becky is suspended for allegedly making an obscene gesture in her class photo which makes her suddenly popular at school, but Roseanne is the one called into the principal's office.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Don Foster

Dan ill-advisedly tells Roseanne he's having dreams of a mysterious, and oddly homely, other woman.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Chuck Lorre

Since the girls continually break curfew, Dan and Roseanne celebrate the anniversary of their first lovemaking by revisiting the restaurant/hotel and staying out very, very late, hoping to teach the girls a lesson, with the help of Officer Jackie.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: N/A

An angry and deflated Roseanne discovered that her mother always thought sister Jackie had more potential.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: N/A

Roseanne is mad at Dan for forgetting Valentine's Day, so he winds up full-figure lingerie shopping; and Darlene's upset when a boy she likes asks out Becky instead.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: N/A

Roseanne may lose her job if she and Dan go on their long-awaited trip to see Wayne Newton perform in Las Vegas.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Chuck Lorre

The new wife next door, Kathy Bowman, looks down on Roseanne and complains that D.J. is a bad influence on her son Todd.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Joel Madison

Roseanne helps Crystal with her Lamaze classes; Dan's near-fatal accident at work makes D.J. follow him obsessively; Dan and Roseanne sit up all night doing their wills, and Jackie is offended that she doesn't get custody of the kids.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Maxine Lapiduss

Dan and Roseanne commit to opening a motorcycle shop with a free-spirited old friend who gets cold feet at the last minute.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: N/A

Lily's trip to an amusement park with a group of her friends backfires when she calls Sean to pick her up. He doesn't like what he sees, and when he realizes HE was the one called because everyone thought he would go easy on them, he proceeds to get them all in trouble by telling their parents.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Mike Schiff

A live video is streamed online showcasing a tortured man being beaten and burned alive. Upon further investigation, the victim's identity is traced back to that of a man who had been previously locked up for statutory rape. When another attack of a similar nature occurs, Intelligence finds a connection between the crimes, suspected pedophiles, and group named the Perv Hunters.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Timothy J. Sexton

When a young Latina woman is brutally murdered, Intelligence suspects she may have been working as a drug mule. With Antonio leading the case, the team's investigation takes them into the grim world of meat processing, and the discovery that there may be a different motive behind her death.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Timothy J. Sexton

When Cory teaches his class about various forms of government, Lucas, Riley and Farkle decide to run against each other for 7th-grade class president.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Mark Blutman

Logan is forced to face his cultural biases when both a Cuban drug dealer and an Irish terrorist are suspected of killing a Lebanese gunrunner.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: Dick Wolf