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The Best Episodes of Roseanne Season 6

Every episode of Roseanne Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Roseanne Season 6!

A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC

Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Two Down, One to Go" is the best rated episode of "Roseanne" season 6. It scored 7.4/10 based on 231 votes. Directed by Philip Charles MacKenzie and written by Amy Sherman-Palladino, it aired on 9/14/1993. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Mommy's Curse".

  • Two Down, One to Go
    7.4/10231 votes

    #1 - Two Down, One to Go

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1993

    Roseanne is suffering from empty-nest syndrome as Darlene heads for school. But after Darlene gets settled into her dorm, the two have a revealing mother-daughter chat, and Roseanne returns home with a plan.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino

  • The Mommy's Curse
    7.3/10232 votes

    #2 - The Mommy's Curse

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1993

    Brutally honest Roseanne suffers the consequences after telling Bev that she's had her fill of her at the Lunch Box. Meanwhile, Jackie jumps back into the dating arena.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: Eric Gilliland

  • Party Politics
    7.6/10232 votes

    #3 - Party Politics

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1993

    Roseanne attempts to enlist Darlene's aid in taming a rebellious D.J., while scheming to reunite her with David.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • A Stash from the Past
    8.8/10432 votes

    #4 - A Stash from the Past

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1993

    Foreman Dan feels lower than low for getting tough with his employees at work, while Roseanne lectures David for getting high after she finds a stash of pot in the house -- then realizes it is hers from decades ago.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • Be My Baby
    7.3/10235 votes

    #5 - Be My Baby

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1993

    After months of trying to get pregnant, Roseanne learns that Jackie is expecting -- and Fred is the unknowing father.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • Halloween V
    7.9/10280 votes

    #6 - Halloween V

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1993

    Halloween at the diner becomes complicated when Nancy complains that Dan doesn't like her, and Roseanne discovers that Darlene and David are each dating others.

    Director: Gail Mancuso

    Writer: N/A

  • Homeward Bound
    7.9/10244 votes

    #7 - Homeward Bound

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1993

    Darlene visits, making David realize how much he misses her; Roseanne urges Dan to have a man-to-man chat with D. J. after they discover he's been spending too much time behind locked doors.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: Michael Borkow

  • Guilt by Imagination
    7.3/10230 votes

    #8 - Guilt by Imagination

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1993

    Dan has a hard time concealing the fact that he had lunch with an old flame.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: Pat Bullard

  • Homecoming
    7.3/10232 votes

    #9 - Homecoming

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1993

    Becky and Mark return home for Dan's high school football team's 20th anniversary party. It soon becomes apparent that there's trouble in paradise, so Roseanne schemes to break them up.

    Director: Gail Mancuso

    Writer: N/A

  • Thanksgiving '93
    7.7/10239 votes

    #10 - Thanksgiving '93

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1993

    The Connors' dysfunctional-family Thanksgiving finds Becky preparing the bird, Dan and Mark duking it out, and an absent-minded Nana Mary revealing Bev's secret about her marriage.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: Michael Borkow

  • The Driver's Seat
    7.6/10238 votes

    #11 - The Driver's Seat

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1993

    Leon convinces Jackie and Nancy to open the restaurant for breakfast, causing Roseanne to fear he is planning to force her out. Roseanne's car is stolen -- by D.J., and her violent reaction frightens her that she may repeat the pattern of her own abuse as a child, while Dan blames her anger on work stress.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: James Berg, Stan Zimmerman

  • White Trash Christmas
    7.6/10238 votes

    #12 - White Trash Christmas

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1993

    Roseanne and Dan snub the neighborhood association by putting up gaudy Xmas decorations, and become furious with Becky when she gives the check they have given her for college to Mark and takes a job as a waitress in a tacky bar.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • Suck Up Or Shut Up
    7.3/10239 votes

    #13 - Suck Up Or Shut Up

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1994

    Roseanne joins a women's club in hopes of establishing useful contacts, leaving D.J. high and dry with a weird classmate whose mother also belongs. Meanwhile, Mark drops a bombshell on Becky when Dan discovers that he has dropped out of school.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • Busted
    7.7/10248 votes

    #14 - Busted

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1994

    Dan and Roseanne try to talk Mark into coming back to Becky; meanwhile, Roseanne finds out that David is living with Darlene and heads for Chicago to confront them.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino

  • David vs Goliath
    7.8/10235 votes

    #15 - David vs Goliath

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/1/1994

    Guilt and Roseanne's slavedriving push David to confess to Dan that he was living with Darlene in Chicago, and Dan throws him out; Jackie refuses to take money for the baby from Fred; Roseanne and Becky try to pressure Dan to hire Mark.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: Steve Pepoon

  • Everyone Comes To Jackie's
    7.6/10229 votes

    #16 - Everyone Comes To Jackie's

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/8/1994

    Jackie's house buzzes with activity as Roseanne tries to hide David from Dan.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • Don't Make Room for Daddy
    7.1/10223 votes

    #17 - Don't Make Room for Daddy

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1994

    Roseanne becomes involved in a family feud as Fred sues Jackie for custody of their unborn child; Mark and D.J. tease David for being unmanly.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    7.6/10253 votes

    #18 - Don't Ask, Don't Tell

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 3/1/1994

    Roseanne is the life of the party at a gay bar, until Nancy's new girlfriend plants a disturbing kiss on her; meanwhile, back home, Becky's old flame gives Mark reason to distrust Becky.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: James Berg, Stan Zimmerman

  • Labor Day
    7.3/10241 votes

    #19 - Labor Day

    Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 3/8/1994

    Jackie is due to give birth, and has to choose between Fred and Roseanne to accompany her to the delivery room.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • Past Imperfect
    7.3/10222 votes

    #20 - Past Imperfect

    Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 3/22/1994

    When Dan's father misses an alimony payment, Dan and Roseanne argue about covering it; meanwhile, Fred becomes concerned about Jackie's sexual past.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • Lies My Father Told Me
    7.9/10247 votes

    #21 - Lies My Father Told Me

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 3/29/1994

    Roseanne helps Dan understand his dad's lying about his mom's mental state.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: Eric Gilliland

  • I Pray the Lord My Stove to Keep
    7.7/10250 votes

    #22 - I Pray the Lord My Stove to Keep

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/3/1994

    Darlene discovers that D.J. has been sneaking off after to school to attend church; D.J. gives Roseanne a hard time about morals when she accepts a mistaken delivery of a second stove at the diner.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: Pat Bullard

  • Body by Jake
    7.6/10232 votes

    #23 - Body by Jake

    Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/10/1994

    Bev moves in after breaking her pelvis at the retirement home, blaming Dan for not safeproofing her shower; then Roseanne discovers that it happened while Bev and Jake were having sex.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • Isn't It Romantic?
    7.1/10224 votes

    #24 - Isn't It Romantic?

    Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/1994

    Fred asks Roseanne how to propose to Jackie, then uses hints from Jackie's favourite soap opera; an enraged Roseanne demands romance from Dan, then turns to fantasy; Mark and David struggle with the concepts of feminism.

    Director: Gail Mancuso

    Writer: N/A

  • Altar Egos
    7.4/10221 votes

    #25 - Altar Egos

    Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 5/24/1994

    Egos clash when Jackie and Fred can't make a decision about their marriage. Fred is having what Dan calls the moment of clarity, a case of the jitters that affects some men just before the big day. But what's really bothering Fred is his belief that Jackie has feelings for someone she sees almost every day and whom she is always asking to come over and fix stuff, none other than Dan.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Eric Gilliland