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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Roseanne Season 6 Episode 1 - Two Down, One to Go
    7.4/10(243 votes)

    #1 - Two Down, One to Go

    S6:E1

    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

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  2. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 2 - The Mommy's Curse
    7.3/10(241 votes)

    #2 - The Mommy's Curse

    S6:E2

    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

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  3. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 3 - Party Politics
    7.6/10(241 votes)

    #3 - Party Politics

    S6:E3

    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:Unknown

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  4. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 4 - A Stash from the Past
    8.8/10(455 votes)

    #4 - A Stash from the Past

    S6:E4

    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:Unknown

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  5. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 5 - Be My Baby
    7.4/10(244 votes)

    #5 - Be My Baby

    S6:E5

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

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 6 - Halloween V
    8.0/10(290 votes)

    #6 - Halloween V

    S6:E6

    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:Unknown

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  7. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 7 - Homeward Bound
    8.0/10(256 votes)

    #7 - Homeward Bound

    S6:E7

    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

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  8. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 8 - Guilt by Imagination
    7.3/10(239 votes)

    #8 - Guilt by Imagination

    S6:E8

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

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Pat Bullard

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  9. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 9 - Homecoming
    7.3/10(241 votes)

    #9 - Homecoming

    S6:E9

    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:Unknown

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  10. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 10 - Thanksgiving '93
    7.8/10(249 votes)

    #10 - Thanksgiving '93

    S6:E10

    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

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  11. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 11 - The Driver's Seat
    7.6/10(248 votes)

    #11 - The Driver's Seat

    S6:E11

    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
    Writers:Stan Zimmerman, James Berg

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  12. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 12 - White Trash Christmas
    7.6/10(252 votes)

    #12 - White Trash Christmas

    S6:E12

    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:Unknown

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  13. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 13 - Suck Up Or Shut Up
    7.3/10(250 votes)

    #13 - Suck Up Or Shut Up

    S6:E13

    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:Unknown

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  14. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 14 - Busted
    7.7/10(258 votes)

    #14 - Busted

    S6:E14

    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

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  15. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 15 - David vs Goliath
    7.7/10(243 votes)

    #15 - David vs Goliath

    S6:E15

    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

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  16. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 16 - Everyone Comes To Jackie's
    7.6/10(239 votes)

    #16 - Everyone Comes To Jackie's

    S6:E16

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

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 17 - Don't Make Room for Daddy
    7.1/10(234 votes)

    #17 - Don't Make Room for Daddy

    S6:E17

    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:Unknown

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  18. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 18 - Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    7.6/10(265 votes)

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

    S6:E18

    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
    Writers:Stan Zimmerman, James Berg

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  19. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 19 - Labor Day
    7.4/10(252 votes)

    #19 - Labor Day

    S6:E19

    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:Unknown

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  20. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 20 - Past Imperfect
    7.3/10(231 votes)

    #20 - Past Imperfect

    S6:E20

    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:Unknown

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  21. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 21 - Lies My Father Told Me
    7.9/10(260 votes)

    #21 - Lies My Father Told Me

    S6:E21

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

    Director:Philip Charles MacKenzie
    Writer:Eric Gilliland

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  22. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 22 - I Pray the Lord My Stove to Keep
    7.7/10(259 votes)

    #22 - I Pray the Lord My Stove to Keep

    S6:E22

    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

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  23. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 23 - Body by Jake
    7.6/10(242 votes)

    #23 - Body by Jake

    S6:E23

    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:Unknown

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  24. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 24 - Isn't It Romantic?
    7.1/10(234 votes)

    #24 - Isn't It Romantic?

    S6:E24

    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:Unknown

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  25. Roseanne Season 6 Episode 25 - Altar Egos
    7.4/10(230 votes)

    #25 - Altar Egos

    S6:E25

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Eric Gilliland

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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 243 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".