7.2/10230 votes#1 - Shower the People You Love with Stuff
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1995
Hostesses Becky and Darlene disagree over Roseanne's baby shower.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
6.8/10222 votes#2 - Let Them Eat Junk
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1995
Jackie chews out Roseanne for feeding baby Andy junk food; D.J. spends a picture-perfect day observing what makes Dan tick after Dan becomes upset to discover D.J.'s only photo of him shows him sitting drinking beer -- pretty much what makes him tick.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10235 votes#3 - Roseanne in the Hood
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1995
Roseanne will stop at nothing to crush the competition when a new, more posh eatery -- complete with a salad bar and a drive-through window -- opens up across from the Lunch Box.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10224 votes#4 - The Last Date
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1995
The temptation to crash a stranger's bar mitzvah at a local hotel is too much for Roseanne as she drags Dan out on the town for a "last hurrah" before the baby is born.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Daniel Palladino, Eric Gilliland
6.1/10293 votes#5 - Halloween: the Final Chapter
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1995
Roseanne reigns as "Queen of the Gypsies, consort of wizards and seer of souls" on Halloween, when an Ouija board sending a message from "The Dead" portends an unexpected event: she's in labor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/10262 votes#6 - The Fifties Show
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1995
The Conners find themselves going back in time in this spoof of 1950s sitcoms (shot mostly in black and white): Roseanne's a fussy housewife, Dan is a hapless businessman stewing over "the Anderson account," and Jackie's the wacky neighbor.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
6.6/10239 votes#7 - The Getaway, Almost
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1995
Roseanne and Jackie's shopping trip with the baby becomes an outing a la Thelma and Louise after they give a lift to a rebellious teen, then force a trucker off the road.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
6.4/10254 votes#8 - The Last Thursday in November
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1995
When D.J.'s teacher gives his students free rein, the class Thanksgiving pageant takes on a decidedly modern, Pulp Fiction twist-- and offends many of the parents, but not the Conners.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
6.8/10247 votes#9 - Of Mice and Dan
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1995
With his old band mate performing in town, Dan's got the blues. Seems he regrets giving up his youthful dreams to settle down with Roseanne.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Bob Nickman
6.2/10205 votes#10 - Direct to Video
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1995
While Roseanne narrates a video time capsule for her unborn child, Becky and Darlene find old love letters of Dan and Roseanne's; D.J. gets upset when he finds his parents did not fill out his baby book; and Mark cooks dinner for the Conner clan.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10250 votes#11 - December Bride
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1995
Christmas for the Conners bring more than the usual holiday cheer and festivities, it also brings a wedding -- for Leon and Scott.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
7.3/10227 votes#12 - The Thrilla Near the Vanilla Extract
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/2/1996
Did someone say food fight? That's what Roseanne and Jackie's stint offering samples at a supermarket turns into when Jackie outsells her sister.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
6.9/10212 votes#13 - The White Sheep of the Family
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/1996
D.J. inherits $500 in his great aunt Harriet's will (because he was the only member of the family she never met) and blows half of it on a trombone to impress a girl who plays tuba in the school band. Meanwhile, Darlene alienates everyone by mentioning that she has turned down a $500/week job in advertising, an entry level position that would pay her more than both her parents earn.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
7.0/10213 votes#14 - Becky Howser, M.D.
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/1996
Roseanne advises an unhappy Becky to change her life -- not realizing that Mark doesn't share his wife's eagerness for change, so Becky intends to change her marriage.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
6.8/10205 votes#15 - Out of the Past
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/1996
While Nana Mary amuses Roseanne and Jackie with a box of their childhood treasures, Dan and his pals reluctantly play poker with Leon and Scott.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
7.2/10207 votes#16 - Construction Junction
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/13/1996
Dan weighs the merits of giving up his boring garage job for a new construction endeavor with his pals; Jackie surfs the internet and becomes addicted.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Daniel Palladino
6.8/10228 votes#17 - We're Going to Disney World (1)
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1996
The family goes hog wild with excitement -- and with plans to travel to Disney World -- when Dan brings home his final paycheck from the Lanford City Garage.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
6.7/10231 votes#18 - Disney World War II (2)
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/1996
Fireworks and fanfare accompany the Conners on a whirlwind tour of the magical kingdom of Disney World, when Darlene finds she's actually happy in the presence of Winnie the Pooh.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
6.2/10238 votes#19 - Springtime for David
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/1996
David moves out after getting a job at a theme park known as "the happiest place in Illinois," where he's soon transformed into an ultra-perky worker with an eerie smile.
Director: N/A
Writer: Garland Testa
7.5/10223 votes#20 - Another Mouth to Shut Up
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 3/26/1996
Just weeks after their hot night in Disney World, Darlene drops a proposal -- and a surprise announcement: she's pregnant -- on David, whose major life changes seem to be happening all in one day.
Director: N/A
Writer: Janet Leahy
7.0/10215 votes#21 - Morning Becomes Obnoxious
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 4/9/1996
After an impromptu interview at the diner goes spectacularly well, Roseanne prepares to "Wake Up Chicago" on a morning TV talk show as a news commentator with a unique and "opinionated blue-collar outlook" -- and with Jackie as her manager.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
6.4/10221 votes#22 - Ballroom Blitz
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/1996
Bev's smitten with her passionate ballroom-dance instructor -- until a drama unfolds on the dance floor when he starts flirting with the newly divorced Jackie.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Cathy Ladman
7.7/10239 votes#23 - The Wedding
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/1996
Darlene's wedding day brings unexpected tears, joy and tenderness as Dan is finally able to express his love to Darlene and the young couple's wedding vows bring Roseanne to tears.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
7.5/10225 votes#24 - Heart & Soul
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/1996
Roseanne's brave and witty front masks her fears after Dan suffers a heart attack during Darlene's wedding reception.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Daniel Palladino
7.8/10239 votes#25 - Fights and Stuff
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 5/21/1996
Dan returns home from hospital with orders from the doctor for a new diet regime -- and strict orders from Roseanne about changing his lifestyle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Shower the People You Love with Stuff" is the best rated episode of "Roseanne" season 8. It scored 7.2/10 based on 230 votes. Directed by Gail Mancuso and written by N/A, it aired on 9/19/1995. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Let Them Eat Junk".