Roseanne accompanies Jackie to her therapist after she chooses the ideal man for Jackie - dull tax accountant Art; Darlene mouths off once too often about a female school bully.
The show portrayed a working-class family struggling to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois. Many critics considered the show notable as one of the first sitcoms to portray an American family in which economics necessitated two parents working jobs outside the home.