Dan disciplines D.J. for taking offensive reading material to school - Darlene's comic book. Dan reacts strongly when Roseanne discovers that Fisher has beaten Jackie.
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.