Wednesday January 11, 1995
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After Bev is charged with drunken driving, Jackie and Roseanne accompany her to a mandatory court ordered AA meeting, where she decides that she is indeed an alcoholic. Later that day, there is a Superbowl party at Roseanne's and Jackie shows up with Bev unexpectedly. Roseanne instructs the house full of people not to drink the full keg that is there, because Bev might be tempted, and then she leaves. After all of Dan's friends leave except Fred & Jackie, Dan takes the party out into the garage, where the keg is, leaving Bev inside alone on the couch.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)I love Roseanne. I really like this episode, and then there's aspects of this episode I don't particularly like. hide show
It had the makings of being a superb episode. Jackie asking the sergeant if she could get Bev's mugshot in wallet size, Darlene referring to Bev as Drunken' Hines, and Jackie calling her mother non-alcoholic beverage.
That being said, I really didn't like the idea of Bev being an alcoholic. There was no indication that she could be an alcoholic prior to this episode. She would drink wine such as at Thanksgiving, but if anyone could have been an alcoholic it would've been Nana Mary (kidding). Also, I don't understand why Leon was at the AA meeting. For one thing, the irony in that he would be at the same meeting they all were at. I don't see the point of saying his character is an alcoholic at all. As far as I can remember, there is no other reference to Leon being an alcoholic in the show other than when Becky finds a bottle of liquor at the Lunch Box with a note to Leon from Roseanne saying something along the lines of congratulating him on some amount of time being sober. I also really didn't like Bev being arrested for drunk driving. Why would her conservative character be driving drunk and without explanation. It doesn't fit with her at all. And, finally, I didn't like the idea of Roseanne not wanting anyone to drink around Bev on Superbowl Sunday. I don't like how all Dan's friends end up leaving. I know she wasn't supposed to be there, but she showed up and then all Dan's friends have to leave the house? I know Roseanne's character would push for everyone to now not drink around Bev, but why to the extreme of Superbowl Sunday.
Yay Roseanne!
Beverly winds up in AA after a drunk driving arrest and the whole family must deal with it. hide show
This episode brings character development for Bev and others of the show. Bev is arrested for drunk driving, and is forced by law to attend Alcoholics Anonymous. Jackie and Roseanne attend the first meeting with her, and at the end Bev has realized she truly is an Alcoholic. This wouldn't be so hard to deal with if Dan and his friends did not drink so much, and also if Super Bowl Sunday wasn't coming up. But to Dan's worries Bev is coming to the Super Bowl Sunday party and Roseanne enforces the rule of no alcohol while Bev is there. Eventually Jackie, Dan, and some of his friends sneak off into the garage to watch the game and drink some beers, but soon they are found out and Roseanne is very angry along with Bev because they were not supporting her like a family should. The episode continues and Roseanne discovers Bev has actually been drinking the whole time.
Bev is an alcoholic, and everyone else pays the price. hide show
Roseanne and Jackie are summonned to pick up their Mom at the jailhouse. Jokes ensue as to what their mom did to land in the slammer. Surprise surprise, Bev had a small car accident, and had to be detained because she had been driving under the influence. As part of her punishment, and before she can get her license back, she must attend AA meetings. At first, she's averse to the idea. After the meeting however, she realises that she is an alcoholic. Of course, hilarity ensues.
The best part of this episode is that while it doesn't take alcoholism too lightly, it refuses to cut down its humor. The best one liners of the show come in reference to Bev's alcoholism, both from her, and from the other cast memebers. In the end, this episode is both hilarious, and hearty. It showcases the best of the characters, and the writers snappy dialogue and sense of story. Also, the drunken scene involving Fred, Jackie and Dan is worth sitting through the rest of the episode.
This is one of my favourite episodes of Roseanne. I think the drunken garage scene is even funnier than the bathroom pot scene.
The way Jackie acts while drunk is HILARIOUS. The way she reacts when she finds out there's only one breath mint is so funny.
The main plot with Bev in AA is funny too.
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