Mine was Crystal's.

Either Crystal or Bonnie

Dan

I hated the way Crystal and Bonnie were snubbed in latter seasons tho. Crystal was only seen twice as the childbirth episode in season 4, and after Rodbell's closed, we never saw Bonnie again. If these were 2 of Roseanne's best friends, how come we never saw them ever at The Lunch Box?

Its weird how only Darlene and Jackie didnt have any character issue/absences within the show.

Yeah I always figured Roseanne would've invited Bonnie to come work at the Lunchbox. And with Crystal she was like Roseanne's best friend and she just was gone. People say it was because she married Ed but that was in season 3 and she was still appearing a lot in season 4. Then in season 5 I think she was only in the first episode, the Halloween one, and Darlene's 16th birthday. And it was even worse when she appeared in 3 more episodes years later. I always thought maybe Crystal wasn't real and that's why Roseanne didn't mention her in the last episod.

Dan, only because Roseanne wasn't the same with out him in most of the episodes in season 9.


Bonnie was funny, the show should have kept her character.

It bugged me when Becky wasn't there. For me, what made the show realistic and relatable was the sibling rivalry:
Rosanne and Jackie
Darlene and D.J
and
Darlene and Becky

With Becky not there, the show was missing something.
(I like Sarah Chalke, but when she is there, she and Darlene don't fight so it's the same deal as Becky not being there at all.)

i think it is becky that really bothered me that lecy goranson is not there

As much as I missed the original Becky I was upset that Dan was tooken out of the show for sometime. I espeicaly dislike the fact that the reason he left was an affair.

am i the only person who noticed Mark appeared more in the latter seasons than Becky did? The last episode aired last night (the one with the Springer/Playboy fantasies) didn't even have Becky, yet Mark was in it

Mark and David were in WAY too many of the later episodes which was bad considering Mark in particular was such a one-note character and they kinda ruined David's character too IMO.

I missed all of those old school characters to be honest...but if I had to choose just one, I'd say, Crystal.

It pissed me off when Mark was in certain episodes and Becky wasn't. Wasn't Mark in Thanksgiving Season 9 and Becky was nowhere to be seen!!

Originally posted by seven_to_shea
Mark and David were in WAY too many of the later episodes which was bad considering Mark in particular was such a one-note character and they kinda ruined David's character too IMO.

I missed all of those old school characters to be honest...but if I had to choose just one, I'd say, Crystal.

I always thought AT LEAST Johnny Galecki (well, Glenn Quinn was more or less a frequent recurring character) should've been used in the credits in the 8th and 9th season. He was a regular IMO

I agree, they certainly should have been mentioned, the only problem I have is with them dominating episodes because I don't think their characters by the last few seasons really justified it.

For some reason I didn't see the Becky option on the poll...that is REALLY unforgivable, the absences and the back and forth with different actresses; it's hard to take a show that does that seriously.

Originally posted by seven_to_shea
I agree, they certainly should have been mentioned, the only problem I have is with them dominating episodes because I don't think their characters by the last few seasons really justified it.

For some reason I didn't see the Becky option on the poll...that is REALLY unforgivable, the absences and the back and forth with different actresses; it's hard to take a show that does that seriously.

especially considering the last part of season 8. One week, Lecy would have short hair, then Sarah had long, then Lecy was short... They could've had Sarah Chalke cut her hair OR have her wear something to make her hair look shorter, because there was no way Becky's hair would grow 6 inches per episode.

Crystal, she just annoys me!

Crystal could be annoying at times, but it's still pretty inexcusable that she was barely mentioned or shown in the last three-four seasons. After all, she was Roseanne and Jackie's best friend and was integral to several early storylines.

I agree that Becky's absences are troublesome, too. I've been watching the Season 9 episodes and she's barely in any of them. They really let the Becky character lapse in the last two seasons.

When episode when Mark is there in season 9. When Darlene went to college it left Roseanne with no one to fight with. I think that when Darlene went to college, David is leaving with Darlene and Becky 2 was not yet introduced those are some of the worst episodes. When Darlene and Becky come home it gets back to usual.

Dan

However, i know Lecy was gone for college, but what about her being gone so much in season eight? and what about Sarah Chalke's numerous absenses in season nine.

No ones absence bothered me what did bother me was the way they were no longer on the show or mentioned and no reasons were given about their disappearance.

Crystal - she was married to Dans father so wouldnt Dan want to visit with his father and his new baby brother, and wouldnt Roseanne still want to hang out with her best friend

Bonnie - She had an amazing singing voice!!! just had to add that. I dont know why she left, maybe we are supposed to believe that she was to busy singing with her husbands band or something but wouldnt Roseanne still talk to her or at least about her

Shelly Winters character - they never mentioned her character was dead or died so where did she disappear to? Are we supposed to believe she went to live with other relatives?

Either Becky - She was a main character from the very start but once Lecy left for college I think that there is one season where neither Becky is seen and then we are introduced to another person playing Becky and still saw very little of her or the interactions of her life.

Fred - Rarely saw him after he and Jackie split, wasnt he still friends with Dan?

****George Clooney - Booker - I know he was not a main character or anything but they could have kept him****

I think Fred didn't like Dan as much because Dan knew about Jackie Dancing with another guy. He did still work with Dan and Mark.

Bonnie's / Crystal's abscences bothered me the most.

I think that like David Healy, Anne Marie was tres annoying

I liked Annemarie.