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GeorgiaboyJeff! · 09-03-2005, 09:25 PM

I'm just curious because I'm watching the older ones where Darlene was more of a Tomboy! She seemed happy at the least. As soon as she became a teenager she started wearing black alot & just got mean,overly sarcastic & depressed. I haven't seen every episode but was their an episode that addressed why she became like that??

USTVFanFromUK · 09-03-2005, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by GeorgiaboyJeff!

I'm just curious because I'm watching the older ones where Darlene was more of a Tomboy! She seemed happy at the least. As soon as she became a teenager she started wearing black alot & just got mean,overly sarcastic & depressed. I haven't seen every episode but was their an episode that addressed why she became like that??

The episode which faced your question would be the Season 4 episode titled 'Darlene Fades To Black'. Darlene changed when she started high school, the change can be seen as apart of her character's growth.

Here's TV.com's description and thoughts on that episode http://www.tv.com/roseanne/darlene-f...7/summary.html

I think Darlene was the only child of the show whom we saw the character change and grow. DJ and Becky kind of stayed the same, though with some changes. Darlene on the other hand, pulled a total 180.

I perfered depressed Darlene to tomboy Darlene btw, I related to her more.

GeorgiaboyJeff! · 09-15-2005, 07:27 PM

Well I saw the episode last night & I liked it. It was nice to see a tv character struggling with finding herself & slipping into a depression because of it. I really felt bad for her in that episode because there was no one she could relate to

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coffield3 · 06-01-2007, 05:52 AM

They changed her to dark moody and depressing because Roseannes daughter was going through that stage in real life and she put that into the show with darlene.

TVFactFan · 06-01-2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by coffield3

They changed her to dark moody and depressing because Roseannes daughter was going through that stage in real life and she put that into the show with darlene.

Where did u get this info from? I wanted to know this myself

mateo096 · 06-02-2007, 12:04 AM

her "depression" could be becuz of goin to college (in real life) and all the stress that was.

coffield3 · 06-02-2007, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TheAnalyzer

Where did u get this info from? I wanted to know this myself

I think she mentions it on one of the extras on the dvds.

09-03-2005, 09:25 PM	#1
GeorgiaboyJeff! Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 25, 2002 Posts: 664	Why was Darlene so depressed in later seasons? I'm just curious because I'm watching the older ones where Darlene was more of a Tomboy! She seemed happy at the least. As soon as she became a teenager she started wearing black alot & just got mean,overly sarcastic & depressed. I haven't seen every episode but was their an episode that addressed why she became like that??

06-02-2007, 12:04 AM	#6
mateo096 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 05, 2007 Location: Oley, PA Posts: 63	her "depression" could be becuz of goin to college (in real life) and all the stress that was.
	__________________ "Yea, DJ has finally got a friend that's not imaginary......He can't be much of a serial killer with one free hand.......Which either means, he's really good at it, or he's really bad at it." -Darlene "George Lopez: Nanny 9-Juan-Juan" -George

09-15-2005, 07:27 PM	#3
GeorgiaboyJeff! Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 25, 2002 Posts: 664	Well I saw the episode last night & I liked it. It was nice to see a tv character struggling with finding herself & slipping into a depression because of it. I really felt bad for her in that episode because there was no one she could relate to .

06-01-2007, 05:52 AM	#4
coffield3 <3 Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 23, 2006 Location: England Posts: 7,379	They changed her to dark moody and depressing because Roseannes daughter was going through that stage in real life and she put that into the show with darlene.