How many episodes are in season 9 of Roseanne?

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Season Summary[]
Why was Dan not in season 9 of Roseanne?
Did Dan cheat on Roseanne in season 9?
Was season 9 of Roseanne a dream?
What is the last episode of Roseanne about?

This page lists the episodes from Season 9 (1996–1997)—the original final (and now penultimate) season—of the ABC series Roseanne.

In 2017, Rosanne was green lit for revival by ABC, and began Season 10 in March, 2018. The original cast members all returned. In Season 10, it was revealed that many of the events of Season 9—including the lottery win, the dream-within-a-dream reveals, and Dan's death—never happened. The series relaunch as The Conners made Season 9 the penultimate season of Rosanne.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Roseanne Barr as Roseanne Conner
John Goodman as Dan Conner (12 episodes)
Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris (23 episodes)
Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner (13 episodes)
Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner (21 episodes)
Sarah Chalke as Becky Conner (8 episodes)

Also Starring[]

Glenn Quinn as Mark Healy (15 episodes)
Estelle Parsons as Beverly Harris (14 episodes)
Johnny Galecki as David Healy (12 episodes)
Martin Mull as Leon Carp (9 episodes)
Fred Willard as Scott (5 episodes)
Sandra Bernhard as Nancy Bartlett (4 episodes)

Guests[]

Cole and Morgan Roberts as Jerry Conner (11 episodes)
Heather Matarazzo as Heather (4 episodes)
Shelley Winters as Nana Mary (2 episodes)
Kathleen Freeman as Seaweed Attendant/Edna (2 episodes)
Mo Gaffney as Astrid Wentworth (2 episodes)
Adilah Barnes as Anne-Marie Mitchell (1 episode)
James Pickens, Jr. as Chuckie Mitchell (1 episode)
Debbie Reynolds as Audrey Conner (1 episode)

Notes[]

Despite being a part of the main cast, Becky Conner only appears in 8 episodes. Appearing in less episodes than David, Mark, Beverly, Leon and Jerry.
Despite being only apart of the recurring cast, Beverly and Mark appear in more episodes than Darlene. This is the first season since Season 5 where Darlene appears in more episodes than David and also the only season where Beverly appears in more episodes than a main cast member.
This is the first and only season where Dan Conner doesn't appear in every episode.
Jackie Harris is only absent in one episode; "Arsenic and Old Mom".

Season Summary[]

Due to the reveal in the finale ("Into That Good Night, Part 2"), every episode in this season is non-canon and doesn't contribute to the overall story line in anyway. "Millions from Heaven" marks the series mile-stone 200th episode.

Episodes[]

Why was Dan not in season 9 of Roseanne?

Mr. Goodman, who has a growing movie career, is under contract, but industry executives said he was now too big a star for ABC to try to force him to work. One of Mr. Goodman's associates said the star might return only to do a final episode on which his character could be written out of the show.

Did Dan cheat on Roseanne in season 9?

If Dan never died, other revelations depicted in the Season 9 finale may not have happened either. Season 9 revealed Dan cheated on Roseanne — which, according to the aforementioned finale, never really happened because he was supposed to be dead.

Was season 9 of Roseanne a dream?

Roseanne Season 9 did not happen. In a lengthy voiceover, Roseanne Conner revealed that all of Season 9 was actually part of a book she was writing inspired by her life, and all the lottery stuff was her dabbling in some wish fulfillment (who doesn't wanna imagine what it'd be like to win the lottery?).