WhileThe Connersseason 7 can wrap up a lot of lingeringRoseanneplot holes, there is one storyline that is unlikely to make sense by the end of the series.The Conners’ large cast of charactersmakes the show’s upcoming final season a challenging prospect. ForThe Connersseason 7to succeed, the family sitcom will need to give satisfying endings to the character arcs of Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky, DJ, Beverly, Harris, Mark, and Beverly-Rose. That rundown doesn’t even include characters who aren’t members of the titular family, like their equally important love interests.
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The Connersseason 7 should also provide proper sendoffs for Ben, Neville, Louise, and Tyler, not to mention all theRoseannecharacters who need to reappear. Crystal needs to come back, as does Chuckie Mitchell, andThe Connerscharacters who have been aroundsinceRoseanneneed fitting tributes. It is hard to see howThe Connersseason 7 will fit all of this into only six episodes. According toTVLine, March 2025’sThe Connersseason 7 will be a six-episode“Farewell event.” This runtime leaves little time for the spinoff to explore the world ofRoseanne.
The Conners Season 7 Is Unable To Solve Jerry’s Mysterious Disappearance
The Conners Season 7’s Brevity Makes Explaining Jerry’s Absence Impossible
The brief runtime of season 7 all but ensures that one subplot will never be resolved. With only six episodes left,The Connersseason 7 can’t make sense of Jerry Garcia Conner’s existence. Born inRoseanneseason 8, episode 5, “Halloween: The Final Chapter,” Jerry Garcia Conner was a late addition to the family and, as such, Jerry Conner Garcia’s role in bothRoseanneandThe Connershas always been complicated. He appeared as a baby throughout seasons 8 and 9, and inRoseanne’s season 10 revival, Roseanne mentioned that he was working on a fishing boat in Alaska.
This stood in stark contrast toJackie’s child Andy, who was retconned out of existence. However, in a 2020 interview withTVLine, executive producer Bruce Helford confirmed that Jerry no longer existed as ofThe Connersseason 3. Per Helford’s explanation, “We didn’t really have room to add Jerry Garcia. As we moved on to The Conners, we decided… We wouldn’t pick up on the narrative of Jerry.” However, this retcon was never established in-universe.The Connersretconned Roseanne’s son off-screen and, sinceRoseanneseason 10 leads directly intoThe Conners, all evidence of Jerry seemingly vanished between seasons 2 and 3.
Why The Conners Can Afford To Keep Jerry’s Whereabouts A Mystery
Jerry Conner Garcia Has Been Since Roseanne Season 10
Fortunately for the show’s creators,Jerry Conner Garcia’s existence has never been a factor in the plot ofThe Conners. As such, he should remain irrelevant to the storyline of season 7. AsThe ConnersendsRoseanne’s storyfor good, there are many setups that the show needs to pay off. The series needs to give Beverly and Crystal proper endings since the two characters have been around since season 1 of the original show. Similarly, Becky, Darlene, and DJ, the latter of whom left the spinoff at the beginning of season 5, must be reunited.
Although his existence was alluded to inRoseanneseason 10, Jerry Garcia Conner never appeared on-screen.
However, Jerry Garcia Conner doesn’t require the same treatment. Although his existence was alluded to inRoseanneseason 10, he never appeared on-screen. As such, it is easier for the spinoff to erase him from its continuity than it would be to bring him back and ingratiate him into the family in the last six episodes.The Connersseason 7’s problemsare numerous enough without adding new family members to the mix, and the show would be better off fixing characters like Harris and Louise than re-establishing figures who have been absent for years.
Bringing Back DJ Is More Important Than Solving Jerry’s Absence In The Conners Finale
The Conners Season 7 Already Has A Roseanne Family Member To Bring Back
Although it makes Roseanne’s comments jarring on a re-watch of the revival,ignoring Jerry Garcia’s absence makes sense since he didn’t play an on-screen role inRoseanneseason 10and hasn’t been mentioned since. In contrast,Roseanne’s spinoff can’t ignore DJ’s lengthy absence. DJ was a main character inThe Connersuntil season 4 and a major figure throughoutRoseanne’s original run. The fact that he moved out of town is not enough justification for him to lose all contact with his family, especially considering the fact that his daughter Mary was still present throughout season 5.
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While the spinoff can and likely will ignore Jerry Garcia entirely,The Connersseason 7 has to bring back DJ. For allThe Conners’ jokes about Roseanne’s death, the spinoff still has to approach the original show’s legacy with some gravitas. Simply forgetting about DJ since he moved out of town betrays the show’s main theme of the titular family remaining together through every hardship.The Connersseason 7 needs to bring back DJ, unlike Jerry Garcia, because he was consistently portayed as part ofRoseanne’s central family in both shows.
