WhileThe Connersseason 7 has its moments, theRoseannespinoff’s biggest pitfall is highlighted by the series forgetting about one supporting star almost entirely. From the moment thatTVLineannouncedThe Connersseason 7 would have only six episodes back in late 2024, the writing was already on the wall forRoseanne’s spinoff.The Conners’ large cast of charactersmeant that this paltry runtime was all but guaranteed to short-change some major players, and this was exactly what happened in the show’s final outing.
AlthoughThe Connersseries finalefeatured a touching goodbye to the show’s audience and a sweet tribute to Roseanne’s legacy, season 7 still had a lot of major structural issues. New characters like Jane Lynch’s lawyer Jean and Seth Green’s divorced barfly Chad were introduced despite the show’s limited remaining screen time. This meant the main cast got even less focus than they otherwise might have enjoyed.
The Conners Season 7 Barely Even Mentioned Becky’s Daughter Beverly-Rose
Meanwhile, some major characters were ignored almost entirely, as was the case with Becky’s daughter Beverly-Rose.Beverly-Rose played a pivotal role in earlier seasons ofThe Conners, as it was her father’s near-deportation that provided one of the show’s most dramatic early plots. As Beverly-Rose grew up, she began to have major subplots of her own. In one of thebest episodes ofThe Conners, she asked Becky what happened to her lateRoseannelove interest, Mark Healy, and it prompted a genuinely moving, poignant monologue from her mother.
Beverly-Rose spoke only once in season 7, episode 2, “Fame, Flying Fists, and Cold Feet,” as she admonished her wannabe influencer mother’s desperate attempts to become famous online.
Despite how important a character Becky’s young daughter became as the spinoff continued, Beverly-Rose barely even appeared onscreen in season 7. She spoke only once in season 7, episode 2, “Fame, Flying Fists, and Cold Feet,” as she admonished her wannabe influencer mother’s desperate attempts to become famous online. This subplot afforded her a mere handful of throwaway lines and, moreover, it was part of her mother’s plot, not a story of her own.
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This underlined the biggest issue with the spinoff’s final season as a whole, as Beverly-Rose’s plight was shared by many other supporting stars. VitalRoseannecharacters like Chuckie, Crystal, and Anne-Marie didn’t even warrant a mention, while Beverly didn’t appear onscreen and was only referenced in passing during the finale’s closing moments.
The Conners Season 7’s Beverly-Rose Role Highlights Its Biggest Problem
Roseanne’s Spinoff Didn’t Have Time For Its Many Characters
What madeThe Connersseason 7’s ending disappointingwasn’t a lack of care forRoseanne’s legacy, but a lack of screen time.The spinoff couldn’t doRoseanne’s world justice in only six episodes, so opting to introduce more new characters within this tiny timeframe was an inexplicable mistake. Harris’s struggles to run The Lunchbox were sidelined throughout season 6, meaning this plot could have been a perfect multi-generational focal point for season 7’s story.
Instead, Harris never mentioned her hardships, and her only significant screen time was devoted to a last-minute plot where she began dating guest star Stony Blyden’s charming waiter. Blyden and Harris’s actor Emma Kenney had chemistry, but this sort of low-stakes plot felt bizarrely aimless as the series was heading toward its ending. This issue plaguedThe Connersseason 7 throughout and was epitomized by its new characters.
The fact that Beverly-Rose was relegated to the background of a single episode even though she represents the next generation of the titular family is telling
Simplyadding more episodes toThe Connersseason 7could have allowed the show to properly introduce its new characters or, better yet, give the forgotten characters fromRoseanneand earlier seasons of the spinoff a proper sendoff. The fact that Beverly-Rose was relegated to the background of a single episode even though she represents the next generation of the titular family is telling. In attempting to quickly wrap up the story ofThe Conners,Roseanne’s spinoff instead forgot about all the characters who really matter most.
