Wednesday’s Conners featured the off-screen dying of an prolonged member of the family and supplied an replace on the M.I.A. DJ.
In the course of the chilly open, Louise and Neville bought phrase that their estranged brother Aaron died of a coronary heart assault, abandoning a 17-year-old son named Caleb (performed by Shameless‘ Ethan Cutkosky aka Carl Gallagher). It was now as much as the remaining Goldufski siblings (and their respective spouses, Dan and Jackie) to find out who would board their jaded nephew, who’d had a tough go of issues with an alcoholic dad.
Jackie, a fellow graduate of the Dangerous Mum or dad Membership, felt she may present Caleb with a steady residence setting. And for a second, it felt just like the present was about to provide Roseanne’s eccentric sister the son she by no means had — ‘ya know, since Andy not exists. The storyline additionally gave off critical David Healy vibes, what with Caleb being a troubled teen in want of a spot to remain. It additionally didn’t assist that he appeared so darn very like Darlene’s ex-husband (see picture). However by the top of the episode, Caleb had enlisted within the Marines, and his uncle Neville couldn’t have been any happier in regards to the choice.
We additionally obtained clarification on DJ’s whereabouts. Earlier within the episode, Louise talked about that Mary was splitting her time between the Conner family and Geena’s mom’s residence till DJ returned from visiting his spouse, who’s at the moment stationed in Germany. It was the primary point out of DJ since legacy forged member Michael Fishman exited the long-running comedy in August.
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