Roseanne makes a deal with Jackie: if Jackie asks Fred out, Roseanne will ask their mother to become a silent partner in the restaurant and stay away; feelings hurt, Bev swears she won't have anything to do with either of them. Jackie and Fred go out; he wants them to keep going out, but she doesn't. Roseanne feels guilty about hurting Bev and wants her to do something hurtful back to lessen her guilt; Bev takes her up on that by selling her share of the diner to the very last person Roseanne expected...or wanted.

Jackie y Roseanne planean una fiesta de inauguración de la casa para la nueva casa de Jackie e intentan ocultárselo a su madre. Roseanne invita a Darlene a casa durante el fin de semana para reunirla con David. D.J. atraviesa un período de rebeldía en el que se salta la escuela y solicita la ayuda de Darlene para encubrirlo, y Roseanne está decidida a descubrir qué está sucediendo. Fred persigue a Jackie después de su aventura de una noche.

Trying to conceive another child, Roseanne puts Dan on a "lovemaking schedule", to no avail. Jackie discovers that she's pregnant from her one-night stand with Fred and hesitates about telling him. Roseanne has no problem spreading Jackie's good news to their mom and their friends, but is stopped before she can tell Fred. To relieve the pressure and disappointment, Dan and Roseanne decide to stop actually trying to get pregnant, and let nature take its course.

Roseanne's high-school nemesis, and Dan's high-school fling, visits Dan at the city garage and invites him to lunch. Jackie finds out from Fred, lies to Roseanne, and confronts Dan at home that evening, but believes him that it was just an innocent lunch date. Unaware of how Dan spent his lunch hour, Roseanne confides in Jackie that Dan played hooky and they had the best sex ever. Since Jackie can't lie convincingly to her sister, Roseanne realizes that she's been lied to and forces Dan to come clean. Enraged and humiliated by the answer, she walks out on him.

Becky se ofrece como voluntaria para encargarse de cocinar en el Día de Acción de Gracias de los Conners; Dan y Mark siguen peleando; Fred queda sorprendido por la disfuncionalidad de la familia en la que podría casarse; y Nana Mary revela un secreto guardado durante mucho tiempo sobre el matrimonio de Bev.

Roseanne y Becky intentan convencer a Dan de que contrate a Mark en el garaje de la ciudad. Lleno de culpa (y cansado de que Roseanne lo haga trabajar demasiado), David confiesa a Dan que estaba viviendo con Darlene en Chicago en lugar de con su madre en Michigan. Furioso, Dan lo echa de la casa y le dice a Roseanne que lo lleve a la estación de autobuses y lo envíe realmente a Michigan, pero ella lo lleva a casa de Jackie en su lugar, luego emprende una misión para hacer sentir culpable a Dan y que lo acepte de nuevo. Como Jackie no quiere tener nada que ver con Fred, está molesta de que Roseanne haya estado ayudándolo a escabullir apoyo financiero para el bebé en su tarro de propinas.

Darlene regresa a casa para tratar de convencer a su padre de que deje que David vuelva a vivir en la casa "desde Michigan", sin éxito. Después de descubrir a David besándose con Darlene en el sótano, Dan descubre que su familia le mintió nuevamente: David no se fue a casa de su madre en Michigan cuando Dan lo echó, sino que se quedó con Jackie, y Roseanne fue responsable de ello. Darlene se une a David en casa de Jackie para alejarse de su furioso padre. Jackie se irrita cuando la gente le pide que salga de la habitación, en su propia casa, cuando quieren hablar de sus problemas.

Since Jackie has made it very clear that Fred is not welcome to be a part of their baby's life, Fred retaliates with plans to sue Jackie for custody after the birth, which throws Jackie into hysterics. Fighting over whether Fred has the right to force himself into his baby's life, split the men and women of the Conner house. Roseanne learns that Dan put the idea in Fred's head, which puts him under the doghouse. Mark and D.J. gang up on David to challenge his masculinity, or lack there of.

Jackie tells Roseanne that Fred wants to be in the delivery room, and the hospital will only allow one extra person to be with her. When Jackie realizes that she is in labor, Roseanne puts off calling Fred to inform him, hoping she'll get to be the one who stays with Jackie, but she feels guilty later and sends Dan out to find him. Bev reveals to Jackie that her birth name was "Marjorie," but little Roseanne's version, "My Jackie," stuck.

Audrey cries to Dan about his father owing her money, so he confronts Ed, hoping he will do the right thing. Jackie and Fred go out on a "get-to-know-you-better" date to try to build an honest, solid relationship, but Jackie's admission that she's had many more sexual partners than he has causes a big step backward in their fragile relationship. D.J. goes through a rebellious stage.

Roseanne se entera de que Bev no resultó herida al resbalar en la ducha como le dijo a todos. Fred planea proponerle matrimonio a Jackie.

Fred climbs out of the doghouse with Jackie by gathering inspiration from her soaps and figuring out a romantic way to propose to her. David climbs into the doghouse with Darlene by commenting that it's a woman's obligation to bear children. Dan joins David in the doghouse when his attempts to be romantic with Roseanne fall short. Roseanne dreams of being romanced by the men on One Life to Live (1968).

Fred is unsettled by the fact that Jackie turns to Dan, and not him, when she needs help from a man. Upset, convinced that Jackie has feeling for Dan, and half-drunk, Fred confronts Dan, takes a swing at him, and tells Jackie that maybe they shouldn't get married, but offers no explanation. Dan tells Roseanne, who tells Jackie what is really troubling Fred, and they both have a good laugh at the idea. Clearing the air paves the way for Fred and Jackie's wedding.

Feeling at the end of their "privacy" rope, Roseanne and Dan decide to throw Becky and Mark out of the house, until Becky confides that she and Mark are trying to get pregnant. Jackie wants Andy to sleep in bed with her and Fred and he wants him to sleep in his crib; upset, Jackie takes Andy and seeks sanctuary at Roseanne's already overcrowded house, where a friend of D.J.'s is also spending the weekend. The straw that breaks the camel's back for Dan is when everyone congregates in Dan's bathroom while he's trying to have a private conversation with Roseanne; fed up, he seeks refuge at Fred's. Amidst the chaos, Roseanne makes a shocking discovery.

Roseanne discovers that Darlene is seeing someone besides David, and that he knows about it, so she encourages David to fight for his relationship. Dan confides in Jackie that he is unsure how he feels about Roseanne's pregnancy, and finds comfort, but when he tells Roseanne about his insecurities, it blows up in his face. Roseanne confides in Jackie that she is having the same doubts.

Dan, Fred y Mark entran en el ámbito de 'demasiada información' cuando sus esposas confían entre ellas, luego transmiten la información a los hombres sobre sus actividades sexuales (o la falta de ellas).

Los intentos de Roseanne de gastarles una broma a todos en la fiesta de Halloween de Leon en el restaurante fracasan cuando descubre que Fred es gay.

Roseanne and Jackie go to Chicago for Parents' Day to surprise Darlene, and hoping to meet her new boyfriend Jimmy. David wants to learn how to be tough in order to compete with Darlene's boyfriend, a boxer, for her affections. Roseanne assigns Dan to help David feel good about just being himself. D.J. is getting bullied at school but refuses to learn to fight back, fearing that getting hit will hurt. Fred is impressed with Dan's parenting until he figures out that Dan is only doing what Roseanne tells him.

Dan y Roseanne descubren que D.J. quiere evitar participar en su obra de teatro escolar porque tiene que besar a una chica negra y se siente incómodo al respecto. Roseanne quiere obligarlo, y Dan está preocupado de que D.J. pueda haber adquirido ideas prejuiciosas por algo que inconscientemente haya dicho o hecho. Jackie está perpleja de que Fred parezca disfrutar pasar tiempo con su madre.

Thanksgiving is full of tension and anxiety when Roseanne gets alarming news about her baby from the prenatal clinic. The discomfort is only worsened when Nana Mary arrives with her new husband and upsets Bev, and the rest of the family, by discussing the two abortions she (Nana Mary) had years before.

Tensions are heightened at the Connor house as a short-fused Roseanne waits for the amniocentesis results. Dan tries his best to help devise a solution and comfort Roseanne but his good intentions are misinterpreted. Everyone seems to have an opinion on the situation, which only angers Roseanne and intensifies her doubts and fears.

Roseanne y Dan son llamados a la escuela porque D.J. se niega a escribir su tarea en la pizarra, y su profesor está preocupado de que pueda tener una discapacidad de aprendizaje. Dan descubre que D.J. se siente avergonzado de levantarse porque está en esa edad en la que los niños a veces tienen erecciones involuntarias. Mientras tanto, la familia conoce a la nueva novia de David, Dinah, y Darlene descubre que David en realidad tiene sentimientos por Becky.

Dan y Roseanne están sorprendidos y divertidos cuando descubren que sus nuevos vecinos de al lado son una pareja de nudistas geriátricos. Mientras tanto, Darlene sospecha que David le está siendo infiel con Becky.

After being arrested for D.U.I., Beverly is forced to attend Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) meetings, where she discovers that she might really be an alcoholic. This new realization does not bode well for the family, since Roseanne is forbidding anyone to drink while Beverly is in the house, which quickly puts an end to Dan's Super Bowl party. Dan, Jackie, and Fred sneak out to the garage to drink and watch the game on an old portable TV, until Beverly catches them, and pitches a fit, prompting Roseanne to pitch a fit, or two, of her own.

Roseanne pretends to be ill in order to get some rest and relaxation to the exhaustion of everyone else in the family, who are at her beck and call. David discovers Roseanne's faking but when he confronts her, Roseanne strikes a deal with him that he reluctantly accepts. Meanwhile, Jackie confronts Beverly about being an awful mother and is stunned by her reaction.

Fred tells Jackie that he doesn't want D.J. to visit their house so much, because he gets weirder every time he comes over. To protect Fred, Jackie tells Roseanne that she is the one who has a problem with D.J. constantly being at her house, which infuriates Roseanne. Dan tricks Darlene into coming home for the weekend and tries to make the girls stop bickering for their mother's sake. D.J. expresses a strange new fascination with eating cardboard.

The green-eyed monster emerges in force between David and Mark when they both become interested in Stacy, a waitress at the Lunch Box, whom David asks to pose for a wall mural. Jackie thinks her sex life with Fred needs spicing up while Fred is happy leaving well enough alone.

In Roseanne's absence, Dan discovers something troubling about Jackie and gets some sound advice from David.

Youngsters Roseanne and Jackie visit a fortuneteller who gives them a peek into their futures via his crystal ball. In the future, Jackie takes an adult, autistic D.J. to see a psychiatrist.

Fred is still angry and bitter about his separation from Jackie while Jackie is beginning to see the sliver lining and starts going on outings that Fred never enjoyed. Meanwhile, Roseanne begins meddling in order to get the two of them back together but begins to regret it when she realizes how unsure Jackie is that she even loves Fred anymore.

Mark and Becky find a tiny run-down trailer in a trailer park, and decide to make it home. Determined to fix up their home all on their own, they turn down offers of assistance from Dan and Roseanne, who in turn have to find covert way to help the kids out. Roseanne discovers that they will need to come up with $2,000 to prepay for the baby's doctor and hospital stay.

Dan establece las reglas cuando DJ permite que una chica dominante y agresiva le ordene. Roseanne le gusta la chica, pero cuando la relación mete a DJ en problemas en la escuela, ella debe intervenir. Mientras tanto, Jackie y Fred consultan a un consejero matrimonial para ayudarles a resolver sus problemas de relación.

The Conners are selected to be a "Nielsen Family". Roseanne, who is going through a nesting period in her pregnancy, insists that the family watch only educational-type programming to prove to the Nielsen people that they are not white trash. After Dan breaks the couch, Roseanne accepts a hand-me-down couch from her mother, but soon regrets it. Jackie and Fred make a life-altering decision.

D.J.'s old bedroom is being converted into a nursery for the new baby. After discovering that a new baby crib is out of her price range, Roseanne schemes up a baby shower in hopes of getting at least forty $10.00 gifts, that she can exchange for the $400.00 crib. This plan threatens to backfire when the gifts are mostly homemade, or are otherwise nonexchangeable. After being unable to work together to paint the nursery without squabbling, Roseanne reassigns Becky and Darlene to throw the baby shower instead, but the girls are still at each other's throats because Darlene refuses to pull her weight, sticking Becky with all the work. Roseanne gets David to throw a "guy" baby shower for Dan with the men at his shop, hoping for even more exchangeable gifts, but that backfires as well.

Roseanne sparks a fight with Jackie when she feeds Andy junk food against Jackie's orders. Dan spends some "quality" time with DJ to show his son that he does more than watch television and drink beer all day.

Roseanne goes into labor on her favorite holiday (Halloween) and gives birth on a pain-medication-induced psychedelic trip.

Roseanne narrates a video for her baby and wants everyone in the family to have a part in it. Darlene and Becky find Dan and Roseanne's old love letters. Fred is determined to seem intelligent and interesting to Jackie but only succeeds in making her feel more crushed by their divorce. Dan attempts to comfort Jackie while Mark prepares a special dinner for the family.