While The Conners will be ending with season seven next March, its banned Christmas episode from season five makes Roseanne’s storyline a bit difficult to understand. The “Dog Days Of Christmas” episode is the last holiday special for both The Conners and Roseanne.
The banned episode was removed shortly after it aired, but it was memorable because it showed Dan and Louise getting more screen time, with Jane Curtin from Saturday Night Live basking in her guest role as Louise’s mother.
Why was ‘The Conners’ Christmas episode banned?
Although the casting for “The Dog Days Of Christmas” was unrealistic due to the small age gap between Curtin and Louise, what really tainted the pretty good episode was a joke that left a sour taste in some viewers. Dan, played by John Goodman, asked Curtin’s character if she had hit anyone while driving home.
She humorously replied, saying she could have run over a marching band without realizing it due to her bad eyesight. Viewers considered this a reference to the Waukesha Christmas parade attack of 2021, where a driver killed six people and injured several,l including members of a high school band.
What was the missing information in ‘The Conners’ banned Christmas episode?
Some information was lost in the banned “The Dog Days of Christmas,” which was about Dan’s mother Audrey dying off-screen. Dan mentions the shocking news but does not give details about when or how Audrey died. Meanwhile, Roseanne and Jackie’s mothers, Bev and Curtin, are still part of the story.
Estelle Parson, who plays Bev, is 97 years old and is expected to star in the final episodes of 2025. Season 6 of The Conners gets even weirder when Roseanne tells Dan that Audrey is mentally ill, but he pays for his mother-in-law’s hospital instead without mentioning her. The last season of The Conners might explain the loophole in either series.