Roseanne Connor to die of OPIOID OVERDOSE

I thought they'd go with something more mean spriited

Killing her instead of her disappearing and never being spoken of again, as has happened to characters on some shows, is the intended spirit of the act.

How was the funeral, was she dead? Then it was fabulous.

Jamie Lee traps Michael Myers in her basement and sets him on fire. All three Strode women survive.

I love it!

They should have sent her to rehab and then see from there, killing her right away is cruel and unfair to Roseanne and the fans

They should expose the Roseanne as the bi-polar, diseased drug abusing whore that she always was...

It's only cruel to anyone trapped in a permanent childhood.

She should have been defenestrated by the cross-dressing grandson.

She should have taken a part-time job at the Lanford High Fructose Corn Syrup Factory and killed after falling into an industrial-sized mixer.

A season-long subplot could have involved the factory's attempt to sue the Connors because they can't scrape all the bits of her fat ass out of the machinery.

Well they set it up for that but they could have made a double whammy social impact statement if they had her going to a third world country for surgery that she couldn't afford in the US which is why she got addicted to opioids in the first place.

who cares about the crazy whore?!

i'm going to eat double dipped chocolate peanuts!

The show should've had the balls to kill her off in a meaner way. Roseanne Conner was obviously just Roseanne Barr, who although always a cunt, wasn't originally a crazy Nazi too. But that's what she became, and so did Roseanne Conner as a consequence.

I'd like to think that she staged a Ruby Ridge situation and died in the hail of bullets, fired by federal agents.

They should have had her lose her health insurance when republicans successfully repealed Obamacare, then slowly rotted llimb by limb from untreated diabetes, no longer able to afford insulin or treatment.

They should have had her die under Trump motorcade.

This show is going to be a big fail.

We'll find out soon, it's debuting in a month, mid-October. It hope it's a resounding success, just to piss off Roseanne and Repugs in general.

Who is even the audience for this, though?

You mean we only watched for Roseanne? News to me...

Perhaps a Roseanne-type is a necessary ingredient, but Roseanne herself sure isn't.

Since it is Roseanne who gets killed, her death should have been a "Murder on the Orient Express" scenario with each justifiably aggrieved member of the family stabbing her once.

"She's dead. Dead! She's passed away. No, she's DEAD!"

[quote]I thought they'd go with something more mean spriited

I was hoping for a grease fire.

What will be the new opening theme? "Ding, Dong, The Witch Is Dead!"?

Can people die from being slowly and painfully eaten alive by bugs within? Then that is how she should die.

Attacked by an ape

Killing her off is a knee-jerk reaction to current politics that will not resonate with the audience that watched this drivel. Like a drunk Tweet or hefty crap, it probably feels good in the moment, but there will be backlash and chapping later.

Bump for original thread.

R23 i LOVED 'jackie' in that scene.......she is such a tremendous actor!!!! ( a Gemini) Laurie Metcalf.

I wonder if this is how she will really die? Sounds too close to comfort.

Oops: for not to

R31 meant too close for comfort

Dammit I was hoping she’d get partially eaten by a bear and the pain from infection caused her to drown in opioids, and THEN she dies.

Fuck that stupid loudmouth ignorant fat fuck deplorable twat.

They should have come up with some funny way for her death. The way they are treating this so seriously makes me think the show will be nothing like the original show.

All they did is eliminate one cunt actress, everything else, the remaining cast, the writers, will be the same.

Yea, but she had a lot of input in the themes and the general atmosphere of the show. As you know, any time an actor leaves or is replaced there is a noticeable change in the show.

She should have choked on a Butterfinger.

The Connors have no money, so they will have to remain living in the same house. That is just not going to work. Roseanne's fucking ghost is going to be everywhere.

Becky will reveal that Roseanne had gone missing months earlier and was found dead in a Chicago crack and heroin den turning tricks to feed her addiction.

The toxicology report showed cocaine, methamphetamine and Fentanyl in her system. It was the Fentanyl that got the old gal.

The upside is that she had not eaten in weeks, lost 50 pounds and still had her teeth.

She looked 20 years younger in the casket.

She looked MAHVELOUS!

Wasnt there a new muslim family living next to them or something? They should have rigged her car with an IED to blow her up, then the deplorables could feel satisfied the show illustrated that all muslims are terrorists.

They are stupid for killing her off because if The Connors is a hit they could bring her back in a few years and it would be ratings gold. The public has a short memory.

r42, nice try. Russian Troll?

Who really cares if the show tanks for not? Glad they off'd the stupid, vile, racist bitch. It should have been in the public square with a black family, muslim family, mexican family and her own family taking turns knifing her as she screams about Valerie Jarrett.

If they ever brought her back, they can always use the dream crap again.

I favor something like this

If the show really wanted to piss her off, the season premier could show the Conners at the funeral home, facing one of those extra-extra-wide coffins.

Seriously? R43

Is it accidental, or did somebody do her in ?

Scene: at the funeral parlor Darlene: Dan: No thanks, Darlene, I don't need any money. I have just enough in our savings account to cover the casket and the burial. Funeral Director: Excuse me Mr. Conner, we have a problem. It doesn't look like the standard size coffin is going to be sufficient. We'll need to go with an extra wide coffin. Darlene: Well, we always knew she'd end up in a double-wide someday. Dan: Darlene, shut up. (to the funeral director) How much more will that cost? Funeral Director: Because of the additional wood and the cost of shipping, it'll add about $800 to the total fees. Dan: I can't afford that. We still have medical bills from her surgery. Funeral Director: Well, there is another option. You can forgo the casket completely, and that will save you $2000. Dan begins crying. Darlene: Won't that make the viewing weird? Dan: Darlene, go home and get the afghan blanket off the couch and bring it here. Darlene: This is the worst Halloween ever.

Let's try that again: Scene: at the funeral parlor

Darlene: Dad, do you need to borrow some money?

Dan: No thanks, Darlene, I don't need any money. I have just enough in our savings account to cover the casket and the burial.

Funeral Director: Excuse me Mr. Conner, we have a problem. It doesn't look like the standard size coffin is going to be sufficient. We'll need to go with an extra wide coffin.

Darlene: Well, we always knew she'd end up in a double-wide someday.

Dan: Darlene, shut up. (to the funeral director) How much more will that cost?

Funeral Director: Because of the additional wood and the cost of shipping, it'll add about $800 to the total fees.

Dan: I can't afford that. We still have medical bills from her surgery.

Funeral Director: Well, there is another option. You can forgo the casket completely, and that will save you $2000.

Dan begins crying.

Darlene: Won't that make the viewing weird?

Dan: Darlene, go home and get the afghan blanket off the couch and bring it here.

Darlene: This is the worst Halloween ever.

R51 Love it! You should send that into them as a spec.

That show was a conedy. People watched it to laugh. How do they think they’re going to pull this off? I don’t see it lasting.

I think the lot of you should take a good look in the mirror. You sound like a bunch of catty, bitchy high school mean girls with all the name calling to make you feel better about yourselves and feel like you're morally superior and on the "winning team". Yes, Roseanne sucks and the show will most likely fail. End of story, move on. She has absolutely no affect on any of our lives.

Couldn't they have come up with a better death? Like slipping at a trump rally and getting impaled on a placard stick.

Ok that's not funny. Cmon DLers. Suggest some.

She gets kicked in the cunt bone and thrown in a grease fire.

Probably not far from how Barr will eventually go, mixture of alcohol, ambien and pain killers.

How about the whole house catches fire, and she doesn't make it out alive, and they all have to start a new life together somewhere else?

I think that happened on The Hogan Family.

It makes sense.

People will probably tune in for the first episode but I don't see it being a big success, at least compared to last season. And then we have to listen to Trumpsters gloat.

Roseann was always incorporating social issues into her show. Opioids kill a lot of people. Why not her?

Opioids? Lame. A better scenario would be her finally getting her big moment and being asked to sing the national anthem at a Trump rally. Then when, which she did in real life, she grabbed her crotch, the crowd thought she was mocking their Fearless Leader, stormed the stage to attack her, the security detail moved in to protect 45 and she got caught in the ensuing crossfire. Now that’s a fitting sendoff.

R23 - that's the single best scene of the entire "Roseanne" series. Laurie Metcalf was and is brilliant.

R62 That's a fitting finale

R51 nice job!

R61 because killing off beloved main characters derails the escapism of laugh-a-minute comedies and is a shitty thing to do to viewers.

They should've done Roseanne ala Frannie from Mamas Family, or from Mama Cass, choking on some type of animal product would've been fitting...

I think this is a hug to the right wing assholes who love Roseanne, letting her die in a way that continues to let the assholes think she is just like them instead of a zillionair who wouldn't waste her time to even spit on them.

Mama Cass was not a cunt, and did not die from a sandwich. Everyone loved her, and her contributions to music- both her own and groups she got together.

why not a grease fire?

I hope Valerie Jarrett makes a cameo

I kind of agree with R54. How exactly does Roseanne touch your life?

Look up "reactionary." I'll never forget how her Domestic Goddess routines shook up comedy and how she was a liberal icon. Something happened to her, and to me it's sad.

I thought Kellyanne solved the opioid crisis?

She turns into an alt-right triggered snowflake and melts away. Oh, wait...

I think i'ts inspired. And so many potential story lines later. Jackie and Dan could get much closer then fall in-love. Or Dan could just found another Roseanne II and get married. So many fat unemployed bitches to choose from in Hollywood. Darlene could go to the deeper end or just end up being a full on lesbo. Or she can get back with that guy from TBBT now that its ending.

I still didn’t know that bitch was black!!

This show will never make it beyond the initial run of new episodes.

good!

By the time the remake-remake airs, nobody is even going to care.

Just curious, does Roseanne have a lawsuit currently in the works?

If not, I'm sure if this is really the plan to kill her off by a drug overdose, she won't waste any time initiating a suit.

They continued “The Andy Griffith Show” without him for thre seasons as “Mayberry RFD.” It sucked!

“Roseanne” without won’t last past the current season which had already been paid for before Barr,s tweet.

r81 It may have sucked, but it was never out of the Top 20 in the ratings. It got cancelled as part of CBS's "Rural Purge."

Depending on how they handle this, it could be a good arc. A cultural icon like Roseanne dying of a a drug overdoes would shock middle class America. If it’s handled sloppily, it will have no impact and not help move the conversation about the depth of the drug crisis in our country.

Why does middle class America need to be shocked ? Isn't everyday life shocking enough ? Must it bleed over into what's supposed to be a happy escape from real life ?

Roseanne, while in an anger-filled rant against liberals, accidentally shoots herself in the foot with a gun. After some agony and saying repeatedly, I didn't mean to do it, I shouldn't have done it, complications set in and she dies.

Love her or hate her, Roseanne was the heart and soul of this show. She was always, even before this series, funny as hell. She had a great ensemble cast who seemed to work together well, and complimented each other. I'm NOT a Republican, nor a supporter of Trump. I've always enjoyed the original show, and was sorry to see it end. The remake, unfortunately, lost something in the translation. But it's too bad it all had to end this way. Sorry to say, but in my humble opinion, they shouldn't even bother with "The Connors."

“The Connors” is the Fourth Reich...an inane idea based on hysteria and bad taste....and intolerance disguised as tolerance.

I despise Roseanne, but this nonsense is just rich white kids stamping their ugly feet. And not one of them has any reason to stamp. They’re all rich white kids, down to the last Connor actor grandbrat.

How about Roseanne dies when she and Norm Macdonald fight over the last Yakov Smirnoff Comedy Classics DVD at a Tuesday Morning store. Her heart gives out, she collapses on the floor, and Norm, stunned by his "win," chucks the DVD onto her chest, muttering "Ah I didn't want it anyway. I thought this was [italic]Jonathan Livingston Seagull[/italic]."

With a cast composed of Laurie Metcaf, John Goodman and Sara Gilbert, I'm tuning in to watch them.

She should have won a vacation to Italy or France, and eaten herself to death.

It could be like when 70s and 80s sitcoms did a "very special episode" as a cautionary tale about a deadly social vice.

They've picked drugs to warn against, but more people are probably plauged by obesity (?)

Grow up and move on you bitter, hateful queens. You're just as bad as Roseanne continuously tweeting.

Why does shoe just cross over to the other side of the fence, and run off with Nancy ?

Really genius writing would have her overdose on Ambien.

Can't she just have a breakdown, and ship her off to the local nuthouse. That way, if the show fails, they can bring her back for a guest appearance to save the show.

This show is already a failure.

r84 As a country, we appear to have projected drug dependency, manufacturing and distribution into a “foreign” problem. We want to avoid directly addressing the scope of the issue, so we shift the blame to “Mexicans” or another external agency.

We ignore that the majority of the drugs are domestically manufactured, distributed and controlled by groups within the US. For methamphetamine, we have an addiction rate of over 6% nationally for age 25 and up. We’re looking at moe than 7 million people using a combination of substance with no viable treatment options. - and 46% of the deaths are from opiods.

I disagree with her politics, but her voice as an actor is powerful. If she embraces this it could well bring her redemption. I’d never count Roseanne out.

A re-boot where they kill off the lead? We’re in!!!

R54 = Roseanne

R92 = Russian troller

Haha, r94. That would work. Perhaps right after she calls the police on some Blacks folks at the park, grocery store, [fill in the blank]

Please, by al means, let's take a serious issue/epidemic and use it for some political payback. I can tell this comedy is going to be a laugh riot already.

Can the networks hurry up and go the fuck away?