After over 30 years, the Conner household took their closing bow. Followers lastly mentioned a seemingly definitive goodbye to the beloved brood by means of the sequence finale of Roseanne spinoff The Conners, which aired amid the 2025 TV schedule. The sitcom is one in all many reveals that is resulted in 2025, however few titles on that listing arguably have as a lot historical past wrapped up in them as this one has. It was bittersweet seeing an period come to a detailed, and John Goodman is now opening up the sofa scene that closed out the present.
As is the case with some sequence finales, The Conners’ closing episode, “The Truck Stops Right here,” included some montages of scenes from the present and its predecessor, because the household dispersed from the lounge. Ultimately, Goodman’s Dan Conner was the one one left on the sofa and, earlier than leaving, he mentioned goodnight on to the digicam. It was a candy gesture and one which made this viewers member really feel like part of the TV household. Goodman defined to The Hollywood Reporter that he was the one who conceived the concept and defined why:
I wished to do it, they usually let me, they usually stored it. I believed it was simply us saying, ‘Good night time, people. Thanks.’
I could not consider a greater closing second for The Conners than that. Contemplating how followers have caught with this small-screen franchise for years, it feels acceptable that one of many solid members would immediately handle them on the finish. Goodman’s fast sign-off reads, to me, as an acknowledgement of the assorted individuals who tuned into the adventures of the Lanford-based clan for years.
Additionally, I would argue that the sendoff falls consistent with what’s recognized about Roseanne as a present. The basic sitcom was recognized to characteristic meta and self-aware components at occasions, so Dan’s goodbye looks like a (far more delicate) extension of that.
What makes the ending even higher is figuring out that John Goodman’s “Goodnight” to the digicam wasn’t within the script. Showrunner Bruce Helford beforehand defined that the second “was a shock” and since it was “so touching,” they determined to depart it in. At this level, it is truthfully laborious to think about the episode concluding otherwise.
ABC confirmed in Could 2024 that The Conners can be ending after its seventh season, which consisted of solely six episodes. That information got here after a lot hypothesis relating to the sitcom would stay on the air for much longer. In the end, the sequence prevented the axe for years and completed with a powerful run, even with out the lead of its mother and father present, Roseanne Barr. In hindsight, it is really fairly spectacular that the writers and producers have been capable of tie up unfastened ends with solely a handful of episodes.
It is nonetheless considerably surreal to suppose that Dan and the remainder of the Conner clan have reached the top of the highway. After all, I do not suppose it is unattainable that one other spinoff may occur down the highway. In any case, the Roseanne reboot — just like the spinoff that was born after its cancellation in 2018 — was surprising as nicely. Even when one other present is not made although, I am simply glad that The Conners ended with Dan formally addressed viewers.
All seven seasons of The Conners at the moment are out there to stream with a Hulu subscription.