10 TV Episodes That Were Blatant Apologies
3. "Twenty Years To Life" - Roseanne
Roseanne's ninth season - the last batch of episodes in its original run - was widely loathed by fans and critics alike, who felt that having the Conners win $108 million from the state lottery worked against the show's depiction of working class life.
But the season finale, "Into That Good Night," arguably made things worse by revealing that the show had actually been an exaggerated fiction written by the real Roseanne (Roseanne Barr).
In reality, they didn't win the lottery, and her husband Dan (John Goodman) died from his heart attack at the end of season eight. Bummer.
When Roseanne was revived for a tenth season, the premiere took a well-placed pot-shot at that misguided ninth season by opening with Roseanne struggling to wake up Dan, believing him to be dead.
Hilariously, when Dan wakes up - wearing a sleep apnea mask, no less - he knowingly quips, "Why does everyone always think I'm dead?"
The episode also passingly throws out season nine's grim final monologue, re-instating the first eight seasons as canon and basically course-correcting the beloved sitcom in the process.
Given that the show continues to thrive in its sans-Roseanne form The Conners - where Roseanne is revealed to have died from an opioid overdose after the actress made racist comments online - it's fair to say that the apology went down swimmingly with fans.