Here’s What Happened to Roseanne’s Mom, Bev
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the latest episode of Roseanne.
She’s back! Estelle Parsons returned to Roseanne on Tuesday night’s episode, playing Roseanne and Jackie’s mother, Beverly Harris. The beloved actress made a huge splash in the episode, and provided some much-needed comic relief in an episode mostly focused on David and Darlene’s relationship drama.
During the episode, Bev bursts through the door of the Conner family home, suitcases in tow. She announces to Jackie and Roseanne that she can no longer stay at the nursing home where she was living - because she was kicked out. “I watch TV, I play cards, I have an occasional drink, but apparently at my age I am not supposed to enjoy a healthy sex life with multiple partners, in multiple parts of the facility,” Bev says. “What? I had sex! Is that so difficult to imagine?”
Bev says at first that she can return if she writes a letter of apology, but later admits she made that up. “I can’t go back to the home, I’m going to have to stay here with you girls,” she says. “They said that I am a danger to others. I gave a couple of the men a little gonorrhea.” Jackie and Roseanne are left to figure out what to do - and the audience is left in hysterics.
It seems like the cast loves Parsons just as much as the viewers do. “Estelle is another legend, so perfect in her execution of characters that she almost blends into the project, occasionally obscuring her greatness,” Michael Fishman, who plays DJ Conner, wrote for Entertainment Weekly. “Bev is the overbearing influence that makes comedy gold.”
If you thought there wasn’t enough Bev during this episode, don’t worry. Parsons will return for more episodes of Roseanne, including May 1's episode,“No Country for Old Women,” in which Roseanne and Jackie fight over who will take care of Bev.
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