This sitcom follows the story of working class couple Dan and Roseanne Conner (John Goodman and Roseanne Barr) and their children Becky (Lecy Goranson and later, Sarah Chalke), Darlene (Sara Gilbert), and David Jacob ‘D.J.’ (Michael Fishman). Other family members and friends include Roseanne’s sister Jackie (Laurie Metcalf), mother Beverly ‘Bev’ Harris (Estelle Parsons), friends Nancy Bartlett and Crystal Anderson (Sandra Bernhard and Natalie West), boss Leon Carp (Martin Mull), Becky’s boyfriend/husband Mark Healy (Glenn Quinn), and Darlene’s boyfriend/husband David Healy (Johnny Galecki).