If you go back far enough into this blog, you'll see that I absolutely LOVE Roseanne. It has a special place in my heart, and has had one ever since that fateful night in a hotel room when I was flipping through the channels and saw a rerun where Becky complains about how she can't have a car, and Darlene begins to feel depression. I related to Darlene and her coming of age so much. Those kids. I loved all of the characters.

And they're back. Every last one of them.

Save, for obvious reasons, Mark. David is also currently MIA seeing as he is currently the lead in The Big Bang Theory, but I've heard that the show will wrap things up with its twelfth season. Something tells me that he will be back to visit the Conners' house soon.

Get some perspective on how impressive this is: not only did they get the whole cast back, but much of that cast went on from the original show to become big. Laura Metcalf was nominated for a n Oscar this year. John Goodman became a major actor, landing roles in Oscar-material prestige films as well as major blockbusters. They not only brought back Sarah Gilbert and Lecy Goranson, but an adult Michael Fishman. They even found a role for Sarah Chalke to take, in a special plotline intertwined with Becky's.

18 million people tuned in. I had only found out that the show was being revived the morning of that very day, and I knew that I had to see it.

And there it is. Middle America. Lower middle class families arguing about all of the regular things. Politics comes up. As some are well aware, Roseanne Barr had some opinions in the most recent election, and they have been infused into her character. Roseann's character isn't a radical, however, but a very normal person with some middle-of-the-road beliefs. There's that word again: middle. This show manages to find everything that's average and relatable about American life, just as it did before. The working family problems, the common interpersonal issues, the political variety -- it's all there with a good old nostalgic splash of Roseanne humor.

It's almost as if the show never ended. Clearly, it's set in a new era; the fashions have changed, the social issues are different, the economy has a different swing to it than in the late 80's and early 90's, the U.S. military is in a different place, the family has new members. But it still feels exactly how I remembered it, as if this was something they were working on all the way back then. All of the same old chemistry is there. Everything that makes Roseanne -- Rosanne.

Here's a basic overview of how the season kicked off, for those curious to know if they would find:

Roseanne voted a certain president into office because he campaigned on jobs. Since then, she and Jackie have had a feud, and haven't talked in a year. Jackie is more consistently liberal. The show shows both points of view as totally normal among Americans, and the comedy really brings this out. A lot of people should be able to relate having an ideologically split family.

DJ (not the STAR WARS character) recently completed his service in the military, where he went to Syria. His character would be around 37 now, so he had a pretty healthy career and is probably the one most on his feet. He married Geena Williams, who also enrolled into the service and is still serving for another few months. They have a daughter named Mary, who's an adorable girl that reminds me of one of my younger cousins.

Becky wants to become a surrogate mother in order to earn a quick $50,000 that she simply doesn't get with her current part-time job at a restaurant. Her husband died (out of respect for his real-life actor, Glenn Quinn), and she has no children at age 43. The eggs involved would be her own if she goes through with the surrogate pregnancy, and the woman she's doing this for is played by none other than -- Sarah Chalke. The show always joked about how the two actresses both played Becky, and it continues to do to. Roseanne and Dan are upset with Becky for basically selling away their potential grandchild, but Becky really wants a life and it's her decision.

Darlene lost her job and moved in with her parents. She says that it's to take care of them, but she needs their support just as much. She's divorced, and her life went nowhere. She has a couple of kids, one of them named Mark, after his late uncle. Mark is about eight or nine years old, and the absolute opposite of the last mark. Glenn Quinn was a very masculine man. The new kid is very feminine, and enjoys cross-dressing because he really likes clothes and colors and fashion -- but no, he isn't gay, and he doesn't identify as a girl. Darlene says to just leave him be, but Roseanne and Dan have concerns about their grandkid. On one hand, they personally hope that he grows up normal because they'd be more comfortable with it, but they can live with it so long as their grandson isn't bullied.

Anyway, now you're all caught up. Like I said, I loved it. It was better than Season 9, which was all I could have realistically asked for, but my goodness I really liked it. I wasn't expecting to rediscover this beloved show so naturally aged. May this be the awakening of something new and good in television.