This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in working-class America.
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John Goodman
Dan Conner
Laurie Metcalf
Jackie Harris
Sara Gilbert
Darlene Conner
Alicia Goranson
Becky Conner
Emma Kenney
Harris Conner-Healy
Ames McNamara
Mark Conner-Healy
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11 episodes • 2018Avg: 9.3Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep on Truckin' | Oct 16, 2018 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Tangled Up in Blue | Oct 23, 2018 | 10.0 |
| 3 | There Won't Be Blood | Oct 30, 2018 | 10.0 |
| 4 | The Separation of Church and Dan | Nov 13, 2018 | 10.0 |
| 5 | Miracles | Nov 20, 2018 | 10.0 |
| 6 | One Flew Over the Conners' Nest | Nov 27, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Hold the Salt | Dec 4, 2018 | 7.0 |
| 8 | O Sister, Where Art Thou? | Dec 11, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Rage Against the Machine | Jan 8, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Don't Shoot the Piano Teacher | Jan 15, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 11 | We Continue to Truck | Jan 22, 2019 | 10.0 |
20 episodes • 2019Avg: 8.3Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preemies, Weed, and Infidelity | Sep 24, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 2 | A Kiss Is Just a Kiss | Oct 1, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Preemie Monologues | Oct 8, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Lanford... Lanford | Oct 15, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Nightmare on Lunch Box Street | Oct 29, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Tempest in a Stew Pot | Nov 12, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Slappy Holidays | Nov 19, 2019 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Lanford, Toilet of Sin | Nov 26, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Smoking Penguins and Santa on Santa Action | Dec 10, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Throwing a Christian to a Bear | Jan 21, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Mud Turtles, a Good Steak and One Man in a Tub | Jan 28, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Live from Lanford | Feb 11, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Brothers, Babies and Breakdowns | Feb 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Bad Dads and Grads | Feb 25, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Beards, Thrupples and Robots | Mar 17, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Tats and Tias | Mar 24, 2020 | 7.0 |
| 17 | The Icewoman Cometh | Apr 7, 2020 | 8.0 |
| 18 | Pilot Lights & Sister Fights | Apr 14, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 19 | CPAPs, Hickeys and Biscuits | Apr 28, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Bridge Over Troubled Conners | May 4, 2020 | 0.0 |
20 episodes • 2020Avg: 8.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep On Truckin' Six Feet Apart | Oct 21, 2020 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Halloween and the Election vs. the Pandemic | Oct 28, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Plastics, Trash Talk & Darlene Antoinette | Nov 4, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Birthdays, Babies and Emotional Support Chickens | Nov 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Friends in High Places and Horse Surgery | Nov 25, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Protest, Drug Test and One Leaves the Nest | Dec 2, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 7 | A Cold Mom, a Brother Daddy and a Prison Baby | Jan 13, 2021 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Young Love, Old Lions and Middle-Aged Hyenas | Jan 20, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Promotions, Podcasts and Magic Tea | Jan 27, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Who Are Bosses, Boats and Eckhart Tolle? | Feb 3, 2021 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Panic Attacks, Hardware Store and Big Mouth Billy Bass | Feb 24, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 12 | A Stomach Ache, a Heartbreak and a Grave Mistake | Mar 3, 2021 | 7.0 |
| 13 | Walden Pond, a Staycation and the Axis Powers | Mar 24, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Money, Booze and Lies | Mar 31, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 15 | An Old Dog, New Tricks and a Ticket to Ride | Apr 7, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 16 | A Fast Car, a Sudden Loss, and a Slow Decline | Apr 7, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Regrets, Rehabs and Realtors | Apr 14, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Cheating, Revelations and a Box of Doll Heads | Apr 21, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Jeopardé, Sobrieté, and Infidelité | May 12, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Two Proposals, a Homecoming and a Bear | May 19, 2021 | 0.0 |
20 episodes • 2021Avg: 7.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trucking Live In Front of a Fully Vaccinated Studio Audience | Sep 22, 2021 | 9.0 |
| 2 | Education, Corruption, and Damnation | Sep 29, 2021 | 6.0 |
| 3 | Sober Sex, Plastic Silverware, and Losing My Religion | Oct 6, 2021 | 4.0 |
| 4 | The Wedding of Dan and Louise | Oct 13, 2021 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Peter Pan, The Backup Plan, Adventures in Babysitting, and A River Runs Through It | Oct 27, 2021 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Young Love, Old Love and Take This Job and Shove It | Nov 3, 2021 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Let's All Push Our Hands Together for the Stew Train and the Conners Furniture | Nov 17, 2021 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Yard Sale, Phone Fail, and a College Betrayal | Dec 1, 2021 | 4.0 |
| 9 | Three Exes, Role Playing and A Waterbed | Jan 5, 2022 | 10.0 |
| 10 | Spills, Pills and The Midnight Lasagna | Jan 12, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Patriarchs and Goddesses | Jan 19, 2022 | 6.0 |
| 12 | Hot For Teacher and Writing a Wrong | Feb 2, 2022 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Sex, Lies and House Hunting | Feb 23, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Triggered | Mar 2, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Messy Situation, Miscommunication and Academic Probation | Mar 16, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 16 | Gas Pump, House Dump and Stew Volcano | Mar 23, 2022 | 10.0 |
| 17 | Big Negotiations and Broken Expectations | Apr 13, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 18 | The Best Laid Plans, a Contrabassoon and a Sinking Feeling | May 4, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 19 | Three Ring Circus | May 11, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 20 | A Judge and a Priest Walk Into a Living Room... | May 18, 2022 | 8.0 |
22 episodes • 2022Avg: 7.3Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Double Honeymoon and Seeing Double | Sep 21, 2022 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Scenes From Two Marriages: The Parrot Doth Protest Too Much | Sep 28, 2022 | 6.0 |
| 3 | Driving, Dating and Deceit | Oct 5, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Parent Traps and Heart Attacks | Oct 12, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 5 | A Little Weed and a Bad Seed | Oct 19, 2022 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Book Bans and Guillotine Hands | Oct 26, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Take This Job and Shove It Twice | Nov 2, 2022 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Of Missing Minds and Missing Fries | Nov 16, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Crumbs and Couch Surfers | Nov 30, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Dog Days of Christmas | Dec 7, 2022 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Two More Years and a Stolen Rose | Jan 11, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Stuck in the Middle and Stuck in the Past | Jan 18, 2023 | 7.0 |
| 13 | New Pipes and Old Secrets | Feb 8, 2023 | 7.0 |
| 14 | Adding Insult to Injury | Feb 15, 2023 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Possums, Pregnancy and Patriarchy | Feb 22, 2023 | 7.0 |
| 16 | Hiding In and Moving Out | Mar 1, 2023 | 6.0 |
| 17 | The Contra Hearings and the Midnight Gambler | Mar 8, 2023 | 6.0 |
| 18 | Road Trip and Guilt Trip | Mar 15, 2023 | 6.0 |
| 19 | Text Thread and the Marital Bed | Apr 5, 2023 | 7.0 |
| 20 | What's So Funny About Peas, Love and Understanding? | Apr 19, 2023 | 7.0 |
| 21 | Dating, Drinking and Grifter Logic | Apr 26, 2023 | 8.0 |
| 22 | The Grad Finale | May 3, 2023 | 8.0 |
13 episodes • 2024Avg: 6.9Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Publisher Cops Show Pilot | Feb 7, 2024 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Valentine's Day Treats and Credit Card Cheats | Feb 14, 2024 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Moms and Rats | Feb 21, 2024 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Shrinks Don't Talk and Kids Don't Sing | Feb 28, 2024 | 8.0 |
| 5 | When Sisters Collide and the Return of the Grifters | Mar 13, 2024 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Hanging in Dorms with Boys and the Secret Life of Men | Mar 20, 2024 | 6.0 |
| 7 | Smash and Grab and Happy Death Day | Apr 10, 2024 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Toilet Hacks and the Management Track | Apr 17, 2024 | 6.0 |
| 9 | Manifesting, Marriage Testing and Cheeseballs | Apr 24, 2024 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Campaign U-Turn and a Hard Write | May 1, 2024 | 6.0 |
| 11 | Fire and Vice | May 8, 2024 | 7.0 |
| 12 | Flying, Applying and Rassling Gators | May 15, 2024 | 7.0 |
| 13 | Less Money, More Problems | May 22, 2024 | 6.0 |
6 episodes • 2025Avg: 7.3Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It's Gonna Be a Great Day | Mar 26, 2025 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Fame, Flying Fists and Cold Feet | Apr 2, 2025 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Applications, Accusations and a Man-Bag | Apr 9, 2025 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Danny Boy, the Interview, the New Hire and the Hanging Chad | Apr 16, 2025 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Exercise Bands, Money Plans, and Faraway Lands | Apr 23, 2025 | 7.0 |
| 6 | The Truck Stops Here | Apr 23, 2025 | 8.0 |
