It doesn’t look like a warm welcome for Dan (John Goodman) and Louise Conner (Katey Sagal) on the January 11 episode of ABC‘s The Conners, when they encounter high school classmate Smitty Cusamano (guest star William H. Macy), as seen in the first look photo above. Smitty, who left Lanford to find fame and fortune in the pool supply business, is an “outgoing, salesman-type,” says executive producer Bruce Helford. He returns to Lanford to attend a funeral of a beloved English teacher “and maybe show off a bit for his old school buddies,” Helford adds. In the image above, you’ll notice that Dan, Louise, and Smitty are standing in a bar, which may look familiar to Roseanne viewers — it’s Lobo, the famous hangout from the original series! And that’s not the only callback to the ’90s sitcom in the episode, as Helford teases Smitty has quite
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William H. Macy Is a Blast From the Past in ‘The Conners’ First Look (Photo)
- 12 December 2022
- TV Insider