‘The Conners’ Season 1, Episode 3 ‘There Won’t Be Blood’ Recap: Rules

After making things final with one of the family’s members, The Conners preoccupy themselves with Halloween. However, an obstacle stands in the way of one of them. While struggling to look for a job, one of the main characters must help her son make a costume two days before Halloween. Despite this, the family undoubtedly enjoys the holiday.

In this week’s episode of The Conners, Darlene Conner (Sara Gilbert) applies for a job two days before Halloween. While the rest of the family enjoys the holiday, Mark Conner-Healy (Ames McNamara) changes his costume because of school regulation. Meanwhile, Jackie Harris (Laurie Metcalf) introduces her new boyfriend, Peter (Matthew Broderick) to Dan Conner (John Goodman).

Overqualified

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Two days before Halloween, Darlene finds herself applying for a job at McNasty’s, a restaurant known for having staff that jokingly insult their customers. At the job interview, Darlene struggles to joke about Gary (David Paymer), the interviewer, since she did not usually have someone ask her to insult them. Unfortunately, once Darlene came up with something, Gary found her too harsh, so she did not get the job.

Introduction

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Back at home, the rest of the family celebrated Halloween. During the celebration, Jackie introduces her new boyfriend, Peter, to Dan. Dan repeatedly tried to leave their conversation since he found Peter boring. Finally, Dan managed to bring Becky Conner (Lecy Goranson) to take his place in the lecture-like talk. After the party, Jackie asked Dan to tell her what he thought about Peter. At first, Dan seemed to be polite about him, but eventually, he came up with an insult the way all Conners do.

Cultural Appropriation

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Because of a school regulation, Mark switched from wearing a Fortnite costume to dressing up as Frida Kahlo, one of his favorite artists. Still, the School Principal (John Billingsley) did not allow him to enter the school’s Halloween Fair since his costume is ‘culturally inappropriate.’ Because of this, Darlene yelled at the principal, who still did not let them in. Eventually, the duo ended up wandering around Lanford’s Cemetery before they went home, albeit happily.

Driving Test

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Throughout the episode, Harris Conner-Healy (Emma Kenney) asked Dan’s permission to drive her grandma’s old car since she recently passed the driving test. Dan continually tried to stall Harris, but he eventually let her drive. However, Dan has a condition: for a month, Harris has to bring him to work as he constantly nagged about her driving. The day after, Harris did bring him to work as he distracted her. Still, they did not expect Mary Conner (Jayden Rey) to startle them, making Harris narrowly miss one of their neighbors’ mailboxes.

‘The Conners’ Season 1, Episode 3 ‘There Won’t Be Blood’ Final Verdict

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As always, The Conners brings its brand of entertainment quite nicely. The actors never lose touch of the character, and despite the absence of their previous main character, the feel of the show remains the same. This episode, in particular, highlights the younger Conner generation. Just like in real life, the show goes on, regardless of all the changes.

The Conners returns on Tuesday, November 13th with ‘The Separation of Church and Dan’ at 8/9c on ABC.