The Conners
admonition : Spoilers ahead for The Conners season 5 , episode 11 .
In time of year 5 of theRoseannespinoffThe Conners , sustain star Emma Kenney is reunited with herShamelessco - adept William H Macy , and the family situation comedy deal this moment utterly . It is never easy for a show likeThe Connersto get out off celebrity cameos . After all , the entire appeal ofThe Connersis that , like its predecessorRoseanne , the series is a comparatively grounded face at working - form living in Middle America . This illusion would be pretty irreparably shattered if glamorous A - list champion appeared in Lanford every other week .
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The Conners Reunited Two Shameless Stars (Again)
InShameless US , Emma Kenney play the girl of Macy ’s antihero . InThe Conners , she play Darlene ’s daughter Harris , and the two former Centennial State - lead shared a brief conversation that acknowledged their history together with a bit of sly , ego - referential humor . When Harris answered the door to Smitty , she insisted that she bed the familiar - search older man from somewhere , only for Smitty to dismiss this as realisation from his television receiver ads . Thesitcom nature ofThe Connersmeant that the show did n’t toy up the meta - aspect of this reunion , but this ended up working in the show ’s favour .
originally inThe Connersseason 5 , Kenney ’s character was reunited with anotherShamelessalum in the form of Ethan Cutkosky , who play Caleb inThe Connersseason 5 , episode 4 , “ Parent Traps and Heart Attacks . ” In that outing , as in “ Two More Years and a Stolen Rose,”The Connersbarely match on the connection between the two actors before moving on to avoid getting too ego - referential . This was a wise option , as leaning into the “ you look awfully familiar ” shtick is both an over - used cliché and a choice that could make the comparatively establish musical note ofThe Connersfeel too heightened and whacky .
Why Smitty and Harris’ Conners Conversation Worked
Since “ Two More old age and a Stolen Rose ” already featureda returningRoseannecharacter , Kenney and Macy ’s reunion was n’t the only meta - moment in the episode . Not only that , but the fact that Harris run on from question Smitty to mock his Speedo - clad commercials re - established the normal situation comedy tone ofThe Connersquickly , meaning the meta - caper did n’t outstay its welcome or disrupt the show ’s tale . As a result , the quick witticism ofThe Connersensured that theShamelessreunion did n’t feel out of position or mess with the tone of theRoseannespinoff .
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