The Conners Fans Are Getting Worried That The Show Doesn't Know What To Do With Becky

During "Two More Years and a Stolen Rose," Becky Conner-Healy tries to charm Darlene into doing a favor for her — she needs to live with Ben and Darlene for four more years while she finishes her master's degree and prepares to become an addiction counselor. Darlene is torn; she wants time alone with her husband and doesn't want to wait to do it. Worse, she feels that Becky splurges unwisely on luxuries for Beverly Rose. But they also definitely need the rent Becky provides them to help pay off Dan. An argument soon emerges, but Ben and Darlene agree to keep hosting both Healys until Becky's done with her degree. 

Posting to "The Conners" subreddit, u/Super_Description169 thinks this isn't much of a storyline diversion. "Becky really has been put on the back burner this season and this episode has shown it," they wrote.

Another Reddit user also found Becky's new storyline to be ludicrous. "Sorry, it's not believable that a 45-year-old single mom whose most recent jobs include waitress and factory worker is gonna get a master's degree. They are all destitute and suddenly Becky is gonna break generational poverty through sheer willpower, I guess." They later added, "There's really nothing to work around when it doesn't make sense that she's in college at all." But other fans point out that financial aid and student loans might help Becky out. 

In any event, it's the most interesting plotline Becky's been presented with all season, and might end up rescuing her from her aimless drift through Season 5.