‘The Conners’ Star Would ‘Love’ a Spinoff For Longtime Character
Lecy Goranson hopes the final season of The Conners won’t be her final time playing the role of Becky Conner Healy. In an interview with Us Weekly, the veteran sitcom star said she already wants to reprise the role of the character she first played as a kid on Roseanne in 1988.
As The Conners headed into its final six episodes in March 2025, Goranson, 50, told the outlet, “I don’t want a break. I would love a spinoff. I imagine that might be complicated, but I would love that.”
Goranson explained that she is very close to her co-stars and the crew, some of whom she’s worked with for nearly 40 years. “We have a really, really long history,” she shared. “When you are around people every day like that, it’s very much like family. It sounds stereotypical, but it does feel that way. … We’re always saying, ‘How do we get together again? What’s our next project together?’ It’s very sincere. We all feel this way.”
Goranson debuted the role as the eldest Conner kid in 1988 but took a hiatus from the show after five seasons to attend college at Vassar. Sarah Chalke stepped in to fill the role for two seasons, with Goranson then appearing on and off until the series ended in 1997. For the Roseanne reboot and The Conners spinoff, which debuted in 2018, Goranson was back in full force. She noted that fans have been “rooting for Becky” for seven seasons as the character became a widow who struggled with addiction, to a single mom who went back in school to better her family's life.
In an interview with People magazine, Goranson admitted she was having a hard time saying goodbye to Becky—and The Conners. "I'm already thinking of the next thing for all of us, including the crew,” she said. “I'm an optimist and I'm thinking, 'How do I keep us all together?' I just refuse to believe that it's done."
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