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Laurie Metcalf Says ‘The Conners’ Won’t Feel “Completed” After Finale: “A Lot To Wrap Up”

After three iterations, a combined 17 seasons and nearly 40 years on the air, don't expect 'The Conners' to end with a big happy ever after.

Laurie Metcalf, who has starred as Aunt Jackie on the family sitcom since Roseanne ‘s 1988 debut on ABC, recently explained that the show’s current reboot won’t “have a big bow tied up” when the six-episode final season kicks off Wednesday at 8/7c. “There’s a lot to wrap up and I think the writers are really working hard to get everybody’s storylines sort of … not completed,” she told People. After the updated series was renewed for another that year, Barr was terminated from the show for racially insensitive tweets.

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