The Conners Sneak Peek: Fred Savage Returns as Darlene’s Storm-Chasing (?!) Shrink Ahead of Dan’s Wedding
A natural disaster reunites Darlene with her therapist in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek at The Conners‘ big wedding episode.
Airing Wednesday at 9/8c, “The Wedding of Dan and Louise” promises a “far-from-perfect walk down the aisle.” But first, the Conner clan will have to make it to church on time, which is easier said than done as a tornado approaches Lanford — you know, the kind of tornado that only touches down once every 32 years.
As the weather worsens, Darlene looks out her passenger-side window and recognizes Fred Savage‘s Dr. Harding, who is moonlighting as a storm chaser (or, more specifically, as one of the Twister Hunters). Once Darlene fills Harding in on her current drama — she’s got her ex-boyfriend and the guy she was going to take to Hawaii in the backseat — Harding suggests that driving into a tornado may just be the “best thing” she could do right now.
Savage’s return to The Conners is part of ABC‘s “Return to Wonder” Wednesday. The network’s comedy block will pay homage to the original Wonder Years, with Dan Lauria (aka Jack Arnold) set to guest-star on The Goldbergs (at 8 pm), and Danica McKellar (Winnie Cooper) confirmed to appear on Home Economics (at 9:30). The Wonder Years reboot, meanwhile, will feature a nod to the original series’ iconic theme song (at 8:30).
In addition to Savage, the Conners episode introduces Tony Cavalero (The Righteous Gemstones) as Harris’ new boyfriend, veteran tattoo artist/single father Aldo. Additional guest stars include Nat Faxon (as Jackie’s boyfriend Neville), Darien Sills-Evans (as Becky’s friend-with-benefits Mikey) and Brian Austin Green (as Wellman worker Jeff). (Fun fact: Faxon, who is driving Darlene & Co., previously co-starred opposite Savage in Netflix’s Friends From College.)
Press PLAY on the video above, then hit the comments and let us know if you’ll be attending the Conner/Goldufski wedding.
Is it just me or is Ben using every opportunity to hurt Darlene and blame her? He’s literally taken no accountability in their relationship ending as if he did nothing wrong and now he’s blaming her for possibly dieing in a tornado? Yeah. Like Darlene could predict the weather. I don’t even know why he’s riding with her family to the church. It sounds like his own choices put him there but yet again he can’t take and accountability. Darlene isn’t the only one that needs to grow up. I’d rather see Darlene give it a go with Jeff or anyone but Ben at this point and I liked them as a couple. This one sided blame thing they’re doing with this break up is not working for me. I’m not looking forward to Darlene changing herself for Ben and then groveling for Ben and then Ben getting so much credit for agreeing to give her another chance without doing any work on himself at all. Darlene has become the David in this relationship and given up complete control just to appease Ben. It’s really sad to watch at this point.
I love Fred Savage! He was great in Friends From College. As was Nat Faxon. By the way, is the tornado supposed to represent Roseanne’s disapproval of the wedding? The symbolism seems pretty obvious.