I'm new to Roseanne, how many years apart was Darlene and Becky? 

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It looks like Becky is supposed to be aboue 3-4 older than Darlene in these season 1 eps I\'m watching now on N@N. Can someone let me know how many years apart were they?

Their about 11/2 to 2 years apart. In the episode,"Shower the People You Love with Stuff", Darlene and Becky are fighting, and she says how old they were at that time.(Darlene was 19 and Becky was 21)

I always thought they were about 2 - 3 years apart. Although to me, Darlene was always more mature in a lot of ways than Becky. Then I\'d say there was 4 - 5 yrs difference between Darlene and DJ.

It was all a fantasy anyway. In Roseanne\'s world Darlene might be older than Becky. Sorry just having a last episode flashback. :lol:

I guess 2 years then. Yeah,there was about a 5 year age difference between Darlene and DJ. I definately agree that Darlene was more mature in a lot of ways than Becky.

darlene did seem more mature than becky,till she got caught up into comic books,the new becky I liked quite a bit,she seemed like a flower child from the 60\'s lol she was also better looking than the old becky,but did you notice that darlene never really "bashed" the new becky? never very many witty comments & put downs at her expense.

That\'s probably because during that time, Darlene was supposed to be a lot older-lol

but did you notice that darlene never really "bashed" the new becky? never very many witty comments & put downs at her expense.

darlene always made fun of becky2-she implied becky was stupid, a slut and she made fun of her for having a crappy life and she constantly berated mark

true,mark was always the joke usually,but her verbal assaults torwards becky just didn\'t have the same impact that her jokes did with becky#1,at least in my own opinion.

Is that because Becky 2 was CUTE and Becky 1 wasn\'t?-LOL

actually, Lecy Goranson is only 7 months older than Sara Gilbert, but Sara\'s a year and a half older than Sarah Chalke. In season one, Becky was 13-14 and Darlene was 11.

Lecy played a different Becky than Sarah did. Lecy\'s idea of Becky was a strong-willed and smart girl, Sarah was a dumb blonde. Lecy\'s Becky stood up to Darlene, Sarah\'s Becky was a doormat and wasn\'t at all the same character.

You could really tell the difference between the two in season 8. Darlene and Lecy\'s Becky were equals by then and were a mini-Roseanne and Jackie. You never quite saw the same type of bond between Sarah\'s Becky and Darlene.

Rememeber, we\'re talking about the age difference between Becky and Darlene, which are characters played by Lecy/Sarah and Sara. We\'re not figuring out the age difference between the actors.

well, excuse me. I was just saying I think that Sara being older than Sarah kinda gave Darlene the upper hand over Becky in the latter seasons, that Becky #2 was never really an equal to Darlene the way Becky #1 would fight back at her. I said nothing wrong.

Sorry, I didn\'t mean it like that. :crazy: I wasn\'t even addressing your comment. I apoligize if it came off like that. It\'s not a big deal. How about we put this tiff behind us, cool? :) P.S. I deleted the message. I\'m really sorry.

Okay, my conclusion is that Darlene and Becky are 2-3 years apart on the show. What do all of you think?

I\'d say Becky and Darlene were roughly 2 years apart. But I consider Darlene to be much older than Becky mentality-wise. I mean, Becky always threw tantrums and Darlene always would just smart off.

It\'s my favorite show.(Obviously :) ) My favorite character is Darlene.(Obvious also :) )

I never really sat down to watch it before, but when I did, I found it pretty damn funny. Plus, Amy Sherman Palladino of Gilmore Girls did some writing on the show, so that\'s a huge plus!

How cool, I didn\'t know that! Gilmore Girls is an awesome show too!

Darlene and Becky were 2 years apart. I dont know about Darlene and DJ, to me he wasnt addressed as much as Darlene and Becky.

Becky was about 2 years older than Darlene. D.J. was about 4 years younger than Darlene. For example, in season 8 D.J. starts high school, 9th grade. Becky and Darlene are teasing him about that in the season opener. Becky was 17, a senior in high school, 12 grade, when her and Mark eloped in the beginning of season 5. Darlene is a sophomore in high school, 10th grade, in season 5 when she decided she wants to go to the writing school in Chicago. She has her sweet 16 party that season also.

In real life, Becky\'s 2 years older than the role she played, Darlene\'s 3 years older, and D.J.\'s about half a year younger.

Darlene was 11 years old in the first season and Becky was 13 years old so they were only a couple years apart from each other.