Even though the Roseanne spinoff’s second season picks up two months after the events of the finale, Darlene will be no closer to resolving her little love triangle predicament. “Darlene still has not made a decision between David and Ben,” showrunner Bruce Helford reveals. “She is still seeing both guys and they don’t know it, so she’s caught in a tough situation.” Jackie, meanwhile, will continue on her “journey to find happiness” in the wake of Roseanne’s death, and that means finding new (and peculiar) ways to process her grief. For instance, in the premiere, she “decides to walk from Illinois all the way to Oklahoma,” Helford shares with a laugh. Elsewhere, widower Dan will continue to be pursued by his amorous former classmate Louise (the returning Katey Sagal), and there will be complications surrounding the birth of Becky’s baby — and we’re not referring just to the ongoing absence of baby daddy Emilio, who was deported in the finale. “Once you’re deported it’s very difficult to come back,” Helford notes, adding that the show will “play the reality of what happens in this situation.”

BONUS SPOILER!: Season 2 will be a “very troubled” one for Darlene and David’s eldest. “Harris is a senior in high school now,” Helford previews. “And she gets a new best friend that would not be Darlene’s first pick for her.”

RETURN DATE: Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 8/7c (ABC)