And while the limited episode count is mostly to blame for the character’s story getting short-sighted, it’s worth nothing that original Jerry portrayers, twins Cole and Morgan Roberts, haven’t acted since Roseanne, and while it would be easy to hire someone new for the role, perhaps the producers are aiming to keep only the originals around.
Roseanne Barr shared this news with the crowds at the TCA winter press tour Within the show’s universe, Jerry would be 22, which makes him the proper age for Alaskan fishing boats, I suppose.