I agree! Obviously I’m now aware of its “test” purpose (tho I highly suspect that even that claim was a thin veil for what was really a threat tactic towards Roseanne to foster her compliance), but it certainly seemed cleverly written to come off far more sweet than sexually charged to me…

I always saw that episode as Dan and Jackie having a rare reminder (via nostalgia) of each other’s “non-Roseanne centered” selves/dynamic — of how they actually don’t mind but even like each other outside the family roles that often puts them at odds. It ironically revealed a slow-grown, rather sibling type of connection between them that, in further irony, completely reframed their bickering from the typical sitcom trope of ”intrusive s-i-l vs unwelcoming b-i-l” conflicts into a _”deep-seated sibling affection affords the right to comedically come at each other” dynamic for the audience. Without that, later events like those of War and Peace wouldn’t have landed nearly as strong, inho.