‘The Conners’ Get A Surprising New Neighbor As Danny Trejo Turns Up For Season 3 Premiere

The Conners will come face to face with a new neighbor in the Season 3 premiere of the ABC sitcom.

In a new preview photo shared to the show’s official Instagram page, actor Danny Trejo showed up in the doorway of the TV family’s home in Lanford, Illinois, holding a piece of mail in a manila envelope.

In the October 21 premiere, Trejo will play Tito, the Conners’ next-door neighbor who is seeking advice from someone in the family, according to ET Online. In sneak peek pics from the episode, the Machete actor can also be seen wearing a face mask with his own smiling mug on it.

In the comments section to the post, thrilled fans reacted to the huge casting news.

“This is going to be the best…love him & can’t wait to see him in action,” one fan wrote.

“Cool, and I L O V E HIM!!! Did you give him the opportunity to say the word ‘machete’?” another asked.

Other commenters reflected on past neighbors featured on The Conners and its predecessor, the original Roseanne show.

“I wonder if he’s going to be a regular on The Conners? For some strange reason I miss Kathy Bowman,” one commenter wrote in reference to the stuck-up character played by Meagen Fey, who appeared in several episodes of the original sitcom nearly 30 years ago.

“New neighbor! I hope he gets featured in a few episodes. I would liked to have seen more of the Muslim family,” another added, referencing a more recent family that was introduced on the 2018 Roseanne reboot.

Over its first two seasons, The Conners has boasted a long list of guest stars that included Johnny Galecki, Dan Aykroyd, Cheryl Hines, Clark Gregg, Jennifer Grey, and even Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.

There’s no doubt that Trejo is a huge “get.” While he’s best known for playing bad guys on the big screen, he has also made TV appearances on gritty shows such a Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy.

The new season of The Conners will also feature a return to Wellman Plastics, the factory in which late matriarch Roseanne worked the original series. That has some fans hoping to see a cameo by George Clooney, who played factory supervisor Booker Brooks during the first season of the sitcom.

Showrunner Bruce Helford previously said he hasn’t given up on getting Clooney to make a guest appearance.

“We’d certainly love to see George Clooney,” he said, per Good Housekeeping. “I am not promising anything as far as that, but he was an important part of the show in the very beginning.”