Episode
All in the Family: Mr. Edith Bunker
Overview
Edith saves a man's life and becomes the toast of the town,but Archie isn't happy standing in the shadow of her limelight.
Details
- Series
- All in the Family
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1976-11-27
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Mr. Edith Bunker is Episode 11 in Season 7 of All in the Family. It aired on 1976-11-27. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 10: Mike and Gloria's Will
Mike and Gloria are having a discussion over who will take care of Joey, just in case there comes a time when both of them are unable to care for the little tyke before his 18th birthday. Mike has serious reservations over allowing in-laws Archie and Edith to get custody of Joey, particularly due to what he perceives as Archie's bad influences. Gloria is having a hard time convincing Mike otherwise and gives in to Mike's rhetoric.
Mike's suspicions are confirmed when Archie and Edith return with Joey after a day of playing in the park. What's that Joey's got in his hands? Why, a toy machine gun that Grandpa had bought him. Of course, Mike (being dead set against gun violence) immediately is very angry and tells Archie that toy guns could influence children's behavior later on. Tempers really escalate when Mike grabs the plastic gun from Archie and breaks it over his knee.
After the two continue to argue, Mike lets slip that he is considering including a clause in the Stivics' will that
Episode 12: Archie's Secret Passion
Edith discovers Archie once had a brief encounterswith an old high school friend she's invited to dinner.
More episodes from this season
Episode 9: Teresa Moves In
The Bunkers take in a boarder to help revive their battered budget.
Episode 13: The Baby Contest
Archie enters Joey in a newspapers's beautifull-baby contest, against the express wishes of Mike and Gloria.
Episode 8: Beverly Rides Again
As a practical joke, Archie fixes up one of his drinking buddies with female impersonator Beverly La Salle.
Episode 14: Gloria's False Alarm
Gloria insists that Mike get the vasectomy he's talked about for years.
Episode 7: Archie's Operation (2)
Archie recuperates in record time after he's called back to work-with a raise and a promotion.
Episode 15: The Draft Dodger
The clash of two worlds explodes in this episode. Mike's friend is a Draft Dodger and it is Christmas dinner and unbeknownst to Archie this guy is sitting at his Christmas dinner table. The guy is exactly everything Archie hates about Mike's generation. On top of this Archie's friend is also spending Christmas dinner with the Bunkers and he lost his son to the war.
Episode 6: Archie's Operation (1)
Archie's trip to the hospital is an ethnic nightmare. He's admitted by a Puerto Rican receptionist, treated by a Jewish physician, and is forced to accept a blood transfusion from a black doctor.
Episode 16: The Boarder Patrol
Returning home unexpectedly, Archie and Edith surprise a scantily clad Teresa and her boyfriend.
Episode 5: The Unemployment Story (2)
A college grad threatens to commit suicide after he loses a jaintor's job to Archie.
Episode 17: Archie's Chair
Mike accidently breaks Archie's Chair.