Episode
All in the Family: California, Here We Are (2)
Overview
separation is Archie's reaction when he discovers that Gloria has been unfaithful to her husband: For the first time in nine years, he turns his back on his daughter and sides with Michael. The script, rife with disturbing details of the petty cruelties that have already poisoned the Stivics' marriage, avoids the easy out of a tidy resolution. Mike and Gloria do effect a spontaneous reconciliation under the tree, but the tentative exchange lacks the conviction of a permanent reunion. They've been through enough to know, as we do, that the optimism of Christmas morning doesn't always stand up to the cold light of the new year. years, he turns his back on his daughter and sides with Michael.
Details
- Series
- All in the Family
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1978-12-17
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
California, Here We Are (2) is Episode 13 in Season 9 of All in the Family. It aired on 1978-12-17. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 12: California, Here We Are (1)
The Bunkers head out to California for Christmas to find out that Mike and Gloria are having marital problems.
Episode 14: A Night at the PTA
When Edith develops laryngitis on the eve of her singing debut at Stephanie's PTA recital, Archie steps in to understudy the duet.
More episodes from this season
Episode 11: The Bunkers Go West
After Mike and Gloria cancel their trip home for Christmas, the Bunkers decide to travel west for the holidays.
Episode 15: A Girl Like Edith
When Edith invites butcher Klemmer and his new sweetheart, a Russian who is the spitting image of Edith, she notices that Klemmer might have the hots for Edith and not for her.
Episode 10: Bogus Bills
Edith is arrested for passing phony $10 bills she got from Archie's Place.
Episode 16: The Appendectomy
Edith and Archie rush Stephanie to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy on the eve of her 10th birthday. Luckily, the surgery goes perfectly, so they celebrate both Stephanie's birthday and the success of her operation.
Episode 9: Return of the Waitress
Edith finally confronts the waitress who tempted Archie's fidelity after Harry unwittingly hires her to work at Archie's Place.
Episode 17: Stephanie and the Crime Wave
Archie and Edith are shocked when they discover that Stephanie has been stealing some of her favorite teacher's belongings, and the Bunkers's also. But Stephanie admits that she stole these things so that when she returns to her dad's, she'll have something to remember them by.
Episode 8: Edith Versus the Bank
With the TV broken, Edith decides to buy a new one for Archie for their 30th wedding anniversary. But when the clerk won't let Edith buy a TV without Archie's signature because she's a woman, she goes to the bank for a loan. There too, she can not borrow money because she is just a housewife with no job, making Edith furious. Helpless, Edith goes home and asks Archie for $500, but she won't tell him why (surprise). During their conversation, Edith discovers that Archie may be sexist also.
Episode 18: Barney, the Gold Digger
Barney Hefner is suicidal when Blanche finally deserts him, until Archie fixes him up with an overweight but wealthy widow.
Episode 7: Archie's Other Wife
At an American Legion convention, Archie awakens facing a beautiful black airline stewardess who swears they were married the night before.
Episode 19: The Return of Archie's Brother
When Archie's brother, Fred, visits Archie to open up a business, he also brings his 18 year old wife, Katherine. Both, Archie and Edith, and even Stephanie, are shocked as they find out. While the new bride and Edith cook supper, Archie and Fred argue about Katherine's age. Before dinner, Fred (and Katherine) leave the Bunker's home, canceling the business. In bed, Edith asks Archie if he were a single 55 year old man, would he go for a young girl. Archie answers no.