Episode
All in the Family: What'll We Do with Stephanie?
Overview
The Bunkers decide to keep Stephanie after her father fails to reclaim her as promised.
Details
- Series
- All in the Family
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1978-10-15
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
What'll We Do with Stephanie? is Episode 4 in Season 9 of All in the Family. It aired on 1978-10-15. The runtime is 25 min.
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Archie spends a night wallowing in self-pity when an insurance physical reveals an ominous spot on his liver.
Episode 6: Weekend in the Country
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Episode 7: Archie's Other Wife
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Episode 8: Edith Versus the Bank
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Episode 9: Return of the Waitress
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Episode 10: Bogus Bills
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Episode 11: The Bunkers Go West
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Episode 12: California, Here We Are (1)
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Episode 13: California, Here We Are (2)
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.