Episode
All in the Family: Edith's Final Respects
Overview
Edith is the sole mourner at her Aunt Rose's funeral.
Details
- Series
- All in the Family
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1978-10-22
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Edith's Final Respects is Episode 5 in Season 9 of All in the Family. It aired on 1978-10-22. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 4: What'll We Do with Stephanie?
The Bunkers decide to keep Stephanie after her father fails to reclaim her as promised.
Episode 6: Weekend in the Country
Archie and Edith are invited to spend a fishing weekend with Barney and Blanche at their cottage. But after a game of Monopoly, an argument between Barney and Blanche begins. That night, Archie is uncomfortable to sleep with a man (Barney) in bed, while Edith and Blanche rate their husbands as a lovers. By the end, Blanche and Barney makeup and Archie tries to forget everything.
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Episode 3: Reunion on Hauser Street
The Bunkers attempt to reunite Blanche and Barney Hefner after her latest fling with an exterminator fizzles
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 2: End in Sight
Archie spends a night wallowing in self-pity when an insurance physical reveals an ominous spot on his liver.
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 1: Little Miss Bunker
Edith's cousin Floyd abandons his nine-year-old daughter, Stephanie, on the Bunkers' doorstep.
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 10: Bogus Bills
Edith is arrested for passing phony $10 bills she got from Archie's Place.
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 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 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.