Archie cannot believe that Edith would hide that from him, and questions her love for him. Seymour Shapiro's son, who arrives at the Bunker home (to the chagrin of Archie, who thought that his dad would make the house call, as the two have never gotten along from Sidney's childhood), is angry at Archie for apparently forcing Edith to work, but when he sees Archie did not know about the illness, he has a crisis of conscience, as he then apologizes for yelling at him, as Archie responds, "Just don't play baseball on my stoop anymore!"Īrchie also is stunned, and comes upstairs. Finally, Edith's phlebitis catches up with her, and she tells Archie she cannot walk, and to call Dr. Edith does not want to tell Archie, afraid she will let him down. What Archie does not know is that Edith has come down with an acute case of phlebitis, and that she was told to stay off her feet. Patrick's Day festival at Archie's Place. This is the final AITF episode leading up to the series' spin-off, Archie Bunker's Place.Īrchie enlists Edith to help cook corned beef and cabbage for a St. Patrick's Day dinner in spite of her phlebitis. Written by Harriet Weiss and Patt Shea, the episode, which was directed by Paul Bogart, originally aired on CBS-TV on April 8, 1979.Įdith tries to prepare a St. Too Good Edith was the 24th and final episode of Season 9 of All in the Family, the 205th overall episode in the series, also the series finale episode as the would be spun off into Archie Bunker's Place for the 1979-80 television season. They actually took several steps into the debate when they didn’t have to.Archie shudders to think what life without Edith would be like after he learns of her suffering from phlebitis while trying to cook a St, Patrick's day dinner for the bar in the series finale AITF episode "Too Good Edith" in Season 9 (#24).
“So there was just so much that the show did,” Jim points out, “to give representation to a gay character, which would have been ground breaking enough, but it also showed multi-dimensions to what being gay meant. He also notes that the character of Steve is not ashamed at all - actually, he’s matter of fact about it - when Archie finds out about him, which is yet another positive of the episode. And Archie just didn’t have his eyes open to it.” (Sony Pictures Television) But what it does show is that the macho man, the confirmed bachelor who’s an arm wrestler and big and beefy, and a former play player, whom Archie idolizes and hangs out with in the bar all the time, has been gay all these years.
While any stereotype has some truth, what the episode took pains to show is that it never tells you whether Roger, Mike’s friend who wears the ascot and is very boisterous, and free talks with his hands, is gay or not. In 1971 people probably thought all gay people were tiny, feminine, limp-wristed men with lisps - just all the stereotypes.
“Not only did they have gay representation, but they also were breaking the harmful stereotypes that were the only thing in that day and age people knew about gay people. “So that’s why it was so groundbreaking and gutsy of All in the Family,” he continues. The All in the Family wiki offers up this plot description: “Archie thinks he knows a homosexual when he sees one and when Mike invites his flamboyant photographer friend Roger (Anthony Geary) to the Bunker household, Archie automatically assumes that Mike’s friend is a “flamer.” Retreating to the safety of Kelcy’s Bar, Archie chooses to spend time with his “he-man” pals, notably his old arm-wrestling crony Steve (Philip Carey), who, when hearing about Roger, reveals himself to be gay - which Archie never suspected.” One example is episode five, “Judging Books by Covers,” which presented an unexpected take on the subject of homosexuality - at a time that nobody was dealing with it. Which, of course, is the reason that the show went after some of the most controversial story material it could from the moment it hit the CBS schedule. Insofar as series creator/producer Norman Lear was concerned, if an episode of All in the Family wasn’t pushing - if not tearing to little pieces - the envelope, then it wasn’t worth doing.
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