Maude is the twentyfourth and final episode of the second season of the american television sitcom all in the family which also served as the eponymous pilot episode of its first spinoff series maude. Edith s death is foreshadowed a bit in the series finale of all in the family. Archie struggles to cope with the death of his beloved wife, edith. Jean stapleton discusses edith s death on archie bunkers place. Jean stapleton appeared in some early season one episodes. The final season of all in the family had an arc toward the end where archie becomes a partner in a neighborhood. The following september, it was continued with the spinoff series archie bunkers place, which picked up where all in the family had ended and ran for four more seasons through 1983.
Watch all in the family season 2, episode 7 ediths accident. For a joke, archie purchases some fake nose and mustache glas. In the final episode of all in the family, she attempted to cook a st. All in the family ediths final respects tv episode 1978 imdb.
Watch all in the family online youtube tv free trial. With carroll oconnor, martin balsam, danielle brisebois, allan melvin. Edith bunker all in the family tv show wiki fandom. All in the family season 2 episode 7 ediths accident. The episode, for which a quartet of writers won an emmy, is kind of a greatest hits of all in the family bits, featuring archies malapropisms he says that jews wear yamahas, his bizarre theology explaining to edith that people lose their genitals when they enter heaven, and ediths penchant for endlessly rambling stories. Stapleton appeared in some of the episodes and then asked to be written out of the.
Archie bunkers place s2 e1 after ediths death youtube. The series is now pulling all sorts of gimmicks trying to be funny, but the results are pretty silly. Seems that edith and aunt rose were at odds over her decision to marry archie, so they hardly spoke. Ediths death is foreshadowed a bit in the series finale of all in the family. Watch all in the family episodes online season 1 1971. When she gets to the funeral home for the visitation, she is stunned to discover that she is the only one who showed up to pay her last respects. Edith baines bunker is a fictional 1970s sitcom character on all in the family and. A month earlier, edith had suffered a fatal stroke in her sleep. By now most all in the family fans know that edith bunker died off camera after. This all happens while her family, unaware of what is happening in the bunkers living room, prepares for a surprise party next door at. All in the family 10 facts about archie, edith, and the 1970s. These would come to pass about a year and a half later when edith died of a stroke in the 1980 archie bunkers place episode archie, alone good people have good sex. What happened to edith in the last episode of all in the.
Watch all in the family episodes online season 9 1979. The last episode of the series the next season it would become archie bunkers place sans edith and the last scene between archie and edith. Ediths health spiraled downward after she hides her life threatening. Jean stapleton will forever be associated with the wonderful character she developed on all in the family. In too good edith, archie calls on his wife to help cook the food for the st. At first, everyones stressed out when they find that shes pregnant, as mikes between jobs and this pregnancy wasnt planned at all, but they decide to try to make the best of the situation, only for gloria to then feel horribly sick.
The final scene, in the bedroom where archie affirms his love for edith. Edith bunker nee baines is a fictional character on the 1970s sitcom all in the. The scene that led to ediths death all in the family youtube. All in the family ediths friend tv episode 1975 imdb. Shapiro diagnoses edith with phlebitis, and orders her to stay off of her feet for extended. Watch all in the family season 9, episode 27 archies chair. The lead character, archie bunker, is a loudmouthed, uneducated bigot who believes in every stereotype he has ever heard. Stapleton was best known for her role as edith, the faithful wife of archie bunker, on all in the family. Edith goes to a family wedding alone when archie refuses to go.
Archie bunkers place is an american sitcom television series produced as a spinoff continuation of all in the family that aired on cbs from september 23, 1979, to april 4, 1983. All in the family s 9 e 24 too good edith recap tv tropes. Edith s aunt rose passes away, and as edith prepares for the funeral, archie steadfastly refuses to go. She is the wife of archie bunker, mother of gloria stivic, motherinlaw of michael meathead stivic and after 1975, grandmother of joey stivic. At the grocery store, edith has an accident in the parking lot. Anxiety over passing his final exams has made mike. Patricks day dinner, even when stricken with phlebitis, which could kill her. Why phlebitis led to edith bunkers death all in the family youtube. Clips and picture stills are from all in the family and archie bunkers place. All in the family is touted as the series that brought reality to primetime tv entertainment.
The over the shoulder shots of doubles in wigs to make it seem like the same actress is actually two different people were being used in 1960s sitcoms like the patty duke show. All in the family a girl like edith tv episode 1979 imdb. The only difference is that show was funny and this episode is not. A spinoffsequal of all in the family, called archie bunkers place starts with archie being sad because edith died in her sleep from a stroke. But edith must have gotten better over the summer, because she was back in the fall in archie bunkers place and even gets hired at the bar in the fourth episode. Edith goes to the funeral of her aunt rose and is the only. All in the family season 9 episode 5 edith s final respects music man. Why phlebitis led to edith bunkers death all in the family.
All in the family ediths final respects tv episode. Edith bunker nee baines is a fictional character on the 1970s sitcom all in the family and occasionally archie bunkers place, played by jean stapleton. Near the end of the season, mike gets a teaching job in california and he. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show all in the family anytime, anywhere. What happened to edith in the last episode of all in. The 200th episode celebration of all in the family all in the family retrospective walter c. Ediths 50th birthday, and develops phlebitis in the shows final episode in. New york ap jean stapleton, the stagetrained character actress who played archie bunkers far better half, the sweetly naive edith, in tvs groundbreaking 1970s comedy all in the family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience. The episode, directed by john rich and written by rod parker, was videotaped on february 18, 1972 in front of a live audience at cbs television city in hollywood, california and originally. In this spinoff of the longrunning all in the family series, the lives of beloved characters archie carroll oconnor and edith bunker jean stapleton continue to play out on television. For much of the series archie referred to edith as his dingbat, though she once explained that she always considered that a term of endearment as he. Nearly half a century after its creation, all in the family remains one of the most.
All in the family too good edith tv episode 1979 imdb. All in the family had a sort of odd situation going on as it ended in the spring of 1979 in preparation for morphing into archie bunkers place, a show that would then run for another threeplus years. Jean stapleton discusses ediths death on archie bunkers place. In the episode too good edith, the 209th and final episode of all in the family, edith becomes seriously ill while frantically helping. Ediths health problems in the final episode of all in the family are a precursor to her death from a stroke on archie bunkers place. The final season of all in the family had an arc toward the end where archie becomes a. Ediths phlebitis foreshadows archies grave fears of the possibility of her death and being left alone. Archie and edith bunkers final appearance duration. Listen to every episode of a beautiful podcast to fall in love. All in the family is an american sitcom television series that was originally broadcast on the cbs television network for nine seasons, from january 12, 1971, to april 8, 1979. That last bit was tough to do, but it wasnt an immediate concern. With carroll oconnor, jean stapleton, danielle brisebois, howard morton. Watch all in the family season 4, episode 15 ediths christmas story.
The christmas season has everyone in the christmas spirit. She loses control of her shopping cart which smashes int. Watch all in the family season 9, episode 5 ediths final respects. Jean stapleton gets nearly a whole episode to herself and she gives a great performance, though not a lot of big laughs in this one. All in the family season 9 episode 5 edith s final. The episode depicts a man who, while posing as a police detective, attempts to rape the bunker family matriarch, edith, on her 50th birthday. Ediths aunt rose passes away, and as edith prepares for the funeral, archie steadfastly refuses to go. Her cousin is maude findlay beatrice arthur, one of archies nemeses.
I think many of us can look at archie and see a little of our dad or a family friend, often not expressive of emotion and yet deeply in love with his wife. A stunned archie rebuffs efforts from his friends to help him grieve. His wife, edith, is sweet but not the sharpest knife in the drawer. She found a lump in her breast in the 1973 episode ediths christmas story. Edith s health spiraled downward after she hides her life threatening. Jean stapleton, edith bunker on all in the family, dead. Cousin roy played by the fine character actor tim oconnor tells edith they are not really cousins. The final scene, in which archie expresses his true love for edith is one of the most romantic and heartfelt of any television series. On november 2nd 1980, the archie bunkers place episode entitled archie. The final season of all in the family had an arc toward the end where archie becomes a partner in a neighborhood a bar, which would largely be the setting of a. The series final episode, prior to carroll oconnor continuing his character on archie. Jean stapleton, the awardwinning actress who played longsuffering edith bunker on the landmark 1970s television series of the all in the family, has died of natural causes. Edith s health problems in the final episode of all in the family are a precursor to her death from a stroke on archie bunkers place.
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