Edith Ends An Argument | All In The Family 

Me too. I greatly prefer the second half of AITF to the first half. Archie is softened a bit (he’s really tough to take in the early years) and Edith is just great.

It is gratifying. The character was originally written to be Archie's equal in cynicism, but there was no chemistry until they turned her into the flighty pushover we came to know.

Now she'd be called woke

@@koreypinkerton5031 - Not exactly: Woke is when men tell you they can be women and vice versa. And men proceed to demand the takeover and domination of women’s sports. Any woman who has trained her whole life and then points out it’s unfair having to compete in such an arena is called a transphobe. She is silenced, threatened, held hostage (as happened recently) and has absolutely no say in shaping the fairness of any new civil rights movement. Edith would’ve been horrified. She’d be back to watching her rights as a woman be erased. That’s woke.

she did when archie gambled and few other times.

Sparks flew like fireflies when Edith smacked the bejesus out of Archie when she discovered he was gambling again. That scene (from the episode Archie the Gambler) was undoubtedly the most gratifying moment in the series' history.

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You knew that you'd messed up when you got Edith mad

Yep, much better than Fat-ass and Meat-head.

Incredible actors incredible.

They sure did. Their chemistry was great, they were just like a real married couple.

❤❤❤❤❤❤

She slapped him for gambling.

Wasn't there a similar moment when she learned about Boom Boom?

Stifle, stifle, stifle!

Yes Edith is very nice. But Archie is a saint too for staying happily married to such a dingbat grandmotherly figure.

That's why it was only during television and not in real life that they were married.

Archie Bunker thinks a man should get his own way forever.

@@jaymike3302 Saint Archie. Now I've heard everything.

@@njpubadjuster3710 Think about it though. Not to mention he has Mike living with him.

Yessssssssss

Well both people are imaginary so, doesn't matter.

Gloria and the Meathead didn't really do that, They helped Edith sure but they constantly bashed and berated Archie, Archie is no where near a saint but in his own way he does try for her when it really matters but this isn't one of those moments where he doesn't see the necessary need to be there as it has nothing to do with him, selfish sure but it's relatable overall. The best way to show that Archie does care for her is during the episodes where Edith really has it rough (Edith's 50th Birthday and the Episode where Beverly LaSalle dies) it shows that Archie will do anything to keep her happy even if it means making a fool of himself. The unfortunate circumstances Archie and Edith both are stuck in is the stereotype of a Housewife not being equal to a job which is why even she looks shocked as well saying what she said and due to that Archie is unfortunately right in how their relationship is played out because they both agree with the roles they're in. They do care for each other in the end.

You must not have watched the show, the outer layer you see this but if you watch and peel the layers and see The characters for who they are you do see that Archie is appreciative of his wife, he doesn't openly show it due to what he witnessed from his parents. Similarly Edith had the same thing just not near the level of what Archie been through but enough to know she needs to be a loyal housewife. They don't know how to express their feelings to one another that well but you see it if you watch them.

Same here!

Back then, women almost never talked back or challenged their husband's. No matter what kind of marriage they had.

Archie was shocked, too. Lol

Back then women were third class citizens and children had fewer rights than the African-American community. It was a disgusting time period! This alone was the very least of the sins. The biggest atrocity is forcing Christian prayer in public schools which is wildly unconstitutional

​@@ef7558 Oh poppycock! Stop exaggerating, drama queen!🙄

@@TheWedabest teh time was the 7s aot of women talked back in hte 70s

And the honeymooners.

@@eileenhaughton3558 Yes, but I don't remember the "honeymooners" dealing with some of the issues that 'All in the Family' did...

Agreed. I cut off my tv cable and got rid of my tv in the mid 2000s because of all the crap on it; sub par series, reality shows. I watch what I like on the internet, but even then we're still inundated by lawyer dramas, crime dramas, drug dramas and zombie dramas and the trashy shows like big brother and those matchmaking shows (which looks like a herd of gigolos and hookers lol). Ugh..Netflix churns out some awful contest shows: fashion, cooking, cake decorating...and while on the face of it, it may sound interesting, they are horrible, horrible contest formats.

Can we add "White" to that list?

How about Vance?

Instead she said "Now the argument is over"

He’s not 102, he’s 100. He was born on July 27, 1922.

@@calisongbird 2023-1922=101 when last I looked. So technically he's 101, with a birthday in July. May he have many more!

He is alive?

God rest him, he passed away this past December 5th.

​@@truffles2721he passed away this past December 5th.

Good “pernt”!

If you remember the show, Mike and Gloria encouraged Edith to stand up for herself more than once.

Same goes for Louise Jefferson.

@@docadams7099 All of these are related both Maude and the Jeffersons were spin offs of All in the familiy. And, Also Good Times ws spin off of Maude se was Maude's house keeper