The Return of Stephanie's Father

Episode aired Mar 25, 1979
TV-PG

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

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Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton in All in the Family (1971)

Comedy Drama

Archie's fighting instincts are aroused when Stephanie's derelict father returns and uses blackmail to try an get his daughter back. Edith panics at the thought of losing Stephanie, and does... Read allArchie's fighting instincts are aroused when Stephanie's derelict father returns and uses blackmail to try an get his daughter back. Edith panics at the thought of losing Stephanie, and does her best to help Archie with a plan.Archie's fighting instincts are aroused when Stephanie's derelict father returns and uses blackmail to try an get his daughter back. Edith panics at the thought of losing Stephanie, and does her best to help Archie with a plan.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

170

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
A few days before this episode airs (on March 25), two guest stars actors Charles Wagenheim and Victor Kilian from this same episode were both beaten to death by burglars in their apartments. Wagenheim was killed on March 6, 1979 and Killian on March 11, 1979.

Goofs
Stephanie mentions that the Blooms live across the street. But on "Archie is Branded" (1973), which first mentioned the Blooms, it was stated that they lived at the other end of the block at #740, which would put them several houses away on the same side.

Quotes
Clerk: All night or just a fraction thereof?
Archie Bunker: We ain't interested in sex pal, we're married.

Soundtracks
Those Were the Days
(Opening Theme)
Written by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse
Performed by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton

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The penultimate episode

Stephanie's father shows up at Bunker's and wants money or will take Stephanie with him.

The show is nearly at an end and this tired and depressing episode shows us how it has declined. There are no laughs in this and it's a chore to watch, especially when you remember the early glory days when this was a hilarious and edgy comedy show, now it seems like a trite soap opera with some poor attempts at humor thrown in.