A NOTE ABOUT ALL IN THE FAMILY and ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE
agree 100 percent. I don't know who was making those choices and I understand why they did that (to perpetuate the IMO boring and awful ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE) but it nearly ruins the entire show for me. Archie crying over Edith's slipper was one of the saddest piece of TV I've ever seen after a much beloved character who we watched for years and years died off screen. Sure Carol did a great acting job there but was it worth it to leave such an empty void for the viewers and the characters. I think Gloria even says something in ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE or the pilot for GLORIA, "It's not the same here without mom." Sure, Mike might have had a roving eye but not really and he really was made to sell to us that despite his differences with Gloria and Archie, he loved her and loved Archie. For him to give up his marriage and son and go off to a retreat with a student is one of the all time biggest blunders in TV history. Shame on them. For both killing off...