When the Bunkers visit the Stivics in California, Mike and Gloria are hiding the fact that they have separated.When the Bunkers visit the Stivics in California, Mike and Gloria are hiding the fact that they have separated.When the Bunkers visit the Stivics in California, Mike and Gloria are hiding the fact that they have separated.
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- TriviaFinal appearance of both Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers on the show, although they will appear on an hour-long first season episode of Archie Bunker's Place. Struthers starred in her own spin-off, "Gloria", which ran concurrently with the final season of Archie Bunker's Place (followed by both series being cancelled simultaneously).
- GoofsArchie, Edith and Stephanie head out to California unannounced, but when they arrive at the airport, Gloria greets them.
- Quotes
Edith Bunker: [Archie and Edith are visiting Gloria and Mike in California. Edith is peeking over the patio wall at the neighbors] You got a lot of neighbors, don't ya.
Gloria Stivic: Oh yeah.
Edith Bunker: Are they all poor or somethin?
Gloria Stivic: No, why?
Edith Bunker: Well they're all just laying there, passing around the same cigarette.
Archie: [Rolling his eyes] Gloria, take your poor mother out of harm's way, will ya.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979)
- SoundtracksSilent Night
(uncredited)
Lyrics (English translation) by John Freeman Young (1863)
Lyrics (original German) by Joseph Mohr (c. 1816)
Music by Franz Xaver Gruber (c. 1820)
Portion sung by Jean Stapleton
It good to see Mike and Gloria again but the story is badly written and needlessly padded out to hour long length. Plus it is set at Christmas time and it's not a very merry episode, though not as bad as "Edith's Crisis Of Faith". We find out that Gloria is having an affair with another man which causes the split. Mike and Gloria's arguments were funny in the early days but now it's seems mean spirited and sad. Perhaps the worst moment is when after finding out about Gloria's infidelity, Archie tells Mike he's too good for her! Archie would NEVER say that about his little girl to Meathead.
- Jimmy_the_Gent4
- May 22, 2018