It is moving day, as Mike prepares to move into the house next door. Gloria comes home with some wonderful news - she's pregnant. As she celebrates with Archie and Edith, she tells them that Mike doesn't know. They leave her alone so she can tell him in private. She breaks the news to Mike by reminding him of a romantic weekend they took in which she forgot her pills and he didn't want to drive into town to a drug store. Giving the matter some thought, Mike comes to the conclusion that it was all perpetrated to trap him into having a baby. A nasty fight ensues and he walks out. Gloria begins to give some consideration to the possibility of having an abortion in order to save her marriage, but Edith talks her out of it. In a very tender moment, Archie consoles Gloria and tells her how much he loves her. Mike comes back and tells Gloria that he really does want to have the baby. Unable to find the words, he gives her a quote from Alistair Cooke stating that despite the problems of the world, it would be cruel to set aside the things that we are given to do naturally, even having a baby.
—Jerry Roberts <armchairoscars@hotmail.com>