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| Season 2, episode # 7 | ||||
| "All In The Family" episode | ||||
| Series: | All In The Family | |||
| Network/Country: | CBS-TV | |||
| Air date | November 6, 1971 | |||
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| Written by: | Teleplay by: Michael Ross & Bernie West Story by: Bob & Carol August | |||
| Directed by: | John Rich | |||
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Edith's Accident | |||
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Edith's Accident is the seventh episode aired during the second season and the 20th overall episode of All In The Family. The episode first aired on CBS-TV on November 6, 1971. The script was co-written by the team of Michael and Bernie West, who would later, along with Don Nicholl, would co-write episode and serve as producers for its spinoff The Jeffersons, as well as the ABC-TV sitcom Three's Company. The episode was directed by John Rich.
Barnard Hughes is cast as Father John Majeski.
Synopsis
Due to an accident in a grocery store parking lot, a can of cling peaches in heavy syrup from Edith's shopping basket slightly damages someone's car.
Plot summary
Accidentally denting the fender of a parked car with a can of peaches, Edith leaves a note on the car's windshield. A furious Archie reprimands Edith for her unrepentant act of honesty, but that's hardly the end of the story -- which includes such elements as insurance fraud and an "unfrocked" priest.