All in the Family: Archie and the Computer (1973)
Season 4, Episode 7
Computers and prunes
27 January 2015
This clever episode solidly combines two different story lines, one which has Edith receiving quarters in the mail from a prune company, and the other has Archie being declared dead by the Veterans Administration. Both were computer errors, and while Archie was defending the computer for the free quarters, he is as equally disturbed by his "death" mistake by another computer. Mike also gives Archie some jabs, as he tells him that he must be really dead. Mike thinks it's wrong to keep the money, as Edith eventually returns all the quarters, much to Archie's chagrin. There's a weird scene when the Bunker's meet with a Mr. Dundee(James O'Rear), who's very pretentious acting, and not very friendly, to clear Archie's status. I felt the scene seemed out of place, even though it tried to be funny. I still enjoyed the episode for the most part, as it seemed very original with good writing.
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