All in the Family

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Season 8
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 12, 1971
Season #: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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  1. zkonedog
    Mar 5, 2017
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Throughout the numerous TV programs I have watched over the years, I've found it to be a rare feat for a show to, after experiencing a dip in overall quality, crank things back into that upper echelon again. Usually, the slippery-slope of quality is a one-way street: downhill.

    This eighth season of All In The Family is a big exception to that rule. After 4-5 seasons of brilliance, this show began noticeably showing its age in seasons 6-7. Thus, in all honesty, I didn't expect much from Season Eight. Boy, was I ever shocked at the return to comedy/dramatic genius!

    In previous seasons, the focus of the show shifted in favor of Edith (Jean Stapleton) and the Stivic Family (Rob Reiner & Sally Struthers), with Archie (Carroll O'Connor) often relegated to "peanut gallery" comments. Season Eight brings the focus back to Archie, or right where it needs to be. Not to say that the other characters aren't developed, because they certainly are, but when the comedy/drama of AITF runs through Mr. Bunker, everything just seems to fall into place.

    In all honesty, this season includes some of the greatest moments in show history, including:

    -Archie mortgaging his home to purchase Kelsie's Bar (and forging Edith's signature to do so).

    -Edith's terrifying encounter with a rapist and how it scars her emotionally.

    -A very candid, albeit drunken, conversation between Archie and "Meathead" in which Archie reveals a bit more about his own childhood and how he was treated by his father.

    -The Stivic's tearful farewell as they leave for California due to Mike's new professor job. I consider the last five minutes of this episode to be the best single scene in show history.

    Thus, while previous seasons perceptibly tilted towards pure comedy (1-4) or drama (5-7), this effort combines both emotions to provide perhaps the best all-around season the show ever produced.

    Had this season been another disappointment, I would have been tempted to skip the upcoming Season 9 (released in May 2011) altogether. Now, however, I'm fired up again for AITF and will be finishing out the string come May!    … Expand