ALL IN THE FAMILY: EDITH GETS FIRED (TV)

Summary

One in this comedy series about a working-class household presided over by the opinionated Archie Bunker. In this episode, as Edith is at work at her hospital job, a nurse asks her to watch over one of the patients, Mrs. Dillon. The patient confides in Edith that she wishes that the doctors had let her die. Mrs. Dillon passes away later that night, and her family is furious to discover that Edith did nothing except hold the woman's hand as she died. Edith is let go from her position, and Archie tries to console her. Later, Mrs. Dillon's daughter Norene stops by the house to see Edith and ask about her mother's final moments. Commercials deleted.

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Details

NETWORK: CBS
DATE: February 25, 1979 8:00 PM
RUNNING TIME: 0:24:45
COLOR/B&W: Color
CATALOG ID: T:14735
GENRE: Comedy
SUBJECT HEADING: Death and dying - Drama; Employment/Unemployment - Comedy
SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1971-1979
COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

Mort Lachman … Executive Producer
Milt Josefsberg … Producer
Brigit Jensen-Drake … Associate Producer
Paul Bogart … Director
Norman Lear … Developed by
Harriet Weiss … Writer
Pat Shea … Writer
Mort Lachman … Writer, Story by
Johnny Speight … Based on "Till Death Do Us Part" by
Lee Adams … Theme Music by, Opening Theme "Those Were the Days" by
Charles Strouse … Theme Music by, Opening Theme "Those Were the Days" by
Roger Kellaway … Theme Music by, Closing theme "Remembering You" by
Carroll O'Connor … Theme Music by, Closing Theme "Remembering You" by
Carroll O'Connor … Cast, Archie Bunker
Jean Stapleton … Cast, Edith Bunker
Danielle Brisebois … Cast, Stephanie Mills
Barbara Cason … Cast, Miss Critchen
Angela Clarke … Cast, Mrs. Dillon
Michael McGuire … Cast, Charlie Hammer
Dolores Sutton … Cast, Norene Hammer
Leonard Stone … Cast, Mr. Johnson
Victor Kilian … Cast, Mr. Berkvist
Gerald Castillo … Cast, Orderly

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