All in the Family
The Draft Dodger
Season 7, Episode 15 · Aired 1976-12-25
Synopsis
It's Christmas and Edith. Archie, Gloria, and Mike are hosting Archie's friend Pinky for dinner. Things soon get tense when David, an old friend of Mike's unexpectedly drops by. When David lets it slip that he's a draft dodger, an enraged Archie attempts to kick him out of the house, only to be stopped by an impassioned plea to let him stay by Pinky, because it's what his son, who was killed in action, would have wanted.
In the series
This episode is part of All in the Family (1971–1979) on CBS.
The living-room argument as national sport — bigotry, love, and loud chairs.
Key cast
- Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker
- Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker
- Rob Reiner as Michael Stivic
- Sally Struthers as Gloria Stivic