Mike Knows The Truth | All In The Family

[@afutureaccountant280]

The moment at 3:58 hits the viewer hard when the camera focuses on Eddie's face. You see the true sadness in his eyes and face for a moment before he snaps back into the moment. This is what makes this show one of the all-time greats. People rarely are ever what they appear to be.

[@rxlo1015]

Excellent point 👍

[@finster1968]

@@rxlo1015 - Yes. And there’s always two sides to every story. Who knows how long the son pleaded for his father’s attention? But he was probably neglectful and took him for granted. You can’t expect the son to not to be scarred if his father refused to be there for him when he was 10. Starting when he’s 20 is too late. My father has always been a self-centered narcissist who was verbally abusive to me. He’s off on his third marriage now and has burned more bridges than I can count. I finally gave up and stopped contact when I was forty eight years old. It’s been six years since we’ve spoken and I’m not planning to go back to the apathy and toxicity. Of course, I’m the bad guy now for setting boundaries and demanding respect. But I’m ok with that, because it’s helped me heal from all the abuse I took for decades.

[@marcusmedlock847]

@@finster1968 Cats in the Cradle

[@finster1968]

@@marcusmedlock847 - For sure

[@marcusmedlock847]

@@finster1968man I’m really sorry you went though that. You deserved far better. I don’t have the pleasure to know you but my prayers are with you my brother that you continue to heal.

[@The_whimsickal_artist]

Mike knew money can't buy happiness, but Archie thought the world of Eddie, thought he was happy and had everything. I like uncle Leo's earlier roles.😅👍🏻

[@93Jubilee]

Yes, way to go, Mike. Just stare at the man and hover around him while he talks to his won, cryig. good work.

[@canalesworks1247]

@@93Jubilee Boomers sucked then and they suck now. Note that all of these eldery corrupt politicians runing and ruining the USA right now are Boomers. This man, a war hero and an extremely successful businessman, is depicted as flawed simply because his snot of a Boomer son won't talk to him. Does anyone stop to think that his son may have run away from home, got addicted to heroin or joined some sort of extremist political group, as many snotty Boomers did in the early 1970s? For those of us in the next Generation, Gen X, this antics of the Boomers were a turn off.

[@55hivealive3]

The late great William Windom, one of the greatest character actors

[@Kimberly-pf4iy]

Funny episode, but a sad ending. I don't have kids, but if I had a child who wanted me to "stay the hell away from" him/her, I would have tears in my eyes just like Eddie. 😢

[@scottybell7661]

My son told me the same thing. Turns out from information from my sister and daughter, he married someone that demanded that he cut all ties to his family. It’s hard for me to understand anyone that would be that spineless to go along with that but I’ve tried to contact him with no response from him. I give up

[@markmiller3713]

@@scottybell7661 Take courage.

[@Kimberly-pf4iy]

@@scottybell7661 God bless you. Everything will be okay. Situations have a way if working themselves out. I am not a religious fanatic, but I do believe in God. God will stick by you and see you through this. Faith and strength to you. 🙏

[@thedevilshopyard]

My son doesn’t want anything to do with me after my divorce from his mother. I quit my job and tried to move closer to him but I couldn’t find a position that would hire and pay me enough to handle student loan debt and child support. I begged him for forgiveness when he turned his back on me, but not even his mother would talk to him. Even after she remarried and had a another child. Everyday is less bright than the day before. My therapist tells me to play the long game. I can honestly say that for four years I sent him a message, voice or text, every day without interruption. But he only replied twice before going silent.

[@Kimberly-pf4iy]

@@thedevilshopyard Hopefully, your son will see the light one day and want to be a part of your life again. Stay strong and try to surround yourself with positive people who care about you. Peace and God bless. 🙏

[@bobbyrutherford9359]

I always Loved this show and I Love it even more now

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

Poor Eddie - laughing on the outside... ...crying on the inside! 😟

[@marvinwhittaker]

It's true, money can't buy you love. He thought with his fortune, he can make it right with his son.

[@at_brunch3852]

If only ppl could be kind all through life. 🤫🤭🤔💖

[@rocknroller77]

Young Uncle Leo. "Jerry. HELLO!"

[@rjmacc]

Yeah, I thought so. His son Jeffrey who works at the Park Department probably wasn't even born yet.

[@rocknroller77]

​@@rjmacc 😄

[@josemaria8177]

Mike gets a lot of slack, but he is crucial to the story. Archie would not have been half as funny if he didn't have to insult Mike

[@sailbatten2056]

The only character that doesn't really fit the show IMO was Gloria.

[@texasmetal8513]

Good sitcom chemistry

[@A1979_]

​@@sailbatten2056Gloria was a perfect fit. All of the characters were. Without her there'd have been no use for the character of Mike, the meat head son in law lol.

[@gb032645]

Absolutely. "Meathead" was integral to the show.

[@The_whimsickal_artist]

Mike and Archie were total opposite, but had chemistry. This show is great. Brilliant balance 👍🏻

[@CharlesWashington-s5m]

That's Telle Savalas' brother George Savalas.

[@tonyray7546]

Pure entertainment. Days long gone

[@HeyyyMargit]

It’s been years but I never forgot the ending of “For he’s a jolly good fellow,” as the character is laughing through the tears - and he is. It’s been a million years since I saw this episode but that part still sits with me. This one, and when Mike comes to get Ma out of the kitchen after what happens to Beverly LaSalle. Lots of tears. This show was worth them.

[@jrewing1512]

It breaks my heart when Eddie talking to his son. No true parent ever want to hear their child say stay away from him.

[@williamwindomtributesite1640]

A classic episode for Bill aka Willie the Weeper. Even Bill's daughter enjoys this episode.

[@HemiVic]

I wonder why this episode isn’t shown on IMDB and other streaming channels?

[@friz1948]

One of Archie‘s buddies is my uncle Frankie Ford comedian, singer, great and entertainer one of the twins. It’s good to see him. He’s been gone for about 20 years now. Great episode.

[@calvinbealer7264]

Telly Savalas Brother is in this Episode.

[@Asukenick]

This episode isn't on Prime.

[@wyldebill4178]

So is Mike sad for this guy or for his son?

[@Nyquil5]

Both

[@r.pres.4121]

He sees through the facade of this successful wealthy guy.

[@bobby70077]

Interesting that he momentarily confided in Mike, he can't let his guard down in front of his buddies

[@tonyginnetti5828]

BOTH!

[@RobertKresko-e1w]

Both. Mike saw a tragic man, someone very different from himself but he saw his humanity nonetheless and the sadness of his situation and the son who rejected him.

[@RobertGoldman-o2p]

Eddie Fraizure was in the greatest Star Trek episode I ever saw. The Doomsday Device.

[@CBC68]

machine

[@aaronmoritz9973]

Anyone know why this episode was left off of Amazon prime platform it’s not in the episode list at all

[@KG-xt4oq]

Probably because of the joke about getting his watch 'off a dead Jap' and 'he was my gardener'...

[@rjmacc]

Is that 'Uncle Leo' from 'Seinfeld' at the 1:50 mark?

[@mindriot91_96]

Yup.

[@gerardoarellano7698]

The actor that plays Eddie, is he the guy who played the commodore in “The Doomsday Machine” episode of Star Trek?

[@mynameisstilljafo4063]

Yep. That's William Windom.

[@scottgould6590]

Now I recognize him.

[@gerardoarellano7698]

@@mynameisstilljafo4063 thank you 🙏! And I love the Blue Thunder reference in your name!

[@warrenhoffman2006]

Also the US President in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

[@SloaneHomeAlone]

"Matt, there IS no third planet!" "DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT??? THERE WAS! BUT NOT ANYMORE!"

[@floatingsara]

The silent generation, which had suffered so much and tried to fill its gaps with money, and the boomer generation, which lacked nothing and rejected money as the only measure of success. What an episode !

[@canalesworks1247]

The Greatest Generation produced the worst generation.

[@waseemchoudhry4465]

Ya know, I just looked up a possibility that would make this even more depressing. If Eddie’s son, Greg, had children, then Eddie will have grandchildren who will never get to see. They might not even know that he even existed. In the end, outside of a few lawyers, Eddie will ultimately die old, alone, and unloved.

[@itsmylife842]

What season and episode is this from?

[@DavidsMuse]

This clip is from "Success Story," S1 E12.

[@itsmylife842]

@@DavidsMuse Thank you! 😁👍

[@SNOWQueen87-v1g]

The information was in the description box

[@EsterKunin-zs2dw]

Oh gosh, did that kill me when Eddie's son rejected him. I'm a mother and grandma.😢😢😢

[@DyenamicFilms]

I see Uncle Leo from Seinfeld there. A few guest actors from All in the Family guest starred on Seinfeld. I'm guessing it's because of Rob Reiner (Meathead).

[@curtpiazza1688]

❤ 😂

[@elizabethlaviola7660]

Sad episode

[@lavellwilliams1541]

Can't blame the son

[@RPicard1963]

Such a sad episode.

[@BillBraz-b9o]

Vietnam war and eddie mistress probably messed up eddie and Greg

[@rpkietur]

me t.v and catchy comedys wont show this one?

[@bdrmfngms9898]

I've noticed that, too. Makes me wonder what the reason is.

[@lavellwilliams1541]

He Must to been a Dead beat Father

[@BillBraz-b9o]

Eddie got a mistress and greg fiund out about it. Just like willy loman

[@CharlesWashington-s5m]

I felt sorry for Archie Bunker's friend, Eddie Frazier, until he told that racist joke.

[@RobertKresko-e1w]

I still felt sorry for him even then.

[@greghemlock6679]

Two of my four children will not talk to me even as adults. Don’t know what I did. I think voting for Trump did it actually too bad for them

[@ronyeahright9536]

this might be the only scene where Mike wasn't a liberal meathead

[@jerrscott6373]

And where Archie is calling him by the name Mike instead of Meathead.

[@warrenhoffman2006]

I tell the dead jap watch joke all the time.

[@eileenryan2248]

That's funny Warren.