"We Need You, Edith!" (ft. Jean Stapleton) | All In The Family

[@rebels42wynn83]

Edith was so incredibly sweet, kind, and compassionate. The scene between her and Michael was so beautiful and heartfelt. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@rosamariann]

Wow….that was a powerful scene. You could feel Mike’s love for his mother-in-law; you could feel Edith’s grief and feeling lost. Mike had some powerful words as an atheist. Archie, for his part, displayed his desire to give thanks to the Lord even though he wasn’t very eloquent. A very moving scene ❤️

[@SylvanSkywatcher]

The whole Beverly LaSalle story line was amazing for the 1970's.

[@birdy1numnum]

Agreed. This final episode with that character is historical. Her friendship with Edith was pure love.

[@DevinFowler-b3t]

It was so beautiful, yet so many decades ahead of it’s time. And then the Jeffersons had Georges friend who had gender reassignment, again so far ahead of it’s time, especially when now in 2024, so many still refuse to accept those who are different.

[@Cassiehd]

Everybody needs a Edith ❤️

[@suzannac.6057]

Yes... And thankfully I have one in my aunt. She is _so much_ like Edith; I wouldn't have made it without her since my mom died.

[@CLulk]

I want a lady who looks Gloria instead.

[@thesweeples3266]

Stifle!

[@CLulk]

@@thesweeples3266 I mean it!

[@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz]

Jean Stapleton was so brilliant as Edith.

[@mananimal3644]

Add this is why this show is remembered today. 🙏🏿❤️

[@LainBrissette-up2cn]

One of touching moments

[@suzanneroberge494]

For a "comedy". this series had SO many heartfelt & moving moments like that. So well written & acted.

[@misterhot9163]

Still a great scene nearly 50 years later.

[@Aprilme2]

One of the best shows ever made!!!!!

[@mananimal3644]

Light years ahead of its time. RIP Norman Lear, Jean Stapleton, Carol O’Connor.

[@ferox965]

The greatest period.

[@williamsannuto8239]

Excellent scene amazing by Jean Stapleton and Rob Reiner.

[@kathyharbaugh66]

Mike is so sweet & caring!😊

[@Nigelsmom2136]

Mike was so gentle and caring with Edith. It's a shame the powers-that-be had to break the Stivics up. He loved Edith like she was his mother, not just an in-law.

[@pixel9548]

Absolutely! Having Mike leave Gloria to join a commune was just nuts and undermined all the growth in their relationship up to that point. It would have been better for him to die at a protest rally or even from illness. That would've left the love and trust intact and made Gloria a better spinoff.

[@melanieamber1973]

​@@pixel9548I agree and it's a shame how even Archie had grown to respect and love Mike as his daughters husband & grandsons father

[@DeltaKnight]

For what it's worth, I think lots of people took issue with that decision, so we aren't alone at least.

[@sha11235]

The reason that happened was due to Rob not wanting to return to the role of Mike when he and Sally were asked back in 1982.

[@tld8630]

Such a Heartfelt Scene 😢❤❤

[@ferox965]

Greatest sitcom ever made.

[@Griz-HAMC]

Biden had five deferments from Vietnam

[@wendyladybug355laurie4]

FJB​@@Griz-HAMC

[@Griz-HAMC]

@@wendyladybug355laurie4 I agree

[@TheViking1980]

Jean Stapleton was a legend

[@wowzers1069]

'is'

[@TheViking1980]

@@wowzers1069 She died a few years ago

[@wowzers1069]

@@TheViking1980 And still is a legend.

[@TheViking1980]

@@wowzers1069 I completely 100% agree.

[@crowsandravens8998]

The most beautiful touching moment between Mike and Edith, and Mike had real tears in his eyes.

[@johnmacmillan1436]

Oh my God. Tears are flowing. That was beautiful.

[@tonycanabal1659]

Mike always called Edith "MA". He loved her and even Archie.😢

[@cynthiadavid5282]

Classy show there will never be a show like this

[@kellie-nd1yp]

Edith wasn’t just his mother in law she was his mother . He respected and loved her . He lost his parents early. He understood her in a way Archie and Gloria didn’t . He didn’t take her for granted.

[@GeorgeDamon]

I don't know how Rob Reiner got through that scene without crying. Playing against a character like Edith Bunker, portrayed expertly by Jean Stapleton, I'd have been crying gallons getting through my lines.

[@terminat1]

He's a professional, and this was a job.

[@Queenie_78]

​@@terminat1😂😂😂😂😂

[@cherylcantrell2426]

I love that prayer that only Archie could give.i love that episode.❤❤❤❤

[@cynthiadavid5282]

Three should be more ediths in the world

[@pixel9548]

My lifelong friend is an Edith, but her name is Patti.

[@monty3534]

If that was true, the world would be a better place to live in !!!!

[@alondralabute2310]

As much as I sometimes don't like Mike Stivic I do like him in this scene. His words were so right. God doesn't expect us to understand everything. He wants us to trust Him to do what's best for us even if we don't understand. Mike understood more about God than he thought he did. And I also hated algebra!

[@Laura-tp8wz]

Beautiful scene ❤

[@andygrenn680]

Archie, Edith, Mike and Gloria an iconic foursome in sit com television as the four Beatles were to music…

[@andrewwilliams9599]

I feel like I'm watching a Broadway play by Arthur Miller or William Inge when I see that scene. Should be shown to acting classes. Absolutely superb work by all, especially Jean Stapledon and Rob Reiner.

[@brunab8867]

Beautifully done. Brought tears to my eyes.

[@johningalzo529]

Awesome acting performance by Rob Reiner, perhaps his finest ever on the show!!

[@Dr.MayhemProductions-um8ih]

This show featured some of the greatest acting in history.

[@RaineStudio]

A more intense scene in one sitcom episode than most soap operas see in a year.

[@libertygiveme1987]

This Episode ALWAYS makes me cry!!!!

[@calburge4338]

Jean Stapleton is SOOOOO talented

[@josephedric4081]

Even though we had to buy it all. Archie was crazy as hell.

[@jaredjlinden]

Obviously, Jean Stapleton was an amazing performer. But Rob Reiner is underrated. They both nail this scene. It’s beautiful.

[@melissacarterpresley5786]

That word, underrated, clearly doesn't mean what you think it does.

[@crowsandravens8998]

I don't know anyone who underrated Rob Reiner.

[@jaredjlinden]

I’m talking about Rob Reiner as an actor. Some fans of the show have underestimated his importance to this series, which is the definition of underrated. So yes, it means exactly what I think it does.

[@carollund8251]

​@@jaredjlindenYou are right. He was great as Mike. I think the only thing I read about him in these comment sections is the turned old " once a meathead always a meathead,"or something similar. Or criticism about his politics. So boring. These people always say the same thing..Which by the way is not true. He is a great person and an important activist. 4:29

[@tvmasterc]

We're allowed to be mad at God. I was, after the suicide death of my best friend. It took me decades to come to terms with it, and in the end it was a stroke on the anniversary of his death. I'm finally at peace now and look forward to seeing him in Eternity. Love you David! See you in Eternity!

[@reezdog]

Poor Edith. 😢

[@iloveejbgssnoopy]

So special lady Edith was and so strong and caring. And strong. I agree we need an Edith

[@Bloombaby99]

Damn, I smoked heavy and I was laughing my ass off but now I'm crying. This is a powerful scene that has me looking bipolar.

[@mrvgstyle2442]

😥💖I didn't realize how much I missed Edith and Archie Bunker until I started watching clips from the old show.

[@Korak826]

This episode was just on last night. I grew up in the 70s but never watched this show until just this year. Amazing show on so many levels.

[@faustinabeninato948]

This was fine acting, but they made it seem real. Beverly's tragic death storyline was very powerful & significant, compliments of the late Norman Lear.

[@fatherclarencejones2733]

Every time I see this scene I cry.

[@Charlie1964Rapture]

I just cried

[@thejoshsings9280]

“ Edith, the lord and me don’t give a damn about cranberries”Lol😂

[@krisrhood2127]

One of my favorite scenes from this show

[@alwayssme]

absolutely one of the best scenes, mike and edith

[@ruthmiller1406]

Edith never had an issue w/ Mike......she welcomed mike almost immediately! It reminds me of how a sweet young man & I at work ... Became truly Good friends! Grew to respect.... Care and love each other! And liked what my sweet friend once said about me & him ..."2 peas in a pod".....".great minds think alike"! He makes me feel so very.....very loved & special....just like Edith & Mike!!!

[@ruthmiller1406]

What I can't believe is @ 1 time.... Norman Lear and another t.v. host tried doin'....All In The Family/ Jefferson's & good times On stage using other actors......what ..Maria sorvino as Edith.....woody harrelson as Archie....what were they thinkin'? Norman Lear should have known better for lettin....who was it? Ryan seacrest? OI!

[@QUIZABOUT]

best scene out of the whole series because Edith is number 1 wife and mother.

[@robertdale-7582]

What a magnificent actress

[@vincekilloran843]

The second half of the series was not as strong as the first half, but this episode, as well as and "Draft Dodger" and "Shoebooty" ones, were masterpieces.

[@judilynn9569]

Why am I sitting here tearing up...

[@paulaoyedele2081]

Probably because you have been in Edith's shoes facing doubt or confusion without answers.

[@stevewalters6003]

For the same reason I am, these old shows remind us of how much we have lost as a culture.

[@jandavis5403]

Beverly was Edith's best friend This is so sad.

[@user-dc1dw2np1w]

Best TV show ever, thats a real actors ❤

[@rickster100100]

The best.

[@skyetai8348]

God made Edith so we know the meaning of kindness, love and compassion. Thank you, Lord.

[@shannongeier8155]

It was cute when it was Archie Bunker's Place but nothing will ever compare to these four actors and these four characters. It did not matter what pairing you did, they nailed it, each and every time.

[@fernandoduran2094]

Mike was right on. We can not understand why God sllows things to happen in our lives. We have to just keep faith in him & trust him. Good analogy using education. In school, some class lessons we had were tough, but we never stopped learning!!

[@justme6767]

I felt this way when my sister died I hurt Edith Hurt

[@ericgugi8912]

Mike also had desert on his MIND He wanted his CAKE N EDITH TOO

[@tj921able]

Did that last part of the scene look like acting to you? It didn't to me!

[@RoseRedd-k4b]

Mike is so nice to talk to Edith like this. But I don't blame her for feeling this way, if I Edith I would sit in the kitchen and eat my dinner in there.

[@joeblough261]

This moment illustrates how foolish the whole Mike joins a commune and ditches his family storyline was absolutely nonsense. Mike lived all 3 of them, and he even went to bat for Archie when he forged her signature to buy Kelsey's. People do change and I could see a divorce, but what they wrote for him was nonsense.

[@jeanjennings5712]

I needed that today.

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

Edith the Lord and Me give a damn about Cranberries

[@PeggiBiden]

❤

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢

[@princessofarchetypes3870]

He was a good son in law

[@sixtieskid062]

"A.Bunker here" 😅

[@cynthiadavid5282]

Edith and archive meat head Gloria made the show a classic

[@chevexx1111]

Edith was who made this group a family.

[@shinobi_1_kenobi796]

Great vid yo. And I hate everything. 😢

[@patrickplummer1027]

😭

[@jaybarnes8034]

Edith ruined Christmas.

[@joyceadair3003]

God is not responsible for that. Mankind is responsible for what happens here on earth. What happened to the character was wrong, but it was not from God.

[@hutch1197]

God is believed to be all-knowing and all-powerful, yet I always watch people bend logic into a pretzel when trying to explain why he would allow his own creations to do terrible things, and why he would allow terrible things to happen to his creations. It never makes sense.

[@pixel9548]

Isaiah 45:7 (KJV)--"I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create evil. I, the Lord, do all these things."

[@LisaAnderson8]

❤️⛄️🎄🎁🎅🤶

[@CLulk]

Ho Chi Minh committed mass-murder in North Vietnam in the 1950s. Even Ken Burns himself showed this of Ho.

[@lorettashepherd.]

Who TF cares

[@CLulk]

@@lorettashepherd. His victims and their families. Many Americans who learn of this horrendous tragedy inflicted on a civilian population by Ho.

[@CLulk]

@@lorettashepherd. Many Vietnamese cared when their government falsely tried ( in around 2014) to speak highly of the land reform. They called the Ho Cho Minh followers mass-murderers!

[@lorettashepherd.]

@@CLulk like I said who cares. Take your lame ass propaga and shove it.

[@lorettashepherd.]

@@CLulk no one cares. This is long past and ancient history. Let it go

[@Brinda-r9b]

Where is the bluish green eyed Edith?

[@marcdewey1242]

Although he did it in own unorthodoxed way,the Audience shouldn't be laughing while Archie is praying,I find no humor in that,this entire situation isn't funny period.

[@barneyohara7804]

JESUS loves you and died for your sin and on the third day he rose again repent and trust in him

[@Judy-mn6ey]

If Rob Reiner were really like this but no.

[@RaineStudio]

Why should he be? It's called "acting."

[@SadButTrue__]

i thought he was getting ready to lay the pipe..

[@teresalogan9976]

Good scene , meathead is an agnostic though & not an atheist, there is a Jehovah God,Jesus God his son & Holy Spirit God , 3 in 1 , Amen

[@AllFascistsCanSuckIt]

No. He was an Atheist. He said that he was and espoused the non-beliefs of Atheists. Also, Norman Lear said that Mike was an Atheist. Just because you don’t want to both love a show and yet be associated with a show in which a main character is an Atheist, does NOT give you the right to re-write the world around you. If you say you’re a Christian we won’t question it. So, you shouldn’t question someone who calls themselves Atheist or anything else. No one needs you in their business.

[@blinkowarner3117]

No, there isn't.

[@pixel9548]

@@blinkowarner3117 Jehovah was one of a pantheon of Canaanite gods. He got the popular vote.

[@inadisapio8184]

Boycott everything Disney!

[@mrlookin4mr]

Time for you to take a nap. Maybe if you get some sleep, you can get back in touch with reality.

[@MetalWarrior-jb5cq]

I'm impressed. The meat head actually had some wisdom.

[@Mxyzptlksac]

He had compassion and loved Edith.