The Brother

Season 8, Episode 21, Aired

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Archie's brother Alfred shows up at the Bunker doorstep after being estranged for twenty-nine years. Archie becomes enraged and refuses to reconcile, but reconsiders when he reads the contents of a letter that Alfred gave him and told him not to read until three weeks after he left.moreless
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      • Archie's brother, Fred, suddenly appears after years of estrangement, but in "Archie Finds a Friend" Archie says that he's an only child, and in "The Saga of Cousin Oscar" Archie says that he has a sister, Alma, and a brother named Phil.

      • Archie and his brother recall their father's funeral 29 years earlier (circa 1949). However, in "Meet the Bunkers," Mike talks about a visit from Archie's father "about a year ago" (or 1970).

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      • Edith: You two are brothers! You came out of the same mother! Archie: (to Edith) Whenever you talk about nature you make my skin crawl…stop reading Redbook, huh?

      • Fred: Remember when you brought Edith home? Remember what Pop said? Archie: He said she was too smart for me.

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