by Hal Erickson
synopsis
This second episode of a three-part story arc (which came about when Carroll O'Connor briefly ankled All in the Family over a salary dispute) finds the Bunker family deep in worry over the fact that Archie has been missing for 24 hours. At first, Edith thinks that Archie might have met with an accident or foul play. But mounting evidence suggests that Mr. Bunker has actually run off with another woman. The truth of the matter is not revealed until the very end of "Archie Is Missing," which was written by Lloyd Turner and Gordon Mitchell, and first aired on November 9, 1974.
