by Hal Erickson
synopsis
As most veteran All in the Family fans know, the Christmas season is seldom a joyous occasion in the Bunker household. This year, a bitter argument erupts between Mike and Archie when Mike welcomes his friend, David Brewster (Renny Temple), a draft dodger now living in Canada, to Christmas dinner. David's drop-in coincides with a visit from Archie's friend, Pinky Peterson (Eugene Roche), who lost his son in Vietnam. Much to Archie's surprise, it is Pinky who quietly and eloquently defuses a potentially explosive situation. Written by Jay Moriarty and Mike Milligan, "The Draft Dodger" was appropriately telecast on December 25, 1976.
