History Heartwarming / AllInTheFamily

* "The Joy of Sex" ends with Edith confessing that she went out to steal at look at the waitress Archie kissed in "Archie's Brief Encounter," saw how young and pretty she was, and upon coming home, "seen wrinkles that I never seen before." Archie replies that he saw wrinkles on the waitress, but he doesn't see them on Edith.

** The second part of the episode has a similar moment for Archie. He's extremely upset for Edith, but never in front of her, and feels upset that everything he does to help seems to go wrong. Gloria, who herself had almost been raped in an earlier episode, explains what Edith is going through, and how she feels like she's somehow "betrayed" Archie after what happened. Not only does Archie listen to this carefully (him listening to ''anyone'' but himself is a rare occurrence), but he takes the advice to heart by going upstairs, sitting with Edith calmly, and gently kissing her. When a heartbroken Edith asks if he still loves her after what happened, Archie tells her that he will ''never'' stop doing that, and promises to keep trying to make her comfortable until she feels safe again. The entire conversation is symbolic of their relationship, and just how deep their love goes.

* Edith getting Archie to hug Mike when Joey is born.

--> '''Edith:''' Oh no, Archie. I just got this at Bloomingdale's.Ge

* Archie spends an entire episode dragging his feet about spending the weekend with Edith at the same hotel room they spent their honeymoon on their anniversary. Just when you think he might not even care about her at all, he sees her in her nightgown and is blown away.
--> '''Archie:''' Did... did you wear that dress on our honeymoon?
--> '''Edith:''' No, it's brand new.
--> '''Archie:''' Oh... for a minute there I thought... you look exactly the same as you did that night.
** Afterwards, Edith thanks Archie for 25 great years of marriage. Archie is touched and replies:
--->'''Archie''': Well, thank you too, Edith... after all, I couldn't have done it without you.

--> '''Gloria:''' Yes, but what does that have to to with anything?
--> '''Archie:''' Just lemme finish here. See, you thought you was gonna love the camp but it turned out you hated it.
--> '''Gloria:''' I called you up crying and begged to come home.
--> '''Archie:''' I took the rest of the day off work, hopped on the next train, went up and brung you back. Cuz you was my little girl, and anything you wanted was ok by me. [[DaddysGirl I just wanted you to know you're still my little girl, and you always will be]].

* In "Amelia's Divorce" Edith's boorish cousin-in-law makes a comment about Archie being "stuck" with Edith. Archie's response is so great, the audience applauds!

* The episode [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_Liz "Cousin Liz"]], where Veronica talks (albeit with a lot of confusion and struggle) to Edith about her relationship with Edith's cousin Liz and about how it was "like a marriage". Edith figures out what she means and accepts their relationship. The only regret that Edith has about finding out is that Liz and Veronica were never comfortable sharing it with anyone, and is heartbroken that Veronica is grieving alone.
* The episode "Stephanie's Conversion". Edith finds out that Stephanie has been hiding the fact she is Jewish from Archie. When he finds out, he hits the roof but soon has a change of heart. At the end of the episode, he gives Stephanie a Star of David necklace and tells her: "You've got to love somebody to give them one of them (the necklace). I mean, you've got to love everything about them"

* At the beginning of Part Two of "Edith's 50th Birthday"--the absolutely terrifying episode where Edith is almost raped--Archie finds out about the attack and immediately begins doing his best to care for Edith. He does whatever she asks him to do, and ultimately ends up just holding her. It's one of the best displays of his love for her in the whole series.

* The episode [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_Liz "Cousin Liz"]], where Veronica talks (albeit with a lot of confusion and struggle) to Edith about her relationship with Edith's cousin Liz and about how it was "like a marriage". Edith figures out what she means and accepts their relationship.

--> '''Gloria:''' I called you up crying and begged to come home

** The second part of the episode has a similar moment for Archie. He's extremely upset for Edith, but never in front of her, and feels upset that everything he does to help seems to go wrong. Gloria, who previously been raped in an earlier episode, explains what Edith is going through, and how she feels like she's somehow "betrayed" Archie after what happened. Not only does Archie listen to this carefully (him listening to ''anyone'' but himself is a rare occurrence), but he takes the advice to heart by going upstairs, sitting with Edith calmly, and gently kissing her. When a heartbroken Edith asks if he still loves her after what happened, Archie tells her that he will ''never'' stop doing that, and promises to keep trying to make her comfortable until she feels safe again. The entire conversation is symbolic of their relationship, and just how deep there love goes.

* Archie's friendship with Lionel in general is this. While Archie often said offensive things unintentionally, he never did so maliciously and seemed to genuinely like Lionel. Lionel in turn never held Archie's attitudes against him. When Mike accused him of holding in anger and resentment against Archie for being a bigot, Lionel makes it clear this is not the case, and simply responds that Archie doesn't know any better.

--> '''Archie:''' I took the rest of the day off work, hopped on the next train, went up and brung you back. Cuz you was my little girl, and anything you wanted was ok by me. I just wanted you to know you're still my little girl, and you always will be.

-->'''Edith:''' Did I ever tell you I love you?

* In "The Unemployment Story, pt. 2", [[https://youtu.be/gc7sLSobLOg?t=807 Archie helps talk a man out of committing suicide.]] He even strolls out on the ledge with the man, cool as a cucumber (until he realizes where he is), to show him a picture of Joey, and siting his grandson as something he has to live for. The man admits he also has a grandson, and Archie convince him not to jump since he wouldn't want the kid to grow up without his grandfather.

* In the episode "The games Bunkers play" Lionel is challenged by Mike to say something to someone that he never had but always wanted to. He tells Edith how when his family moved in next door they were scared about moving into a white neighbourhood, but Edith made it clear that they'd always have at least one friend in the neighbourhood. Edith (and the audience) were very touched.

** Archie's friendship with Lionel in general is this. While Archie often said offensive things unintentionally, he never did so maliciously and seemed to genuinely like Lionel. Lionel in turn never held Archie's attitudes against him. When Mike accused him of holding in anger and resentment against Archie for being a bigot, Lionel makes it clear this is not the case, and simply responds that Archie doesn't know any better.

--->'''Edith:''' Did I ever tell you I love you?
--->'''Louise:''' Every moment we spent together.
* In a Christmas episode, Edith's friend Beverly Lasalle(a famous drag queen Archie assumed to be gay and thus kept his distance from) is killed in a mugging. Archie is genuinely saddened, telling Gloria he wished he had told Beverly "what a nice fella she was."

* In the episode "The games Bunkers play" Lionel is challenged by Mike to say something to someone that he never had but always wanted to. He tells Edith how when his family moved in next door they were scared about moving into a white neighbourhood, but Edith made it clear that they'd always have at least one friend in the neighbourhood. Edith(and the audience) were very touched.