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Recap / All In The Family S 2 E 14 The Elevator Story

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  • Born in an Elevator: The elevator car stops, a Hispanic woman goes into labor ... and this baby isn't waiting to make his entry into the world.
  • Elevator Failure: Archie is already irritated enough with having to go to the bank, and with Edith and Mike (and their usual personality quirks) in general. He's more irritated when he has to share the elevator car with a black banker, a ditzy secretary and a Hispanic couple whose female half is very, very pregnant. And then, the elevator car comes to a screeching halt, and the only thing that's going up now is Archie's blood pressure.
  • No, You: Archie tries using his military service background to get the upper hand against Hugh, but Hugh promptly throws it back at him:
    Archie: I saw a lot of action in the war!
    Hugh: During KP or latrine duty?
    Archie: As a soldier in the Army Air Corp, that's the only place we'd see you people.
    Hugh: As an officer in the Intelligence Service, I would have never seen you.

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