Archie scorns one of Mike's effeminate friends, unaware that one of his own beer-drinking buddies is a well-adjusted gay man.

Archie reevaluates his definition of success after he meets an old army buddy who's become wealthy in the used-car trade.

Archie is incensed when his sponging cousin Oscar has the nerve to drop dead in the upstairs bedroom.

Edith is suddenly moody and irritable with the approach of menopause.

Mike sparks the latest family feud when he donates two hundred dollars to George McGovern's presidential campaign instead of paying Archie for room and board.