Talk:Edith's 50th Birthday/@comment-43328909-20190730022749

This episode actually just aired on a more obscure network on cable, I am in my 20s and I have seen  All in the Family a couple times, so I know they pushed boundaries. This episode is insane. Edith is an incredible actress, she acted just like a traumatized person, from blaming herself and being terrified and OCD about everything, just truly incredible, when she got away I could literally breathe. Truly an incredible and terrifying performance. I will say that what her daughter did when she screamed at her is something that you should never do. Notice how much Archie says the word 'I' when he was trying to help her. Funny enough, besides him being impatient, I think their chemistry shined here. When Archie showed his compassion he did everything right, I always heard O'Connor was a good man outside of this role, and you can see it here. Truly great. I will dispute one point in your article though - the directors will catch some slack for slipping jokes in the rape scene, but man if they didn't, it would have been a horrifying episode. They definitely knew they would take flack for it, but the alternative would potentially be the episode not airing, or just a truly much more terrifying episode. Honestly one of the most intense scenes of television I have seen in a long time, and the woman who played Edith is truly an incredible actress, may she rest in peace.