Dit was een klassiek geval van iets wat nooit had mogen gebeuren. Gloria was nu een alleenstaande moeder, haar man had haar verlaten omdat ze niet met hem in een commune wilde wonen (hij was kwaad dat Reagan was gekozen en de maatschappij de rug wilde toekeren). Op dat moment had ik problemen met de serie <0xE2><0x80><0x93> kom op, zeg ik tegen mezelf, is dit dezelfde nobele Michael Stivic die tegen Archie Bunkers gevleugelde filosofieën inging? De serie ging door, maar er zat gewoon geen pit in. Het momentum dat Sally Struthers bij All the Family had gekregen, was allang verdwenen. Als de serie een andere naam had gekregen en de naam All In The Family had gekregen, was het misschien nog goed gekomen. Nou ja, zo gaat dat in de showbusiness.
This was a classic case of something that should never have been. Gloria was now a single mother, her husband had left her because she wouldn't live in some commune with him (he was mad that Reagan had been elected and wanted to turn his back on society). Right then and there I had problems with the series - come on, I say to myself, is this the same noble Michael Stivic that countered Archie Bunker's right winged philosophies? The series went on, but it just didn't have any pizazz. Whatever momentum Sally Struthers gained from All the Family was long gone. Maybe, if the series had been given another name and presented as being totally independent of All In The Family, it might have worked out. Ah well, that's show business.