Sandy Sprung
Steve’s bank is a million dollars short the morning after he and Al spent the night in the vault, and everybody assumes Al took it. The family’s reaction is uncomplicated delight. Nobody asks where the money came from, which is the episode’s actual subject.
Al learns the shoe store’s owner has died and is bothered only that he never got any recognition from a boss he has never met. When Gary turns out to be alive, Al pays a man to impersonate him so he can hear it said. His resignation speech follows.
Al leaves home after a fight and stays with his colleague Luke Ventura. Two sisters arrive, Luke takes one to bed, and the other spends the episode working on Al. He turns her down, which is the episode’s actual point and the reason the character stayed likeable.
Steve and Marcy have a tax refund and want to add a room, so Al lobbies for a pool room while Peggy and Marcy want an exercise room. Four people spend the episode negotiating over a room no Bundy will pay for. It is one of the series’ two bottle episodes.
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