Season 2
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.
The series’ first two-parter sends the Bundys to Dumpwater, Florida, and a motel called Poppy’s by the Tree. An axe murderer has visited every five years since 1962, and the locals are taking bets on which Bundy he gets. The episode opens in black and white.
A storm traps the Bundys at the motel and the locals will not help. Then the killer takes Peggy hostage, which forces Al to actually do something. It is also the first appearance of “Thank your father, kids” — a ritual the series kept for ten more years.
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