While attending the funeral of her late husband's military buddy, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) unravels the mystery behind another mourner's (Clu Gulager) death. With Donald Moffat, Stella Stevens.
The Bunkers are celebrating Edith's birthday at an Italian restaurant in the city when Archie discovers that Edith failed to mail out a payment to the insurance company. This leads him to run across the street to drop it off. However, on his way he gets stuck in an elevator along with a pregnant Puerto Rican and her husband, an aging hippie, and an erudite black businessman.
Barney's detectives face a New Year's Eve of jumpers, drunks, pickpockets and a Spanish-speaking expectant mother about to give birth.
Chris' daughter is kidnapped to prevent her father from providing Hunter and Chris with vital information on a killer and a counterfeit ring.
