List of All in the Family episodes
This is a listing of all of the episodes of the television sitcom All in the Family, which originally aired on CBS from 1971 to 1979.
![](../I/All_in_the_Family_cast_1976.JPG.webp)
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Rating | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | ||||||
Pilots | 2 | 1968 | 1969 | N/A | N/A | ||
1 | 13 | January 12, 1971 | April 6, 1971 | N/A | N/A | ||
2 | 24 | September 18, 1971 | March 11, 1972 | 1 | 34.0 | ||
3 | 24 | September 16, 1972 | March 24, 1973 | 1 | 33.3 | ||
4 | 24 | September 15, 1973 | March 16, 1974 | 1 | 31.2 | ||
5 | 23 | September 14, 1974 | March 8, 1975 | 1 | 30.2 | ||
6 | 24 | September 8, 1975 | March 8, 1976 | 1 | 30.1 | ||
7 | 25 | September 22, 1976 | March 12, 1977 | 12 | 22.9 | ||
8 | 24 | October 2, 1977 | March 19, 1978 | 4 | 24.4[lower-alpha 1] | ||
9 | 24 | September 24, 1978 | April 8, 1979 | 9 | 24.9[lower-alpha 2] |
- Tied with 60 Minutes and Charlie's Angels
- Tied with Taxi
Episodes
Pilot episodes
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
"Justice for All" | Norman Lear | Norman Lear | 1968 | |
Carroll O'Connor as Archie Justice, Jean Stapleton as Edith Justice, Kelly Jean Peters as Gloria, Tim McIntire as Richard, D'Urville Martin as Lionel | ||||
"Those Were the Days" | Norman Lear & Bud Yorkin | Norman Lear | 1969 | |
Carroll O'Connor as Archie Justice, Jean Stapleton as Edith Justice, Candy Azzara as Gloria, Chip Oliver as Richard, D'Urville Martin as Lionel |
Season 1 (1971)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Meet the Bunkers" | John Rich | Norman Lear | January 12, 1971 | |
Archie and Edith (Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton) come home from church early, interrupting Mike and Gloria's (Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers) privacy. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Writing the President" | John Rich | S : Lee Erwin, Fred Freiberger; T : Paul Harrison, Lennie Weinrib, Norman Lear | January 19, 1971 | |
Because Mike wrote a critical letter to President Nixon about the current state of the U.S., Archie decides to write one of his own that praises him. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Oh, My Aching Back" "Archie's Aching Back" | John Rich | Stanley Ralph Ross | January 26, 1971 | |
Archie hurts his back in an accident while in his cab, so he tries to find a Jewish lawyer in order to collect in a lawsuit. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Archie Gives Blood" | John Rich | Norman Lear | February 2, 1971 | |
Archie questions who might receive some of his blood at a blood bank, thinking that different races have different blood. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Judging Books by Covers" | John Rich | Burt Styler and Norman Lear | February 9, 1971 | |
Archie learns about judging people after incorrectly declaring an effeminate friend of Mike and Gloria (Anthony Geary) to be gay--only to learn that one of his old football buddies is homosexual himself. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Gloria's Pregnancy" "Gloria Has a Belly Full" | John Rich | Jerry Mayer | February 16, 1971 | |
The Stivics start looking for an apartment after Gloria reveals her pregnancy, making Archie furious. Though he eventually comes around, Gloria has a miscarriage, and he comforts her for the loss. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit" | John Rich | T : Don Nicholl, Bryan Joseph; S/T : Philip Mishkin, Rob Reiner | February 23, 1971 | |
Mike's friends - an unmarried couple - plan to share a sleeping bag in the Bunker home, over Archie's objections. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood" | John Rich | Don Nicholl & Bryan Joseph | March 2, 1971 | |
Archie is not happy that a black family is moving into the neighborhood. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Edith Has Jury Duty" | John Rich | T : Don Nicholl, Bryan Joseph; S/T : Susan Harris | March 9, 1971 | |
Edith goes on jury duty for a murder trial, and she alone thinks the accused is not guilty. Archie is upset that Edith is not at home to take care of him. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Archie Is Worried About His Job" | John Rich | S : William Bickley, Jr.; T : Norman Lear, Don Nicholl, Bryan Joseph | March 16, 1971 | |
Archie spends the night worrying about his job when his company announces layoffs.
| ||||||
11 | 11 | "Gloria Discovers Women's Lib" | John Rich | Norman Lear and Sandy Stern | March 23, 1971 | |
As a supporter of women's lib, Gloria accuses Mike of chauvinism and storms out of the house. She comes back and they make up. | ||||||
12 | 12 | "Success Story" | John Rich | Burt Styler | March 30, 1971 | |
An old World War II buddy of Archie's visits the Bunkers, only for his wealth to be the subject of another debate between Archie and Mike. | ||||||
13 | 13 | "The First and Last Supper" | John Rich | Jerry Mayer | April 6, 1971 | |
Just as Archie is campaigning to keep black families out of the neighborhood, Edith accepts a dinner invitation from the Jeffersons. |
Season 2 (1971–72)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 | 1 | "The Saga of Cousin Oscar" | John Rich | T : Norman Lear; S/T : Burt Styler | September 18, 1971 | |
Archie's freeloading cousin Oscar passes away during a visit and none of Archie's other relatives are willing to help with funeral expenses. | ||||||
15 | 2 | "Gloria Poses in the Nude" | John Rich | Michael Ross & Bernie West and Norman Lear | September 25, 1971 | |
Archie and Mike have a difference of opinion over Mike's artist friend Szabo (David Soul) offering to paint Gloria in the nude. | ||||||
16 | 3 | "Archie and the Lock-up" | John Rich | T : Michael Ross, Bernie West; S/T : Paul Wayne | October 2, 1971 | |
Archie ends up in jail when he tries to save Mike and Lionel from trouble at a demonstration. Tim Reid is in the jail with him. (uncredited). | ||||||
17 | 4 | "Edith Writes a Song" | John Rich | Lee Kalcheim | October 9, 1971 | |
Edith wants to spend money on having music composed for a song she wrote, but Archie wants to spend it on a gun for protection. | ||||||
18 | 5 | "Flashback: Mike Meets Archie" | John Rich | Philip Mishkin & Rob Reiner | October 16, 1971 | |
Flashbacks show the first meeting between Archie and Mike. | ||||||
19 | 6 | "The Election Story" | John Rich | Michael Ross & Bernie West | October 30, 1971 | |
Archie intends to vote in the local elections just for his candidate to beat Mike and Gloria's. | ||||||
20 | 7 | "Edith's Accident" | John Rich | S : Tom & Helen August; T : Michael Ross, Bernie West | November 6, 1971 | |
Edith has an accident with a car (involving a can of cling peaches in heavy syrup) and leaves a note for the owner, a Catholic clergyman, which doesn't sit well for Archie on both counts. | ||||||
21 | 8 | "The Blockbuster" | John Rich | T : Philip Mishkin; S/T : Alan J. Levitt | November 13, 1971 | |
A black realtor (Thalmus Rasulala, credited as Jack Crowder) offers Archie $35,000 to sell the house. Lionel refers to him as an Oreo cookie, "black on the outside and white on the inside." | ||||||
22 | 9 | "Mike's Problem" | John Rich | T : Michael Ross, Bernie West; S/T : Austin & Irma Kalish | November 20, 1971 | |
Mike has become impotent due to anxiety over his final exams, so he goes to Archie for advice. | ||||||
23 | 10 | "The Insurance Is Canceled" | John Rich | Lee Kalcheim | November 27, 1971 | |
As if it weren't bad enough that the Bunkers' insurance has been canceled, Archie has to choose which of three men at work must be fired. | ||||||
24 | 11 | "The Man in the Street" | John Rich | T : Don Nicholl; S/T : Paul Harrison, Lennie Weinrib | December 4, 1971 | |
The Bunkers' TV goes out just as Archie is preparing to see his "man in the street" interview about his political beliefs. | ||||||
25 | 12 | "Cousin Maude's Visit" | John Rich | T : Michael Ross, Bernie West; S/T : Philip Mishkin | December 11, 1971 | |
When all but Edith come down with the flu, her extremely liberal cousin Maude (Bea Arthur) comes to the house to help, and immediately clashes with Archie. In 2009, TV Guide ranked this episode #9 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[2] | ||||||
26 | 13 | "Christmas Day at the Bunkers'" | John Rich | Don Nicholl | December 18, 1971 | |
Archie is not feeling happy at Christmas due to a mistake at work that cost him his bonus. | ||||||
27 | 14 | "The Elevator Story" | John Rich | Alan J. Levitt | January 1, 1972 | |
Archie gets stuck in an elevator with a black lawyer, a ditzy secretary, and a Puerto Rican janitor and his heavily pregnant wife. When she goes into labor, the group must help her deliver the baby. | ||||||
28 | 15 | "Edith's Problem" | John Rich | S : Steve Zacharias; S/T : Burt Styler | January 8, 1972[lower-alpha 1] | |
Edith goes through menopause, making it hard for Archie to be understanding. | ||||||
29 | 16 | "Archie and the FBI" | John Rich | Michael Ross & Bernie West and Susan Harris | January 15, 1972 | |
Archie thinks a co-worker is guilty of something after an FBI agent asks questions. | ||||||
30 | 17 | "Mike's Mysterious Son" | John Rich | Warren S. Murray | January 22, 1972 | |
A woman leaves her son with the Bunkers claiming that Mike is his father. | ||||||
31 | 18 | "Archie Sees a Mugging" | John Rich | S : Henry Garson; T : Philip Mishkin, Don Nicholl | January 29, 1972 | |
Archie witnesses a mugging and gets himself in trouble with the victim, the police and the mob. | ||||||
32 | 19 | "Archie and Edith, Alone" | John Rich | S : Tina & Les Pine; T : Lee Kalcheim, Michael Ross, Bernie West | February 5, 1972 | |
With Mike and Gloria out, an argument leads to Edith giving Archie the cold shoulder. | ||||||
33 | 20 | "Edith Gets a Mink" | John Rich | T : Don Nicholl; S/T : David Pollock, Elias Davis | February 12, 1972 | |
Archie is angry with Edith for accepting a mink cape from her cousin, then has a change of heart when the fur gets ruined at the cleaners. | ||||||
34 | 21 | "Sammy's Visit" | John Rich | Bill Dana | February 19, 1972[lower-alpha 2] | |
The Bunkers have the honor of Sammy Davis, Jr. visiting their home to retrieve a briefcase he accidentally left in Archie's cab. In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #13 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[4] | ||||||
35 | 22 | "Edith the Judge" | John Rich | Lee Kalcheim | February 26, 1972 | |
The owner of a laundromat accuses Archie of overloading one of the washing machines and it's up to Edith to resolve the issue. | ||||||
36 | 23 | "Archie Is Jealous" | John Rich | Rod Parker | March 4, 1972 | |
Archie is furious that Mike and Gloria spent a weekend together before they were married, but that's nothing compared to what Edith tells him. | ||||||
37 | 24 | "Maude" | John Rich | Rod Parker | March 11, 1972 | |
The daughter of Edith's cousin Maude is about to enter a mixed marriage. This episode serves as the backdoor pilot for the spin-off series Maude. |
Season 3 (1972–73)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
38 | 1 | "Archie and the Editorial" | Norman Campbell | T : Don Nicholl; S/T : George Bloom | September 16, 1972 | |
Archie goes on television to protest an editorial in favor of gun control, then faces the consequences for opening his big mouth. | ||||||
39 | 2 | "Archie's Fraud" | Norman Campbell | Michael Ross & Bernie West | September 23, 1972 | |
Archie tries to get out of paying the IRS for driving Munson's cab. | ||||||
40 | 3 | "The Threat" | John Rich | S : Bill Manhoff; S/T : Lila Garrett, Michael Elias | September 30, 1972 | |
Archie says his friend's wife flirted with him during an overnight visit. | ||||||
41 | 4 | "Gloria and the Riddle" | Bob La Hendro and Robert H. Livingston | Don Nicholl | October 7, 1972 | |
Gloria presents a riddle to prove Archie and Mike's chauvinism, sparking a debate about women's liberation. Edith eventually provides the answer. | ||||||
42 | 5 | "Lionel Steps Out" | John Rich | S : Terry Ryan; S/T : Michael Ross, Bernie West | October 14, 1972 | |
Archie is furious when his niece (Dianne Hull) goes out with Lionel. | ||||||
43 | 6 | "Edith Flips Her Wig" | Hal Cooper | Sam Locke & Olga Vallance and Don Nicholl | October 21, 1972 | |
When Edith gets arrested for shoplifting, she thinks she inherited her aunt's kleptomania. | ||||||
44 | 7 | "The Bunkers and the Swingers" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | S : Norman Lear; T : Michael Ross, Bernie West, Lee Kalcheim | October 28, 1972[lower-alpha 3] | |
Edith unwittingly answers an ad placed by a couple interested in wife-swapping, and their visit to the Bunkers leads to confusion. | ||||||
45 | 8 | "Mike Comes Into Money" | John Rich | Michael Ross & Bernie West | November 4, 1972 | |
Archie gets upset when Mike donates money he recently inherited towards George McGovern's presidential campaign instead of contributing towards his room and board. | ||||||
46 | 9 | "Flashback: Mike and Gloria's Wedding - Part 1" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Rob Reiner & Philip Mishkin | November 11, 1972 | |
Flashbacks show the wedding of Mike and Gloria where Archie argues with Mike's uncle over how the ceremony should go. | ||||||
47 | 10 | "Flashback: Mike and Gloria's Wedding - Part 2" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Rob Reiner & Philip Mishkin | November 18, 1972 | |
More flashbacks show the wedding of Mike and Gloria as an argument occurs over who should conduct the ceremony. | ||||||
48 | 11 | "Mike's Appendix" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Michael Ross & Bernie West | December 2, 1972 | |
Mike has to choose between two doctors for an appendectomy, one of whom is a woman. | ||||||
49 | 12 | "Edith's Winning Ticket" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Don Nicholl | December 9, 1972 | |
Archie is delighted that Edith has a winning lottery ticket, but is disappointed when she claims it belongs to Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford). | ||||||
50 | 13 | "Archie and the Bowling Team" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | S : Don Nicholl; T : Allan Katz, Don Reo | December 16, 1972 | |
Archie competes with a black man for a position on his district's bowling team. | ||||||
51 | 14 | "The Locket" | Hal Cooper | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | December 23, 1972 | |
When an antique locket given to Edith by her grandmother goes missing, Archie plans an insurance scheme. | ||||||
52 | 15 | "Archie in the Hospital" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | S : Stanley Ralph Ross, Martin Cohan; T : Don Nicholl | January 6, 1973 | |
Archie goes to the hospital for back pain and makes friends with a patient on the other side of the curtain in his room, who, unbeknownst to him, is black. | ||||||
53 | 16 | "Oh Say Can You See" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | S : Jess Oppenheimer (credited as Joe Kerr); T : Michael Ross, Bernie West | January 20, 1973 | |
Archie starts worrying about his age when he sees an old high school friend who looks 15 years younger. | ||||||
54 | 17 | "Archie Goes Too Far" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Austin & Irma Kalish | January 27, 1973 | |
While looking for a magazine, Archie finds a poem that Mike wrote to someone other than Gloria, bringing up the issue of invading one's privacy. | ||||||
55 | 18 | "Class Reunion" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | S : Stanley Ralph Ross; S/T : Don Nicholl | February 10, 1973 | |
Archie accompanies Edith to her high school reunion when he learns her old boyfriend will be there. | ||||||
56 | 19 | "Hot Watch" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Sam Locke & Olga Vallance | February 17, 1973 | |
Archie buys a $300 watch for just $25, but Mike suspects the watch could have been stolen, making Archie an accomplice in a crime. | ||||||
57 | 20 | "Archie Is Branded" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Vincent Bogert | February 24, 1973 | |
Archie discovers a swastika painted on the front door and dismisses it as a prank, but Mike believes it's something far more serious. | ||||||
58 | 21 | "Everybody Tells the Truth" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Don Nicholl | March 3, 1973 | |
Archie and Mike each have different accounts of what happened when the refrigerator broke down. | ||||||
59 | 22 | "Archie Learns His Lesson" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | S : John Christopher Strong III, Michael R. Stein; T : Michael Ross, Bernie West | March 10, 1973 | |
Archie attends night school to earn his G.E.D. so he'll get a promotion and tries to keep a secret from Mike and Gloria. | ||||||
60 | 23 | "Gloria the Victim" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Austin & Irma Kalish and Don Nicholl | March 17, 1973 | |
Gloria is a victim of attempted rape and must decide whether to notify the police or keep quiet. | ||||||
61 | 24 | "The Battle of the Month" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Michael Ross & Bernie West | March 24, 1973 | |
Edith and Gloria get into an argument over women's lib, forcing Archie and Mike to deal with the repercussions. |
Season 4 (1973–74)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
62 | 1 | "We're Having a Heat Wave" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Don Nicholl | September 15, 1973 | |
As the Bunkers go through a heat wave, Archie fumes even more upon learning a minority couple is moving into the neighborhood. | ||||||
63 | 2 | "We're Still Having a Heat Wave" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Michael Ross and Bernie West | September 22, 1973 | |
While the heat wave goes on, Archie continues to be irritated by the Lorenzos - who happen to be Irish (Irene) and Italian (Frank). | ||||||
64 | 3 | "Edith Finds an Old Man" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | S : Susan Harris; T : Michael Ross, Bernie West | September 29, 1973 | |
Archie is not happy with Edith permitting a nursing-home runaway to stay with them. | ||||||
65 | 4 | "Archie and the Kiss" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | John Rappaport | October 6, 1973 | |
Irene gives Gloria a statue of "The Kiss," which Archie finds filthy. | ||||||
66 | 5 | "Archie the Gambler" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | S : Steve Zacharias, Michael Leeson; T : Michael Ross, Bernie West | October 13, 1973 | |
Archie arrives home in a good mood and bearing presents for Gloria and Edith. But when Edith learns he has been going to the horse track, she becomes furious, as Archie has a compulsive gambling problem. | ||||||
67 | 6 | "Henry's Farewell" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Don Nicholl | October 20, 1973 | |
The Bunkers and the Jeffersons have a farewell party for Henry, where Archie incites another argument. NOTE: On May 22, 2019, this episode was remade as a live special for ABC's Live in Front of a Studio Audience. | ||||||
68 | 7 | "Archie and the Computer" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Lloyd Turner & Gordon Mitchell and Don Nicholl | October 27, 1973 | |
A computer error keeps sending quarters to Edith and another declares Archie dead. | ||||||
69 | 8 | "The Games Bunkers Play" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | S : Susan Perkis Haven, Dan Klein; S/T : Michael Ross, Bernie West | November 3, 1973 | |
During a group therapy game, Mike gets offended by the honest opinions about him. | ||||||
70 | 9 | "Edith's Conversion" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Ray Taylor | November 10, 1973 | |
Archie is worried that Edith will convert when she befriends Irene's Catholic nun sister. | ||||||
71 | 10 | "Archie in the Cellar" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Don Nicholl | November 17, 1973 | |
While the rest of the family is out for the weekend, Archie gets himself locked in the cellar. | ||||||
72 | 11 | "Black is the Color of My True Love's Wig" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Michael Morris | November 24, 1973 | |
Gloria acquires a black wig to change her look, but when Mike seems more attracted to her while she wears it, she becomes upset. | ||||||
73 | 12 | "Second Honeymoon" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | T : Michael Ross, Bernie West; S/T : Warren S. Murray | December 1, 1973 | |
Edith takes a reluctant Archie on a second honeymoon to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. | ||||||
74 | 13 | "The Taxi Caper" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Dennis Klein | December 8, 1973 | |
Archie is robbed in the cab, then agrees to drop the charges in return for a payoff, only to get in trouble with the police. | ||||||
75 | 14 | "Archie is Cursed" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | John Rappaport and Michael Ross & Bernie West | December 15, 1973 | |
Archie and Irene play a game of pool to settle an argument, then Archie makes a remark that leads to Frank putting a curse on him. | ||||||
76 | 15 | "Edith's Christmas Story" | John Rich | T : Don Nicholl; S/T : Austin & Irma Kalish | December 22, 1973 | |
Edith tries to get in on the joy of Christmas even though she has a lump in her breast. | ||||||
77 | 16 | "Mike and Gloria Mix it Up" | John Rich | Michael Ross & Bernie West | January 5, 1974 | |
Mike and Gloria disagree over who should be the aggressor in their marriage. | ||||||
78 | 17 | "Archie Feels Left Out" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Paul Lichtman & Howard Storm and Don Nicholl | January 12, 1974 | |
Archie mopes about his age on his 50th birthday. | ||||||
79 | 18 | "Et Tu, Archie" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | Mickey Rose & Lila Garrett | January 26, 1974 | |
Archie worries that an old friend whose job he took is planning to get it back. | ||||||
80 | 19 | "Gloria's Boyfriend" | John Rich | Bud Wiser and Don Nicholl | February 2, 1974 | |
Archie has a disagreement with Gloria over a mentally-challenged grocery boy. | ||||||
81 | 20 | "Lionel's Engagement" | John Rich | Michael Ross and Bernie West | February 9, 1974 | |
Archie comes to Lionel's engagement party over George's objections and gets a load of the fiancee's parents. | ||||||
82 | 21 | "Archie Eats and Runs" | John Rich | Paul Wayne and George Burditt | February 16, 1974 | |
Archie thinks he has botulism from eating canned mushrooms. | ||||||
83 | 22 | "Gloria Sings the Blues" | John Rich | Michael Ross and Bernie West | March 2, 1974 | |
Gloria doesn't think she loves Mike anymore so Edith tries to help her. | ||||||
84 | 23 | "Pay the Twenty Dollars" | John Rich | Robert L. Goodwin & Woody Kling | March 9, 1974 | |
George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) accuses Archie of giving him a counterfeit $20 bill. | ||||||
85 | 24 | "Mike's Graduation" | John Rich | Don Nicholl | March 16, 1974 | |
As Mike prepares for his final exams, Archie is anxious for the Stivics to move out. |
Season 5 (1974–75)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
86 | 1 | "The Bunkers and Inflation: Part 1" | H. Wesley Kenney | Don Nicholl and Michael Ross & Bernie West | September 14, 1974 | |
Archie is troubled by the possibility of his union going on strike. | ||||||
87 | 2 | "The Bunkers and Inflation: Part 2" "Archie Underfoot" | H. Wesley Kenney | Don Nicholl and Michael Ross & Bernie West | September 21, 1974 | |
Archie mopes around the house about going on the picket line for his union. | ||||||
88 | 3 | "The Bunkers and Inflation: Part 3" "Edith the Job Hunter" | H. Wesley Kenney | Don Nicholl and Michael Ross & Bernie West | September 28, 1974 | |
Since Archie is still on strike, Edith goes looking for a job for the first time in 26 years. Louise offers her work at the Jeffersons's dry-cleaning shop, prompting anger from both Archie and George. | ||||||
89 | 4 | "The Bunkers and Inflation: Part 4" "Archie's Raise" | H. Wesley Kenney | Don Nicholl and Michael Ross & Bernie West | October 5, 1974 | |
Archie is upset that he's the only one in his family not earning any money. (James Cromwell) as Stretch Cunningham | ||||||
90 | 5 | "Lionel the Live-In" | H. Wesley Kenney | S : Jeffery Mackowsky; T : Woody Kling | October 12, 1974 | |
Lionel stays with the Bunkers after an argument with his father and Archie is anxious for him to leave. | ||||||
91 | 6 | "Archie's Helping Hand" | H. Wesley Kenney | Norman & Harriet Belkin | October 19, 1974 | |
Archie gets Irene a job at the factory to get her away from Edith, but his plan backfires when she proves an incredible worker. | ||||||
92 | 7 | "Gloria's Shock" | H. Wesley Kenney | Dixie Brown Grossman | October 26, 1974 | |
Gloria is shocked that Mike doesn't want any children since they never discussed it. | ||||||
93 | 8 | "Where's Archie?" | H. Wesley Kenney | Barry Harman & Harve Brosten | November 2, 1974 | |
94 | 9 | "Archie is Missing" | H. Wesley Kenney | Lloyd Turner & Gordon Mitchell | November 9, 1974 | |
Mike and Gloria believe Archie ran off with an attractive secretary. (James Cromwell) as Stretch Cunningham NOTE: Carroll O'Connor does not appear in this episode, due to a contract dispute. | ||||||
95 | 10 | "The Longest Kiss" | H. Wesley Kenney | S : Dawn M. Stephens; S/T : Lou Derman, Bill Davenport | November 16, 1974 | |
Archie is finally found after having been missing for two days. The Bunkers, the Jeffersons, and the Lorenzos throw a party to celebrate.
| ||||||
96 | 11 | "Archie and the Miracle" | H. Wesley Kenney | Lloyd Turner & Gordon Mitchell | November 23, 1974 | |
A near-death experience convinces Archie that he owes his life to God, which naturally leads to another argument with Mike. James Cromwell as Stretch Cunningham | ||||||
97 | 12 | "George and Archie Make a Deal" | H. Wesley Kenney | David P. Harmon | November 30, 1974 | |
A signature from Archie is required for George Jefferson to run for public office. | ||||||
98 | 13 | "Archie's Contract" | H. Wesley Kenney | Ron Friedman | December 7, 1974 | |
A salesman talks Archie into having aluminum siding installed, but it turns out to be a scam. | ||||||
99 | 14 | "Mike's Friend" | H. Wesley Kenney | Roger Shulman & John Baskin | December 14, 1974 | |
Mike leaves Gloria out of an intellectual conversation with his friend. | ||||||
— | — | "The Best of All in the Family" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro & H. Wesley Kenney | Don Nicholl and Michael Ross & Bernie West and Norman Lear | December 21, 1974 | |
Henry Fonda hosts this one-hour special that celebrates the best moments of All in the Family. | ||||||
100 | 15 | "Prisoner in the House" | H. Wesley Kenney | T : Lou Derman, Bill Davenport; S/T : Bud Wiser | January 4, 1975 | |
Archie is not happy that the plumber's assistant is a Sing-Sing prisoner in a work-furlough program. | ||||||
101 | 16 | "The Jeffersons Move Up" | H. Wesley Kenney | Don Nicholl and Michael Ross & Bernie West | January 11, 1975 | |
Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford) has second thoughts about moving to the East Side of Manhattan. Pilot for The Jeffersons. | ||||||
102 | 17 | "All's Fair" | H. Wesley Kenney | Lloyd Turner & Gordon Mitchell | January 18, 1975 | |
Archie is shocked when Edith defies his demands and orders him to show some respect. | ||||||
103 | 18 | "Amelia's Divorce" | H. Wesley Kenney | Lou Derman & Bill Davenport | January 25, 1975 | |
A surprise visit from Edith's cousin Amelia and her husband reveals some things about their marriage. | ||||||
104 | 19 | "Everybody Does It" | H. Wesley Kenney | Lou Derman & Bill Davenport and Susan Ware | February 8, 1975 | |
The Stivics show Archie the error of his "borrowing" nails and an electric drill from work. | ||||||
105 | 20 | "Archie and the Quiz" | H. Wesley Kenney | Michael Morris | February 15, 1975 | |
Edith reads a life-expectancy quiz and informs Archie he doesn't have much longer to live. | ||||||
106 | 21 | "Edith's Friend" | H. Wesley Kenney | Barry Harman & Harve Brosten | February 22, 1975 | |
Edith reunites with her friend Roy when she goes to a family wedding by herself. | ||||||
107 | 22 | "No Smoking" | H. Wesley Kenney | Lou Derman & Bill Davenport | March 1, 1975 | |
The cigar-smoking Archie and food-loving Mike make a bet over which of them can go two days without their preferred vice. | ||||||
108 | 23 | "Mike Makes His Move" | H. Wesley Kenney | S : Robert Arnott; S/T : Lou Derman, Bill Davenport | March 8, 1975 | |
George Jefferson offers to rent the Stivics his house. |
Season 6 (1975–76)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
109 | 1 | "The Very Moving Day" | Paul Bogart | Hal Kanter | September 8, 1975 | |
Gloria announces her pregnancy on the very day she and Mike are moving out. | ||||||
110 | 2 | "Alone at Last" | Paul Bogart | Hal Kanter | September 15, 1975 | |
The Stivics are about to move next door, but Mike forgot to have the utilities turned on. | ||||||
111 | 3 | "Archie the Donor" | Paul Bogart | Bill Davenport and Larry Rhine | September 22, 1975 | |
Archie signs up for an organ-donor program to increase his chances at getting a dispatcher's job, only to get upset when he learns that other people may have "his" organs when he dies. | ||||||
112 | 4 | "Archie the Hero" | Paul Bogart | Lou Derman & Bill Davenport | September 29, 1975 | |
Archie performs mouth-to-mouth on a passenger named Beverly LaSalle, only to get a surprise when he discovers that Beverly is a cross-dressing male drag artist. | ||||||
113 | 5 | "Mike's Pains" | Paul Bogart | Lou Derman and Milt Josefsberg | October 6, 1975 | |
Mike has second thoughts about being in the delivery room with Gloria. | ||||||
114 | 6 | "Chain Letter" | Paul Bogart | T : Milt Josefsberg; S/T : Lou Derman | October 20, 1975 | |
Archie throws out a chain letter thinking it's baloney, but bad luck soon befalls him. | ||||||
115 | 7 | "Mike Faces Life" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | October 27, 1975 | |
Gloria loses her job due to her pregnancy so she and Mike decide to protest. | ||||||
116 | 8 | "Edith Breaks Out" | Paul Bogart | Lou Derman & Bill Davenport | November 3, 1975 | |
Edith gets a job as a volunteer over Archie's objections. | ||||||
117 | 9 | "Grandpa Blues" | Paul Bogart | S : John Rappaport; T : Mel Tolkin, Larry Rhine | November 10, 1975 | |
Archie has to lower his blood pressure for a physical and it doesn't help that he's arguing with Mike over the name of the baby. | ||||||
118 | 10 | "Gloria Suspects Mike" | Paul Bogart | Lou Derman and Milt Josefsberg | November 17, 1975 | |
Gloria suspects Mike of fooling around with a pupil (Bernadette Peters) he's tutoring for extra money. | ||||||
119 | 11 | "The Little Atheist" | Paul Bogart | Lou Derman | November 24, 1975 | |
At Thanksgiving, Archie and Mike argue over the upbringing of the Stivics' baby. | ||||||
120 | 12 | "Archie's Civil Rights" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | December 1, 1975 | |
Archie uses a tear-gas device against a mugger, then gets arrested for possessing an illegal weapon. | ||||||
121 | 13 | "Gloria is Nervous" | Paul Bogart | Milt Josefsberg and Ben Starr | December 8, 1975 | |
Gloria is going crazy since her baby's overdue and Mike gets nervous at the baby shower. | ||||||
122 | 14 | "Birth of the Baby: Part 1" | Paul Bogart | Lou Derman & Bill Davenport and Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin | December 15, 1975 | |
As Archie participates in a minstrel show at his lodge, Gloria goes into labor at a restaurant. | ||||||
123 | 15 | "Birth of the Baby: Part 2" | Paul Bogart | Milt Josefsberg and Ben Starr | December 22, 1975 | |
The Bunkers and Stivics get to the hospital for the birth of the baby. Mike panics in the delivery room while Edith and Archie eagerly await news in the waiting area. | ||||||
124 | 16 | "New Year's Wedding" | Paul Bogart | Lou Derman & Bill Davenport and Milt Josefsberg & Ben Starr | January 5, 1976 | |
The Stivics have an argument just as they're about to serve at a wedding. | ||||||
125 | 17 | "Archie the Babysitter" | Paul Bogart | Lou Derman & Bill Davenport | January 12, 1976 | |
Archie fires his grandson's babysitter and babysits him himself - even though he's hosting a poker game. | ||||||
126 | 18 | "Archie Finds a Friend" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | January 26, 1976 | |
Edith is surprised that Archie's made friends with a Jewish watchmaker, then gets upset when he asks her to invest a thousand dollars in the watchmaker's new invention. | ||||||
127 | 19 | "Mike's Move" | Paul Bogart | Milt Josefsberg and Ben Starr | February 2, 1976 | |
Mike's liberal thinking is put to the test when he learns he may lose a teaching job to an African-American. | ||||||
128 | 20 | "Archie's Weighty Problem" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | February 9, 1976 | |
Archie's doctor instructs him to lose weight, but he is not impressed by Edith's attempts at diet cooking. He sneaks out to Kelcy's Bar for junk food, prompting arguments. | ||||||
129 | 21 | "Love By Appointment" | Paul Bogart | Lou Derman & Bill Davenport | February 16, 1976 | |
Now that Gloria's a mother, she's unable to make time for Mike. | ||||||
130 | 22 | "Joey's Baptism" | Paul Bogart | Milt Josefsberg and Mel Tolkin & Larry Rhine | February 23, 1976 | |
Archie decides to baptize Joey himself after arguing with Mike about it. | ||||||
131 | 23 | "Mike and Gloria's House Guests" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin and Milt Josefsberg | March 1, 1976 | |
The Bunkers' furnace breaks down, forcing them to spend a few days with the Stivics. | ||||||
132 | 24 | "Edith's Night Out" | Paul Bogart | T : Douglas Arango, Phil Doran; S/T : Lou Derman | March 8, 1976 | |
After getting a new pantsuit, Edith wants Archie to take her out, but he refuses, so she goes out by herself. When Archie sees her as the life of the party at Kelcy's, he realizes he should appreciate her more. |
Season 7 (1976–77)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
133 134 | 1 2 | "Archie's Brief Encounter: Part 1" "Archie's Brief Encounter: Part 2" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | September 22, 1976 | |
Archie has a brief encounter with an attractive waitress. | ||||||
135 | 3 | "Archie's Brief Encounter: Part 3" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | September 29, 1976 | |
Mike and Gloria try to get Archie and Edith back together after the business with the waitress. | ||||||
136 | 4 | "The Unemployment Story: Part 1" | Paul Bogart | Ben Starr & Chuck Stewart | October 6, 1976 | |
Archie loses the job he's had for 30 years just as the family is planning to celebrate Mike's career. | ||||||
137 | 5 | "The Unemployment Story: Part 2" | Paul Bogart | Chuck Stewart & Ben Starr | October 13, 1976 | |
Archie gets a new job, then has to talk the man who lost it to him off the ledge. | ||||||
138 | 6 | "Archie's Operation: Part 1" | Paul Bogart | S : Calvin Kelly, Jim Tisdale; T : Milt Josefsberg, Mort Lachman | October 20, 1976 | |
Archie is about to get surgery and the hospital staff doesn't make him feel any better about it. | ||||||
139 | 7 | "Archie's Operation: Part 2" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | October 27, 1976 | |
Just as Archie is complaining about receiving what he considers poor medical care, he gets some bad news about his job. | ||||||
140 | 8 | "Beverly Rides Again" | Paul Bogart | Phil Doran & Douglas Arango | November 6, 1976 | |
Archie sets a friend up with Beverly LaSalle to get even with his practical jokes. | ||||||
141 | 9 | "Teresa Moves In" | Paul Bogart | Michael Loman | November 13, 1976 | |
Teresa Betancourt, an employee from the hospital where Archie had his operation, moves into the Bunker home to help pay Archie's medical bills. | ||||||
142 | 10 | "Mike and Gloria's Will" | Paul Bogart | Bill Richmond and Gene Perrett | November 20, 1976 | |
After Mike is hit by a subway train, he and Gloria decide to make out a will, but they don't name Archie and Edith as Joey's guardians. | ||||||
143 | 11 | "Mr. Edith Bunker" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | November 27, 1976 | |
When Edith saves a young man's life while volunteering at the Sunshine Rest Home, she is named a hero and gets a television interview, making Archie jealous. | ||||||
144 | 12 | "Archie's Secret Passion" | Paul Bogart | Michael Loman | December 4, 1976 | |
Archie is worried when a couple of old friends visit, because he once had an affair with the woman. | ||||||
145 | 13 | "The Baby Contest" | Paul Bogart | S : Marion Zola, Ed Haas; T : Larry Rhine, Mel Tolkin | December 11, 1976 | |
Archie enters Joey's picture in a beautiful baby contest, and tries cheating to ensure that his grandson wins. | ||||||
146 | 14 | "Gloria's False Alarm" | Paul Bogart | Phil Doran & Douglas Arango | December 18, 1976 | |
A visit to the doctor reveals that Gloria may be pregnant again, leading to an argument with Mike about responsibility.
| ||||||
147 | 15 | "The Draft Dodger" | Paul Bogart | Jay Moriarty and Mike Milligan | December 25, 1976 | |
The Bunkers have Christmas dinner with a friend of Archie's whose son died in the Vietnam war and a friend of Mike's who's a draft dodger. | ||||||
148 | 16 | "The Boarder Patrol" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | January 8, 1977 | |
Archie and Edith come home to find Teresa making love to her boyfriend. | ||||||
149 | 17 | "Archie's Chair" | Paul Bogart | Phil Doran & Douglas Arango | January 15, 1977 | |
Mike accidentally breaks Archie's easy chair, which is then lost by a repair shop, making Archie very angry. | ||||||
150 | 18 | "Mike Goes Skiing" | Paul Bogart | Ben Starr & Chuck Stewart | January 22, 1977 | |
Mike fakes being tired, so he'll get out of going to a party with Gloria to go skiing with his office friends. | ||||||
151 | 19 | "Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye" | Paul Bogart | Phil Doran and Douglas Arango and Milt Josefsberg | January 29, 1977 | |
Archie is asked to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of Stretch Cunningham, then discovers he was Jewish. | ||||||
152 | 20 | "The Joys of Sex" | Paul Bogart | Erik Tarloff | February 5, 1977 | |
Gloria finds Edith reading a sex manual, so Mike has a talk with Archie on the subject. | ||||||
153 | 21 | "Mike the Pacifist" | Paul Bogart | Phil Doran & Douglas Arango | February 12, 1977 | |
Mike feels guilty for hitting a subway passenger who was abusing his wife. | ||||||
154 | 22 | "Fire" | Paul Bogart | Michael Loman and Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | February 19, 1977 | |
Archie vandalizes his own house to increase his insurance claim for a small fire. | ||||||
155 | 23 | "Mike and Gloria Split" | Paul Bogart | S : Mort Lachman, Milt Josefsberg; T : Mel Tolkin, Larry Rhine | February 26, 1977 | |
Mike is forced to share a bed with Archie after arguing with Gloria over a word game. | ||||||
156 | 24 | "Archie the Liberal" | Paul Bogart | Ben Starr & Chuck Stewart | March 5, 1977 | |
Archie's lodge makes a token effort to recruit a new member when the press and civil-rights groups criticizes their discrimination. | ||||||
157 | 25 | "Archie's Dog Day Afternoon" | Paul Bogart | S : Mort Lachman, Milt Josefsberg; T : Chuck Stewart, Ben Starr | March 12, 1977 | |
Archie accidentally backs his car over Barney's dog. |
Season 8 (1977–78)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
158 159 | 1 2 | "Archie Gets the Business" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | October 2, 1977 | |
Archie wants to mortgage the house to buy Kelcy's bar, but Edith is against it. NOTE: The show begins its transformation from the setting of the Bunker home to Archie's bar which will continue into Archie Bunker's Place. | ||||||
160 | 3 | "Cousin Liz" | Paul Bogart | S : Barry Harman, Harve Brosten; T : Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller | October 9, 1977[lower-alpha 4] | |
Archie hopes for a large inheritance from Edith's cousin Liz, whose female roommate turns out to have been Liz's lesbian lover and wants to keep their valuable silver tea set. | ||||||
161 162 | 4 5 | "Edith's 50th Birthday" | Paul Bogart | Bob Weiskopf & Bob Schiller | October 16, 1977[lower-alpha 5] | |
A would-be rapist attacks Edith on her 50th birthday. | ||||||
163 | 6 | "Unequal Partners" | Paul Bogart | Chuck Stewart & Ben Starr | October 23, 1977 | |
Archie tries to rush the wedding ceremony of two rest-home residents so he can go on a fishing trip. | ||||||
164 | 7 | "Archie's Grand Opening" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | October 30, 1977 | |
At the opening of Archie's Place, Mike must replace the bartender at the last minute. | ||||||
165 | 8 | "Archie's Bitter Pill: Part 1" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin & Larry Rhine and William C. Rader, M.D. | November 6, 1977 | |
Archie takes unprescribed pills to deal with the stress of his waning business. | ||||||
166 | 9 | "Archie's Bitter Pill: Part 2" "Archie's Road Back" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | November 13, 1977 | |
Archie goes into depression after he stops taking pills. | ||||||
167 | 10 | "Archie and the KKK: Part 1" | Paul Bogart | Bob Weiskopf & Bob Schiller and Mort Lachman & Milt Josefsberg | November 27, 1977 | |
Archie unknowingly joins an ultra-right wing group that plans to harass Mike. | ||||||
168 | 11 | "Archie and the KKK: Part 2" | Paul Bogart | Bob Weiskopf & Bob Schiller | December 4, 1977 | |
Archie tries to dissuade the vigilante group from carrying out their plans. | ||||||
169 | 12 | "Mike and Gloria Meet" | Paul Bogart | Bob Weiskopf & Bob Schiller | December 11, 1977 | |
Flashbacks show Mike and Gloria's first date, arranged by Gloria's friend Debbie. | ||||||
170 | 13 | "Edith's Crisis of Faith: Part 1" | Paul Bogart | S : Erik Tarloff; T : Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller | December 18, 1977 | |
Beverly LaSalle is murdered at Christmastime in a brutal hate crime, causing Edith to lose her faith in God. | ||||||
171 | 14 | "Edith's Crisis of Faith: Part 2" | Paul Bogart | T : Mel Tolkin, Larry Rhine; S/T : Erik Tarloff | December 25, 1977 | |
The rest of the family try to help Edith regain her faith on Christmas following Beverly LaSalle's murder. | ||||||
172 | 15 | "The Commercial" | Paul Bogart | T : Ben Starr; S/T : Ron Bloomberg | January 8, 1978 | |
Edith is chosen to do a commercial for a detergent, but is unwilling to praise it. | ||||||
173 | 16 | "Super Bowl Sunday" | Paul Bogart | Bob Weiskopf & Bob Schiller | January 15, 1978 | |
A pair of robbers come to Archie's bar on Super Bowl Sunday. NOTE: The episode aired right after Super Bowl XII. | ||||||
174 | 17 | "Aunt Iola's Visit" | Paul Bogart | S : Michael Loman; T : Albert E. Lewin | January 22, 1978 | |
Edith's Aunt Iola comes to visit and Archie is worried she may stay forever. | ||||||
175 | 18 | "Love Comes to the Butcher" | Paul Bogart | Phil Sharp | February 5, 1978 | |
The neighborhood butcher falls for Edith due to her words of kindness.
| ||||||
176 | 19 | "Two's a Crowd" | Paul Bogart | Phil Sharp | February 12, 1978 | |
Archie and Mike get themselves locked in the storeroom of Archie's Place, where a surprise revelation gives Mike a sad new insight into his father-in-law. | ||||||
177 | 20 | "Stale Mates" | Paul Bogart | Bob Weiskopf & Bob Schiller | February 19, 1978 | |
Mike and Gloria go on a second honeymoon to the Poconos to save their marriage. | ||||||
178 | 21 | "Archie's Brother" "The Brother" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | February 26, 1978 | |
Archie and his brother reunite after not speaking to each other for 29 years. | ||||||
179 | 22 | "Mike's New Job" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | March 5, 1978 | |
Mike and Gloria make preparations to move to California, but circumstances force them to temporarily move back in with the Bunkers. | ||||||
180 | 23 | "The Dinner Guest" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | March 12, 1978 | |
Mike has to choose between Edith's farewell dinner and his new boss' social meeting. | ||||||
181 | 24 | "The Stivics Go West" | Paul Bogart | Bob Weiskopf & Bob Schiller | March 19, 1978 | |
The Stivics move west, leaving the Bunkers to try and adjust without them. |
Season 9 (1978–79)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
182 | 1 | "Little Miss Bunker" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | September 24, 1978 | |
The Bunkers are joined by Stephanie (Danielle Brisebois), the daughter of Edith's cousin Floyd.
| ||||||
183 | 2 | "End in Sight" | Paul Bogart | Nate Monaster | October 1, 1978 | |
Archie thinks he's dying due to a spot on his liver, so he starts being nice. | ||||||
184 | 3 | "Reunion on Hauser Street" | Paul Bogart | Milt Josefsberg and Phil Sharp | October 8, 1978 | |
Barney is miserable since his wife left him again and it's ruining Archie's business. | ||||||
185 | 4 | "What'll We Do With Stephanie?" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | October 15, 1978 | |
Archie and Edith have a disagreement over what to do with Stephanie. | ||||||
186 | 5 | "Edith's Final Respects" | Paul Bogart | S : Sam Greenbaum; T : Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf | October 22, 1978 | |
Edith is the only one to attend the funeral of her Aunt Rose, who never approved of her marriage to Archie. | ||||||
187 | 6 | "Weekend in the Country" | Paul Bogart | Phil Sharp and Milt Josefsberg | October 29, 1978 | |
The Bunkers spend a weekend in the country with the arguing Heffners. | ||||||
188 | 7 | "Archie's Other Wife" | Paul Bogart | Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | November 5, 1978 | |
As another one of his practical jokes, Pinky gets Archie drunk and arranges for him to wake up in his motel bed with another woman. | ||||||
189 | 8 | "Edith vs. the Bank" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | November 19, 1978 | |
Edith tries to buy a television set for Archie, but the bank refuses to give her credit, leading her to try taking out a loan, which falls through. | ||||||
190 | 9 | "Return of the Waitress" | Paul Bogart | Milt Josefsberg and Phil Sharp | November 26, 1978 | |
The waitress Harry hires at Archie's Place is the same one with whom Archie nearly had an affair. | ||||||
191 | 10 | "Bogus Bills" | Paul Bogart | Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | December 3, 1978 | |
As soon as Archie finds counterfeit money in the register, Edith calls to tell him she's been arrested for using said counterfeit money. | ||||||
192 | 11 | "The Bunkers Go West" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | December 10, 1978 | |
The Bunkers prepare for a visit from the Stivics at Christmastime - until Gloria says they can't come due to Mike hurting his back. | ||||||
193 194 | 12 13 | "California, Here We Are" | Paul Bogart | Milt Josefsberg & Phil Sharp and Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | December 17, 1978 | |
The Bunkers arrive in California to learn that the Stivics are planning to get divorced. | ||||||
195 | 14 | "A Night at the PTA" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | January 7, 1979 | |
Edith is excited to perform with Stephanie in the school's talent show, then she contracts laryngitis. | ||||||
196 | 15 | "A Girl Like Edith" | Paul Bogart | Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | January 14, 1979 | |
Klemmer the butcher stops by to show off his fiancee, who thinks he still has feelings for Edith. | ||||||
197 | 16 | "The Appendectomy" | Paul Bogart | Phil Sharp and Milt Josefsberg | January 21, 1979 | |
Stephanie gets appendicitis and Archie is unwilling to follow a young doctor's advice. | ||||||
198 | 17 | "Stephanie and the Crime Wave" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | January 28, 1979 | |
Stephanie is accused of stealing at school as several items go missing from the Bunker household. | ||||||
199 | 18 | "Barney the Gold Digger" | Paul Bogart | S : Winston Moss; T : Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf, Phil Sharp, Milt Josefsberg | February 5, 1979 | |
When Barney's wife leaves him again, the Bunkers fix him up with a wealthy widow (Peggy Rea). | ||||||
200 | 19 | "The Return of Archie's Brother" | Paul Bogart | S : Tom Sawyer; S/T : Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf | February 11, 1979 | |
Archie's brother Fred arrives with his 18-year-old wife. | ||||||
201 | 20 | "Stephanie's Conversion" | Paul Bogart | Patt Shea and Harriett Weiss | February 18, 1979 | |
When the Bunkers learn that Stephanie was born Jewish, Archie unwillingly raises her in that particular faith. | ||||||
202 | 21 | "Edith Gets Fired" | Paul Bogart | S : Mort Lachman; T : Harriett Weiss, Patt Shea | February 25, 1979 | |
Edith gets fired from the Sunshine Home for not getting help for a woman who wanted to die. | ||||||
— | — | "The 200th Episode Celebration of All in the Family" "All in the Family Retrospective" | Walter C. Miller | Norman Lear & Mort Lachman and Milt Josefsberg | March 4, 1979 | |
Norman Lear hosts a 90-minute retrospective looking back at the best moments of All in the Family. | ||||||
203 | 22 | "The Family Next Door" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | March 11, 1979 | |
Archie wants Edith to preserve the dignity of the neighborhood in picking new tenants for the Jeffersons' old house. | ||||||
204 | 23 | "The Return of Stephanie's Father" | Paul Bogart | Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | March 25, 1979 | |
Stephanie's father wants $1,000 from the Bunkers if they want her to keep living with them. | ||||||
205 | 24 | "Too Good Edith" | Paul Bogart | Harriett Weiss & Patt Shea | April 8, 1979 | |
Edith tries to prepare a St. Patrick's Day dinner in spite of her phlebitis. This is the final AITF episode leading up to the series' spin-off, Archie Bunker's Place. |
Single episode Emmy award notes
- "Edith's Problem" (#28) won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing (Comedy).[3]
- "Sammy's Visit" (#34) won an Emmy for Outstanding Direction; nominee for Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy.[3]
- "The Bunkers and the Swingers" (#44) won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series; nomination for Outstanding Direction (Comedy).[3]
- "Cousin Liz" (#160) won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing (Comedy).[3]
- "Edith's 50th Birthday" (#161) won an Emmy for Outstanding Direction (Comedy).[3]
References
- "Photo" (JPG). i.imgur.com.
- "TV Guide's Top 100 Episodes". Rev/Views. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
- All in the Family - Awards & Nominations at IMDb
- "Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". TV Guide (June 28-July 4). 1997.
- "Photo" (JPG). i.imgur.com.
- "Photo" (JPG). i.imgur.com.
- "Photo" (JPG). i.imgur.com.
- "Photo" (JPG). i.imgur.com.