All in the Family

Season 91971

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

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13 Episodes

E01 Meet the Bunkers

It's Edith and Archie Bunker's wedding anniversary. Edith manages to drag Archie to church. Daughter Gloria and her husband Mike try to whip up a party atmosphere for the parents.

January 12, 1971

E02 Writing the President

Mike writes a letter to President Nixon, protesting everything that's wrong with America, including the state of the environment and the nation's involvement in Vietnam. Archie finds out, and to refute his son-in-law's claims he decides he too will write a letter praising the nation's chief and attempting to explain the Meathead as an ignorant. While penning the letter, Archie pictures the family all standing behind him, dressed in his Sunday best, all supporting his positions.

January 19, 1971

E03 Oh, My Aching Back (aka Archie's Aching Back)

Archie is convinced he'll collect a large settlement from a petty traffic accident if a Jewish lawyer handles the case. The stylistic minimalism of the Bunkers' sparsely furnished set is on full display in this early episode. According to director John Rich, who grew up not far from Archie's neighbood, the Spartan look of the Bunkers' living room deco was achieved as a result of painstaking efforts. The director remembers personally supervising the cracking of windows and repainting of walls to give the place a run-down, lived-in look. "I told the set designers to take all the color out of it," remembers Rich. "Norman and I wanted to do the show in black and white, but CBS nearly went into a coma. So we decided to do the next best thing and shoot the entire show in muted sepia tones."

January 26, 1971

E04 Archie Gives Blood

Archie refuses to donate blood because he's afraid that his vital fluids might get mixed in with those of a different race.

February 2, 1971

E05 Judging Books by Covers

Archie scorns one of Mike's effeminate friends, unaware that one of his own beer-drinking buddies is a well-adjusted gay man.

February 9, 1971

E06 Gloria's Pregnancy (aka Gloria Has a Belly Full)

Archie's dream of becoming a grandfather is dashed when Gloria suffers a sudden miscarriage.

February 16, 1971

E07 Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit

Mike invites one of his hippie friends to spend the night in his living room, despite Archie's strenous ojections.

February 23, 1971

E08 Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood

Louise Jefferson makes her first appearance, through husband George will remain an offscreen character for another two seasons. Their son, Lionel, had been a regular visitor to the Bunkers since the pilot episode, when the writers discovered how effective the street-smart black youth was at gently letting the air out of Archie's sails.

March 2, 1971

E09 Edith Has Jury Duty

Edith abandons the kitchen for the courtroom when she is chosen for jury duty, leaving Archie to fend for himself.

March 9, 1971

E10 Archie Is Worried About His Job

No one in the family gets any sleep when Archie spends the night worring that he might lose his job.

March 16, 1971

E11 Gloria Discovers Women's Lib

Gloria leaves the house in a rage after Mike refuses to recognize her as an equal partner in their marriage.

March 23, 1971

E12 Success Story

Archie reevaluates his definition of success after he meets an old army buddy who's become wealthy in the used-car trade.

March 30, 1971

E13 The First and Last Supper

The Jeffersons arrive for dinner at the Bunkers'--minus husband George, who refuses to socialize with his white neighbors.

April 6, 1971

All in the Family

E01 Meet the Bunkers

E02 Writing the President

E03 Oh, My Aching Back (aka Archie's Aching Back)

E04 Archie Gives Blood

E05 Judging Books by Covers

E06 Gloria's Pregnancy (aka Gloria Has a Belly Full)

E07 Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit

E08 Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood

E09 Edith Has Jury Duty

E10 Archie Is Worried About His Job

E11 Gloria Discovers Women's Lib

E12 Success Story

E13 The First and Last Supper

Archie Bunker's Place

Can't Cope, Won't Cope

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Private Benjamin

Expedition Impossible

Murphy Brown

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula

The Odd Couple

All That

Dog the Bounty Hunter

Dimension 404

The Honeymooners

Alice

Sanford and Son

Melrose Place

Night Court

The Jeffersons

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Dallas

Taxi

E01 Meet the Bunkers

E02 Writing the President

E03 Oh, My Aching Back (aka Archie's Aching Back)

E04 Archie Gives Blood

E05 Judging Books by Covers

E06 Gloria's Pregnancy (aka Gloria Has a Belly Full)

E07 Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit

E08 Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood

E09 Edith Has Jury Duty

E10 Archie Is Worried About His Job

E11 Gloria Discovers Women's Lib

E12 Success Story

E13 The First and Last Supper