All in the Family (1971)
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Mel Tolkin — Writer
Episodes 36
Mike Faces Life
Mike becomes the sole support of a growing family when Gloria loses her job because of her pregnancy.
Read MoreGrandpa Blues
Archie has difficulty keeping his blood pressure down for a company physical after the family launches into a heavy debate over the baby's name.
Read MoreArchie's Civil Rights
Archie gets a lesson in civil liberties when he's arrested using outlawed tear gas to protect himself against a mugger.
Read MoreThe Baby (1)
It appears that Gloria may have her first baby in an Italian restaurant.
Read MoreArchie Finds a Friend
It looks like Archie has turned over a new leaf when he befriends a Jewish man.
Read MoreArchie's Weighty Problem
Energetic Justin Quigley inspires Archie to stick with the strict diet his doctor has recommended.
Read MoreJoey's Baptism
Archie Baptizes Baby Joey without Mike and Gloria's Permission.
Read MoreGloria and Mike's House Guests
A broken furnace forces Archie and Edith to spend a few nights under the Stivic's roof during a power blackout.
Read MoreArchie's Brief Encounter (1)
Edith leaves Archie when she finds out he dated flirtatious waitress while she was volunteering at the Sunshine Home.
Read MoreArchie's Brief Encounter (2)
Edith forgives Archie's indiscretions after Mike and Gloria bring the two together for an emotional reunion.
Read MoreArchie's Brief Encounter (3)
Edith forgives Archie's indiscretion after Mike and Gloria bring the two together for an emotional reunion.
Read MoreArchie's Operation (2)
Archie recuperates in record time after he's called back to work-with a raise and a promotion.
Read MoreMr. Edith Bunker
Edith saves a man's life and becomes the toast of the town,but Archie isn't happy standing in the shadow of her limelight.
Read MoreThe Baby Contest
Archie enters Joey in a newspapers's beautifull-baby contest, against the express wishes of Mike and Gloria.
Read MoreThe Boarder Patrol
Returning home unexpectedly, Archie and Edith surprise a scantily clad Teresa and her boyfriend.
Read MoreThe Joys of Sex
Both Gloria and Mike help Edith and Archie express their sexual interaction after catching Edith reading How to be your Husband's Mistress.
Read MoreMike, the Pacifist
Stranded in a subway train with different personalities, Mike is shocked when he punches a man for the very first time in his life after the man had pushed Gloria aside.
Read MoreArchie, the Liberal
When Archie and the guys at the lodge are being called bigots in the papers because they are only white, Archie suggests to initiate a black jewish guy.
Read MoreArchie's Dog Day Afternoon
Archie must spend his afternoon at the vet when his accidently runs over Barney's annoying--but cute--dog with his cab.
Read MoreArchie's Grand Opening
On the eve of his grand opening, Harry quits Archie's bar when the bigot bosses Harry around. Helpless, Edith and the Stivics come on time and gladly decide to help out. With a great crowd, Archie faces more problems; Mike can't get the right mixes, Edith sings, the guys are after Gloria and not only that, Archie's boss at the loading docks arrive where Archie quits, upseting Edith.
Read MoreArchie's Bitter Pill (1)
Archie is depressed when his saloon has gone slow. That's when his friend offers him some pills that cheers up. Archie takes in two when Edith and the Stivics visit Archie at the bar. Archie, overly excited, discusses his dreams of his bar where it will be extended to other states and people will love it. When the pills slowly fade out of Archie's system, he realises that his dream may never come true, and falls in the arms of his wife in tears
Read MoreArchie's Bitter Pill (2) (aka Archie's Road Back)
A despondent Archie retreats to his bedroom, until Harry offers to bail him out with a partnership offer for the bar.
Read MoreEdith's Crisis of Faith (2)
Mike is put in the hospital and Beverly LaSalle is murdered by a thug at Chistmas.
Read MoreStalemates
Mike and Gloria are sure the romance has gone out of their marriage when even a weekend in the Poconous fails to reignite the spark.
Read MoreThe Brother
Archie's estranged brother returns, after twenty-nine years, to smooth things over before he enters the hospital for a serious operation.
Read MoreMike's New Job
The stivics prpare to move to California after Mike is offered a teaching position in Santa Barbara.
Read MoreThe Dinner Guest
Edith is crushed when Mike and Gloria make their other plans after she's prepared a special farewell dinner in their honor.
Read MoreLittle Miss Bunker
Edith's cousin Floyd abandons his nine-year-old daughter, Stephanie, on the Bunkers' doorstep.
Read MoreWhat'll We Do with Stephanie?
The Bunkers decide to keep Stephanie after her father fails to reclaim her as promised.
Read MoreEdith Versus the Bank
With the TV broken, Edith decides to buy a new one for Archie for their 30th wedding anniversary. But when the clerk won't let Edith buy a TV without Archie's signature because she's a woman, she goes to the bank for a loan. There too, she can not borrow money because she is just a housewife with no job, making Edith furious. Helpless, Edith goes home and asks Archie for $500, but she won't tell him why (surprise). During their conversation, Edith discovers that Archie may be sexist also.
Read MoreThe Bunkers Go West
After Mike and Gloria cancel their trip home for Christmas, the Bunkers decide to travel west for the holidays.
Read MoreA Night at the PTA
When Edith develops laryngitis on the eve of her singing debut at Stephanie's PTA recital, Archie steps in to understudy the duet.
Read MoreThe Appendectomy
Edith and Archie rush Stephanie to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy on the eve of her 10th birthday. Luckily, the surgery goes perfectly, so they celebrate both Stephanie's birthday and the success of her operation.
Read MoreStephanie and the Crime Wave
Archie and Edith are shocked when they discover that Stephanie has been stealing some of her favorite teacher's belongings, and the Bunkers's also. But Stephanie admits that she stole these things so that when she returns to her dad's, she'll have something to remember them by.
Read MoreThe Family Next Door
Louise Jefferson returns for a visit at the Bunker's place to ask Edith if she can sell her (Louise's) former house. Edith doubts but Archie makes her agree so that they (mostly he) can choose white people to move in. When Edith sells the house to a couple and she invites the lady to her house, Archie realises that the woman is black and so is her husband. But Archie isn't disturbed when he finds out that the man is a cop, which could be good for Archie's safety.
Read MoreThe Return of Stephanie's Father
Stephanie's father, Floyd, finally arrives with a devastating proposition for the Bunkers: They can keep Stephanie if they agree to pay him $1000 cash!
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