All in the Family

September 18, 1971

Archie is incensed when his sponging cousin Oscar has the nerve to drop dead in the upstairs bedroom.

September 25, 1971

Mike has second thoughts after he agrees to let Gloria pose as a nude model for one of his artist friends.

October 2, 1971

Archie suffers his ultimate indignity when he's arrested along with a group of radicals at a protest rally.

October 9, 1971

Archie buys a gun to protect his family, but a pair of burglars hold the family at bay with Archie's own pistol.

October 16, 1971

On the Stivic's first wedding anniversary, the family recalls the day Archie and Michael met.

October 30, 1971

Mike and Gloria campaign for the liberal candidate in a local election, while Archie places himself in the opposing camp.

November 6, 1971

A priest pays a call to reward Edith's honesty for leaving a note on his car after she accidentally dents it with a large can of clind peaches.

November 13, 1971

An unscrupulous black real-estate salesman tempts Archie to sell his house to a black family at an inflated price.

November 20, 1971

Gloria is upset when Mike's nervousness over his grades causes him to become temporarily impotent.

November 27, 1971

Archie lays off a Puerto Rican worker during a cut back at the dock; and his homeowner's policy is canceled when his neighborhood is redlined as a bad risk.

December 4, 1971

Archie Bunker is the voice of the American working man when his man-on-the-street interview is scheduled to appear on Walter Cronkite's Evening News.

December 11, 1971

Everyone in the family is sick, so Edith calls Cousin Maude to help out.

December 18, 1971

Archie casts a pall on the family's Yuletide spirit when he complains that he was passed over for this year's Christmas bonus.

January 1, 1972

Archie gets caught in an elevator, along with a pregant Puerto Rican and her husband, an aging hippie, and an erudite black businessman.

January 8, 1972

Edith is suddenly moody and irritable with the approach of menopause.

January 15, 1972

Archie's paranoia during a mysterious government investigation drives him to betray a long-standing friendship.

January 22, 1972

An old girlfriend of Mike's suddenly arrives at the Bunkers' with a four-year-old boy who she claims is his son.

January 29, 1972

Archie refuses to get involed with the police, even though he's the only witness to a neighborhood mugging.

February 5, 1972

The Bunkers are alone for eight days while Mike and Gloria are spending a week at a commune.

February 12, 1972

Archie is too proud to let Edith accept a mink stolen from her cousin Amelia, until he sees a chance to make a three-hundred-dollar profit.

February 19, 1972

One of the classic episodes in the series, Sammy Davis Jr. plays himself, a passenger in Archie's taxi cab who has inadvertently left his briefcase behind. Arrangements are made to retrieve the briefcase at the Bunker house. As usual, Archie displays his ignorance and bigotry, but Sammy plays along. Before Sammy has to leave, Munson decides to have the two pose for a picture. HE KISSES ARCHIE!!! Archie is too astonished to say anything.

February 26, 1972

Edith arbitrates a dispute between Archie and the irate proprietor of a laundromat.

March 4, 1972

Archie is disturbed to discover Edith once spent an entire weekend with an old beau.

March 11, 1972

Archie and Edith visit Maude's house for Carol's wedding to David Green, a Jewish man. Archie doesn't want to go, and Carol doesn't want him there. Archie is invited to the bachelor party, but declines the invitation, and ends up staying at the hotel, where the bachelor party is held (which he doesn't know). Archie calls the police because the party is too loud. Edith stays for the bridal shower. After David and Walter return from the bachelor party, David and Carol fight over their differences in opinion regarding women's roles. The wedding is off, much to Maude's dismay.