All in the Family

September 16, 1972

After he rails against gun control in a TV editorial. Archie meets his two biggest supporters -a pair of stickup artist who rob him at gunpoint.

September 23, 1972

Archie is audited by the IRS after he fails to report income he made driving Munson's taxicab.

September 30, 1972

Archie can barely contain himself when the attractive young wife of an old army buddy spends an eventful night in the Bunker's household.

October 7, 1972

Gloria tests Mike and Archie's male chauvinism with a riddle that stumps the men but is easily answer by Edith.

October 14, 1972

Archie is aghast to find out that his visiting niece plans to go out dancing with Lionel Jefferson.

October 21, 1972

Edith is worried she may be a kleptomaniac after she absent-mindedly takes a wig from a department store.

October 28, 1972

Edith unwillingly invites a pair of wife-swapping swingers to dinner when she responds to a newspaper ad for pen pals.

November 4, 1972

Mike sparks the latest family feud when he donates two hundred dollars to George McGovern's presidential campaign instead of paying Archie for room and board.

November 11, 1972

On the Stivics' second anniversary, the family recalls the comedy of errors that transpired on their wedding day.

November 18, 1972

The Stivics' wedding is jeopardized when Michael's uncle insists, over Archie's virulent objections, that the marriage be performed by a Catholic priest.

December 2, 1972

Mike's emergency appendectomy precipitates an argument between Archie and Gloria regarding the proficiency of women doctors.

December 9, 1972

When Edith finds some old lottery tickets that she has totally forgotten about, Archie hits the roof, claiming she was wasting money. However, Archie's attitude quickly changes when the family discovers one of the tickets is a winner; but there is a catch; Edith claims the tickets don't belong to her.

December 16, 1972

Archie is ecstatic when, after waiting six years, there finally is an opening on the most prestigious bowling team, the Cannonballers, and he is asked to try out.

December 23, 1972

Edith's antique locket is missing and Archie sees it as a way to collect from the insurance company to buy a new television set. Confident of getting the insurance money, Archie orders a new color set, only to have an insurance adjuster arrive at the house to question the claim.

January 6, 1973

Archie befriends the other patient in his semiprivate room, unaware that he's black.

January 20, 1973

Middle-aged Archie can only envy the eternally youthful outlook of his friend and contemporary Bill Mulholern. He is especially impressed that the toupeed, flashily garbed Bill has managed to attract a sexy young bedmate named Tina. But by episode's end, Archie is made to realize how lucky he is to be spending his declining years with a loving wife like Edith.

January 27, 1973

Edith and Gloria end the latest family brawl when they storm out of the house to spend the night on their own.

February 10, 1973

Archie refuses to tag along to Edith's thirtieth high school reunion-- until he finds out that one of her beaus will be attending.

February 17, 1973

Archie buys an expensive watch of dubious pedigree and soon becomes paranoid that it's stolen. When it breaks, he has to find a jeweler who'll fix it with no questions asked.

February 24, 1973

Archie wakes up to find a swastika painted on his front door.

March 3, 1973

It's -Rashomon-Bunker-style when the family recounts vastly different versions of the same disastrous encounter with a pair of handyman in the Bunker kitchen.

March 10, 1973

Archie attends night-school classes to qualify for a high school diploma

March 17, 1973

After an attempted sexual assault. Gloria turns to the family for guidance as she suffers through the legal aftermath of reporting the crime.

March 24, 1973

In a foul mood, Gloria lambastes Edith for her constant acquiescence to Archie's whims.