All in the family recaps

Edith’s recent irritability could be a sign that she’s going through menopause. Archie is frustrated to find out that she can’t have her change of life in 30 seconds.

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Archie is a passenger in an elevator that stalls between floors and reacts predictably to his fellow passengers, a black businessman, a scatterbrained secretary, and a Puerto Rican man and his very pregnant wife who goes into labor

Archie is depressed at Christmas because his boss canceled his holiday bonus for screwing up a work order and he doesn’t know how to break the news to his family

Edith’s liberal cousin Maude Findlay arrives to help in caring for a flu ridden Archie and Mike

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Archie is eager to watch his man in the street interview on the CBS evening news with Walter Cronkite, but can’t find a working television set

Archie finds out he has to fire one of his men and then learns that the bunker’s home insurance has been canceled. when he fires his best employee because he’s Puerto Rican Archie’s decision ensures that he’ll be working a lot more from now on

The stress of final exams has rendered Mike impotent and it’s causing the whole Bunker household to be stressed. Gloria thinks everything will be fine once exams are over, but when they are, Mike experiences a whole new anxiety.

A real estate company leaves a leaflet while the furnace is not working prompting Archie to consider selling and moving to Sunny California. The black realtor offers more than what the house is worth, but someone’s going to be left out in the cold.

While at the market, Edith has a freak accident with a shopping cart, a parked car, and a can of cling peaches in heavy syrup. Edith leaves a note behind, and when the man calls to collect for the damage, Archie prepares for a not so peachy situation.

The local election pits, Mike and Gloria against Archie, who suddenly feels compelled to vote for the first time in 11 years just to vote against their candidate but when he finds out he’s not registered, he tries to sway Edith’s vote

As Mike and Gloria celebrate their first wedding anniversary, the Bunkers recall Mike’s introduction to the family, which Archie remembers all too well much like Pearl Harbor and the crash of the Hindenburg

With $30 in the family pot, the bunkers argue whether the money should go to set Edith’s lyrics to music or buy a gun. Archie buys the gun but when it’s used to hold them hostage by burglars, he’s forced to sing a new tune.

Even though Gloria and Archie protest, the idea, Mike and Lionel attend a demonstration at the UN. To keep peace in the family Archie agrees to go bring Mike back before he gets hurt or arrested and winds up in the slammer himself.

When Mike’s artist friend Szabo comes to town for a show, he finds inspiration in his new muse, Gloria and asks her to pose for him although Mike doesn’t care that his friend sees his wife naked Archie is distrust of Szabo is unbearable.

Archie’s cousin Oscar, who has been picking on Archie since childhood comes to visit and overstay is welcome. Archie wants to get rid of the deadbeat but for once Oscar leaves on his own I’ll bite in the most unusual and expensive way.

Edith accepts a dinner invitation from Mrs. Jefferson, but Archie refuses to go and cancels. when Lionel puts Archie on the spot the Jeffersons end up bringing dinner over to the bunkers, well at least Mrs. Jefferson does Mr. Jefferson refuses to have dinner with them and has gone to the Mets game instead.

One of Archie‘s old army buddies who is now a wealthy man arrives from Beverly Hills for a little reunion at Archie‘s with some of the other guys, but although Eddie looks like 1 million bucks on the outside, who reveals to Mike that he’s a little bankrupt on the inside

Gloria devours some books about women’s lib and attempts to convince her family that they are all equal when Mike won’t take her seriously Gloria moves out but Mike’s main concern isn’t whether or not his wife is returning or being alone with Archie and Edith. It’s something much more important his grades.

When Archie learns his company is about to cut 20% of its personnel, he stays up all night worrying waiting for a phone call from the night guard at work who is trying to find out who’s getting cut and since he’s up worrying the rest of the family might as well stay up and worry with him

Edith is chosen to sit on a jury for the most important murder case in the country and this he requested away from her family, which doesn’t play Archie at all, and when Edith’s lone dissenting vote causes the deliberations to run even longer there’s no telling when she’ll be going home

There goes the Neighbourhood Archie’s led to see his neighbor move, but he’s not prepared for the first black family in his neighborhood. He attempts to enlist Lionel’s help in persuading the new neighbors to sell the house, but there’s one problem it’s Lionel‘s family who bought the house

Mike forgets to tell Archie that he’s invited his friends Paul and Robin to spend the night. Paul is no longer the clean cut young man he remembers so archer refuses to let the unmarried couple stay. They’ll be no peace and no love in Archie’s Christian house tonight.

For once, Archie and his son-in-law agree on something that Mike and Gloria are not ready for her unexpected pregnancy Mike decides to quit college get a job and get an apartment anyway, but just before they make their big move, the hand of fate knocks them back