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All in the Family Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1971 - 1971
Episode 1
Meet the Bunkers
Tue, Jan 12, 197126 mins
In the series' premiere, Mike and Gloria plan a surprise party to celebrate Archie and Edith's 22nd anniversary. But it quickly turns into a shouting match between conservative Archie and the liberal "Meathead" on virtually every topic.
Episode 2
Writing the President
Tue, Jan 19, 197126 mins
Archie learns that Mike has written to President Nixon to criticize his policies. So Archie takes pen in hand and writes his own letter of praise.
Episode 3
Archie's Aching Back
Tue, Jan 26, 197126 mins
Archie is involved in a minor, non-injury car accident, then finds out that Lionel Jefferson's family used an insurance settlement to open a dry-cleaning business. He gets an idea ... and a sudden aching back.
Episode 4
Archie Gives Blood
Tue, Feb 2, 197126 mins
Archie and Mike donate blood, sparking heated discussions on race, modern medicine, and God's will.
Episode 5
Judging Books by Covers
Tue, Feb 9, 197126 mins
Archie takes an instant dislike to Roger, a friend of Mike and Gloria, who he thinks is gay due to his effeminate manners and his love of the arts. However, Archie finds out something very interesting about a former pro-football player friend of his that causes him to re-think his ideas of who might be gay and who might be straight.
Episode 6
Gloria Has a Belly Full
Tue, Feb 16, 197126 mins
Archie hits the roof when he learns Gloria is pregnant and unemployed college student Mike has no means to support his soon-to-be child. But just as he's changing his tune, Archie learns that Gloria became suddenly ill and suffered a miscarriage.
Episode 7
Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit
Tue, Feb 23, 197126 mins
Archie is outraged when Mike brings it upon himself to invite a friend to stay the night. Worse is that the friend is Paul, who Archie remembers as a nice, clean-cut kid with dreams of being an engineer, but is now an aimless hippie with long hair. Archie gets on his moral high-horse when he finds out that Paul has brought along his girlfriend Robin and plans to sleep with her on the Bunker's couch even though they aren't married. When Paul's friend Jeff shows up to pick him up, Jeff is not happy that Paul has brought Robin along because his father would have the same hang up about their unmarried status as Archie. Jeff breaks the deal and leaves, leaving Paul and Robin to sleep on the Bunker's couch as planned.
Episode 8
Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood
Tue, Mar 2, 197126 mins
Widower Jim Bowman decides to sell his house, which is next door to Archie. However, the family that Bowman sells his house to happens to be Lionel's parents, George and Louise Jefferson. Now Archie tries to get together with the rest of his neighbors to by the property from the Jeffersons before they take the first step to integrating Hauser Street.
Episode 9
Edith Has Jury Duty
Tue, Mar 9, 197126 mins
Edith is sequestered while serving jury duty for a high-profile murder case. The other juror's believe the man to be guilty but Edith is the lone hold-out because she has a gut feeling that he is innocent. In her absence, Archie puts Mike and Gloria through misery because he wants Edith home she she can serve him. After two days, Edith's hunch turns out to be right and the man is found innocent, much to the chagrin of an unimpressed Archie.
Episode 10
Archie Is Worried About His Job
Tue, Mar 16, 197126 mins
Archie endures one sleepless, crazy night as he paces the floor worrying about some upcoming layoffs at the plant. First the family tries and fails to comfort him. Then a pesky drunk keeps calling the house. Then a neighborhood cop drops by and offers a trap for the caller. Then the neighbor drops in. Then a pizza man shows up. Finally, the security guard from Archie's plant drops by to deliver the good news that despite the firings, Archie isn't among them.
Episode 11
Gloria Discovers Women's Lib
Tue, Mar 23, 197126 mins
On a lazy Sunday morning Gloria gets fired up about women's liberation, in particular the way that she thinks that Archie treats Edith like his personal slave. She gets no help from the usually liberal Mike who believes that men and women are total equals but only when women are willing to admit their inferiority to men. A heated argument ensues that leaves Gloria storming out the front door. The next day she comes back to gather some of her things and he lets her know that without her there is no joy in his life. Another fight breaks out only this time it leads to make-up sex and all is bliss.
Episode 12
Success Story
Tue, Mar 30, 197126 mins
Archie gets an elaborate gift from Eddie Frazier an old Army buddy who has made himself a millionaire. When Archie finds out that he is in New York, he invite him and the rest of his old platoon over to the house for a reunion. Mike resents the man's wealth, questioning what he has done for his fellow man, that he is selfish and thoughtless. During the party, Mike overhears Eddie's telephone conversation with his son and learns that he is estranged from his family. Realizing that Eddie is a man with only material wealth but no family, he refuses to tell Archie.
Episode 13
The First and Last Supper
Tue, Apr 6, 197126 mins
Archie is angry when Edith invites Henry and Louise Jefferson over for dinner, especially on the night he was suppose to go to The Mets game, but most especially because they are black. He reluctantly agrees even after canceling on the phony claim that Edith has a sprained ankle. Before dinner, Archie and Henry get into a heated debate over racial matters including the color designation of God, which gets so angry that Henry threatens to leave. Louise defuses the situation by admitting that Henry is actually her brother-in-law and that her husband George refused to come over because he didn't want to have dinner with white people. Henry drops an even bigger bombshell when he tells Archie that George went to see The Mets. Later Edith confesses to Mike and Gloria that Archie hated Mrs. Jefferson's food so much that he had three helpings.
