All in the Family — Season 5
Like the Good Book says, "Let him who is without sin... be the rollin' stone."
About this season
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
Episodes (25)
1. The Bunkers and Inflation (1)
6.5Aired 14 September 1974 • 25 min
The Bunker's breadwinner tries to avoid breaking the news that his union has called a strike.
2. The Bunkers and Inflation (2) (aka Archie Underfoot)
6.0Aired 21 September 1974 • 25 min
Tempers flare in the Bunker household when Archie finds himself with nothing to do but sit around the house.
3. The Bunkers and Inflation (3) (aka Edith the Job Hunter)
6.0Aired 28 September 1974 • 25 min
When strike negotiations bog down, Archie grudgingly trades places with Edith and allows her to take a job at Jefferson's dry cleaners.
4. The Bunkers and Inflation (4) (aka Archie's Raise)
8.0Aired 5 October 1974 • 25 min
Archie's union settles the strike,but under terms that effectively leave him worse off than he was before the walkout.
5. Lionel the Live-In
8.0Aired 12 October 1974 • 25 min
Lionel has a fight with his parents and moves into the Bunkers house for a night.
6. Archie's Helping Hand
7.5Aired 19 October 1974 • 25 min
The rising tide of feminism confronts Archie on all sides when Edith joins a women's group and Irene lands a job alongside him on the loading dock.
7. Gloria's Shock
6.0Aired 26 October 1974 • 25 min
Gloria is shocked when Mike announces that he doesn't plan on having children.
8. Where's Archie? (1)
8.0Aired 2 November 1974 • 25 min
Edith holds her first Tupperware party under a cloud of worry when Archie disappears on his way to a union convention in Buffalo.
9. Where's Archie? (2) (aka Archie is Missing)
8.5Aired 9 November 1974 • 25 min
With no word from Archie after twenty-four hours, the family faces the possibility that he might've run off with another woman.
10. The Longest Kiss
Aired 16 November 1974 • 25 min
Archie returns from his sorry adventure -he get the sidetracked to a podiatrists' convention in Rochester- to find his friends and family celebrating his return with kissing contests,Hula Hoops, and ballroom dancing.
11. Archie and the Miracle
8.0Aired 23 November 1974 • 25 min
After an accident on the loading dock brings Archie within inches of his life,he suddenly becomes a devout-if somewhat hypocritical- churchgoer.
12. George and Archie Make a Deal
7.0Aired 30 November 1974 • 25 min
George Jefferson seeks Archie's help when he runs for local political office.
13. Archie's Contract
7.0Aired 7 December 1974 • 25 min
Irene and the Jeffersons bail the Bunkers out after Archie buys two thousand dollars worth of aluminum siding from a fast-talking salesman.
14. Mike's Friend
9.0Aired 14 December 1974 • 25 min
Gloria is made to feel like an intellectual outcast when she spends the evening with Mike and his graduate-school friends.
15. The Best of All in the Family (1)
8.0Aired 21 December 1974 • 25 min
A look back at the first five seasons of all in the family with flashbacks, this episode was hosted by Henry Fonda.
16. The Best of All in the Family (2)
Aired 21 December 1974 • 25 min
Henry Fonda hosts an hour-long retrospective of high points from the show's first four years.
17. Prisoner in the House
7.0Aired 4 January 1975 • 25 min
A plumber's assistant causes Archie agony when he finds out the worker is a convict on a work-release program from Sing Sing.
18. The Jeffersons Move Up
10.0Aired 11 January 1975 • 25 min
The Bunkers bid fond farewell to the Jeffersons when their neighbors abandon Queens for the nouveau-rich life in a Manhattan high rise.[This episode was the pilot for ""The Jeffersons.""]
19. All's Fair
Aired 18 January 1975 • 25 min
Gloria gives Edith a lesson in marriage assertiveness.
20. Amelia's Divorce
8.0Aired 25 January 1975 • 25 min
Edith is surprise to discover that her cousin Amelia's ideal marriage is rotten to the core.
21. Everybody Does It
Aired 8 February 1975 • 25 min
Archie's steals a box of nails from work and finds himself at the center of a household debate on morality.
22. Archie and the Quiz
Aired 15 February 1975 • 25 min
Archie feels the weight of his own mortality after a magazine quiz on life expectancy gives him another seven years- tips.
23. Edith's Friend
10.0Aired 22 February 1975 • 25 min
Edith is reunited with her childhood sweetheart when she returns to her hometown for a wedding.
24. No Smoking
10.0Aired 1 March 1975 • 25 min
The Bunker house is locked in a little of will after Mike vows he can go without food longer than Archie can abstain from smoking.
25. Mike Makes His Move
10.0Aired 8 March 1975 • 25 min
After a fruitless search for new lodgings, Mike and Gloria agree to rent George Jefferson's old house-even though it means living next door to Archie.