The BEST episodes of All in the Family

#1 - The Bunkers and the Swingers

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1972

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

#2 - The Saga of Cousin Oscar

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1971

Archie's strange cousin dies in the upstairs bedroom.

#3 - Too Good Edith

Season 9 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/8/1979

Edith's sudden illness prompts Archie to express how much she means to him.

#4 - Archie's Other Wife

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1978

At a convention, Archie awakens to find a black stewardess who swears they were married the night before.

#5 - The Dinner Guest

Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/1978

Edith farewell dinner for the Stivics poses a conflict for Mike.

#6 - Two's a Crowd

Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1978

Mike and Archie are locked in the storeroom at the bar.

#7 - Edith's Crisis of Faith (2)

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/25/1977

Edith's family helps restore her faith.

#8 - Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/29/1977

Archie delivers Stretch Cunningham's eulogy, unaware that his departed friend was Jewish.

#9 - Archie's Operation (1)

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1976

Hospitalized Archie must accept a blood transfusion from a black doctor.

#10 - Archie's Brief Encounter (2)

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1976

#11 - The Unemployment Story (2)

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1976

A college grad threatens to commit suicide after he loses a job to Archie.

#12 - The Elevator Story

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1972

Archie is stuck in an elevator with a pregant Puerto Rican and her husband, an aging hippie and a black businessman.

#13 - Archie and the FBI

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1972

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

#14 - Chain Letter

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1975

Archie's refusal to participate in a chain letter triggers a string of unlikely events.

#15 - Archie Finds a Friend

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1976

Archie has ulterior motives when he befriends a Jewish watchmaker, who has a sure-fire invention that the world has been waiting for.

#16 - Archie, the Hero

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1975

Archie gets a rude shock when the tall,classy dame whose life he saved in a taxicab turns out to be a man.

#17 - Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/1971

Mike invites an unmarried hippie couple to spend the night in the living room, despite Archie's strenuous objections.

#18 - Lionel Moves into the Neighborhood

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/1971

Archie and several neighbors learn that a black family is moving into the neighborhood, unaware that it is the Jeffersons. Lionel finds out about the effort to purchase the Jeffersons' new house and gets Archie to reveal his plans.

#19 - Archie and the Editorial

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1972

Archie rails against gun control in a TV editorial.

#20 - We're Having a Heat Wave

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1973

Henry Jefferson joins Archie in trying to prevent a Hispanic family from moving into the neighborhood.

#21 - We're Still Having a Heat Wave

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1973

As the Lorenzos settle in, Archie grows jealous of Edith's friendship with Irene.

#22 - The Games Bunkers Play

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1973

Mike refuses to accept criticism during an informal group-therapy game.

#23 - Archie Gives Blood

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/1971

Archie hesitates to donate blood, fearing it may be mixed with that of a different race.

#24 - Archie Learns His Lesson

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/10/1973

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

#25 - Archie and the Computer

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1973

A computer informs Archie that he's been declared dead.