The BEST episodes of All in the Family season 5

Every episode of All in the Family season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of All in the Family season 5!

Legendary and controversial series focused on conservative working stiff Archie Bunker fighting the tide of social change and dealing with flighty wife Edith, daughter Gloria and left-leaning son-in-law Michael Stivic.

Last Updated: 9/1/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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George and Archie Make a Deal
star
7.85
65 votes

#1 - George and Archie Make a Deal

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1974

George Jefferson seeks Archie's help when he runs for local political office.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
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Archie and the Quiz
star
7.80
30 votes

#2 - Archie and the Quiz

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1975

Archie is troubled when a magazine quiz on life expectancy only has him living seven more years.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
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Prisoner in the House
star
7.79
19 votes

#3 - Prisoner in the House

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1975

Archie is not happy to find the plumber's assistant is a convicted felon.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
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Archie's Contract
star
7.71
62 votes

#4 - Archie's Contract

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1974

Archie is scammed into buying aluminum siding.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
Writer: Ron Friedman
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The Jeffersons Move Up
star
7.70
30 votes

#5 - The Jeffersons Move Up

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/11/1975

The Jeffersons move on up to their Manhattan apartment.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
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Edith's Friend
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7.69
35 votes

#6 - Edith's Friend

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/22/1975

Edith is reunited with her childhood sweetheart when she returns to her hometown for a wedding.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
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Archie and the Miracle
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7.68
68 votes

#7 - Archie and the Miracle

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1974

A workplace accident makes Archie into a regular churchgoer.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
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The Longest Kiss
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7.65
63 votes

#8 - The Longest Kiss

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1974

Archie returns from the missing to find his friends and family celebrating.

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No Smoking
star
7.60
30 votes

#9 - No Smoking

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1975

Mike vows he can go without food longer than Archie can abstain from smoking.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
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Mike Makes His Move
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7.52
33 votes

#10 - Mike Makes His Move

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1975

Mike and Gloria rent the Jeffersons' old house.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
Everybody Does It
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7.39
28 votes

#11 - Everybody Does It

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/1975

Archie's steals a box of nails from work and finds himself at the center of a household debate on morality.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
Lionel the Live-In
star
7.36
76 votes

#12 - Lionel the Live-In

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1974

Lionel has a fight with his parents and moves into the Bunkers' house for a night.

Writer: Woody Kling
The Bunkers and Inflation (4)
star
7.35
71 votes

#13 - The Bunkers and Inflation (4)

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1974

Archie's union settles the strike.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
All's Fair
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7.33
30 votes

#14 - All's Fair

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1975

Gloria gives Edith a lesson in marriage assertiveness.

Directors: Wes Kenney
The Bunkers and Inflation (3)
star
7.29
68 votes

#15 - The Bunkers and Inflation (3)

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1974

With Archie still on strike, Edith takes a job at the Jeffersons' store.

Amelia's Divorce
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7.28
29 votes

#16 - Amelia's Divorce

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/25/1975

Edith is surprised to discover the truth about her cousin's supposedly ideal marriage.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
The Best of All in the Family
star
7.26
34 votes

#17 - The Best of All in the Family

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1974

A look back at the show's best moments, hosted by Henry Fonda.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
Mike's Friend
star
7.16
61 votes

#18 - Mike's Friend

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1974

Gloria feels dumb when Mike's graduate-school friend visits.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
Archie's Helping Hand
star
7.14
72 votes

#19 - Archie's Helping Hand

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1974

Irene Lorenzo lands a job alongside Archie on the loading dock.

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The Bunkers and Inflation (1)
star
7.13
85 votes

#20 - The Bunkers and Inflation (1)

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1974

Archie's union calls a strike.

Gloria's Shock
star
7.07
70 votes

#21 - Gloria's Shock

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1974

Gloria is shocked when Mike announces that he doesn't plan on having children.

Archie is Missing
star
7.05
60 votes

#22 - Archie is Missing

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1974

The family faces the possibility that Archie may have run off with another woman.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney
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The Bunkers and Inflation (2)
star
7.02
45 votes

#23 - The Bunkers and Inflation (2)

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1974

Tempers flare in the Bunker household when Archie finds himself with nothing to do but sit around the house.

Where's Archie?
star
6.96
69 votes

#24 - Where's Archie?

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1974

Archie goes missing on his way to a convention in Buffalo.

Directors: H. Wesley Kenney