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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#4 - No Smoking
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1975
Mike vows he can go without food longer than Archie can abstain from smoking.
#5 - Archie's Contract
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1974
Archie is scammed into buying aluminum siding.
#6 - Archie and the Miracle
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1974
A workplace accident makes Archie into a regular churchgoer.
#7 - The Jeffersons Move Up
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/11/1975
The Jeffersons move on up to their Manhattan apartment.
#8 - 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.
#9 - The Longest Kiss
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1974
Archie returns from the missing to find his friends and family celebrating.
#10 - Mike Makes His Move
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1975
Mike and Gloria rent the Jeffersons' old house.
#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.
#12 - The Bunkers and Inflation (4)
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1974
Archie's union settles the strike.
#13 - 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.
#14 - All's Fair
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1975
Gloria gives Edith a lesson in marriage assertiveness.
#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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - Mike's Friend
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1974
Gloria feels dumb when Mike's graduate-school friend visits.
#19 - Archie's Helping Hand
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1974
Irene Lorenzo lands a job alongside Archie on the loading dock.
#20 - The Bunkers and Inflation (1)
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1974
Archie's union calls a strike.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#24 - Where's Archie?
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1974
Archie goes missing on his way to a convention in Buffalo.