Season 5

1974 · 25 episodes

Episodes

1The Bunkers and Inflation (1)The Bunker's breadwinner tries to avoid breaking the news that his union has called a strike.
2The Bunkers and Inflation (2) (aka Archie Underfoot)Tempers flare in the Bunker household when Archie finds himself with nothing to do but sit around the house.
3The Bunkers and Inflation (3) (aka Edith the Job Hunter)When strike negotiations bog down, Archie grudgingly trades places with Edith and allows her to take a job at Jefferson's dry cleaners.
4The Bunkers and Inflation (4) (aka Archie's Raise)Archie's union settles the strike,but under terms that effectively leave him worse off than he was before the walkout.
5Lionel the Live-InLionel has a fight with his parents and moves into the Bunkers house for a night.
6Archie's Helping HandThe 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.
7Gloria's ShockGloria is shocked when Mike announces that he doesn't plan on having children.
8Where's Archie? (1)Edith holds her first Tupperware party under a cloud of worry when Archie disappears on his way to a union convention in Buffalo.
9Where's Archie? (2) (aka Archie is Missing)With no word from Archie after twenty-four hours, the family faces the possibility that he might've run off with another woman.
10The Longest KissArchie 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.
11Archie and the MiracleAfter an accident on the loading dock brings Archie within inches of his life,he suddenly becomes a devout-if somewhat hypocritical- churchgoer.
12George and Archie Make a DealGeorge Jefferson seeks Archie's help when he runs for local political office.
13Archie's ContractIrene and the Jeffersons bail the Bunkers out after Archie buys two thousand dollars worth of aluminum siding from a fast-talking salesman.
14Mike's FriendGloria is made to feel like an intellectual outcast when she spends the evening with Mike and his graduate-school friends.
15The Best of All in the Family (1)A look back at the first five seasons of all in the family with flashbacks, this episode was hosted by Henry Fonda.
16The Best of All in the Family (2)Henry Fonda hosts an hour-long retrospective of high points from the show's first four years.
17Prisoner in the HouseA plumber's assistant causes Archie agony when he finds out the worker is a convict on a work-release program from Sing Sing.
18The Jeffersons Move UpThe 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.""]
19All's FairGloria gives Edith a lesson in marriage assertiveness.
20Amelia's DivorceEdith is surprise to discover that her cousin Amelia's ideal marriage is rotten to the core.
21Everybody Does ItArchie's steals a box of nails from work and finds himself at the center of a household debate on morality.
22Archie and the QuizArchie feels the weight of his own mortality after a magazine quiz on life expectancy gives him another seven years- tips.
23Edith's FriendEdith is reunited with her childhood sweetheart when she returns to her hometown for a wedding.
24No SmokingThe Bunker house is locked in a little of will after Mike vows he can go without food longer than Archie can abstain from smoking.
25Mike Makes His MoveAfter 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.