Like the Good Book says, "Let him who is without sin... be the rollin' stone."
La comedia se centra en el excombatiente de la II Guerra Mundial Archie Bunker, quien prácticamente no tolera a nadie que no sea un "blanco anglosajón protestante" heterosexual y políticamente conservador, o con cualquiera inconforme con su visión del mundo, usualmente respondiendo a verdades incómodas soltando una pedorreta o trompetilla (con la lengua). Sin embargo su tenacidad terminaba por destruir sus propios argumentos llenos de malapropismos. Por otra parte, estaba su esposa Edith, bastante más comprensiva, aunque a veces terminaba defendiendo a su marido. A pesar del trato que usualmente recibía Edith de parte de Archie y las diferencias que tenían, en varias ocasiones se muestra que ambos se querían profundamente. Ellos tenían una hija llamada Gloria, quien estaba casada con Michael Stivic, quien tenía una mentalidad basada en la contracultura "hippie" de finales de los años 1960, por lo que se enfrentaba constantemente con Archie (quien lo llamaba "Meathead"). Durante la mayor parte de la serie, Gloria y Michael vivieron en la residencia Bunker para ahorrar dinero, lo que dio pie para que Archie y Mike se enfrentaran entre sí. A finales de la temporada 1974-5, Michael se gradúa y se muda con Gloria a la que resulta ser la casa de junto (la cual era anteriormente propiedad de George Jefferson, quien se había mudado al centro de Manhattan. Jefferson sería desde la temporada posterior el personaje principal de la serie derivada Los Jefferson, el cual sería emitido hasta 1985. En adición a esto, Archie periódicamente aludía a la ascendencia polaca de Mike (aunque en el piloto él era irlandés), refiriéndose a él como "un tonto Polaco".
Archie's Brief Encounter (1) (Episodio 1)
Guionista: Mel Tolkin
Fecha de emisión: 1976-09-22
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Edith leaves Archie when she finds out he dated flirtatious waitress while she was volunteering at the Sunshine Home.
Archie's Brief Encounter (2) (Episodio 2)
Guionista: Mel Tolkin
Fecha de emisión: 1976-09-22
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Edith forgives Archie's indiscretions after Mike and Gloria bring the two together for an emotional reunion.
Archie's Brief Encounter (3) (Episodio 3)
Guionista: Mel Tolkin
Fecha de emisión: 1976-09-29
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Edith forgives Archie's indiscretion after Mike and Gloria bring the two together for an emotional reunion.
The Unemployment Story (1) (Episodio 4)
Fecha de emisión: 1976-10-06
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Archie's self-esteem takes a beating when he loses his job on the loading dock.
The Unemployment Story (2) (Episodio 5)
Fecha de emisión: 1976-10-13
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: A college grad threatens to commit suicide after he loses a jaintor's job to Archie.
Archie's Operation (1) (Episodio 6)
Fecha de emisión: 1976-10-27
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Archie's trip to the hospital is an ethnic nightmare. He's admitted by a Puerto Rican receptionist, treated by a Jewish physician, and is forced to accept a blood transfusion from a black doctor.
Archie's Operation (2) (Episodio 7)
Guionista: Mel Tolkin
Fecha de emisión: 1976-10-27
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Archie recuperates in record time after he's called back to work-with a raise and a promotion.
Beverly Rides Again (Episodio 8)
Fecha de emisión: 1976-11-06
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: As a practical joke, Archie fixes up one of his drinking buddies with female impersonator Beverly La Salle.
Teresa Moves In (Episodio 9)
Fecha de emisión: 1976-11-13
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: The Bunkers take in a boarder to help revive their battered budget.
Mike and Gloria's Will (Episodio 10) 1.0
Guionista: Bill Richmond
Fecha de emisión: 1976-11-20
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Mike and Gloria are having a discussion over who will take care of Joey, just in case there comes a time when both of them are unable to care for the little tyke before his 18th birthday. Mike has serious reservations over allowing in-laws Archie and Edith to get custody of Joey, particularly due to what he perceives as Archie's bad influences. Gloria is having a hard time convincing Mike otherwise and gives in to Mike's rhetoric.
Mike's suspicions are confirmed when Archie and Edith return with Joey after a day of playing in the park. What's that Joey's got in his hands? Why, a toy machine gun that Grandpa had bought him. Of course, Mike (being dead set against gun violence) immediately is very angry and tells Archie that toy guns could influence children's behavior later on. Tempers really escalate when Mike grabs the plastic gun from Archie and breaks it over his knee.
After the two continue to argue, Mike lets slip that he is considering including a clause in the Stivics' will that
Mr. Edith Bunker (Episodio 11)
Guionista: Mel Tolkin
Fecha de emisión: 1976-11-27
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Edith saves a man's life and becomes the toast of the town,but Archie isn't happy standing in the shadow of her limelight.
Archie's Secret Passion (Episodio 12)
Fecha de emisión: 1976-12-04
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Edith discovers Archie once had a brief encounterswith an old high school friend she's invited to dinner.
The Baby Contest (Episodio 13)
Guionista: Mel Tolkin
Fecha de emisión: 1976-12-11
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Archie enters Joey in a newspapers's beautifull-baby contest, against the express wishes of Mike and Gloria.
Gloria's False Alarm (Episodio 14)
Fecha de emisión: 1976-12-18
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Gloria insists that Mike get the vasectomy he's talked about for years.
The Draft Dodger (Episodio 15)
Fecha de emisión: 1976-12-25
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: The clash of two worlds explodes in this episode. Mike's friend is a Draft Dodger and it is Christmas dinner and unbeknownst to Archie this guy is sitting at his Christmas dinner table. The guy is exactly everything Archie hates about Mike's generation. On top of this Archie's friend is also spending Christmas dinner with the Bunkers and he lost his son to the war.
The Boarder Patrol (Episodio 16)
Guionista: Mel Tolkin
Fecha de emisión: 1977-01-08
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Returning home unexpectedly, Archie and Edith surprise a scantily clad Teresa and her boyfriend.
Archie's Chair (Episodio 17)
Fecha de emisión: 1977-01-15
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Mike accidently breaks Archie's Chair.
Mike Goes Skiing (Episodio 18)
Fecha de emisión: 1977-01-22
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Mike asserts his independence by leaving Gloria behind while he joins his friends on a weekend skiing trip.
Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye (Episodio 19)
Fecha de emisión: 1977-01-29
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Archie reluctantly agress to deliver Stretch Cunningham's eulogy, unawware that his departed friend was Jewish.
The Joys of Sex (Episodio 20)
Guionista: Mel Tolkin
Fecha de emisión: 1977-02-05
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Both Gloria and Mike help Edith and Archie express their sexual interaction after catching Edith reading How to be your Husband's Mistress.
Mike, the Pacifist (Episodio 21)
Guionista: Mel Tolkin
Fecha de emisión: 1977-02-12
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Stranded in a subway train with different personalities, Mike is shocked when he punches a man for the very first time in his life after the man had pushed Gloria aside.
Fire (Episodio 22)
Guionista: Erik Tarloff
Fecha de emisión: 1977-02-19
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: The Bunkers and Teresa wake up with their bathroom on fire! Archie expects money cashing in from the insurance company, until he finds out he's guilty for starting the fire.
Mike and Gloria Split (Episodio 23)
Fecha de emisión: 1977-02-26
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Before bedtime, Mike and Gloria have a game of Scrabble in which Mike ends up winning. He uses this game as an opportunity to rub Gloria's nose in the fact that he has to be better at everything, leading to an argument between the two. Gloria asserts that this is because Mike has had the chance to go to college and use his skills, while she hasn't had the chance yet, bringing up the fact that Mike promised her three years ago that chance. Gloria accuses Mike of ruining her life, causing him to walk out and try to spend the night at Archie and Edith's house. Archie and Mike reluctantly become roommates, which ends up in disaster. Archie then scolds Mike for trying to correct everybody's way of doing and saying things. Realizing his mistake, Mike goes home and apologizes to Gloria for being pompous, and Gloria apologizes to Mike for saying he ruined her life.
Archie, the Liberal (Episodio 24)
Guionista: Mel Tolkin
Fecha de emisión: 1977-03-05
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: When Archie and the guys at the lodge are being called bigots in the papers because they are only white, Archie suggests to initiate a black jewish guy.
Archie's Dog Day Afternoon (Episodio 25)
Guionista: Mel Tolkin
Fecha de emisión: 1977-03-12
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Archie must spend his afternoon at the vet when his accidently runs over Barney's annoying--but cute--dog with his cab.
