All in the Family (Season 7)

Archie's Brief Encounter (1) (Episode 1)

Writer: Mel Tolkin

Air date: 1976-09-22

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Edith leaves Archie when she finds out he dated flirtatious waitress while she was volunteering at the Sunshine Home.

Archie's Brief Encounter (2) (Episode 2)

Writer: Mel Tolkin

Air date: 1976-09-22

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Edith forgives Archie's indiscretions after Mike and Gloria bring the two together for an emotional reunion.

Archie's Brief Encounter (3) (Episode 3)

Writer: Mel Tolkin

Air date: 1976-09-29

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Edith forgives Archie's indiscretion after Mike and Gloria bring the two together for an emotional reunion.

The Unemployment Story (1) (Episode 4)

Air date: 1976-10-06

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Archie's self-esteem takes a beating when he loses his job on the loading dock.

The Unemployment Story (2) (Episode 5)

Air date: 1976-10-13

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: A college grad threatens to commit suicide after he loses a jaintor's job to Archie.

Archie's Operation (1) (Episode 6)

Air date: 1976-10-27

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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) (Episode 7)

Writer: Mel Tolkin

Air date: 1976-10-27

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Archie recuperates in record time after he's called back to work-with a raise and a promotion.

Beverly Rides Again (Episode 8)

Air date: 1976-11-06

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: As a practical joke, Archie fixes up one of his drinking buddies with female impersonator Beverly La Salle.

Teresa Moves In (Episode 9)

Air date: 1976-11-13

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: The Bunkers take in a boarder to help revive their battered budget.

Mike and Gloria's Will (Episode 10) 1.0

Writer: Bill Richmond

Air date: 1976-11-20

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 11)

Writer: Mel Tolkin

Air date: 1976-11-27

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 12)

Air date: 1976-12-04

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Edith discovers Archie once had a brief encounterswith an old high school friend she's invited to dinner.

The Baby Contest (Episode 13)

Writer: Mel Tolkin

Air date: 1976-12-11

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Archie enters Joey in a newspapers's beautifull-baby contest, against the express wishes of Mike and Gloria.

Gloria's False Alarm (Episode 14)

Air date: 1976-12-18

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Gloria insists that Mike get the vasectomy he's talked about for years.

The Draft Dodger (Episode 15)

Air date: 1976-12-25

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 16)

Writer: Mel Tolkin

Air date: 1977-01-08

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Returning home unexpectedly, Archie and Edith surprise a scantily clad Teresa and her boyfriend.

Archie's Chair (Episode 17)

Air date: 1977-01-15

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Mike accidently breaks Archie's Chair.

Mike Goes Skiing (Episode 18)

Air date: 1977-01-22

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Mike asserts his independence by leaving Gloria behind while he joins his friends on a weekend skiing trip.

Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye (Episode 19)

Air date: 1977-01-29

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Archie reluctantly agress to deliver Stretch Cunningham's eulogy, unawware that his departed friend was Jewish.

The Joys of Sex (Episode 20)

Writer: Mel Tolkin

Air date: 1977-02-05

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 21)

Writer: Mel Tolkin

Air date: 1977-02-12

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 22)

Writer: Erik Tarloff

Air date: 1977-02-19

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 23)

Air date: 1977-02-26

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 24)

Writer: Mel Tolkin

Air date: 1977-03-05

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 25)

Writer: Mel Tolkin

Air date: 1977-03-12

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Archie must spend his afternoon at the vet when his accidently runs over Barney's annoying--but cute--dog with his cab.