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Season 5

Season 5

1974
25 Episodes

Episodes

The Bunkers and Inflation (1)
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1. The Bunkers and Inflation (1)

Sep 14, 1974
25 min
6.0

The Bunker's breadwinner tries to avoid breaking the news that his union has called a strike.

The Bunkers and Inflation (2) (aka Archie Underfoot)
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2. The Bunkers and Inflation (2) (aka Archie Underfoot)

Sep 21, 1974
25 min
6.0

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

The Bunkers and Inflation (3) (aka Edith the Job Hunter)
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3. The Bunkers and Inflation (3) (aka Edith the Job Hunter)

Sep 28, 1974
25 min
6.0

When strike negotiations bog down, Archie grudgingly trades places with Edith and allows her to take a job at Jefferson's dry cleaners.

The Bunkers and Inflation (4) (aka Archie's Raise)
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4. The Bunkers and Inflation (4) (aka Archie's Raise)

Oct 5, 1974
25 min
6.0

Archie's union settles the strike,but under terms that effectively leave him worse off than he was before the walkout.

Lionel the Live-In
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5. Lionel the Live-In

Oct 12, 1974
25 min
6.0

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

Archie's Helping Hand
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6. Archie's Helping Hand

Oct 19, 1974
25 min
6.0

The 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.

Gloria's Shock
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7. Gloria's Shock

Oct 26, 1974
25 min
6.0

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

Where's Archie? (1)
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8. Where's Archie? (1)

Nov 2, 1974
25 min
6.0

Edith holds her first Tupperware party under a cloud of worry when Archie disappears on his way to a union convention in Buffalo.

Where's Archie? (2) (aka Archie is Missing)
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9. Where's Archie? (2) (aka Archie is Missing)

Nov 9, 1974
25 min
8.0

With no word from Archie after twenty-four hours, the family faces the possibility that he might've run off with another woman.

The Longest Kiss
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10. The Longest Kiss

Nov 16, 1974
25 min

Archie 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.

Archie and the Miracle
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11. Archie and the Miracle

Nov 23, 1974
25 min

After an accident on the loading dock brings Archie within inches of his life,he suddenly becomes a devout-if somewhat hypocritical- churchgoer.

George and Archie Make a Deal
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12. George and Archie Make a Deal

Nov 30, 1974
25 min

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

Archie's Contract
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13. Archie's Contract

Dec 7, 1974
25 min

Irene and the Jeffersons bail the Bunkers out after Archie buys two thousand dollars worth of aluminum siding from a fast-talking salesman.

Mike's Friend
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14. Mike's Friend

Dec 14, 1974
25 min

Gloria is made to feel like an intellectual outcast when she spends the evening with Mike and his graduate-school friends.

The Best of All in the Family (1)
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15. The Best of All in the Family (1)

Dec 21, 1974
25 min

A look back at the first five seasons of all in the family with flashbacks, this episode was hosted by Henry Fonda.

The Best of All in the Family (2)
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16. The Best of All in the Family (2)

Dec 21, 1974
25 min

Henry Fonda hosts an hour-long retrospective of high points from the show's first four years.

Prisoner in the House
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17. Prisoner in the House

Jan 4, 1975
25 min

A plumber's assistant causes Archie agony when he finds out the worker is a convict on a work-release program from Sing Sing.

The Jeffersons Move Up
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18. The Jeffersons Move Up

Jan 11, 1975
25 min

The 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.""]

All's Fair
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19. All's Fair

Jan 18, 1975
25 min

Gloria gives Edith a lesson in marriage assertiveness.

Amelia's Divorce
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20. Amelia's Divorce

Jan 25, 1975
25 min

Edith is surprise to discover that her cousin Amelia's ideal marriage is rotten to the core.

Everybody Does It
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21. Everybody Does It

Feb 8, 1975
25 min

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

Archie and the Quiz
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22. Archie and the Quiz

Feb 15, 1975
25 min

Archie feels the weight of his own mortality after a magazine quiz on life expectancy gives him another seven years- tips.

Edith's Friend
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23. Edith's Friend

Feb 22, 1975
25 min

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

No Smoking
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24. No Smoking

Mar 1, 1975
25 min

The Bunker house is locked in a little of will after Mike vows he can go without food longer than Archie can abstain from smoking.

No Image
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25. Mike Makes His Move

Mar 8, 1975
25 min

After 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.