The Best Episodes of All in the Family Season 2

Archie is incensed when his sponging cousin Oscar has the nerve to drop dead in the upstairs bedroom.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Norman Lear, Burt Styler

Mike has second thoughts after he agrees to let Gloria pose as a nude model for one of his artist friends.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Norman Lear, Michael Ross

Archie suffers his ultimate indignity when he's arrested along with a group of radicals at a protest rally.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Michael Ross, Paul Wayne

Archie buys a gun to protect his family, but a pair of burglars hold the family at bay with Archie's own pistol.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Lee Kalcheim

On the Stivic's first wedding anniversary, the family recalls the day Archie and Michael met.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Rob Reiner

Mike and Gloria campaign for the liberal candidate in a local election, while Archie places himself in the opposing camp.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Michael Ross

A priest pays a call to reward Edith's honesty for leaving a note on his car after she accidentally dents it with a large can of clind peaches.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Michael Ross

An unscrupulous black real-estate salesman tempts Archie to sell his house to a black family at an inflated price.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Michael Ross

Gloria is upset when Mike's nervousness over his grades causes him to become temporarily impotent.

Director: John Rich

Writer: N/A

Archie lays off a Puerto Rican worker during a cut back at the dock; and his homeowner's policy is canceled when his neighborhood is redlined as a bad risk.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Michael Ross, Lee Kalcheim

Archie Bunker is the voice of the American working man when his man-on-the-street interview is scheduled to appear on Walter Cronkite's Evening News.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Lennie Weinrib

Everyone in the family is sick, so Edith calls Cousin Maude to help out.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Michael Ross

Archie casts a pall on the family's Yuletide spirit when he complains that he was passed over for this year's Christmas bonus.

Director: John Rich

Writer: N/A

Archie gets caught in an elevator, along with a pregant Puerto Rican and her husband, an aging hippie, and an erudite black businessman.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Alan J. Levitt

Edith is suddenly moody and irritable with the approach of menopause.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Burt Styler

Archie's paranoia during a mysterious government investigation drives him to betray a long-standing friendship.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Susan Harris, Michael Ross

An old girlfriend of Mike's suddenly arrives at the Bunkers' with a four-year-old boy who she claims is his son.

Director: John Rich

Writer: N/A

Archie refuses to get involed with the police, even though he's the only witness to a neighborhood mugging.

Director: John Rich

Writer: N/A

The Bunkers are alone for eight days while Mike and Gloria are spending a week at a commune.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Lee Kalcheim

Archie is too proud to let Edith accept a mink stolen from her cousin Amelia, until he sees a chance to make a three-hundred-dollar profit.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Elias Davis

One of the classic episodes in the series, Sammy Davis Jr. plays himself, a passenger in Archie's taxi cab who has inadvertently left his briefcase behind. Arrangements are made to retrieve the briefcase at the Bunker house. As usual, Archie displays his ignorance and bigotry, but Sammy plays along. Before Sammy has to leave, Munson decides to have the two pose for a picture. HE KISSES ARCHIE!!! Archie is too astonished to say anything.

Director: John Rich

Writer: N/A

Edith arbitrates a dispute between Archie and the irate proprietor of a laundromat.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Lee Kalcheim

Archie is disturbed to discover Edith once spent an entire weekend with an old beau.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Rod Parker

Archie and Edith visit Maude's house for Carol's wedding to David Green, a Jewish man. Archie doesn't want to go, and Carol doesn't want him there. Archie is invited to the bachelor party, but declines the invitation, and ends up staying at the hotel, where the bachelor party is held (which he doesn't know). Archie calls the police because the party is too loud. Edith stays for the bridal shower. After David and Walter return from the bachelor party, David and Carol fight over their differences in opinion regarding women's roles. The wedding is off, much to Maude's dismay.

Director: John Rich

Writer: Rod Parker