Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
The best episode of "All in the Family" season 2 is "The Saga of Cousin Oscar", rated 8.4/10 from 332 user votes. It was directed by John Rich and written by Burt Styler, Norman Lear. "The Saga of Cousin Oscar" aired on 9/18/1971 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Gloria Poses in the Nude".
Archie is incensed when his sponging cousin Oscar has the nerve to drop dead in the upstairs bedroom.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Burt Styler, Norman Lear
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: Michael Ross, Norman Lear
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