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The Best Episodes of All in the Family Season 5

Every episode of All in the Family Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of All in the Family Season 5!

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

Season 5 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "All in the Family" season 5 is "The Bunkers and Inflation (1)", rated 8/10 from 193 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Michael Ross. "The Bunkers and Inflation (1)" aired on 9/14/1974 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Bunkers and Inflation (2) (aka Archie Underfoot)".

  • The Bunkers and Inflation (1)
    8.0/10 193 votes

    #1 - The Bunkers and Inflation (1)

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Ross

  • The Bunkers and Inflation (2) (aka Archie Underfoot)
    8.0/10 186 votes

    #2 - The Bunkers and Inflation (2) (aka Archie Underfoot)

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Ross

  • The Bunkers and Inflation (3) (aka Edith the Job Hunter)
    8.3/10 185 votes

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

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Ross

  • The Bunkers and Inflation (4) (aka Archie's Raise)
    7.8/10 195 votes

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

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Ross

  • Lionel the Live-In
    8.2/10 212 votes

    #5 - Lionel the Live-In

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Woody Kling

  • Archie's Helping Hand
    7.9/10 198 votes

    #6 - Archie's Helping Hand

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1974

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gloria's Shock
    7.3/10 189 votes

    #7 - Gloria's Shock

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Where's Archie? (1)
    7.2/10 214 votes

    #8 - Where's Archie? (1)

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1974

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

    Director: Wes Kenney

    Writer: Barry Harman, Harve Brosten

  • Where's Archie? (2) (aka Archie is Missing)
    7.2/10 218 votes

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

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Longest Kiss
    7.4/10 205 votes

    #10 - The Longest Kiss

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1974

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Archie and the Miracle
    7.8/10 207 votes

    #11 - Archie and the Miracle

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • George and Archie Make a Deal
    8.0/10 195 votes

    #12 - George and Archie Make a Deal

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Archie's Contract
    7.9/10 216 votes

    #13 - Archie's Contract

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mike's Friend
    6.9/10 195 votes

    #14 - Mike's Friend

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Baskin

  • The Best of All in the Family (1)
    7.7/10 181 votes

    #15 - The Best of All in the Family (1)

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Ross

  • The Best of All in the Family (2)
    7.9/10 205 votes

    #16 - The Best of All in the Family (2)

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 12/21/1974

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Ross

  • Prisoner in the House
    7.8/10 195 votes

    #17 - Prisoner in the House

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/4/1975

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Jeffersons Move Up
    8.1/10 195 votes

    #18 - The Jeffersons Move Up

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/11/1975

    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.""]

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Ross

  • All's Fair
    7.9/10 206 votes

    #19 - All's Fair

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 1/18/1975

    Gloria gives Edith a lesson in marriage assertiveness.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Amelia's Divorce
    8.0/10 196 votes

    #20 - Amelia's Divorce

    Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 1/25/1975

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Everybody Does It
    8.3/10 200 votes

    #21 - Everybody Does It

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/8/1975

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Archie and the Quiz
    7.3/10 186 votes

    #22 - Archie and the Quiz

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/15/1975

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Edith's Friend
    8.2/10 200 votes

    #23 - Edith's Friend

    Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 2/22/1975

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • No Smoking
    8.1/10 198 votes

    #24 - No Smoking

    Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/1/1975

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mike Makes His Move
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #25 - Mike Makes His Move

    Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 3/8/1975

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A