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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!

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.

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  1. 8.3/10(191 votes)

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

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    S5:E3

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

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  2. 8.3/10(212 votes)

    #2 - Everybody Does It

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    S5:E21

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

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  3. 8.2/10(221 votes)

    #3 - Lionel the Live-In

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    S5:E5

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

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  4. 8.2/10(209 votes)

    #4 - Edith's Friend

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    S5:E23

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

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  5. 8.1/10(198 votes)

    #5 - The Bunkers and Inflation (1)

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    S5:E1

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

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  6. 8.1/10(206 votes)

    #6 - No Smoking

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    S5:E24

    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.

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  8. 8.0/10(191 votes)

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

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    S5:E2

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

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  9. 8.0/10(208 votes)

    #8 - George and Archie Make a Deal

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    S5:E12

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

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  10. 8.0/10(226 votes)

    #9 - Archie's Contract

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    S5:E13

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

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  11. 8.0/10(205 votes)

    #10 - The Jeffersons Move Up

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    S5:E18

    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.""]

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  12. 8.0/10(205 votes)

    #11 - Amelia's Divorce

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    S5:E20

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

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  13. 7.9/10(206 votes)

    #12 - Archie's Helping Hand

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    S5:E6

    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.

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  14. 7.9/10(217 votes)

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

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    S5:E16

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

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  15. 7.9/10(217 votes)

    #14 - All's Fair

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    S5:E19

    Gloria gives Edith a lesson in marriage assertiveness.

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  16. 7.8/10(200 votes)

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

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    S5:E4

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

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  17. 7.8/10(218 votes)

    #16 - Archie and the Miracle

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    S5:E11

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

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  18. 7.8/10(207 votes)

    #17 - Prisoner in the House

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    S5:E17

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

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  19. 7.7/10(194 votes)

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

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    S5:E15

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

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  20. 7.3/10(198 votes)

    #19 - Gloria's Shock

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    S5:E7

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

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  21. 7.3/10(215 votes)

    #20 - The Longest Kiss

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    S5:E10

    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.

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  22. 7.3/10(196 votes)

    #21 - Archie and the Quiz

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    S5:E22

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

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  23. 7.2/10(224 votes)

    #22 - Where's Archie? (1)

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    S5:E8

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

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  24. 7.2/10(230 votes)

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

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    S5:E9

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

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  25. 6.9/10(211 votes)

    #24 - Mike's Friend

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    S5:E14

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

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  26. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Mike Makes His Move

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    S5:E25

    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.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Bunkers and Inflation (3) (aka Edith the Job Hunter)" is the best rated episode of "All in the Family" season 5. It scored 8.3/10 based on 191 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Michael Ross, it aired on 9/28/1974. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Everybody Does It".