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The Best Episodes of All in the Family Season 7

Every episode of All in the Family Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of All in the Family Season 7!

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    All in the Family Season 7 Episode 1 - Archie's Brief Encounter (1)
    7.2/10(229 votes)

    #1 - Archie's Brief Encounter (1)

    S7:E1

    Edith leaves Archie when she finds out he dated flirtatious waitress while she was volunteering at the Sunshine Home.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Mel Tolkin

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  2. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 2 - Archie's Brief Encounter (2)
    7.5/10(213 votes)

    #2 - Archie's Brief Encounter (2)

    S7:E2

    Edith forgives Archie's indiscretions after Mike and Gloria bring the two together for an emotional reunion.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Mel Tolkin

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  3. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 3 - Archie's Brief Encounter (3)
    7.4/10(203 votes)

    #3 - Archie's Brief Encounter (3)

    S7:E3

    Edith forgives Archie's indiscretion after Mike and Gloria bring the two together for an emotional reunion.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Mel Tolkin

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  4. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 4 - The Unemployment Story (1)
    7.9/10(206 votes)

    #4 - The Unemployment Story (1)

    S7:E4

    Archie's self-esteem takes a beating when he loses his job on the loading dock.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 5 - The Unemployment Story (2)
    8.0/10(207 votes)

    #5 - The Unemployment Story (2)

    S7:E5

    A college grad threatens to commit suicide after he loses a jaintor's job to Archie.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 6 - Archie's Operation (1)
    8.2/10(235 votes)

    #6 - Archie's Operation (1)

    S7:E6

    Archie's trip to the hospital is an ethnic nightmare. He's admitted by a Puerto Rican receptionist, treated by a Jewish physician, and is forced to accept a blood transfusion from a black doctor.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 7 - Archie's Operation (2)
    8.0/10(215 votes)

    #7 - Archie's Operation (2)

    S7:E7

    Archie recuperates in record time after he's called back to work-with a raise and a promotion.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Mel Tolkin

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  8. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 8 - Beverly Rides Again
    8.1/10(247 votes)

    #8 - Beverly Rides Again

    S7:E8

    As a practical joke, Archie fixes up one of his drinking buddies with female impersonator Beverly La Salle.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 9 - Teresa Moves In
    7.4/10(199 votes)

    #9 - Teresa Moves In

    S7:E9

    The Bunkers take in a boarder to help revive their battered budget.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 10 - Mike and Gloria's Will
    7.4/10(197 votes)

    #10 - Mike and Gloria's Will

    S7:E10

    Mike and Gloria are having a discussion over who will take care of Joey, just in case there comes a time when both of them are unable to care for the little tyke before his 18th birthday. Mike has serious reservations over allowing in-laws Archie and Edith to get custody of Joey, particularly due to what he perceives as Archie's bad influences. Gloria is having a hard time convincing Mike otherwise and gives in to Mike's rhetoric. Mike's suspicions are confirmed when Archie and Edith return with Joey after a day of playing in the park. What's that Joey's got in his hands? Why, a toy machine gun that Grandpa had bought him. Of course, Mike (being dead set against gun violence) immediately is very angry and tells Archie that toy guns could influence children's behavior later on. Tempers really escalate when Mike grabs the plastic gun from Archie and breaks it over his knee. After the two continue to argue, Mike lets slip that he is considering including a clause in the Stivics' will that

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writers:Bill Richmond, Gene Perret

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  11. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 11 - Mr. Edith Bunker
    7.8/10(214 votes)

    #11 - Mr. Edith Bunker

    S7:E11

    Edith saves a man's life and becomes the toast of the town,but Archie isn't happy standing in the shadow of her limelight.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Mel Tolkin

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  12. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 12 - Archie's Secret Passion
    7.3/10(203 votes)

    #12 - Archie's Secret Passion

    S7:E12

    Edith discovers Archie once had a brief encounterswith an old high school friend she's invited to dinner.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 13 - The Baby Contest
    7.1/10(186 votes)

    #13 - The Baby Contest

    S7:E13

    Archie enters Joey in a newspapers's beautifull-baby contest, against the express wishes of Mike and Gloria.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Mel Tolkin

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  14. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 14 - Gloria's False Alarm
    6.7/10(183 votes)

    #14 - Gloria's False Alarm

    S7:E14

    Gloria insists that Mike get the vasectomy he's talked about for years.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 15 - The Draft Dodger
    8.8/10(375 votes)

    #15 - The Draft Dodger

    S7:E15

    The clash of two worlds explodes in this episode. Mike's friend is a Draft Dodger and it is Christmas dinner and unbeknownst to Archie this guy is sitting at his Christmas dinner table. The guy is exactly everything Archie hates about Mike's generation. On top of this Archie's friend is also spending Christmas dinner with the Bunkers and he lost his son to the war.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 16 - The Boarder Patrol
    7.5/10(196 votes)

    #16 - The Boarder Patrol

    S7:E16

    Returning home unexpectedly, Archie and Edith surprise a scantily clad Teresa and her boyfriend.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Mel Tolkin

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  17. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 17 - Archie's Chair
    8.3/10(224 votes)

    #17 - Archie's Chair

    S7:E17

    Mike accidently breaks Archie's Chair.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 18 - Mike Goes Skiing
    6.6/10(197 votes)

    #18 - Mike Goes Skiing

    S7:E18

    Mike asserts his independence by leaving Gloria behind while he joins his friends on a weekend skiing trip.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 19 - Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye
    8.3/10(235 votes)

    #19 - Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye

    S7:E19

    Archie reluctantly agress to deliver Stretch Cunningham's eulogy, unawware that his departed friend was Jewish.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 20 - The Joys of Sex
    7.5/10(193 votes)

    #20 - The Joys of Sex

    S7:E20

    Both Gloria and Mike help Edith and Archie express their sexual interaction after catching Edith reading How to be your Husband's Mistress.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Mel Tolkin

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  21. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 21 - Mike, the Pacifist
    7.9/10(222 votes)

    #21 - Mike, the Pacifist

    S7:E21

    Stranded in a subway train with different personalities, Mike is shocked when he punches a man for the very first time in his life after the man had pushed Gloria aside.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Mel Tolkin

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  22. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 22 - Fire
    7.2/10(211 votes)

    #22 - Fire

    S7:E22

    The Bunkers and Teresa wake up with their bathroom on fire! Archie expects money cashing in from the insurance company, until he finds out he's guilty for starting the fire.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Erik Tarloff

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  23. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 23 - Mike and Gloria Split
    7.7/10(201 votes)

    #23 - Mike and Gloria Split

    S7:E23

    Before bedtime, Mike and Gloria have a game of Scrabble in which Mike ends up winning. He uses this game as an opportunity to rub Gloria's nose in the fact that he has to be better at everything, leading to an argument between the two. Gloria asserts that this is because Mike has had the chance to go to college and use his skills, while she hasn't had the chance yet, bringing up the fact that Mike promised her three years ago that chance. Gloria accuses Mike of ruining her life, causing him to walk out and try to spend the night at Archie and Edith's house. Archie and Mike reluctantly become roommates, which ends up in disaster. Archie then scolds Mike for trying to correct everybody's way of doing and saying things. Realizing his mistake, Mike goes home and apologizes to Gloria for being pompous, and Gloria apologizes to Mike for saying he ruined her life.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 24 - Archie, the Liberal
    7.4/10(201 votes)

    #24 - Archie, the Liberal

    S7:E24

    When Archie and the guys at the lodge are being called bigots in the papers because they are only white, Archie suggests to initiate a black jewish guy.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Mel Tolkin

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  25. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 25 - Archie's Dog Day Afternoon
    7.1/10(188 votes)

    #25 - Archie's Dog Day Afternoon

    S7:E25

    Archie must spend his afternoon at the vet when his accidently runs over Barney's annoying--but cute--dog with his cab.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mel Tolkin

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Archie's Brief Encounter (1)" is the best rated episode of "All in the Family" season 7. It scored 7.2/10 based on 229 votes. Directed by Paul Bogart and written by Mel Tolkin, it aired on 9/22/1976. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Archie's Brief Encounter (2)".