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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!

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

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

Season 7 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "All in the Family" season 7 is "Archie's Brief Encounter (1)", rated 7.3/10 from 193 user votes. It was directed by Paul Bogart and written by Mel Tolkin. "Archie's Brief Encounter (1)" aired on 9/22/1976 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Archie's Brief Encounter (2)".

  • Archie's Brief Encounter (1)
    7.3/10 193 votes

    #1 - Archie's Brief Encounter (1)

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1976

    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

  • Archie's Brief Encounter (2)
    7.6/10 182 votes

    #2 - Archie's Brief Encounter (2)

    Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1976

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Archie's Brief Encounter (3)
    7.5/10 175 votes

    #3 - Archie's Brief Encounter (3)

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1976

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • The Unemployment Story (1)
    8.0/10 180 votes

    #4 - The Unemployment Story (1)

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1976

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Unemployment Story (2)
    8.0/10 179 votes

    #5 - The Unemployment Story (2)

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1976

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Archie's Operation (1)
    8.1/10 203 votes

    #6 - Archie's Operation (1)

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1976

    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: N/A

  • Archie's Operation (2)
    8.0/10 184 votes

    #7 - Archie's Operation (2)

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1976

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Beverly Rides Again
    8.1/10 212 votes

    #8 - Beverly Rides Again

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1976

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Teresa Moves In
    7.4/10 174 votes

    #9 - Teresa Moves In

    Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1976

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Mike and Gloria's Will
    7.5/10 173 votes

    #10 - Mike and Gloria's Will

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1976

    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

    Writer: Bill Richmond

  • Mr. Edith Bunker
    7.9/10 188 votes

    #11 - Mr. Edith Bunker

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1976

    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

  • Archie's Secret Passion
    7.4/10 177 votes

    #12 - Archie's Secret Passion

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1976

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Baby Contest
    7.1/10 163 votes

    #13 - The Baby Contest

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1976

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Gloria's False Alarm
    6.8/10 158 votes

    #14 - Gloria's False Alarm

    Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1976

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Draft Dodger
    8.9/10 320 votes

    #15 - The Draft Dodger

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 12/25/1976

    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: N/A

  • The Boarder Patrol
    7.6/10 168 votes

    #16 - The Boarder Patrol

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1977

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Archie's Chair
    8.3/10 196 votes

    #17 - Archie's Chair

    Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1977

    Mike accidently breaks Archie's Chair.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Mike Goes Skiing
    6.7/10 171 votes

    #18 - Mike Goes Skiing

    Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/1977

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye
    8.3/10 208 votes

    #19 - Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye

    Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 1/29/1977

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

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Joys of Sex
    7.5/10 164 votes

    #20 - The Joys of Sex

    Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 2/5/1977

    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

  • Mike, the Pacifist
    8.0/10 192 votes

    #21 - Mike, the Pacifist

    Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 2/12/1977

    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

  • Fire
    7.4/10 184 votes

    #22 - Fire

    Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 2/19/1977

    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

  • Mike and Gloria Split
    7.7/10 177 votes

    #23 - Mike and Gloria Split

    Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 2/26/1977

    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: N/A

  • Archie, the Liberal
    7.4/10 179 votes

    #24 - Archie, the Liberal

    Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 3/5/1977

    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

  • Archie's Dog Day Afternoon
    7.2/10 168 votes

    #25 - Archie's Dog Day Afternoon

    Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 3/12/1977

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mel Tolkin