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The Best Episodes of All in the Family Season 8

Every episode of All in the Family Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of All in the Family Season 8!

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

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

Season 8 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "All in the Family" season 8 is "Archie Gets the Business (1)", rated 7.6/10 from 184 user votes. It was directed by Paul Bogart and written by N/A. "Archie Gets the Business (1)" aired on 10/2/1977 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Archie Gets the Business (2)".

  • Archie Gets the Business (1)
    7.6/10 184 votes

    #1 - Archie Gets the Business (1)

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1977

    When Kelsey finally decides to sell his bar, nothing will stop Archie from getting it--even if it means forging Edith's signature against her will.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Archie Gets the Business (2)
    7.7/10 171 votes

    #2 - Archie Gets the Business (2)

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1977

    Edith is upset when she discovers Archie has forged her signature to get the bar. But Mike will influence Mrs. Bunker to change her mind.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Cousin Liz
    8.4/10 203 votes

    #3 - Cousin Liz

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1977

    When Cousin Liz dies, Edith and Archie learn more about her than they ever thought. When roomate of Liz, Veronica, comes out of the closet to Edith, she also admits that she was more than just roomates with Liz.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • Edith's 50th Birthday (1)
    8.6/10 287 votes

    #4 - Edith's 50th Birthday (1)

    Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1977

    Before Edith arrives home, Gloria and Mike teaches Archie the plan for Edith 50th birthday surprise party which will be taken at 6 o'clock at the Stivics house. Edith comes back home while Archie and the Stivics leave to decorate the house for the party. A sudden knock at the door reveals a cop. Edith welcomes the policeman inside the house who claims that there's a rapper in town but he slips out that it's him. Edith is held at gunpoint and pushed on the couch. The rapist slowly strips Edith! Before it can go any longer, the phone rings. The rapist orders Edithto get rid of the caller as soon as possible. When she does, Archieknocks at the door, wondering why the hell is the door locked. Therapper hides himself in the closet and once again orders Edith to getrid of Archie. She does as quickly as possible. Still stranded in the house with the armed man, they suddenly smell something burning. It was the cake which Edith previously started to bake. They rush to the oven where the room

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • Edith's 50th Birthday (2)
    8.7/10 244 votes

    #5 - Edith's 50th Birthday (2)

    Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1977

    When Edith tells the story to the family in tears, Gloria and Mike believe she should report to the police while Archie fears Edith will be the one going to jail. Two weeks later, Edith is still ironing sheets for no reason and keeps running upstairs when someone knocks on the door. Gloria tells her dad to give her some TLC (Tender Loving Care). But while he does so, Gloria gets a call from the policemen asking her to identify the rapist. Edith fears. But with convincing, Archie takes Edith to the police stations.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • Unequal Partners
    7.5/10 184 votes

    #6 - Unequal Partners

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1977

    Archie must delay his weekend fishing trip with Barney when Edith announces that she has invited people from the SunShine Home to attend an elderly couple's wedding at 704 on the same day Archie planned to leave.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Archie's Grand Opening
    7.5/10 168 votes

    #7 - Archie's Grand Opening

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1977

    On the eve of his grand opening, Harry quits Archie's bar when the bigot bosses Harry around. Helpless, Edith and the Stivics come on time and gladly decide to help out. With a great crowd, Archie faces more problems; Mike can't get the right mixes, Edith sings, the guys are after Gloria and not only that, Archie's boss at the loading docks arrive where Archie quits, upseting Edith.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Archie's Bitter Pill (1)
    7.8/10 171 votes

    #8 - Archie's Bitter Pill (1)

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1977

    Archie is depressed when his saloon has gone slow. That's when his friend offers him some pills that cheers up. Archie takes in two when Edith and the Stivics visit Archie at the bar. Archie, overly excited, discusses his dreams of his bar where it will be extended to other states and people will love it. When the pills slowly fade out of Archie's system, he realises that his dream may never come true, and falls in the arms of his wife in tears

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Archie's Bitter Pill (2) (aka Archie's Road Back)
    7.4/10 153 votes

    #9 - Archie's Bitter Pill (2) (aka Archie's Road Back)

    Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1977

    A despondent Archie retreats to his bedroom, until Harry offers to bail him out with a partnership offer for the bar.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Archie and the KKK (1)
    8.0/10 194 votes

    #10 - Archie and the KKK (1)

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1977

    Archie is invited to a meeting with some pals. THey discuss about Mike's article in the newspaper on how offending it is. The leader asks Archie if he wants to join them and give Mike and lesson he'll never forget. Archie agrees, little does he know he just initiated the KKK (Kweens Kouncil of Krusaders).

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • Archie and the KKK (2)
    8.1/10 187 votes

    #11 - Archie and the KKK (2)

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1977

    Archie desives a plan to prevent the Klan from burning a cross on Mike and Glorial's lawn.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • Mike and Gloria Meet
    7.6/10 180 votes

    #12 - Mike and Gloria Meet

    Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1977

    The family relive the Mike and Gloria's blind date by their friends, where they first insulted each other and ended up having sex in the kitchen.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • Edith's Crisis of Faith (1)
    8.6/10 264 votes

    #13 - Edith's Crisis of Faith (1)

    Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1977

    Edith's religious faith is shaken after her friend female impersonator Beverly LaSalle is brutally murdered by street thungs at Christmas.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • Edith's Crisis of Faith (2)
    8.2/10 213 votes

    #14 - Edith's Crisis of Faith (2)

    Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 12/25/1977

    Mike is put in the hospital and Beverly LaSalle is murdered by a thug at Chistmas.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin, Erik Tarloff

  • The Commercial
    7.5/10 169 votes

    #15 - The Commercial

    Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1978

    Edith is chosen to appear in a tv commericial but finds herself unable to lie when she begins to doubt the quality of the sponsor's detergent.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Super Bowl Sunday
    7.6/10 175 votes

    #16 - Super Bowl Sunday

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1978

    Archie's Place is robbed on Super Bowl Sunday, the buiest day of the year.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • Aunt Iola's Visit
    7.8/10 181 votes

    #17 - Aunt Iola's Visit

    Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1978

    Archie refuses to let Edith's elderly aunt move into their spare bedroom, even after she's been turned away by every other relative.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Love Comes to the Butcher
    7.5/10 180 votes

    #18 - Love Comes to the Butcher

    Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1978

    Archie is jealous when a lonely butcher lavishes attention on Edith.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Two's a Crowd
    8.5/10 218 votes

    #19 - Two's a Crowd

    Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1978

    Mike and Archie's have a long talk after they find themself locked in the storeroom of Archie's Place.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Stalemates
    6.6/10 163 votes

    #20 - Stalemates

    Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/1978

    Mike and Gloria are sure the romance has gone out of their marriage when even a weekend in the Poconous fails to reignite the spark.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • The Brother
    7.6/10 168 votes

    #21 - The Brother

    Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/1978

    Archie's estranged brother returns, after twenty-nine years, to smooth things over before he enters the hospital for a serious operation.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Mike's New Job
    7.6/10 152 votes

    #22 - Mike's New Job

    Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/1978

    The stivics prpare to move to California after Mike is offered a teaching position in Santa Barbara.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • The Dinner Guest
    7.5/10 161 votes

    #23 - The Dinner Guest

    Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/1978

    Edith is crushed when Mike and Gloria make their other plans after she's prepared a special farewell dinner in their honor.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • The Stivics Go West
    8.9/10 238 votes

    #24 - The Stivics Go West

    Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/1978

    The Bunker house is the scene of many tearful good-byes when Mike and Gloria finally leave for California.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller