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The Best Episodes of All in the Family Season 9

Every episode of All in the Family Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of All in the Family Season 9!

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

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

Season 9 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "All in the Family" season 9 is "Little Miss Bunker", rated 7.4/10 from 180 user votes. It was directed by Paul Bogart and written by Mel Tolkin. "Little Miss Bunker" aired on 9/24/1978 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "End in Sight".

  • Little Miss Bunker
    7.4/10 180 votes

    #1 - Little Miss Bunker

    Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1978

    Edith's cousin Floyd abandons his nine-year-old daughter, Stephanie, on the Bunkers' doorstep.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • End in Sight
    7.4/10 165 votes

    #2 - End in Sight

    Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1978

    Archie spends a night wallowing in self-pity when an insurance physical reveals an ominous spot on his liver.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Reunion on Hauser Street
    7.1/10 161 votes

    #3 - Reunion on Hauser Street

    Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1978

    The Bunkers attempt to reunite Blanche and Barney Hefner after her latest fling with an exterminator fizzles

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • What'll We Do with Stephanie?
    7.5/10 137 votes

    #4 - What'll We Do with Stephanie?

    Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1978

    The Bunkers decide to keep Stephanie after her father fails to reclaim her as promised.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Edith's Final Respects
    7.5/10 169 votes

    #5 - Edith's Final Respects

    Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1978

    Edith is the sole mourner at her Aunt Rose's funeral.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • Weekend in the Country
    7.1/10 159 votes

    #6 - Weekend in the Country

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1978

    Archie and Edith are invited to spend a fishing weekend with Barney and Blanche at their cottage. But after a game of Monopoly, an argument between Barney and Blanche begins. That night, Archie is uncomfortable to sleep with a man (Barney) in bed, while Edith and Blanche rate their husbands as a lovers. By the end, Blanche and Barney makeup and Archie tries to forget everything.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Archie's Other Wife
    7.3/10 164 votes

    #7 - Archie's Other Wife

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1978

    At an American Legion convention, Archie awakens facing a beautiful black airline stewardess who swears they were married the night before.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • Edith Versus the Bank
    7.6/10 169 votes

    #8 - Edith Versus the Bank

    Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1978

    With the TV broken, Edith decides to buy a new one for Archie for their 30th wedding anniversary. But when the clerk won't let Edith buy a TV without Archie's signature because she's a woman, she goes to the bank for a loan. There too, she can not borrow money because she is just a housewife with no job, making Edith furious. Helpless, Edith goes home and asks Archie for $500, but she won't tell him why (surprise). During their conversation, Edith discovers that Archie may be sexist also.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Return of the Waitress
    7.4/10 161 votes

    #9 - Return of the Waitress

    Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1978

    Edith finally confronts the waitress who tempted Archie's fidelity after Harry unwittingly hires her to work at Archie's Place.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Bogus Bills
    7.4/10 164 votes

    #10 - Bogus Bills

    Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1978

    Edith is arrested for passing phony $10 bills she got from Archie's Place.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • The Bunkers Go West
    7.5/10 162 votes

    #11 - The Bunkers Go West

    Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1978

    After Mike and Gloria cancel their trip home for Christmas, the Bunkers decide to travel west for the holidays.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • California, Here We Are (1)
    7.9/10 185 votes

    #12 - California, Here We Are (1)

    Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1978

    The Bunkers head out to California for Christmas to find out that Mike and Gloria are having marital problems.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • California, Here We Are (2)
    8.0/10 50 votes

    #13 - California, Here We Are (2)

    Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1978

    separation is Archie's reaction when he discovers that Gloria has been unfaithful to her husband: For the first time in nine years, he turns his back on his daughter and sides with Michael. The script, rife with disturbing details of the petty cruelties that have already poisoned the Stivics' marriage, avoids the easy out of a tidy resolution. Mike and Gloria do effect a spontaneous reconciliation under the tree, but the tentative exchange lacks the conviction of a permanent reunion. They've been through enough to know, as we do, that the optimism of Christmas morning doesn't always stand up to the cold light of the new year. years, he turns his back on his daughter and sides with Michael.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • A Night at the PTA
    7.2/10 154 votes

    #14 - A Night at the PTA

    Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1979

    When Edith develops laryngitis on the eve of her singing debut at Stephanie's PTA recital, Archie steps in to understudy the duet.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • A Girl Like Edith
    7.1/10 188 votes

    #15 - A Girl Like Edith

    Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1979

    When Edith invites butcher Klemmer and his new sweetheart, a Russian who is the spitting image of Edith, she notices that Klemmer might have the hots for Edith and not for her.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • The Appendectomy
    7.4/10 156 votes

    #16 - The Appendectomy

    Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/1979

    Edith and Archie rush Stephanie to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy on the eve of her 10th birthday. Luckily, the surgery goes perfectly, so they celebrate both Stephanie's birthday and the success of her operation.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Stephanie and the Crime Wave
    7.2/10 155 votes

    #17 - Stephanie and the Crime Wave

    Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/1979

    Archie and Edith are shocked when they discover that Stephanie has been stealing some of her favorite teacher's belongings, and the Bunkers's also. But Stephanie admits that she stole these things so that when she returns to her dad's, she'll have something to remember them by.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin

  • Barney, the Gold Digger
    7.3/10 162 votes

    #18 - Barney, the Gold Digger

    Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1979

    Barney Hefner is suicidal when Blanche finally deserts him, until Archie fixes him up with an overweight but wealthy widow.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • The Return of Archie's Brother
    7.3/10 166 votes

    #19 - The Return of Archie's Brother

    Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1979

    When Archie's brother, Fred, visits Archie to open up a business, he also brings his 18 year old wife, Katherine. Both, Archie and Edith, and even Stephanie, are shocked as they find out. While the new bride and Edith cook supper, Archie and Fred argue about Katherine's age. Before dinner, Fred (and Katherine) leave the Bunker's home, canceling the business. In bed, Edith asks Archie if he were a single 55 year old man, would he go for a young girl. Archie answers no.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

  • Stephanie's Conversion
    7.7/10 168 votes

    #20 - Stephanie's Conversion

    Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1979

    After Stephanie comes back from Sunday School, Rev. Chong visits Edith to tell her that even though she is welcome anytime at Sunday School, Stephanie is Jewish. Edith accepts it, unlike Archie. Selfishly, Archie decides to change Stephanie's religion but Edith interrupts that it's not his decision. So Edith brings Archie and herself to visit a Rabbi to get more information of the religion. Later that night, Stephanie awaits at the porch for the return of Edith and Archie. She and her uncle discuss and he approves that it's her decision and whatever religion she'll be, he'll love her the way he has.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • Edith Gets Fired
    7.8/10 176 votes

    #21 - Edith Gets Fired

    Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1979

    When an ill woman tells Edith to let her die with dignity at the SunShine Home, the woman's family are furious after her death. The manager fires Edith for her selfishness, even though Edith honoured the woman's wish. Later that night, the woman's daughter thanks Edith to be with her mother as she passed away since she (the daughter) never got to visit her own mother back then.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: N/A

  • All in the Family Retrospective (1)
    7.2/10 111 votes

    #22 - All in the Family Retrospective (1)

    Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 3/4/1979

    Norman Lear hosts an affectionate look at the high points of his ground-breaking TV series.

    Director: Walter C. Miller

    Writer: N/A

  • All in the Family Retrospective (2)
    7.4/10 161 votes

    #23 - All in the Family Retrospective (2)

    Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 3/4/1979

    Norman Lear hosts an affectionate look at the high points of his ground-breaking TV series.

    Director: Walter C. Miller

    Writer: N/A

  • All in the Family Retrospective (3)
    7.9/10 171 votes

    #24 - All in the Family Retrospective (3)

    Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 3/4/1979

    Norman Lear hosts an affectionate look at the high points of his ground-breaking TV series.

    Director: Walter C. Miller

    Writer: N/A

  • The Family Next Door
    8.6/10 231 votes

    #25 - The Family Next Door

    Season 9 Episode 25 - Aired 3/11/1979

    Louise Jefferson returns for a visit at the Bunker's place to ask Edith if she can sell her (Louise's) former house. Edith doubts but Archie makes her agree so that they (mostly he) can choose white people to move in. When Edith sells the house to a couple and she invites the lady to her house, Archie realises that the woman is black and so is her husband. But Archie isn't disturbed when he finds out that the man is a cop, which could be good for Archie's safety.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Mel Tolkin