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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 Worst Episode
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    All in the Family Season 6 Episode 16 - New Year's Wedding
    6.5/10(224 votes)

    S6:E16

    Mike continues to make decisions without consulting Gloria.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. All in the Family Season 8 Episode 20 - Stalemates
    6.5/10(182 votes)

    S8:E20

    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

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  3. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 18 - Mike Goes Skiing
    6.6/10(190 votes)

    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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  4. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 14 - Gloria's False Alarm
    6.7/10(172 votes)

    S7:E14

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

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. All in the Family Season 6 Episode 13 - Gloria is Nervous
    6.8/10(186 votes)

    S6:E13

    Gloria takes out her frustrations about being pregnant on Mike.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. All in the Family Season 5 Episode 14 - Mike's Friend
    6.9/10(225 votes)

    S5:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John Baskin

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  7. All in the Family Season 6 Episode 21 - Love by Appointment
    7.0/10(179 votes)

    S6:E21

    Mike and Gloria's sex life suffers after they have to begin planning their encounters around the baby's feeding schedule.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. All in the Family Season 9 Episode 3 - Reunion on Hauser Street
    7.0/10(169 votes)

    S9:E3

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

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. All in the Family Season 9 Episode 6 - Weekend in the Country
    7.0/10(177 votes)

    S9:E6

    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:Unknown

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  10. All in the Family Season 4 Episode 16 - Mike and Gloria Mix it Up
    7.1/10(228 votes)

    S4:E16

    The stiyics' love life reaches another imprasses when Michael is put off by Gloria's romantic aggressiveness.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Ross

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  11. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 13 - The Baby Contest
    7.1/10(181 votes)

    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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  12. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 25 - Archie's Dog Day Afternoon
    7.1/10(180 votes)

    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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  13. All in the Family Season 9 Episode 15 - A Girl Like Edith
    7.1/10(209 votes)

    S9:E15

    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
    Writers:Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

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  14. All in the Family Season 5 Episode 8 - Where's Archie? (1)
    7.2/10(244 votes)

    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.

    Director:Wes Kenney
    Writers:Barry Harman, Harve Brosten

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  15. All in the Family Season 5 Episode 9 - Where's Archie? (2) (aka Archie is Missing)
    7.2/10(242 votes)

    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.

    Director:Wes Kenney
    Writers:Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell

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  16. All in the Family Season 5 Episode 10 - The Longest Kiss
    7.2/10(227 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. All in the Family Season 6 Episode 5 - Mike's Pains
    7.2/10(189 votes)

    S6:E5

    Mike must decide if he wants to be in the delivery room during the birth of the baby.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 1 - Archie's Brief Encounter (1)
    7.2/10(225 votes)

    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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  19. All in the Family Season 7 Episode 22 - Fire
    7.2/10(205 votes)

    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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  20. All in the Family Season 9 Episode 14 - A Night at the PTA
    7.2/10(168 votes)

    S9:E14

    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

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  21. All in the Family Season 9 Episode 17 - Stephanie and the Crime Wave
    7.2/10(169 votes)

    S9:E17

    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

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  22. All in the Family Season 9 Episode 18 - Barney, the Gold Digger
    7.2/10(177 votes)

    S9:E18

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

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. All in the Family Season 9 Episode 19 - The Return of Archie's Brother
    7.2/10(183 votes)

    S9:E19

    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
    Writers:Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

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  24. All in the Family Season 5 Episode 7 - Gloria's Shock
    7.3/10(212 votes)

    S5:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. All in the Family Season 5 Episode 22 - Archie and the Quiz
    7.3/10(202 votes)

    S5:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"New Year's Wedding" is the worst rated episode of "All in the Family". It scored 6.5/10 based on 224 votes. Directed by Paul Bogart and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/5/1976. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Stalemates".