All Episodes of Archie Bunker's Place

Season 1

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  7.9/1060 votes

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  Archie's New Partner (1)

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1979

  Archie decides to expand his bar, Archie Bunker's Place, into a restaurant. In the meantime, Harry has decided to sell his half of the bar to Jewish liberal Murray Klein. Archie, being the bigot he is, tries in vain to get a loan to buy Harry out.

  Director: Paul Bogart

  Writer: Harriett Weiss, Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

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  7.8/1051 votes

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  Archie's New Partner (2)

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1979

  Harry finalizes the sale of his half to Murray Klein, much to Archie's chagrin. However, Archie must come to grips with the fact that he has a new partner. Murray also discovers that there is more to Archie than his bigoted exterior.

  Director: Paul Bogart

  Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

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  7.8/1050 votes

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  Edith Gets Hired

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1979

  Archie's Place has acquired a new regular customer, Dottie. However, Archie and Murray discover that she is a prostitute and is conducting her business at the bar. This is bad for the bar's image. How can they convince her to leave?

  Director: Paul Bogart

  Writer: Harriett Weiss

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  7.3/1045 votes

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  Archie and the Oldest Profession

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1979

  Edith, who has been jobless since she got fired from the Sunshine Home, has gotten a job as recreational assistant at the Rego Park Center for the Mentally Ill. However, Archie has decided that he thinks that Edith should not be working.

  Director: Paul Bogart

  Writer: N/A

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  7.6/1051 votes

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  Edith vs. the Energy Crisis

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1979

  The energy crisis has become a big problem. The bar is freezing cold and Edith has been preserving as much energy as possible at home as well. Soon, Archie is suffering as well, when the frigid conditions give him a case of strep throat.

  Director: Paul Bogart

  Writer: Harriett Weiss

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  7.0/1048 votes

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  Bosom Partners

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1979

  Archie is in trouble with the State of New York when he is charged with non-payment of sales tax and questionable record keeping. Now it's up to Murray to save Archie and the bar by trying to romance the tax agent.

  Director: Carroll O'Connor

  Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

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  7.5/1047 votes

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  Building the Restaurant

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1979

  Construction on the restaurant is underway, but the contractor Archie and Murray hired is demanding more money. Archie, who is determined that the restaurant will be a success, goes to a loan shark.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: Jerry Ross

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  7.7/1054 votes

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  The Cook

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1979

  Archie and Murray hire short-order cook Veronica Rooney (Anne Meara), but she insists that her gay nephew be hired as waiter. Archie's strong feelings on homosexuality present a problem.

  Director: Carroll O'Connor

  Writer: Richard Baer

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  7.4/1048 votes

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  Murray and the Liquor Board

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1979

  In a protest march against Napom, Murray punched a cop. Although it has been pardoned, his ""criminal record"" may cost the bar its liquor license.

  Director: Dick Martin

  Writer: Harriett Weiss

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  7.5/1071 votes

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  Thanksgiving Reunion (1)

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1979

  Mike and Gloria Stivic, and little Joey, come home to spend Thanksgiving with the Bunkers. (Originally a 1-hour special)

  Director: Paul Bogart

  Writer: Harriett Weiss

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  7.8/1073 votes

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  Thanksgiving Reunion (2)

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1979

  Mike and Gloria Stivic, and little Joey, come home to spend Thanksgiving with the Bunkers. (Originally a 1-hour special)

  Director: Paul Bogart

  Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

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  7.4/1049 votes

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  Barney and the Hooker

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1979

  Dottie (the hooker from #3) has been arrested for prostitution. Murray bails her out and talks Archie into hiring her as a waitress to try to keep her out of trouble. However, trouble finds her when now divorcee Barney Hefner falls in love and proposes.

  Director: Frank Corsaro

  Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

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  7.2/1046 votes

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  Man of the Year

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1979

  An old high school buddy of Archie's (who is also a conman) comes to town to inform Archie that he has been elected Man of the Year.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  7.8/1056 votes

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  The Shabbat Dinner

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/9/1979

  Edith and Stephanie are preparing a Shabbat dinner, a dinner eaten on the Jewish sabbath. They invite Archie's partner, Murray and his non-Jewish girlfriend. Unbeknownst to him, Edith also invites his mother, who feels that Murray should only be dating Jewish women.

  Director: Paul Bogart

  Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

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  6.7/1038 votes

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  Barney's Lawsuit

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/1979

  When Barney's barstool collapses while he is sitting on it, Archie is afraid he will try to sue.

  Director: Lila Garrett

  Writer: Jerry Ross

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  6.2/1039 votes

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  Blanche and Murray

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/30/1979

  Barney's ex-wife Blanche comes back to town, and is as sex crazy as ever. She now goes after Murray, infuriating Barney.

  Director: Peter Bonerz

  Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

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  8.0/1052 votes

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  Murray's Daughter

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/6/1980

  Murray's estranged daughter suddenly shows up with a Puerto Rican husband and children on the way.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: Harriett Weiss

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  6.7/1037 votes

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  The Ambush

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/27/1980

  The neighborhood has had a sudden rash of burglaries and Archie and Murray are afraid the bar will be the next one.

  Director: Peter Bonerz

  Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller

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  8.3/1057 votes

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  The Return of Sammy

  Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/3/1980

  Archie's ""old friend"" Sammy Davis Jr. is in town appearing on a talk show. Archie calls him up and invites him to the bar.

  Director: Dick Martin

  Writer: Richard Baer

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  6.8/1045 votes

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  Archie Fixes Up Fred

  Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1980

  Customers have been complaining about Veronica's nephew, Fred, the gay waiter. So Archie decides that he can convert him by setting him up on a date with a pretty girl.

  Director: Dick Martin

  Writer: Harriett Weiss

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  7.4/1041 votes

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  Father and Daughter Night

  Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/1980

  Murray steps in when Archie refuses to appear in the father and daughter talent show at Stephanie's school.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  7.2/1040 votes

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  Van Ranseleer's Operation

  Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/2/1980

  When Archie and the guys at the bar read in the paper that there might be a cure for Mr. Van Ranseleer's blindness, they pool their efforts and money so he can have the operation.

  Director: Joe Gannon

  Writer: Harriett Weiss

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  7.0/1041 votes

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  Veronica's Ex

  Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/9/1980

  Veronica's ex-husband (Jerry Stiller) come back to town, and Veronica falls for him all over again.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: Mel Tolkin

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  7.1/1043 votes

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  A Small Mafia Favor

  Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/23/1980

  An old friend of Murray's comes to visit, but he's also a crime kingpin. When Murray unknowingly signals the death of a rival mob boss, Archie fears retalitation.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: Mel Tolkin