The Best Episodes Written By Mel Tolkin

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   #1 - Edith Versus the Bank

   S9:E811/19/1978

   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.

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   Writer:Mel Tolkin

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   #2 - Little Miss Bunker

   S9:E19/24/1978

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

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   #3 - The Bunkers Go West

   S9:E1112/10/1978

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

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   Writer:Mel Tolkin

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   #4 - Stephanie and the Crime Wave

   S9:E171/28/1979

   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.

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   #5 - The Appendectomy

   S9:E161/21/1979

   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.

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   #6 - A Night at the PTA

   S9:E141/7/1979

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

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   #7 - The Family Next Door

   S9:E253/11/1979

   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.

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   #8 - The Return of Stephanie's Father

   S9:E263/25/1979

   Stephanie's father, Floyd, finally arrives with a devastating proposition for the Bunkers: They can keep Stephanie if they agree to pay him $1000 cash!

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   #9 - What'll We Do with Stephanie?

   S9:E410/15/1978

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

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   Writer:Mel Tolkin

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