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Season guide

All in the Family: Season 2

24 episodes Premiered Sep 18, 1971
Previously on All in the Family

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of All in the Family Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (21): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

The Saga of Cousin Oscar

Sep 18, 1971

Archie is incensed when his sponging cousin Oscar has the nerve to drop dead in the upstairs bedroom.

S2·E2 Core

Gloria Poses in the Nude

Sep 25, 1971

Mike has second thoughts after he agrees to let Gloria pose as a nude model for one of his artist friends.

S2·E3 Core

Archie and the Lock-Up

Oct 2, 1971

Archie suffers his ultimate indignity when he's arrested along with a group of radicals at a protest rally.

S2·E4 Core

Edith Writes a Song

Oct 9, 1971

Archie buys a gun to protect his family, but a pair of burglars hold the family at bay with Archie's own pistol.

S2·E5 Core

Flashback: Mike Meets Archie

Oct 16, 1971

On the Stivic's first wedding anniversary, the family recalls the day Archie and Michael met.

S2·E6 Core

The Election Story

Oct 30, 1971

Mike and Gloria campaign for the liberal candidate in a local election, while Archie places himself in the opposing camp.

S2·E7 Core

Edith's Accident

Nov 6, 1971

A priest pays a call to reward Edith's honesty for leaving a note on his car after she accidentally dents it with a large can of clind peaches.

S2·E8 Core

The Blockbuster

Nov 13, 1971

An unscrupulous black real-estate salesman tempts Archie to sell his house to a black family at an inflated price.

S2·E9 Core

Mike's Problem

Nov 20, 1971

Gloria is upset when Mike's nervousness over his grades causes him to become temporarily impotent.

S2·E10 Core

The Insurance is Canceled

Nov 27, 1971

Archie lays off a Puerto Rican worker during a cut back at the dock; and his homeowner's policy is canceled when his neighborhood is redlined as a bad risk.

S2·E11 Core

The Man in the Street

Dec 4, 1971

Archie Bunker is the voice of the American working man when his man-on-the-street interview is scheduled to appear on Walter Cronkite's Evening News.

S2·E12 Core

Cousin Maude's Visit

Dec 11, 1971

Everyone in the family is sick, so Edith calls Cousin Maude to help out.

S2·E13 Core

Christmas Day at the Bunkers'

Dec 18, 1971

Archie casts a pall on the family's Yuletide spirit when he complains that he was passed over for this year's Christmas bonus.

S2·E14 Core

The Elevator Story

Jan 1, 1972

Archie gets caught in an elevator, along with a pregant Puerto Rican and her husband, an aging hippie, and an erudite black businessman.

S2·E15 Core

Edith's Problem

Jan 8, 1972

Edith is suddenly moody and irritable with the approach of menopause.

S2·E16 Core

Archie and the FBI

Jan 15, 1972

Archie's paranoia during a mysterious government investigation drives him to betray a long-standing friendship.

S2·E17 Core

Mike's Mysterious Son

Jan 22, 1972

An old girlfriend of Mike's suddenly arrives at the Bunkers' with a four-year-old boy who she claims is his son.

S2·E18 Core

Archie Sees a Mugging

Jan 29, 1972

Archie refuses to get involed with the police, even though he's the only witness to a neighborhood mugging.

S2·E19 Core

Archie and Edith Alone

Feb 5, 1972

The Bunkers are alone for eight days while Mike and Gloria are spending a week at a commune.

S2·E20 Core

Edith Gets a Mink

Feb 12, 1972

Archie is too proud to let Edith accept a mink stolen from her cousin Amelia, until he sees a chance to make a three-hundred-dollar profit.

S2·E21 Core

Sammy's Visit

Feb 19, 1972

One of the classic episodes in the series, Sammy Davis Jr. plays himself, a passenger in Archie's taxi cab who has inadvertently left his briefcase behind. Arrangements are made to

S2·E22 Core

Edith, the Judge

Feb 26, 1972

Edith arbitrates a dispute between Archie and the irate proprietor of a laundromat.

S2·E23 Mytharc

Archie is Jealous

Mar 4, 1972

Archie is disturbed to discover Edith once spent an entire weekend with an old beau.

S2·E24 Mytharc

Maude

Mar 11, 1972

Archie and Edith visit Maude's house for Carol's wedding to David Green, a Jewish man. Archie doesn't want to go, and Carol doesn't want him there. Archie is invited to the bachelo

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