All in the Family: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
The Bunkers and Inflation (1)
Sep 14, 1974
The Bunker's breadwinner tries to avoid breaking the news that his union has called a strike.
The Bunkers and Inflation (2) (aka Archie Underfoot)
Sep 21, 1974
Tempers flare in the Bunker household when Archie finds himself with nothing to do but sit around the house.
The Bunkers and Inflation (3) (aka Edith the Job Hunter)
Sep 28, 1974
When strike negotiations bog down, Archie grudgingly trades places with Edith and allows her to take a job at Jefferson's dry cleaners.
The Bunkers and Inflation (4) (aka Archie's Raise)
Oct 5, 1974
Archie's union settles the strike,but under terms that effectively leave him worse off than he was before the walkout.
Lionel the Live-In
Oct 12, 1974
Lionel has a fight with his parents and moves into the Bunkers house for a night.
Archie's Helping Hand
Oct 19, 1974
The rising tide of feminism confronts Archie on all sides when Edith joins a women's group and Irene lands a job alongside him on the loading dock.
Gloria's Shock
Oct 26, 1974
Gloria is shocked when Mike announces that he doesn't plan on having children.
Where's Archie? (1)
Nov 2, 1974
Edith holds her first Tupperware party under a cloud of worry when Archie disappears on his way to a union convention in Buffalo.
Where's Archie? (2) (aka Archie is Missing)
Nov 9, 1974
With no word from Archie after twenty-four hours, the family faces the possibility that he might've run off with another woman.
The Longest Kiss
Nov 16, 1974
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 contes
Archie and the Miracle
Nov 23, 1974
After an accident on the loading dock brings Archie within inches of his life,he suddenly becomes a devout-if somewhat hypocritical- churchgoer.
George and Archie Make a Deal
Nov 30, 1974
George Jefferson seeks Archie's help when he runs for local political office.
Archie's Contract
Dec 7, 1974
Irene and the Jeffersons bail the Bunkers out after Archie buys two thousand dollars worth of aluminum siding from a fast-talking salesman.
Mike's Friend
Dec 14, 1974
Gloria is made to feel like an intellectual outcast when she spends the evening with Mike and his graduate-school friends.
The Best of All in the Family (1)
Dec 21, 1974
A look back at the first five seasons of all in the family with flashbacks, this episode was hosted by Henry Fonda.
The Best of All in the Family (2)
Dec 21, 1974
Henry Fonda hosts an hour-long retrospective of high points from the show's first four years.
Prisoner in the House
Jan 4, 1975
A plumber's assistant causes Archie agony when he finds out the worker is a convict on a work-release program from Sing Sing.
The Jeffersons Move Up
Jan 11, 1975
The Bunkers bid fond farewell to the Jeffersons when their neighbors abandon Queens for the nouveau-rich life in a Manhattan high rise.[This episode was the pilot for ""The Jeffers
Amelia's Divorce
Jan 25, 1975
Edith is surprise to discover that her cousin Amelia's ideal marriage is rotten to the core.
Everybody Does It
Feb 8, 1975
Archie's steals a box of nails from work and finds himself at the center of a household debate on morality.
Archie and the Quiz
Feb 15, 1975
Archie feels the weight of his own mortality after a magazine quiz on life expectancy gives him another seven years- tips.
Edith's Friend
Feb 22, 1975
Edith is reunited with her childhood sweetheart when she returns to her hometown for a wedding.
No Smoking
Mar 1, 1975
The Bunker house is locked in a little of will after Mike vows he can go without food longer than Archie can abstain from smoking.
Mike Makes His Move
Mar 8, 1975
After a fruitless search for new lodgings, Mike and Gloria agree to rent George Jefferson's old house-even though it means living next door to Archie.