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This guide lists all of the season 7 episodes of All in the Family, which aired on CBS-TV during the 1976-77 television season.
Liz Torres joined the series in a supporting part as Teresa Betancourt, the Bunkers' temporary Puerto Rican tenant, as Edith (Jean Stapleton) began doing volunteer work part-time at the Sunshine Home for the Aged, much to the chagrin of Archie.
Season 7 (1976-77)[]
Season 7 episodes | |||||||
No. in series | Image | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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133 134 |
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"Archie's Brief Encounter (Parts 1 & 2)" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | September 22, 1976 | 702 705 | |
Edith is preoccupied with her work at the Sunshine Home, and so Archie — feeling neglected — succumbs to the advances of an attractive waitress named Denise. Edith eventually becomes suspicious when, as Archie tries to sneak out one night, she finds Denise's phone number. Archie lets slip the truth and an outraged Edith leaves him.
Notes: Actress Janis Paige played the role of Denise. Originally shown as a one-hour episode, and is part of a two-week story arc depicting Archie's near-affair with another woman. In syndication, it is aired as a two-part episode. Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers both do not appear in the first part of the two-part episode. | |||||||
135 | 3 | "Archie's Brief Encounter (Part 3)" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | September 29, 1976 | 706 | |
In this conclusion of a three episode story, It's been several days since Edith has moved out of the house, and refuses to speak to Archie — even though he's told Denise that perhaps it was best if they no longer were to see each other. It's up to Mike and Gloria to try to get the two back together.
Note: In its original airing on CBS, this was the second part of a two-week story arc depicting Archie's near-affair with another woman. In syndication, it is aired as a three-part episode. | |||||||
136 | 4 | "The Unemployment Story (Part 1)" | Paul Bogart | Ben Starr & Chuck Stewart | October 6, 1976 | 703 | |
Note: Part 1 of a two-part episode, concerning Archie being laid off from his longtime job. Episode features F. Murray Abraham in a guest role as a clerk at the unemployment office. | |||||||
137 | 5 | "The Unemployment Story (Part 2)" | Paul Bogart | Chuck Stewart & Ben Starr | October 13, 1976 | 704 | |
Note: Part 2 of a two-part episode, concerning Archie being laid off from his longtime job. Rob Reiner does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
138 139 |
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7 |
"Archie's Operation (Part 1)"
"Archie's Operation (Part 2)" |
Paul Bogart | Teleplay by: Milt Josefsberg & Mort Lachman Story by: Calvin Kelly & Jim Tisdale Part 2: Teleplay by: Milt Josefsberg & Mort Lachman Story by: Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin |
October 27, 1976 | 707 708 | |
Archie goes into the hospital and has a verbal run-in with a Puerto Rican nurse and gets a blood transfusion from a black doctor.
Note: Originally shown as a one-hour episode, depicting Archie's surgery. In syndication, it is aired as a two-part episode. This is Liz Torres's first appearance as Teresa Betancourt, who will appear in five additional episodes during the 1976/77 season. Sally Struthers does not appear in part 2. In the second part of this episode, Mike mentioned Gloria, a couple times. | |||||||
140 | 8 | "Beverly Rides Again" | Paul Bogart | Phil Doran & Douglas Arango | November 6, 1976 | 711 | |
In an attempt to get back at his buddy Pinky Peterson for all his practical jokes, Archie sets his friend up on a blind date with transvestite Beverly LaSalle.
Note: Pinky Peterson, played by Eugene Roche, plays the same role in episode 146. Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers do not appear in this episode. | |||||||
141 | 9 | "Teresa Moves In" | Paul Bogart | Michael Loman | November 13, 1976 | 710 | |
Archie and Edith place an ad in the paper to rent Mike and Gloria's old bedroom to a boarder. Their ad is answered by Teresa Betancourt, a young, Latina student-nurse, who Archie had previously encountered in a previous episode (when he was admitted to the hospital for surgery), and who hadn't made the greatest first impression on him.
Note: Rob Reiner does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
142 | 10 | "Mike and Gloria's Will" | Paul Bogart | Bill Richmond and Gene Perrett | November 20, 1976 | 709 | |
After a near-death experience, Mike and Gloria decide they should name someone to take care of Joey in the event of their deaths. Rather than Archie and Edith, they name their friends Al and Trudy, something that Mike is even more resolved to do when he learns Archie had bought Joey a toy machine gun at the store. Archie, as one might expect, is angered ... but Edith is even more so when Mike calls Archie a "bad grandfather;" even Gloria is upset that Mike is too tough on his father-in-law. Gloria then tells Mike about Al making a pass at her and Mike realizes they aren't going to make good guardians either. They decide to leave the matter unresolved. | |||||||
143 | 11 | "Mr. Edith Bunker" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | November 27, 1976 | 712 | |
Edith attends a birthday party for an elderly patron of the Sunshine Home. While there, a young visiting nephew has a heart attack. Edith saves his life by administering CPR, and is named "Person of the Week" on the CBS Evening News. Archie is surprised and jealous when he's not in the spotlight, but still manages to compliment his wife when the interview comes on TV.
Note: Rob Reiner does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
144 | 12 | "Archie's Secret Passion" | Paul Bogart | Michael Loman | December 4, 1976 | 701 | |
Archie is looking forward to a visit from an old high school buddy, until he learns that he will be arriving with his wife, a woman Archie once had a quick fling with, panicked that the woman will speak of the encounter in front of Edith. However, it turns out Archie was one of many, and the woman doesn't even remember the encounter.
Note: Sally Struthers does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
145 | 13 | "The Baby Contest" | Paul Bogart | Teleplay by: Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin Story by: Marion Zola & Ed Haas |
December 11, 1976 | 714 | |
Archie and Barney become increasingly competitive after entering their grandchildren into a local baby beauty pageant. Archie also has a hard time having to deal with an irate Mike, who is against the very idea in the first place. Eventually, Archie and Barney get their comeuppance when, due to suspected ballot box stuffing, their grandchildren are disqualified. | |||||||
146 | 14 | "Gloria's False Alarm" | Paul Bogart | Phil Doran & Douglas Arango | December 18, 1976 | 713 | |
Gloria mistakenly thinks she is pregnant again, which upsets Mike. She argues that if he is so insistent that they shouldn't have any more children, he should get a vasectomy.
Note: Carroll O'Connor does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
147 | 15 | "The Draft Dodger" | Paul Bogart | Jay Moriarty and Mike Milligan | December 25, 1976 | 715 | |
Archie's friend Pinky Peterson, who had lost his only son in the Vietnam War, is invited to Christmas eve dinner. Mike's college-aged friend David Brewster also happens by, and is also invited to stay for dinner. Only Mike and Gloria know that David is a draft dodger from the war, living in Canada. He is visiting the United States in secret, and is a fugitive from the law. During dinner, the truth about David's status comes out. Archie explodes in a tirade, probably the most agitated scene in the entire series. He asks "gold star father" Pinky to join him in condemning David's actions. Instead, Pinky takes a conciliatory tone, saying that the difference between Steve (his son) and David is that "David's alive to share Christmas dinner with us. If Steve were here, he'd want to sit down with him, and that's what I want to do. Merry Christmas, David." All are reconciled at this point except Archie, who is so confused and distraught at the turn of events that he opens the front door and harasses a passing band of Christmas carolers. | |||||||
148 | 16 | "The Boarder Patrol" | Paul Bogart | Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine | January 8, 1977 | 717 | |
When Archie and Edith go on a weekend trip to visit relatives for Aunt Iola's 90th birthday, Teresa invites her boyfriend to spend the night. However when Archie and Edith arrive back home earlier than expected, she must find a way to sneak him out of the house without their seeing him. | |||||||
149 | 17 | "Archie's Chair" | Paul Bogart | Phil Doran & Douglas Arango | January 15, 1977 | 716 | |
A leg breaks off of Archie's beloved chair when Mike sits in it, and is taken away to be repaired. However, when the furniture repair shop confuses their deliveries, the chair ends up in a conceptual art exhibit in a New York gallery. The artist, Lichtenrausch, attempts to buy the chair from Archie, but in the end Archie cannot bring himself to sell.
Note: This episode aired around the same time as the real life donation of Archie and Edith's chairs to the Smithsonian, for an exhibit on the history of U.S. television; the name of the artist, Licthenrausch, was a composite of the names of two twentieth century modern American painters: Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg. | |||||||
150 | 18 | "Mike Goes Skiing" | Paul Bogart | Ben Starr & Chuck Stewart | January 22, 1977 | 718 | |
Mike receives an invitation to go skiing, but it is on the same weekend that he has already agreed to take Gloria to a party. He attempts to coerce Gloria into suggesting he go on the trip. | |||||||
151 | 19 | "Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye" | Paul Bogart | Phil Doran, Douglas Arango & Milt Josefsberg | January 29, 1977 | 719 | |
After receiving word that his friend and coworker Stretch Cunningham has died, Archie reluctantly agrees to speak at his funeral. However, upon arriving at the service, he and Edith are surprised to learn that Stretch was Jewish, yet never said anything, despite Archie's many anti-Semitic remarks. Despite some awkward initial moments, Archie is able to deliver a heartfelt eulogy for his friend, capping it off with a respectful "shalom".
Note: This is the final episode in which Jerome "Stretch" Cunningham's is mentioned, although he is not seen during the episode. Sally Struthers does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
152 | 20 | "The Joys of Sex" | Paul Bogart | Erik Tarloff | February 5, 1977 | 720 | |
Gloria questions the state of her parents' marriage, after discovering Edith reading a book called "How to Be Your Husband's Mistress". | |||||||
153 | 21 | "Mike the Pacifist" | Paul Bogart | Phil Doran & Douglas Arango | February 12, 1977 | 721 | |
Archie tags along when Mike and Gloria go house hunting in the Bronx. On their way back, the subway breaks down, and Mike punches a man who was assaulting his wife, causing him to question his belief in nonviolence.
Note: Jean Stapleton does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
154 | 22 | "Fire" | Paul Bogart | Michael Loman and Larry Rhine and Mel Tolkin | February 19, 1977 | 722 | |
When the Bunkers' house catches fire, Archie first blames Teresa, but is later shocked to learn that it is he who is to blame, having short-circuited a fuse.
Note: This episode features Liz Torres' final appearance as Teresa Betancourt. | |||||||
155 | 23 | "Mike and Gloria Split" | Paul Bogart | Teleplay by: Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine Story by: Mort Lachman and Milt Josefsberg |
February 26, 1977 | 723 | |
During a game of Scrabble, Gloria becomes resentful of Mike's condescending demeanor, complaining that she helped put him through college, and now he looks down on her. Their fight causes him to spend the night next door at the Bunkers' where he has to share a bed with Archie. | |||||||
156 | 24 | "Archie the Liberal" | Paul Bogart | Ben Starr & Chuck Stewart | March 5, 1977 | 724 | |
When Archie's lodge is criticized for not allowing minorities, Archie suggests they recruit a member who is both Jewish and African American.
Note: Sally Struthers does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
157 | 25 | "Archie's Dog Day Afternoon" | Paul Bogart | Teleplay by: Chuck Stewart & Ben Starr Story by: Mort Lachman and Milt Josefsberg |
March 12, 1977 | 725 | |
Archie cannot seem to get along with his friend Barney Hefner's dog. But when he accidentally hits the animal with his car, he worries that Barney will think he did so intentionally. He and Edith take the dog to the vet, who repairs his injuries and Barney accepts Archie's apology.
Note: Sally Struthers does not appear in this episode. |