All in the Family: Season 2

1971 · 24 episodes · ★ 6.3

What Season 2 of All in the Family

The Bunker family lives in a working-class neighborhood in Queens, New York. Archie, a World War II veteran, is a closed-minded man who distrusts anyone who doesn't think like him. His wife, Edith, is sweet and understanding, though she sometimes seems naive. Their daughter Gloria, a feminist and as stubborn as her father, is married to Michael Stivic, whom Archie calls "Meathead." The arguments between father-in-law and son-in-law, who share the same roof, drive the season. The episodes take the family to a protest march, a government investigation and conflicts with the neighbors, while Archie clashes with everything that doesn't fit his view of the world.

24episodes

Sep 18, 1971premiered

Mar 11, 1972Latest episode

10 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 The Saga of Cousin Oscar
Sep 18, 1971 · 25 min
Archie is incensed when his sponging cousin Oscar has the nerve to drop dead in the upstairs bedroom.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Norman Lear, Burt Styler · Starring: M. Emmet Walsh, William Benedict, Jack Grimes, Peggy Rea
2x02 Gloria Poses in the Nude
Sep 25, 1971 · 25 min
Mike has second thoughts after he agrees to let Gloria pose as a nude model for one of his artist friends.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Michael Ross, Norman Lear · Starring: David Soul, Mike Evans
2x03 Archie and the Lock-Up
Oct 2, 1971 · 25 min
Archie suffers his ultimate indignity when he's arrested along with a group of radicals at a protest rally.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Paul Wayne, Michael Ross · Starring: Mike Evans, Corey Fischer, Allan Melvin, Ken Lynch
2x04 Edith Writes a Song
Oct 9, 1971 · 25 min
Archie buys a gun to protect his family, but a pair of burglars hold the family at bay with Archie's own pistol.
Directed by: John Rich · Written by: Lee Kalcheim · Starring: Demond Wilson, Mike Evans, Cleavon Little
2x05 Flashback: Mike Meets Archie
Oct 16, 1971 · 25 min
On the Stivic's first wedding anniversary, the family recalls the day Archie and Michael met.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Rob Reiner
2x06 The Election Story
Oct 30, 1971 · 25 min
Mike and Gloria campaign for the liberal candidate in a local election, while Archie places himself in the opposing camp.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Michael Ross · Starring: Mike Evans, Barbara Cason, Isabel Sanford, Frank Whiteman
2x07 Edith's Accident
Nov 6, 1971 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: John Rich · Written by: Michael Ross · Starring: Barnard Hughes
2x08 The Blockbuster
Nov 13, 1971 · 25 min
An unscrupulous black real-estate salesman tempts Archie to sell his house to a black family at an inflated price.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Michael Ross · Starring: Mike Evans, Thalmus Rasulala, Peggy Rea
2x09 Mike's Problem
Nov 20, 1971 · 25 min
Gloria is upset when Mike's nervousness over his grades causes him to become temporarily impotent.
Directed by: John Rich · Written by: Alan J. Levitt, Phil Mishkin · Starring: Mel Stewart, Brendan Dillon
2x10 The Insurance is Canceled
Nov 27, 1971 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: John Rich · Written by: Lee Kalcheim, Michael Ross · Starring: Rafael Campos, Phil Proctor
2x11 The Man in the Street
Dec 4, 1971 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: John Rich · Written by: Lennie Weinrib · Starring: Billy Sands, Mike Evans, Billy Halop, Bob Hastings
2x12 Cousin Maude's Visit
Dec 11, 1971 · 25 min · ★ 6.8
Everyone in the family is sick, so Edith calls Cousin Maude to help out.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Michael Ross · Starring: Bea Arthur
2x13 Christmas Day at the Bunkers'
Dec 18, 1971 · 25 min
Archie casts a pall on the family's Yuletide spirit when he complains that he was passed over for this year's Christmas bonus.
Directing: John Rich · Starring: Mel Stewart, Mike Evans, Isabel Sanford, Noam Pitlik
2x14 The Elevator Story
Jan 1, 1972 · 25 min
Archie gets caught in an elevator, along with a pregant Puerto Rican and her husband, an aging hippie, and an erudite black businessman.
Directed by: John Rich · Written by: Alan J. Levitt · Starring: Eileen Brennan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Héctor Elizondo, Edith Diaz
2x15 Edith's Problem
Jan 8, 1972 · 25 min
Edith is suddenly moody and irritable with the approach of menopause.
Directed by: John Rich · Written by: Burt Styler · Starring: Jeannie Linero
2x16 Archie and the FBI
Jan 15, 1972 · 25 min
Archie's paranoia during a mysterious government investigation drives him to betray a long-standing friendship.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Michael Ross, Susan Harris · Starring: Mike Evans, Graham Jarvis, Jon Korkes
2x17 Mike's Mysterious Son
Jan 22, 1972 · 25 min
An old girlfriend of Mike's suddenly arrives at the Bunkers' with a four-year-old boy who she claims is his son.
Directed by: John Rich · Starring: Stephen Manley, Marcia Rodd
2x18 Archie Sees a Mugging
Jan 29, 1972 · 25 min
Archie refuses to get involed with the police, even though he's the only witness to a neighborhood mugging.
Directing: John Rich · Starring: Bill Macy, Val Bisoglio, Frank Campanella, Jack Somack
2x19 Archie and Edith Alone
Feb 5, 1972 · 25 min
The Bunkers are alone for eight days while Mike and Gloria are spending a week at a commune.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Lee Kalcheim
2x20 Edith Gets a Mink
Feb 12, 1972 · 25 min
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.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Elias Davis · Starring: Rae Allen, Richard Dysart, Isabel Sanford
2x21 Sammy's Visit
Feb 19, 1972 · 25 min
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 retrieve the briefcase at the Bunker house. As usual, Archie displays his ignorance and bigotry, but Sammy plays along. Before Sammy has to leave, Munson decides to have the two pose for a picture. HE KISSES ARCHIE!!! Archie is too astonished to say anything.
Directed by: John Rich · Starring: Mike Evans, Billy Halop, Sammy Davis Jr., Isabel Sanford
2x22 Edith, the Judge
Feb 26, 1972 · 25 min
Edith arbitrates a dispute between Archie and the irate proprietor of a laundromat.
Directed by: John Rich · Written by: Lee Kalcheim · Starring: Jack Weston
2x23 Archie is Jealous
Mar 4, 1972 · 25 min
Archie is disturbed to discover Edith once spent an entire weekend with an old beau.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Rod Parker · Starring: Brendan Dillon
2x24 Maude Season Finale
Mar 11, 1972 · 25 min
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 bachelor party, but declines the invitation, and ends up staying at the hotel, where the bachelor party is held (which he doesn't know). Archie calls the police because the party is too loud. Edith stays for the bridal shower. After David and Walter return from the bachelor party, David and Carol fight over their differences in opinion regarding women's roles. The wedding is off, much to Maude's dismay.
Directing: John Rich · Writing: Rod Parker · Starring: Bill Macy, Bea Arthur, Marcia Rodd, Bob Dishy