All in the Family Season 1
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Épisode guide de All in the Family Saison 1
The Jeffersons arrive for dinner at the Bunkers'--minus husband George, who refuses to socialize with his white neighbors.
Archie reevaluates his definition of success after he meets an old army buddy who's become wealthy in the used-car trade.
Gloria leaves the house in a rage after Mike refuse to recognize her as an equal partner in their marriage.
No one in the family gets any sleep when Archie spends the night worring that he might lose his job.
Edith abandons the kitchen for the courtroom when she is chosen for jury duty,leaving Archie to fend for himself.
Louis Jefferson makes her first appearance, through husband George will remain an offscreen character for another two seasons. Their son, Lionel, had been a regular visitor to the bukers since the pilot episode, when the writers discovered how effective the street- smart black youth was at gently lettins the air out of Archie's sails.
Mike invited one of his hippie friends to spend the night in his living room, despite Archie's strenous ojections.
Archie dream of becoming a grandfather is dashed when Gloria suffers a sudden misscarriage.
Archie scorns one of mike's effeminate friends, unaware that one of his own beer-drinking buddies is a well-adjusted gay man.
Archie refuse to donate blood because he'll afraid that his vital fluids might get mixed in those of a different race.
Archie is convinced he'll collecty a large settlement from a petty traffic accident if a Jewish laywer handles the case. The stylistic minimalism of the Bunker's sparsely furnished set is on full display in this early episode. According to director John Rich, who grew up not far from Archie's neighbood, the Spartan look of the Bunkie's living room deco was achieved as a result of painstaking efforts. The director remembers personally supervising the cracking of windows and repainting of walls to give the place a run-down, lived-in look. ""I told the set designers to take all the color out of it,""remember Rich.""Norman and i wanted to do the show ib black and white, but CBS nearly went into a coma. So we decided to do the next best thing and shoot the entire show in muted sepia tones.""
Mike writes a letter to President Nixon, protesting everything that's wrong with America, including the state of the environment and the nation's involvement in Vietnam. Archie finds out and, to refute his son-in-law's claims, he decides he, too, will write a letter to ol' Tricky Dick, praising the nation's chief and attempting to explain the Meathead as an ignorant. While penning the letter, Archie pictures the family all standing behind him, dressed in his Sunday best, all supporting his positions.
It's Edith and Archie Bunker's wedding anniversary. Edith manages to drag Archie to church. Daughter Gloria and her husband, Mike try to whip up a party atmosphere for the parents.
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