Archie- in a world where ABP never took place...

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ARCHIE Starring Carroll O' Connor and Jean Stapleton.

Danielle Brisbois
and Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers
with Mike Evans, Allan Melvin and Isabel Sanford with special guest star Sherman Hemsley.

1- "Movin' On Down."- Archie gets into a royal uproar when he discovers that the Jeffersons are down on their luck, so they are forced to move on down back to 703 Hauser Street.

2- "Maids Attack!."- Desperate housemaid Theresa needs a job--- she lands one at the Jeffersons, sparking a very racist feud among the white community.

3- "Archie and Edith's Love Story."- Edith relays love stories to both a dumped Stephanie and a confused Gloria when she is at a crossroads on whether or not to give marriage with Michael a second chance.

4- "A Little Innocent Flirtation, Courtship and Remarriage."- Mike recourts Gloria, who accepts to marry him; Edith once again is able to sing at her daughter's wedding.


more episodes soon for ARCHIE.

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Pat

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5 and 6- "The Getting-To-Know-You Part."- Stephanie's secrecy leads Archie to the conclusion that she has been having unprotected sex.


7- "Claimed."- Edith's purse is "claimed" missing by Archie so he could pull off a scam.

8- ''Don't Go Talking About My Lover."- Mike sticks up for Gloria who has been cheated out of money.

9- "The Herb Garden."- Louise grows an expensive plant outside in her garden when Archie is plotting to sabotage it to get back at the Mr. George Jefferson for a bad job on his suit.

10- "Nightclubber Archie."- Archie is a temporary bouncer at a very swinging and sexy nightclub.

11- "Jealousy."- Edith is jealous of Archie's being a heir to a cousin's fortune and Archie will only give her 10 percent!

12- "Kelsey's Christmas."- Kelsey wants to buy back Archie's Place minutes before Christmas Day begins.

13- "Archie Sells Out."- Archie wants to be partners with Kelsey; he agrees.

14- "Marching Band."- Archie joins an elite club that just happens to be having its annual talent show.

15- "The Talent Scout."- A talent scout (Woody Harrelson) spots and discovers Archie in the talent show where Archie happens to be tooting his own horn.

16- "Archie's Diplomacy."- Archie is leniant with his friends, but not with his wife.

17- "This Is Your Wife, Take Her Or Take Her."- Edith is nabbed for ransom and Archie plots to win her back. The robber is more anxious to give her back than Archie is to get her back.

18- "The Former Foreman Man."- Archie's life dramatically changes when he is fired.

19- "New Yawk, New Yawk."- Archie experiences New York like never before.
20- "The Municipal Lot."- Archie gets a huge parking fine for parking in a NORMALLY legal parking space.

21- "Fighting The System."- Archie wins his court case when he is unjustly fined.

22- "Job Hunting."- Archie decides to go job-searching, then discovers he has his job back.


season two

1- "Lionel and the Neighborhood."- Neighbors rebel against the Jeffersons when Lionel and his friends are disrupting the neighborhood.

more soon...

Pat

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2- "Faceoff (1)."- Tempered George forces Mama to live with Archie for a week, mad at him too, knowing he would just love to have a "visitor", himself. Archie makes her pay room and board, forcing her to become very angry at Archie.

3- "Faceoff (2)."- Mama Jefferson awaits the week's end and Curious George.

4- "Archie's Vacation."- Archie takes personal days for vacation.

5- "Topper."- Archie wants Edith to stop with her Tupperware usage, fearing it costs too much.

6- "Cliffhangers."- Archie saves dangling Mike from a cliff, who nearly fell off while sleepwalking thru the woods (when the Bunkers go camping).

7- "Royal Pain In The..."- A royal prince gets on Archie's nerves, supposedly royalty and a distant relative to Edith's side.

8- "Archie vs. the Squares."- Archie takes on a cool new look to impress Stephanie.

9- "Gobble, Gobble..."- Thanksgiving Day brings neverending chaos to the Bunker household.

more soon...

Pat

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10- "Someone Saved Archie Bunker's Life Tonight? (1)."- A necessary surgery forces Archie to contemplate his life and start anew, thinking it a chance to begin a new life.

11- "Bonding (2)."- Mike is impressed by Archie's new look on life, as they begin to become closer to one another.

12- "Archie and the Final Temptation (3)."- Mike and Archie's budding companionship thickens; A rumor spreads about Archie and Edith's relationship, forcing Archie and Edith to put a stop to it. A touching moment reveals Archie's true feelings for Edith as he sticks up for her when everything she stands for is challenged.

13- "Archie and Edith in the Tub."- Mike and Gloria's nosey habits lead them to overhearing Archie and Edith making love.

14- "Archie Fails The Test."- Archie, Munson's best driver, has his license revoked when he don't renew it on time and seems to have become a poor driver!

15- "The Monkey."- Mike adopts the world's smartest monkey to attempt to see just how smart animals really are.
16- "The Stupid Quiz."- Edith seems to be smarter than Archie on an IQ test, angering the head of the house to no limits!

17- "Stephanie's Sub."- Substitute teacher Archie sends niece Stephanie to detention.

18- "Observations."- Archie talks down a man off a ledge.

end of season two...

Pat

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19- "The Suspension."- Stephanie gets suspended from school after being caught doing drugs. Archie's talk with her doesn't help much, as he resorts to simply a slap on the wrist technique. But when Mike relays a personal story to her about his little bout with marijuana, she sees the subject in a whole new light and decides to turn away from it and the friends which encouraged it, as Mike did after being convinced to just take one puff.

20- "School Dazed Edith."- Edith thinks she's falling in love with Stephanie's elderly math teacher. When the teach takes an interest in her, though, he starts making rude come-ons to her after Edith takes up an adult math class.

21- "Archie's Place Takes A Beating (1)."- A vigilante neighborhood gang torches Archie's Place, leaving Archie in a very angry state and a deeper depression, that's not about to end by a talk.

22- "Archie Strikes Back (2)."- Archie plans to jail the gang and try to get them the death penalty. Mike, of course, sees things in another light--- that the kids are lost, and need guidance to help them, not death.

23- "Archie's Place Makes A Comeback (3)."- The state grants Archie a million dollars to rebuild, making him the richest man in Queens, and the best bragger. The same gang comes back and holds him up, though; but the cops do get the gang in the end and Archie's money is refunded. The kids are given 6 years in prison with daily psychologist meetings.

24- "Rebuilding The South."- A southern belle entrances Edith into making her think that she isn't a good enough charmer for Archie.

25- "Exit Stage Right."- Edith revolts against Archie's demands for her to help with the rebuilding of Archie's bar.

26- "The Gag Gun."- A fake gun is pulled on Edith by a sick man at her new place of work--- a help center, nearly giving her a coronary.

SEASON THREE-

1- "Renovation (1)."- Renovations go underway for the new bar.
2- "Renovation (2)."- Renovations continue on Archie's Place. A deal falls through with the roofing company. Mike gets into an arguement with one of the Mexican construction workers, making his views on prejudicism more like Archie's.
3- "Gloria Gets Into Shape."- Gloria wants to make Mike as happy with her as ever before when she goes onto a weight watching program, giving her in return a very sleek, sexy, and appalling to Archie, look.

4- "The New Drinking Establishment."- Archie's Place's new look is established, and the regulars aren't too thrilled with the posh new place.

5- "Archie The Flapper."- Archie's way of growing up, he sees through Stephanie and her friends' eyes, has changed dramatically, so he decides to show Steph and her friends how great the Flapper age was.

Pat

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6- "The Modern-Day World's Worst Nightmare."- Edith's trying-to-be-like her niece's plan backfires.


7- "Inventor."- Archie invents a portbable beer dispenser, which seems to strike a fancy among locales.



8- "The Days Before There Was TV."- Archie and buds recall nights before the Depression.

9- "The Bald-O-Meister."- Gloria's uncalled for joke of her father's lack of hair sparks fury amongst middle-aged men in the neighborhood.

10- "Stephanie Fails History."- Stephanie tries to reconstruct her family tree for school, but can't remember anyone except for her Aunt Edith and Uncle Archie.

11- "Love, Uncle."- Stephanie, depressed over her lack of memory of family members, receives a touching letter from someone who simply signs "Uncle." Edith later learns that the letter was from hubby Archie.


12- "Mike and the Sub."- Mike's first official teaching job causes havoc when he's mistaken for having an affair with an attractive colleague.

13- "The Ten Commandments."- Archie attempts to reconcile for his wrongdoings.

14- "Archie and the New Kids On The Block."- Archie must deal with hoodlums bothering his niece.

15- "The Quartet of the Barbershop."- Archie's old buddy joins the army, making him feel like he's come to nothing; Edith's old beau tries to re-court her with her favorite type of music.

16- "Heatwave."- A heatwave brings hospital emergencies for the neighborhood, very severe charges in trials, tampering of other people's goods, and uproars to Queens, New York.

17- "Archie Passes The Buck."- Archie feels for the lower class after walking through the poorest neighborhood in New York, off the map.

18- "A Walk In The Park."- Archie teaches Stephanie's mentally-impaired friend to ride a bike.

19- "Mass With The Bunkers."- Archie attends his first mass in 25 years, and at the end of the story, murmurs, "It's Good To Be Back."

20- "Everybody's Gone Surfin'."- Stephanie makes friends with surfers with only one thing on ther minds... girls.

21- "Boat Ride."- The family takes a hellish boat ride complete with the boat's starting troubles, and political clashes over a new borough president.

22- "Family Vacation."- Archie puts on a happy face on his vacation, barely, when the Bunker's trek to Texas.

23- "The Bunker Fortune."- Archie unearths a suitcase buried in his backyard, possibly a fortune.

24- "Beat The Clock."- Archie wonders how he would fair on a game show.

Pat

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25- "Edith's Friend."- Archie wants Edith to cut back on friends.

26- "The Piano."- Mike and Gloria want to make the place more friendly, so they add a piano to the household.


season four- starring carroll o' connor, jean stapleton, rob reiner, and sally struthers.


1- "The Regulars."- Archie loses his Archie's Place regulars, as he and Kelsey prepare for the worst.

2- "Archie and the Gang."- A teenager gang threatens Archie, who rebels with violence, getting HIM into trouble.

3- "Even Grandpas Get The Blues."- Archie wants Gloria to have another baby.

4- "In The Cards."- Mike's gambling troubles escalate and Gloria frets.

5- "Dieting With Edith."- Archie slips out to Edith that he thinks she's fat. Taking it an affront, she immediately goes on a diet.

6- "Archie In Edith's Shoes."- Edith tells Archie to get his own beers, angering him.

7- "Irene's Story."- Irene Lorenzo (in her comeback appearance, but since she was never properly written off, she's still Archie's next-door-neighbor) informs Archie that she has been offered the job of plant operator when the original leaves.

8- "The Divorcee (1)."- Gloria announces plans to divorce Mike... again, after an ongoing financial struggle dampens their marital bliss... affecting everyone around them when Mike turns into a bitter, miserable middle-aged man.

9- "The Divorcee (2)."- When Mike realizes the err of his ways, he's willing to change for his beloved---- they go to marital counseling to work things out. They soon realize this is what they should've done the first go-around: don't avoid your probems, confront them.

10- "Turn Up The Heat."- An oil crisis leaves the Bunkers looking for ways to keep warm. Dozens of frozen-out neighbors gather around Barney Hausner's fireplace, the only one left in town! This prompts memories of past neighborhood occurrences that had the town uniting together.

11- "Put Out Your Dukes (1)."- Mike is challenged to a fight, as Archie sticks up for him.

12- "Put Out Your Dukes (2)- Mike defends his honor as he knocks out his challenger, an old high-school nemesis.

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13- "On The Same Wavelengths In The Bunker Home."- Just as it seems like everything's returning to how it was a decade ago, the Bunkers take in a stray dog who takes a liking to Edith, making Archie jealous.

14- "The Death."- A friend's parent's death upsets Stephanie, which leads to depression.

15- "The School Shrink."- Stephanie's father is deemed unfit to father a child of any age by a school psychologist.

16- "Oy Vey, Not Another Sunday."- Stephanie's religious beliefs plummet after a discussion with Mike.

17 and 18- "The Meeting."- New business partners invade on Archie and Kelsey's territory.

19- "Resignation."- Archie attempts to dupe his newest partners.

20- "Back to School."- Gloria's nightschooling broadens her horizons.

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21- "Archie's Long-Lost Nephew."- A disturbing letter addressed to Edith reaches Archie's hands first; it seems that Archie has a long-lost nephew that is a priest.

22- "Edith's Sweet Tooth."- Edith wants to open up a neighborhood ice cream shop; George Jefferson wants the area for a new cleaning store! It's a battle of the businesses on this ARCHIE episode!

23- "Story Time."- When Stephanie's low-life father once again tries to redeem her, haunting childhood memories revisit her.

24- "Mike's Maladies."- Mike's illness dampens all of the Bunkers' spirits; Edith develops an addiction to a prescription.

end of season four.

SEASON FIVE
Starring Carroll O' Connor
and Jean Stapleton
with Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers
also starring Danielle Brisbois
Allan Melvin
and Mike Evans
Special Guest Stars Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley

1- "Plots and Ploys."- Jefferson's tactics for up-and-coming business deals are less than ethical, even among Archie's standards!

2- "Let's Play Poker (1)."- Archie blows 500 clams in a late-night poker game with buddies.

3- "The Big Bluff (2)."- Mike helps Archie regain his money, along with a little help from the wives.

4- "The Biggest Bluff In The East (3)."- Archie's unkeen eye for bluffs lose him another 500 dollars.

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5- "Winning Back the Bar."- Archie's bad poker playing has cost him alot of money, embarassment---- and his bar. He fights to win it back, from Barney of all people!

6- "Archie's Big Chance."- Archie is given a chance at becoming a pro bowler after a scout recognizes potential in him---- for a Senior's League. Archie, thinking he's made a regular team, acts uncharacteristically younger to "fit" in, only to find that he is the youngest member of his team when he gets to his first practice!

7- "Old Man Quigley."- Quigley, a regular at Kelsey's bar (who in another dimensia was a co-star of ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE), tells the bar his secret to longevity: he has never married. Archie fears that since he is married with a grown daughter and overbearing son-in-law, that his number may soon be up.

8- "Mike's Lifetime Achievement Award."- Mike realizes that all of his hard schooling has not paid off; the family, including Archie, decides to give Mike a "refresher course" on how great his life is, in classic "This Is Your Life" storytelling fashion.

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9- "Kelsey's Bank Book."- Archie's partner forgets to cash in, and then loses, an important check which could spell bankruptcy for the two. Archie comes up with a scheme to get a new check written by the bar's eccentric benefactor.

10- "Peace and Quiet."- Archie takes his anger out on Edith when the Stivics become overly noisy following Joey getting in trouble for cheating on a test.

11- "Out of Order."- A repairman comes to fix Archie's television set, which is on the blink. It's a battle of wills however when the repairman takes it upon himself to charge Bunker twice as much as he did last time, blaming inflation for the drastic price increase.

12- "Girl Troubles."- Joey, Archie and Mike commiserate when they both land in trouble with their "significant others" at the same time. Mike has a heart-to-heart with his teenage son about the proper way to deal with women.

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13- "Meet the Teacher."- Gloria is busy doing work for her night class in philosophy, so Mike takes her place at the monthly PTA meeting, where he catches the eye of Joey's very attractive teacher. When Gloria's night class in cancelled, she ends up going to the meeting to meet up with her husband--- who she catches having a very intimate conversation with the teacher.

14- "Edith the Hypochondriac."- Edith is asked to take part in a psychological experiment at Mike's college; when she reacts to a placebo the same way she would an ordinary aspirin, her family begins to worry that Edith can't distinguish between being truly sick and imagining illness.

15- "All in a Day's Work."- The stresses of owning a bar finally get to Archie, who collapses in the middle of a busy night; forcing him to take a break and get away from it all--- an idea he is not very open to.