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Archie Bunker's Place

Archie Bunker's Place

Season 1

1979

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  • E1 · 30 min

    Archie's New Partner (1)

    Archie decides to expand his bar, Archie Bunker's Place, into a restaurant. In the meantime, Harry has decided to sell his half of the bar to Jewish liberal Murray Klein. Archie, being the bigot he is, tries in vain to get a loan to buy Harry out.

  • E2 · 30 min

    Archie's New Partner (2)

    Harry finalizes the sale of his half to Murray Klein, much to Archie's chagrin. However, Archie must come to grips with the fact that he has a new partner. Murray also discovers that there is more to Archie than his bigoted exterior.

  • E3 · 30 min

    Edith Gets Hired

    Edith, who has been jobless since she got fired from the Sunshine Home, has gotten a job as recreational assistant at the Rego Park Center for the Mentally Ill. However, Archie has decided that he thinks that Edith should not be working.

  • E4 · 30 min

    Archie and the Oldest Profession

    Archie's Place has acquired a new regular customer, Dottie. However, Archie and Murray discover that she is a prostitute and is conducting her business at the bar. This is bad for the bar's image. How can they convince her to leave?

  • E5 · 30 min

    Edith vs. the Energy Crisis

    The energy crisis has become a big problem. The bar is freezing cold and Edith has been preserving as much energy as possible at home as well. Soon, Archie is suffering as well, when the frigid conditions give him a case of strep throat.

  • E6 · 30 min

    Bosom Partners

    Archie is in trouble with the State of New York when he is charged with non-payment of sales tax and questionable record keeping. Now it's up to Murray to save Archie and the bar by trying to romance the tax agent.

  • E7 · 30 min

    Building the Restaurant

    Construction on the restaurant is underway, but the contractor Archie and Murray hired is demanding more money. Archie, who is determined that the restaurant will be a success, goes to a loan shark.

  • E8 · 30 min

    The Cook

    Archie and Murray hire short-order cook Veronica Rooney (Anne Meara), but she insists that her gay nephew be hired as waiter. Archie's strong feelings on homosexuality present a problem.

  • E9 · 30 min

    Murray and the Liquor Board

    In a protest march against Napom, Murray punched a cop. Although it has been pardoned, his ""criminal record"" may cost the bar its liquor license.

  • E10 · 30 min

    Thanksgiving Reunion (1)

    Mike and Gloria Stivic, and little Joey, come home to spend Thanksgiving with the Bunkers. (Originally a 1-hour special)

  • E11 · 30 min

    Thanksgiving Reunion (2)

    Mike and Gloria Stivic, and little Joey, come home to spend Thanksgiving with the Bunkers. (Originally a 1-hour special)

  • E12 · 30 min

    Barney and the Hooker

    Dottie (the hooker from #3) has been arrested for prostitution. Murray bails her out and talks Archie into hiring her as a waitress to try to keep her out of trouble. However, trouble finds her when now divorcee Barney Hefner falls in love and proposes.

  • E13 · 30 min

    Man of the Year

    An old high school buddy of Archie's (who is also a conman) comes to town to inform Archie that he has been elected Man of the Year.

  • E14 · 30 min

    The Shabbat Dinner

    Edith and Stephanie are preparing a Shabbat dinner, a dinner eaten on the Jewish sabbath. They invite Archie's partner, Murray and his non-Jewish girlfriend. Unbeknownst to him, Edith also invites his mother, who feels that Murray should only be dating Jewish women.

  • E15 · 30 min

    Barney's Lawsuit

    When Barney's barstool collapses while he is sitting on it, Archie is afraid he will try to sue.

  • E16 · 30 min

    Blanche and Murray

    Barney's ex-wife Blanche comes back to town, and is as sex crazy as ever. She now goes after Murray, infuriating Barney.

  • E17 · 30 min

    Murray's Daughter

    Murray's estranged daughter suddenly shows up with a Puerto Rican husband and children on the way.

  • E18 · 30 min

    The Ambush

    The neighborhood has had a sudden rash of burglaries and Archie and Murray are afraid the bar will be the next one.

  • E19 · 30 min

    The Return of Sammy

    Archie's ""old friend"" Sammy Davis Jr. is in town appearing on a talk show. Archie calls him up and invites him to the bar.

  • E20 · 30 min

    Archie Fixes Up Fred

    Customers have been complaining about Veronica's nephew, Fred, the gay waiter. So Archie decides that he can convert him by setting him up on a date with a pretty girl.

  • E21 · 30 min

    Father and Daughter Night

    Murray steps in when Archie refuses to appear in the father and daughter talent show at Stephanie's school.

  • E22 · 30 min

    Van Ranseleer's Operation

    When Archie and the guys at the bar read in the paper that there might be a cure for Mr. Van Ranseleer's blindness, they pool their efforts and money so he can have the operation.

  • E23 · 30 min

    Veronica's Ex

    Veronica's ex-husband (Jerry Stiller) come back to town, and Veronica falls for him all over again.

  • E24 · 30 min

    A Small Mafia Favor

    An old friend of Murray's comes to visit, but he's also a crime kingpin. When Murray unknowingly signals the death of a rival mob boss, Archie fears retalitation.