Archie finds himself in a compromising situation with an attractive waitress after Edith ignores his amorous advances and dashes off to the Sunshine Home.

Archie finds himself in a compromising situation with an attractive waitress after Edith ignores his amorous advances and dashes off to the Sunshine Home. Janis Paige guest stars as Denise, the attractive waitress whose flirtations with Archie lead him to trouble on the home front. Written by TVLand

Episode #137 - And estranged Archie and Edith are determined to prove to each other that they are perfectly content going their separate ways, in the conclusion of a three-part presentation. The going gets tough for a while when the Bunkers continue to resist Mike and Gloria's efforts to reconcile them. Written by TVLand

The family is getting ready to celebrate Mike's good fortune, he's been published. It happens just at the wrong moment, because Archie has just been laid off due to the recall of a government contract. At the unemployment office, he finds nothing but bureaucracy and frustration, especially with the information he won't get much of a check due to his job moonlighting in Munson's cab. At home, Edith makes it worse trying to make him feel better by trying to sing him to sleep. Written by Jerry Roberts armchair-cinema@hotmail.com

Archie continues to have problems with finances and with finding another job. At the grocery store, he stresses himself about Edith's spending habits and tries to save money even if it means denting cans to save two cents. Gloria informs him that he has an interview for a job as a custodian, and at the interview he finds out that he is only being offered the job because of his lack of education. He gets the job over a man who is highly educated but has been out of work for three years. The man is so distraught that he climbs out onto the ledge of the building and threatens to jump, with only Archie to talk him down. He climbs out of the ledge in an effort to reason with him by showing him a picture of Joey and reminding him of the responsibility of being a grandfather - which they both are. The man sees the light and crawls back in, leaving Archie on the ledge by himself. He is deemed a hero for saving the man's life, and back home his good deed puts him in the mood for love, until ... Written by Jerry Roberts armchair-cinema@hotmail.com

Still unemployed, Archie checks into the hospital for gall bladder surgery, a situation that proves to be anything but routine. Not only does he find Edith reading a Playgirl in the waiting room, he has to deal with a smart-alack Puerto Rican nurse and then a burly West Indian surgical assistant who preps him for surgery by giving him a shave . . . but not on his chin. Written by Jerry Roberts armchairoscars@hotmail.com

While still in the hospital, Archie drives the hospital staff crazy with this constant complaining, and then is told the distressing news that he has a very rare blood type and that the only donor is the black West Indian nurse whose been looking in on him. Archie fears that having blood from a black woman will not only cause him to grow breasts but will make him more of a tiger in the sack due to his mistaken belief that . After the surgery, he gets to go home where Edith makes several unsuccessful attempts to get him to take his medicine. A former co-worker comes by to tell him the good news that not only did he get his job back but that he has been promoted. Written by Jerry Roberts armchairoscars@hotmail.com

Archie falls, yet again, for one of Pinky Peterson's practical jokes. Meanwhile, at home, Edith is greeted by Beverly LaSalle, the transvestite that Archie saved a year earlier in his cab. Archie comes home and Beverly invites he and Edith out to dinner, but Archie refuses until he sees a perfect plan to get back at Pinky for all the years that he put one over on him. He decides to invite Pinky but not tell him that Beverly is a man. Edith and Beverly want no part of this but Archie insists. When Pinky comes over and Archie and Edith are upstairs changing, Pinky lets Beverly know that he knows that he is a man. At the restaurant, the plot is unfurled almost immediately and it looks like Archie has egg on his face until Pinky's fiancé shows up and becomes infuriated. She breaks off the wedding when she finds out that Beverly is a man. Written by Jerry Roberts armchairoscars@hotmail.com

In order to catch up on some of the bills, Archie and Edith decide to rent out the spare guest room. The best qualified candidate turns out to be Teresa Betancourt the smart-alack Puerto Rican nurse that checked Archie into the hospital when he had his surgery. She warns Archie and Edith that she has a boyfriend with a hot temper who is looking for her, and when a man comes looking for her, Archie assumes it is the boyfriend and when he tries to get past him, he slugs the guy in the stomach. It turns out that the man is really her brother and that she is touched that Archie would defend her like that. Written by Jerry Roberts armchair-cinema@hotmail.com

On Joey's first birthday, Mike comes home with his clothes torn up and tells Gloria that, while waiting for the subway, he slipped off the platform and fell on the tracks just as the car was coming. The good news is that he was rescued by two men, the bad news is that they picked his pocket. He explains that the experience has made him aware that they both could be taken away from this world at any second and that Joey would have no one to take care of him. They discuss possible candidates to take care of him and immediately exclude Archie and Edith because Mike doesn't want Joey to grow up learning all of his grandfather's unhealthy stereotypes. When Archie and Edith come over for the party, the subject comes up and, during the argument, so does the information that Mike doesn't want Joey to be raised by Archie. Deeply hurt, they leave, vowing never to return again. At a loss for what to do, Gloria comes up with an insane proposal: They will agree not to die. Archie and Edith ... Written by Jerry Roberts armchairoscars@hotmail.com

During a birthday party for one of the elderly women at the nursing home, a man has a heart attack and Edith saves his life by using CPR. The man is revived and Edith is dubbed a hero. Word gets around and a local newswoman wants to put feature her as the hero of the week. When the news crew arrives, Archie thinks that the woman will be interviewing both of them. He gets in the way and the newswoman becomes rude and pushy, forcing Archie to flee the house for Kelcy's. He gets to see the interview from the television set at the bar and admits that Edith looks nice on TV. Written by Jerry Roberts armchair-cinema@hotmail.com

Archie is happy with the news that an old high school buddy Bummy is coming by for dinner but is less thrilled that he is bringing his wife Dolores, whom Archie had a brief encounter with while he and Edith were dating. Fearful that Edith will find out, he is a nervous wreck all through dinner. Alone in the kitchen, Edith reveals that she knows about the whole thing but Dolores had forgotten all about it. Before they leave, Dolores and Archie have a moment and she pretends that she remembers everything. Edith tells Archie that she knew about the whole thing and that there are no hard feelings. Yet, she leaves a minor suspicion in his mind that Edith wasn't as innocent as he might have thought. Written by Jerry Roberts armchairoscars@hotmail.com

Despite the objections of Mike and Gloria, Archie enters his grandson in a beautiful baby contest.

Gloria wants Mike to have a vasectomy when she thinks she might be pregnant.

It's Christmas again and the Bunker's are preparing for their holiday meal with Archie's buddy Pinky. Mike's old friend David Brewster drops by unexpectedly and Mike is concerned because he is a draft dodger who has been living in Canada and is wanted by the FBI. Pinky comes by and Archie warns the family not to let him move the conversation toward his son Steven since Pinky is still in shock over his tragic death in Vietnam. During dinner Archie won't stop quizzing him about why he lives in Canada. David is so put out that he admits that he is a draft dodger, which insights a furious rage from Archie. He assumes that since Pinky, the gold star father, has lost his son in Vietnam that he will join him in his outrage, but to Archie's shock, Pinky sides with David and wishes him a Merry Christmas. Dealing with the shock of this turn of events, Archie tells the family that he needs time to work this out. He goes to the door and tells a group of carolers that he doesn't want to have to ... Written by Jerry Roberts armchairoscars@hotmail.com

Episode #150 - The Bunker's unexpected return from a weekend trip puts Edith in a precarious situation when she discovers that Teresa has her boyfriend in her bedroom. Edith and the embarrassed Teresa agree that the only course of action is to try to sneak out the visitor before Archie finds out. Written by TVLand

After Mike accidentally breaks Archie's chair he has it repaired, however it mistakenly gets thrown out and ends up in an art exhibit.

Against his wife's wishes Mike goes skiing with his buddies.

Archie comes home irritated that Stretch Cunningham took a half day claiming that he was sick even though Archie knows well that he has taken time off to be with a girl. During dinner, Edith answers a phone call from one of Archie's co-workers informing her that Stretch Cunningham died at the doctor's office. While trying to get his head together, Archie gets a visit from Stretch's brother who asks Archie to give his eulogy. He reluctantly agrees and asks Mike to write something for him, but it turns out to a depressing piece of poetry. Archie writes something himself, but a shock is in store when he gets to the funeral and finds out that Stretch (whose real name is Jerome) was actually Jewish. Written by Jerry Roberts armchair-cinema@hotmail.com

Mike and Gloria help advise the Bunkers on their sex life after they find Edith reading a sex manual.

Mike, Gloria and Archie take the subway back from the Bronx where they were going to see a house. Archie warns them about the scum and preverts that ride the subway even though Mike thinks dead wrong about the common man and about violence. That theory is tested when they are witness to a feuding married couple who are not only at odds with one another but are determined to drag Mike and Gloria and Archie into the middle of it. The argument gets so heated that the man attempts to strangle his wife, leading Mike to jump to the rescue. For a brief moment, Mike thinks he may have killed the man, but he eventually comes around and despite the fact that the man is okay, Mike feels horrible for giving in to his base instincts. Written by Jerry Roberts armchair-cinema@hotmail.com

A bathroom fire drives the Bunkers from the house in the middle of the night. Later Archie expects a handsome insurance check.

An explosive argument is ignited between Mike and Gloria after a Scrabble game in which Mike makes the indication that he is better at the game because he is smarter. Gloria accuses him of thinking she is inferior and goes so far as to accuse him of ruining her life by trapping her in a marriage with a kid. Mike storms out of the house and runs next door to ask if he can stay there for the night. The sleeping arrangements are tricky since Teresa is now using the extra room, leading Mike to have to sleep in the same room as Archie where his picky habits drive Archie crazy. Eventually, Mike goes back home and he and Gloria make up. Written by Jerry Roberts armchair-cinema@hotmail.com

When Archie's lodge, The Kings of Queens, is accused in the press of excluding minorities, he and the brothers have to come up with a plan to change the public perception. Archie hits on the idea of allowing a token black and a token Jew into the lodge to take the heat off. Fortunately, a guy from work, Solomon Jackson is both. He invites Jackson to his house to talk it over with him and lets him know that he wants him in the club, but that he doesn't actually have to show up. Solomon is on to him, and he sarcastically lets him know that he is proud to be part of the club and that he will be proud to invite more black members and more Jewish members to join. Written by Jerry Roberts armchair-cinema@hotmail.com

Archie goes to war with Barney Hefner over the issue of his misbehaving dog. What sparks the squabble is that when the dog defecates on his lawn, he is proud to take it and dump it on Hefner's porch. Leaving for work, however, Archie backs up the cab and accidentally runs over the dog, not killing it but injuring it. Written by Jerry Roberts armchair-cinema@hotmail.com