
"All in the Family" is touted as the series that brought reality to prime-time TV entertainment. The lead character, Archie Bunker, is a loudmouthed, uneducated bigot who believes in every stereotype he has ever heard. His wife, Edith, is sweet but not the sharpest knife in the drawer. They and their daughter, Gloria, and her husband, Mike, all live in a working-class home. Unfortunately for Archie, he can't avoid the people he disdains: His son-in-law -- whom Archie calls "Meathead" -- is an unemployed student and of Polish descent; the Jeffersons next door are black; Edith's cousin Maude is a feminist; and, later, his partners in a local tavern are Jewish.
Concerned about getting old, Archie encounters an old buddy who convinces him that looks aren't everything.
A lost magazine and a found poem initiate a family feud on the right to privacy.
When Edith discovers that an old beau is going to be at her high-school reunion, she decides to go even if she has to attend by herself.
Archie gets a great bargain on a watch and is upset when it breaks. Mike is convinced the watch is stolen and afraid that if Archie gets it fixed it will lead the jeweler to discover it is a hot watch.