
"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.

Gloria is in a foul mood and argues with Edith over allowing Archie to boss her around. She later gets into a fight with Mike, ruining the birthday celebration.

When the house next door to the Bunkers is for sale, Archie and Henry Jefferson become nervous.

Archie plans a scheme when he overhears a man at the IRS talking about it over a pay phone. He is then audited for unreported income after moonlighting by driving Munson's cab.

The new wife of Archie's old Air Force buddy disturbs the household.