
"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.

Edith is going to a christening, the kids are off to a seminar in the mountains, and Archie is headed for a weekend of trouble.

Gloria feels insulted when Mike is turned on by her new black wig she had bought from the department store.

A midnight argument at the Jeffersons' spills over into the Bunker household.

Archie tries to get Irene Lorenzo a job as a bookkeeper at his plant.