All in the Family 5th Season (1974)

Like the rest of the country, the Bunkers cope with rising inflation (in a multi-episode storyline), causing Edith to join the workforce. Meanwhile, next-door neighbors the Jeffersons leave their modest Queens house for a "deluxe apartment in the sky"; the pilot for the spin-off series The Jeffersons appears here as an episode of All In The Family. By the end of the season, Mike (Rob Reiner) and Gloria (Sally Struthers) decide it's high time to move out of Archie's house to find their own place to live.

Nominated for multiple Emmy and Golden Globe awards, the fifth season also includes a special episode looking back at the show's highlights, hosted by the legendary Academy Award winner Henry Fonda (1982 Best Actor in a Leading Role, On Golden Pond; 1981 Honorary Award).
 


Editor's Note

Norman Lear's taboo-breaking 1970s television series stars Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, the bigoted, working-class family man with amusingly conservative views. His attitudes can't help but have a big impact on his interactions with his family, which consists of his scatterbrained but saintly wife Edith (Jean Stapleton), daughter Gloria (Sally Struthers), and liberal son in-law Mike "Meathead" Stivic (Rob Reiner). A landmark for the frank, funny way it dealt with social issues and stereotypes, ALL IN THE FAMILY ran from 1971 to 1983, garnering 48 Emmy nominations and spawning several spin-offs, including MAUDE and THE JEFFERSONS. This collection includes all the episodes from season five.