When a house in the neighborhood is put up for sale, Archie starts a petition to keep ethnic groups out. Henry Jefferson joins the effort when a Hispanic couple show interest. All this happens during a stifling heat wave in New York City.

Frank and Irene Lorenzo, an eccentric Italian couple, settle into the house next door, irritating Archie to no end.

Edith brings home an elderly man who ran away from the nursing home where he is a resident. Archie complains about the situation while Edith tries to contact the man's family.

Archie hits the roof when Gloria brings home a sculpture of Rodin's "The Kiss," insisting it is pornography.

Archie showers the family with expensive gifts, then is pressed to explain. Archie finally admits he's been betting on the horses, something he vowed he'd given up 20 years earlier.

Archie finally comes face to face with George Jefferson after Edith volunteers the Bunker home to host Henry Jefferson's farewell party.

An early satire on computers: A mix up on a rebate results in Edith inheriting a fortune in quarters from a prune company; Archie is (mistakenly) declared dead.

Mike refuses to accept constructive criticism during a group therapy board game.

When Irene Lorenzo invites Edith to attend Catholic Mass with her, Archie begins to get suspicious that Edith will soon be converting to Catholicism.

When the rest of the family is away for the weekend, Archie accidentally locks himself in the basement, and has only a tape recorder and a bottle of vodka to keep him entertained.

Gloria buys a black wig and when she models it for Mike, he gets really turned on. But what happens when she takes off the wig leads to a huge fight about their sex life.

Archie and Edith try to rekindle their romance by traveling to Atlantic City for their 25th anniversary.

Archie is robbed while driving Munson's cab, and finds himself at odds with a corrupt politician who doesn't want him to report the crime.

When Archie boasts that men are superior to women in every way in sports, Irene sets out to prove him wrong ... by challenging him to a game of pool at Kelsey's Bar.

On Christmas Day, Edith tells Gloria that she has found a lump in her breast and worries that she may have cancer.

The Stivics quarrel over sex roles in their marriage when Mike complains that Gloria has become the aggressor as of late.

Archie's family and friends throw a surprise party for his 50th birthday, but Archie insists that he's only 49, and is upset to find out he's older than he thinks.

Archie learns his old friend is unemployed and engaged in an all-out effort to find a job ... any job, even if it means a job at the loading dock.

Archie learns that the mentally disabled have some real abilities, not to mention savvy, when he causes Gloria's friend, a stock boy at Ferguson's Market, to lose his job. The young man then finds himself another job.

The Bunkers, Stivics and Jeffersons attend Lionel's engagement party. His fiancée is a young woman whose father is white and mother is black, much to the chagrin of Archie and (especially) George.

Archie learns that the canned mushrooms he just ate may have been part of a product recall because of reports of food poisoning. Mike urges Archie to investigate, but Archie decides he's sick and needs hospital treatment.

Gloria's bout with depression takes its toll on the family.

George Jefferson storms into the house, demanding Archie to explain why he paid him using a counterfeit $20 bill.

Mike graduates from college, an occasion that to Archie means Mike will soon be moving out of the house.