Episode
All in the Family: The Joys of Sex
Overview
Both Gloria and Mike help Edith and Archie express their sexual interaction after catching Edith reading How to be your Husband's Mistress.
Details
- Series
- All in the Family
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1977-02-05
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Joys of Sex is Episode 20 in Season 7 of All in the Family. It aired on 1977-02-05. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 19: Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye
Archie reluctantly agress to deliver Stretch Cunningham's eulogy, unawware that his departed friend was Jewish.
Episode 21: Mike, the Pacifist
Stranded in a subway train with different personalities, Mike is shocked when he punches a man for the very first time in his life after the man had pushed Gloria aside.
More episodes from this season
Episode 18: Mike Goes Skiing
Mike asserts his independence by leaving Gloria behind while he joins his friends on a weekend skiing trip.
Episode 22: Fire
The Bunkers and Teresa wake up with their bathroom on fire! Archie expects money cashing in from the insurance company, until he finds out he's guilty for starting the fire.
Episode 17: Archie's Chair
Mike accidently breaks Archie's Chair.
Episode 23: Mike and Gloria Split
Before bedtime, Mike and Gloria have a game of Scrabble in which Mike ends up winning. He uses this game as an opportunity to rub Gloria's nose in the fact that he has to be better at everything, leading to an argument between the two. Gloria asserts that this is because Mike has had the chance to go to college and use his skills, while she hasn't had the chance yet, bringing up the fact that Mike promised her three years ago that chance. Gloria accuses Mike of ruining her life, causing him to walk out and try to spend the night at Archie and Edith's house. Archie and Mike reluctantly become roommates, which ends up in disaster. Archie then scolds Mike for trying to correct everybody's way of doing and saying things. Realizing his mistake, Mike goes home and apologizes to Gloria for being pompous, and Gloria apologizes to Mike for saying he ruined her life.
Episode 16: The Boarder Patrol
Returning home unexpectedly, Archie and Edith surprise a scantily clad Teresa and her boyfriend.
Episode 24: Archie, the Liberal
When Archie and the guys at the lodge are being called bigots in the papers because they are only white, Archie suggests to initiate a black jewish guy.
Episode 15: The Draft Dodger
The clash of two worlds explodes in this episode. Mike's friend is a Draft Dodger and it is Christmas dinner and unbeknownst to Archie this guy is sitting at his Christmas dinner table. The guy is exactly everything Archie hates about Mike's generation. On top of this Archie's friend is also spending Christmas dinner with the Bunkers and he lost his son to the war.
Episode 25: Archie's Dog Day Afternoon
Archie must spend his afternoon at the vet when his accidently runs over Barney's annoying--but cute--dog with his cab.
Episode 14: Gloria's False Alarm
Gloria insists that Mike get the vasectomy he's talked about for years.
Episode 13: The Baby Contest
Archie enters Joey in a newspapers's beautifull-baby contest, against the express wishes of Mike and Gloria.