All in the Family (TV Series) Mike Makes His Move (1975) User Reviews

Edith's little bird didn't fly away!

[LaverneandShirleysucks · 8/10 · 20 November 2021]

I love this episode but don't believe Archie would be so upset about Mike and Gloria taking the Jefferson's house. His little girl is right next door and the mooching Meathead is in his own home with his own refrigerator now. At least he's finally out of Archie's house and I think he'd be happy just for that and I don't believe he'd want Gloria all the way out in Jersey. Mike yes, but not his little girl.

Mike not wanting the house is believable because I can see him wanting to get as far away from Archie as humanly possible. It's still a great episode and perfect closer to a very funny and entertaining season 5.

Gratifying to see Mike get his face shoved in a cake.

[vitoscotti · 8/10 · 14 February 2022]

Solid episode started out sappy. Got funny with Mr J lowering, and lowering his offer to stick it to Archie. Will the Stivics moving out of nest destroy the show's chemistry? We shall see. Radical liberal Mike mentioned an "unsafe neighborhood".

He never described in detail who or what makes a neighborhood unsafe. Kinda goes against his liberalism labeling. Huge dropped ball in the writing. Overall, very funny episode.

Everybody hates Jersey!

[stones78 · 20 October 2014]

Although I can't be positive, I'll assume that this episode was a turning point in the series, because soon after, Mike and Gloria move away, and the show probably never recovered creatively. I'm certain there were many solid episodes to come, but when they leave the Bunker's nest, there was no turning back, in my opinion, and the show suffered. Regarding this episode, there's two different story lines going, one being the Stivic's looking to move out(not having luck), and the other has Archie having a party because the mortgage is finally paid off. George Jefferson concocts a plan to drive Archie crazy; he keeps sweetening an offer for the kids to either buy or rent their old house next door, but this goes against Mike's plan to move away from Archie. Regarding Archie's party, it's good seeing many familiar faces considering Archie's usually mean to most of them; those faces include Irene(Betty Garrett), recurring old geezers Quigley(Burt Mustin) and Josephine(Ruth McDevitt), Munson(Billy Halop, who would die 9 months later), and Bob Hastings(Kelsey). If you're not that familiar with this mostly great show, I won't give away the ending, but it's just one more time Archie sticks his foot in his mouth.