the pilots both had the same story. gloria and richard are making a surprise anniversary party for edith and archie. gloria does not want richard to argue with archie. their friend, lionel jefferson was fixing the toilet for them. when richard and gloria leave archie and edith come home, edith is surprised to see the party. but when richard and gloria come back, richard and archie start to argue about controversial ideas. gloria tells archie that she is going to leave because they keep arguing but she does not. lionel comes back to the house and archie tries to show richard that he likes african-americans but insults jewish people instead. lionel and richard play a joke on archie and try to make him think that he is jewish. edith opens a present from archie but he did not make it. she is very happy but archie is confused. the episodes end with archie insulting richard.