during the show the family goes through different situations. many of the most funny moments of the show are in the first season. early in the show, michael wrote an angry letter to president richard nixon and archie wrote a letter to richard nixon about why he liked him. archie and the jeffersons argue over the color of god's skin because he does not think god is black. but archie gets drunk and is locked in the basement and he thinks that god came to rescue him but it was just one of the jeffersons. he is surprised that god is black and bows down to him. in many of the episodes michael and archie argue. one time archie was nearly arrested for owning tear gas and another time he went missing. archie and the people he works with go on strike and archie does not have a job. but edith gets a job instead because the family needs money. this makes archie mad because he thinks that the husband should be working. there are also some flashback episodes. the first one is about the first time archie and michael meet. it is a very famous episode and michael got the name "meathead" in it. in the third season the episode,"the bunkers and the swingers" won an emmy award for outstanding writing for a comedy series. the episode was about edith an archie not knowing that they agreed to change husbands and wives for a night with other people who do it as a job.