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Year: 1969  |  1970  |  1971  |  1972  |  1973  |  1974


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: The Honeymoon

Original Air Date—26 September 1969
Mike and Carol's wedding is a true family affair, complete with six children, two pets and a maid. And after the wedding ends in chaos, their honeymoon becomes a family affair too.
Next US airings:
Mon. Jan. 112:30 AMTVLAND

Season 1, Episode 2: Dear Libby

Original Air Date—3 October 1969
Marcia reads a letter in the newspaper's "Dear Libby" column, wherein the recently married author is stressed out over a living arrangement similar to the Bradys'. She spills the news to her siblings (and step-siblings), and they all become convinced that either Mike or Carol wrote the letter.

Season 1, Episode 3: Eenie, Meenie, Mommy, Daddy

Original Air Date—10 October 1969
Cindy's dilemma: Having to decide whether to invite her mother or new stepfather to her school play because of the school's undersized auditorium. It becomes too much for her to decide, so she schemes to drop out of the play.

Season 1, Episode 4: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Original Air Date—17 October 1969
Alice doesn't think the boys need her as much anymore now that Carol is in the house--so she announces that she is leaving.

Season 1, Episode 5: Katchoo

Original Air Date—24 October 1969
Jan appears to be allergic to Tiger, which means that the family dog may have to go away

Season 1, Episode 6: A Clubhouse Is Not a Home

Original Air Date—31 October 1969
The boys don't want to share their backyard clubhouse with the girls, so the girls try to build one on their own.

Season 1, Episode 7: Kitty Karry-All Is Missing

Original Air Date—7 November 1969
Cindy's beloved doll, Kitty Karry-All, disappears and Bobby - who had just said he was annoyed by the doll - is blamed for its theft. Later, Bobby's kazoo turns up missing and he accuses Cindy. A whole lot of finger-pointing between the siblings ensues, unaware that the real culprit is Tiger.

Season 1, Episode 8: A-Camping We Will Go

Original Air Date—14 November 1969
Greg, Peter and Bobby are looking forward to their annual camp out with Mike and Alice. But this time, Carol and the girls are coming along. Uh-uh, says the boys, who are sure the girls will ruin their good time. But even though the siblings take sides (boys vs. girls, natch), they eventually begin to bond with each other and a fun time is had by all.

Season 1, Episode 9: Sorry, Right Number

Original Air Date—21 November 1969
When the family phone bill goes through the roof, Mike temporarily installs a pay phone in the house to teach the children a lesson.

Season 1, Episode 10: Every Boy Does It Once

Original Air Date—5 December 1969
After Bobby watches a television adaptation of "Cinderella," stepsisters Marcia and Jan tease him, then Carol asks for his help in sweeping the chimney. Bobby reasons that what he just saw on TV was correct: All stepmothers and stepsisters are evil. So, feeling unloved and unwanted, he decides to run away. Mike and Carol find out and come up with a plan to stop Bobby.

Season 1, Episode 11: Vote for Brady

Original Air Date—12 December 1969
Greg and Marcia run against each other for student body president, and their campaigns become very competitive and ugly.

Season 1, Episode 12: The Voice of Christmas

Original Air Date—19 December 1969
Just in time for the holidays, Carol develops laryngitis and may not be able to sing at Christmas services, prompting Cindy to ask a department store Santa for a miracle. Meanwhile, the older siblings decide that, given Carol's illness, Christmas should be postponed until she gets well, leading Alice to teach them the true meaning of Christmas.

Season 1, Episode 13: Is There a Doctor in the House?

Original Air Date—26 December 1969
Peter, then Jan, then the rest of the Brady siblings become ill with the measles. During their recovery, they begin debating the abilities of male and female doctors.

Season 1, Episode 14: Father of the Year

Original Air Date—2 January 1970
Marcia wants to nominate Mike for "Father of the Year." But she wants to keep it a secret, which means she'll have to break family rules to get it done. If she's caught, Mike will punish her--which is exactly what happens.

Season 1, Episode 15: 54-40 and Fight

Original Air Date—9 January 1970
Since the boys and girls cannot decide on a mutually satisfactory prize, they hold a contest to determine who gets all of the family's combined trading stamps.

Season 1, Episode 16: Mike's Horror-Scope

Original Air Date—16 January 1970
Mike worries over a newspaper horoscope, which predicts that a strange woman will enter his life. That woman is a fussy perfume heiress, his firm's latest client who wants her perfume factory impossibly designed to her specifications.

Season 1, Episode 17: The Undergraduate

Original Air Date—23 January 1970
Greg's math grades begin to suffer, at the same time he develops a huge crush on someone named "Linda" ... who turns out to be his math teacher.

Season 1, Episode 18: Tiger! Tiger!

Original Air Date—30 January 1970
The Bradys comb the neighborhood in search of runaway dog Tiger.

Season 1, Episode 19: The Big Sprain

Original Air Date—6 February 1970
Bobby leaves the Chinese checkers set laying out, and while she is doing some cleaning, Alice trips over it. Her ankle is sprained, and - with Carol away to care for her sick aunt - Mike rhetorically asks who is going to do all the cooking and cleaning? The kids, who else? They don't do a very good job at first, but through learning to cooperate, they tackle some of those household chores quite well.

Season 1, Episode 20: Brace Yourself

Original Air Date—13 February 1970
Marcia becomes convinced she's "ugly, ugly, ugly!" after having to wear braces. This is reinforced when her date for the school dance abruptly cancels (purportedly because his family is going out of town). Mike, Greg and Alice separately - and without consulting the other - then try to set Marcia up on a substitute date.

Season 1, Episode 21: The Hero

Original Air Date—20 February 1970
Peter's ego grows wild after he saves a little girl from being crushed by a tumbling wall at the local toy store, and is honored by the newspaper.

Season 1, Episode 22: The Possible Dream

Original Air Date—27 February 1970
Cindy accidentally mixes in Marcia's diary with other books for a book drive. Marcia immediately freaks out, because she's worried that someone else will read it and learn about her secret crush on TV star Desi Arnaz Jr.

Season 1, Episode 23: To Move or Not to Move

Original Air Date—6 March 1970
The children complain about the lack of space and privacy in their home, especially since it is three kids to a bedroom. Mike takes the complaints seriously and puts the house up for sale. The kids immediately have remorse and devise a scheme to scare off potential buyers.

Season 1, Episode 24: The Grass Is Always Greener

Original Air Date—13 March 1970
It's the old switcheroo game, Brady style: Who's domestic role is easier, the man's or the woman's? Mike and Carol find out, all to well, that they probably should stick with their gender role - especially after Mike's disastrous attempt to help Marcia with a Girl Scout cooking project, and Carol's inept try at giving the boys pointers in baseball.

Season 1, Episode 25: Lost Locket, Found Locket

Original Air Date—20 March 1970
Jan gets a locket from a secret admirer. As the family try to determine who anonymously sent the locket, they're momentarily distracted when Jan loses the locket (after the clasp becomes loose and it falls off her).

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: The Dropout

Original Air Date—25 September 1970
After a visit from Don Drysdale, Greg lets his obsession with becoming a Major League Baseball pitcher get to his head. But he eventually learns the hard way that he's not the star he thinks he is.

Season 2, Episode 2: The Babysitters

Original Air Date—2 October 1970
Greg and Marcia are left in charge of babysitting their younger siblings for the first time, but Cindy's sniffles cast a pall on Mike and Carol's planned night at the theater.

Season 2, Episode 3: The Slumber Caper

Original Air Date—9 October 1970
The famous tale of Marcia's first house party, which almost doesn't happen after she is accused of scrawling an unflattering picture of her teacher in class. Marcia's brothers conspire to ruin the party, with the predictable result.

Season 2, Episode 4: The Un-Underground Movie

Original Air Date—16 October 1970
For an American history class project, Greg enlists his family to create a documentary about the First Thanksgiving.

Season 2, Episode 5: Going, Going... Steady

Original Air Date—23 October 1970
Marcia goes gaa-gaa over her first steady boyfriend, nerdy insect collector Harvey Klinger. Things progress so quickly they decide to start thinking about their future, leading Mike to subtly intervene.

Season 2, Episode 6: Call Me Irresponsible

Original Air Date—30 October 1970
Greg learns about responsibility when he gets his first job as courier for the architectural firm where Mike is employed.

Season 2, Episode 7: The Treasure of Sierra Avenue

Original Air Date—6 November 1970
While playing in a nearby undeveloped lot, the boys find a wallet containing $1,100, but have no plans to share the money with their siblings. After Mike talks with his sons about sharing, they agree to divide the money provided the owner doesn't come forward. Just when the kids have wild visions on how they plan to use the money, the rightful owner comes forward.

Season 2, Episode 8: A Fistful of Reasons

Original Air Date—13 November 1970
"Baby talk, baby talk, it's a wonder you can walk!" That's Buddy Hinton's taunt to much younger Cindy over her lisp. Peter, a classmate of Buddy's, is appalled that the bully delights in making little girls cry and - despite being called "chicken" - decides to stick up for his sister.

Season 2, Episode 9: The Not-So-Ugly Duckling

Original Air Date—20 November 1970
Jan's first crush on classmate Clark Tyson is unrequited. Discouraged and in a fit of ego, she "invents" a boyfriend named George Glass. Now, the rest of her family wants to meet George.

Season 2, Episode 10: The Tattle-Tale

Original Air Date—4 December 1970
Cindy learns a lesson about discretion when she annoys her siblings because of her tattling, then causes a misunderstanding that nearly results in the breakup of Sam and Alice.

Season 2, Episode 11: What Goes Up...

Original Air Date—11 December 1970
Bobby develops a fear of heights after falling out of a tree.

Season 2, Episode 12: Confessions, Confessions

Original Air Date—18 December 1970
"Mom said don't play ball in the house." The boys do anyway, and Peter's errant pass of a basketball results in Carol's favorite vase getting broken. Will Peter - looking forward to an upcoming camping trip - admit the truth before his conscience overpowers him, or will his siblings take the fall?

Season 2, Episode 13: The Impractical Joker

Original Air Date—1 January 1971
Jan annoys the family with a series of innocent practical jokes. One of them nearly goes too far, however, when she sets Greg's pet mouse loose and musophobic Alice (having seen the little critter running around) calls the exterminator.

Season 2, Episode 14: Where There's Smoke

Original Air Date—8 January 1971
Greg gets caught with cigarettes in his school jacket. He's been caught smoking once before (and quit immediately). Therefore, nobody believes him when he truthfully says they're not his.

Season 2, Episode 15: Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?

Original Air Date—15 January 1971
Jan thinks she is being shunned at school because of her blonde hair. So, she buys a black wig and plans to show off her new hairdo at a party.

Season 2, Episode 16: The Drummer Boy

Original Air Date—22 January 1971
Musical stories abound: Bobby attempts (horribly) to play the drums. Meanwhile, Peter joins the glee club, then is mocked by his teammates on his pee-wee football team. It takes Los Angeles Rams defensive end Deacon Jones to set Peter's teammates straight.

Season 2, Episode 17: Coming Out Party

Original Air Date—29 January 1971
An innocent tale about the time the Bradys were invited to spend a Sunday afternoon on Mr. Phillips' boat - that is, if Cindy and Carol can get over tonsillitis and Carol can keep her big mouth shut!

Season 2, Episode 18: Our Son, the Man

Original Air Date—5 February 1971
Greg - by now, a high school freshman - wants to become a young adult, so he renovates Mike's den into his own "far out" pad and tries to woo a girl three years his senior. But Greg learns that, even though he's 15, he still has a lot of growing up to do.

Season 2, Episode 19: The Liberation of Marcia Brady

Original Air Date—12 February 1971
Marcia is polled at school for a television news story about how the women's liberation movement is affecting teenagers. Greg sees the report and taunts Marcia. Tired of Greg's constant sexism, she becomes resolved to join the all-male Frontier Scouts to prove a point that women can do anything men can do.

Season 2, Episode 20: Lights Out

Original Air Date—19 February 1971
Cindy becomes afraid of the dark when she sees a magician's "disappearing lady" act at a friend's party. Peter tries to help Cindy get over the fear by asking her to be his assistant for his own magic show, where the highlight is the "disappearing lady" trick.

Season 2, Episode 21: The Winner

Original Air Date—26 February 1971
Greg has won a trophy. So has Marcia, Peter, Jan. And Cindy adds to the trophy collection when she brings home an award for playing jacks. That leaves Bobby, who is trophy-less and now feeling self-pity. Bobby soon engages in an all-out effort to win a trophy.

Season 2, Episode 22: Double Parked

Original Air Date—5 March 1971
The Bradys learn that their favorite neighborhood park has been condemned, to make way for a new courthouse. Imagine their surprise when Mike is the architect for the courthouse.

Season 2, Episode 23: Alice's September Song

Original Air Date—12 March 1971
Alice's old flame, Mark Millard, re-enters her life, wanting to sweep her off her feet. He then presents her with an investment proposal that Mike senses may be too good to be true.

Season 2, Episode 24: Tell It Like It Is

Original Air Date—26 March 1971
Revisions abound when Carol is invited to write a story about her hectic family life for a women's magazine. The first version paints a less than flattering portrait of the Bradys, while the second (which impresses the editors) seems too good to be true, particularly when they arrive to find out it is.

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: Ghost Town, U.S.A.

Original Air Date—17 September 1971
The Bradys and Alice begin their trek to Grand Canyon. But a stop at a ghost town turns out to be a detour, after a demented prospector locks everyone in the jail, thinking they plan to steal his (non-existant) gold claim.

Season 3, Episode 2: Grand Canyon or Bust

Original Air Date—24 September 1971
The Bradys convince the prospector that they are no threat to his fictional gold claim and continue their trip to Grand Canyon. After the family gets settled, Bobby and Cindy spot a young runaway Native American and, while chasing him down, get lost.

Season 3, Episode 3: The Brady Braves

Original Air Date—1 October 1971
Mike meets with the young Native American's old-school grandfather, who has decried the boy's dreams of becoming an astronaut. The Grand Canyon adventure ends with the family going to a rain dance and getting honorary tribe names.

Season 3, Episode 4: The Wheeler-Dealer

Original Air Date—8 October 1971
Greg gets his driver's license ... and his first set of wheels, thanks to his fast-talking buddy. But the car turns out to be a beat-up buggy, and no amount of restoration can turn this lemon into lemonade.

Season 3, Episode 5: My Sister, Benedict Arnold

Original Air Date—15 October 1971
Greg and Marcia use their dates to get back at each other; the younger Brady siblings prepare for the school carnival by building a dunking tank.

Season 3, Episode 6: The Personality Kid

Original Air Date—22 October 1971
The episode that gave birth to the catchphrase, "Porkchops and applesauce." Peter's Humphrey Bogart impression is part of his ill-guided attempt to create a new personality for himself, after being told at a dull party that he has no personality.

Season 3, Episode 7: Juliet Is the Sun

Original Air Date—29 October 1971
Marcia lands the lead role in the school's upcoming production of "Juliet is the Sun." At first reserved, Marcia quickly develops an incredibly huge ego and becomes verbally abusive with her family and co-stars. She continues to press her luck and is let go from the play.

Season 3, Episode 8: And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor

Original Air Date—5 November 1971
A hip director hires the Bradys (and Alice) to star in his latest project: A TV commercial for laundry detergent. But a few things stand in the family's way to stardom: deciding whether the new brand is better than the family's current choice; and their taking acting lessons from an actress whose style is forced.

Season 3, Episode 9: The Private Ear

Original Air Date—12 November 1971
Peter uses his father's tape recorder to snoop on his siblings' conversations, creating dissension in the household. Mike catches on and counsels Peter on his behavior. Greg and Marcia, ticked that Peter got off easy, decide to really teach him a lesson.

Season 3, Episode 10: Her Sister's Shadow

Original Air Date—19 November 1971
When Jan's teachers constantly compare her to Marcia, Jan makes her famous cry of in frustration: "Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!" Can her entry in a school-sponsored patriotic essay contest help Jan escape "Her Sister's Shadow"?

Season 3, Episode 11: Click

Original Air Date—26 November 1971
Despite Carol's concern he might be seriously injured, Greg earns a spot on the varsity football team. His mother's fears become founded when he bruises his ribs during a scrimmage, so - after dealing with self-pity - tries to see how he can incorporate his photography hobby into the game.

Season 3, Episode 12: Getting Davy Jones

Original Air Date—10 December 1971
Marcia boasts that she can get Davy Jones to perform at a school dance, then begins an all-out effort to try to get him to appear.

Season 3, Episode 13: The Not-So-Rose-Colored Glasses

Original Air Date—24 December 1971
Jan's grades begin to worsen, and she takes someone else's bicycle from the park, a tipoff that she needs a vision exam. She learns the importance of wearing her glasses after an accident in the garage ruins the children's anniversary gift - a portrait of the kids - to Mike and Carol.

Season 3, Episode 14: The Teeter-Totter Caper

Original Air Date—31 December 1971
Bobby and Cindy are asked by their older siblings to stay out of their way, then are told they weren't invited to their Aunt Gertrude's wedding. In a fit of self-importance, they set out to set a world's record for teeter-tottering.

Season 3, Episode 15: Big Little Man

Original Air Date—7 January 1972
Bobby becomes self-conscious when he's the shortest one in the family, and becomes convinced he's going to remain height-challenged all his life. Following an ill-advised attempt by his sisters to encourage Bobby (they make him think he's grown 1 1/2 inches by doing stretch exercises) and then trying to flaunt his know-it-all genius, he has a chance to save Greg when they become locked in the meat freezer at Sam's Butcher Shop.

Season 3, Episode 16: Dough Re Mi

Original Air Date—14 January 1972
The episode that made musical history ... at least in the Brady's world. Greg writes a song and invites his siblings to join him in recording the song. One problem: Peter's voice is going through puberty, and cracks at inopportune times during the song. Songs: "We Can Make the World a Whole Lot Better," "Time to Change."

Season 3, Episode 17: Jan's Aunt Jenny

Original Air Date—21 January 1972
While the family is cleaning the attic, Jan is awed when she sees a portrait that she finds out is her Aunt Jenny, and asks to meet her. When Jenny visits, the family learns she has not aged gracefully - at least appearance-wise. The family - particularly Jan - learns that beauty is only skin deep.

Season 3, Episode 18: The Big Bet

Original Air Date—28 January 1972
After Greg boasts that he can do twice as many pull ups as Bobby, the youngest Brady brother demands he put up or shut up. An agitated Greg finally agrees, declaring that the loser of the bet does everything the winner says.

Season 3, Episode 19: The Power of the Press

Original Air Date—4 February 1972
Peter joins the school newspaper staff, where he prints his classmates' names in an effort to impress them. After nearly failing a science test, Peter hopes to earn points with his teacher by writing a flattering column about him; however, Peter fails to win over his teacher.

Season 3, Episode 20: Sergeant Emma

Original Air Date—11 February 1972
When Alice goes on vacation, Cousin Emma - a sergeant from the Women's Army Corps - fills in. She ends up driving the family crazy through her micromanagement of the household and by making them do daily calisthenics. However, the exhausted Bradys learn a lesson about being appreciated when they throw a "welcome home" party for Alice that Emma interprets as a farewell bash.

Season 3, Episode 21: Cindy Brady, Lady

Original Air Date—18 February 1972
Cindy wants to act older than her age (again), so she can participate in her older sisters' activities. Bobby poses Cindy's "secret admirer," then when Mike wants to expose him, he gets one of his classmates to pose as the admirer.

Season 3, Episode 22: My Fair Opponent

Original Air Date—3 March 1972
Marcia's decision to make over a "plain Jane" (as part of her candidacy for hostess of Banquet Night) is one she may live to regret.

Season 3, Episode 23: The Fender Benders

Original Air Date—10 March 1972
A minor parking lot car accident involving the Bradys winds up in small claims court, after the other driver claims he was seriously hurt because of Carol's supposed reckless driving. Mike decides to expose the ruse in court.

Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: Hawaii Bound

Original Air Date—22 September 1972
Mike is sent to Hawaii to check on a construction project for his firm, and the entire Brady clan (and Alice) get to come along. During the trip, Bobby unearths an ancient tiki said to bring bad luck to whomever is holding it. The first evidence comes when Greg is involved in a serious surfing accident

Season 4, Episode 2: Pass the Tabu

Original Air Date—29 September 1972
After bad luck continues to befall the family, the Brady boys set out to learn about the ancient tiki. They learn the tiki is tabu and must be discarded at an ancient burial ground.

Season 4, Episode 3: The Tiki Caves

Original Air Date—6 October 1972
An archaeologist named Professor Whitehead traps the boys in the cave, somehow concluding they have conspired to steal his latest "find." Mike and Carol are able to track down their sons and convince Whitehead he will receive proper credit for his "find." A Hawaiian party wraps up the Bradys' latest vacation.

Season 4, Episode 4: Today, I Am a Freshman

Original Air Date—13 October 1972
Marcia is overly anxious about becoming a high school freshman. To get over her new "school-itis," she tries too hard to make new friends, first by making a fool out of herself in front of Greg's friends, then joining every club in sight, including the elitist Boosters. However, she learns the Boosters are a bunch of snobs and not the friends she wants to hang out with, thanks to some unwitting help from Peter and his volcano.

Season 4, Episode 5: Cyrano de Brady

Original Air Date—20 October 1972
Peter wants desperately to break the ice with his pretty classmate, Kerry, but nerves get in the way every time. So, he asks Greg to act as his Cyrano. Only thing is, Kerry mistakenly concludes that Greg is the one afflicted with shyness. Greg - who is four years older than Kerry - gets Marcia to make Kerry think that he is a playboy.

Season 4, Episode 6: Fright Night

Original Air Date—27 October 1972
The Brady house is the place for horror when the boys decide to scare the girls with a slide-projected ghost. The girls devise some ghostly revenge of their own by daring the boys to sleep in the "haunted" attic, but things really get out of hand when Alice opens her big mouth to say she doesn't scare easily. The kids gang up to scare her out of her socks, with some unexpected results.

Season 4, Episode 7: The Show Must Go On??

Original Air Date—3 November 1972
Greg and Marcia recruit their parents to participate in the upcoming Family Frolics Night at school.

Season 4, Episode 8: Jan, the Only Child

Original Air Date—10 November 1972
Jan complains because she has a perceived lack of identity and no privacy. She decides she wants to be an only child, just like her friend Donna. Her siblings try to help her out by being considerate, but when Cindy says the wrong thing, Jan angrily rejects their help. The others respond in kind and exclude her from all Brady-kid activities.

Season 4, Episode 9: Career Fever

Original Air Date—17 November 1972
For a composition class, Greg is assigned to write about his future plans. In a case of writer's block, he composes an essay about being an architect, just like his father. Mike reads the essay and becomes convinced that Greg really has a desire to go into said occupation, unaware that Greg clearly doesn't want to. So, Greg - instead of flat out telling Mike, in fear he'll be offended - decides to showcase his ineptitude. Meanwhile, Peter and Jan decide to explore being a nurse and doctor. Peter reads a medical encyclopedia and concludes (mistakenly, of course) he's dying of some dread disease.

Season 4, Episode 10: Goodbye, Alice, Hello

Original Air Date—24 November 1972
A series of miscommunications and misunderstandings leads Alice to believe she has irrecoverably breached the Brady kids' trust, prompting her resignation as the Bradys' housekeeper. Her friend, Kay, takes over but is a little too professional about her work. This leads the kids to go all out to beg Alice for forgiveness and to come back.

Season 4, Episode 11: Greg's Triangle

Original Air Date—8 December 1972
Greg's dilemma: Whom to vote for as head cheerleader. The candidates include his sister, Marcia; and his girlfriend, the beautiful, shapely (but conniving) Jennifer Nichols. Will Jennifer or Marcia have enough pull, or will Greg decide that someone else is simply better than they are?

Season 4, Episode 12: Everyone Can't Be George Washington

Original Air Date—22 December 1972
In the school play about the American Revolution, Peter wants to be George Washington ... but is cast as Benedict Arnold instead. When he can't take his classmates' teasing for what its worth (they somehow could not separate the actor from the role of America's most famous traitor), he schemes to get himself dismissed from the play.

Season 4, Episode 13: Love and the Older Man

Original Air Date—5 January 1973
Marcia develops a huge crush on Dr. Vogel, the family's young (but handsome) dentist. She delves into fantasy and envisions herself as "Mrs. Marcia Dentist" ... a dream she believes may come true when Vogel asks her for a favor on Saturday night. The favor: To babysit his children while he and his wife go out for the evening.

Season 4, Episode 14: Law and Disorder

Original Air Date—12 January 1973
Bobby learns there's more to being safety monitor than enforcing the rules when he takes on the responsibility at school. In the process of annoying classmates and angering his siblings (because he carries over his "authority" at home), Bobby learns a hard lesson about power, discretion and responsibility ... especially when he winds up having to save a classmate's kitten from a dilapidated house.

Season 4, Episode 15: Greg Gets Grounded

Original Air Date—19 January 1973
Thanks to his rubbernecking, Greg is involved in a near car accident. Bobby blabs, and Greg is prohibited from driving the car for a week. Greg finagles himself a loophole in Mike's directive and finds himself in deeper trouble. Greg reasons to his parents that he didn't follow the punishment because of its ambiguity, resulting in an "exact words" agreement when it comes to rules and chores. Greg soon learns that sometimes rules, punishments, etc. are meant to be ambiguous ... but only after he and girlfriend Rachel are swamped with frogs at the drive in!

Season 4, Episode 16: Amateur Nite

Original Air Date—26 January 1973
The kids want to buy Mike and Carol an engraved silver tray as their anniversary gift, but Jan goofs up on paying for the tray. To fix the mistake, Jan convinces her siblings to audition for an amateur talent show.

Season 4, Episode 17: Bobby's Hero

Original Air Date—2 February 1973
Bobby becomes obsessed with Jesse James. Mike and Carol don't approve of his new hero, and try to find a way to convince him that James was nothing but a "mean, dirty killer."

Season 4, Episode 18: The Subject Was Noses

Original Air Date—9 February 1973
Remember the time when Marcia cried out, "Ooh, my nose!"? It all began when Marcia set up a dance date with nice guy Charley, then dumped him for school hunk Doug Simpson (with the line "Something suddenly came up"). Then, Peter fires an errant pass, which hits Marcia flush in the face, causing her to utter her famous line. But a swollen nose is the least of Marcia's concerns; what will she tell Doug ... and Charley?

Season 4, Episode 19: How to Succeed in Business?

Original Air Date—23 February 1973
Peter gets his first job as a bicycle repairman ... then loses it thanks to poor performance. He worries about embarrassing himself to his folks and telling him he was fired, and spends the rest of the episode trying to dodge the issue. Then Mike finds out the truth and convinces Peter all is OK, especially since his firm has been fired by contractors many times.

Season 4, Episode 20: The Great Earring Caper

Original Air Date—2 March 1973
This detective story starts when Carol lends Marcia her earrings, but then Cindy lends them to herself. While admiring herself wearing the earrings in the mirror, Marcia calls for Cindy; to hide the theft, she places the earrings beneath a towel. When she returns to the bathroom, the towel is gone and so are the earrings. Cindy enlists Peter to search for the earrings before Marcia - and Carol - find out that the earrings are missing.

Season 4, Episode 21: You're Never Too Old

Original Air Date—9 March 1973
The Brady kids play matchmaker for their widowed great-grandparents - the crotchety Judge Hank Brady (Robert Reed) and athletic and spry Connie Hutchins (Florence Henderson). The two mix like oil and water at first, but then the two eventually fall in love and elope to Las Vegas.

Season 4, Episode 22: You Can't Win 'Em All

Original Air Date—16 March 1973
Bobby and Cindy try out for the "Question the Kids" scholastic bowl show. Bobby fails to study and the result is predictable; Cindy studies and passes the test, but becomes convinced she will be a huge TV star as a result. She bombs miserably when she develops stage fright.

Season 4, Episode 23: A Room at the Top

Original Air Date—23 March 1973
Greg and Marcia fight over who gets to convert the attic into his or her personal room.

Season 5


Season 5, Episode 1: Adios, Johnny Bravo

Original Air Date—14 September 1973
A talent agent signs Greg to become a rock star named "Johnny Bravo." Greg lets his new fame get to his head, until he discovers that he was only signed because he "fit the suit."

Season 5, Episode 2: Mail Order Hero

Original Air Date—21 September 1973
Bobby lies to his friends that he knows Joe Namath, but they don't believe him. So with Cindy's help, Bobby fakes a serious illness in order to get Namath to come to the house and visit him.

Season 5, Episode 3: Snow White and the Seven Bradys

Original Air Date—28 September 1973
Cindy talks the family (and Sam) into putting on a backyard production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" to raise funds for a teacher's retirement gift.

Season 5, Episode 4: Never Too Young

Original Air Date—5 October 1973
Bobby gets his first kiss from classmate Millicent (for defending her against bullies) and sees skyrockets. He likes what he sees and decides to kiss her again. She's annoyed ... but only because she didn't have time to warn him that she may be contagious with the mumps.

Season 5, Episode 5: Peter and the Wolf

Original Air Date—12 October 1973
Greg has been trying to line up a date with Sandra, but the date is on only if he can also arrange a date for her visiting cousin, Linda. Greg's friends assume Linda must be ugly (since Sandra has not seen her since before she entered puberty) and out of options, enlists Peter to date Linda (by donning a fake mustache and filling the role of fictional friend "Phil Packer"). Sandra and Linda quickly suspect they are being fooled but don't let on, planning to get revenge on their next double date. The only problem is that they hatch their plans in full view of Mike, Carol and his Mexican client.

Season 5, Episode 6: Getting Greg's Goat

Original Air Date—19 October 1973
Greg is involved with the theft of a rival high school's mascot ... a goat named Raquel. Naturally, this leads to all sorts of misunderstandings. Carol later heads up a PTA group aimed at solving the recent rash of school mascot thefts. She, the PTA group and the Westview High principal wind up in the middle when Raquel gets loose.

Season 5, Episode 7: Marcia Gets Creamed

Original Air Date—26 October 1973
Marcia, Jan and Peter each get jobs at the local ice cream parlor, each with varying results.

Season 5, Episode 8: My Brother's Keeper

Original Air Date—2 November 1973
Bobby saves Peter from potential serious injury after he pushes him out of the way of a falling ladder. A grateful Peter offers to become Bobby's "slave for life," something that Bobby takes quick advantage of.

Season 5, Episode 9: Quarterback Sneak

Original Air Date—9 November 1973
Greg is suspicious that Marcia's new boyfriend, rival quarterback Jerry Rogers, plans to steal his playbook. Bobby confirms Greg's distrust and confronts Marcia with the truth. Eventually, Marcia realizes that Jerry isn't after her heart after all after he swipes what turns out to be a phony playbook (that Greg had created).

Season 5, Episode 10: Try, Try Again

Original Air Date—16 November 1973
"When at first you don't succeed ..." is the lesson Jan learns after she realizes she is no good at dancing. After her siblings' effort to boost her self-confidence is exposed by loud-mouthed Cindy, Jan realizes she may have talent in the visual arts.

Season 5, Episode 11: The Cincinnati Kids

Original Air Date—23 November 1973
The Bradys visit King's Island Amusement Park, where Jan accidentally mislays her father's plans. The family frantically searches the park in a race against time to salvage a potential deal between Mike's firm and the amusement park's board of directors.

Season 5, Episode 12: The Elopement

Original Air Date—7 December 1973
A series of misunderstandings lead the Bradys to believe that Alice and Sam are up to much more than just bowling on their upcoming Saturday night date.

Season 5, Episode 13: Miss Popularity

Original Air Date—21 December 1973
Jan has been nominated for the "Most Popular Girl" competition, and makes a bunch of promises to her friends that she can't possibly keep. When Jan wins, she becomes better-than-thou, angering her classmates (who want her to make good on her promises).

Season 5, Episode 14: Kelly's Kids

Original Air Date—4 January 1974
The Bradys' friends, Ken and Kathy Kelly, announce plans to adopt a little boy named Matt from a local orphanage. They wind up adopting Matt's friends - an Asian and an African American - and upsetting their racist next-door neighbor. When the boys find out about their neighbors' less-than-welcoming attitude, they run away to the Bradys, but Ken and Kathy convince them there is nothing to worry about.

Season 5, Episode 15: The Driver's Seat

Original Air Date—11 January 1974
Marcia battles nerves and Greg's sexist remarks when she tries to get her driver's license. Eventually, the debate over which gender has the better driving abilities leads to a winner-take-all driving test in a vacant parking lot.

Season 5, Episode 16: Out of This World

Original Air Date—18 January 1974
Peter and Bobby believe they are seeing a UFO, which actually is part of an elaborate hoax being played by Greg. The trick backfires though when Peter and Bobby take pictures, which lead to a government investigation.

Season 5, Episode 17: Welcome Aboard

Original Air Date—25 January 1974
Cousin Oliver comes to live with the Bradys. He immediately causes a series of accidents, which lead him to believe that he is a jinx.

Season 5, Episode 18: Two Petes in a Pod

Original Air Date—8 February 1974
At school, Peter literally runs into new transfer student Arthur Owens, who looks exactly like him. The two pull a series of practical jokes on their respective families, but a wrench is thrown into the whole thing when Arthur - while masquerading as Peter - makes a date for Saturday night. Peter comes up with a sure-fire way to avoid breaking either date.

Season 5, Episode 19: Top Secret

Original Air Date—15 February 1974
Mike is visited by an FBI agent (because he is a witness in a government case), and then is asked to assist Sam with plans to expand his store. Bobby and Oliver overhear all this and jump to all sorts of wildly inaccurate conclusions, especially that Mike is being stalked by Russian spies who are after "the plans."
Next US airings:
Mon. Jan. 42:30 AMTVLAND

Season 5, Episode 20: The Snooperstar

Original Air Date—22 February 1974
Marcia is angry at Cindy, who has been reading her diary. For revenge, she starts writing bogus entries, which say that talent scouts are interested in Cindy becoming the "next Shirley Temple."
Next US airings:
Mon. Jan. 43:00 AMTVLAND

Season 5, Episode 21: The Hustler

Original Air Date—1 March 1974
The Bradys get a new pool table (as a thank you gift from Mr. Matthews for Mike's recent performance). Bobby soon becomes an expert in billiards and - during a family party - beats Mike's boss in a game of pool.

Season 5, Episode 22: The Hair-Brained Scheme

Original Air Date—8 March 1974
Bobby needs money, so he starts selling hair tonic. Greg decides to buy a bottle right before graduation to help his little brother, but it turns his hair orange.
Next US airings:
Mon. Jan. 112:00 AMTVLAND

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