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The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1969 - 1970
Episode 1
The Honeymoon
Fri, Sep 26, 196925 mins
It's a story of a lovely lady (Carol Martin) who was busy with 3 girls of her own. It's the story is a man named (Mike) Brady, who was busy with 3 boys of his own. They were 4 men, living all together, but they were all alone. Then one day, the lady - met this fellow, and they knew that it was much more than a hunch, that this group must somehow form a family... this is the way they became the Brady Bunch.
Episode 2
Dear Libby
Fri, Oct 3, 196925 mins
Marcia is reading the letters in this week's Dear Libby national advice column aloud to Jan and Cindy. She suddenly stops and refuses to read anymore. Initially she doesn't want to share the reason why to anyone, especially her parents. But when Mike and Carol are missing that section of the newspaper and plan on going to get another copy, Marcia, who volunteers to get another newspaper for them, eventually has to tell Greg the reason why. They decide to pass the news on to their other siblings: there is a letter is the column signed Harried and Hopeless from someone who has three children who recently married someone else with three children, and who was now feeling trapped in an unsatisfying marriage because of the new children. The kids are certain the letter was written by one of their parents. The kids decide to take extreme and drastic measures to save their parent's marriage and their new family. Regardless, their plan doesn't solve the issue of knowing if the letter was indeed written by Mike or Carol. Only one source can tell them for sure.
Episode 3
Eenie, Meenie, Mommy, Daddy
Fri, Oct 10, 196925 mins
Cindy is excited when she is chosen to play the lead, the Fairy Princess, in her school's production. Her family is as excited for Cindy as they help her learn her lines, make her costume and props, and even feel what it's going to be like to "fly" while hanging on wires. They are all as excited to be able to see Cindy in the play as Cindy is excited to have the largest cheering section with her large family in attendance. But Cindy's excitement changes when she learns that because of the large number of people involved in the production and the relatively small auditorium, each cast member is only issued one ticket. It's bad enough that her siblings and Alice can't attend, but she doesn't know how to choose between her parents. Her mother has attended everything she's ever been involved with and is her biggest booster, but she doesn't want to make her new father feel excluded. While Cindy does the only thing she knows how to solve the problem, Alice, the only adult in the family who knows what's going on, and eventually Mike think Cindy needs a little help in figuring out this problem.
Episode 4
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Fri, Oct 17, 196925 mins
For any domestic chores or to manage their problems, Mike and the boys turn to Alice as they always have since Mike's first wife/the boys' mother passed away. Alice comes to the realization that they should instead turn to Carol to make her feel like the woman of the house and truly the boys' mother. Alice's plan works like a charm as Carol feels buoyed by the boys and Mike turning to her. One side effect of this plan is the girls feeling neglected by Carol, which she can explain and rectify. What Alice didn't count on was feeling like she is no longer needed in the Brady household as the boys in particular now always turn to Carol instead of her. As such, she makes up a pretense to leave their employ. Mike and Carol can't tell her not to go, but when they learn the real reason for her leaving, they have to try and come up with a way of not just telling her but really showing her how much they want her to stay.
Episode 5
Katchoo
Fri, Oct 24, 196925 mins
Carol decides to keep Jan home from school because of her excessive sneezing, which she believes could be the sign of something like the flu. But once Jan gets into bed, she stops sneezing. Carol, Alice and the doctor surmise that Jan has probably developed an allergy to something. After checking many of the regular causes of allergies such as pollen, they end up believing that Jan is allergic to a person, namely Mike, as Jan starts sneezing as soon as he comes home. Their concern about this revelation is bittersweet when Jan continues to sneeze even when Mike isn't around, but does so when Tiger is, leading to the thought that he is the cause of her allergic reaction. They know that they have to get rid of Tiger for Jan's sake, news which will probably hit the boys the hardest as they raised Tiger from a pup. Individually, each of the family members, without telling anyone else, believes they have the answer to the problem without needing to get rid of Tiger, but which makes for an extremely agitated dog.
Episode 6
A Clubhouse Is Not a Home
Fri, Oct 31, 196925 mins
After a few months of marriage, Mike and Carol are reveling in the harmony of their now blended family - although Alice tells them it won't always be smooth sailing. Indeed, the harmony amongst the kids starts to break down when the boys don't want to allow the girls into their clubhouse
Episode 7
Kitty Karry-All Is Missing
Fri, Nov 7, 196925 mins
Cindy's favorite toy is her doll, Kitty Karry-All, who she treats like a real baby. Bobby has often stated that he doesn't like Kitty as her presence affects his ability to play with his favorite toy, a kazoo. So when Kitty goes missing, an emotionally tearful Cindy naturally assumes Bobby took her as he was the only person seemingly around, even though she didn't actually see him do so, and he had motive. Bobby pleads innocence in the matter, stating that his affection for Cindy as a sister trumps whatever he may have said about Kitty, which Cindy does not buy. As everyone in the house turns it upside down looking for Kitty, Mike and Carol try to mediate the dispute between Cindy and Bobby, while the other kids side with one sibling or another, which affects the relationship between all six kids. The mystery deepens when Bobby's kazoo goes missing, the shoe now on the other foot as he automatically blames Cindy as again she was the only other person seemingly around at the time the kazoo went missing despite he not seeing her take it, and she had motive. And like Bobby before her, Cindy pleads innocence. Regardless, Bobby tries to extend an olive branch to Cindy in the only way he can not being the person who took Kitty. But the mystery of the missing toys may only be solved by the real culprit trying to steal again.
Episode 8
A-Camping We Will Go
Fri, Nov 14, 196925 mins
Mike and the boys' annual camping trip will be different this year in that the whole family is going, including Carol and the girls who have never been camping before. The boys confide to their father that they don't want the girls to go. The girls confide to their mother that they don't want to go. All the kids feel camping is more a boys' activity. However, each parent tells their respective same sex offspring that they will all be going for the sake of family togetherness, no ifs, ands or buts. As the camping trip progresses, the boys and girls get into one misadventure after another as they try to bridge their camping sensibilities, with the occasional attempt to maintain that divide. The primary question still remains if Mike will get his wish of family togetherness by the end of the trip.
Episode 9
Sorry, Right Number
Fri, Nov 21, 196925 mins
With Carol and the three girls added to the household, Carol convinces Mike to install a second telephone line into the home. One line into the den would be for Mike and Carol's exclusive use (and the kids only in emergencies), and the kids and Alice would use the telephone in the family room. The second telephone line makes matters worse as the kids constantly use the den telephone on what they deem emergencies, while someone else in the house is using the family room telephone. Even implementing rules for the family room telephone don't seem to solve the constant squabbling between the kids who are clamoring to use the telephone. The last straw for Mike is when he receives the astronomical telephone bill, and sees all the toll charges incurred. Taking a cue from Sam the butcher, Mike thinks he has the answer: exchange the family room telephone for a pay telephone. Although the extra money provided to each child to make telephone calls is more than their telephone bill, Mike believes it will teach the kids responsible use. But Mike doesn't foresee a certain business problem the pay telephone causes him.
Episode 10
Every Boy Does It Once
Fri, Dec 5, 196925 mins
After Bobby and Cindy watch Cinderella on television, Bobby initially believes Cindy in that Bobby's stepmother - Carol - is a loving mother, period, unlike Cinderella's. But Carol asking Bobby to clean out the fireplace, just like Cinderella's stepmother did, makes him start to think otherwise. Carol altering some hand me down clothes for him - which Greg and Peter don't get - and all the older kids taking off for the evening either without saying goodbye or telling him straight to his face that he can't go along makes Bobby not only feel like the brunt of the evil stepmother's actions, but unloved by everyone in the house. When Alice learns why Bobby is in such a down mood and passes the information along to Carol and Mike, Bobby's parents think the way to make Bobby feel loved is to get him an early birthday present of a bicycle. Words from the bicycle salesman along with further learning that Bobby is planning on running away make Carol and Mike come to a decision on what they really need to do to make Bobby feel loved, especially by Carol.
Episode 11
Vote for Brady
Fri, Dec 12, 196925 mins
Greg and Marcia are the only two people nominated for student body president. Each is happy for the other until the campaigning begins. The campaigns start to cause some problems in the household. While the boys side with Greg and the girls side with Marcia, Carol and Mike want to show their two politician offspring that they are impartial in the matter and will help both as required. Alice is another story, she who gets caught in the middle of an unfortunate campaign incident. In the ups and downs of the campaigns, both Greg and Marcia are quick to lay blame on the other for any problems they end up facing regardless of if they have proof or if the other did actually cause the problems. As election day approaches, Carol makes a request of one of the two kids, which takes on extra meaning after that candidate witnesses a dispute in the other camp. That request could affect the outcome of the election.
Episode 12
The Voice of Christmas
Fri, Dec 19, 196925 mins
The Bradys are excited about spending their first Christmas together as a combined family. Carol has been chosen to sing the solo at the Christmas morning church service, so Mike decides to buy her a tape recorder for Christmas so that she can keep a recording of herself singing. But Carol's practicing and the tape recorder may all be for naught as days before Christmas, Carol loses her voice. Luckily, she finds out that she is afflicted with nothing more serious than vocal strain induced laryngitis, but that still does not provide any comfort in that if it does clear by Christmas, she won't be able to sing at the church service. Regardless, all the Christmas chores still have to get done, and Alice does her part by mixing up a Nelson home remedy, however intolerable, to help Carol get past her laryngitis. But Carol's laryngitis places a pall over the entire family, so much so that the older kids contemplate postponing Christmas altogether until their mother is feeling all right. Six year old Cindy takes this feeling to an extreme when on Christmas Eve as her mother feels no closer to regaining her voice, she asks the department store Santa Claus for her mother's voice back so that she can sing at the church service, to which the Santa, unable to deny Cindy anything she wants, promises that he will do so. This promise brings up a problem for Mike, who has to try and explain to Cindy why her mother probably will not get her voice back by Christmas, while not bursting adolescent Cindy's innocent notions of the magic and spirit of Christmas.
Episode 13
Is There a Doctor in the House?
Fri, Dec 26, 196925 mins
When Peter comes home from school in the middle of the day with a case of the measles, Carol naturally tries to call in the family pediatrician, Dr. Porter. When she can't get through to the pediatrician's office, Mike tries to call the pediatrician's office himself. However, what Mike and Carol do not realize is that Dr. Porter is the girls' pediatrician, and who Mike tries to call is the boys' pediatrician, Dr. Cameron. So it's a case of one doctor too many when both Dr. Porter and Dr. Cameron come to the house. What's more disconcerting for Peter is that Dr. Porter is a woman. When the other five kids come home each with the measles, Mike and Carol not only have an issue in catering to the bedridden kids' every whim, but they have to decide which of Drs. Porter and Cameron will be the family pediatrician. Each of the six kids want to see their own doctor, and not the other. Although Mike and Carol do ultimately come to a decision after much discussion and argument, that decision is fostered by a decision made by Drs. Porter and Cameron themselves.
Episode 14
Father of the Year
Fri, Jan 2, 197025 mins
Making his other meeting attendees wait for a few minutes while he helps her with her homework is just the latest reason why Marcia believes Mike is such a special father, despite he not being her biological father. So when Marcia learns that the Daily Chronicle newspaper is a holding a Father of the Year essay writing contest, Marcia has no hesitation in preparing an entry, but she doesn't want to let anyone, especially Mike, know. Even when she is punished by him, especially for something she knows was her fault, she understands. But when she continually gets in trouble for writing the essay, the reason which she can't tell him, she gets punished more severely with each successive incident. The final straw on both sides is when Marcia is caught out after hours to mail the letter to meet the contest deadline, in addition to sneaking in and out through her bedroom window. Her punishment: being grounded, which includes her not being able to go on an already planning family ski weekend, skiing which is her favorite activity. But if Mike and Carol knew the details of Marcia's secret activities, especially if Marcia's essay wins, would they change their minds about the punishment?
Episode 15
54-40 and Fight
Fri, Jan 9, 197025 mins
Alice arriving back from grocery shopping with said items in hand is the first time that the boys and girls find out that the other collects Checker Trading Stamps, the boys who are saving for a row boat, the girls a sewing machine. It doesn't help matters that Alice has a drawer full of stamps from past shopping trips. Although the boys and girls each want Alice's stamps for themselves, they are convinced to split them equally. However, that does not resolve the underlying competition in collecting and differences in wants in redeeming the stamps between the siblings, even after Carol suggests they both share their stamps for something they all would want as they already have enough stamps between the two for the row boat, the sewing machine or something else equally as nice. Her suggestion takes on new urgency when it is announced the Checker Trading Stamp Company is going out of business in thirty days. They have to figure out how to decide what to get before the stamps become useless which up to this point has been an impossible task even with Mike and Carol's input, and if they can't how to decide if the boys or girls should get all the stamps for what they initially wanted.
Episode 16
Mike's Horror-Scope
Fri, Jan 16, 197025 mins
Just for fun, Carol is on an astrology kick, she reading her horoscope every night for the following day. She and Mike are able to laugh about Mike's horoscope - that a strange woman will soon come into his life - until that horoscope comes true, that strange woman in the form of new client, cosmetics giant Beebe Gallini, who wants Mike to design her new factory. Beebe's reputation of being irresistible to any man she meets precedes her, at least to Carol. Although Mike can see that Beebe is an exotically beautiful woman, he sees her more as a temperamental client whose expectations, especially in an engineering sense, are unrealistic. Regardless, Mike feels he has to cater to every and all of Beebe's whims, which includes working weekends, often in close proximity to her. Mike's extended working hours in turn affects the entire Brady household as Carol and Alice have to take over many of his family obligations, obligations which they may not be well equipped to handle. Will Carol ever not feel jealous of Beebe? And is there a tipping point where Mike will only take so much of Beebe before not feeling guilty about losing her as a client?
Episode 17
The Undergraduate
Fri, Jan 23, 197025 mins
Greg has been acting strangely of late. This behavior coincides with his mathematics marks plummeting, especially in the fact that he, usually an A-student in math, got an F on his last test. Carol thinks that the two issues may be associated, and perhaps he is sick. When Alice finds a note in Greg's book, they learn that Greg is sick, but not quite the way they had originally thought: he's lovesick, the note being a love letter he wrote to a girl named Linda. Mike and Carol want to help Greg in dealing with his puppy love and by association his lack of focus in math class without letting on that they know about the love letter. This approach doesn't seem to open Greg up to talking about the issue, so they figure they have to find out more about the Linda of his affections. After much searching, they do find Linda, but she's not quite whom they had expected. Ultimately, a friend of Greg's math teacher, Miss O'Hara, may be able to help Greg refocus his priorities back on math.
Episode 18
Tiger! Tiger!
Fri, Jan 30, 197025 mins
One minute Bobby and Tiger are playing together in the back yard, the next minute Tiger goes missing while Bobby goes into the kitchen to get Tiger his dinner. The kids search throughout the neighborhood looking for Tiger without success. Although they are all heartbroken about Tiger's disappearance, Bobby is the most distraught as Tiger has been a part of his entire life. Mike decides to place a lost & found ad in the newspaper, which gets support from the kids in more ways than one. But if Alice's theory is correct that Tiger was snatched by burglars who plan on robbing the house, they may have a more difficult time getting Tiger back. Alice's theory has more than one unintended consequence on the family. But a Tiger sighting may uncover the true reason for Tiger's disappearance.
Episode 19
The Big Sprain
Fri, Feb 6, 197025 mins
Alice is confident that she can handle all the housework while Carol is away tending to her hypochondriac Aunt Mary. Alice's assertion quickly exceeds her capabilities when she trips over some of the kids' toys and sprains her ankle. As Alice is told by her doctor to stay off of her ankle, Mike and the kids are left to do the housework, which scares Alice, who believes she will have to clean up whatever mess they make. Despite a plan of who is to do what, each individual's capabilities to do the necessary work and a narrow view of accomplishing his/her own task leads to disaster. The kids eventually come to an understanding of what's going wrong, which they try to fix; however, it will be more difficult for them to fix what they see as the bigger problem. Alice was scheduled to go on a big date with Sam to the Meat Cutter's Ball on Saturday. Sam still plans to go without Alice, who fears that whomever he finds as his replacement date will also replace her in Sam's heart.
Episode 20
Brace Yourself
Fri, Feb 13, 197025 mins
Marcia has to wear braces on her teeth for a short period. The effect of the braces on Marcia is more devastating than Carol first anticipates, as Marcia, who is now self-conscious about her looks, believes she's ugly to the world. On their parents' urging, the kids try to treat Marcia like the braces are nothing out of the ordinary, but their curiosity sometimes gets the better of them instead. But Marcia's perception of herself she feels is supported by Alan Anthony, who was supposed to be her date to the upcoming dance but who cancels. Although he states that he can't go because he needs to go out of town with his parents instead, Marcia believes the reason a lie so as not to be seen with ugly her. Several members of her family want to help Marcia regain her self-confidence, those efforts which may backfire. Only a move by Alan may prove to Marcia that what she thought about the braces on what others think of her was all in her own mind.
Episode 21
The Hero
Fri, Feb 20, 197025 mins
While in Driscoll's Toy Store, Peter saves young Tina Spencer from harm while the shelving unit she climbs up to reach a doll on the top shelf collapses. A relieved Mrs. Spencer and Mr. Driscoll want to make sure the world hears about Peter's act of bravery by informing the local media. Peter loves all the adulation, especially the fact of Mrs. Spencer buying him whatever he wants at Driscoll's as a measure of her appreciation and his photograph appearing in a front page story, which later results in the newspaper's readers naming him Citizen of the Month, which also comes with a $50 prize. Peter, with a massively swelled head, believes that his proverbial fifteen minutes of fame will last forever. However, Peter's behavior because of the adulation may make his fifteen minutes end sooner than later.
Episode 22
The Possible Dream
Fri, Feb 27, 197025 mins
Marcia's secret celebrity crush is Desi Arnaz Jr.. She writes about her dream of becoming Mrs. Arnaz in her diary, which is hidden away in the garage. When a man comes to pick up boxes of old books Carol is donating to charity, Cindy finds the diary. Thinking it is just another old book, she gives it to the man to take away with the other books. Marcia eventually learns what Cindy innocently did and angrily vows never to speak to her again. Marcia is not only saddened by the loss of the diary, but horrified at the notion of anyone reading about her secret innermost feelings, especially about Arnaz. She finally confides in Alice, a fellow diary keeper and writer who can understand what she's going through. Not only does Alice take charge in trying to find Marcia's diary, but she also does something that could really make Marcia feel better even if the diary is not found.
Episode 23
To Move or Not to Move
Fri, Mar 6, 197025 mins
The kids are at each others' throats. The basic cause of the problem is that the house is seemingly too small with six kids sharing two bedrooms and one bathroom, two of the three doors to which are often locked when the bathroom isn't in use. Mike and Carol have previously talked about buying a larger house, but they haven't seen one they either both like or can afford. That changes when Mike places an offer on a house they have previously admired that has just come on the market. At the same time, strange noises seem to be emanating from their own house. Mike, who hasn't been around when the noises are happening, suspects that it is just the house settling. Carol, Alice and the kids, all frightened, aren't too sure about Mike's assessment as some of the noises sound otherworldly. Carol just hopes that the noises subside when Mr. Grossman, their realtor, brings by Mrs. Hunsaker, the first prospective buyer of their house.
Episode 24
The Grass Is Always Greener
Fri, Mar 13, 197025 mins
Both Mike and Carol are complaining about how difficult their typical gender role parenting is in comparison to the other. Mike is practicing baseball with the boys, while Carol is helping Marcia obtain her guide merit badges while keeping Jan and Cindy equally preoccupied. As Mike and Carol are in an impasse in their discussion about whose job is harder, Alice comes up with a solution to break the impasse to which they both agree: next weekend, switch roles, where Mike helps Marcia with her cooking badge, while Carol helps the boys with the art of bunting. Although Mike and Carol still feel that their traditional role is by far more challenging, they don't want to admit that they know little about their upcoming task. Will this experiment prove to Mike and Carol whose job is really harder once and for all?
Episode 25
Lost Locket, Found Locket
Fri, Mar 20, 197025 mins
Jan receives a small parcel in the mail. Inside is a locket on a chain, there being no enclosed note indicating who the sender is or the reason for the gift. Regardless, Jan is enthralled with her gift. But the mystery of who the sender is captivates everyone in the family. After exhausting those directly asked, Carol believes Mike could have sent it, while Mike believes Carol could have sent it, each trying clandestinely to find out if their theory is correct. They only have a few clues on which to go, such as the parcel being sent from within the city, and the typewriter on which the label was typed having a faulty "y". The mystery changes one night while Jan, waking up screaming, realizes that the locket is no longer around her neck. Greg's suggestion to locate the locket, that they reenact the series of events in the house leading to the locket's disappearance, brings up the fact that not all that happened is what appears on the surface. Through it all, the sender contemplates showing him/herself seeing how Jan has reacted to all the events surrounding the locket.
