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The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1973 - 1974
Episode 1
Adios, Johnny Bravo
Fri, Sep 14, 197325 mins
Singing, the kids audition and are accepted for a spot on Hal Barton's talent review television show. They are even more excited following the audition about being approached by the young and hip Tami Cutler, a talent agent, who implies that she wants to represent them. She and her business partner Buddy Berkman eventually meet solely with Greg because they aren't interested in representing the entire group, but Greg alone. Outfitting him a flashy matador styled suit, they want him to be a solo act and to use the stage name Johnny Bravo. Despite feeling that he is letting his siblings down by not having them included in the deal, Greg eventually gets caught up in the potential of fame and fortune and contemplates going ahead with the deal. Greg's act initially places a strain between himself and his siblings, who do feel that he acted in his own self-interest despite earlier agreeing that they are not individuals but a group, and between himself and his parents, who don't want him to forgo a college education. But Greg may come to a final decision on the deal after spending more time with Tami and Buddy and learning their motivation for wanting to sign him specifically.
Episode 2
Mail Order Hero
Fri, Sep 21, 197325 mins
When Bobby's friends tell about the close encounters they and their fathers have had with sports stars, Bobby, when asked, can't help but say that he personally knows one himself, namely Joe Namath, and that he comes for dinner whenever he is in town. Neither of Bobby's statements are true. This creates a problem for Bobby as his friends now believe Bobby can arrange for Namath to meet them all when he will be in town next week. Bobby was going to tell the truth to his friends based on advice from his family, that is until all Bobby's friends spread the word throughout their entire school before he can do so. Various family members try to help Bobby figure out a way to arrange a meeting with Namath, but Cindy takes it to an extreme when she creates a lie herself on behalf of Bobby in the matter without Bobby's knowledge, that lie which could get Bobby into deeper trouble if Namath believes it and ultimately finds out the truth. Meanwhile, Jan is using other family members as guinea pigs for her first aid training.
Episode 3
Snow White and the Seven Bradys
Fri, Sep 28, 197325 mins
Cindy's teacher, Mrs. Whitfield, is retiring. As a retirement gift, Mrs. Whitfield's retirement celebration committee, which includes Cindy and Carol, want to buy her a set of first edition books that she's always wanted, books that cost $200. To raise the money, Cindy suggests mounting a fund-raising stage production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." The catch for her family? She volunteers them all to act in the play, with Carol and Mike to be Snow White and Prince Charming. Alice gets the role of the Wicked Queen. Another problem for Cindy is that she is only one of six siblings - all who want to play Dopey - meaning she has to find yet another family member. Thankfully, Sam the butcher comes to the rescue and plays Dopey. With less than a week until the production, Cindy runs into another problem as there is a mix-up in dates, and the theater booked is not available on the date requested. The play and as a consequence the retirement celebration may be ruined if they can't find another reasonably priced venue. Luckily, Mike suggested the backyard. The play is very silly, but successful.
Episode 4
Never Too Young
Fri, Oct 5, 197325 mins
As Greg and Peter head off on their respective dates, Bobby dismisses the idea that kissing a girl is something he will ever want to do. He changes his mind after he is kissed by Cindy's friend Millicent, who does so to thank him for protecting her from bullies. After the act, he sees skyrockets, but doesn't want anyone to know either that he was kissed or that he enjoyed it. What Bobby is unaware of is that the kiss is witnessed by Cindy who has a penchant for blabbing. Bobby may have a bigger problem when after taking some advice from his father, Bobby ends up kissing Millicent just to see if what he felt the first time around about Millicent holds true. What Millicent tells him after the kiss is that she may be contagious with the mumps. She will know for sure if she does have the mumps after her visit to the doctor's tomorrow. Until then, Bobby tries to stay clear of everyone, or else fear having to tell them about how he may have contracted the mumps. Meanwhile, everyone in the family is preparing to attend a roaring twenties party.
Episode 5
Peter and the Wolf
Fri, Oct 12, 197325 mins
Mike and Carol are boning up on their Spanish in preparation for a business dinner with the Calderons, a client and his wife from Mexico City, Señora Calderon specifically who Mike is uncertain if she understands or speaks English. Meanwhile, Greg has a much coveted date with Sandra Martin. Their date is threatened when Sandra announces that her eighteen year old cousin Linda is visiting from out of town. Sandra won't leave her cousin alone while she's in town. Greg vows to get Linda a date for the evening so that they can make it a foursome. The description that Sandra, who has not seen Linda in six years, provides of her then twelve year old cousin - "ponytail and braces" - makes the rounds to all Greg's friends before he can ask them to be Linda's date. As such, Greg can't find anyone who will agree to be Linda's date. When Peter boasts about how old he is now, Greg believes he's found his fourth, Peter, who is to masquerade as Greg's friend, "Phil Packer", from another high school. That masquerade includes Peter to deepen his voice, don a fake mustache, and attend a crash session of the Greg Brady class on how to act older. Linda ends up being a knock-out. After the date, Peter mistakenly believes that he is now God's gift to the young adult woman. What happens on that initial date and a subsequent follow-up date unwittingly threatens Mike's account with Calderon.
Episode 6
Getting Greg's Goat
Fri, Oct 19, 197325 mins
A big football game between Westdale High and Coolidge High is happening in 24 hours. But as big a rivalry between the two team occurs off the field when Coolidge steals Westdale's mascot, a bear cub. In retaliation, Westdale steals Coolidge's mascot, a nanny goat named Raquel. Greg is tasked with hiding Raquel at least until after the game, which he tries to do in his bedroom. Keeping Raquel a secret in the house may be a difficult task. Greg thinks he may have a sympathetic person in the house in the form of Mike, who also pulled such a prank when he was in high school, but who was suspended at the time for doing so. Someone not sympathetic is Carol, who, with some of the other mothers and the boys' stern vice-principal Mr. Binkley, hold an emergency PTA meeting to decide what form of punishment is just once the mascot stealing culprits are found out. When the PTA at the last minute changes its meeting venue to the Brady house, Greg's task changes to trying to get Raquel out of the house from under their noses.
Episode 7
Marcia Gets Creamed
Fri, Oct 26, 197325 mins
Peter has been trying unsuccessfully to find a part-time job, so he's envious when a job at Haskell's Ice Cream Hut falls right into Marcia's lap, although it will eat into her time with her boyfriend Jeff. Because Mr. Haskell wants to take more time off, Marcia is able to convince him to hire Peter as well. But certain Bradys are better workers, more dedicated, and/or have higher priorities than work. Meanwhile, Alice is trying to lose weight by going on a diet, and Mike discovers that he needs to lose three pounds himself, so he goes on the diet with Alice to show her how easy it is.
Episode 8
My Brother's Keeper
Fri, Nov 2, 197325 mins
While the boys are doing chores outside, a ladder almost falls on Peter, the only thing saving him is Bobby pushing him out of the way. A grateful Peter believes Bobby saved his life and is willing to show Bobby that gratitude in whatever way he can. After Bobby recovers from the immediate consequences of his actions, namely getting covered with a can full of green paint that was on the ladder, he quietly appreciates all the adoration he is getting from the family, which is heaped on him by Peter who vows to be his slave. It begins with Peter offering to do things for Bobby without Bobby asking. Bobby then takes it to the next level by asking Peter to do things for him, at the expense of Peter carrying on with his own life. Will even a grateful slave be able to take so much pushing around before rebelling? Meanwhile, Mike has agreed to wallpaper the girls' bedroom. The problem is that the girls can't agree on a pattern.
Episode 9
Quarterback Sneak
Fri, Nov 9, 197325 mins
While Marcia is hanging posters advertising Westdale High's upcoming "massacre" of Fairview High at this weekend's league championship football game, she is approached by Jerry Rogers, the quarterback of Fairview's team. To Jerry, asking Marcia out on a date is more important than school loyalty, or so he tells her. What she doesn't know is that Jerry is trying to gain access to any secret that Greg, Westdale's halfback, may have lying around to assist in Fairview beating Westdale, most specifically the Westdale playbook. Bobby does see Jerry trying to steal Greg's playbook, which Marcia does not believe or want to believe. To test what Bobby claimed to have seen, Greg, with Marcia's knowledge, leaves a fake playbook lying around to see what becomes of it. Meanwhile, in the lead up to the big game, Carol is expecting a visit from Tank Gates, her high school sweetheart from her days at Westdale. Tank was the star quarterback who went on to play pro football. As Carol extols the virtue of Tank, Mike begins to feel a little inferior. What Mike eventually learns is that Tank doesn't try to make others feel inferior, but make himself appear superior.
Episode 10
Try, Try Again
Fri, Nov 16, 197325 mins
After Marcia and Cindy are chosen to participate in their class' ballet recital but Jan isn't, a dejected Jan decides to quit ballet altogether, realizing that she doesn't have the aptitude for it. Carol suggests she try other activities such as other forms of dance as Jan is sure to find one she both likes and is good at. But activity after activity seems ultimately to fail for Jan. Greg comes up with a plan to cheer Jan up, not really realizing that his plan only masks the problem of Jan really needing to find something at which she's good. As Jan tries harder and harder to find that perfect activity, she may unwittingly stumble onto her real talent. Meanwhile, Mike is preparing a gourmet dinner whose menu is top secret. Carol and Alice are dying to find out what's on the menu. Mike may have one major flaw with his dinner which is no fault of his cooking skill.
Episode 11
The Cincinnati Kids
Fri, Nov 23, 197325 mins
Mike has a big surprise for the family: his boss, Mr. Phillips, has approved the amusement park expansion plans he has been working on and wants him to go to Cincinnati to present them, he able to bring the family along to spend time at said park. They are all excited by the news. Once there, Mike is dismayed to learn that he only has a truncated 30-minute meeting to present the plans before the amusement park's directors, Mssrs. Remington and Dempsey, head off on another business trip. Regardless, Mike vows to have a good time seeing as much of the park with the family before his meeting at 1PM. The morning adventures include Greg trying to find a girl he just met and likes named Marge who works at the park dressed as an animal, and Bobby and Cindy eating a lot of junk food before their scheduled meeting with the family for lunch. At lunch, Jan asks her father if she can use one of his two canisters, which currently hold the amusement park plans, to put in a poster she just purchased. Mike puts all the drawings into one canister and gives her the other one, but gives her the one carrying his plans by mistake. By the time he finds out the error at the meeting, he has only 30 minutes to find Jan and return to the meeting with the drawings. With 10 minutes left, Mike finally finds Jan, who has lost the other canister. It's a 10-minute race as the whole family scours the park to find the lost canister and get it to Remington and Dempsey, or else Mike's company definitely losing the contract.
Episode 12
The Elopement
Fri, Dec 7, 197325 mins
Alice is speaking to Sam on the telephone about their plans for the weekend: a mixed-doubles bowling semi-final match on Saturday night, and both standing up for Sam's cousin Clara and her fiancé at their elopement on Sunday, which they want to keep secret. Marcia and Jan overhear the conversation and assume that the elopers are Alice and Sam. This secret news spreads through the Brady house, with subsequent further misunderstandings strengthening the family's belief that Alice and Sam are tying the knot. They want to support Alice as much as possible on what should be the happiest day of her life, without letting her know that they know until she tells them. So when Alice and Sam have an argument that affects their Saturday-night date--the time when the family thinks they are supposed to elope--the family does everything to make sure that Alice and Sam keep their Saturday night date "for better or worse".
Episode 13
Miss Popularity
Fri, Dec 21, 197325 mins
An honored Jan has been nominated for most popular girl of her class, but doesn't expect to win against the "brainy, beautiful and built" Kathy Williams. She and her entire family are nonetheless excited at the news. To win, Marcia suggests she campaign, which she does with help from her family. While her family makes and distributes campaign materials, Jan promises anything to voters when asked, including the help of others without even asking them. The campaigning works as Jan wins, but her promises go by the wayside as the election is now over, as she no longer needs votes and as she achieved her only goal of winning. As such, Jan goes from being most popular girl to being least popular girl, which she doesn't realize as the election win in and of itself is the validation from her peers that she needs that she is the most fantastic girl in her class. Is there any way this turn in her popularity will sink into her head, and if so can Jan redeem herself to her classmates and siblings before an impeachment? Meanwhile, Mike is taking Carol on a long talked about extended weekend getaway to the beach as a second honeymoon. But plan after plan is sidetracked to what ends up being a totally different experience for that weekend.
Episode 14
Kelly's Kids
Fri, Jan 4, 197425 mins
Mike and Carol's friends, nightclub performer Ken Kelly and his wife Kathy Kelly, have just purchased a larger house close to the Bradys. They announce to Mike and Carol the reason for the larger house is because they have just adopted an eight-year-old boy named Matt. Although Matt loves being adopted and loves his new parents, his transition to the Kelly household is not an entirely smooth one since Matt misses all of his old friends at the adoption home, most specifically his best friends Dwayne and Steve, who referred to themselves as the Three Musketeers. Ken and Kathy decide that if they are going to have an instant family, that raising two boys would be just as easy as raising one. The question becomes which of Dwayne or Steve, if either, is the one they are going to choose. That becomes a more difficult decision than they had first imagined after they meet the two boys. Their new enlarged family may be torn apart before it even has a chance to develop due to the intolerance of their neighbor Mrs. Payne, who not only implies that she doesn't like children but that she finds certain other aspects of the children's basic characteristics offensive.
Episode 15
The Driver's Seat
Fri, Jan 11, 197425 mins
Jan's joined the school debating team, and wants to practice In perpetration of her first actual debate. Meanwhile, an excited Marcia got the highest score on the written examination in her drivers test, and Greg's mad she outscored all the guys. Marcia bets Greg she'll outscore him on the drivers test.
Episode 16
Out of This World
Fri, Jan 18, 197425 mins
After seeing retired astronaut Brigadier General Jim McDivitt speak about a UFO he saw while on a space mission, Peter and Bobby have UFO on the brain. That night, they believe they see a UFO in the sky. Without other witnesses, others are either uncertain or are skeptical as to Peter and Bobby's assertion. Peter and Bobby feel they need proof, and want to sleep outside in the back yard and take photographs if and when the UFO shows up again. Lo and behold, what Peter and Bobby saw the previous night comes back and they are able to take photographs of it. After the photographs are developed, Mike and Carol are still uncertain about what is on the photos, so Mike decides to call in the air force for their expert opinion. The visit of the air force's investigating Captain McCartney, who doesn't believe in UFOs, indirectly makes Peter and Bobby's UFO appear again, but it with a more down to earth explanation.
Episode 17
Welcome Aboard
Fri, Jan 25, 197425 mins
Carol's supposedly secret in-jest announcement to Mike that there will be an addition to the family leads to the rumor amongst the kids and Alice that Carol is pregnant. In reality, that addition is in the form of Carol's eight year old nephew, Oliver, who, if Mike approves, will come to live with them temporarily while Oliver's parents move to a remote area of the world where there are no schools for their son. The kids' anticipated excitement of having their first cousin live with them, for however long, turns to frustration when everything Oliver touches seems to turn into a disaster. As much as they like him, the younger four kids believe Oliver is a jinx, news which gets directly back to Oliver, who begins to think the same himself. Even after Mike and Carol speak first to Oliver about there being no such thing as jinxes and second to Peter, Jan, Bobby and Cindy about welcoming Oliver into the family by dispelling the jinx theory, bad things still seem to keep on happening to anyone around Oliver. The kids just hope these bad things will stop before the family outing to a movie studio on the weekend.
Episode 18
Two Petes in a Pod
Fri, Feb 8, 197425 mins
Peter meets a new transfer student named Arthur Owens, who looks remarkably similar to him except that Arthur wears glasses. Peter convinces Arthur to pretend to be him to play a gag on his family. Beyond some differences in tastes and interests, no one could tell that Arthur wasn't Peter. But what Arthur as Peter agrees to is keeping Mr. Phillips' visiting niece Pamela company on Friday night at the house. What Arthur is unaware of is that Peter already has a date on Friday to a costume party with Michelle, a girl in his class who he's been trying to date all year. So when Peter finds out about his date with Pamela, Mike won't let him back out of it. Peter figures that since Arthur agreed to the date with Pamela, he should be the one to keep the date, again pretending to be Peter. Problems arise for Peter when Friday night rolls around as Arthur is delayed and both Pamela and Michelle show up at the house, which means that Peter has to do a juggling act with the two girls in the same house until Arthur shows up, if he shows up.
Episode 19
Top Secret
Fri, Feb 15, 197425 mins
Bobby and Oliver are at home when FBI agent Fred Sanders stops by the house to speak to Mike. What the boys don't know is that Mr. Sanders' routine and mundane task is to confirm a few issues with Mike's clearance for him to work on a building for a classified government project. Later, Sam stops by the house wanting to discuss a private issue with Mike, which Sam says he will divulge to Alice and the rest of the family at the proper time. Unlike what Alice hopes it is (such as a honeymoon cottage), the issue is Sam wanting to enlarge the butcher shop and needing some rough plans from Mike to see if it is financially possible. Because of the secretive nature of Sam's visit, Bobby and Oliver think it has something to do with Mr. Sanders' visit. After Sam tells Bobby and Oliver some wild tales of sleuthing and spying while he was in the army, Bobby and Oliver believe Sam is a spy working with Mike. Overhearing another story between Sam and his landlord, Mr. Gronsky, Bobby and Oliver further believe that Sam not only is a spy, but a double agent who is planning on handing over Mike's top secret "plans" to the enemy, Mr. Gronsky. Not being able to locate Mike to warn him, Bobby and Oliver decide to take matters into their own hands for the safety and security of the country.
Episode 20
The Snooperstar
Fri, Feb 22, 197425 mins
Greg, Peter and Bobby stop talking and Marcia shuts her diary closed when Cindy comes by, just in their want for general privacy. However, Cindy believes they are talking or writing about her. With Oliver's help, Cindy goes looking for clues as to what is happening about her behind her back, the only existing record being Marcia's diary, through which she starts reading, but finds nothing of importance about her. Marcia, noticing that her diary is not as she left it, believes Cindy did read through it, and as such plants a trap to prove that she did: with Jan's help, pretend that there is something juicy written in it, and leave Cindy alone in their bedroom. Marcia and Jan do secretly see that Cindy is reading through it. As such, Marcia decides to teach Cindy a lesson by writing a fantastical story in it, that a talent scout, who has seen her photograph, is considering her for a movie role akin to her idol, Shirley Temple. Cindy believes that Mike's problematic client, Penelope Fletcher, is that talent scout. Cindy's action could jeopardize Mike's lucrative account with Ms. Fletcher.
Episode 21
The Hustler
Fri, Mar 1, 197425 mins
Harry Mathews, the president of Mike's architectural firm, gives Mike a gift of a pool table as a thank you for a job well done. The family has a range of emotions concerning the gift. On one side is Carol, who doesn't want the monstrous gift taking up space in the house. On the other side is Bobby, who ends up spending all his waking time playing and thinking about the game. He even dreams of becoming a world famous pool champion. Bobby does show an aptitude for the game, easily beating everyone around him. Mike and Carol hold a small but increasing growing dinner party specifically for Mr. Matthews to show their appreciation for the gift. Problems for Mike may arise when Bobby asks to play against Mr. Mathews, who mistakenly sees himself as a pool shark.
Episode 22
The Hair-Brained Scheme
Fri, Mar 8, 197425 mins
It's the eve of Greg's high school graduation ceremony, but Bobby, and subsequently Cindy - both with Oliver at their side - have their individual wealth in mind through get rich schemes. After seeing an ad in the back of a magazine for such, Bobby plans to sell hair tonic door-to-door. Each bottle will net him a $1 profit and he figures he can sell a million bottles reaping him a $1 million profit. And since they multiply so rapidly, Cindy plans on breeding rabbits, starting with two, who she names Romeo and Juliet. Both Bobby and Cindy have a rough road to success. Cindy can't figure out why Juliet isn't getting pregnant. And no one wants to buy Bobby's hair tonic. Feeling sorry for him, Greg buys a bottle of tonic from Bobby, who promptly urges Greg to use it. Using the tonic ends up being a big mistake as it immediately turns Greg's brunette hair orange. Upon investigation, Carol finds out that the hair tonic company has been shut down by the FDA but that the tonic itself is harmless. The questions then become how Bobby and Cindy will get out of their financial holes, and if the first question with regard to Bobby is a moot point as Greg may kill him first, especially if a solution can't be found to restore his hair before graduation.
