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The Partridge Family Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1970 - 1971
Episode 1
What? And Get Out of Show Business?
Fri, Sep 25, 1970 30 mins
How the Partridges broke into show business, in the series opener.
Episode 2
The Sound of Money
Fri, Oct 2, 1970 30 mins
Henry Morgan plays a motorist who turns a minor accident into a half-million dollar lawsuit.
Episode 3
Whatever Happened to the Old Songs?
Fri, Oct 9, 1970 30 mins
Ray Bolger as Shirley's ebullient father, a mandolin-playing septuagenarian who wants to join the act.
Episode 4
See Here, Private Partridge
Fri, Oct 16, 1970 30 mins
Danny gets an induction notice.
Episode 5
When Mother Gets Married
Fri, Oct 23, 1970 30 mins
The kids are afraid Shirley is being swept off her feet by a gigolo.
Episode 6
Love at First Slight
Fri, Oct 30, 1970 30 mins
Keith flips for a groovy chick who won't give him the time of day. Janet: Lane Bradbury. Cathy: Claire Wilcox. Shirley: Shirley Jones. Laurie: Susan Dey. Danny: Danny Bonaduce. Reuben: Dave Madden.
Episode 7
Danny and the Mob
Fri, Nov 6, 1970 30 mins
In Las Vegas, a leggy cigarette girl means trouble for Danny.
Episode 8
But the Memory Lingers On
Fri, Nov 13, 1970 30 mins
The Partridges become outcasts, thanks to a skunk.
Episode 9
Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge?
Fri, Nov 20, 1970 30 mins
Morey Amsterdam as a hack writer.
Episode 10
Go Directly to Jail
Fri, Nov 27, 1970 30 mins
Two songwriting convicts compete for the Partridges' attention.
Episode 11
This Is My Song
Fri, Dec 4, 1970 30 mins
Unintentional plagiarism best describes Danny's songwriting.
Episode 12
My Son, the Feminist
Fri, Dec 11, 1970 30 mins
Fem lib hits the Partridges.
Episode 13
Star Quality
Fri, Dec 18, 1970 30 mins
Danny dreams of glory as a solo performer.
Episode 14
The Red Woodloe Story
Fri, Jan 1, 1971 30 mins
William Schallert as an old folk singer and storyteller.
Episode 15
Mom Drops Out
Fri, Jan 8, 1971 30 mins
Mum may be leaving the group.
Episode 16
Old Scrapmouth
Fri, Jan 15, 1971 30 mins
Laurie, embarrassed by new braces, refuses to open her mouth.
Episode 17
Why Did the Music Stop?
Fri, Jan 22, 1971 30 mins
The Partridges are suffering an unwanted layoff.
Episode 18
Soul Club
Fri, Jan 29, 1971 30 mins
The Partridges sing soul.
Episode 19
To Play or Not to Play
Fri, Feb 5, 1971 30 mins
The Partridges are booked into a club hit by a strike.
Episode 20
They Shoot Managers, Don't They?
Fri, Feb 12, 1971 30 mins
Marrying off Reuben means losing a manager.
Episode 21
Partridge Up a Pear Tree
Fri, Feb 19, 1971 30 mins
The purchase of a car gives Keith his first taste of financial responsibility.
Episode 22
Road Song
Fri, Feb 26, 1971 30 mins
The Partridges help a teenage runaway. Maggie: Laurie Prange. Father: Sandy Kenyon. Grandfather: Ian Wolfe. Shirley: Shirley Jones. Reuben: Dave Madden. Keith: David Cassidy. Laurie: Susan Dey.
Episode 23
Not With My Sister, You Don't
Fri, Mar 5, 1971 30 mins
Keith and Danny aim to protect Laurie when she dates the high-school Lothario. Lester: Michael Ontkean. Shirley: Shirley Jones. Keith: David Cassidy. Laurie: Susan Dey. Danny: Danny Bonaduce. Doris: Cindy Crosby. Archie: Jeremy Burke.
Episode 24
Partridge by Any Other Name
Fri, Mar 12, 1971 30 mins
Convinced he was adopted, Danny sets out to find his birth parents. Shirley: Shirley Jones. Danny: Danny Bonaduce. Reuben: Dave Madden. Keith: David Cassidy. Laurie: Susan Dey. Chris: Jeremy Gelbwaks. Tracy: Suzanne Crough. Marty Burnes: Bernard Fox. Detective: Ned Glass.
Episode 25
A Knight in Shining Armor
Fri, Mar 19, 1971 30 mins
Bobby Sherman stars as a composer in search of a lyricist. Lionel: Wes Stern. Shirley: Shirley Jones. Reuben: Dave Madden. Keith: David Cassidy. Laurie: Susan Dey.
