Season 4 (1972/73)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Production code # |
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| 73 | 401 | "Hawaii Bound" | Jack Arnold | Tam Spiva | September 22, 1972 (1972-09-22) | 072 |
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Mike is sent to Hawaii to check on a construction project that his firm is working on, and his boss allows him to take the whole family. When they get there, the family takes an enjoyable tour of Hawaii, and Bobby and Cindy get ukelele lessons from Don Ho and Sam Kapu. Later, Peter and Bobby check out the construction site and find an ancient island tiki doll, and Bobby thinks that it means good luck, but it actually means bad luck. From this moment on, strange things begin to happen. Bobby is almost hit by a heavy wall ornament, Alice injures herself during a hula lesson, and Greg has an awful surfing accident. Guest Star: David "Lippy" Espinda as Mr. Hanalei(Part 1 of a three-part episode, filmed on location in Hawaii) |
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| 74 | 402 | "Pass the Tabu" | Jack Arnold | Tam Spiva | September 29, 1972 (1972-09-29) | 073 |
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The tiki continues to bring bad luck to the family: Greg is reeling from his surfing crash, a wall hanging almost hits Bobby, and a tarantula nearly bites Peter. Bobby tries to get rid of the tiki, but it is returned to him by an unknowing Jan. The boys learn that the idol must be discarded at an ancient burial ground for the curse to be removed. Guest star: Vincent Price as Professor Hubert Whitehead(Part 2 of a three-part episode, filmed on location in Hawaii) |
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| 75 | 403 | "The Tiki Caves" | Jack Arnold | Tam Spiva | October 6, 1972 (1972-10-06) | 074 |
| An archaeologist, believing the boys have come to steal his latest "find," holds them captive on the burial grounds. After the girls reveal their siblings' whereabouts, Mike rescues his sons, then convinces the professor that they have no intention of claiming credit for finding the burial grounds. A Hawai'ian party wraps up the Bradys' latest vacation. (Part 3 of a three-part episode, filmed on location in Hawaii) |
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| 76 | 404 | "Today, I Am a Freshman" | Hal Cooper | Myles Wilder | October 13, 1972 (1972-10-13) | 075 |
| Marcia is anxious about her freshman year of high school, and Mike asks Greg to introduce his sister around. Marcia decides to join every club at school, including the Boosters, a club of conceited girls who adhere to strict social rules. When Marcia invites the Boosters over for her interview, Peter's heretofore malfunctioning science project model volcano finally erupts, spewing "lava" over the outraged Boosters. Marcia breaks into laughter and realizes the humorless Boosters aren't the types of girls she wants to socialize with. | ||||||
| 77 | 405 | "Cyrano de Brady" | Hal Cooper | Skip Webster | October 20, 1972 (1972-10-20) | 076 |
| Peter is smitten by Jan's pretty classmate Kerry Hathaway (Kym Karath). Peter is shy with Kerry, so enlists Greg to help with what to say. Kerry mistakenly concludes that Greg is the one interested in her, which causes friction between Greg and Peter. Greg enlists Marcia's help in a play act to convince Kerry that he is an aggressive, womanizing playboy so she'll lose interest in him. Peter arrives home and, unaware of the plan, tells Kerry that "Debbie" (Marcia) is their sister, and it is an act. Peter's honesty wins Kerry's love. | ||||||
| 78 | 406 | "Fright Night" | Jerry London | Brad Radnitz | October 27, 1972 (1972-10-27) | 077 |
| After the boys spook the girls one night, both sets of siblings compete to scare each other. After scaring each other they team up to scare Alice. Mike and Carol arrive home early and breakup the scheme, but Alice arrives on the scene. Panicked, Alice smashes the bust of Mike that Carol made for a contest, thinking it is the head of a burglar. Carol and Mike come down hard on the kids and suspend the kids' allowances for two weeks, pointing out that their actions could have resulted in tragedy. In the subplot, Carol makes a sculpture of Mike's head for an art contest. | ||||||
| 79 | 407 | "The Show Must Go On??" | Jack Donohue | Harry Winkler | November 3, 1972 (1972-11-03) | 081 |
| Greg and Marcia each enlist their parents to perform with them in the Westdale High School's talent revue, Family Night Frolics. Carol and Marcia perform the featured song Together (Wherever We Go) from the musical Gypsy, and Greg and Mike do a reading of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Day is Done. The reading is a unique interpretation complete with visual gags, bad puns, and a rubber chicken. In the subplot, Alice and Sam (Allan Melvin) break up but solve their differences attending the talent revue. | ||||||
| 80 | 408 | "Jan, the Only Child" | Roger Duchowny | Ralph Goodman & Al Schwartz | November 10, 1972 (1972-11-10) | 080 |
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Jan complains about the lack of privacy and personal space, and declares she wants to become an only child. Her angered siblings teach her a lesson; they grant her wish by ignoring her and staying out of her way. In the subplot, the family plans a square dance at a Hoedown party, while Alice and Carol compete by making strawberry preserves for the dance. Note: This episode caused an argument on-set between Robert Reed and Sherwood Schwartz over lines in the script. |
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| 81 | 409 | "Career Fever" | Jerry London | Adele Styler & Burt Styler | November 17, 1972 (1972-11-17) | 078 |
| Mike mistakenly believes Greg wants to follow in his father's footsteps to become an architect. Greg doesn't want to offend Mike by admitting he doesn't want to become an architect, he merely wrote that he did for a school assignment. Greg creates ridiculous designs to show he'll never make it as an architect. Peter and Jan want go into the medical profession and borrow large medical encyclopedias from the library. Peter mistakenly concludes that he has contracted a rare disease, but he has misread the encyclopedia. | ||||||
| 82 | 410 | "Goodbye, Alice, Hello" | George Tyne | Milt Rosen | November 24, 1972 (1972-11-24) | 083 |
| A series of misunderstandings leads Alice to believe she has irreparably breached the Brady kids' trust, prompting her resignation. Alice's temporary replacement is Kay (Mary Treen), a friend of Alice's who had a similar unpleasant experience with another family. Although Kay is very nice, she has no intentions of bonding with the family, instead she does her job. The kids, with help from Kay, track down Alice at that restaurant she now works at and convince her to return. Note: Robert Reed does not appear in this episode. | ||||||
| 83 | 411 | "Greg's Triangle" | Richard Michaels | Bill Freedman & Ben Gershman | December 8, 1972 (1972-12-08) | 086 |
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Greg dates classmate Jennifer Nichols (Tannis G. Montgomery) but Carol and Mike each suspect Jennifer may be dating Greg with an alterior motive. Jennifer, along with Marcia, is a tryout for head cheerleader, and Greg is on the judging committee. At the tryout Greg has the casting vote and selects neither Marcia or Jennifer. Marcia is happy that Greg voted honestly and that Jennifer's scheme failed. Jennifer dumps Greg, who realizes she was just using him. Meanwhile Carol takes up golf with Mike's help. Guest star: Rita Wilson as Pat Conway. |
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| 84 | 412 | "Everyone Can't Be George Washington" | Richard Michaels | Sam Locke & Milton Pascal | December 22, 1972 (1972-12-22) | 085 |
| Peter auditions for the role of George Washington in the school play, but is cast as Benedict Arnold instead. When friends start teasing him as a "traitor", Peter feigns laryngitis to lose the role, but Mike convinces him his behavior in letting everyone down was the same as the real Benedict Arnold. Peter agrees to be in the play and is praised for his brilliant portrayal of Arnold. | ||||||
| 85 | 413 | "Love and the Older Man" | Richard Michaels | Sam Locke & Milton Pascal | January 5, 1973 (1973-01-05) | 084 |
| Marcia has a crush on the family's new dentist Dr. Stanley Vogel (Don Brit Reid) and mistakenly concludes that a favor he plans to ask of her is to date him. He actually wants to ask Marcia to babysit his three-year-old child when he takes his wife out. Meanwhile the Brady boys build a motorized go cart. | ||||||
| 86 | 414 | "Law and Disorder" | Hal Cooper | Elroy Schwartz | January 12, 1973 (1973-01-12) | 079 |
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Bobby learns about power, discretion and responsibility when he is named safety monitor at school. Bobby abuses his power and writes people up for minor infractions, including his siblings. Bobby learns his lesson when he breaks the rules himself to save a classmate's cat named Pandora from an abandoned house. Meanwhile, other family members restore an old sailboat. Note: Barry Williams admitted to being stoned in the scene where he is pumping up the bike tire. |
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| 87 | 415 | "Greg Gets Grounded" | Jack Arnold | Elroy Schwartz | January 19, 1973 (1973-01-19) | 089 |
| Mike prohibits Greg from driving the family car for a week after Bobby describes his near-accident on the freeway. Greg borrows a car from his friend George Thompson to go get tickets to a rock concert before they sell out. When Greg's parents call him on it, he states that he was complying with the letter of the punishment, by not driving "the family car". Greg is grounded for 10 days, and may only go to school. Greg convinces his parents to abolish the punishment on the condition he does everything by "his exact words". They make Greg fulfill all his commitments to the letter, to teach him a lesson. Note: This is the second episode to not have an epilogue, after the pilot episode "The Honeymoon". |
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| 88 | 416 | "Amateur Nite" | Jack Arnold | Sam Locke & Milton Pascal | January 26, 1973 (1973-01-26) | 092 |
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Jan's misunderstanding of the price for the engraving of a silver platter they intend to give their parents as an anniversary gift leaves the kids scrambling for cash. To raise the funds they participate in television talent show as "The Silver Platters". Guest stars: Steve Dunne as Pete Sterne, Robert Nadder as Alfred Baily, Harold Peary as Mr. Goodbody, Stephen Dunne's second appearance, having previously played Mark Millard on season two's "Alice's September Song"Featured Songs: "It's a Sunshine Day" and "Keep On", sung by the Brady Kids |
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| 89 | 417 | "Bobby's Hero" | Leslie H. Martinson | Michael Morris | February 2, 1973 (1973-02-02) | 087 |
| When the family learns that Bobby's hero is Jesse James, Mike and Carol set out to teach him the truth about the outlaw. When books and heavily-edited television movies suggest to Bobby that James was not a villain, Mike tracks down a relative of one of James' victims to share his story with Bobby. That, plus a nightmare in which Jesse James (Gordon Devol) kills the Bradys during a train robbery, finally gets through to Bobby. | ||||||
| 90 | 418 | "The Subject Was Noses" | Jack Arnold | Larry Rhine & Al Schwartz | February 9, 1973 (1973-02-09) | 090 |
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When Marcia is asked out by school hunk Doug Simpson (Nicholas Hammond) she breaks her date with Charley (Stuart Getz), the nice but unspectacular son of a wallpaper salesman, with the excuse "something suddenly came up". When Peter's wildly thrown football causes Marcia's nose to swell and bruise ("Oh, my nose!"), Doug breaks their date with the excuse "something suddenly came up". When Marcia's nose quickly heals, Doug asks her out again. Marcia rejects him, admits to Charley what she did, and goes on the date with him. Marcia reveals that at the pizza parlor, Doug showed up and, after some teasing, gets into a fight with Charley, reulting in a swollen nose for Doug. In the subplot, Mike and Carol redecorate and can't decide on a wallpaper pattern for their bedroom. Guest stars: Lisa Eilbacher as Vicki |
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| 91 | 419 | "How to Succeed in Business?" | Robert Reed | Gene Thompson | February 23, 1973 (1973-02-23) | 091 |
| Peter gets his first job as a bicycle mechanic. His painfully slow process repairing a bicycle irritates his boss, Mr. Martinelli (Jay Novello). Martinelli fires him for his plodding pace; he explains that Peter is "very nice" but just not "mechanically inclined". Peter keeps the truth from his family, until Carol and Mike visit the shop to purchase bicycles. They console Peter; Mike explains that he has lost jobs. | ||||||
| 92 | 420 | "The Great Earring Caper" | Leslie H. Martinson | Larry Rhine & Al Schwartz | March 2, 1973 (1973-03-02) | 088 |
| Cindy takes a pair of earrings Carol loaned to Marcia, and loses them. Cindy enlists budding detective Peter to help find the jewelry before Marcia or Carol find out. The pressure is on when Carol wants to wear them to a costume party where she a Maike plan to dress as Antony and Cleopatra. When the truth comes out the family reconstructs the events before Cindy lost the earrings, and find them in the washing machine – damaged. | ||||||
| 93 | 421 | "You're Never Too Old" | Bruce Bilson | Ben Gershman & Bill Freedman | March 9, 1973 (1973-03-09) | 093 |
| The kids try to set up their maternal great-grandmother, Grandma Connie Hutchins (Florence Henderson), and paternal great-grandfather, Grandpa Hank Brady (Robert Reed), after the two come for a visit. While Grandma is a real "swinger", Grandpa is a real "stick in the mud". After some problems, Grandma Hutchins finally wins over Grandpa Brady, and the two elope in Las Vegas. | ||||||
| 94 | 422 | "You Can't Win Them All" | Jack Donohue | Lois Hire | March 16, 1973 (1973-03-16) | 082 |
| Bobby and Cindy vie for a spot on a kids' television quiz show Question the Kids with host Monty Marshall (Edward Knight, Christopher Knight's father). Cindy earns her spot, and gains a huge ego as a result, but she blanks when the cameras start rolling. Mike and Carol plan a dinner party which was originally going to be a barbecue, then Mexican food, then a smorgasbord, changing dates several times, without resolving a date for the party. | ||||||
| 95 | 423 | "A Room at the Top" | Lloyd J. Schwartz | William Raynor & Myles Wilder | March 23, 1973 (1973-03-23) | 094 |
| Greg and Marcia each want to convert the newly cleared attic into their own room. Greg is ultimately given the room as the oldest of the children, but relinquishes the room to Marcia after hearing her tearful pleas for privacy from her sisters. An annoyed Bobby and Peter — wanting to keep their room to themselves — conspire to frustrate Marcia enough to get her to relinquish the room. Marcia initially accuses Greg of the shenanigans, but they soon realize what's been happening. Marcia realizes she will have her opportunity to take the room when Greg leaves for college and gives him the room. Note: In "Our Son, the Man" in season two, Mike tells Carol that the attic would be suitable for Greg if only he were two and a half feet tall. |
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