8.3/10324 votesLoading...#1 - The Subject Was Noses
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/1973
Marcia has a big problem when she inadvertently makes two dates for the same night. One with Charlie and the other with Doug, the big man on campus. She makes a excuse to Charlie to go out with Doug but quickly learns Doug was only interested in having a pretty girl on his arm after Marcia is hit in the face with a football.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Al Schwartz
8.2/10309 votesLoading...#2 - Hawaii Bound
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1972
Mike has to check on the construction of a building that his construction firm is building and it so happens the building is in Hawaii, so he takes the whole family along. However, ancient Hawaiian superstition begins to plague the family when Bobby discovers a ancient taboo idol that brings bad luck to those who touch it. Part 1 of three.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Tam Spiva
8.0/10264 votesLoading...#3 - Getting Davy Jones
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1971
Marcia makes a promise that she will get Davy Jones to perform at the prom. A promise she quickly learns is going to be very difficult to keep, since trying to get a hold of him is almost impossible.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Leslie, Al Schwartz
8.0/10266 votesLoading...#4 - Pass the Tabu
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1972
During a surfing competition, Greg wears Bobby's taboo idol and "wipes out". Soon after, Greg, Peter and Bobby learn of the ancient superstition from a construction worker, Mr. Hanalei. This leads the boys to search for an ancient burial ground to return the idol to break the curse. However, when they arrive at the burial ground, they are unaware of a shadowy figure trailing them.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Tam Spiva
8.0/10262 votesLoading...#5 - Fright Night
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1972
One evening, Jan and Cindy claim to have seen a ghost but is revealed to be a trick by Greg, Peter and Bobby. This leads the girls to use the same tactics the boys used to scaring them. However, things get out of hand when Alice becomes the target of the scare tactics.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10222 votesLoading...#6 - Amateur Nite
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1973
The Brady kids want to buy a silver platter for Mike and Carol's wedding anniversary but their short on money so they take to means to get enough cash. This leads them to put together an act and appear on a TV amateur contest.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Sam Locke
7.8/10243 votesLoading...#7 - Her Sister's Shadow
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1971
Tired of being in Marcia's shadow, Jan is determined to do something that Marcia never did. However, Jan becomes more depressed when she fails to make the pom-pom team and her friend makes the squad. Then she wins first prize in the essay contest and finds out her teacher made a mistake in scoring.
Director: Russ Mayberry, Al Schwartz
Writer: Phil Leslie, Al Schwartz
7.8/10278 votesLoading...#8 - The Tiki Caves
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1972
An archeologist traps the boys in the caves at the burial ground and takes them hostage insisting they tell him where they found the idol. Meanwhile, Jan, Marcia and Cindy debate on whether or not to tell Mike and Carol, the boys whereabouts when they fail to come back for dinner.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Tam Spiva
7.7/10263 votesLoading...#9 - Father of the Year
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/2/1970
Marcia enters Mike in a "Father of the Year" contest through the newspaper. However, in order to do this she's had to sneak around. When Mike catches her and she's unable to explain, he grounds her from the family ski trip.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10287 votesLoading...#10 - The Not-So-Rose-Colored Glasses
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1971
After taking the wrong bike from school and when her grades begin to slip, Jan learns she may need glasses. Meanwhile, Mike's anniversary gift to Carol is a portrait of the six kids. The trick is getting the kids to the photographer without Carol finding out.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: N/A
7.7/10266 votesLoading...#11 - Adios, Johnny Bravo
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1973
As the Bradys are auditioning for a TV amateur show, a musical agent spies Greg and offers him the chance of becoming a solo star. This begins to worry Mike and Carol who hoped he would go onto college and angers his siblings for deserting them, since they were a group.
Director: Jerry London
Writer: Joanna Lee
7.7/10302 votesLoading...#12 - The Cincinnati Kids
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1973
Mike has to present some plans for an addition at King's Island, an amusement park in Cincinnati, so he invites the whole family along but when a mix-up occurs Mike is left with a Yogi Bear poster while Jan is left with Mike's plans which she loses on one of the many rides in the park.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: Al Schwartz
7.6/10234 votesLoading...#13 - The Slumber Caper
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1970
Mike and Carol agree to allow Marcia to have a slumber party and the boys are thrilled because then they'll be able to play tricks on everyone. Then when Marcia gets into trouble at school, the slumber party is canceled.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tam Spiva
7.6/10213 votesLoading...#14 - The Not-So-Ugly Duckling
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1970
Clark Tyson, a boy that Jan has a crush on, likes older girls, especially Marcia. This leads Jan to make up an imaginary boyfriend, George Glass.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: N/A
7.6/10206 votesLoading...#15 - Confessions, Confessions
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1970
Peter breaks Carol's favorite vase on the eve of a camping trip that he's looking forward to. So in order for him to go on the trip, the other Brady siblings unknowingly each confess.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
7.6/10255 votesLoading...#16 - Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1971
Tired of being the middle blond girl of the family, Jan tries to alter her appearance by buying a black wig, which she intends to wear to a friend's upcoming birthday party.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Al Schwartz
7.6/10212 votesLoading...#17 - The Liberation of Marcia Brady
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1971
A reporter interviews Marcia and asks her about her views on Women's Lib. This leads to her joining Greg's Frontier Scouts to try to prove a woman can do anything a man can do.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Charles Hoffman
7.6/10195 votesLoading...#18 - My Fair Opponent
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/3/1972
For a joke, Molly Webber, a plain Jane, is nominated for hostess on Banquet Night. This practical joke sends Marcia on a mission to transform Molly into a knockout and she succeeds but discovers she may have succeeded to much when she finds herself running against her.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
7.6/10249 votesLoading...#19 - Goodbye, Alice, Hello
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1972
The kids begin to give Alice the cold shoulder treatment after she reveals that Greg and Peter broke an antique lamp of Carol's. The girls join the bandwagon when Alice innocently tells Carol that Marcia left the stereo on all night. Feeling unwanted and no longer needed, Alice quits.
Director: George Tyne
Writer: N/A
7.6/10204 votesLoading...#20 - A Room at the Top
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/23/1973
When the family cleans out the attic, both Greg and Marcia realize what a great room it would be and they both begin fighting over who gets it. This leads to yet another battle between the sexes.
Director: N/A
Writer: Myles Wilder
7.6/10228 votesLoading...#21 - Peter and the Wolf
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1973
Greg has finally landed a date with Sandra but he will only be able to go out with her if he can get a date for her visiting cousin, Linda. He turns to the last resort, he gets Peter to wear a fake mustache and act as if he were an older man.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: Tam Spiva
7.5/10300 votesLoading...#22 - The Voice of Christmas
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1969
Carol is to sing in church on Christmas, but days before the event, she loses her voice. Later at the mall, a hopeful Cindy asks a Santa Claus to bring Carol's voice back by Christmas. Meanwhile, Alice and the kids find it a difficult task hiding Christmas gifts in the house.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10230 votesLoading...#24 - Where There's Smoke
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1971
Jan and Cindy catch Greg smoking with some friends. This leads to them telling Marcia who in turn tells Mike and Carol.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10238 votesLoading...#25 - Ghost Town, U.S.A.
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1971
The Bradys set out for a family vacation to the Grand Canyon. However, en route, the family stops in an old ghost town where an old prospector locks them in a jail cell.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Brady Bunch
Every episode of The Brady Bunch ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Brady Bunch!
When widower Mike Brady marries a lovely lady widow Carol Ann, their two families become one. These are the misadventures of this new couple, their...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"The Subject Was Noses" is the best rated episode of "The Brady Bunch". It scored 8.3/10 based on 324 votes. Directed by Jack Arnold and written by Al Schwartz, it aired on 2/9/1973. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hawaii Bound".
