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The Best Episodes of The Brady Bunch Season 5

Every episode of The Brady Bunch Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Brady Bunch Season 5!

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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 six children, a dog named Tiger, and quirky housekeeper Alice.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 11 - The Cincinnati Kids
    7.8/10(350 votes)

    S5:E11

    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

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  2. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 1 - Adios, Johnny Bravo
    7.7/10(301 votes)

    S5:E1

    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

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  3. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 5 - Peter and the Wolf
    7.6/10(252 votes)

    S5:E5

    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

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  4. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 6 - Getting Greg's Goat
    7.6/10(257 votes)

    S5:E6

    Greg becomes the person who has to house Raquel, a goat who happens to be the rival school's mascot, after him and his teammates swipe her in retaliation after the other team swiped their mascot. Things get out of control when Raquel proves to be hard to handle, easy to feed and not easy to catch.

    Director:Robert Reed
    Writer:Sam Locke

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  5. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 7 - Marcia Gets Creamed
    7.6/10(261 votes)

    S5:E7

    Marcia's got a new job working after school at a ice cream parlor. With both school and work, Marcia has little time for her boyfriend who, fed up comes into the parlor with another girl. Meanwhile, Marcia suggests Peter for a job but when he goofs off she is the one who fires him.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Ben Gershman

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  6. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 2 - Mail Order Hero
    7.3/10(250 votes)

    S5:E2

    Joe Nameth guest stars as himself in this episode where Bobby lies to his friends when he tells them that he knows Joe Nameth. This leads Cindy to make up a bogus letter stating that Bobby is dying and his last wish is to meet the football star.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Martin Ragaway

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  7. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 9 - Quarterback Sneak
    7.3/10(238 votes)

    S5:E9

    Marcia becomes involved with Jerry Rogers, a quarterback for the Fairview team. Greg immediately tells Marcia the only reason he's dating her is to get his playbook, a notion Marcia scoffs at, but no one is scoffing when he actually does swipe the playbook.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Ben Gershman

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  8. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 15 - The Driver's Seat
    7.3/10(239 votes)

    S5:E15

    Greg bets Marcia that she can't beat his score on her driver's test. However all the pressure gets the best of Marcia. Meanwhile, Jan must also deal with the pressure of speaking in front of a large group of people.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  9. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 16 - Out of This World
    7.3/10(268 votes)

    S5:E16

    After meeting an astronaut, Bobby and Peter begin wondering about life on other planets. Their wonder turns to excitement when they claim to have spotted a UFO and camp out in the backyard to get it on film.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Al Schwartz

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  10. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 4 - Never Too Young
    7.1/10(222 votes)

    S5:E4

    After Bobby defends Millicent at school she rewards him with a kiss and he immediately sees sky rockets. This leads him to try to kiss her again but after seeing those sky rockets again, she delivers the news that she may have the mumps.

    Director:Richard Michaels
    Writers:Al Schwartz, Larry Rhine

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  11. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 3 - Snow White and the Seven Bradys
    7.0/10(228 votes)

    S5:E3

    To get enough money for a retirement gift for a teacher, the Brady family puts on a production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but a mistake in dates threatens the performance when the Bradys have no theatre to put it on.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 21 - The Hustler
    6.9/10(228 votes)

    S5:E21

    The Brady family tries to figure out who would send them a pool table and later learn that Mike's boss, Mr. Matthews is the one. Meanwhile, Bobby becomes obsessed about the game and begins betting everyone including Mr. Matthews.

    Director:Michael Kane
    Writer:Ben Gershman

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  13. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 12 - The Elopement
    6.8/10(221 votes)

    S5:E12

    Marcia and Jan mistakenly overhear Sam and Alice discussing elopement and jump to the conclusion that Sam and Alice are secretly planning to. This leads the Brady family to begin planning a wedding reception.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Harry Winkler

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  14. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 13 - Miss Popularity
    6.8/10(224 votes)

    S5:E13

    Surprisingly the ""once no talent,"" Jan is competing in a popularity contest at school. With Peter as her campaign manager and the rest of the family pitching in, she's got a great chance of winning. However, she quickly finds herself making promises to her classmates that she can't possibly keep.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Martin Ragaway

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  15. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 8 - My Brother's Keeper
    6.7/10(224 votes)

    S5:E8

    After Bobby pushes Peter out of the way of a falling ladder, Peter volunteers to be Bobby's ""slave for life."" However, Bobby begins to take advantage of the situation which yet again leads to discord in the Brady household.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 10 - Try, Try Again
    6.7/10(218 votes)

    S5:E10

    Jan becomes convinced she is a "no talent loser" after she fails to make it into a ballet recital which follows with her totally dropping out of ballet and on to tap dancing which totally drives the Brady family crazy.

    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Al Schwartz

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  17. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 18 - Two Petes in a Pod
    6.7/10(228 votes)

    S5:E18

    Peter is stunned after he runs into a boy who looks exactly like him at school. His look alike comes in handy when Peter inadvertently makes two dates for the same night, one with Michelle and one that he forgot he promised with the niece of Mike's boss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sam Locke

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  18. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 20 - The Snooperstar
    6.2/10(230 votes)

    S5:E20

    Marcia plants a bogus story in her diary to bait Cindy after she gets fed up with Cindy's nonstop snooping. The bait is a story about Marcia contacting a talent scout after submitting a picture of Cindy and the talent scout wants Cindy to be the next Shirley Temple.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Harry Winkler

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  19. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 22 - The Hair-Brained Scheme
    6.1/10(303 votes)

    S5:E22

    Bobby, wanting to get rich quick, begins selling bottles of hair tonic and sells a bottle to Greg. However, Bobby runs for his life after the tonic turns Greg's hair orange, just days before his high school graduation.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 19 - Top Secret
    6.0/10(222 votes)

    S5:E19

    When an FBI agent makes a visit to check Mike's security clearance, Bobby and Oliver both become convinced that Mike is working on some plans for a top secret project. They later become suspicious of Sam and become convinced that he plans to steal the ""secret plans"" and pass them on to the Russians.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 17 - Welcome Aboard
    5.7/10(266 votes)

    S5:E17

    Carol breaks the news to Mike that she's expecting and an eavesdropping Bobby and Cindy assume that she's pregnant and pass it along to the rest of the family. Unknown to them what she meant was that she's expecting her nephew, Oliver to move in with them over the summer while his parents are in Africa.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Al Schwartz

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  22. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 14 - Kelly's Kids
    5.5/10(363 votes)

    S5:E14

    The Brady's friends, the Kellys are in the middle of adopting one little boy and soon find themselves adopting a total of three boys all of different ethnic backgrounds and they soon find themselves dealing with racist neighbors.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Cincinnati Kids" is the best rated episode of "The Brady Bunch" season 5. It scored 7.8/10 based on 350 votes. Directed by Leslie H. Martinson and written by Al Schwartz, it aired on 11/23/1973. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Adios, Johnny Bravo".