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The Worst Episodes of The Brady Bunch

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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 Worst Episode
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    The Brady Bunch Season 3 Episode 1 - Ghost Town, U.S.A.
    0.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Ghost Town, U.S.A.

    S3:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 4 - Never Too Young
    3.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Never Too Young

    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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  3. The Brady Bunch Season 2 Episode 5 - Going, Going...Steady
    4.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Going, Going...Steady

    S2:E5

    Marcia has a crush on a boy who doesn't even know she's alive, at least not until she studies up on his favorite hobby, insect collecting.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Brady Bunch Season 4 Episode 21 - You're Never Too Old
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - You're Never Too Old

    S4:E21

    Both Robert Reed puts in double duty as Grandpa Brady as does Florence Henderson when she portrays Grandma Hutchins in an episode where the Brady kids play matchmakers and try to get Grandpa Brady and Grandma Hutchins together. However, their efforts may all be for naught when an argument erupts between Grandma and Grandpa during a romantic dinner.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Ben Gershman

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  5. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 22 - The Hair-Brained Scheme
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - The Hair-Brained Scheme

    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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  6. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 14 - Kelly's Kids
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Kelly's Kids

    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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  7. The Brady Bunch Season 2 Episode 4 - The Un-Underground Movie
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - The Un-Underground Movie

    S2:E4

    Greg's history project is a home movie about the pilgrims with the rest of the Bradys clan as the cast. However, soon the other Bradys take over and pretty soon Greg loses control of his project.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 17 - Welcome Aboard
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Welcome Aboard

    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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  9. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 19 - Top Secret
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Top Secret

    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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  10. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 20 - The Snooperstar
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Snooperstar

    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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  11. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 21 - The Hustler
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - The Hustler

    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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  12. The Brady Bunch Season 4 Episode 18 - The Subject Was Noses
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - The Subject Was Noses

    S4:E18

    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

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  13. The Brady Bunch Season 5 Episode 1 - Adios, Johnny Bravo
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Adios, Johnny Bravo

    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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  14. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 4 - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    6.8/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    S1:E4

    No longer feeling needed around the Brady household, Alice makes up a story about an ailing aunt in Seattle in order to leave. Later the family finds out the truth and put "Operation Alice" in effect in an attempt to make her stay.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Paul West

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  15. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 1 - The Honeymoon
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - The Honeymoon

    S1:E1

    In the series opener, Mike Brady, a widower with three boys, marries Carol Martin, a widow with three girls. Just as the minister says "I do" the boy's dog, Tiger gets loose and chases the girl's cat through the wedding party. Chaos breaks loose which prompts Carol and Mike to yell at their kids to control their pets. Guilt over yelling at their kids comes into play later during Mike and Carol's honeymoon.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Sherwood Schwartz

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  16. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 3 - Eenie, Meenie, Mommy, Daddy
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Eenie, Meenie, Mommy, Daddy

    S1:E3

    Cindy has been cast as the fairy princess in the school play. She's excited that her mom and new dad will be able to see her in the production until she learns she can only invite one parent. Torn between who she should choose, Cindy fakes an injury to get out of being in the play.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  17. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 5 - Katchoo
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Katchoo

    S1:E5

    Jan comes down with a mysterious allergy and Carol and Alice try to determine just what is causing it. They deduce that the cause is Tiger, the family dog. Or is it?

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:William Cowley

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  18. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 6 - A Clubhouse Is Not a Home
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - A Clubhouse Is Not a Home

    S1:E6

    With more and more of the girls belongings being moved over from storage, the boys become fed up and take to their 'No Girls Allowed' clubhouse in the backyard which sparks the first of many battles between the sexes. This leads the girls to try to build their own clubhouse.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 9 - Sorry, Right Number
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Sorry, Right Number

    S1:E9

    With nine people in the house, Mike gets frustrated when he can never get any time on the phone for himself. He decides to install a second phone line, but that only makes the problem worse. Thanks to one of Alice's ideas, Mike decides to install a pay phone in the family room.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 10 - Every Boy Does It Once
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Every Boy Does It Once

    S1:E10

    After watching "Cinderella" on TV, Bobby becomes concerned about stepmothers—especially since Carol asks him to sweep out the fireplace. Soon after, feeling worthless, Bobby decides to run away.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 11 - Vote for Brady
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Vote for Brady

    S1:E11

    Both Greg and Marcia rush home after school with the news that they're both running for student body president. May the best candidate win, as the boys and girls each take sides and soon each one of them is accusing the other of sabotage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 13 - Is There a Doctor in the House?
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Is There a Doctor in the House?

    S1:E13

    Peter comes home from school with the measles, so naturally, Carol calls the doctor, her doctor, who happens to be a woman. Meanwhile, Mike calls his doctor, a man. Soon all the kids come down with the measles and the household is in an uproar in yet another battle of the sexes, as the girls want a female doctor and the boys want a male doctor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 15 - 54-40 and Fight
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - 54-40 and Fight

    S1:E15

    The Brady family learns that a trading stamp company is going out of business. A fight breaks out over who should get all of the saved stamps, the boys or the girls. If the girls get them, they'll buy a sewing machine and if the boys get them, they'll by a rowboat.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Burt Styler

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  24. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 17 - The Undergraduate
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Undergraduate

    S1:E17

    When Greg begins constant daydreaming and his grades start to drop the Brady's quickly think something is wrong. They soon deduce he has puppy love, for a certain girl named Linda. However, they are having an incredibly hard time finding the right Linda but soon the Bradys quickly learn just who this Linda is.

    Director:Oscar Rudolph
    Writer:David P. Harmon

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  25. The Brady Bunch Season 1 Episode 18 - Tiger, Tiger!
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Tiger, Tiger!

    S1:E18

    One afternoon, Bobby briefly leaves Tiger unattended and returns to find him missing. Soon a city wide search is on. Meanwhile, a string of burglaries in the neighborhood has Alice paranoid. Could the robbers have lured Tiger away in order to rob the Brady house?

    Director:Herb Wallerstein
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Ghost Town, U.S.A." is the worst rated episode of "The Brady Bunch". It scored 0/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/17/1971. This episode scored 3.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Never Too Young".