The BEST episodes of The Brady Bunch

Every episode of The Brady Bunch ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Brady Bunch!

The misadventures of a large family formed by the marriage of a woman with 3 daughters and a man with 3 sons.

Last Updated: 4/25/2025Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Dear Libby
star
15.00
4 votes

#1 - Dear Libby

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1969

An article in an advice column, Dear Libby, draws Marcia's attention. In the article, an anonymous person is in the same situation as Mike and Carol is in and this particular person is unhappy. This leads Marcia to draw the conclusion that Mike or Carol wrote the letter. She later shows the article to the other kids and they devise a plot to keep their newly formed family together.

Directors: John Rich
Writer: Lois Hire
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The Slumber Caper
star
14.00
4 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Tam Spiva
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Confessions, Confessions
star
14.00
5 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Brad Radnitz
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The Treasure of Sierra Avenue
star
13.60
5 votes

#4 - The Treasure of Sierra Avenue

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1970

While playing football in a vacant lot with Greg and Peter, Bobby discovers a wallet containing $1,100. When the girls learn about the boys' coup, they decide they want a cut of the money; this leads to yet another fight in the Brady household.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
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Where There's Smoke
star
13.20
5 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
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Click
star
13.00
4 votes

#6 - Click

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1971

Greg's rib injury keeps him on the football sidelines, but Bobby's new photography hobby leads to a game-deciding discovery.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
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How to Succeed in Business?
star
12.80
5 votes

#7 - How to Succeed in Business?

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/23/1973

Peter is ecstatic when he gets a job at Martinelli's bike shop. However, his wanting to do a thorough job inhibits his speed and work begins piling up as well as customers begin to demand their bikes. This leads Mr. Martinelli to give Peter the axe.

Directors: Robert Reed
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Peter and the Wolf
star
12.80
5 votes

#8 - Peter and the Wolf

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1973

Greg's date can only go out with him if he can get a date for her visiting cousin. So Greg gets Peter to wear a fake moustache and act like an older man on the double date.

Writer: Tam Spiva
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The Wheeler-Dealer
star
12.40
5 votes

#9 - The Wheeler-Dealer

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1971

Greg buys his first car for $100 from his smooth-talking friend Eddie. Finding that he has been stuck with a lemon, Greg attempts to repeat Eddie's snow job when he tries to resell the car to another sucker.

Directors: Jack Arnold
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Fright Night
star
12.33
6 votes

#10 - Fright Night

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1972

After Jan and Cindy are spooked by a trick ghost rigged by the boys, the girls try to retaliate. But things get out of hand when Alice becomes a victim of their attempts to spook their brothers.

Writer: Brad Radnitz
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A Fistful of Reasons
star
12.00
3 votes

#11 - A Fistful of Reasons

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1970

A bully named Buddy Hinton has been making fun of Cindy's lisp. So in order to defend her, Peter tries to learn how to defend himself.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Tam Spiva
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The Subject Was Noses
star
12.00
7 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Jack Arnold
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Quarterback Sneak
star
12.00
5 votes

#13 - Quarterback Sneak

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1973

Marcia's new beau, the quarterback of the rival Fairview team, uses her to get to Greg's Westdale playbook.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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The Driver's Seat
star
12.00
6 votes

#14 - The Driver's Seat

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1974

Greg and Marcia settle a bet about their driving skills by participating in a head-to-head competition, with the whole family cheering them on.

Directors: Jack Arnold
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The Fender Benders
star
11.60
5 votes

#15 - The Fender Benders

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/10/1972

Carol is in a car accident with a man who agrees to pay for his own damages. However, he changes his mind and Carol finds herself summoned to court with Bobby and Cindy testifying against her.

Directors: Allen Baron
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Today, I am a Freshman
star
11.60
5 votes

#16 - Today, I am a Freshman

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1972

It's the beginning of another school year, and Marcia panics about becoming a freshman, going as far as pretending to be sick. However, after her parents see through Marcia's act, they encourage her to get involved -- but she joins every club available.

Directors: Hal Cooper
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54-40 and Fight
star
11.33
6 votes

#17 - 54-40 and Fight

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/9/1970

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 buy a rowboat.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Burt Styler
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The Hustler
star
11.33
6 votes

#18 - The Hustler

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/1974

When Mike's boss, Mr. Matthews, sends the family a pool table, Bobby becomes obsessed with pool, challenging all comers including Mr. Matthews himself.

Directors: Michael Kane
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Greg's Triangle
star
11.33
6 votes

#19 - Greg's Triangle

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1972

Greg is crazy for his latest girlfriend, Jennifer, but things get difficult for him when he learns that both Jennifer and Marcia are competing for head cheerleader -- and he just happens to be one of the judges.

Directors: Richard Michaels
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Is There a Doctor in the House?
star
11.33
3 votes

#20 - Is There a Doctor in the House?

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/1969

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.

Directors: Oscar Rudolph
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Father of the Year
star
11.20
5 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: George Cahan
Writer: Skip Webster
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Getting Greg's Goat
star
11.20
5 votes

#22 - Getting Greg's Goat

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1973

Greg and his friends steal a rival school's mascot goat, but things get out of control when the goat proves to be too hard to handle.

Directors: Robert Reed
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My Sister, Benedict Arnold
star
11.14
7 votes

#23 - My Sister, Benedict Arnold

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1971

Greg is furious when he discovers Marcia is dating a rival who had beaten him out of a spot on the basketball team. Seeking revenge, Greg begins seeing the girl who had bested Marcia in cheerleading.

Directors: Hal Cooper
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A Clubhouse is Not a Home
star
11.00
6 votes

#24 - A Clubhouse is Not a Home

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1969

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.

Directors: John Rich
Writer: Skip Webster
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Sorry, Right Number
star
11.00
4 votes

#25 - Sorry, Right Number

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1969

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. The plan works ... until Mike needs to use the phone one day to set up an appointment with a hard-to-please, heavily scrutinizing developer ... and when the phone company cuts the call off and Mike doesn't have a dime, the developer isn't too amused at all. But in the end, the pay phone proves its worth, both for Mike's blood pressure and securing a multi-million-dollar contract for Mike's firm.

Directors: George Cahan
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