The BEST episodes of The Brady Bunch season 5

Every episode of The Brady Bunch season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Brady Bunch season 5!

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

Last Updated: 11/4/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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The Hustler
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8.69
26 votes

#1 - 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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Quarterback Sneak
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8.62
26 votes

#2 - 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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Marcia Gets Creamed
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8.56
25 votes

#3 - Marcia Gets Creamed

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1973

Marcia loves her new job at the ice cream parlor -- until the shiftless Peter fouls things up and Jan outperforms her.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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Getting Greg's Goat
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8.45
29 votes

#4 - 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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Peter and the Wolf
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8.44
27 votes

#5 - 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 Cincinnati Kids
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8.36
28 votes

#6 - The Cincinnati Kids

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1973

Mike brings along the family on a business trip to an amusement park in Cincinnati. But when a mix-up occurs with Mike's blueprints, the Bradys must scour the park to find them.

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Two Petes in a Pod
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8.18
22 votes

#7 - Two Petes in a Pod

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/1974

Peter meets a schoolmate who looks and sounds exactly like him. When Peter finds he has two dates for the same night, he hatches a plan to use his doppelganger to stand in for him.

Directors: Richard Michaels
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The Hair-Brained Scheme
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8.15
34 votes

#8 - The Hair-Brained Scheme

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/8/1974

Wanting to get rich quick, Bobby begins selling bottles of hair tonic. But the tonic turns Greg's hair orange just days before his high-school graduation. In what happened to be the final episode of the series, series star Robert Reed got himself written out of the episode when he objected to the episode's plotline and writing and neither he nor the Schwartzes would budge.

Directors: Jack Arnold
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The Driver's Seat
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8.10
29 votes

#9 - 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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Try, Try Again
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8.10
21 votes

#10 - Try, Try Again

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1973

After a string of failures, Jan becomes she has no talent -- until she discovers tap dancing, which drives the Brady family crazy.

Directors: George Tyne
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The Snooperstar
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7.94
18 votes

#11 - The Snooperstar

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1974

Marcia plants a bogus story in her diary to trap the snooping Cindy, which leads Cindy to believe a talent scout wants her to be the next Shirley Temple.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
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Never Too Young
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7.92
25 votes

#12 - Never Too Young

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1973

After Bobby defends a girl at school, she rewards him with a kiss and he immediately sees skyrockets. But after a second kiss, she tells Bobby that she may have the mumps.

Directors: Richard Michaels
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Out of This World
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7.85
27 votes

#13 - Out of This World

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1974

After meeting an astronaut, Bobby and Peter claim to have spotted a UFO and camp out in the backyard to get it on film.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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Snow White and the Seven Bradys
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7.69
26 votes

#14 - Snow White and the Seven Bradys

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1973

To earn 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 by leaving the Bradys with no theater in which to perform.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Ben Starr
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Top Secret
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7.68
22 votes

#15 - Top Secret

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1974

When an FBI agent visits to check Mike's security clearance, Bobby and Oliver become convinced that Mike is working on plans for a top-secret project. They also suspect Sam of being an international spy scheming to steal the plans.

Directors: Bernard Wiesen
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My Brother's Keeper
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7.67
21 votes

#16 - My Brother's Keeper

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1973

After Bobby pushes Peter out of the way of a falling ladder, Peter volunteers to be Bobby's slave for life. But Bobby takes advantage of the situation.

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Mail Order Hero
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7.64
22 votes

#17 - Mail Order Hero

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1973

Bobby lies to his friends by telling them he knows NFL legend Joe Namath. So Cindy sends a bogus letter to Namath stating that Bobby is dying and that his last wish is to meet the football star.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
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Miss Popularity
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7.57
23 votes

#18 - Miss Popularity

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1973

Jan is competing in a popularity contest at school. However, she finds herself making promises to her classmates that she can't keep.

Directors: Jack Donohue
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Welcome Aboard
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7.42
19 votes

#19 - Welcome Aboard

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1974

When Carol tells Mike she's expecting an addition to the family, eavesdropping Cindy and Bobby think that Carol is pregnant and pass the rumor along to the rest of the family. But the new addition isn't a baby, it's Carol's nephew Oliver, a clumsy boy who seems to bring trouble wherever he goes.

Directors: Richard Michaels
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Adios, Johnny Bravo
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7.26
38 votes

#20 - Adios, Johnny Bravo

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1973

A musical agent spots Greg and offers him the chance of becoming solo star Johnny Bravo, but he soon learns the real reason he was selected -- he's a perfect fit for a garish suit.

Directors: Jerry London
Writer: Joanna Lee
The Elopement
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6.62
21 votes

#21 - The Elopement

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1973

The family mistakenly believes that Sam and Alice are eloping, so they plan a wedding reception.

Directors: Jerry London
Kelly's Kids
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6.00
24 votes

#22 - Kelly's Kids

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/1974

This failed backdoor pilot attempt finds the Bradys' friends, the Kellys, adopting three ethnically diverse boys and dealing with an inhospitable neighbor.

Directors: Richard Michaels