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The Brady Bunch: Season 4

23 episodes Premiered Sep 22, 1972 Updated Oct 1, 2026
Previously on The Brady Bunch

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Brady Bunch Season 3.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (19): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Hawaii Bound

Sep 22, 1972 · 25 min

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

S4·E2 Core

Pass the Tabu

Sep 29, 1972 · 25 min

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. Ha

S4·E3 Core

The Tiki Caves

Oct 6, 1972 · 25 min

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

S4·E4 Core

Today, I Am a Freshman

Oct 13, 1972 · 25 min

It's the beginning of another school year, and Marcia panics about becoming a freshman in school, going as far as pretending to be sick. However, after parents see through her act

S4·E5 Core

Cyrano de Brady

Oct 20, 1972 · 25 min

One afternoon, Jan brings her friend, Kerry home and introduces her to her family. Kerry quickly makes the biggest impression on Peter who wants Greg's advice on landing a girl.

S4·E6 Core

Fright Night

Oct 27, 1972 · 25 min

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

S4·E7 Core

The Show Must Go On??

Nov 3, 1972 · 25 min

Marcia and Greg's high school is putting on Family Frolics activity which is a type of variety show with the students and their families providing the entertainment. This leads Ma

S4·E8 Core

Jan, the Only Child

Nov 10, 1972 · 25 min

Jan is fed up with the number of people in the household and voices her want to be an only child. So the other kids oblige and give her all the space she wants and she finds that

S4·E9 Core

Career Fever

Nov 17, 1972 · 25 min

In a paper for English class, Greg writes about wanting to follow in his dad's footsteps and become an architect. When Mike, reads the paper, he is ecstatic and goes all out encou

S4·E10 Mytharc

Goodbye, Alice, Hello

Nov 24, 1972 · 25 min

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

S4·E11 Core

Greg's Triangle

Dec 8, 1972 · 25 min

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 happe

S4·E12 Core

Everyone Can't Be George Washington

Dec 22, 1972 · 25 min

Peter is determined to get the part of George Washington in the school play but the teacher thinks Peter would be better in the role of Benedict Arnold. When his friends start mak

S4·E13 Core

Love and the Older Man

Jan 5, 1973 · 25 min

Marcia falls for Dr. Vogel, the family's new dentist. When Dr. Vogel asks Mike if Marcia would be interested in doing some babysitting for his kids, she misinterprets it for him a

S4·E14 Core

Law and Disorder

Jan 12, 1973 · 25 min

Bobby is crestfallen when he is picked to be safety monitor at school. With Mike and Carol's encouragement, Bobby becomes determined to be the best safety monitor ever but in the

S4·E15 Core

Greg Gets Grounded

Jan 19, 1973 · 25 min

Bobby mentions to Mike and Carol that Greg was in a near car accident on the freeway due to the fact that he was reading the cover jacket of a new record. This leads Mike and Caro

S4·E16 Core

Amateur Nite

Jan 26, 1973 · 25 min

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 toge

S4·E17 Core

Bobby's Hero

Feb 2, 1973 · 25 min

The principal calls home to alert Mike and Carol to the fact that Bobby's playing Jesse James at school. This leads Mike and Carol to learn just how obsessed Bobby about his "idol

S4·E18 Core

The Subject Was Noses

Feb 9, 1973 · 25 min

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

S4·E19 Core

How to Succeed in Business?

Feb 23, 1973 · 25 min

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 t

S4·E20 Core

The Great Earring Caper

Mar 2, 1973 · 25 min

Peter's new detective kit comes in handy when Cindy touches and then looses a pair of antique earrings that Marcia was borrowing from Carol that she warned her not to touch. This

S4·E21 Core

You're Never Too Old

Mar 9, 1973 · 25 min

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 g

S4·E22 Mytharc

You Can't Win 'Em All

Mar 16, 1973 · 25 min

Both Bobby and Cindy have to opportunity to try out to be on a televised children's quiz show if they get a certain score on a written test. However, an overconfident Bobby doesn'

S4·E23 Mytharc

A Room at the Top

Mar 23, 1973 · 25 min

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 be

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