Bobby doesn't want to be safety monitor for his class because his classmates now hate him. However, he soon abuses his power and begins reporting on his family when they break house rules. Meanwhile, the family salvages an old sailboat.
After Greg is grounded for a week for careless driving, he gets in a dispute with his parents over their "exact words." Meanwhile, Bobby and Peter enter frogs in a frog-jumping contest.
The kids want to buy Mike and Carol an engraved silver tray as their anniversary gift, but Jan goofs up on paying for the tray. To fix the mistake, Jan convinces her siblings to audition for an amateur talent show.
Bobby becomes obsessed with Jesse James. Mike and Carol don't approve of his new hero, and try to find a way to convince him that James was nothing but a "mean, dirty killer."
Marcia breaks a date with Charlie when "big man on campus" Doug Simpson asks her out. However, after she gets hit in the nose with a football, Doug Simpson breaks his date with her.
Peter gets a job at the bike shop, but he is fired after three days. He doesn't want to tell his parents the bad news, because he told the family he might be getting a promotion to salesman the day he got fired.
Cindy loses her mom's earrings after playing with them, and "detective" Peter Brady tries to solve the mystery. But when Carol wants the earrings for a costume ball and they're still not found, the entire family tries to crack the case.
Cindy studies hard and passes a test to appear on a TV quiz show, but an overconfident Bobby does not. But after she passes, her ego goes out of control. Meanwhile, Mike and Carol make plans for a dinner party.
A talent agent signs Greg to become a rock star named "Johnny Bravo." Greg lets his new fame get to his head, until he discovers that he was only signed because he "fit the suit."
Bobby lies to his friends that he knows Joe Namath, but they don't believe him. So with Cindy's help, Bobby fakes a serious illness in order to get Namath to come to the house and visit him.
Bobby gets his first kiss and sees "fireworks," but he wants to keep it a secret from his older brothers. Meanwhile, the Bradys get ready for a "Roaring 20s" party.
Greg gets Peter to pretend to be an older guy and go with him on a double date, and Mike and Carol prepare to entertain one of Mike's clients from Mexico.
Bobby saves Peter from potential serious injury after he pushes him out of the way of a falling ladder. A grateful Peter offers to become Bobby's "slave for life," something that Bobby takes quick advantage of.
The rival school's quarterback suddenly takes an interest in Marcia the week of the football game., and Mike is Jealous when Carol's high school sweetheart comes for a visit.
Mike takes the entire family on a trip to King's Island amusement park, where he is to submit plans to a client, but the a mix-up causes the blueprints to go missing at the park.
A series of misunderstandings lead the Bradys to believe that Alice and Sam are up to much more than just bowling on their upcoming Saturday night date.
Jan makes a bunch of promises to be elected "Most Popular Girl" in her class, but backs out of them after she wins the election. Meanwhile, Mike and Carol try to make plans for their second honeymoon.