In a revolutionary plot twist that has never been done on television again, Mike and Carol decide the other sex's job is easier and switch roles to prove their point.
The episodes about lost lockets, middle sisters, and tagging along on a big brother's date reveal a telling truth: When you're a kid, the tribulations of everyday life feel dramatic and important enough.
Even folks who tuned in during Brady's original run... must have found the sugary series strange to swallow at a time when X-rated movies were winning Oscars and Vietnam dominated the evening news.
The entire season is permeated by the sickly sweet stench of cutesyness and a sense of family values that was probably just as old-fashioned then as it seems now.
