| The Hair-Brained Scheme | |
| Season 5, Episode # 22 Number (#117) in series (117 episodes) | |
| Network: | ABC-TV |
| TV series: | The Brady Bunch |
| Guest star(s) | Robbie Rist Barbara Bernstein Hope Juber Bern Hoffman John Wheeler Jason Dunn Brandy Carson |
| Production code: | 117 |
| Writer(s) | Charles Stewart |
| Director | Jack Arnold |
| Original airdate | March 8, 1974 |
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The Hair-Brained Scheme is the 22nd episode of Season 5 of the The Brady Bunch TV series, and also the 117th overall episode in, and final episode of the entire series. Written by Charles Stewart and directed by Jack Arnold, the episode originally aired on ABC-TV on March 8, 1974.
Robert Reed disliked the plot and wrote a memo to Sherwood Schwartz about it, so he was written out of the last episode.
Synopsis
Bobby and Cindy attempt to become business entrepreneurs by selling hair tonic and rabbits, respectively. Greg buys a bottle of tonic right before graduation to help his little brother, but it turns his hair orange.
Summary
In the final episode of the series, Bobby is convinced he can get rich by selling Neat & Natural Hair Tonic. Bobby sells Greg a container which turns Greg's hair bright orange on the eve of his high school Graduation commencement. Greg is forced to go to the beauty parlor to turn his hair back to normal before going to graduation.
Storyline
The youngest two Brady kids set out to become rich quick - by selling hair tonic (Bobby), and raising rabbits and selling the babies (Cindy), but the plans backfire on both of them. Bobby is able to sell only one bottle - to his oldest brother Greg, who's about to graduate from high school. Unfortunately for Greg, that's one customer too many - the tonic turns his hair a shaggy strawberry blond just prior to graduation ceremony. And as it turns out, the company that Bobby sold the tonic for had only recently been closed down by FDA. With the high school graduation only hours away, what will Greg do to get his hair back to normal?
Meanwhile, Cindy tries breeding two rabbits whom she names Romeo and Juliet, but unfortunately, she later learns that they are both male and thus can't have babies, and the pet shop owner she bought them from refuses to buy them back as he already has too many of them.
Recurring cast/Guest stars
- Robbie Rist as Cousin Oliver
- Barbara Bernstein as Suzanne
- Hope Juber as Gretchen (as Hope Sherwood)
- Bern Hoffman as First Man
- John Wheeler as Second Man
- Brandy Carson as Woman