The Partridge Family - Episode Guide

Recently widowed mother, Shirley Partridge is struggling while working in a bank to raise her five children who are playing in a band.

After a fender bender, an angry motorist claims whiplash and sues the family.

Shirley's mother is upset when Shirley's dad joins the band.

Shirley tries to clear up the government's error when Danny gets drafted.

Shirley's romance with an old flame concerns the kids.

A smitten neighbour shadows Keith, who has fallen for a 16-year-old store clerk.

A mobster thinks Danny is romancing his girlfriend.

While the family is on a picnic, a skunk sneaks on board the bus and winds up spraying them.

After a song performance, Danny has an awkward moment and decides to try his hand at stand-up comedy.

When the Partridges are invited by to play a show at a prison, one of the inmates tries to sell them some songs he claims to have written.

When Keith is worried that he may not be able to write songs anymore, Danny decides that it's time for him to become the group's songwriter.

Keith's latest girlfriend is a member of a junior women's lib organization and he volunteers the group to play at one of their rallies.

A flattering newspaper article swells Danny's head.

Shirley encounters a famous folk artist, long believed dead, and convinces him to perform with the Partridges.

A European-tour promoter tells Shirley she's "out" with the "in" crowd.

Laurie refuses to speak after she has to get braces.

Shirley thinks they are still a normal family, so when on a tour Danny talks about the high life, Shirley thinks it is time for a break.

The Partridges are in Detroit for a performance, due to a booking mix-up, they arrive at the place where the Temptations are expected.

The band gets caught up in a nightclub's labour woes.

Shirley's matchmaking nearly costs the family its manager.

Keith's new car drains his wallet.

The Partridges and Ruben meet a girl at a diner who wants to hitch a ride when they drive off to Albuquerque.

Laurie finds out the hard way that the rumours about a new boy in school are true.

When Danny is unable to find his birth certificate or pictures of himself as a baby, he is convinced that he is adopted.

The Partridges meet Bobby Conway, a composer who plays beautiful music and who is looking for a lyricist.

The Partridge Family is forced to add another member to the group, a young girl who can't sing a note.

To raise money and create publicity, Ruben hosts a contest where the winner can spend a week with the Partridges at their home.

No one in the family is very happy about Laurie's new boyfriend, a biker named Snake.

A freshman develops a crush on Shirley when she takes a college course.

Danny fears losing his singing voice after having his tonsils removed.

The Partridges make a record featuring the song of a whale to raise awareness of the whale's plight.

Keith decides that being the eldest, he should take more responsibility for his siblings.

Danny and Keith try to give a shy, awkward grocery clerk enough confidence to ask Laurie for a date.

Mother Nature gives Danny a hand in another of his money-making schemes.

Shirley's father visits and announces he left home and plans to go to Big Spur.

Danny sells Keith-souvenirs to buy Mom a mink coat.

The Partridges hire a driver who turns out to be an armed robbery parolee.

The Partridges are stranded in a ghost town on Christmas eve when their bus breaks down.

Driving home after a tour, the Partridges stop for a picnic on a country road and meet a young woman who likes to travel alone.

After being scolded from a mess, Chris and Tracy decided to run away from home but, ended up at Ruben's apartment causing mayhem.

After seeing some experimental films at a theater, Keith says he can do better than any they saw.

Keith wants his own apartment so he can have some peace and quiet to write music.

Danny's imagination runs wild when he writes articles about Keith and Shirley for the local newspaper.

A painting of a nude on their garage door causes trouble for the Partridges.

It's a battle of the sexes as Shirley and Laurie prove to their male chauvinist counterparts to be better able to handle the wilderness.

Danny retaliates when the object of his affections admits that she is in love with Keith.

Laurie's diary falls into the hands of the editor of the school newspaper.

As the Partridges' bus breaks down in a small town, the locals want them to do a benefit show to help Native Americans build a school.

Keith and Danny are taken in by a psychic's "trance routine".

Laurie embarrasses Keith by defending him from the school bully.

Shirley gets a speeding ticket on her way to receive a Mother-of-the-Year award.

A princess flies into town with the express purpose of having a date with Keith.

Reuben and Danny tackle their respective vices.

Snake, a motorcyclist friend of the Partridges, visits and wants help with the woman he loves.

The school psychologist suggests a radical treatment to get to the bottom of Danny's behavioural problems.

Shirley's parents visit, and they try to find a hidden meaning from every sound and sentence when these are simple every day things.

Keith campaigns for a politician who likes Shirley.

The Partridges are isolated in a mountain cabin during a record-breaking rainstorm.

Greg, a former childhood friend of Laurie's, who is now a minister, returns to town and reconnects.

A talent scout convinces Keith that he would be perfect for a part in a new movie.

Danny wins an insomniac racehorse.

The Partridges start looking at new homes, but first have to sell their current home.

After accepting a date with an old admirer, Shirley later has to figure out how to get rid of him and his mother.

Ruben has a burglar alarm installed in the Partridge home, but they keep setting off the alarm accidentally.

Laurie is accused of cheating while covering up for a friend.

While the Partridges perform several days at an amusement park, Keith meets the public relations host.

Shirley's recent boyfriend, the politician, comes to town and brings his daughter along.

The Partridge family makes a commercial for a take-out chicken restaurant.

School finals are approaching and America's heartthrob Keith is failing Sex Education.

A department store computer plays havoc with Shirley's account.

Dared into shoplifting, Danny feels he has disgraced the family.

Keith wants the school presidency, at any cost.

The Partridges bring a lonely millionaire out of his self-imposed isolation.

The Partridges have to hide from a mystery writer to win $25,000 for charity.

The new neighbor complains about the Partridges' music.

Keith wants to date the new girl in school, but she does not want to go with him because he has a love 'em and leave 'em reputation.

A pretty music student inspires Keith to write classical pieces.

Danny's Little League status inflates his ego.

When the Partridges start treating him with kid gloves, Reuben feels he's not long for the world.

Keith, stuck with two dates for one night, tries to scheme his way out of one.

Danny and Keith suspect Laurie's shipboard suitor.

An ambassador who is visiting the town asks Shirley out on a first date.

Keith falls for a beautiful coed who turns out to be married.

The family tries being completely honest for 24 hours.

While Ruben is out of town, his nephew takes over managing the Partridges.

Shirley's mother and father argue over Amanda wanting a job outside the house.

An art teacher loves Shirley's work, the family doesn't.

Ruben manages a new twin singing act, but the boys break up when they meet Laurie.

Danny seems to be getting into a lot of trouble at school, and now decided to drop out.

Laurie runs for homecoming queen so she can speak her mind on discrimination, Keith has a male friend compete against her.

Danny pretends to be Jewish to date a rabbi's daughter.

Laurie student-teaches Danny's English class.

Keith cons Laurie into posing as his date in order to make a girl jealous.

Danny has a promotional plan to show the Partridges conserves energy, the newspaper does an article to show their energy saving ways.

Danny gives Shirley a pin he found, then learns his teacher lost it.

Shirley is surprised to learn that an old boyfriend is in town to make a speech.