Mr. Brady comes home from work and calls everybody into the living room. He has a package for them. What could it be? They open it up and see a bunch of plane tickets. This puzzles them. Then Mr. Brady announces that they're all going to Hawaii. The family screams. You know what they say, the family that screams together stays together.
The plane lands in Hawaii and they are greeted by the traditional Hawaiian lei greeters, beautiful young women who put flower leis around the necks of arriving people and kiss them on the cheek. When Mr. Brady gets his flowers and kiss Alice says that she is going to tell Mrs. Brady on him. Little does Alice know that Mr. Brady has much bigger secrets than that!
After going on a tour they go to the construction site, the one Mr. Brady is supposed to check on, that being the reason for the trip, and Bobby finds an idol that has been dug up. He steals it. Bobby, you're not supposed to steal stuff from construction sites!
The idol, which is supposed to be taboo, seems to cause all kinds of bad things to happen to the Bradys. That's the main story of the episode. I'll stop there for now. And I'll pick up in the next episode, which is of course part 2.
I've always loved this episode and of course give it the highest rating of 10. It's the Brady Bunch at their best. And don't forget parts 2 and 3!
Side Note: Back in the 70's I took a trip to Hawaii just like the Brady Bunch and on the first day I fell asleep on the beach and got a horrible sunburn that made me miserable for the whole next week. I had to stay in the hotel room and try not to move. If you ever go to Hawaii be careful of the sun!!!
