Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Partridge Family' from 1970-1982:
- Danny Bonaduce as Danny Partridge (1970-1974)
- Dave Madden as Reuben Kincaid (1970-1974)
- David Cassidy as Keith Partridge (1970-1974)
- Shirley Jones as Shirley Renfrew Partridge (1970-1974)
- Susan Dey as Laurie Partridge (1970-1974)
- Suzanne Crough as Tracy Partridge (1970-1974)
- Jeremy Gelbwaks as Chris Partridge (1970-1971)
- Brian Forster as Chris Partridge (1971-1974)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Partridge Family':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Bernard Slade D: Jerry Paris
With Gordon Jump (Man), Johnny Cash (Variety Show Host), William Wintersole (Club Manager), Debra Pearce (Gloria Steinman), Hal Taggert (Desk Clerk), Felton Perry (Airport Clerk), Ceil Cabot (Woman).
Comedy about a widow with five muscially-inclined children who are bent on a show business career. In the first episode, the youngsters form a vocal-instrumental group to make an audition record. When their lead girl singer, a neighborhood friend, comes down with the measles, the kids press their mother into the act.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Martin A. Ragaway D: Peter Baldwin
With Harry Morgan (Willie Larkin), Farrah Fawcett (Pretty Girl), Kelly Britt (Doris), Ivan Bonar (Leroy Lowenfeld).
A man sues the Partridges after Shirley nudges his car from behind while driving the group's tour bus.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Bernard Slade D: Jerry Bernstein
With Ray Bolger (Grandpa Fred Renfrew), Rosemary DeCamp (Grandma Amanda Renfrew).
Grandpa and grandma, Shirley's parents, visit the Partridges and Grandpa decides to join the family's musical group.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Claudio Guzman
With Jonathan Daly (Officer Moody), Laurence Haddon (Sgt. Sizemore), Jack Riley (Corporal Wrzesinkski), Jared Martin (Recording Engineer), Ted Scott (Eye Doctor).
The family is shocked when 10-year-old Danny is ordered to report for induction. Shirley accompanies her son to the induction center, fully expecting the Army to acknowledge the computer error.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Bernard Slade D: Ralph Senensky
With John McMartin (Larry Metcalf), Jaclyn Smith (Tina), Pitt Herbert (Clerk).
Shirley meets an old flame while the family is on tour and the children are convinced he's a fortune hunter who will break up the act by marrying her.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Steve Pritzker D: Bob Claver
With Lane Bradbury (Janet), Claire Wilcox (Cathy), Denice Stadling (Sandy), Elaine Fielding (Registrar), Sheri Cowart (Debbie), Lisa Jill (Suzy).
Keith is hounded by girls dying to date a member of the famous show business Partridges -- hounded, that is, by all except the one he wants to go out with.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Ron Friedman D: Jerry Bernstein
With Pat Harrington Jr. (Harry Starr), Barbara Rhoades (LaVon LaVern), Richard Bakalyan (Skee), Vic Tayback (Rocco), Jack Collins (Investor), Julio Medina (Chavez), Henry Hunter (Minister).
A showgirl in Las Vegas asks Danny's advice on the stock market, then her boyfriend and the mob warn him to stay away.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Bernard Slade D: E.W. Swackhamer
With Gino Conforti (Bellboy #1), Howard Morton (Jerome Donkin), Joseph V. Perry (Sergeant), Bob Gibbon (Clerk), George Spell (Boy), Dick Balduzzi (Elevator Boy), Jo Anne Meredith (Matron), William Lucking (Sweeney).
The family's concert performance in another town is jeopardized when a skunk hiding in the bus contaminates them.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Ron Friedman D: Paul Junger Witt
With Morey Amsterdam (Ziggy Shnurr), Jackie Coogan (Max Pepper), Warren Miller (Musician #1), Kip King (Musician #2).
Danny accidentally makes an audience laugh, so he tries to become a comedian.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Dale McRaven D: Claudio Guzman
With Stuart Margolin (Hank), Ron Feinberg (Max), Ken Swofford (Monty), C. Lindsay Workman (Warden), Ben Frank (Convict), Ron Pinkard (Guard), Frank Baron (Joe).
The family become victims of a plot by an enterprising prison inmate who wants to sell them his songs.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Richard DeRoy D: Jerry Paris
Danny gets an inspiration while sleeping and writes down his sure-fire hit tune the next morning. The family is impressed until brother Keith claims the song was stolen from him.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Richard DeRoy D: Peter Baldwin
With Jane Actman (Tina Newcomb), Leonard Stone (Clauson), Fran Ryan (First Wife), Sari Price (Wife #2), Dort Clark (Husband #1).
Keith commits the family to sing at a Women's Lib rally organized by one of his girlfriends, but the family doesn't want to get mixed up in politics.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Bernard Slade D: Harry Falk
With Dick Clark (Himself), Mitzi Hoag (Sheila Faber), Judy March (Mother), Jean-Michel Michenaud (Norman Farrell).
Danny decides to go out as a single after one rave review, but Shirley knows the best way to discourage this and keep him with the group.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Coslough Johnson D: Peter Baldwin
With William Schallert (Red Woodloe).
The family meets a famous old folk singer and tries to convince him to come out of retirement.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Peter Meyerson D: Harry Falk
With Gino Conforti (Logan Mays), Joel Warfield (Emcee), Renee Tetro (Young girl).
The family starts a European tour without Shirley because the kids over there don't dig the older generation.
Season 1, episode 16
W: James Henerson D: Herbert Kenwith
With Alan Oppenheimer (Wink Burgess), Jonathan Daly (Tommy Phillips), Mark Hamill (Jerry), William Wintersole (Dr. Kessler).
The family is booked for a nationwide television show, but Laurie doesn't want to appear because of the braces on her teeth.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Bernard Slade D: Alan Rafkin
With Richard Mulligan (Dr. Jim Lucas), Reva Rose (Mabel).
The family quits show business when Shirley asks the children to lead a normal life for a change. The kids are convinced Shirley wants to quit so she can get married.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Harry Winkler, Harry Dolan D: Paul Junger Witt
With Richard Pryor (A.E. Simon), Lou Gossett Jr. (Sam Simon), Charles Lampkin (Heavy), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Black Leader), Morris Buchanan (Baker), Ben Frank (Police Officer).
The family arrive in Detroit to perform at the Fire House and learn there's been a booking error.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Stan Cutler, Martin Donovan D: Ralph Senensky
With Michael Lembeck (Marc), Harvey Lembeck (Marino).
When the employees of a night club go on strike, Laurie feels the family shouldn't cross the picket line to perform.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Peter Baldwin
With Nancy Malone (Cathleen Darcy).
Shirley arranges a blind date for Reuben and he falls in love with the girl.
Season 1, episode 21
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Ralph Senensky
With Annette O'Toole (Carol), Carl Ballantine (Pitchman), Joseph V. Perry (Mr. Jenkins).
Keith finds himself too broke to take out his girlfriend, or even repair his car.
Season 1, episode 22
W: Dale McRaven D: Alan Rafkin
With Laurie Prange (Maggie Newton), Sandy Kenyon (Father), Ian Wolfe (Grandfather), Harry Hickox (Sheriff), Stuart Nisbet (Patrolman), Dick Wilson (Cowboy).
The Partridges give a ride to a girl hitchhiker who is wanted by the police. The youngster has run away from her grandparents, who have legal custody.
Season 1, episode 23
W: Dale McRaven D: Mel Swope
With Michael Ontkean (Lester Braddock), Michael Rupert (Bob), Jeremy Burke (Archie), Cindy Crosby (Doris).
Keith is concerned when a star athlete reported to be a fast operator asks Laurie for a date.
Season 1, episode 24
W: Ron Friedman D: Harry Falk
With Bernard Fox (Marty Burnes), Art Metrano (Mike Young), Ned Glass (Detective Harry Klein), Jim Connell (Orderly), Renie Riano (Mrs. Reinbolt), Sid McCoy (M. Young), Jeff Burton (Workman).
Danny is convinced he was adopted because the family can't find his birth certificate, necessary for crossing the border into Canada to do a show.
Season 1, episode 25
W: Bernard Slade D: Earl Bellamy
With Bobby Sherman (Bobby Conway), Wes Stern (Lionel Poindexter).
A talented musician wants the Partridges to record one of his songs, but the work needs words.
September 17, 1971: Dora, Dora, Dora
Season 2, episode 1
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Ralph Senensky
With Robyn Millan (Dora), Jack Burns (Stillman Kelly).
Shirley Jones returns for a second season as a widow who forms a pop singing group with her five children. In the season opener, agent Kincaid promises the father of a girl that she can sing with the Partridges at a show, but her voice is terrible.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Martin A. Ragaway D: Richard Kinon
With Kay Medford (Gloria), Gerald Hiken (Bernie Applebaum), Monie Ellis (Doris).
The winner of a fan magazine's "spend a week with the Partridge Family" contest turns out to be a 60-year-old, old-fashioned mama.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Chuck Shyer, Alan Mandel D: Richard Kinon
With Rob Reiner (Snake), Bryan O'Byrne (Mr. Koolic), Michael Gregory (Quinton), Sandi Schrader (Fran).
A motorcycle gang leader rides down a school hallway to offer Laurie a lift home. He then talks her into a date at the school dance.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Susan Silver D: Ralph Senensky
With Michael Burns (Paul Bruner), Norman Fell (Mr. Bruner), Ann Morgan Guilbert (Mrs. Bruner), Carol O'Leary (Margo).
Shirley takes a psychology course in college and a shy student gets a crush on her.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Coslough Johnson D: Lou Antonio
With Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), Marshall Thompson (Dr. Milstead).
Danny, facing a tonsillectomy, panics when he sees Dr. Marcus Welby on television advising a mother not to let her son know the grave danger of an imminent operation.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Peggy Chantler Dick D: E.W. Swackhamer
With Howard Cosell (Himself), Bert Convy (Dr. Whelander), Dub Taylor (Flicker), George O'Hanlon Sr. (Bear Man).
Howard Cosell, ABC sports commentator, uses his probing interview technique to help the family strike a blow for the preservation of whales.
Season 2, episode 7
W: William Bickley D: Mel Swope
With Bruce Kimmel (Freddy), Laurence Haddon (Coach Dawson).
Inspired by a talk from Coach Dawson, Keith Partridge assumes the responsibilities belonging to the eldest male in the household.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Dale McRaven D: Richard Kinon
With Jay Ripley (Wendell), Robert B. Williams (Mr. Busby).
Laurie's attempts to build up the self-confidence of a shy boy succeed beyond her expectations.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Roger Duchowny
With Gordon Jump (Albertson), C. Lindsay Workman (Hotel Manager), Dick Yarmy (Patterson), Karen Lee Bowman (Karen).
Danny Partridge breeds a garage full of hamsters and then can't find any buyers.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Steve Pritzker D: Ralph Senensky
With Ray Bolger (Grandpa Fred Renfrew), Rosemary DeCamp (Grandma Amanda Renfrew).
The Partridges toss a farewell party for Grandpa, who has made up his mind to become a hippie.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Bernard Slade D: Russ Mayberry
Danny schemes to raise money for a fur coat for his mother by selling Keith's personal possessions to teenyboppers.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Bob Rodgers D: Ralph Senensky
With Milt Kamen (John Burnhardt), Vic Tayback (Ingram), Naomi Stevens (Mrs. Weinstock).
The family becomes concerned when a picture of a fleeing bank bandit bears a strong resemblance to their tour bus driver.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Bernard Slade D: Richard Kinon
With Dean Jagger (Charlie), Britt Leach (Jess).
Chris and Tracy fantasize a Christmas tale of the Old West, with the family as Miss Belle, Sheriff Swell, the schoolmarm, Little the Kid and Mean Sidney.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Peggy Chantler Dick D: Lou Antonio
With Meredith Baxter (Jenny), Herbert Rudley (L.J. Belson), Richard X. Slattery (Police Officer), Val Bisoglio (Palmer).
A wandering girl befriended by the Partridges leaves them a check for $1 million when she departs. News of their windfall gets around and the family learns, the hard way, what it's like to be rich.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant D: Jerry London
With Elaine Giftos (Bonnie Kleinschmitt).
When Chris and Tracy announce they're running away from home, Shirley suggests they take along suitcases.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Martin Cohan D: Jerome Courtland
With Tony Ballen (Sam Greasley), Richard Stahl (Mr. Fenster), Gaye Nelson (Lynn).
Keith, after seeing some experimental underground movies, sets out to make a better one.
Season 2, episode 17
W: Martin Cohan D: Jerry London
With Pamela Peters (Vicky), Leigh Webb (Archie), Ric Carrott (Bernie).
Keith wangles permission from his mother to move into his own pad, then discovers that freedom has its drawbacks.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Bob Rodgers D: Lou Antonio
With Maxine Stuart (Mrs. Damion), Mitzi Hoag (Mrs. Ferguson).
Danny writes an article for the local newspaper alleging that Keith loves women with black garters, has a hidden rose tattoo and also has a crush on his teacher.
Season 2, episode 19
W: William Bickley D: Jerry London
With Arte Johnson (Nicholas Minksi Pushkin), Dave Ketchum (Mr. Phelps), Jeff Donnell (Mrs. Monahan), Ivor Barry (Mr. Hensley), Frank Welker (Sioux).
Neighbors are aroused to action when an eccentric artist paints a lightly attired lady across the front of the Partridges' garage,
Season 2, episode 20
W: Dale McRaven D: Paton Price
With Cindy Henderson (Girl Scout).
Shirley and Laurie go camping by themselves while Chris and Tracy are at their grandparents'. Keith, Danny and Reuben, concerned for the ladies' safety, set out to follow them, forgetting such details as food and bedrolls.
Season 2, episode 21
W: Dale McRaven D: Bob Claver
With Patti Cohoon (Gloria Hickey).
Danny confides to his mother that when he's around a certain girl he gets an overwhelming urge to punch her in the arm.
Season 2, episode 22
W: William Bickley D: Jerry London
With Gordon Jump (Police officer), Bruce Kimmel (Marvin).
Laurie's diary falls into the hands of her nemesis, Marvin, editor of the school paper.
Season 2, episode 23
W: John Wilder D: Mel Swope
With Harry Morgan (Cal Courtney), Josephine Hutchinson (Amanda May Courtney), Ivan Naranjo (Paul), Sandra Ego (Ruth), Lee Casey (Tommy).
The family learns a great deal from a visit to a Navajo reservation -- including the reason why the proprietor of a desert garage had delayed their departure for two days.
Season 2, episode 24
W: Bernie Kahn D: Christopher Morgan
With John Banner (Max Ledbetter), Joe Di Reda (Coach), Greg Vigran (Peterson), Richard Bull (Thompson), Cindy Eilbacher (Annie).
Keith and Danny try to raise $156 to pay an alleged psychic to prevent a disaster threatening the family.
September 15, 1972: This Male Chauvinist Piggy Went To Market
Season 3, episode 1
W: Dale McRaven D: Richard Kinon
With James C. Gordon (Goose Weller).
Series begins a third season with a school experiment in role-playing leading to a contest between Keith and Laurie. The family sings "God Bless You, Girl".
Season 3, episode 2
W: William Bickley D: Lou Antonio
With Edgar Buchanan (Judge McElwreath), Rick Hurst (Deputy Haynie), Yvonne Wilder (Sheila), Mitzi Hoag (Mrs. Maifussi).
Shirley, due in Sacramento to accept a Mother of the Year award, decides to make the jaunt a pleasure trip for the family.
Season 3, episode 3
W: William Bickley D: Richard Kinon
With Season Hubley (Princess Jennie), Hal Buckley (Ambassador Cecil Turnbow), Laurie Main (Frederic LaForte), John Bernard (Valentine).
A visiting princess likes the family's music and requests a date with Keith, but their time together is top-heavy with diplomats and photographers.
Season 3, episode 4
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Richard Kinon
Helping Danny diet, Reuben is tricked into giving up smoking as long as Danny gives up fattening foods.
Season 3, episode 5
W: Dale McRaven D: Bob Claver
With Stuart Margolin (Snake), Judie Stein (Penny Sweetweather), James Beach (Tinker), Henry Olek (Gorgo), Bryan O'Byrne (Father), Helen Kleeb (Mother), Bill Quinn (Minister).
The family's biker pal, Snake, drops in to say goodby -- he's going to do away with himself because his girlfriend Penny turned down his marriage proposal.
Season 3, episode 6
W: Susan Silver D: Lee Philips
With Bruce Kimmel (Richard), Maggie Wellman (Molly), Patti Cohoon (Gloria Hickey), Charlotte Rae (Dr. Beecher).
When Danny acts up in class, the school psychologist advises Shirley to be more permissive at home to try to discover what is bothering him.
Season 3, episode 7
W: Susan Harris D: E.W. Swackhamer
With Gordon Jump (Minister), Ray Bolger (Grandpa Fred Renfrew), Rosemary DeCamp (Grandma Amanda Renfrew), Bill Zuckert (Dwight), Tonie Berrell (Candy), Ondine Vaughn (Daisy).
Shirley's parents, after a marathon group therapy session, attempt to instigate a policy of total honesty in the household.
Season 3, episode 8
W: Martin Cohan D: Herb Wallerstein
With Bert Convy (Richard Lawrence), Anne Carol Pearson (Cathy).
Keith becomes jealous when romance blooms between Shirley and Richard Lawrence, a personable candidate for Congress.
Season 3, episode 9
W: Dale McRaven D: Lou Antonio
With Charles Shull (E.J. Whacker).
A downpour maroons the family in a remote mountain cabin.
Season 3, episode 10
W: William Bickley D: Herb Wallerstein
With Anthony Geary (Greg Houser), Ta-Tanisha (Mary Lou Trimper).
Laurie meets an older childhood friend on the tennis court and he shows up for their first date wearing a clerical collar.
Season 3, episode 11
W: Susan Harris D: Bruce Bilson
With Shelley Morrison (Mrs. Kornegge), Jim Connell (Gus Gorney), Ray Buktenica (Assistant Director), Robert B. Williams (Otis Butrum), Cindy Cassell (Kitty), Claire Wilcox (Cindy).
Keith makes a screen test for an important role in a gangster film and the family plans a surprise party for him.
Season 3, episode 12
W: Steve Pritzker D: E.W. Swackhamer
With Slim Pickens (Will Fowler), Lazaro Perez (Pete Navarro), Dick Balduzzi (Homer Peck).
In a raffle, Danny wins a race horse which the family decides to enter in a race at the County Fair.
Season 3, episode 13
W: Charlotte Brown D: Russ Mayberry
With Bert Freed (George Sharp), Lurene Tuttle (Bea Sharp), Marilyn Child (Mrs. Gibson), Bobby Baum (Ed Hoffsteader), Maxine Stuart (Gloria Hoffsteader), Gordon Jump (Father).
Shirley has sentimental second thoughts after deciding to put the house up for sale.
Season 3, episode 14
W: Susan Harris D: Bob Claver
With Nancy Walker (Mrs. Applebaum), Gerald Hiken (Bernie Applebaum), Donald Phelps (Maitre d').
After Shirley and Dr. Applebaum are linked romantically by a gossip columnist, Bernie's mother comes around to check Shirley out as a prospective wife for her son.
Season 3, episode 15
W: Dale McRaven D: E.W. Swackhamer
With Arte Johnson (Morris Dinkler), Nelson D. Cuevas (Officer Metscur), Mel Gallagher (Sam Barner).
The family accidentally sets off their new burglar alarm system so often that the police merely call up to check instead of rushing to the scene.
Season 3, episode 16
W: Steve Zacharias D: Jerry London
With Dana Elcar (Mr. Felcher), Noah Keen (Principal Brown), Eric Laneuville (Judge), Tannis G. Montgomery (Cindy Brown), Jim Wakefield (Brad), Michelle Cook (Melinda).
Laurie is called to trial by a student court on charges of cheating on a math test. She remains silent, hoping the real culprit will come forward.
Season 3, episode 17
W: Dale McRaven D: Bob Claver
With Mary Ann Mobley (Audrey Parson), Johnny Bench (Waiter).
Keith falls in love with a beautiful publicity agent when the Partridges perform at an amusement park in Cincinnati.
Season 3, episode 18
W: William Bickley D: Richard Kinon
With Jodie Foster (Julie Lawrence), Bert Convy (Richard Lawrence).
Shirley's gentleman friend, an attorney, visits the family with his daughter, who develops an unrequited crush on Danny.
Season 3, episode 19
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Herb Wallerstein
With William Windom (Erwin), Danny Goldman (Director), Elaine Giftos (Bonnie Kleinschmitt), John Lawrence (Conventioneer), Ondine Vaughn (Gwen).
The family contracts to do a commercial for a fried chicken restaurant chain and is aghast at the result.
Season 3, episode 20
W: Dale McRaven D: Bob Claver
With Ramon Bieri (Mr. Grisbee).
Teenage heartthrob Keith is told by his instructor that he's failing a sex education course.
Season 3, episode 21
W: Skip Webster D: Bruce Bilson
With Alan Oppenheimer (Byron Atwater), John David Carson (Tom Baker), Robert F. Simon (Mr. Bartlett), Lou Frizzell (George), Vic Tayback (Harlan Laws), Gary Morgan (Albert).
A succession of computer errors at a department store results in Shirley losing her credit rating.
Season 3, episode 22
W: Steve Zacharias, Michael Leeson D: E.W. Swackhamer
With Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), Henry Jones (Mr. Phelps), Joseph V. Perry (Police Sergeant), Jack Collins (Emcee), Angela Clarke (Myra Fromacher).
Conscience-stricken Danny returns a yo-yo he stole from a drug store, then later is accused of complicity in a theft committed by his friend Punky Lazaar.
Season 3, episode 23
W: Steve Zacharias, Michael Leeson D: Lee Philips
With Holly Near (Phyllis Goldberg), Jason Wingreen (Principal), David Dominguez (Ted), Bobby Kramer (Myron).
Laurie agrees to serve as campaign manager for Phyllis Goldberg, running for student body president, then learns that brother Keith is Phyllis' opponent.
Season 3, episode 24
W: Steve Zacharias, Michael Leeson D: Lou Antonio
With John Astin (Sidney Rose), Jim Antonio (Merl Pearson), Sari Price (Woman).
A multi-millionaire recluse hires the Partridges to perform for an audience of one -- himself.
Season 3, episode 25
W: Dale McRaven D: Jerry London
With Richard Stahl (Michelangelo Rezo), Bruce Kimmel (Delbert), Martin Speer (Lazaar), Susan Neher (Girl).
Michelangelo Rezo, egocentric mystery writer, bets the Partridge family it cannot hide from him for 24 hours.
September 15, 1973: Hate Thy Neighbor
Season 4, episode 1
W: George Tibbles, William Bickley D: Richard Kinon
With Ricky Segall (Ricky Stevens), Nita Talbot (Doris Stevens), Ronne Troup (Donna Stevens), Teddy Wilson (Officer Mulvaney).
Noise pollution is the issue as the musical Partridges face professional ruin in the fourth season opener. Seems the new next door neighbor doesn't dig pop music and has installed a new kind of sound barrier -- the law.
Season 4, episode 2
W: Dale McRaven D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Ricky Segall (Ricky Stevens), Kathleen Cody (Dina Firmly), Michael Rupert (Mark), Gary Morgan (Scotty).
Keith's attempt to get a date by writing a phony lonely-hearts letter to Laurie's newspaper column goes awry.
Season 4, episode 3
W: Dale McRaven D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Ricky Segall (Ricky Stevens), Barbara Sigel (Rachel Weston), Harold Gould (Walter Yost).
Keith, influenced by a pretty girl with an interest in serious music, writes a concerto for performance by the junior college orchestra.
Season 4, episode 4
W: William Bickley D: E.W. Swackhamer
With Gordon Jump (Zach Feldman), Ricky Segall (Ricky Stevens), Herb Edelman (Coach Willis), Dick Balduzzi (Marty Fillmore), Dick O'Shea (Umpire).
Danny, pitching for a midget league baseball team, wilts under the "win or die" pressure of the gung-ho coach.
Season 4, episode 5
W: Steve Zacharias, Michael Leeson D: E.W. Swackhamer
With Ricky Segall (Ricky Stevens), Margaret Hamilton (Clara Kincaid), Elaine Giftos (Bonnie Kleinschmitt).
When the Partridge youngsters start being nice to their manager, he becomes convinced that he hasn't long to live.
Season 4, episode 6
W: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant D: Herb Wallerstein
With Ricky Segall (Ricky Stevens), Elaine Giftos (Bonnie Kleinschmitt), Bobby Kramer (Wally Benton), Cindy Cassell (Sally Winkler), Cheryl Ladd (Johanna Houser).
Dates with two girls for the same night give Keith a real problem.
Season 4, episode 7
W: Dale McRaven D: Richard Kinon
With Bruce Kimmel (Howard Krump), Bill Zuckert (Captain), Ruth Gillette (Mrs. Milstead), Stuart Wagstaff (Head Waiter).
On board a cruise ship to Acapulco, Keith and Danny suspect that the self-professed millionaire courting Laurie is a phony. The entire episode was filmed aboard a cruise ship en route from Los Angeles to Acapulco.
Season 4, episode 8
W: Howard Storm, Paul Lichtman D: Herb Wallerstein
With Richard Mulligan (Ambassador Lipton), Pat Harrington Jr. (Roger Harper), Ray Buktenica (Newsman), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Hendleman), Ricky Segall (Ricky Stevens).
Shirley's date with an ambassador proves dull and she turns down his request for a second date.
Season 4, episode 9
W: Bill Manhoff D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Ricky Segall (Ricky Stevens), Brooke Bundy (Dory), Ivor Francis (Professor Boone), Paul Jenkins (Glen), Larry Wilcox (Feder), Mwako Cumbuka (Jerry), Maggie Roswell (Lois).
Keith mistakes friendliness on the part of a pretty college classmate for romantic interest and starts thinking of marriage.
Season 4, episode 10
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Ross Bowman
With Ricky Segall (Ricky Stevens), Joseph V. Perry (Police Officer), Archie Hahn (Harve).
After Danny is caught and punished for sneaking into a theater, he calls for a day of honesty from the rest of the family.
Season 4, episode 11
W: William Bickley D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Alan Bursky (Alan Kincaid), Gino Conforti (Maitre d').
Reuben's nephew Alan shows comedic talent and the family encourages him. However, he has a problem: an audience of more than three causes him to freeze.
Season 4, episode 12
W: William J. Keenan D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Ricky Segall (Ricky Stevens), Jackie Coogan (Grandpa Renfrew), Rosemary DeCamp (Grandma Renfrew), John Dennis (Police Officer), Ysabel MacCloskey (Mrs. Argyle).
A quarrel between Shirley's parents results in her mother looking for a job and getting one -- as the Partridge family maid.
Season 4, episode 13
W: Michael Leeson D: Ross Bowman
With Gordon Jump (Man #2), Alan Oppenheimer (Lorenzo Bernard), Liam Dunn (Mr. Neumeyer), Molly Dodd (Woman #1), Bob Gibbons (Man #1), Monty Margetts (Mrs. Kleven).
The kids think Mom's paintings are terrible and try to keep people away from them at an exhibition.
Season 4, episode 14
W: William Bickley D: Charles R. Rondeau
With Andrew Williams (Himself), David Williams (Himself), Henry Olek (Skip Radnitz), Michael Rupert (Waiter), Rick Gates (Mike Weedback).
A new singing act is discovered by Reuben Kincaid, but the partnership is threatened when the 12-year-old twins (played by the nephews of Andy Williams) develop a crush on Laurie.
Season 4, episode 15
W: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield D: Roger Duchowny
With Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), James Gregory (Claude Tubbles), Mitzi Hoag (Miss Farrow), H.B. Barnum III (Pete).
Danny wants to drop out of school to pursue a career, and the school psychologist suggests that Shirley let him have his way.
Season 4, episode 16
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Ernest Losso
With Tracy Brooks Swope (Frankie), Ken Swofford (Coach), Chris Beaumont (Jerry Bishop), Ty Henderson (Emcee), Melissa O'Mahoney (Judy Brisler).
Laurie takes up the cause of a friend who is kept off the school basketball team because she is a girl.
Season 4, episode 17
W: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield D: Richard Kinon
With Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), Noam Pitlik (Rabbi Ben Stern), Joyce Easton (Mrs. Stern), Lark Geib (Renee Stern), Judy Farrell (Mrs. Carlysle).
Danny is so smitten with Renee, the daughter of Rabbi Stern, that he pretends to be of her faith.
Season 4, episode 18
W: Art Baer, Ben Joelson D: Roger Duchowny
With Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), Maxine Stuart (Miss Halstead), April Fleser (Nancy).
Danny isn't doing too well in his English class and matters aren't helped when Laurie takes over the class as peer teacher.
Season 4, episode 19
W: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield D: Roger Duchowny
With Sherry Miles (Karen), Jack Stauffer (George), Lindsay V. Jones (Betty), Colby Haines (Claire).
As a last resort, Keith asks Laurie to be his date at a party he's giving to impress a new girl in school.
Season 4, episode 20
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Richard Kinon
With Jack Collins (Mayor Robert Towbin), Maureen Reagan (Photographer).
Danny becomes the family gas meter reader in an attempt to conserve energy, and the family winds up living by candlelight and huddled around the fireplace.
Season 4, episode 21
W: Art Baer, Ben Joelson D: Richard Kinon
With Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), Liam Dunn (Salesman), Kathryn Reynolds (Mrs. Bullock), Matilda Calnan (Mrs. Pierson).
Danny finds a brooch, gives it to his mother for her birthday, then learns to his dismay that there's a $50 reward for its return.
Season 4, episode 22
W: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield D: Bob Claver
With George Chakiris (Captain Chuck 'Cuddles' Corwin).
Danny and Keith follow their mother when she goes out on a date with her high school sweetheart, now a dashing Navy captain. (Last show of the series.)