I love the way Florence Henderson looks at Bobby with love when he's turning in his guns, and the dad being such a life lessons dad

this was mike lookinland's episode !! he sold this episode beautifully!!! reed and Henderson were exceptional too!!

Pretty violent scene, at least for the Bunch!

I watched this episode when I was much younger, when I attended the first grade in the '70s. Truthfully, it scared the hell out of me, even if it was a depiction of violence with a fake gun. Now as an adult, I appreciate this episode and find it daring for this family-friendly series to address Jesse James' dark legacy at the time.

I read in the book Growing Up Brady that Lloyd Schwartz prepped Mike Lookinland for this scene. He told Mike to picture his own family killed while Jesse James shot them. Afterwards he was debriefed. This is another favorite Brady Bunch episode because it teaches you to be careful who you choose as your hero.

This one really disturbed me when I was young and first saw it! Wild to see it again!

This was definitely dark, but speaking personally hearing Jesse actually saying "bang bang" was so silly it lessened the moment. I get that the Brady Bunch couldn't actually show real gunfire, but I think a fade to black scene as Bobby looks on in horror would have been more effective. Regardless, this was an extremely well-done episode, with a valuable moral still applicable today.

Imagine if that was the last scene of the series finale.

When I was a kid watching Brady Bunch reruns after school, this was a very sobering episode for me.

I read somewhere that nobody told Mike Lookinland the extent of what was going to happen in this scene to get his reaction as real as possible. You can see that he really freaked out.

Joking aside, this is a great episode regardless of the politics and I'm glad CBS shared it. Thank you, CBS.

Fine and sensitive performance here by Lookinland, in particular, the scene with his parents in the bedroom.

A comedy radio show once debated 'The Brady Bunch versus The Partridge Family.' This episode was mentioned, describing how Bobby once had 'a rather positive thinking nightmare, in which famed Wild West Outlaw, Jessie James, shot and killed his entire family.' The punchline? "Way to go, Bobby!"

1:05 The Brady Bunch predicts a typical night in Chicago years later

If kids only had that insight today with who they View as their idols today

Bobby should've written about a Red Ryder BB gun. That gets an A plus.

This scared the shit out of me at the time

"A MEAN, DIRTY KILLER!"

18 days to get from California from Arizona? Must be on Amtrak :P

That was no acting by Mike Lookinland when Bobby freaks out. He really did have fear shooting this scene. Sherwood's son took him aside prior to this scene being filmed and he told Mike that he is not seeing Jesse James killing his t.v. family he is seeing Jesse kill his real family

They did this dream scene with no rehersal for Bobby and it is chilling in its telling. This episode could be used today for kids headed down the wrong path with guns. One of the most powerful episodes of any sitcom. Wow!

Either Eve Plumb & Maureen McCormick decided to do a little "Method Exercise" and indulge some realistic screaming or the sound editor ADR'd in some pretty bone chilling shrieks....goofiness aside its an unnerving sequence even for the Brady Bunch

Never realized what a dark storyline this was. Bobby had a dream that he watched his entire family get murdered.

i love the brady bunch

Haha, I forgot about this episode. What a gem.

In several places in the West, you can still ride an antique steam train where a "bandit" holds up the train, and gives out candy and souvenirs. If you visit the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam, would you expect a Nazi officer to kick open the door and fire a machine gun, but it sprays the room with candy instead of bullets?

Excellent screaming, Jan!

This is pretty tame by today's standards, but I was just in elementary school when this came out, and it was really horrifying and disturbing to me... stayed with me for a long time.

Honestly a gun that's a cardboard cutout? That's even more phony than their astroturf lawn!

OMG! I think this scene scares me more now as an adult than when I was kid LOL!!! Hearing those horrific screams in the background at 1:02-1:05 is especially terrifying, guessing it was a voice recording of some sort. Makes you think of all the poor innocent souls whom this horrible sicko shot dead like this. It almost reminds me of sound effects you would hear at The Holocaust Museum or 9/11 Museum to make you understand just how these people felt before they died. 😢😢😢😢

Bobby B loved Thug Life long before Tupac and the rest of the hip hop crowd.

Alice trying to steal the scene at 0:29 😂

Is it too late to give Mike Lookinland an Emmy???

A REAL GREAT GUY..... LAWL

Actor pulled out a real pistol to shoot Jan

It looks like Jesse had an old west style 6 shooter, but he capped off 19 shots that I counted without re-loading! How's that for gun control? LOL

Mike Lookinland says "He don't ever want to see another gun again!" Except on an episode of Isis! Episode: "To Find a Friend".

As a kid, even the corniness and silliness of the dream did not detract from it's serious theme. But As an adult, I can appreciate what a traumatizing dream this would be. It's so odd the things we laugh off as kids that are so heavy and impactful to us as adults.

Look I had a hero who is really a villain.

LOL @ Greg @ :41 putting the hat on Alice's face

Jesse James was played by Gordon Devol, the son of the musician for the show. Frank Devol.

Mike Brady is the real good guy. An excellent Father. Now that's a hero.

Its always the youngest and cutest that harbor the family annihilator ideations...

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" (reload) "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Bobby in this episode was the predecessor to all of those girls on social media who thirst over serial killers for some reason

Don't ever want to see another gun again? Sorry Bobby, but in just a few years you'll be eligible for the draft.

This is the First Brady Bunch Episode I seen.

I love it that Mike and Carol knocked some sense into Bobby rather than give him a lecture or the 3rd Degree.

Let this be a listen. Be careful about the heroes you choose, because, they may not the hero you think they are.

This scene traumatize me when I was little

This is how I got to know about Jesse James!

Some nightmare this was.

When Bobby says he never wants to see another gun again, I wish more people would say that, especially gun lobbyists.

I remember watching that show, Bobby seem to be the only one that had dreams. I remember in that episode when Peter said personally I like George Washington. Just like in the episode, the hero. Twice Peter said something about George Washington being a hero in the series.

2022 Rules forever 👍.

Of course, the writers had to get a little bit of politicking in. "I never want to see another gun again!" (Bobby Brady).

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He never even reloaded.

AT LAST! the episode we all want to see! Jesse James may have been an evil rotten guy, but anybody who pops off the whole Brady brats can't be all bad! Notice how all he does is YELL Bang-bang! instead of really shooting them? Talk about non-violent, sort of.

This scene would never get made today with all of the craziness going on in the world.

The cops and 🚒 (firefighters)are real heroes because they put their lives on the line everyday.

This must've been prior to Greg getting his groovy pad up in the attic

This reminds me of the great movie ride at Disney 😂

Jesse had a six shooter, but capped off almost 20 shots!

And he doesn't think to shoot bobby, he just keeps shooting the already dead bodies, go jesse

1:06 I never laughed so hard in my life

Math Fail. Burt Mustin played Jethroe Collins in this episode. The man who said Jesse James shot and killed his father. Jesse James died in 1882. But Mustin wasn't born until 1884. Go figure.

My favourite show but bang

At least he didn’t shoot Bobby!😂

And the moral of the story, crying cant stop a bad guy.

Shootin at the walls of heartache, bang bang...I am the warrior...

This is the darkest episode of the show… to me so far.

When I was a kid I was surprised that in the end they credited the actor who played Jesse James. I somehow thought it didn't count if the actor only appeared in someone's dream.

00:07 - 00:15 LMAO!! 😂 This is hilarious because it's 100% true. The trains back then were pretty slow and took awhile to get anywhere, but they were much faster than riding horses, and obviously much safer at the time.

They should have added the gunfire sound to emphasize the drama of what guns can do

Well, years later there were a bunch of women in love with the Night Stalker

Wait a second. Bobby writes an essay about Jesse James being his hero, and the teacher actually gives him a C+??????????? He should have freaking flunked!

I ❤ Robert Ford!

I watched this whin I was little in the 80s on TBS it scared the hell out of me then and then I was on a train that had a mock train robbery I was crying my eyes out thinking they were going to kill me and everyone on the train they felt bad about it and broke character and told me everything's going to be alright which it was I'm 43 now I can't believe I was such a scaredy-cat then

I don't know why was one of the few I remember. It scared me when I was small. I still like guns, though-used responsibly. Take a gun safety course, Bobby, I know a good one run by a retired policeman you'd like.

Jesse James: And I'll be taking your oldest daughter with me! Jan: It's always Marsha Marsha Marsha!

Loooooooool

Pretty dark scene for a Brady Bunch episode. But really well handled.

yeah, this F'ed me up as a kid....still super disturbing!

I seem to recall a round table discussion during A Very Brady Renovation. I think Mike Lookinland had commented that he didn’t remember much of the parents’ bedroom because he didn’t have any scenes there. I was like, WHAT? Jessie James, Mike! The Jessie James episode!

LOL!😂🤣 This scene is so silly and ridiculous.

This traumatized me as a kid. Not kidding

Wow Greg's face when he gets shot at 1:11.

Lmao I can’t believe this scared me so much when I was a kid

Man, the Brady’s. What a bunch of wimps. Not one of them stood up to a guy with a cardboard gun going bang.

Can you imagine if they used real bullets in this scenario with the Brady family being slaughtered By non other than Jesse James. ? Then Bobby awakens from his nightmare and he goes to see his mother and father to tell them his nightmare. 😢😢😢😢. I’m turning in my guns , i dont want to see another gun for the rest of my life.

Now how does he kill seven people with only six bullets?

2023 rules forever 👍

oh bobby, that's just the son of the guy who wrote the theme song

Apparently the old west Bradys studied at the Shatnerian School of Acting 😅

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.

They were doomed from the beginning. Their train was made out of cardboard...

The 1939 movie about Jesse James with Tyrone Power was great but did sanitize his legacy. Sherwood probably had this movie in mind when Bobby was allowed to watch a movie about the outlaw and the parents found that the violence was cut out for TV.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should never, ever point a fake gun at people and go "BANG"!

I love Jessie James