Plot summary
Alice discovers that the boys are going to Carol with their problems instead of her. Thinking that the family no longer needs her, she invents a story about a "sick aunt in Seattle ". When Marcia and Jan overhear Alice on the phone to a friend and discover the ruse, they tell their parents. The family devises a plan to prove to Alice that they still need and want her, and are successful.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, List of The Brady Bunch episodes. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.