[Paul Atreides]

LOL! I hate to be the one to tell you this but, Dad Brady was a widower and Mom Brady was a widow. Neither one were divorced.

[dtel]

I guess I missed that.
I suppose they were just trying to do it (make it more acceptable to have 2nd and 3rd marriages) in a more subtle manner.
As a young child of divorced parents, that was certainly my take on it.

[Nea Wood]

I hate to be the one to tell you this but, Dad Brady was a widower and Mom Brady was a widow. Neither one were divorced.

According to Florence Henderson, Mom Brady was actually TV's first divorced mom. They just let viewers assume she was a widow because TV wasn't ready for a divorced mom. I don't know if this "counts" or not, since it was pretty much an insider secret! LOL

As for the rerun show, I won't bother to watch it again. But I admit the guy who portrayed Keith Partidge was very good and funny, (constantly tossing his hair and admiring himself in the mirror.) And the guy (yes, guy) who portrayed Edna Garrett was also hilarious. The show could have been good if it hadn't descended into sleaze.