From a comments thread on Slate:
This is quite a change from the late 1960s-early 1970s when the message of the sitcom was to have 3 kids, kill your spouse, then marry someone else with 3 kids who had killed their spouse. Ever notice they never explain what happened to the first Mrs. Brady and the first Mr. Carol? The kids never mention the missing parents, either. Their unspoken terror was palpable.
And also this quote, given in response:
I always wondered why all six kids had to share one bathroom... you think there was another bathroom they couldn't use any more because that's where the bodies were walled up?
That's the way they all became the Brady Bunch....
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