Children Ruin Everything (2022–2025)

1. S01E01MealsJanuary 12, 2022 1.0James and Astrid try to have a nice family dinner to celebrate a special occasion, but their young children make it challenging.
2. S01E02BodiesJanuary 19, 2022 4.0Pressured to not look "like a dad" for an upcoming work event, James takes his kids out on a shopping trip. Seán Cullen guest stars.
3. S01E03IntimacyJanuary 26, 2022—James and Astrid attempt to get some alone time, but the kids keep getting in the way. Meanwhile, Dawn and Bo renew their vows.
4. S01E04TruthFebruary 2, 2022—While Astrid is away on a business trip, James struggles to keep the Tooth Fairy tradition alive.
5. S01E05Sick DaysFebruary 9, 2022—Despite getting sick, Astrid and James have to organize a kids birthday party, and Felix seems to be growing up faster than Astrid thought.
6. S01E06Road TripFebruary 13, 2022 1.0As they race against time, the Berneys struggle to survive a chaotic road trip to Manitoulin Island.
7. S01E07Season's bestDeathFebruary 16, 2022 7.0Following a brush with death, James and Astrid realize they need to make a death plan, including finding legal guardians for Felix and Viv.
8. S01E08SpaceFebruary 23, 2022 4.5Frustrated over their cluttered home full of kids' stuff, James and Astrid decide to purge.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01SleepSeptember 19, 2022—With a new baby refusing to sleep and a return to the office looming for Astrid, she and James consider desperate measures.
2. S02E02FriendsSeptember 26, 2022—Feeling like parenthood has eroded her friendships, Astrid jumps at a playdate, and James attempts to keep his own commitments.
3. S02E03DignityOctober 3, 2022—Following embarrassing run-ins with her boss and co-workers, Astrid feels on the back foot and disconnected from her younger co-workers. Ast
4. S02E04Screen TimeOctober 10, 2022—With their kids’ faces always buried in their screens, Astrid and James enact a weekend screen ban, but when Astrid inadvertently takes on a
5. S02E05PrivacyOctober 17, 2022—Astrid and her sister suspect their mom is hiding something from them. They begin snooping around. Their mother appears to be dating someone
6. S02E06FairnessOctober 24, 2022—Between Astrid and her sister Dawn’s kids, their mother Nisha is feeling burnt out on babysitting duties. When she announces her retirement
7. S02E07IdentityNovember 7, 2022—When Astrid and James’ daughter Viv answers on a school assignment that she is Indigenous instead of her actual heritage, Indian, Astrid beg
8. S02E08Each OtherNovember 14, 2022—When Felix’s best friend moves away, Astrid and James must confront the influence of the outside world on their kids.
9. S02E09TeamworkNovember 28, 2022—Getting away from their family for a night might prove to be harder than expected as Astrid and James try to divide and conquer at bedtime.
10. S02E10Me TimeDecember 5, 2022—Running an errand, Astrid gets some much-needed alone time, but she might be on borrowed time before the chaos of her house finds her.
11. S02E11MoneyJanuary 9, 2023—When an unexpected expense puts Astrid and James over their budget, they must attempt to tighten their belts while still keeping a promise.
12. S02E12WeekendsJanuary 17, 2023—With long days at the office, Astrid cannot shake the feeling that she is missing out on key moments with their kids. Astrid convinces James
13. S02E13ArgumentsJanuary 31, 2023—Reaching a tipping point, Astrid and James need to vent about their growing list of grievances toward one another.
14. S02E14ExpectationsFebruary 6, 2023—With a move out of the city and their home of a decade looming, Astrid and James look back on when they first moved in. With Astrid set to g
15. S02E15MomentumFebruary 13, 2023—With potential buyers coming to look at their house sooner than they expected, Astrid and James try to rally the kids to clean and get out t
16. S02E16ParentingFebruary 20, 2023—Astrid and James are forced to examine their differing parenting approaches to dealing with their daughter's behavior issues.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01TherapySeptember 27, 2023—While waiting on the results of an evaluation for Viv, Astrid and James feel the pressure of figuring out how to best help their possibly ne
2. S03E02ConsequencesOctober 4, 2023—With free box seat tickets to a Raptor’s game from Fintekölay in hand, Astrid and James are hesitant to discipline Felix and Viv when they s
3. S03E03ConfidenceOctober 11, 2023—After the site of the future World Cup Village is closed due to goose poop contamination, Astrid is in charge of bringing the issue to the W
4. S03E04TalkingOctober 18, 2023—Astrid and James struggle to find something to talk about other than their kids while having dinner at a fancy restaurant. Feeling the press
5. S03E05ClothesOctober 25, 2023—When Felix shrinks all his clothes doing laundry for the first time, Astrid and James are forced to buy him a new wardrobe. But shopping for
6. S03E06BabysittersNovember 1, 2023—Astrid and James plan a night out to celebrate Astrid's recent win at work. With help from Dawn, they're able to book the highly sought-afte
7. S03E07SpontaneityNovember 8, 2023—When Astrid hears about Dawn's spontaneous trip to South America, she is determined to find a little spontaneity in her own life. With Astri
8. S03E08HangoverNovember 15, 2023—When Astrid and James wake up hungover, all they want to do is lie down in a quiet dark room. To have the day to themselves, they decide to
9. S03E09Leaving the HouseNovember 22, 2023—Astrid wonders if she's responsible for passing neurodivergent genes on to her daughter, Viv. So, when Astrid and James are consistently lat
10. S03E10CareersNovember 29, 2023—After an unexpected change at Gero’s, James tries to busy himself with fixing a broken toilet. Astrid thinks she’s due for a raise.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Season's bestRespectOctober 18, 2024 1.0Astrid and James realize they are at the dawning of a new era when Felix starts showing signs of pre-teen rebellion; James tries to ease ten
2. S04E02RecognitionOctober 25, 2024 1.0After Nisha gets in a fender bender, Astrid decides to help her buy a new car; James' stay-at-home duties eclipse his job search efforts.
3. S04E03ChoresNovember 1, 2024—Astrid and James question whether they’re raising monsters when Felix and Viv refuse to pitch in around the house.
4. S04E04FeelingsNovember 8, 2024 1.0James, feeling left out when Ennis makes a new friend, inserts himself in Ennis' dodgeball tournament. Meanwhile, Astrid struggles to get Vi
5. S04E05BedtimeNovember 15, 2024 1.0When James finds an old game console, he and Astrid attempt to find free time to play. But a bedtime routine threatens to eat up all the tim
6. S04E06DramaNovember 22, 2024 1.0In a daytime soap opera influenced episode, Astrid feels pushed out of Dawn's pregnancy by Zinnia and begins to suspect her of something sin
7. S04E07EgoDecember 6, 2024 1.0After Felix gets in trouble for defacing school property, Felix teacher Mr. Dongall makes James feel like an inattentive parent and James go
8. S04E08MemoriesDecember 13, 2024 1.0In a mockumentary style episode, Astrid realizes how hard she was on Nisha during her teenage years and tries to make up for it by arranging
9. S04E09EmergenciesJanuary 8, 2025 1.0During a family emergency, with both James and Astrid busy at work, they need to rethink their childcare plan.
10. S04E10SexJanuary 15, 2025 1.0Astrid and James get some much-needed adult time when they convince Nisha to take the kids for the night. The parents night gets complicated
11. S04E11ConnectionJanuary 22, 2025 1.0With work keeping him busy, James feels even more disconnected from Felix. When Felix shares a personal secret with Astrid, James goes too f
12. S04E12AdulthoodJanuary 29, 2025 1.0When James finally pays off his student loans, he celebrates by buying an expensive chair. The kids threaten to ruin it with their stain-ind
13. S04E13SleepoversFebruary 5, 2025 1.0Astrid and James worry that Viv may be too weird to make friends. When they encourage Viv to invite some classmates over for a sleepover, th
14. S04E14GrowthFebruary 13, 2025 1.0Astrid tries to steer Viv’s interests away from outdated children’s books while James attempts to foster Felix’s interest in drawing.
15. S04E15ConsiderationFebruary 20, 2025 1.0Astrid leaves no stone unturned as she tries to find her phone before she misses a prize-winning call from a radio station; James and Ennis
16. S04E16TimeFebruary 27, 2025 1.0Astrid and James put together a complex summer schedule of camps, activities and work that only leaves one day where the entire family is fr

Season 4 ranked & reviewed