Mean Mums (2019)

TV ShowComedy3 seasons, 24 episodes
Mean Mums posterReview score: 69%

Plot

When Jess's only son starts school it's a big learning curve, for Jess. She's thrown into a world of know-it-all, judgmental, passive aggressive women whose primary purpose is to promote their child as the most gifted, most brilliant and most bestest child ever. And let's not even start on the teachers. Joining the Junior Fundraising Committee to help establish herself in the school community, Jess hopes that her efforts might also help her to find some companionship, but alpha mum Heather is more interested in making money than making friends. Luckily, super chill mother-of-five Hine is there to play peacemaker. Together the mums must reach a ridiculous fundraising goal, with limited resources and a poor grasp of teamwork. Things aren't looking super great.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Episode 1S02E01 · 8.0It's a new year at Kate Sheppard Primary and Jess, Heather and Hine want to be voted back in as The Junior Fundraising Committee. But when Jess can't get onto the school email list, the day descends into a parent popularity contest that sees nerves fray and friendships torn asunder.
  2. 02Episode 6S02E06 · 8.0Jess becomes a meme mum after an embarrassing incident. Now she must prove to the school she's a responsible fundraiser.
  3. 03Episode 2S02E02 · 7.0Jess loses her son's tooth, Heather deals with student protesters, while Hine tries to hide her son's birthday lollipops from the school dental nurse.

Episodes by season

Season018Episodes2019Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Mean Mums S01E01Sausage FestJuly 16, 2019—A primary school sausage sizzle descends into chaos and the newly-formed Junior Fundraising Committee must work together to save the day - a
  2. S01E02Mean Mums S01E02When Nits Hit The FanJuly 23, 2019—The mums are forced to contain an outbreak of nits only to discover it may have been caused by one of their own.
  3. S01E03Mean Mums S01E03Athletics DayJuly 30, 2019—A friendly bet on the mum's race at athletics day escalates and Jess must win or lose everything.
  4. S01E04Mean Mums S01E04GiftedAugust 6, 2019—Jess tries to get her son a pen license only to unwittingly have him classified as gifted.
  5. S01E05Mean Mums S01E05The RatAugust 13, 2019—When Jess accidentally loses the school rat long-held grudges are exposed and embarrassing childhood secrets revealed.
  6. S01E06Mean Mums S01E06The Fundraising Bake SaleAugust 20, 2019—The fundraising bake sale is thrown into disarray when a cool mum threatens Jess and Heather's friendship.
  7. S01E07Mean Mums S01E07Parent's Quiz NightAugust 27, 2019—Parents Quiz Night heats up when the grand prize sends the mums into a competitive frenzy.
  8. S01E08Mean Mums S01E08Corporate SponsorshipSeptember 3, 2019—The Junior Fundraising Committee reluctantly accepts corporate sponsorship to reach their fundraising goal, but is the price too high?

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2020Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S02E01Season's bestEpisode 1September 8, 2020 8.0It's a new year at Kate Sheppard Primary and Jess, Heather and Hine want to be voted back in as The Junior Fundraising Committee. But when J
  2. S02E02Episode 2September 15, 2020 7.0Jess loses her son's tooth, Heather deals with student protesters, while Hine tries to hide her son's birthday lollipops from the school den
  3. S02E03Episode 3September 22, 2020 7.0When the referee for her son’s soccer game goes into labour Jess is forced to take her place. The only problem is, she doesn’t know the rule
  4. S02E04Episode 4October 5, 2020 7.0Jess's son draws a horrifying picture that his teacher bafflingly displays and Heather learns the shocking truth about her daughter.
  5. S02E05Episode 5October 12, 2020 7.0Jess is stuck with the most useless kid for the field trip, Heather struggles with her competitive side. Hine tries being a mean mum, and qu
  6. S02E06Episode 6October 19, 2020 8.0Jess becomes a meme mum after an embarrassing incident. Now she must prove to the school she's a responsible fundraiser.
  7. S02E07Episode 7October 26, 2020—
  8. S02E08Episode 8October 27, 2020—

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season038Episodes2022Aired—Season avg
  1. S03E01Photo DayAugust 18, 2022—It’s school photo day at Kate Sheppard Primary. Unfortunately Jess thought it was crazy hair day and her son has blue hair. Now she must use
  2. S03E02Not InvitedAugust 18, 2022—Jess can't believe it when her son isn't invited to a classmate's birthday party. Is her son not as popular as she thinks? She decides to ta
  3. S03E03Ryan’s StoryAugust 18, 2022—Ryan reads a story to his class about three awesome volunteer mums and the bake sale from hell. The story stars Jess, Heather and Hine and a
  4. S03E04Episode 4August 18, 2022—
  5. S03E05Episode 5August 18, 2022—
  6. S03E06Episode 6August 18, 2022—
  7. S03E07Episode 7August 18, 2022—
  8. S03E08Episode 8August 18, 2022—

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Castfull cast & details

Morgana O'ReillyMorgana O'ReillyJessAnna JullienneAnna JullienneHeatherAroha RawsonAroha RawsonHineAllan HenryAllan HenryMr. CoxheadSonny TupuSonny TupuPhil RightBronwyn BradleyBronwyn BradleyMiss LoveCori Gonzalez-MacuerCori Gonzalez-MacuerFreddyGoretti ChadwickGoretti ChadwickMargot

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