The BEST episodes of Bonus Family
Every episode of Bonus Family ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bonus Family!
A new couple, their exes and their children navigate the emotional challenges and tricky logistics of blended family life in this Swedish dramedy.
#1 - Episode 10
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/3/2017
With Martin in a funk, Lisa agonizes over finalizing the divorce papers. A string of unexpected events on New Year's Eve brings everyone closer.
#2 - Episode 1
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/30/2017
After a disastrous joint birthday party for their two sons from previous marriages, Lisa and Patrik attend a group therapy session with their exes.
#3 - Episode 9
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/27/2017
Lisa wrestles with mixed feelings about having Eddie tested for ADHD. Shifting plans and startling revelations create chaos on Christmas Eve.
#4 - Episode 7
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/13/2017
The Henrik situation leaves both William and Patrik rattled. While Lisa frets over Bianca's behavior, Martin tries to make up for his botched date.
#5 - Episode 6
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/6/2017
Romantic intrigue abounds as Martin discovers dating apps, Katja and Henrik team up on a project, and Lisa bumps into Bianca's half-naked beau.
#6 - Episode 5
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/27/2017
As Martin obsesses over his health, an invitation to a costume party leads to hurt feelings and awkward encounters. Henrik helps Katja out of a bind.
#7 - Episode 4
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/20/2017
Plagued by back pain, Martin asks Lisa and Patrik to keep the kids during his week -- but drops Eddie off at their house with an unwelcome new pet.
#8 - Episode 3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/13/2017
Special diets and a family meeting stoke tensions at Lisa and Patrik's house. Martin and Katja each take cautious steps forward in their social lives.
#9 - Episode 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/6/2017
A promise to the kids comes back to haunt Lisa, Patrik embarks on a manly project with the boys, and Martin's plans to buy an apartment hit a snag.
#10 - Episode 8
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/20/2017
A visit from Patrik's father adds to brewing tensions as the holidays approach. Martin helps Tessan redo her apartment. Bianca learns a family secret.
#11 - Episode 5
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/25/2019
Patrik copes with a big change and a financial dilemma. Martin finds an unlikely new job. Henrik broaches a sensitive subject with Katja.
#12 - We Only Have One Life
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/2021
Patrik is thrown out and sleeps on the sofa at Filip's house. He tries to talk to Lisa who is too angry and sad to listen to his bad explanations. Katja and Henrik help Louise to settle in the nursing home, she does not understand why she has to move and would rather stay with her daughter. Henrik thinks that Katja is disturbed by empathy who cannot understand Louise's situation. Martin goes down after Sima dumped him and feels sorry for himself. Not even Bigge can handle him.
#13 - Episode 6
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2019
A carefully orchestrated vacation turns chaotic, thanks to brewing resentments, hidden plans and a mechanical breakdown.
#14 - Episode 7
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/8/2019
When Lisa cuts back her hours to focus on her art show, the family is stuck with a spending ban. Henrik tries to salvage his friendship with Wille.
#15 - Episode 8
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/15/2019
Amid a flurry of family debates over chores, boarding school and living arrangements, Eddie and Wille share a hair-raising night.
#16 - Episode 9
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/22/2019
Lisa and Patrik struggle to come to terms with difficult news, and a naming ceremony for Josef leaves Bigge feeling sidelined.
#17 - Episode 10
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/29/2019
As Lisa agonizes over an impossible decision, Patrik spends time with Omid. Henrik helps Wille out of an awkward situation.
#18 - From Bad to Worse
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/2021
Patrik and Lisa are struggling to get the everyday logistics together in the large bonus family. Patrik does not get Lisa to start speech training with little Buster who has Down syndrome. An incident at school causes Patrik to lose patience. Sima gets tired of Eddie going home for lunch and empties the fridge and wants Martin to tell. Katja's mother is in hospital after an accident and Katja is the next of kin.
#19 - Grow up!
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/2021
Patrik has to deal with the consequences of the incident at school and the fact that the clip from the classroom has gone viral. Martin and Sima are forced to move home to Bigge and Danny while the apartment is cleaned up. Katja's mother Louise seeks contact with her daughter and does not really seem to be herself. Katja does not know how to handle the situation.
#20 - Special Needs
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/8/2021
Patrik, who is now unemployed, is alone at home with the children. Bianca shows up and comes up with quasi-psychological tips. Patrik meets a girl and her son in the playground and it turns out that they have something in common. Martin is having a hard time, Eddie wants to live full time with Lisa and Sima intends to stay in Malmö while the clean-up is in progress. Louise has disappeared and Katja and Henrik set out to search.
#21 - Little Christmas
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/2021
It tightens up for Christmas and when Lisa realizes that Martin is not going to celebrate with Eddie and Bianca this year, she invites to a big little Christmas for the whole bonus family a few days before Christmas Eve. Neither Patrik nor Martin are overjoyed. Katja accompanies Louise on a dementia investigation and realizes that it does not look very good. William entrusts Louise with her plans to change schools and she promises not to tell Katja.
#22 - A New Buddy
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/22/2021
Patrik forges exciting job plans together with his new friend Elin who has the same burning commitment to Down syndrome issues. Lisa falls ill and is forced to enlist the help of both Eddie and Jens to try to land an important job assignment. William's handsome bonus dad Henrik invites William on a weekend trip to London and Patrik becomes sotis. Katja and Louise get a difficult message and Danny sends Bigge on a blind date.
#23 - Mom Ate Her Mom
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/2021
Louise's dementia is rapidly getting worse and she is unable to live on her own, while waiting for a place in a nursing home, she has to move in with Katja and Henrik. Martin and Sima's apartment is finally completely renovated. But nothing will turn out as they have imagined. Patrik has avoided Elin and closed down the book project. When they run into each other by chance, both feel that friendship is too important to lose and that they are old enough to just be friends.
#24 - The Secret
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/2021
Patrik goes to Jan to try to find out what he feels and wants. Jan encourages him to tell Lisa the truth, but Patrik hesitates. William happens to see a text message that was not meant for him and becomes extremely angry and disappointed with his father. Martin realizes that he loves Sima more than anything and is ready to make a radical change in his life to save the relationship.
#25 - Episode 4
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/2019
While Lisa and Martin lock horns over the plans for Bianca's graduation party, Patrik frets over a request from his father.