The BEST episodes of Breeders
Every episode of Breeders ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Breeders!
Paul and Ally juggle full-time careers, ageing parents, a mortgage, upheavals in their relationship and the unenviable curveballs of parenting their young children, Luke and Ava— exploring the parental-paradox that it is possible to love your child to the horizon of the universe and, in the very same moment, being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
#1 - No More (2)
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/11/2022
A furious argument between Paul and Ally is interrupted by Ava's news about Jim. Luke is happier than ever, a newly confident Ava stands up to her dad, but Paul and Ally need to decide - is this it?
#2 - No Way Back
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/20/2022
Paul takes his parents on a day-trip to the countryside, to recreate a cherished memory. But the revelation of a number of secrets leaves all three of them reeling.
#3 - No Cure (2)
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/27/2020
Luke’s condition worsens and he is admitted to a specialist pediatric unit. As Paul, Ally and their parents desperately wait for news, stress and fear cause cracks to form within the family.
#4 - No Show
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/6/2022
A devastated Paul is forced by his new boss to make funding cuts. After Ally's attempt to impress Ava ends in humiliation, she tells Paul some home truths, just as Jackie realizes a terrible truth about a dying friend.
#5 - No Body
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/23/2022
Ally and Paul each learns the truth about a thing that has been terrifying them - for Ally, her job and for Paul, his MRI result. Ava and Luke both feel frozen out by the people they care most about.
#6 - Noël
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/31/2023
It's five years since we last saw the Worsleys, with Paul and Ally on the verge of splitting, and Jim and Jackie in turmoil. Things are no less dramatic now as Luke and girlfriend Maya drop a bombshell at Christmas dinner that will change everyone's lives forever.
#7 - No Dad
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2020
Paul and Ally are thrilled that Sprout the family gerbil has finally died, but explaining loss to Luke and Ava is more difficult than they thought as grief manifests itself in mysterious ways and throws the family off course.
#8 - No Worries
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/2022
Ally fears she might lose her job and her mind, as the company collapses and her HRT meds become unavailable. Luke's panic attack ends Paul's leisurely life at Leah's, while an increasingly isolated Ava faces a huge change.
#9 - No Comfort
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/16/2022
A back injury leaves Paul high on Leah's supply, as he raids her collection of heavy-duty painkillers. As Luke and his dad get closer, Ally and Ava drift further apart, and Ally looks for someone to blame.
#10 - No Matter What (1)
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/18/2023
As Paul and Ally try to help Luke, struggling with being both a dad and a student, they find they have very different ideas about the best way forward. Jackie's condition is becoming more noticeable, and Jim is determined to help out.
#11 - No Cure (1)
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/20/2020
Family life is thrown off kilter as Ally spends her weekdays in Berlin and weekends in London. Paul, Luke and Ava try to muddle through without her, but the children aren’t sleeping again and it takes its toll on Paul.
#12 - No Connection
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/2021
Paul fears his culturally fragmented family have lost a vital connection. Gentrification impacts Jim and Jackie as the last of their old neighbours move out and more young professionals move in.
#13 - No Baby
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/2021
As Ally contemplates her pregnancy, a new piece of information blows her world apart. A worried Ava tries to help her mom while Luke regrets lying about his anxiety.
#14 - No Alternative
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/31/2023
The reality of Luke's announcement hits, and Paul and Ally worry about the decision he and Maya have made and whether they should support them. As a New Year starts, the Worsley family gather together with Maya's family, united in their love and worry.
#15 - No Surrender
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/22/2021
The kids are growing up fast – Ava is now 10 and Luke is about to turn 13. With their burgeoning independence comes the question of whether Paul and Ally’s parenting style still works. Clue: no
#16 - No Fear
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/2021
Luke’s anxiety is becoming a problem at home and school. Would a medical diagnosis make his life easier or harder? Ally faces further tension after her mother Leah is robbed.
#17 - No More (1)
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/27/2022
Jim and Jackie are both struggling under their new circumstances. Luke has to choose between Jacob and Ruby. At Alex's 65th birthday party, Ally meets someone who makes her see Paul in a new light.
#18 - No Direction Home
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/9/2022
With Luke refusing to live with his dad, Paul is staying at honeymooning Leah's house. Single-parent Ally begins to feel the strain, while a distressing event from the family's past has a surprising present-day echo.
#19 - No Honeymoon
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/13/2020
Paul attempts to focus on his upcoming wedding but is constantly thwarted by his family; Ally is distracted by work, Luke is misbehaving at school and Leah doesn’t understand why they are even bothering to get married.
#20 - No Power (2)
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/17/2021
On the day of Leah and Alex's wedding, Paul and Ally find they have only a few hours to deal with a family crisis, leading Paul to make the hardest decision of his life.
#21 - No Faith
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/2021
As a sudden death impacts the older generation of the Worsley family, Ava struggles to keep a profound secret from Paul, and Ally finds it equally difficult to hide her true feelings from Luke.
#22 - No Power (1)
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/10/2021
As Jim and Jackie's golden wedding anniversary party is plunged into darkness by a power outage, the growing tensions between Paul and Luke reach an explosive and terrifying climax.
#23 - No Matter What (2)
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/25/2023
Jackie's health is continuing to worsen. Paul helps out a distressed Luke but finds himself in more conflict with Ally. At Baby Jay's naming party, Ava declares her love, and Paul makes an offer that will take him and Ally back in time.
#24 - No Kids
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/4/2023
Paul and Ally are disappointed that their planned family holiday has become just the two them. But they soon make new friends. Luke is preparing for his new life with Maya and makes a massive decision. What follows leaves them both terrified.
#25 - No Regrets
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/21/2023
Paul and Ally find themselves parenting Jim and Jackie as well as a conflicted Luke. Ava and Holly get closer and Ava decides to take a risk, while Paul meets an old friend and realizes that he might, after all, be happy.