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.

Last Updated: 9/13/2024Network: FXStatus: Ended
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No More (2)
star
7.85
131 votes

#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?

Directors: Ollie Parsons
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No Way Back
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7.67
140 votes

#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.

Directors: Ollie Parsons
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No Cure (2)
star
7.67
223 votes

#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.

Directors: Chris Addison
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No Show
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7.62
134 votes

#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.

Directors: Ollie Parsons
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No Body
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7.58
131 votes

#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.

Directors: Chris Addison
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No Matter What (1)
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7.58
97 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Ollie Parsons
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No Worries
star
7.57
136 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Chris Addison
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No Comfort
star
7.57
137 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: Chris Addison
Writer: Rose Heiney
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No Dad
star
7.57
255 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Ben Palmer
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Noël
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7.55
94 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Chris Addison
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No Cure (1)
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7.53
224 votes

#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.

Directors: Chris Addison
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No Surrender
star
7.51
195 votes

#12 - 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

Directors: Ben Palmer
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No Connection
star
7.51
174 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: Ben Palmer
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No Baby
star
7.51
164 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Ben Palmer
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No Fear
star
7.50
173 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: Ben Palmer
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No Direction Home
star
7.49
144 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Chris Addison
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No Alternative
star
7.49
100 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: Chris Addison
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No More (1)
star
7.48
134 votes

#18 - 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.

Directors: Ollie Parsons
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No Honeymoon
star
7.47
218 votes

#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.

Directors: Chris Addison
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No Power (1)
star
7.47
179 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: Ollie Parsons
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No Regrets
star
7.46
99 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: Chris Addison
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No Power (2)
star
7.46
176 votes

#22 - 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.

Directors: Ollie Parsons
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No Kids
star
7.46
98 votes

#23 - 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.

Directors: Ollie Parsons
Writer: Taylor Glenn
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No Faith
star
7.46
173 votes

#24 - 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.

Directors: Ben Palmer
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No Exit
star
7.45
223 votes

#25 - No Exit

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/6/2020

It’s half term and Luke is responsible for taking Lenny the class bear on an adventure. Lenny has been to Italy, Peru and beyond, but Paul can’t even manage to get the family and the godforsaken bear out of the house to the local park.

Directors: Chris Addison
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