The BEST episodes of Children Ruin Everything
Every episode of Children Ruin Everything ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Children Ruin Everything!
Astrid and James, who struggle to find a balance between being mom and dad to two kids and being who they were before offspring.
#1 - Me Time
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2022
Astrid wants some time to herself as James struggles to catch up on weeks' worth of laundry. With Astrid's sister's family on vacation, the vacant house looks like both the escape Astrid needs and the place where James can get chores done.
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#2 - Identity
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2022
When Astrid and James’ daughter Viv answers on a school assignment that she is Indigenous instead of her actual heritage, Indian, Astrid begins to feel guilty that she has not properly taught Viv about their family history. But as Astrid tries to share their cultural heritage with Viv, she quickly realizes she may not be well versed in it either. As Astrid struggles to impart their shared past on her daughter, James struggles with a growing sense that in spite of being a natural, their son Felix might not love baseball the way James did growing up.
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#3 - Screen Time
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2022
With their kids’ faces always buried in their screens, Astrid and James enact a weekend screen ban, but when Astrid inadvertently takes on an assignment at work and James gets put in charge of his company’s social media accounts, leading by example becomes more complicated than they originally thought. In a bid to get some work done, James takes the older kids to the park to distract them while he sneaks in some social media updates and Astrid stays home to put the baby down for a nap before launching into her own assignment. But without the hypnotic power of electronics, Astrid and James are in for an uphill battle.
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#4 - Money
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2023
With saving for retirement at the top of her mind, Astrid proposes to James that they try to get through the last few days of the month without dipping beyond their monthly budget just once. The Berney's find creative ways to stay on target.
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#5 - Adulthood
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/29/2025
When James finally pays off his student loans, he celebrates by buying an expensive chair. The kids threaten to ruin it with their stain-inducing activities. Astrid discovers that someone from her past has taken out a peace bond against her.
#6 - Sleepovers
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/5/2025
Astrid and James worry that Viv may be too weird to make friends. When they encourage Viv to invite some classmates over for a sleepover, they learn that the only thing scarier than their own children are other people's children.
#7 - Friends
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2022
With James planning to meet friends to do their yearly fantasy baseball draft, Astrid cannot shake the feeling that all those hours of parental duty have eaten away at her old friendships. When Viv hits it off with another girl at the park, Astrid finds herself jumping at accompanying her on a playdate for the adult interaction, even if it’s with the polar opposite Disaster Mom. Meanwhile, James’ commitment to his friends is put in jeopardy when the change of plans leaves him watching Felix and baby Andrew on draft day.
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#8 - Teamwork
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2022
As Astrid and James prepare to celebrate a special occasion, their ‘hook-up-aversary’, all that stands between them and a much-needed night together is getting their kids to bed. From a pillow fight turned too rough to a baby that will not sleep, their simple plan of re-watching the bad movie that first brought them together is thrown into jeopardy. When Astrid’s sister’s husband, Bo, shows up at their door following a fight with his wife, it quickly becomes clear that this hook-up-aversary will not be anything like they planned.
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#9 - Each Other
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2022
When their son Felix’s best friend moves away, Astrid and James try and help Felix make a new friend, but a sleepover soon has them questioning if Felix’s potential new bestie might be a bad influence on their son. Meanwhile, a planned family portrait has Astrid and her sister Dawn reliving their own childhood dynamics, bringing up some long-buried feelings as their mother leaves them with a list of errands to run in preparation for the photoshoot.
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#10 - Dignity
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2022
Following embarrassing run-ins with her boss and co-workers, Astrid feels on the back foot and disconnected from her younger co-workers. When she goes to her sister Dawn for advice, Astrid realizes her best move might be to attend a drink night with the rest of her team, if she can shake off the exhaustion and rust long enough to fit in in at the trendy bar. Back at home, James is recovering from vasectomy surgery, but his attempts to follow the doctor’s orders are put to the test as he tries to keep a handle on the three kids.
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#11 - Connection
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/2025
With work keeping him busy, James feels even more disconnected from Felix. When Felix shares a personal secret with Astrid, James goes too far trying to learn the secret himself.
#14 - Fairness
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/2022
Between Astrid and her sister Dawn’s kids, their mother Nisha is feeling burnt out on babysitting duties. When she announces her retirement from free childcare, it falls to Astrid and Dawn to try and get her back on board for watching their kids. While Astrid scrambles for childcare, James faces a growing conflict between their two oldest kids, Felix and Viv, as an opportunity presents itself for one of them to be the face of a new marketing campaign at James’s work.
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#15 - Privacy
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2022
Astrid and her sister suspect their mom is hiding something from them. They begin snooping around. Their mother appears to be dating someone new. A request to launch a new product at work leads James to agree to meet with Ennis' cousin.
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#16 - Momentum
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2023
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 to the park before their open house begins, but their daughter Viv takes a vow to not ever leave their home.
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#22 - Time
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/2025
Astrid and James put together a complex summer schedule of camps, activities and work that only leaves one day where the entire family is free. The pressure is on to make the most of their time together.
#24 - Expectations
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2023
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 give birth to her first child, her mother and sister do not see eye to eye on Astrid's birth plan.
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