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.

Last Updated: 3/4/2025Network: CTVStatus: Ended
Connection
star
8.44
9 votes

#1 - 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.

Writer: Jessica Meya
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Adulthood
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8.38
8 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Allison Johnston
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Money
star
8.33
15 votes

#3 - 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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Me Time
star
8.30
20 votes

#4 - 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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Identity
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8.19
21 votes

#5 - 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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Screen Time
star
8.17
24 votes

#6 - 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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Teamwork
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8.15
20 votes

#7 - 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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Each Other
star
8.14
22 votes

#8 - 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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Friends
star
8.00
21 votes

#9 - 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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Fairness
star
8.00
23 votes

#10 - 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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Weekends
star
8.00
18 votes

#11 - Weekends

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/2023

With long days at the office, Astrid cannot shake the feeling that she is missing out on key moments with their kids. Astrid convinces James that what the family needs is an adventure together.

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Parenting
star
8.00
16 votes

#12 - Parenting

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/2023

Astrid and James are forced to examine their differing parenting approaches to dealing with their daughter's behavior issues.

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Sleepovers
star
8.00
7 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: Alyson Richards
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Dignity
star
7.90
21 votes

#14 - 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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Talking
star
7.89
18 votes

#15 - Talking

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2023

While having dinner at a fancy restaurant, Astrid and James struggle to find something to talk about other than the kids.

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Therapy
star
7.84
19 votes

#16 - Therapy

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2023

Astrid and James wrestle with differing opinions on how to move forward with an important decision affecting Viv.

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Privacy
star
7.82
22 votes

#17 - 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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Sex
star
7.80
10 votes

#18 - Sex

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/15/2025

Astrid and James get some much-needed adult time when they convince Nisha to take the kids for the night. The parents night gets complicated, however, when a small lie grows out of control.

Directors: Allison Johnston
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Arguments
star
7.78
18 votes

#19 - Arguments

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/2023

Reaching a tipping point, Astrid and James need to vent about their growing list of grievances toward one another.

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Momentum
star
7.76
17 votes

#20 - 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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Memories
star
7.76
17 votes

#21 - Memories

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2024

In a mockumentary style episode, Astrid realizes how hard she was on Nisha during her teenage years and tries to make up for it by arranging something special for Nisha's surprise birthday party. James misses the good old days of work.

Directors: Melanie Orr
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Leaving the House
star
7.75
20 votes

#22 - Leaving the House

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2023

After Astrid and James are consistently late for Viv's before-school meetings with the school counselor, Astrid is determined to get Viv to school on time.

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Careers
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7.75
24 votes

#23 - Careers

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/2023

After an unexpected change at Gero's, James tries to busy himself with fixing a broken toilet. Astrid thinks she's due for a raise.

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Chores
star
7.73
11 votes

#24 - Chores

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/2024

Astrid and James question whether they’re raising monsters when Felix and Viv refuse to pitch in around the house.

Directors: Mars Horodyski
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Clothes
star
7.71
17 votes

#25 - Clothes

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2023

After Felix shrinks all his clothes, Astrid and James are forced to buy him a new wardrobe, but shopping for clothes isn't so easy now that Felix is developing his own style.

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