The BEST episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Every episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition!
The iconic home renovation series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition showcases great stories, inspired volunteers and incredible home renovations for families. Viewers get to follow the team and thousands of volunteers as they complete stunning home overhauls (including interior, exterior and landscaping) for deserving families, all completed in record time while the family is sent away.
#1 - Martirez/Malek Families
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2008
Shrewsbury, Missouri (just outside St. Louis) is today's location as Ty makes a home safer for two twins that have birth defects, and they makeover a coffee shop for a man who has cerebral palsy. There are two heroes in this episode. The first is Dawn Martirez who was a much loved Pediactric nurse working with babies and children diagnosed with terminal illnesses. Now she cares for her twin boys. They both have extremely rare genetic conditions. One called 9P minus, and the other is Crouzon Syndrome. The other hero is Sam Malek who has cerebral palsy and employs differently abled individuals to help him in his coffee shop, from which a portion of the profits go to local charities. He hopes that the training will bring some confidence and independence to the people he employs
#2 - Slaughter Family
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/2009
Ty and the designers rebuild a home that has been destroyed by heavy water damage.
#3 - Kadzis Family
Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/5/2009
Ty takes his team down to Tallahassee, Florida where they are going to help George who is battling with brain cancer. His family have looked after many children with special needs and now he wants to provide his own family with a stable home.
#4 - Lucas Family
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/2/2008
Cullen, VA -- The team build the Lucas family a new home.
#5 - Frisch Family
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2008
Ty and his crew set to work on restoring a house that is home to 13 family members, but it can no longer cope with so many people.
#6 - The Cadigan-Scott Family
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/23/2004
Two parents pass away leaving eight kids behind ages 12-23. They have to share a single bathroom. The older ones are left to take care of the younger ones. This is in Livermore, California. In June 2003 Diane died as a result of heart problems. Mark died 16 days later of a heart attack. Their eight kids were left to grieve a double, unbelievable loss. The two oldest siblings moved back home and took legal guardianship of their brothers and sisters, which enabled the family to stay together. Otherwise the kids would have ended up in foster care. The family - Jennifer, 23, Janice, 21, Daniel, 20, Kelly, 20, Rachel, 18, Jackie, 16, Dolly, 14 and twelve-year-old Teresa spent a week at Disney World. On the day of the ""reveal,"" over 3000 people lined the streets to cheer on the Cadigan-Scotts.
#7 - Brown Family
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/30/2011
The team heads to Texas to build a home for a family who lost a teenager in a car accident; singer Justin Bieber and actress Emma Roberts volunteer.
#8 - McPhail Family
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2011
The “EM:HE” crew travels to Medford, Oregon to help the McPhail Family, who started a local nonprofit to help children with special needs, never dreaming that someday their own two children would be need its services after the boys were diagnosed with autism. Acclaimed author, professor and animal behaviorist Dr. Temple Grandin, one of the most visible spokespeople for those with autism, helps the “EM:HE” design team create a new home for the family with sensitivities to the needs of the boys.
#9 - Hill Family
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2009
Ty takes the team to Connecticut to repair the home of the Hill Family. The 13 family members are part of their own choir and help to inspire the community. A fire 16 years ago ruined their family home and they have since been unable to find the money to repair to it's former state.
#10 - Girard Family
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/2009
The Girards have always been a helpful family, volunteering whenever possible and both the father and their eldest son where working towards helping the community. Unfortunately they both drowned and their house were burned down in a fire so Ty and the team head down to help out the rest of the family.
#11 - Noyola Family
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/2007
Chicago, IL. The Noyola family are given an extreme makeover. While Ty and the designers, local builder Norcon Inc., and hundreds of volunteers and workers are rebuilding their home as well as revamping their grandmother's home, the Noyola family will go on vacation to Walt Disney World
#12 - Silva Family
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/4/2008
Ty and team transform a home that is unsafe due to overly high lead levels, for two parents who have helped look after many kids over the years through foster care.
#13 - Latif Family
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/30/2008
The team rebuild the home of a single mother and they also transform a home in Delaware.
#14 - The Goodale Family
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2005
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition designers and contractors came to the home of Doug Goodale, a veteran lobster fisherman and his family from Wells Harbor, Maine, with the remarkable news that, in just seven days, they will be able to move back into a finished and completely renovated house.Near the end of the lobstering season a few years ago, Doug Goodale made a decision that would change the lives of his family forever. Looking out at the stormy, choppy waters of Wells Harbor that day, he tried to decide whether to go out to sea or not. If he didn't go, he wouldn't make any money. Needing to provide for his family, he pushed his boat out into the water at dead low tide.When he reached his first trap and started pulling up his catch, a huge wave hit the boat, creating a slack in the rope which then spooled around the drum. A veteran fisherman, Doug knew to turn off the drum's motor and untangle the rope, but as he reached in to turn it off, the sleeve of his oilskin got caught i
#15 - Suggs Family
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/11/2010
The team heads to Loris, SC to rebuild the home of Amanda and Derrick Suggs. Amanda has spent her life looking after her siblings and has only recently been able to get a good education. Derrick has helped look after them and also to help bring the local community closer to the police force by creating schemes to give them a better image.
#16 - Cowan Family
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/2010
Bunker Hill, IN is the destination for Ty's team where they are looking to makeover the home of Andy and Heather Cowan. Their daughter Kori became very ill and over time it has gotten worse - thought to be caused by the poor state of their home. Their son Adam has had to move out of the house due to him falling ill as well. Ty looks to put the family back together by giving them a new home.
#17 - Boys Hope/Girls Hope
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2010
Ty Pennington and his design team, including new designers Xzibit and Jillian Harris, traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, to surprise the students of Boys Hope/Girls Hope in a unique way and reveal to them that their lives were about to change. For the first time in the history of the show, the recipients were surprised on live television when the "EM: HE" team greeted the students with the good news. Another first in the show's 170-plus episode history came unannounced, courtesy of Mother Nature, when an epic rainstorm threatened to knock the 11,000 square foot build off its strict seven-day schedule
#18 - Graham Family
Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/2011
The team helps build a home for a single mother of two who divides her time among family, work, college, and volunteering for the Girl Scouts.
#19 - Ruiz Family
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/2009
Ty and the gang go to El Paso, Texas, to help a family who sacrificed finishing their own home project to improve the lives of others.
#20 - Hill Family
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2011
Award-winning actress Glenn Close personally nominated the Hill family and appears in this episode. The patriarch, Staff Sergeant Allen Hill, an Iraqi war vet who suffers from crippling PTSD, was unable to return home, since it’s situated near a busy railroad and quarry with frequent explosions that can trigger his condition. With the help of the organization founded by Ms. Close, Bring Change 2 Mind, and a therapy dog program called Puppies Behind Bars, the designers from “EM:HE” will work to build the Hill family a new home in a quiet environment to be reunited with his wife and children.
#21 - Korpai Family
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2011
The team helps build a home for the family of a girl with dwarfism.
#22 - Simpson Family
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/2011
Ty and the team head south to Savannah where the Simpson family is in dire need of a brand new home. Carmen and Jim Simpson have three beautiful kids. Their son, Isaac, is eight. Daughter, Katelyn, is four. Youngest son, Zoe, is two. Zoe has had a slew of medical problems from the moment he was born. He wasn't even supposed to live. Thankfully, Zoe didn't know that. His heart never even skipped a beat when doctors took him off the respirator. He was called the Miracle Baby! And even though Zoe is an incredible boy, he still needs a lot of assistance. His family needs help in the form of a new home. Well, help is on the way!
#23 - Carr Family
Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/2010
Comic Bill Engvall helps the team rebuild a house for a family in Texas struggling to overcome physical challenges; surfer Bethany Hamilton spends time with the family while they vacation in Honolulu.
#24 - Huber Family
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2009
In the season premiere, Ty takes the team to rebuild the home of a firefighter and his wife. After scraping every penny the family could get, they were able to cancel out their debts but realised they were unable to fix up their home. As the family head to Hawaii, the team move in and get to work.
#25 - Cooper Family
Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/2009
Jeff Cooper (who suffers from Gulf War Syndrome) is about to have his home turned around by the team. He has now become dependent on his wheelchair and his son is also hadicapped after having lost his arm. The family's home is soon to be upgraded so they can live in peace.