The WORST episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Every episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - To Protect, Serve, and Move That Bus
Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/5/2020
A Los Angeles police officer and his family work tirelessly to give back to the homeless population on Skid Row, and their home has become neglected. Jesse and the designers lead a team of volunteers to renovate their home to give them a spa-like retreat.
#2 - The Favorite Neighbors
Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/29/2020
After gang violence struck too close to home, a couple opened their doors to neighborhood kids to provide a safe haven. The home has seen better days, so Jesse, the designers and volunteers give the large family a space to match the size of their hearts.
#3 - Serving Those Who Serve Us
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/22/2020
A family that dedicated their lives to serving the country now serves the less fortunate, but time has not been kind to their 100-year-old Craftsman. It's up to Jesse and the design team to help restore the historical home to its former glory.
#4 - From Tornado to Tear Down
Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/15/2020
After a tornado damaged the home of a mom and her daughter, the property has been plagued by undesirable living conditions and mold. Jesse and the team step in to give them a French Country-inspired home that makes health concerns a thing of the past.
#5 - For Home and Country
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/2020
In a show first, the team surprises two families with a duplex. The military families struggled to adjust to civilian life after active duty, so Jesse and the team enlist volunteers to construct the home in a community built just for veterans.
#6 - Renovating A Time Capsule
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2020
The co-founder of a non-profit that inspires at-risk youth has fallen on hard times due to health complications. Jesse, the designers and volunteers surprise his family by renovating their 1970s-style home into a mid-century modern masterpiece.
#7 - Starting From Scratch
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/8/2020
A firefighter hero, his mom and three daughters are living in a cramped apartment and need a fresh start after the loss of his wife. With help from hundreds of volunteers, Jesse and the design team build a brand-new home in less than a week.
#8 - A Teacher's Journey
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/1/2020
Even after suffering a major injury, a caring teacher that works with at-risk teens dedicates his life to helping his students. Jesse, the designers, hundreds of volunteers and two special guests work around the clock to renovate his family's home.
#9 - This Land Is Your Land
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2020
A young man and his siblings relocated to Ogden, UT, as refugees after experiencing a devastating loss in the Congo. Now, Jesse Tyler Ferguson gives the family life-changing news before Tamara Day and volunteers build them a modern-tropical home.
#10 - All in the Mosley Family
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2020
After welcoming three teens deemed "unadoptable" into her home, a single mom with two kids of her own is forced to move her family into her mom's cramped place. Jesse Tyler Ferguson and the team give them a fresh start in a new house with tons of space.
#11 - Riggins Family
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/2007
Raleigh, NC. The Riggins family are given an extreme makeover. Linda Riggins grew up poor and in the projects, where she was told she would never make anything of herself. She didn't let this get her down, though, and graduated college with honors and degrees in Childhood Education, Social Work and Women's Studies. She, along with her visually impaired husband, William, have dedicated over fifteen years of service to Building Together Ministries, a non-profit center designed to help disadvantaged parents and children. But recently the Riggins themselves have fallen on tough times: Linda has had several surgeries, their medical bills have become overwhelming and now their house is in bad need of repair. Despite all this, Linda and William greet every day with a smile and focus all of their energies on their young and enthusiastic children and on their community. While Ty and the designers, builder Homelife Communities and hundreds of volunteers and workers are rebuilding their home, the Riggins family will go on vacation to Walt Disney World
#12 - Collins Family
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/2007
Murfreesboro, AR. The Colins family are given an extreme makeover. Kim and Dennis Collins believe that there's nothing more important than family. When tragedy stuck in the form of a car accident that killed Kim's favorite cousin and her husband, Kim and Dennis took hold of the situation. They fought hard for two years to take custody over the cousin's five children, not wanting them to become separated by the foster care system.
#13 - Hurston Family
Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/13/2011
Ty and the team rebuild a house for a Florida family of five that flies to disasters all over the world to deliver water purifiers, medical supplies and food to those in need.
#14 - Anderson Family
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2010
Andre and Jasmine Anderson are both blind because of their diabetes. That hasn't ever slowed them down; as they are they are the driving force behind the Disability Awareness Center in their hometown of Maple Heights, Ohio. They have two sons: 13-year-old Jaison (who is hearing impaired) and 7-year-old Jahzion. They live in a cramped, structurally-dangerous home with their trusty guide dog, Valentine. Well, that dangerous home is about to become a "smart" house once Ty and the Extreme Team roll into town.
#15 - Hall Family
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/17/2011
A car accident man leaves a man paralyzed from the shoulders down; now he, his wife and four children receive a new home.
#16 - Creasey Family
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/2010
Ty takes the team to Davidson County, NC to rebuild the home of Tricia Creasey. She has been battling with cancer but still teaches, despite her treatment costing over $1000 per month.
#17 - Skaggs Family
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/2010
On February 1, 2010, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" traveled to Slaughterville, OK to meet Brian and Audra Skaggs, whose son, Jhett, survived a heart transplant at just 10 months of age. Although he's made incredible progress over the past two years, the poor condition of the family's moldy, rotting, termite-ridden home poses serious risks to Jhett's weakened immune system. In only seven days, team leader Ty Pennington, the design team, plus celebrity guest designer Jillian Harris of ABC's "The Bachelorette" will help build a safe and healthy home.
#18 - DeVries Family
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2008
Ty heads to Minnesota for a family who has transformed the lives of people in education through different creative methods. Their lives will change once Ty and the team have finished working on their home. This weeks hero is Susan DeVries. She suffers from Ventricular Tachycardia, and the arrhythmia is becoming more life threatening and could lead to her sudden death. Despite this Susan still happily works as a music teacher, band director and 1st grade reading specialist. Plus she shares the school bus driving job with her husband, Dirk, who lost one of his arms in a farming accident. When her school had no money for musical instruments Susan made them some out of anything she could find to recycle, including flutes made from plastic pipes.
#19 - Rhodes Family
Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/2011
The team helps Columbus, Ohio, grandparents who care for their adult daughter, who has a brain tumor, and her children in their small house that's home to seven people.
#20 - Heathcock Family
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/2010
Ty takes his team to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to fix up the home of Sherman Heathcock who is currently in Iraq. After losing some of their home to Hurricane Katrina and getting conned when sorting out repairs, they don't have the time or money to do the repairs themselves.
#21 - Tipton-Smith Family
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/2007
Waleska, GA. The Tipton-Smith family are given an extreme makeover. Faith Tipton-Smith is a single mother raising two girls, 16-year-old Missy and 8-year-old Emily. After working at the same job for 25 years, Faith was finally able to purchase her first home in July of 2004. On February 4, 2005 the unthinkable happened when this new home that Faith and her family had worked so hard for burned to the ground. They lost everything, including countless cheerleading trophies, family pictures, clothes and even their dog, Sugar. This family lost everything they cherished and loved. But, most importantly, everybody in the family was safe. During this time, Faith's 16-year-old son, Ransom, was her biggest support, helping his sisters with school, keeping the family together and, as time allowed, playing his favorite sport -- golf.
#22 - Gaston Family
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2010
Ty and the team rebuild a home for a cheerleading coach who left college to care for his family after the death of his mother; singer Mariah Carey and Olympian Dominique Dawes make special appearances.
#23 - Hill Family
Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/2011
The team helps rebuild the home of a woman who has dedicated herself to her community and her six adopted daughters.
#24 - Dickinson Family
Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/2011
The team assists the family of a Marine whose home's condition is continually depreciating due to spreading mold and flood damage.
#25 - Williams Family
Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/16/2010
In the Season 7 finale, a family with a dad who has Lou Gehrig's disease and a son with spina bifida get a rebuilt home with help from the NFL's Michael Oher and the Tuohy family, upon whom the movie "The Blind Side" is based. Also appearing: Demi Lovato; Wilmer Valderrama; and football analysts Herm Edwards, Mark Schlereth, Mark May and Desmond Howard.