The BEST Episodes of Gene Simmons Family Jewels
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Feb 27, 2021
Network: A&E
Welcome to the unconventional family life of KISS front man Gene Simmons. Simmons and actress Shannon Tweed have been happily unmarried for twenty years and have two children, Nick and Sophie. Gene Simmons Family Jewels reveals a side of Gene that has remained hidden until now. See the softer side of this metal manic as he balances his rock star life with his role as a dad.
#1 - Sucker Bet
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired Jul 29, 2007
Sharon and Aunt Tracy are off to the Kentucky Derby and Gene insists on tagging along. A problem at the hotel leaves Gene wishing he would have stayed home. Tracy talks Sharon into betting $100,000 on a horse.
8.50 
#3 - The Wingman
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired May 6, 2007
Gene decides to take his business partner's thirty year old nephew out on the town in Las Vegas to help cheer him up after learning about his divorce. Gene soon finds out that getting game isn't as easy as it used to be.
8.33 
#4 - Face Off
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired Apr 8, 2007
A very graphical episode of Gene and Shannon's facelifts in which Shannon has to stay in the hospital due to the pain. Nick and especially Sophie can't really handle the initial results of their parents makeover.
8.17 #5 - The Honeymoon is Over Part 1
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired May 28, 2012
In the seventh-season opener, Shannon decides that she wants to adopt a child, which creates tension with Gene.
8.13 
#6 - Under the Knife?
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired Mar 25, 2007
8.00 
#7 - Snowblind
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired Apr 22, 2007
Shannon tries to escape to Aspen for some real R & R, but Sophie talks the rest of the family into heading up their as well. Gene soon learns that Sophie wanted to go up there because of a boy she likes and Gene tries to find out all about him and ends up getting in trouble. Soon he has to be rescues by the mountain's ski patrol.
8.00 
#8 - Growing Pains
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired Jun 3, 2007
Nick's friends persuade him to move out of the house. Nick decides to check out a college. Sophie, Shannon and Gene go shopping to buy items for Nick to bribe him into staying home. Nick has a terrible experience at the weekend orientation. Sophie asks Nick not to tell their parents about his experience so that his parents will continue to bribe him into staying home.
8.00 
#9 - Rich Dad
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired Jul 15, 2007
Gene helps out a mother and son with their strip club while he is in Las Vegas. He rushed home after that to play volleyball with Sophie in a Father/Daughter game she never told him about because she doesn't want to bother him and his busy schedule. Gene thinks she just doesn't want him there and wants to be a proud dad.
8.00 
#10 - And They're Off
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired Jul 29, 2007
In a panic over Shannon's $100,000 bet on a horse she knows nothing about Gene frantically tries to sell her ticket at a discount to anyone he comes in contact with.
8.00 #11 - Sophie Couture
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired May 13, 2008
Gene ends up behind bars as he continues his research on prositution. As a result of her internship for a fashion designer, Sophie walks the catwalk during LA Fashion Week.
8.00 
#12 - Sophie's Sweet 16
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired Jun 7, 2009
It's Sophie's 16th birthday and Gene has gone way overboard, despite her request for a simple celebration.
8.00 
#13 - Godfather Gene
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired Jun 21, 2009
8.00 #14 - Who Dunnit?
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired Jul 12, 2009
In hopes of promoting family togetherness, Shannon guilt's them into participating in a 70's themed murder-mystery party.
8.00 
#15 - Derby Queen
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired Aug 2, 2009
Gene takes over the role of the family's happy homemaker, after Shannon accepts a role in a movie about the Roller Derby.
8.00 #16 - The Demon Turns 60
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired Mar 28, 2010
Gene tries to convince Shannon that he does not want to make a big deal of his upcoming birthday but is subsequently ignored when Shannon and Paul Stanley decide to throw him a huge surprise party. But the surprise may be ruined when Gene decides to go on a business trip on the day of the party.
8.00 #17 - God of Thunder
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired Dec 19, 2010
8.00 #18 - The Adoption Plan
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired Jun 4, 2012
After Sophie's and Nick's strong objection to adoption, Shannon suspects that Gene is wavering as well and arranges for Gene to meet happy families that have adopted. Meanwhile, cut off Nick searches for a place to live.
8.00 #19 - The Demon Must Be Crazy
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired Jun 18, 2012
Shannon has a secret agenda to change Gene's mind on adoption while they vacation in Africa.
8.00 #20 - Baby On Board? Part 1
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired Jul 2, 2012
Gene and Shannon have trouble agreeing on whether they should adopt a child.
8.00 #21 - Gene's Addiction
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired Oct 9, 2006
The family sees that Gene is overworked and needs to get away. So they force Gene to go on an impromptu vacation.
7.89 
#22 - Uncle Gene Wants You
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired May 20, 2007
Gene decides to take Sophie to San Diego's Camp Pendleton to help her do some research for a school paper she has to write on the armed forces. After a lot of smack talking back and forth, they are thrown into a few brutal basic training exercises. No one is laughing now.
7.86 
#23 - The Brutal Truth
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired Mar 18, 2008
Gene doesn't follow the doctor's orders again, when is released from the hospital. Gene and Shannon go on the Adam Corolla Show so Gene can take his lie detector test.
7.86 #24 - Before the Flood
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired Mar 25, 2008
Gene is offered a chance to perform at the Royal Crown Revue in Las Vegas. Now he must learn the songs and perfect his act while a construction crew works next door.
7.86 
#25 - A Bun in the Oven?
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired Mar 25, 2007
While Nick, Sophie and Aunt Tracy await the results of Shannon's pregnancy test Gene and fellow KISS band member Paul Stanley serve as the Grand Marshals of the NYC Halloween Parade. After receiving a strange proposition from two groupies, Gene returns home to learn the results of Shannon's pregnancy test.
7.83