The BEST episodes of House Husbands

Every episode of House Husbands ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of House Husbands!

House Husbands centres around four families with one thing in common, the husbands stay home to raise the children.

Last Updated: 8/13/2024Network: Nine NetworkStatus: Ended
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9.54
39 votes

#1 - Episode Nine

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/9/2013

Justin faces the reality of his new life as a single parent, while Abi takes in an unwanted houseguest. Gemma and Lewis have problems in the bedroom.

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9.46
39 votes

#2 - Episode Twelve

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/30/2013

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9.45
38 votes

#3 - Episode Eleven

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/23/2013

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9.23
40 votes

#4 - Episode Ten

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/16/2013

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8.92
36 votes

#5 - Episode Four

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/29/2013

While Abi and Mark struggle to fall pregnant, Lewis’ world is threatened when Gemma’s friendship with her old friend and neighbour, Damo, intensifies. Gemma invites Damo to dinner, on the same night that Phoebe introduces her new boyfriend Ryan into the family. Meanwhile Lewis learns that Justin has been keeping his Carpentry course a secret. The dinner party spirals into disaster when Lewis, jealous of Damo and angry at Justin, ruins Phoebe’s relationship with Ryan. The next day, at the school athletics carnival, Lewis needs to redeem himself to get back into Gemma’s good books. Meanwhile Abi comes to terms with how difficult it is to be a control freak when conceiving babies and pregnancy are completely out of her hands. Phoebe is forced to face the truth that being a teenaged mum makes having a relationship very tough. And Justin has to acknowledge that Lewis is something of a father figure... a slightly annoying one...

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8.64
11 votes

#6 - Episode 3

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/24/2015

Abi is sued by a patient and faces a decision that will change her life forever. Justin goes out of his way to help Rodney, with disastrous results and Gemma makes a surprising discovery about Lewis's grandson.

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Episode 5
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8.55
11 votes

#7 - Episode 5

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/7/2015

Justin risks losing custody of Angie before the court case even begins. Kane develops an unhealthy obsession with Gemma's pregnancy and Mark makes a desperate attempt to get paternity leave.

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Episode 12
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8.50
10 votes

#8 - Episode 12

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/17/2017

Lewis devises a risky plan to save the school from closure, and win back the trust of his friends. Mark and Abi's daughter is injured when the kids protest to save their school from demolition.

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8.49
68 votes

#9 - Episode Six

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/19/2013

A day of triumphs ends with a tragedy that will change the house husbands' lives forever. Mark is hoodwinked by Justin into employing Nicola as his personal assistant, but Nicola's inexperience threatens his career and friendship with Justin.

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Episode 1
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8.45
11 votes

#10 - Episode 1

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/10/2015

At the under 10's netball final, a bombshell is revealed that could change the house husbands' lives forever.

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8.44
9 votes

#11 - Episode Thirteen

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/7/2013

Justin drops a bombshell on the house husbands community. After being arrested and losing her job, Lucy faces the biggest romantic decision of her life. Pregnant Abi develops an unhealthy obsession with school graduation day.

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8.43
68 votes

#12 - Episode Seven

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/26/2013

Justin struggles to deal with everyday life without Nicola. Justin's twins suggest a unique ceremony to farewell their mother and Abi makes a life-changing decision that creates an embarrassing problem for Rhys.

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8.40
67 votes

#13 - Episode Five

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/6/2013

A surprise arrival turns Kane's life upside down. Justin's romantic gesture to Nicola doesn't go according to plan, while Lucy's relationship with her new flatmate becomes a little more complicated.

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8.31
123 votes

#14 - Episode Two

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2013

When renovations of his house go awry, Justin’s struggle to provide for his family escalates. The House Husbands are in full swing renovating Justin’s new place when Mark, struggling with male insecurities around not getting Abi pregnant, over-compensates. He smashes the wrong wall – revealing asbestos. Justin’s in no financial position to deal with this, but with Mark’s help finds an innovative way to raise the cash. Meanwhile Lewis is forced to admit he really has become good friends with Kane. He sees Tom with another man and decides to act on it. Gemma struggles to tell her emotional mother Wendy that her father’s affair wasn’t a one-off thing

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Episode 11
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8.29
7 votes

#15 - Episode 11

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/10/2017

Gemma is torn between family and career when she wins a prestigious scholarship to the USA. Lewis becomes public enemy number one when it's announced the local school is to be closed.

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8.28
96 votes

#16 - Episode Nine

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/2012

Mark decides to take responsibility for problems at home and work, but has he left it too late? Abi chooses the worst possible time to volunteer as a parent helper in Miss Nadir's classroom. Kane and Tom's home life is under the microscope.

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8.27
130 votes

#17 - Episode Four

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/2012

Abi struggles with being a working mum after she misses her daughter's birthday and clashes with the "mummy mafia" at school. Mark is arrested after taking extreme measures to prove his macho credentials.

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Episode 3
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8.22
9 votes

#18 - Episode 3

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/20/2017

Justin's estranged brother visits in dire need of help. Still reeling from the death of his father, Mark makes a shocking discovery about his parents. Desperate to prove he can be a good step-dad, Nick tries some of Lewis's parenting advice.

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Episode 2
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8.13
8 votes

#19 - Episode 2

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/17/2015

After amputating his finger in a tuck shop accident, Kane changes his mind about having a baby with Eve. Justin is blackmailed over the custody of his daughter and Abi is desperate to prove to Kane she can be the world's best sister.

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8.00
11 votes

#20 - Episode Eight

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/2/2013

Lewis' world is rocked when Gemma ends up in a compromising position with her ex-neighbour. Justin needs Lucy to help with the legal issues arising from Nicola's death. The gang are forced to run the school tuckshop after the manager quits.

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Episode 13
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8.00
3 votes

#21 - Episode 13

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/1/2014

Gemma and Lewis rediscover the meaning of love at Phoebe and Ryan's wedding. Kane finds his Mr Right in the most unlikely place - the school library. Justin has a chance romantic encounter that will send shockwaves through the house husbands community.

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8.00
13 votes

#22 - Episode 9

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/5/2015

Mark starts to question his marriage to Abi, while Lewis is desperate for Gemma to reconcile with her best friend and the house husbands organise a buck's night for Kane with disastrous results.

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8.00
15 votes

#23 - Episode 10

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/12/2015

In the countdown to Kane's wedding, Lewis and Mark try to match-make a reconciliation between Abi and Gemma. Justin's twins go to extremes to prevent Angie being taken from their family and Gemma starts to have doubts about the surrogate pregnancy.

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7.98
127 votes

#24 - Episode Eight

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/2012

On the most stressful day of his life, Mark makes a mistake he will regret forever. Justin's custody hearing is interrupted when a school excursion goes horribly wrong.

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Episode 9
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7.91
11 votes

#25 - Episode 9

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/3/2017

A new teacher at Nepean South drives a wedge between the house husbands and their partners. Lewis faces a major challenge as candidate for local council. Justin's brother Rafiq risks his life by ignoring a heart condition.

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