The WORST episodes of House Husbands

Every episode of House Husbands ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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: 11/9/2024Network: Nine NetworkStatus: Ended
Episode One
star
6.87
89 votes

#1 - Episode One

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2012

Follows four families with one thing in common: the dads are in charge of raising the kids. On the first day of school term, four very different men unite to take on the challenges of parenthood, marriage and mateship.

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star
7.13
38 votes

#2 - Episode 1

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/9/2014

The house husbands buy a pub on a wild night out. Lewis and Gemma's marriage is rocked by secrets from Lewis's past. Mark's new business venture causes grief for Abi's career.

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star
7.20
70 votes

#3 - Episode 6

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/13/2014

Gemma fears the worst when Lewis takes Belle on a trip to find their son. Kane is torn between loyalty and love, when an old flame offers him work. Mark and Abi are stunned when their daughter is suspended from school.

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Episode 10
star
7.22
40 votes

#4 - Episode 10

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/18/2014

Gemma's love for Lewis is rekindled when his heart medication has some unusual side effects. Mark and Abi are seduced by the lavish lifestyle of their wealthy new friends. Justin's world is rocked when Lucy makes a life-changing decision.

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Episode 12
star
7.24
38 votes

#5 - Episode 12

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/1/2014

Lewis is jealous when Gemma goes on a yoga retreat with her childhood friend, Damo. Kane is heartbroken when Will's true colours are revealed. When Abi is injured by a violent patient, Mark is forced to change his career plans.

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star
7.26
39 votes

#6 - Episode 2

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/16/2014

Lewis's world is turned upside down when his ex-wife arrives unexpectedly. A crisis in Kane's private life forces him to reconsider his ownership of the pub. Lucy suspects her new-found brother is a con man.

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star
7.27
41 votes

#7 - Episode 8

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/4/2014

Gemma questions every aspect of her life, in the aftermath of Lewis's infidelity. Lewis is determined to earn Gemma's forgiveness, but is it too late?

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star
7.28
40 votes

#8 - Episode 3

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/22/2014

Lewis's ex-wife creates havoc for Gemma, Lucy and the house husbands. The house husbands vow revenge when Justin's son is bullied by a school parent. Lucy is torn between her thriving career and her responsibilities to Justin's three children.

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star
7.30
10 votes

#9 - Episode 8

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/28/2015

The house husbands face their biggest test when Abi accuses Gemma of betrayal. Justin attempts to influence the judge in his custody case and Miss Looby strong-arms Lewis into helping in the classroom.

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star
7.31
98 votes

#10 - Episode Seven

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/2012

With the clock ticking on his child custody hearing, Justin learns the truth about Rodney's role in the end of his marriage and football career. Lucy has second thoughts after she and Justin decide to move in together.

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Episode 6
star
7.31
13 votes

#11 - Episode 6

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/13/2017

Gemma's new medical career is threatened by a sexist supervisor. Nick's happiness with Rachel is threatened by his secret gambling past. After offending his friends and family, Lewis tries to take a more relaxed approach to life.

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star
7.31
39 votes

#12 - Episode 7

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/20/2014

As he recovers from his heart attack, Lewis struggles with how to confess the truth about him and Belle. Justin takes steps to hide Lewis's secret from Gemma. After insulting the school principal, Abi makes a rash decision about Poppy's future.

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star
7.32
41 votes

#13 - Episode 9

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/11/2014

Lewis' guilt over his marriage problems threatens to ruin the pub and his friendship with Justin. Kane and Will's romantic first date is hijacked by their kids. Lucy's stress over a job interview endangers Justin's kids.

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star
7.33
39 votes

#14 - Episode 4

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/29/2014

Lewis and Belle's house hunting turns into a trip down memory lane when old feelings are rekindled. Gemma feels betrayed when Belle takes advantage of her friendship. Mark's new business appears doomed when Abi sacks their nanny.

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Episode 11
star
7.36
39 votes

#15 - Episode 11

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/25/2014

Gemma and Lewis pretend to be happily married when Gemma's mother comes to stay. Kane is responsible for a major stuff-up at the pub. But Justin suspects a more sinister explanation. Mark gambles his future happiness on a risky business venture.

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star
7.39
41 votes

#16 - Episode 5

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/6/2014

A tragedy at the hospital causes Abi to reassess her approach to motherhood. With their pub losing money, the house husbands face the possibility they may have to sell. Kane suspects his new friend is secretly trying to undermine the pub's success.

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Episode 10
star
7.50
10 votes

#17 - Episode 10

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/3/2017

Nick faces a relationship dilemma when Izzy admits her attraction to him. The house husbands devise the perfect heist to retrieve Izzy's stolen motorbike. With his AFL career in tatters, Justin's kids help Rafiq find a new goal in life.

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Episode 5
star
7.50
10 votes

#18 - Episode 5

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/2017

Nick's dark past catches up with him, threatening his relationship with Rachel and the house husbands. Lewis struggles to cope with Gemma's career success. Abi and Gemma are determined to beat their husbands in a parents' talent quest.

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star
7.50
8 votes

#19 - Episode 6

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/14/2015

Lewis has trouble accepting the reality of Gemma's pregnancy and Kane goes rogue when he learns his son is being bullied. Alex questions his relationship when he sees a disturbing new side to Kane and Justin gets a surprising gift from his twins.

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Episode 2
star
7.54
13 votes

#20 - Episode 2

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/13/2017

Mark's world is turned upside down when his parents deliver some home truths. Gemma's new job at the hospital threatens to wreck her friendship with Abi. Lewis's distrust of Nick grows when he makes Justin a dubious business offer.

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star
7.57
67 votes

#21 - Episode One

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/2013

Lewis faces losing one of the most important people in his life – his grandson, while Justin struggles to provide for his family. The Crabb house is bursting at the seams with Phoebe and Jem in the mix, when Gemma’s mum Wendy arrives on their doorstep. Lewis and Gemma are so frazzled they forget Tilda’s birthday, so cobble together an ad-hoc party which is overshadowed by rival school mum Dimity. Meanwhile Justin and Nicola are crammed into a one-bedroom rental and need a new house to live in. The House Husbands leave Tilda’s disastrous birthday party to try and buy Justin a house, but get held up - at gunpoint. Back at Tilda’s party, the kids are bored and Gemma’s mum Wendy drops a bombshell. After their pregnancy scare at the end of Series 1, it’s been decided Mark needs a vasectomy. Ultimately, Abi realises she does want another child, and races in to stop the surgery. Will she get there in time? And will Justin be able to build his family their dream home?

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star
7.58
125 votes

#22 - Episode Three

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/22/2013

Kane and Tom’s relationship is tested with the return of Stella’s biological father Liam. While Tom wants to sweep it under the carpet – Liam is bad news – Kane thinks they should do what’s right: tell Liam he has a daughter. Their fight plays out as Tom discovers a dead possum in their roof and a bbq with all our people turns into a possum funeral. Here Kane reveals to Abi his anxiety about Tom’s refusal to confront the truth. Kane and Abi secretly order a paternity test for Liam. Armed with the knowledge of Stella’s true parentage, Kane confronts Liam behind Tom’s back, placing their relationship in jeopardy. Meanwhile Liam reveals his true colours and Kane and Tom face losing their daughter. Gemma, tasked with clearing her mum’s stuff out of the family home, bumps into her former neighbour Damo (the son of the woman Gemma’s father is now with). Though initially frosty, their old friendship soon reasserts itself and they end up getting drunk together on homebrew and BMXing the pain away. As they prepare for the book parade, Lewis has to convince Gemma that despite her father’s behaviour, her childhood memories are still real. Lewis also has to accept that Lucy has a new flatmate....Tilda’s teacher Mr Tuck. Justin, frustrated with relying on everyone else to do up his new place, discovers a new vocation.

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star
7.58
67 votes

#23 - Episode Six

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/2012

Lewis is shocked when his teenage daughter, Phoebe, turns up and reveal she is six months pregnant. Abi's plans for Gemma's hen's night go awry, so she hosts the wedding instead. Mark worries about his job when his boss asks him to help talk to her son about his future. Kane and Tom are surprised at how well Stella has recovered.

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star
7.59
223 votes

#24 - Episode Three

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/2012

Lewis is in deep trouble when Gemma catches him flirting with a lucrative business opportunity. Sparks fly when Abi and Kane receive a surprise visit from their meddling father, and Lucy helps Justin make a fresh start.

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star
7.63
288 votes

#25 - Episode Two

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/2012

When his ex puts their house up for sale, Justin makes a last-ditch attempt to prove he can be a reliable dad and partner, and Gemma stages an intervention to help Lewis adapt to life as a house husband.

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