The BEST episodes of Wife Swap (US) season 5
Every episode of Wife Swap (US) season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Wife Swap (US) season 5!
Have you ever wondered whether the grass is greener on the other side of the fence? Two wives discover that it often isn't when they hand over the keys to their homes and literally switch families ” but not bedrooms ” for two weeks on the new reality show Wife Swap, already a critically-acclaimed smash hit in its third season in the U.K. Wife Swap is not a competition or a contest. It is a reality show unlike any other, where the battlegrounds are the kitchens and living rooms, child-rearing is a subject of intense and heated debate, and the outcome isn't a cash prize, but a couple's opportunity to re-discover why they love each other and decided to marry in the first place. In the first week of the swap, the wives move in with their new family and adopt their very different lifestyle. They agree to follow a manual written by the departing wife that sets out the rules of their new household how they parent, shop, do the house work, manage their budgets and their social lif
#1 - Burroughs/Padovan-Hickman
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/17/2009
A family who choose to live off the grid, without modern conveniences like electricity or a refrigerator, swap lives with a wealthy, materialistic family obsessed with status.
#2 - Henstein/Toulou
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/20/2009
A hard-working real estate couple who never take a day off swap with a fun-loving family of jokesters.
#3 - McIntyre/Keyser
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/2009
#4 - Chi/Edwards
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/2009
#5 - Berwick/Roachford
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/2008
#6 - Brazenwood/Taylor
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/24/2009
A meat-loving cowboy family with traditional values swap lives with a free-spirited vegan family who consult the stars.
#7 - Schults/Smith
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/2009
Young parents who celebrate Halloween year-round swap lives with older parents who believe in strict, traditional values.
#8 - Mallick/Stewart
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/2009
A biker family obsessed with leather, wheels and all things motorcycles swap lives with a family passionate about their wholesome Irish heritage and keeping to their strict, structured schedule.
#9 - Petersen/Vaughn
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/27/2009
#10 - Jones/Martinson
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/6/2009
#11 - Long/Stephens-Fowler
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/30/2009
The Long family are avid patriots who enjoy the "American way," which includes fast food, 4X4s and paintball, and the man in the family believes the wife is there to do "skirt work" such as cooking and cleaning. The wife will be switching places with the Stephens-Fowler family of California, who believe in higher education, taking care of the environment and a healthy style of living.
#12 - Kinsman/Thompson
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2008
#13 - Heene/Martel
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2008
The Heene family from Colorado live life on the edge. Wife Mayumi and storm scientist Richard take their three kids, Bradford, Ryo and Falcon, out of school to go on storm chasing missions to prove Richard's theories about magnetic fields and gravity. Meanwhile on a quiet street in Connecticut, the Martel family -- wife Karen, husband Jay and their two kids, Max and Dean -- live a life of calm and safety.
#14 - Cooper/Kukta
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2008
#15 - McCaslin/Deekens
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2008
A female weight-lifter who can bench press over 340 lbs. switches families with a mom who gives tea parties and stresses etiquette.
#16 - Brown/Holland
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/27/2009
A family of four who love to demolish junk cars and eat fried foods swap with a family who run on a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables and a military-driven schedule.
#17 - Dusseau/Smith-Snider
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/2009
#18 - Melton/Dufrene
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2008
#19 - Martin/Vallone
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2008
#20 - Brown/Neighbors
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2008
#21 - Heene/Silver
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2009
The families that have been chosen for the 100th episode swap are the storm-chasing, science-obsessed Heene family from Colorado and the psychic, performing arts-loving Silvers from Florida. When the Heene family aren't chasing storms, they devote their time to scientific experiments that include looking for extraterrestrials and building a research-gathering flying saucer to send into the eye of the storm. In this ultimate swap, the Heenes swap lives with a psychic mom who speaks to the dead and can control the weather, her husband and her children -- who believe they are destined to be stars. This show will feature aliens, punk rockers, past-life regression and, for the first time ever, the children from the two families will face off in a kids' table meeting. "Heene/Silver," the 100th episode of Wife Swap, destined to become a classic!