The Worst Episodes of Breeders
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Exposing the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Breeders" is "No Places", rated 7.1/10 from 337 user votes. It was directed by Ben Palmer and written by Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison. "No Places" aired on 3/2/2020 and is rated 0.0 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "No Lies".
7.1/10 337 votes#1 - No Places
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/2020
Luke's parents and the surprising arrival of Ally's estranged father cause Paul and Ally to scrutinize their hopes and dreams for Luke and Ava and discover how far they will go for the sake of their kids.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison
7.1/10 275 votes#2 - No Lies
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/16/2020
Michael thrives in his new role as dad and granddad, but Paul and Ally can't adapt to his presence as easily as the children can. Luke's hunt for proof that Santa doesn't exist puts Paul's claim that he never lies to the test.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Chris Addison, Barunka O'Shaughnessy
7.2/10 447 votes#3 - No Sleep
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/2/2020
The children won’t sleep – Paul and Ally thought these nights were over. Paul spends the night fighting his own anger and his children’s inability to go the f**k to sleep.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison
7.2/10 296 votes#4 - No Accident
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/9/2020
Ally attempts to acclimatize to Michael's continued presence while Paul begins to question if his accident-prone son's frequent injuries might actually be his fault.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison
7.2/10 242 votes#5 - No Honeymoon
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/13/2020
Paul attempts to focus on his upcoming wedding but is constantly thwarted by his family; Ally is distracted by work, Luke is misbehaving at school and Leah (Stella Gonet) doesn’t understand why they are even bothering to get married.
Director: Chris Addison
Writer: Chris Addison, Oriane Messina, Fay Rusling
7.3/10 262 votes#6 - No Talking
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2020
In the wake of Michael’s death, the family stay with Darren at his country house, but Paul’s attempt to give Ally space by taking on kid duties and Darren’s fixation on work doesn’t help Ally find a chance to say goodbye.
Director: Chris Addison
Writer: Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison, Jamie Brittain
7.3/10 247 votes#7 - No Exit
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/6/2020
It’s half term and Luke is responsible for taking Lenny the class bear on an adventure. Lenny has been to Italy, Peru and beyond, but Paul can’t even manage to get the family and the godforsaken bear out of the house to the local park.
Director: Chris Addison
Writer: Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison, Jamie Brittain
7.4/10 173 votes#8 - No Choice
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/2021
Ally is under huge pressure, but no one seems to want to listen to her; Jim and Jackie are excited about a possible move to the coast and, much to Paul's surprise, so is he.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 176 votes#9 - No Excuses
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/26/2021
Ally and Paul's marriage is in crisis. Paul's obsessed by what happened but won't discuss it. An increasingly troubled Luke refuses to go to school and Leah and Alex make an announcement.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 144 votes#10 - No Body
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/23/2022
Ally and Paul each learns the truth about a thing that has been terrifying them - for Ally, her job and for Paul, his MRI result. Ava and Luke both feel frozen out by the people they care most about.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 210 votes#11 - No Fear
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/2021
Luke’s anxiety is becoming a problem at home and school. Would a medical diagnosis make his life easier or harder? Ally faces further tension after her mother Leah is robbed.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Chris Addison, Oriane Messina, Fay Rusling
7.5/10 180 votes#12 - No Baby
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/2021
As Ally contemplates her pregnancy, a new piece of information blows her world apart. A worried Ava tries to help her mum while Luke regrets lying.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 161 votes#13 - No Direction Home
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 5/9/2022
With Luke refusing to live with his dad, Paul is staying at honeymooning Leah’s house. Ally begins to feel the strain, while a distressing event from the family’s past has a surprising present-day echo.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 149 votes#14 - No Worries
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/2022
Ally fears she might lose her job and her mind as the company collapses and her HRT medications become unavailable. Luke’s panic attack ends Paul’s leisurely life at Leah’s. An increasingly isolated Ava faces a huge change.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 142 votes#15 - No Comfort
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 5/16/2022
A back injury leaves Paul high on Leah's supply, as he raids her collection of heavy-duty painkillers. As Luke and his dad get closer, Ally and Ava drift further apart, and Ally looks for someone to blame.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 135 votes#16 - No Can Do
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/30/2022
An ambitious Ally sets out to save the company and throw a memorable birthday party for Ava, just as Paul, passed over for promotion yet again, wonders if he ever had any ambition to start with.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 135 votes#17 - No Pressure
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 6/13/2022
After an apparent reconciliation with Ally, Paul's rage returns with a vengeance when he realizes that Ava has done something that could ruin her life. Luke and Jacob reunite, but things are becoming more complicated.
Director: N/A
Writer: Taylor Glenn
7.5/10 107 votes#18 - No Age
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 8/7/2023
Ally is appalled that she’s about to turn 50 and bans the family from ever mentioning that number. Paul tries to help Luke, who is overwhelmed by learning to drive and becoming a dad, while Ava meets a charismatic girl called Holly.
Director: Chris Addison
Writer: Gabby Best, Rose Heiney
7.6/10 223 votes#19 - No Surrender
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/22/2021
The kids are growing up fast – Ava is now 10 and Luke is about to turn 13. With their burgeoning independence comes the question of whether Paul and Ally’s parenting style still works. Clue: no.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison
7.6/10 197 votes#20 - No Connection
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/2021
Paul fears his culturally fragmented family has lost a vital connection. Gentrification impacts Jim and Jackie as the last of their old neighbours move out and more young professionals move in.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison, Jamie Brittain
7.6/10 171 votes#21 - No Friends
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/3/2021
As he and Ally continue to feel distant, Paul rekindles an old friendship, but at a cost to Ava. Luke surprises everyone by getting a best friend. Jim and Jackie are forced to move.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 141 votes#22 - No Show
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 6/6/2022
A devastated Paul is forced by his new boss to make funding cuts. After Ally's attempt to impress Ava ends in humiliation, she tells Paul some home truths, just as Jackie realizes a terrible truth about a dying friend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 99 votes#23 - No Regrets
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 8/21/2023
Paul and Ally find themselves parenting Jim and Jackie as well as a conflicted Luke. Ava and Holly get closer and Ava decides to take a risk, while Paul meets an old friend and realizes that he might, after all, be happy.
Director: Chris Addison
Writer: Simon Blackwell
7.7/10 286 votes#24 - No Dad
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2020
Paul and Ally are thrilled that Sprout the family gerbil has finally died, but explaining loss to Luke and Ava is more difficult than they thought as grief manifests itself in mysterious ways and throws the family off course.
Director: Ben Palmer
Writer: Chris Addison, Oriane Messina, Fay Rusling
7.7/10 250 votes#25 - No Cure (1)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/20/2020
Family life is thrown off kilter as Ally spends her weekdays in Berlin and weekends in London. Paul, Luke and Ava try to muddle through without her, but the children aren’t sleeping again and it takes its toll on Paul.
Director: Chris Addison
Writer: Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison