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The Best Episodes of Children Ruin Everything

Astrid and James, who struggle to find a balance between being mom and dad to two kids and being who they were before offspring.

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  1. 6.8/10(85 votes)

    #1 - Death

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    S1:E7

    Following a brush with death, James and Astrid realize they need to make a death plan, including finding legal guardians for Felix and Viv.

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  2. 6.8/10(79 votes)

    #2 - Each Other

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    S2:E8

    When Felix’s best friend moves away, Astrid and James must confront the influence of the outside world on their kids.

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  3. 6.8/10(80 votes)

    #3 - Teamwork

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    S2:E9

    Getting away from their family for a night might prove to be harder than expected as Astrid and James try to divide and conquer at bedtime.

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  4. 6.8/10(81 votes)

    #4 - Me Time

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    S2:E10

    Running an errand, Astrid gets some much-needed alone time, but she might be on borrowed time before the chaos of her house finds her.

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  5. 6.8/10(76 votes)

    #5 - Money

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    S2:E11

    When an unexpected expense puts Astrid and James over their budget, they must attempt to tighten their belts while still keeping a promise.

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  6. 6.8/10(75 votes)

    #6 - Arguments

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    S2:E13

    Reaching a tipping point, Astrid and James need to vent about their growing list of grievances toward one another.

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  8. 6.8/10(82 votes)

    #7 - Momentum

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    S2:E15

    With potential buyers coming to look at their house sooner than they expected, Astrid and James try to rally the kids to clean and get out to the park before their open house begins, but their daughter Viv takes a vow to not ever leave their home.

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  9. 6.7/10(93 votes)

    #8 - Road Trip

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    S1:E6

    As they race against time, the Berneys struggle to survive a chaotic road trip to Manitoulin Island.

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  10. 6.7/10(81 votes)

    #9 - Privacy

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    S2:E5

    Astrid and her sister suspect their mom is hiding something from them. They begin snooping around. Their mother appears to be dating someone new. A request to launch a new product at work leads James to agree to meet with Ennis' cousin.

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  11. 6.6/10(91 votes)

    #10 - Sick Days

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    S1:E5

    Despite getting sick, Astrid and James have to organize a kids birthday party, and Felix seems to be growing up faster than Astrid thought.

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  12. 6.6/10(83 votes)

    #11 - Sleep

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    With a new baby refusing to sleep and a return to the office looming for Astrid, she and James consider desperate measures.

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  13. 6.6/10(78 votes)

    #12 - Screen Time

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    S2:E4

    With their kids’ faces always buried in their screens, Astrid and James enact a weekend screen ban, but when Astrid inadvertently takes on an assignment at work and James gets put in charge of his company’s social media accounts, leading by example becomes more complicated than they originally thought. In a bid to get some work done, James takes the older kids to the park to distract them while he sneaks in some social media updates and Astrid stays home to put the baby down for a nap before launching into her own assignment. But without the hypnotic power of electronics, Astrid and James are in for an uphill battle.

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  14. 6.6/10(76 votes)

    #13 - Identity

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    S2:E7

    When Astrid and James’ daughter Viv answers on a school assignment that she is Indigenous instead of her actual heritage, Indian, Astrid begins to feel guilty that she has not properly taught Viv about their family history. But as Astrid tries to share their cultural heritage with Viv, she quickly realizes she may not be well versed in it either. As Astrid struggles to impart their shared past on her daughter, James struggles with a growing sense that in spite of being a natural, their son Felix might not love baseball the way James did growing up.

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  15. 6.6/10(79 votes)

    #14 - Parenting

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    S2:E16

    Astrid and James are forced to examine their differing parenting approaches to dealing with their daughter's behavior issues.

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  16. 6.6/10(73 votes)

    #15 - Hangover

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    S3:E8

    When Astrid and James wake up hungover, all they want to do is lie down in a quiet dark room. To have the day to themselves, they decide to let Felix and Viv go on their screens all day. There’s only one problem. The internet is down. And the kids are bored. Adding to their pounding headaches, their chaotic neighbor Rachel and her kids come over, requiring even more energy from Astrid and James. Rachel is having marital problems and refuses to leave. Or stop talking.

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  17. 6.6/10(56 votes)

    #16 - Bedtime

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    S4:E5

    When James finds an old game console, he and Astrid attempt to find free time to play. But a bedtime routine threatens to eat up all the time between when the kids are supposed to be in bed and when Astrid and James have to go to bed themselves.

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  18. 6.6/10(54 votes)

    #17 - Drama

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    S4:E6

    In a daytime soap opera influenced episode, Astrid feels pushed out of Dawn's pregnancy by Zinnia and begins to suspect her of something sinister. Meanwhile, James and Rachel clash over an incident at Viv's school takes a melodramatic life of its own.

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  19. 6.6/10(44 votes)

    #18 - Memories

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    S4:E8

    In a mockumentary style episode, Astrid realizes how hard she was on Nisha during her teenage years and tries to make up for it by arranging something special for Nisha's surprise birthday party. James misses the good old days of work.

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  20. 6.5/10(127 votes)

    #19 - Meals

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    James and Astrid try to have a nice family dinner to celebrate a special occasion, but their young children make it challenging.

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  21. 6.5/10(104 votes)

    #20 - Bodies

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    Pressured to not look "like a dad" for an upcoming work event, James takes his kids out on a shopping trip. Seán Cullen guest stars.

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  22. 6.5/10(84 votes)

    #21 - Space

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    S1:E8

    Frustrated over their cluttered home full of kids' stuff, James and Astrid decide to purge.

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  23. 6.5/10(78 votes)

    #22 - Dignity

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    Following embarrassing run-ins with her boss and co-workers, Astrid feels on the back foot and disconnected from her younger co-workers. Astrid realizes her best move might be to attend a drink night with the rest of her team.

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  24. 6.5/10(73 votes)

    #23 - Expectations

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    S2:E14

    With a move out of the city and their home of a decade looming, Astrid and James look back on when they first moved in. With Astrid set to give birth to her first child, her mother and sister do not see eye to eye on Astrid's birth plan.

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  25. 6.5/10(75 votes)

    #24 - Confidence

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    After the site of the future World Cup Village is closed due to goose poop contamination, Astrid is in charge of bringing the issue to the World Cup Committee. But after a disastrous meeting with Councillor Flynn, head of the committee, and an embarrassing practice round with her family, Astrid’s confidence takes a nosedive. Meanwhile, James is determined to teach Viv how to ride a bike in one afternoon.

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  26. 6.5/10(77 votes)

    #25 - Clothes

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    S3:E5

    When Felix shrinks all his clothes doing laundry for the first time, Astrid and James are forced to buy him a new wardrobe. But shopping for clothes isn’t so easy now that Felix is developing his own style. On top of everything, Astrid and James wrestle with societal norms when Viv wants to start wearing crop tops. At Gero’s Grocery, Marla is working on a plan to start a fast fashion line.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Death" is the best rated episode of "Children Ruin Everything". It scored 6.8/10 based on 85 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/16/2022. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Each Other".