7.0/1063 votesLoading...#1 - Money
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2023
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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6.9/1068 votesLoading...#2 - Teamwork
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2022
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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6.9/1069 votesLoading...#3 - Momentum
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2023
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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6.8/1082 votesLoading...#4 - Road Trip
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2022
As they race against time, the Berneys struggle to survive a chaotic road trip to Manitoulin Island.
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6.8/1075 votesLoading...#5 - Death
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/2022
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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6.8/1069 votesLoading...#6 - Privacy
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2022
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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6.8/1067 votesLoading...#7 - Each Other
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2022
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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6.8/1070 votesLoading...#8 - Me Time
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2022
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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6.8/1063 votesLoading...#9 - Arguments
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/31/2023
Reaching a tipping point, Astrid and James need to vent about their growing list of grievances toward one another.
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6.8/1066 votesLoading...#10 - Parenting
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/2023
Astrid and James are forced to examine their differing parenting approaches to dealing with their daughter's behavior issues.
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6.7/1082 votesLoading...#11 - Sick Days
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/9/2022
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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6.7/1073 votesLoading...#12 - Sleep
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/2022
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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6.7/1064 votesLoading...#13 - Identity
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2022
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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6.7/1056 votesLoading...#14 - Hangover
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/2023
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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6.7/1054 votesLoading...#15 - Careers
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/2023
After an unexpected change at Gero’s, James tries to busy himself with fixing a broken toilet. Astrid thinks she’s due for a raise.
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6.6/10118 votesLoading...#16 - Meals
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/2022
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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6.6/1095 votesLoading...#17 - Bodies
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2022
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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6.6/1074 votesLoading...#18 - Space
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2022
Frustrated over their cluttered home full of kids' stuff, James and Astrid decide to purge.
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6.6/1067 votesLoading...#19 - Dignity
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2022
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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6.6/1068 votesLoading...#20 - Screen Time
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2022
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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6.6/1061 votesLoading...#21 - Expectations
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2023
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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6.6/1059 votesLoading...#22 - Confidence
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2023
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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6.6/1056 votesLoading...#23 - Spontaneity
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2023
When Astrid hears about Dawn's spontaneous trip to South America, she is determined to find a little spontaneity in her own life. With Astrid's convincing, she and James play hooky from work and buy tickets to a weekday matinee performance of Jagged Little Pill, the musical. But their plans are up in the air after getting a phone call from Viv's school saying she’s sick and needs to be sent home.
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6.6/1056 votesLoading...#24 - Leaving the House
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2023
Astrid wonders if she's responsible for passing neurodivergent genes on to her daughter, Viv. So, when Astrid and James are consistently late for Viv's early morning meetings with the school counselor, Astrid is determined to get Viv to school on time in order for Viv to get the support she needs. As a family, they come up with a time management plan to get out of the house on time, but something always takes them off track. At Gero's Grocery, James gets hit with some unexpected news.
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6.5/1080 votesLoading...#25 - Truth
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2022
While Astrid is away on a business trip, James struggles to keep the Tooth Fairy tradition alive.
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The Best Episodes of Children Ruin Everything
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Astrid and James, who struggle to find a balance between being mom and dad to two kids and being who they were before offspring.
Genre:Comedy
Network:CTV
Best Episodes Summary
"Money" is the best rated episode of "Children Ruin Everything". It scored 7/10 based on 63 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/9/2023. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Teamwork".