10.0/1010 votesLoading...#1 - The Ruiz Family
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/2009
Ty and the gang go to El Paso, Texas, to help a family who sacrificed finishing their own home project to improve the lives of others.
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9.8/1015 votesLoading...#2 - The Wilson Family
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2007
Waleska, GA. The Tipton-Smith family are given an extreme makeover. Faith Tipton-Smith is a single mother raising two girls, 16-year-old Missy and 8-year-old Emily. After working at the same job for 25 years, Faith was finally able to purchase her first home in July of 2004. On February 4, 2005 the unthinkable happened when this new home that Faith and her family had worked so hard for burned to the ground. They lost everything, including countless cheerleading trophies, family pictures, clothes and even their dog, Sugar. This family lost everything they cherished and loved. But, most importantly, everybody in the family was safe. During this time, Faith's 16-year-old son, Ransom, was her biggest support, helping his sisters with school, keeping the family together and, as time allowed, playing his favorite sport -- golf.
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9.8/1010 votesLoading...#3 - Lutz Family
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2010
The team rebuilds a house for a man and a woman who returned home after the death of their parents to care for six siblings with Down syndrome.
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9.6/1013 votesLoading...#4 - The O'Donnell Family
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/2007
Columbus, OH � The Thomas family are given an extreme makeover.
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9.4/1013 votesLoading...#5 - The Jordan Family
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 4/26/2009
After losing two children in 14 years, the Jordan family are now raising their grand children. Their lives are about to be turned around by Ty and the team who are ready to give them a brand new home.
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9.3/1010 votesLoading...#6 - The Anders-Beatty Family
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2008
Ty and the team set to work on a house where a widow and her four kids reside. As the family head off on a vacation, Ty sets to work on creating their dream home. This week the team are in Wisconsin and the hero is the widow who has been a teacher for 29 years.
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9.3/1011 votesLoading...#7 - The Hill Family
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2008
Ty and the gang travel to Geneva, NY to renovate the Hill family's 200 year-old farm house, enabling them to keep and improve their boxing gym for underprivileged teens.
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9.1/1051 votesLoading...#8 - The Vardon Family
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2004
The Family: Mom (Deaf), Dad (Deaf), 12 year old boy (autistic/blind), 14 year old boy with a heart of gold. Everyone in the family has special needs (except the 14 year old) and the design team from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition steps in to make a change.
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9.1/1011 votesLoading...#9 - The Byers Family
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2007
Ty and the design team arrive in Corvallis, Oregon to renovate the dilapidated home of a 8-year-old cancer patient and her family.
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9.1/1015 votesLoading...#10 - Home Edition: The Scott Family
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2009
Ty and the team travel to Clarksville, Tennessee to meet the Scott Family. Trina Scott met the love of her life, her husband Dave, while he was serving with the U.S. Army Special Forces. They went on to have three beautiful daughters: Leyla, Deidre and Alethea. After his discharge, Dave continued to serve his community by becoming a Clarksville police officer. Tragedy struck in 2002 when Dave was killed in the line of duty. Trina turned to C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc.), an organization that helps the surviving family members of officers killed in the line of duty. Inspired by the support she received, Trina became president of the organization in 2003.
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8.9/1027 votesLoading...#11 - The Llanes Family
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2006
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8.8/1013 votesLoading...#12 - The Anderson Family
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2005
For the first time in the history of the popular reality series, design team leader Ty Pennington had to call the vacationing Anderson Family to tell them that the show had missed their deadline to complete the makeover on their home in South Central Los Angeles. In two back-to-back episodes, the team helps a young man whose potential as a professional basketball career was literally shot down. Despite the one day delay, some of the shine on his future, as well as that of his family's, has been restored, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition team.
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8.8/1017 votesLoading...#13 - The Nick Family
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 8/14/2005
What started out one night as a beautiful, picture perfect summer evening for Colleen Nick and her children quickly spiraled into a horrible tragedy that would haunt the family and their community forever. Colleen and the kids had traveled to Alma, Arkansas, to watch their friend's son play in a little league game at a brand new ballpark. Several innings into the game, six-year-old Morgan was bored and asked her mom if she could join her friends in catching fireflies. Colleen remembered thinking how happy Morgan looked to be set free. That's the last memory she has of her eldest daughter; Morgan suddenly vanished. A massive manhunt got underway quickly, as this parent's worst nightmare came true.At the time, the Nick family was living 30 minutes away from Alma. When law enforcement officials advised Colleen to stay near the abduction site, she ended up first living out of a fire station and then, later, bought the only house in Alma that she could afford - going to all lengths to b
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8.8/1016 votesLoading...#14 - The Craft Family
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/9/2006
On March 5, Todd Craft of Hondo, Texas, a high school sports coach who's been a constant inspiration in his community and his family, will receive the news that he will receive a beautiful and renovated home in a remarkable seven days thanks to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.In addition, while team captain Ty Pennington is busy helping families in the Gulf States with hurricane relief, his friend, Kermit the Frog, has his back.
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8.8/1011 votesLoading...#15 - The Woodhouse Family
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/2008
Calahan, CO — In just seven days the team builds the Woodhouse family a new home. Kayla Woodhouse, the family's daughter, has a rare neurological condition that lowers her sensitivity to pain and temperature.
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8.7/1013 votesLoading...#16 - The Cadigan-Scott Family
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/23/2004
Two parents pass away leaving eight kids behind ages 12-23. They have to share a single bathroom. The older ones are left to take care of the younger ones. This is in Livermore, California. In June 2003 Diane died as a result of heart problems. Mark died 16 days later of a heart attack. Their eight kids were left to grieve a double, unbelievable loss. The two oldest siblings moved back home and took legal guardianship of their brothers and sisters, which enabled the family to stay together. Otherwise the kids would have ended up in foster care. The family - Jennifer, 23, Janice, 21, Daniel, 20, Kelly, 20, Rachel, 18, Jackie, 16, Dolly, 14 and twelve-year-old Teresa spent a week at Disney World. On the day of the ""reveal,"" over 3000 people lined the streets to cheer on the Cadigan-Scotts.
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8.7/1011 votesLoading...#17 - The Swenson-Lee Family
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2007
Minnetonka, MN - Ty and his team build the Swenson-Lee family a new home in seven days. The family's 12 year old daughter witnessed both her parents die in tragedy. The family are sent to Disneyland for a vacation during construction.
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8.7/1010 votesLoading...#18 - The Stockdale Family
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2007
Middleton, ID - A new home is built for the Stockdale family, whose children suffer from a debilitating blood disease known as Eosinophilic Enteropathy.
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8.6/109 votesLoading...#19 - The Kadzis Family
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 4/5/2009
Ty takes his team down to Tallahassee, Florida where they are going to help George who is battling with brain cancer. His family have looked after many children with special needs and now he wants to provide his own family with a stable home.
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8.6/109 votesLoading...#20 - Hampton Family
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2009
Ty and the team head to the home of Chris Hampton who shares his home with 7 other people. After taking in their neices and nephews, the Hamptons have run out of room to house all 6 children the way they would like to.
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8.5/1010 votesLoading...#21 - The Akers Family
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2008
A family in West Chester Ohio need the help of the EM:HE team this week. Four of the Five family members have potentially life threatening illnesses. Two members of the family have Crohn's Disease and two have Spinal Muscular Atrophy. The 8 year old wheelchair confined Brooke is a cheerleader and the hero of this episode.
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8.4/1015 votesLoading...#22 - The Garay Family
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2004
Veronica and Johnny have 4 kids. Once while Johnny's mother was visiting, she was killed by a gangster and Johnny was forced to take in his younger siblings. Social Services are threatening to take his younger siblings away if the house doesn't get fixed up. And of course, that's why the EMHE team is here.
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8.3/1012 votesLoading...#23 - The Elcano Family
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2004
A few months ago, Jennier Elcano lost her husband, Glen, in an auto accident and has really had her hands full running the family farm and raising 11-year-old son Michael and 6-year-old daughter Ashley. Ty and the team come in to save the day. This episode's design team:Ty, Preston, Paul, Tracy & Constance.
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8.3/1010 votesLoading...#24 - The Rogers Family
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2006
The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition design team travels to Bergenfield, New Jersey to build a brand new renovated home in seven days for a deserving family of six who have overcome some difficult disabilities. In order to better meet the Llanes family's unique needs, Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin will serve as Team Leader.
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8.3/1011 votesLoading...#25 - The Pauni Family
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2006
Campbellsport, WI. The Koepke family are given an extreme makeover. Matt had dreams of renovating his home and finishing the renovations on the town Mill, but those plans were put on hold once he was diagnosed. He will be missed but never forgotten. Before Matt died, he had a chance to ask EMHE for one wish -- to take care of his family and give them the home they deserved. While the Ty and the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition design team, local builder Monarch Homes, contractors and hundreds of workers and volunteers remember Matt's dreams and work together to transform the Koepke house into a dream home in a remarkable seven days, the family will go on vacation to San Diego.
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The Best Episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Every episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition!
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an American reality television series providing home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. The show is hosted by...
Genre:Reality
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"The Ruiz Family" is the best rated episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition". It scored 10/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/15/2009. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Wilson Family".