8.5/10134 votesLoading...#1 - Trust Never Sleeps
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/2001
Parents Ben and Susan reluctantly agree to let daughter Janey have a party whilst they are away on holiday - and plan to sneak back unnoticed into the house and check up on the children, just to be on the safe side.
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8.3/10128 votesLoading...#2 - Death and Ben Take a Holiday
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/2001
Susan, Ben and the children travel to a family funeral in Leeds. In addition to reservation problems at the hotel, Nick's shameless liaisons with the hotel maid and Susan's inappropriate behaviour at the funeral add up to a fraught weekend.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fred Barron
8.2/10137 votesLoading...#3 - The Last Resort
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2000
Ben decides to take Susan back to one of their old romantic haunts for her birthday, but instead, romance comes back to haunt them. Meanwhile, at home, Michael is left alone by his siblings.
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8.2/10138 votesLoading...#4 - Farewell to Alarms
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2000
Susan insists that they purchase an expensive, over-the-top burglar alarm after Brigitte thinks her van has been stolen, but it fails to serve its purpose. Also, Nick's career takes an unexpected turn.
Director: N/A
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8.2/10102 votesLoading...#5 - The Great Escape
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 4/4/2003
Normally, nobody in the Harper family would willingly set foot in Nick's flat, but when Susan's mother comes to stay, it suddenly seems more attractive.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1083 votesLoading...#6 - Four Affairs and a Funeral
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2007
Ben talks Roger into helping him move the body of a patient who died in his dental chair; Abi and Susan suspect Roger and Ben are having affairs.
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8.2/10100 votesLoading...#7 - Susan of Troy
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2007
Michael succeeds in placing the whole family on "The Weakest Link", but Anne Robinson is about to raise more difficult questions than expected.
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8.1/10133 votesLoading...#8 - Parisian Beauty
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/2001
Preparations are afoot in the Harper household for the arrival of Sylvie, a French exchange student. Nick is keen to establish entente cordiale, but Janey is wary of the Parisian beauty. Meanwhile, Ben meets a prospective employee who does little to put him at ease.
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8.1/10116 votesLoading...#9 - I Second That Emulsion
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/12/2001
The Harpers plan to redecorate their house, however, with Nick taking instructions from "The Naked Chef" rather too literally, and Janey's boyfriend spending the night in her room without her parents' permission, it appears that work will never get started.
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8.1/10108 votesLoading...#10 - The Second Greatest Story Ever Told
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/2002
Susan's feathers are ruffled when Nick lands the plum part of Jesus in an amateur theatrical production, leaving Susan to play the rather less demanding part of Shepherd Number Two. Ben, meanwhile, has an extremely painful toothache to contend with, and is wary of entrusting his dental needs to any other dentist.
Director: N/A
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8.1/1095 votesLoading...#11 - Misery
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/2002
Janey is appalled when her mother comes to visit her at university - especially when she begins to reminisce about her own student days. Meanwhile, Ben's plans for a relaxing round of golf do not go according to plan.
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8.1/1097 votesLoading...#12 - Ghosts
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/2002
After signing up on a social networking site, Susan starts getting messages from an old flame. Meanwhile, Michael finds out their house is cursed and Abi is convince it is haunted.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10108 votesLoading...#13 - Owed to Susan
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 4/18/2003
After the Harpers' marriage is threatened by Susan's discovery that the love poem Ben wrote to woo her was not an original, he goes to great lengths to make it up to her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10119 votesLoading...#14 - 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/2/2001
When an over-friendly patient gives him an expensive watch, Ben jumps to the conclusion that he is a gangster and is determined to get rid of the gift. Meanwhile, Susan searches the house for her anniversary present.
Director: N/A
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8.0/10112 votesLoading...#15 - Breakable
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/2001
Nick buys a motorcycle for his new business endeavour but not surprisingly, things do not go according to plan. Janey gets a new job in hopes of being discovered by film producers, and Susan tries to convince Ben to soften up.
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8.0/10105 votesLoading...#16 - Absent Vixen, Cheeky Monkey
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/2002
Ben claims Janey's room for his Scalextric set when she leaves for university. Meanwhile, Nick secures a job at the local supermarket, and ends up bringing his work home with him.
Director: N/A
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8.0/1088 votesLoading...#17 - Imperfect Strangers
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/2002
Ben and Susan look forward to a night out in a town where nobody knows their names when they visit daughter Janey, who is away at university. Booking into a hotel under the names of Johnny Studd and Delores de Large, the stage is set for a night full of surprises, of one kind or another.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1091 votesLoading...#18 - One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/2002
Ben gets his hopes up that finally one of his kids will move out when Nick decides to get his own apartment; unfortunately, as always for Ben, every silver lining has a cloud.
Director: N/A
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7.9/10116 votesLoading...#19 - The Unkindest Cut
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/2001
Ben and Susan face the surprise prospect of parenthood for the fourth time - a situation which is neither wholly desirable nor planned.
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7.9/1095 votesLoading...#20 - Desperately Squeaking Susan
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/2002
Susan has taken to asking an increasingly disturbed Michael for advice on make-up and clothes now that Janey has left for university. The arrival of Ben's cousin's daughter in the Harper household could provide a solution - but Ben is reluctant to give up the peace and quiet he has spent his entire married life longing for.
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7.9/10101 votesLoading...#21 - Blind Justice
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 5/2/2003
Susan gets hysterical blindness after seeing Michael in bed with a girl. Meanwhile, Ben is on dreaded jury duty and is hassled by an annoying busybody fellow juror, and Nick becomes a wrapping artist.
Director: N/A
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7.9/1074 votesLoading...#22 - Dutch Art and Dutch Courage
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2007
Handsome millionaire art collector James Garrett reappears in Susan's life and Ben feels jealous when the two of them share a hotel bedroom. Elsewhere, Roger is dealing with his own jealous feelings.
Director: N/A
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7.8/10125 votesLoading...#23 - Droit de Seigneur Ben
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2000
When Janey is set up on a date with the son of one of Ben's patients, things go horribly wrong. Also, Susan gets tickets for the opera but Ben is less than enthusiastic.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fred Barron
7.8/10124 votesLoading...#24 - All Roads Lead to Ramon
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/2001
When Susan tries to help out a chronically unemployable Nick, her plan turns out to be disastrous, Janey brings a different boy home every day, and Ben has problems with his assistant.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10114 votesLoading...#25 - Driving Miss Crazy
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/2001
Ben is distressed as he faces trouble at work in the shape of his new assistant, who cannot stand the sight of blood. His troubles do not get any easier when he arrives home and must face the trauma of his neighbour's DIY antics. Meanwhile, Janey's preparations for her driving test end with an unforgettable lesson with her dad.
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The Best Episodes of My Family
Every episode of My Family ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of My Family!
Ben Harper is a moderately successful family man and dentist. He is also undergoing a mid-life crisis and trying to cope with the bizarre reality...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
Best Episodes Summary
"Trust Never Sleeps" is the best rated episode of "My Family". It scored 8.5/10 based on 134 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/2001. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Death and Ben Take a Holiday".