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The Best Episodes of Wife Swap Season 1

Every episode of Wife Swap Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Wife Swap Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Wife Swap Season 1

Have you ever wondered whether the grass is greener on the other side of the fence? Two wives discover that it often isn't when they...
  1. Background image for Pitts/Polchios
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #1 - Pitts/Polchios

    S1:E1

    On the premiere episode, a disorganized, animal loving mother with 25 pets trades places and families with an obsessively tidy mother who loves to-do lists and detests animals.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Spolansky/Bradley
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Spolansky/Bradley

    S1:E2

    A 36-year-old multimillionaire heiress and mother of three from New York swaps lives with a 45-year-old wife and mother of two from rural New Jersey.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #3 - Smoak/Beaver

    S1:E3

    A gun-toting conservative who hasn't shared a bed with her husband in 10 years trades places with an anti-NRA animal rights activist with no job and less control over her daughter. By the end of week two, one of their husbands is in tears, while the other is tearing his hair out over his liberal new houseguest.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Donahoe/Baker

    S1:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Ghani/Stallone
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Ghani/Stallone

    S1:E5

    A free-spirited vegetarian with a messy streak leaves L.A to sample the life of a straight-laced stay-at-home Mom in New Jersey who had a rough time dealing with her counterpart's New Agey ways. However, after a week passes, it's their kids who are having trouble, as one group gets a rude awakening about their video-game habits.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Smith/Weiner
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #6 - Smith/Weiner

    S1:E6

    A fitness-minded type-A mom ditches California for the life of an emotional, overweight housewife in Florida. The switch shakes things up for both women, but even more so for the one who can't get used to a home devoid of fast food and friendly attitudes.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Bittner/Reimers
    8.8/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Bittner/Reimers

    S1:E7

    This week, in ""Bittner/Reimers,"" a strict, vegetarian, ex-Navy wife who disciplines her children swaps lives with a junk food-eating, living-large mother who allows her two headstrong teens free rein.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Harris/Van Noy
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    #8 - Harris/Van Noy

    S1:E8

    This week in ""Harris/Van Noy,"" an Oklahoma mother of three who agrees with her husband's edict that an obedient wife belongs in the kitchen, swaps lives with an unorthodox, working mother from Texas who believes her stay-at-home husband should rule the kitchen.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Paiss/Davis (Husband Swap)
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #9 - Paiss/Davis (Husband Swap)

    S1:E9

    The Paiss & Davis Families trade husbands.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.4/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Aguirre/Ray

    S1:E10

    A tattooed, punk rock mom swaps lives with a Southern Baptist, traditional mother.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Burkhalter/Elliott

    S1:E11

    A Mississippi stay-home mother who gets gets walked all over by her by her children swaps places with a strict mother from Maryland who lays down the law at home and at her job.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - Parsons/Bramhall

    S1:E12

    An educated and organized mother trades families with a waitress who struggles to control her three wayward daughters.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - Fontaine/Herman

    S1:E13

    A coupon-cutting, bargain-hunter, stay-at-home, mother from Ohio trades lives with a high-powered executive from Maryland who despises coupons, clutter and children ruling the house.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Boone Luffey/Gillespie
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #14 - Boone Luffey/Gillespie

    S1:E14

    One-half of a lesbian couple is switched with a conservative, God-fearing homemaker from Texas.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - Pyke/Smith

    S1:E15

    Stay-at-home mom Michelle Pyke swaps life at the family owned funeral home for life on the road in the Smith family's converted Greyhound bus.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - Flummerfelt/Bray

    S1:E16

    An assertive, domineering wife of an inter-racial couple swaps lives with a subservient, stay-at-home wife from a very different minded inter-racial couple.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Patrick/Leierwood
    6.4/10(11 votes)

    #17 - Patrick/Leierwood

    S1:E17

    A very conservative, former military mom with strong pro-war views swaps lives with a liberal, pacifist art teacher and anti-war protester.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Cedarquist/Oeth

    S1:E18

    A home-schooling, stay-at-home mom who lives in a tree house swaps places with a Type A, Harvard educated mom who works full-time for a finance company.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - Boss Swap: Silver/Caden

    S1:E20

    A supportive, laid back CEO of an all women promotional firm swaps roles with a chauvinistic, tough-talking boss from an all-male car dealership who refuses to hire women for sales positions.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Vacation Swap: Hawn/Orlando
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    #20 - Vacation Swap: Hawn/Orlando

    S1:E21

    A millionaire family accustomed to living a life of luxury leaves the butler behind when they go on vacation with a blue-collar family whose favorite vacation spot is a low-budget RV trailer park next to a dairy farm.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pitts/Polchios" is the best rated episode of "Wife Swap" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/26/2004. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Spolansky/Bradley".