House Husbands(2012–2017)

Episode 1

The house husbands buy a pub on a wild night out. Lewis and Gemma's marriage is rocked by secrets from Lewis's past. Mark's new business venture causes grief for Abi's career.

Episode 2

Lewis's world is turned upside down when his ex-wife arrives unexpectedly. A crisis in Kane's private life forces him to reconsider his ownership of the pub. Lucy suspects her new-found brother is a con man.

Episode 3

Lewis's ex-wife creates havoc for Gemma, Lucy and the house husbands. The house husbands vow revenge when Justin's son is bullied by a school parent. Lucy is torn between her thriving career and her responsibilities to Justin's three children.

Episode 4

Lewis and Belle's house hunting turns into a trip down memory lane when old feelings are rekindled. Gemma feels betrayed when Belle takes advantage of her friendship. Mark's new business appears doomed when Abi sacks their nanny.

Episode 5

A tragedy at the hospital causes Abi to reassess her approach to motherhood. With their pub losing money, the house husbands face the possibility they may have to sell. Kane suspects his new friend is secretly trying to undermine the pub's success.

Episode 6

Gemma fears the worst when Lewis takes Belle on a trip to find their son. Kane is torn between loyalty and love, when an old flame offers him work. Mark and Abi are stunned when their daughter is suspended from school.

Episode 7

As he recovers from his heart attack, Lewis struggles with how to confess the truth about him and Belle. Justin takes steps to hide Lewis's secret from Gemma. After insulting the school principal, Abi makes a rash decision about Poppy's future.

Episode 8

Gemma questions every aspect of her life, in the aftermath of Lewis's infidelity. Lewis is determined to earn Gemma's forgiveness, but is it too late?

Episode 9

Lewis' guilt over his marriage problems threatens to ruin the pub and his friendship with Justin. Kane and Will's romantic first date is hijacked by their kids. Lucy's stress over a job interview endangers Justin's kids.

Episode 10

Gemma's love for Lewis is rekindled when his heart medication has some unusual side effects. Mark and Abi are seduced by the lavish lifestyle of their wealthy new friends. Justin's world is rocked when Lucy makes a life-changing decision.

Episode 11

Gemma and Lewis pretend to be happily married when Gemma's mother comes to stay. Kane is responsible for a major stuff-up at the pub. But Justin suspects a more sinister explanation. Mark gambles his future happiness on a risky business venture.

Episode 12

Lewis is jealous when Gemma goes on a yoga retreat with her childhood friend, Damo. Kane is heartbroken when Will's true colours are revealed. When Abi is injured by a violent patient, Mark is forced to change his career plans.

Episode One

Lewis faces losing one of the most important people in his life – his grandson, while Justin struggles to provide for his family. The Crabb house is bursting at the seams with Phoebe and Jem in the mix, when Gemma’s mum Wendy arrives on their doorstep. Lewis and Gemma are so frazzled they forget Tilda’s birthday, so cobble together an ad-hoc party which is overshadowed by rival school mum Dimity. Meanwhile Justin and Nicola are crammed into a one-bedroom rental and need a new house to live in. The House Husbands leave Tilda’s disastrous birthday party to try and buy Justin a house, but get held up - at gunpoint. Back at Tilda’s party, the kids are bored and Gemma’s mum Wendy drops a bombshell. After their pregnancy scare at the end of Series 1, it’s been decided Mark needs a vasectomy. Ultimately, Abi realises she does want another child, and races in to stop the surgery.

Episode Two

When renovations of his house go awry, Justin’s struggle to provide for his family escalates. The House Husbands are in full swing renovating Justin’s new place when Mark, struggling with male insecurities around not getting Abi pregnant, over-compensates. He smashes the wrong wall – revealing asbestos. Justin’s in no financial position to deal with this, but with Mark’s help finds an innovative way to raise the cash. Meanwhile Lewis is forced to admit he really has become good friends with Kane. He sees Tom with another man and decides to act on it.

Episode Three

Kane and Tom’s relationship is tested with the return of Stella’s biological father Liam. While Tom wants to sweep it under the carpet – Liam is bad news – Kane thinks they should do what’s right: tell Liam he has a daughter. Their fight plays out as Tom discovers a dead possum in their roof and a bbq with all our people turns into a possum funeral. Here Kane reveals to Abi his anxiety about Tom’s refusal to confront the truth. Kane and Abi secretly order a paternity test for Liam. Armed with the knowledge of Stella’s true parentage, Kane confronts Liam behind Tom’s back, placing their relationship in jeopardy. Meanwhile Liam reveals his true colours and Kane and Tom face losing their daughter. Gemma, tasked with clearing her mum’s stuff out of the family home, bumps into her former neighbour Damo (the son of the woman Gemma’s father is now with).

Episode Four

While Abi and Mark struggle to fall pregnant, Lewis’ world is threatened when Gemma’s friendship with her old friend and neighbour, Damo, intensifies. Gemma invites Damo to dinner, on the same night that Phoebe introduces her new boyfriend Ryan into the family. Meanwhile Lewis learns that Justin has been keeping his Carpentry course a secret. The dinner party spirals into disaster when Lewis, jealous of Damo and angry at Justin, ruins Phoebe’s relationship with Ryan. The next day, at the school athletics carnival, Lewis needs to redeem himself to get back into Gemma’s good books. Meanwhile Abi comes to terms with how difficult it is to be a control freak when conceiving babies and pregnancy are completely out of her hands. Phoebe is forced to face the truth that being a teenaged mum makes having a relationship very tough. And Justin has to acknowledge that Lewis is something of a father figure... a slightly annoying one...

Episode Five

A surprise arrival turns Kane's life upside down. Justin's romantic gesture to Nicola doesn't go according to plan, while Lucy's relationship with her new flatmate becomes a little more complicated.

Episode Six

A day of triumphs ends with a tragedy that will change the house husbands' lives forever. Mark is hoodwinked by Justin into employing Nicola as his personal assistant, but Nicola's inexperience threatens his career and friendship with Justin.

Episode Seven

Justin struggles to deal with everyday life without Nicola. Justin's twins suggest a unique ceremony to farewell their mother and Abi makes a life-changing decision that creates an embarrassing problem for Rhys.

Episode Eight

Lewis' world is rocked when Gemma ends up in a compromising position with her ex-neighbour. Justin needs Lucy to help with the legal issues arising from Nicola's death. The gang are forced to run the school tuckshop after the manager quits.

Episode Nine

Justin faces the reality of his new life as a single parent, while Abi takes in an unwanted houseguest. Gemma and Lewis have problems in the bedroom.

Episode Ten

When everyone bails on poker night, Lewis worries the House Husbands are drifting apart and announces they should go camping. Out in the bush, work-obsessed Mark puts his and the other House Husbands' lives in danger.

Episode Eleven

Kane is tested when he is reunited with his school bully. Things become more complicated for Kane when Finn reveals he wants to be placed with another foster family.

Episode Twelve

Justin's life starts to unravel as he struggles with new crises at home and work. Poker night turns dangerous when Dimitiy's husband learns of her affair with Justin. Abi becomes suspicious of Gemma's sudden secrecy.

First Day

Follows four families with one thing in common: the dads are in charge of raising the kids. On the first day of school term, four very different men unite to take on the challenges of parenthood, marriage and mateship.

Show and Tell

When his ex puts their house up for sale, Justin makes a last-ditch attempt to prove he can be a reliable dad and partner, and Gemma stages an intervention to help Lewis adapt to life as a house husband.

Music Mayhem

Lewis is in deep trouble when Gemma catches him flirting with a lucrative business opportunity. Sparks fly when Abi and Kane receive a surprise visit from their meddling father, and Lucy helps Justin make a fresh start.

Trivia Night

Abi struggles with being a working mum after she misses her daughter's birthday and clashes with the "mummy mafia" at school. Mark is arrested after taking extreme measures to prove his macho credentials.

Soccer Grand Final

Kane's focus on coaching the kids' soccer team is derailed when star player Stella has a major health crisis. Abi, Gemma, and the men embrace their competitive instincts at the kids' soccer grand final.

Phoebe Arrives

Lewis is shocked when his teenage daughter, Phoebe, turns up and reveal she is six months pregnant. Abi's plans for Gemma's hen's night go awry, so she hosts the wedding instead. Mark worries about his job when his boss asks him to help talk to her son about his future. Kane and Tom are surprised at how well Stella has recovered.

Harmony Day

With the clock ticking on his child custody hearing, Justin learns the truth about Rodney's role in the end of his marriage and football career. Lucy has second thoughts after she and Justin decide to move in together.

Court Case

On the most stressful day of his life, Mark makes a mistake he will regret forever. Justin's custody hearing is interrupted when a school excursion goes horribly wrong.

Farewell at the Dodgems

Mark decides to take responsibility for problems at home and work, but has he left it too late? Abi chooses the worst possible time to volunteer as a parent helper in Miss Nadir's classroom. Kane and Tom's home life is under the microscope.

Episode 1

A secret from Justin's past threatens to rip his family apart. Kane is horrified when his partner Alex is pressured into becoming a sperm donor and Lewis ruins Mark's last chance to impress his boss.

Episode 2

After amputating his finger in a tuck shop accident, Kane changes his mind about having a baby with Eve. Justin is blackmailed over the custody of his daughter and Abi is desperate to prove to Kane she can be the world's best sister.

Episode 3

Abi is sued by a patient and faces a decision that will change her life forever. Justin goes out of his way to help Rodney, with disastrous results and Gemma makes a surprising discovery about Lewis's grandson.

Episode 4

Abi and Mark receive shocking news that will change their marriage. Despite all their plans, Kane, Alex and Eve face the prospect of never having a child. Lewis faces a mutiny on the school P&C committee & Justin is heartbroken.

Episode 5

Justin risks losing custody of Angie before the court case even begins. Kane develops an unhealthy obsession with Gemma's pregnancy and Mark makes a desperate attempt to get paternity leave.

Episode 6

Lewis has trouble accepting the reality of Gemma's pregnancy and Kane goes rogue when he learns his son is being bullied.

Episode 7

A fight with Kane threatens to derail Justin's custody battle and Gemma is hospitalised with pregnancy complications. Abi lies about her pregnancy to impress her boss and Kane and Alex welcome a surprise new housemate.

Episode 8

The house husbands face their biggest test when Abi accuses Gemma of betrayal. Justin attempts to influence the judge in his custody case and Miss Looby strong-arms Lewis into helping in the classroom.

Episode 9

Mark starts to question his marriage to Abi, while Lewis is desperate for Gemma to reconcile with her best friend and the house husbands organise a buck's night for Kane with disastrous results.

Episode 1

The arrival of a new neighbour and school teacher causes havoc among the house husbands. Gemma is accused of cheating in her final medical school exam.

Episode 2