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COLLECTION · Series · 2022

Children Ruin Everything

Astrid and James, who struggle to find a balance between being mom and dad to two kids and being who they were before offspring.

Source: TMDB
* 5.7 (16)ComedyCanada
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Directors
Melanie Orr
Creators
Kurt Smeaton
Countries
Canada
Studios
CTV · New Metric Media · Bell Media · BellMedia
Runtime
21 min/ep
Age rating
TV-14
Release
12/01/2022
Score
5.7 / 10 (16)
Where to watch
Streaming
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Free
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With ads
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
8 episodes · 2022
Meals
Episode 1. Meals
2022-01-12 · 21 min

James and Astrid try to have a nice family dinner to celebrate a special occasion, but their young children make it challenging.

Bodies
Episode 2. Bodies
2022-01-19 · 21 min

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.

Intimacy
Episode 3. Intimacy
2022-01-26 · 21 min

James and Astrid attempt to get some alone time, but the kids keep getting in the way. Meanwhile, Dawn and Bo renew their vows.

Truth
Episode 4. Truth
2022-02-02 · 21 min

While Astrid is away on a business trip, James struggles to keep the Tooth Fairy tradition alive.

Sick Days
Episode 5. Sick Days
2022-02-09 · 21 min

Despite getting sick, Astrid and James have to organize a kids birthday party, and Felix seems to be growing up faster than Astrid thought.

Road Trip
Episode 6. Road Trip
2022-02-13 · 21 min

As they race against time, the Berneys struggle to survive a chaotic road trip to Manitoulin Island.

Death
Episode 7. Death
2022-02-16 · 21 min

Following a brush with death, James and Astrid realize they need to make a death plan, including finding legal guardians for Felix and Viv.

Space
Episode 8. Space
2022-02-23 · 21 min

Frustrated over their cluttered home full of kids' stuff, James and Astrid decide to purge.

Season 2
Season 2
16 episodes · 2022

In Season 2, a new baby enters Astrid and James’ already hectic lives, leaving the family feeling even more strapped for time, sleep, and space. It feels like at every turn, from the new baby needing their own bedroom, to an aging home that needs fixing up, the Berney family may have outgrown city living. In a moment of exhaustion, James considers the once…

Sleep
Episode 1. Sleep
2022-09-19 · 21 min

With a new baby refusing to sleep and a return to the office looming for Astrid, she and James consider desperate measures.

Friends
Episode 2. Friends
2022-09-26 · 21 min

Feeling like parenthood has eroded her friendships, Astrid jumps at a playdate, and James attempts to keep his own commitments.

Dignity
Episode 3. Dignity
2022-10-03

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.

Screen Time
Episode 4. Screen Time
2022-10-10

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…

Privacy
Episode 5. Privacy
2022-10-17

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.

Fairness
Episode 6. Fairness
2022-10-24

Between Astrid and her sister Dawn’s kids, their mother Nisha is feeling burnt out on babysitting duties. When she announces her retirement from free childcare, it falls to Astrid and Dawn to try and get her back on board for watching…

Identity
Episode 7. Identity
2022-11-07

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…

Each Other
Episode 8. Each Other
2022-11-14

When Felix’s best friend moves away, Astrid and James must confront the influence of the outside world on their kids.

Teamwork
Episode 9. Teamwork
2022-11-28

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.

Me Time
Episode 10. Me Time
2022-12-05

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.

Money
Episode 11. Money
2023-01-09

When an unexpected expense puts Astrid and James over their budget, they must attempt to tighten their belts while still keeping a promise.

Weekends
Episode 12. Weekends
2023-01-17 · 22 min

With long days at the office, Astrid cannot shake the feeling that she is missing out on key moments with their kids. Astrid convinces James that what the family needs is an adventure together.

Arguments
Episode 13. Arguments
2023-01-31 · 22 min

Reaching a tipping point, Astrid and James need to vent about their growing list of grievances toward one another.

Expectations
Episode 14. Expectations
2023-02-06 · 23 min

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.

Momentum
Episode 15. Momentum
2023-02-13 · 23 min

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…

Parenting
Episode 16. Parenting
2023-02-20 · 21 min

Astrid and James are forced to examine their differing parenting approaches to dealing with their daughter's behavior issues.

Season 3
Season 3
10 episodes · 2023

Season 3 finds the Berneys struggling to find balance between raising their 10-year-old, six-year-old, and one-and-a-half year old children.

Therapy
Episode 1. Therapy
2023-09-27 · 22 min

While waiting on the results of an evaluation for Viv, Astrid and James feel the pressure of figuring out how to best help their possibly neurodivergent child. But when Viv’s new doctor, guest star Emma Hunter, rubs Astrid the wrong way,…

Consequences
Episode 2. Consequences
2023-10-04 · 22 min

With free box seat tickets to a Raptor’s game from Fintekölay in hand, Astrid and James are hesitant to discipline Felix and Viv when they slack on their chores. Punishing the kids would mean missing the game and that’s something they…

Confidence
Episode 3. Confidence
2023-10-11 · 22 min

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,…

Talking
Episode 4. Talking
2023-10-18 · 22 min

Astrid and James struggle to find something to talk about other than their kids while having dinner at a fancy restaurant. Feeling the pressure of keeping up with the exciting lives of their family and co-workers, Astrid and James regale…

Clothes
Episode 5. Clothes
2023-10-25 · 22 min

When Felix shrinks all his clothes doing laundry for the first time, Astrid and James are forced to buy him a new wardrobe. But shopping for clothes isn’t so easy now that Felix is developing his own style. On top of everything, Astrid…

Babysitters
Episode 6. Babysitters
2023-11-01 · 22 min

Astrid and James plan a night out to celebrate Astrid's recent win at work. With help from Dawn, they're able to book the highly sought-after neighborhood babysitter, Jeffrey. Everything is going perfectly– the kids love Jeffrey; he's…

Spontaneity
Episode 7. Spontaneity
2023-11-08 · 22 min

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…

Hangover
Episode 8. Hangover
2023-11-15 · 22 min

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…

Leaving the House
Episode 9. Leaving the House
2023-11-22 · 22 min

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…

Careers
Episode 10. Careers
2023-11-29 · 22 min

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.

Season 4
Season 4
16 episodes · 2024
Respect
Episode 1. Respect
2024-10-18 · 22 min

Astrid and James realize they are at the dawning of a new era when Felix starts showing signs of pre-teen rebellion; James tries to ease tensions after he rejects Bo's job offer.

Recognition
Episode 2. Recognition
2024-10-25 · 22 min

After Nisha gets in a fender bender, Astrid decides to help her buy a new car; James' stay-at-home duties eclipse his job search efforts.

Chores
Episode 3. Chores
2024-11-01 · 21 min

Astrid and James question whether they’re raising monsters when Felix and Viv refuse to pitch in around the house.

Feelings
Episode 4. Feelings
2024-11-08 · 22 min

James, feeling left out when Ennis makes a new friend, inserts himself in Ennis' dodgeball tournament. Meanwhile, Astrid struggles to get Viv to control her emotions, especially when frustrations at work make it hard to lead by example.

Bedtime
Episode 5. Bedtime
2024-11-15 · 22 min

When James finds an old game console, he and Astrid attempt to find free time to play. But a bedtime routine threatens to eat up all the time between when the kids are supposed to be in bed and when Astrid and James have to go to bed…

Drama
Episode 6. Drama
2024-11-22 · 22 min

In a daytime soap opera influenced episode, Astrid feels pushed out of Dawn's pregnancy by Zinnia and begins to suspect her of something sinister. Meanwhile, James and Rachel clash over an incident at Viv's school takes a melodramatic…

Ego
Episode 7. Ego
2024-12-06 · 22 min

After Felix gets in trouble for defacing school property, Felix teacher Mr. Dongall makes James feel like an inattentive parent and James goes to great lengths to prove the teacher wrong. Meanwhile, Astrid insists on handling the fallout…

Memories
Episode 8. Memories
2024-12-13 · 23 min

In a mockumentary style episode, Astrid realizes how hard she was on Nisha during her teenage years and tries to make up for it by arranging something special for Nisha's surprise birthday party. James misses the good old days of work.

Emergencies
Episode 9. Emergencies
2025-01-08 · 22 min

During a family emergency, with both James and Astrid busy at work, they need to rethink their childcare plan.

Sex
Episode 10. Sex
2025-01-15 · 22 min

Astrid and James get some much-needed adult time when they convince Nisha to take the kids for the night. The parents night gets complicated, however, when a small lie grows out of control.

Connection
Episode 11. Connection
2025-01-22 · 22 min

With work keeping him busy, James feels even more disconnected from Felix. When Felix shares a personal secret with Astrid, James goes too far trying to learn the secret himself.

Adulthood
Episode 12. Adulthood
2025-01-29 · 22 min

When James finally pays off his student loans, he celebrates by buying an expensive chair. The kids threaten to ruin it with their stain-inducing activities. Astrid discovers that someone from her past has taken out a peace bond against…

Sleepovers
Episode 13. Sleepovers
2025-02-05 · 22 min

Astrid and James worry that Viv may be too weird to make friends. When they encourage Viv to invite some classmates over for a sleepover, they learn that the only thing scarier than their own children are other people's children.

Growth
Episode 14. Growth
2025-02-13 · 22 min

Astrid tries to steer Viv’s interests away from outdated children’s books while James attempts to foster Felix’s interest in drawing.

Consideration
Episode 15. Consideration
2025-02-20 · 22 min

Astrid leaves no stone unturned as she tries to find her phone before she misses a prize-winning call from a radio station; James and Ennis are given their first task as co-heads of GOBO but have a falling out over their work styles.

Time
Episode 16. Time
2025-02-27 · 22 min

Astrid and James put together a complex summer schedule of camps, activities and work that only leaves one day where the entire family is free; the pressure is on to make the most of their time together.

Cast by season
Meaghan Rath
Meaghan Rath
Astrid Berney
Aaron Abrams
Aaron Abrams
James Berney
Mikayla SwamiNathan
Mikayla SwamiNathan
Vivian Berney
Logan Nicholson
Logan Nicholson
Felix Berney
Ennis Esmer
Ennis Esmer
Ennis
Nazneen Contractor
Nazneen Contractor
Dawn
Veena Sood
Veena Sood
Nisha
Dmitry Chepovetsky
Dmitry Chepovetsky
Bo
Lisa Codrington
Lisa Codrington
Marla
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