House Husbands

2012
House Husbands

Seasons & Episodes

  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1

EP1 Episode 1 Feb 06, 2017

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.

EP2 Episode 2 Feb 13, 2017

Mark's world is turned upside down when his parents deliver some home truths. Gemma's new job at the hospital threatens to wreck her friendship with Abi. Lewis's distrust of Nick grows when he makes Justin a dubious business offer.

EP3 Episode 3 Feb 20, 2017

Justin's estranged brother visits in need of help. Still reeling from the death of his father, Mark makes a shocking discovery about his parents. Desperate to prove he can be a good step-dad, Nick tries some of Lewis's parenting advice.

EP4 Episode 4 Feb 27, 2017

Mark searches for his biological father and discovers a new lease on life. Justin goes to extreme lengths to help resurrect his brother's AFL career. Lewis's distrust of Nick thaws when he sees the potential in Nicks' new music business.

EP5 Episode 5 Mar 06, 2017

Nick's dark past catches up with him, threatening his relationship with Rachel and the house husbands. Lewis struggles to cope with Gemma's career success. Abi and Gemma are determined to beat their husbands in a parents' talent quest.

EP6 Episode 6 Mar 13, 2017

Gemma's new medical career is threatened by a sexist supervisor. Nick's happiness with Rachel is threatened by his secret gambling past. After offending his friends and family, Lewis tries to take a more relaxed approach to life.

EP7 Episode 7 Mar 20, 2017

Nick hits rock bottom when he loses his relationship, his home and his job. Abi and Gemma volunteer to teach sex education at the school, with disastrous results. Rachel relies on Abi and Gemma to deal with her pregnancy.

EP8 Episode 8 Mar 27, 2017

Justin's planned family holiday to Disneyland is in disarray when his wayward brother Rafiq returns. When Rafiq faces criminal charges, Gemma and Abi are determined to prove his innocence.

EP9 Episode 9 Apr 03, 2017

A new teacher at Nepean South drives a wedge between the house husbands and their partners. Lewis faces a major challenge as candidate for local council. Justin's brother Rafiq risks his life by ignoring a heart condition.

EP10 Episode 10 Apr 03, 2017

Nick faces a relationship dilemma when Izzy admits her attraction to him. The house husbands devise the perfect heist to retrieve Izzy's stolen motorbike. With his AFL career in tatters, Justin's kids help Rafiq find a new goal in life.

EP11 Episode 11 Apr 10, 2017

Gemma is torn between family and career when she wins a prestigious scholarship to the USA. Lewis becomes public enemy number one when it's announced the local school is to be closed.

EP12 Episode 12 Apr 17, 2017

Lewis devises a risky plan to save the school from closure, and win back the trust of his friends. Mark and Abi's daughter is injured when the kids protest to save their school from demolition.
6.8| 0h30m| en| More Info
Released: 02 September 2012 Ended
Producted By: Playmaker Media
Country: Australia
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/house-husbands/
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House Husbands centres around four families with one thing in common, the husbands stay home to raise the children. Firass Dirani plays a fallen AFL hero, struggling with the burden of family life. In the midst of losing the ability to see his two twin boys (primary school age) and his eight month daughter, he is offered a contract to play football again in Perth. He rejects the offer made by his former manager (who is in a relationship with his ex wife)

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chazview Like many Australian soaps, this one represents the nationality as locals who often black out from alcoholism, and, when not drunk like to behave in a manner that defines the term 'cheesy'.They've ticked some other boxes as well, for example:** Build up of a newlywed female character who secretes kindness, love, fairy dust and angelic unicorns. Then kill her in some sort of accident. As predictable as it becomes — if I'm being honest, it's effective on my tear ducts every time.** Children that wander off and create a frantic reaction from the adults, but are always found.** A token hunky male character featured in a variety of situations obviously written to include he appear shirtless, other less attractive male characters remained clothed. The Australian-soap token hunks often volunteer as strippers for local charity events. Sometimes they need to make money quickly and do a one-off modeling bikini underwear bottoms.** Other hunky male characters, usually featured in story-arcs spanning 3 to 4 episodes. These characters are almost always first introduced with a towel wrapped torso and still dripping wet from an interrupted shower, camera down low, looking up with the groin area center-screen.** Token gays. As a general rule, gays aren't hunks but they sometimes hook up with a guest-hunk. If they do, it doesn't usually last longer than 1 or 2 episodes.House Husbands is watchable, but as the series progresses, the title doesn't make much sense. I guess they had to call it something, and "Australian Soap" was already taken. I prefer my prime-time soaps with a good vixen, apparently something Australian producers avoid. There's a difference between a bitchy female and a manipulative vixen ;-)It's OK, at least until season 4 -- by then it becomes a bit annoying and repetitive. If you want to see a truly engaging Australian series, watch the first few episodes of Wentworth Prison, but start early in the day. If like me you start episode 1 in the evening, you'll be watching Wentworth through sunrise ;-)
cafm Channel Nine is not renowned for making the best television drama in Australia. That title goes to ABC and SBS, the two non-commercial stations (battling to stay commercial against pressure from the current Federal government that wants to see the stations commercialised, so that EVERYTHING will be the same). However, House Husbands brings together a terrific cast who together explore a range of contemporary family structures and the challenges they face, both universal and specific. One of my reasons for writing this review is to counter the review by IMDb user "fitnessspm" who accuses House Husbands of "destroying families". If only we could accuse the media of being that powerful! This one thing television can certainly be accused of is stealing people's time and keeping them from doing far more creative and fulfilling things with it. In any case. this reviewer has not taken into account that House Husbands has not been rating well despite its quality. Nevertheless it does not stop him from spouting the "magic bullet" theory from the 1930s that asserts that screen images enter the mind of the viewer unfiltered. Apparently images just go in and that's that. And yet this guy disproves the theory himself by demonstrating that he has watched the series with his own set of interpretive biases firmly in place. Obviously fitnessspm is a male reviewer, for if you look at his other reviews (and I encourage you to) there is a consistently aggressive misogynistic message that blames women for all that is wrong with Western culture - suggesting this guy has either gone through a bad breakup or doesn't cope around strong women, or both. So this guy blames television dramas that don't portray traditional family values for high divorce rates and wants to see a return to "normal" and "traditional" family structures - something he says has existed for 1000s of years, despite the nuclear family being a modern invention that superseded extended families during the latter half of the 1800s among bourgeois families and spread to working class families in the first part of the twentieth century. As for his claims about the influence of television and the need to portray a narrow set of traditional values ... were he to look at the sociological impact of a show like The Brady Bunch on a generation, in which a large nuclear family exists in harmony with only slight ripples occurring that are ironed out by attentive bounded parents and submissive children, things might start to look a little different. He might see that the very popular family sitcom precipitated a wave of unhappiness in many a home because that's just not how families in reality work. I am certainly part of that generation that wished I was a member of the Brady family and occasionally resented that my own home life paled in comparison, as did many of my friends.Why do I write this? Firstly this guy's comments have just plain gotten up my nose. Secondly his use of IMDb as a platform for spreading misogynistic hate is just so inappropriate - thus I counter with my own perspective in an effort to balance things out. Thirdly I think that IMDb user comments should really stay on topic. Thus, in the spirit of staying on topic, I'd like to say that House Husbands is a good idea executed really well. At it's heart this is a soap opera in which a group of married family men must address their own feelings of inadequacy and find meaning and fulfilment in work that is not financially rewarded yet profoundly satisfying. Despite the lack of credibility in the show's premise, it makes the situation work, drawing from headlines that have reported on the rise of husbands becoming primary caregivers and nurturers in families. The great thing about Channel 9's approach is that, despite all the melodrama, there are some really terrific underlying issues that surface and are handled with complex realism - then of course simplified for the sake of good storytelling. In any case, this is a series worth checking out that adds to the discourse on gender and roles in some intelligent ways - a nice change of pace for Channel 9.
nicolet71 House Husbands is set in Melbourne, Victoria and tells the story of 4 diverse, interconnected families where the husband has become the stay at home dad. Its story lines tell the day to day issues they face as parents as well as partners and friends, and the interplay between the adults and children is wonderful. It's not of the highest caliber in terms of script writing or acting and it's certainly not up to the standard of the other new Australian, Melbourne based family show, Offspring, but it's a good escape and the characters are endearing and it's fun to see what situations they're going to get themselves into each episode.The four families are diverse and face quite different issues, but the development of the relationships between them and how they help and support each other through their crises is lovely to watch.It swings between comedy and drama - so I suppose you could classify it as a family dramedy - and I do love the quality of TV we're currently producing in Australia, including this one.
lucy-739-172817 House Husbands is a wonderful show that follows the lives of 4 particular families. Although similar to shows such as Modern Family and The New Normal, this show is based around Drama rather than comedy and is full of exciting ups and downs for the viewers to experience. I think that this show is a complete success with lovable characters that are easy to become attached to and great, intense yet easy to follow story lines that make watching so much more enjoyable. With realistic events and characters this is a great show. Some people may feel that story lines are cheesy but with no repetition and entertaining new ideas and issues each episode, this show is never boring to watch.