Breeders

Ended Monday / 7:00pm FX 25 min.
Paul and Ally juggle full-time careers, ageing parents, a mortgage, upheavals in their relationship and the unenviable curveballs of parenting their young children, Luke and Ava��exploring the parental-paradox that it is possible to love your child to the horizon of the universe and, in the very same moment, being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.

Season 4

10 Episodes

Jackie's health is continuing to worsen. Paul helps out a distressed Luke but finds himself in more conflict with Ally. At Baby Jay's naming party, Ava declares her love, and Paul makes an offer that will take him and Ally back in time.
Sep 25 2023
As Paul and Ally try to help Luke, struggling with being both a dad and a student, they find they have very different ideas about the best way forward. Jackie's condition is becoming more noticeable, and Jim is determined to help out.
Sep 18 2023
Paul and Ally rush to fly back from their holiday when they hear that Maya is giving birth five weeks early. Ava and Sunil try to help Luke step up and become a father, but everyone is in shock when complications set in.
Sep 11 2023
No Kids 4x07
Paul and Ally are disappointed that their planned family holiday has become just the two them. But they soon make new friends. Luke is preparing for his new life with Maya and makes a massive decision. What follows leaves them both terrified.
Sep 04 2023
A chat with Darren and a chance encounter convince Ally she needs more friends, so she decides to reunite her antenatal class. Ally tells Luke and Ava this was a friendship group with no arseholes. But 17 years is a long time.
Aug 28 2023
Paul and Ally find themselves parenting Jim and Jackie as well as a conflicted Luke. Ava and Holly get closer and Ava decides to take a risk, while Paul meets an old friend and realizes that he might, after all, be happy.
Aug 21 2023
A calendar mix-up turns Paul and Ally's fun night out into a stressful night in. A happy Ava finds her mood changing as the evening progresses. Luke turns up with an unwelcome friend and Carl finally sees the inside of the Worsley's house.
Aug 14 2023
No Age 4x03
Ally is appalled that she's about to turn 50 and bans the family from ever mentioning that number. Paul tries to help Luke, who is overwhelmed by learning to drive and becoming a dad, while Ava meets a charismatic girl called Holly.
Aug 07 2023
The reality of Luke's announcement hits, and Paul and Ally worry about the decision he and Maya have made and whether they should support them. As a New Year starts, the Worsley family gather together with Maya's family, united in their love and worry.
Jul 31 2023
No�l 4x01
It's five years since we last saw the Worsleys, with Paul and Ally on the verge of splitting, and Jim and Jackie in turmoil. Things are no less dramatic now as Luke and girlfriend Maya drop a bombshell at Christmas dinner that will change everyone's lives forever.
Jul 31 2023

Season 3

10 Episodes

A furious argument between Paul and Ally is interrupted by Ava's news about Jim. Luke is happier than ever, a newly confident Ava stands up to her dad, but Paul and Ally need to decide - is this it?
Jul 11 2022
Jim and Jackie are both struggling under their new circumstances. Luke has to choose between Jacob and Ruby. At Alex's 65th birthday party, Ally meets someone who makes her see Paul in a new light.
Jun 27 2022
Paul takes his parents on a day-trip to the countryside, to recreate a cherished memory. But the revelation of a number of secrets leaves all three of them reeling.
Jun 20 2022
After an apparent reconciliation with Ally, Paul's rage returns with a vengeance when he realizes that Ava has done something that could ruin her life. Luke and Jacob reunite, but things are becoming more complicated.
Jun 13 2022
No Show 3x06
A devastated Paul is forced by his new boss to make funding cuts. After Ally's attempt to impress Ava ends in humiliation, she tells Paul some home truths, just as Jackie realizes a terrible truth about a dying friend.
Jun 06 2022
An ambitious Ally sets out to save the company and throw a memorable birthday party for Ava, just as Paul, passed over for promotion yet again, wonders if he ever had any ambition to start with.
May 30 2022
No Body 3x04
Ally and Paul each learns the truth about a thing that has been terrifying them - for Ally, her job and for Paul, his MRI result. Ava and Luke both feel frozen out by the people they care most about.
May 23 2022
A back injury leaves Paul high on Leah's supply, as he raids her collection of heavy-duty painkillers. As Luke and his dad get closer, Ally and Ava drift further apart, and Ally looks for someone to blame.
May 16 2022
Ally fears she might lose her job and her mind, as the company collapses and her HRT meds become unavailable. Luke's panic attack ends Paul's leisurely life at Leah's, while an increasingly isolated Ava faces a huge change.
May 09 2022
With Luke refusing to live with his dad, Paul is staying at honeymooning Leah's house. Single-parent Ally begins to feel the strain, while a distressing event from the family's past has a surprising present-day echo.
May 09 2022

Season 2

10 Episodes

On the day of Leah and Alex's wedding, Paul and Ally find they have only a few hours to deal with a family crisis, leading Paul to make the hardest decision of his life.
May 17 2021
As Jim and Jackie's golden wedding anniversary party is plunged into darkness by a power outage, the growing tensions between Paul and Luke reach an explosive and terrifying climax.
May 10 2021
As he and Ally continue to feel distant, Paul rekindles an old friendship, but at a cost to Ava. Luke surprises everyone by getting a best friend. Jim and Jackie are forced to move.
May 03 2021
Ally and Paul's marriage is in crisis. Paul's obsessed by what happened but won't discuss it. An increasingly troubled Luke refuses to go to school and Leah and Alex make an announcement.
Apr 26 2021
Ally is under huge pressure, but no one seems to want to listen to her; Jim and Jackie are excited about a possible move to the coast and, much to Paul's surprise, so is he.
Apr 19 2021
No Baby 2x05
As Ally contemplates her pregnancy, a new piece of information blows her world apart. A worried Ava tries to help her mom while Luke regrets lying about his anxiety.
Apr 12 2021
As a sudden death impacts the older generation of the Worsley family, Ava struggles to keep a profound secret from Paul, and Ally finds it equally difficult to hide her true feelings from Luke.
Apr 05 2021
Paul fears his culturally fragmented family have lost a vital connection. Gentrification impacts Jim and Jackie as the last of their old neighbours move out and more young professionals move in.
Mar 29 2021
No Fear 2x02
Luke�s anxiety is becoming a problem at home and school. Would a medical diagnosis make his life easier or harder? Ally faces further tension after her mother Leah is robbed.
Mar 22 2021
The kids are growing up fast � Ava is now 10 and Luke is about to turn 13. With their burgeoning independence comes the question of whether Paul and Ally�s parenting style still works. Clue: no
Mar 22 2021

Season 1

10 Episodes

Luke�s condition worsens and he is admitted to a specialist pediatric unit. As Paul, Ally and their parents desperately wait for news, stress and fear cause cracks to form within the family.
Apr 27 2020
Family life is thrown off kilter as Ally spends her weekdays in Berlin and weekends in London. Paul, Luke and Ava try to muddle through without her, but the children aren�t sleeping again and it takes its toll on Paul.
Apr 20 2020
Paul attempts to focus on his upcoming wedding but is constantly thwarted by his family; Ally is distracted by work, Luke is misbehaving at school and Leah doesn�t understand why they are even bothering to get married.
Apr 13 2020
No Exit 1x07
It�s half term and Luke is responsible for taking Lenny the class bear on an adventure. Lenny has been to Italy, Peru and beyond, but Paul can�t even manage to get the family and the godforsaken bear out of the house to the local park.
Apr 06 2020
In the wake of Michael�s death, the family stay with Darren at his country house, but Paul�s attempt to give Ally space by taking on kid duties and Darren�s fixation on work doesn�t help Ally find a chance to say goodbye.
Mar 30 2020
No Dad 1x05
Paul and Ally are thrilled that Sprout the family gerbil has finally died, but explaining loss to Luke and Ava is more difficult than they thought as grief manifests itself in mysterious ways and throws the family off course.
Mar 23 2020
No Lies 1x04
Michael thrives in his new role as dad and granddad, but Paul and Ally can't adapt to his presence as easily as the children can; Luke's hunt for proof that Santa doesn't exist puts Paul's claim that he never lies to the test.
Mar 16 2020
Ally attempts to acclimatise to Michael's continued presence while Paul, suspected of intentionally hurting his mum, begins to question if his accident-prone son's frequent injuries might actually be his fault.
Mar 09 2020
Luke�s parents' evening and the surprise arrival of Ally�s estranged father cause Paul and Ally to examine their hopes and dreams for Luke and Ava and discover how far they are willing to go for the sake of their children.
Mar 02 2020
The children won�t sleep � Paul and Ally thought these nights were over. Paul spends the night fighting his own anger and his children�s inability to go the f**k to sleep.
Mar 02 2020