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Best Episodes Of Playing House

Overall Rating: ★ 7.7

Best Episodes Of Playing House

(Overall Rating: ★ 7.7)

Episode Ratings & Analysis

Discover the best and most memorable episodes of Playing House, from fan favorites to critically acclaimed moments. Explore detailed ratings, episode summaries, and visualize how the show's quality evolved over time.

A single-camera buddy comedy about what happens when two best friends come back together, just when they need each other most. Inspired by the ultra-close friendship between the series' creators and stars, "Playing House" centers on mother to-be Maggie who asks her single and career-driven best friend Emma to return home from her job overseas to attend her baby shower, having no idea what’s truly in store.

3 Seasons
26 Episodes
Canceled
Comedy
Best Episodes
S3E5 - You Wanna Roll With This? ★ 9.0
S2E7 - Officer of the Year ★ 8.9
S2E8 - Celebrate Me Scones ★ 8.9
Worst Episodes
S1E1 - Pilot ★ 7.0
S1E4 - Totes Kewl ★ 7.5
S1E3 - Unfinished Business ★ 7.6
★ 9.0/10 (36 votes)
#1

You Wanna Roll With This?

S3:E5

Maggie and Emma face their biggest challenge yet. Mark sends back-up.

★ 8.9/10 (57 votes)
#2

Officer of the Year

S2:E7

★ 8.9/10 (58 votes)
#3

Celebrate Me Scones

S2:E8

★ 8.9/10 (36 votes)
#4

Paging Doctor Yes Please

S3:E4

Maggie is invited to act in a nursing promo video and Emma gets involved. Zach teaches Bruce how to ride a bike.

★ 8.8/10 (32 votes)
#5

Ride The Dragon

S3:E6

Emma crashes Maggie’s owl-themed craft night. Zach brings Emma a treat and the gang goes on a real ride...

★ 8.5/10 (75 votes)
#6

Bosephus and the Catfish

S1:E6

Maggie is suspicious of her brother Zach's online girlfriend. Emma helps Bruce in an unexpected way.

★ 8.5/10 (62 votes)
#7

37 Weeks

S1:E8

Emma organizes a crew to help Maggie prepare the house for the baby and sparks fly when past secrets are revealed.

★ 8.5/10 (64 votes)
#8

Let's Have a Baby

S1:E9

Maggie and Emma fall head over heels for the charming OBGYN who is delivering Maggie's baby.

★ 8.5/10 (53 votes)
#9

Sleepless In Pinebrook

S2:E2

Emma manages to coax a reluctant Maggie into online dating. Zach and Bruce babysit Charlotte.

★ 8.5/10 (42 votes)
#10

Employee of the Month

S2:E5

★ 8.5/10 (37 votes)
#11

None of Your Business

S3:E2

Emma tries to rescue Tina from a makeup pyramid scheme. Maggie starts a nursing rotation with a doctor who is cold as ice.

★ 8.5/10 (32 votes)
#12

Gwen or Lose

S3:E3

Mark coaches a women’s basketball team and Emma is horrified when she realizes who his star player is. Maggie takes reffing very seriously.

★ 8.4/10 (62 votes)
#13

Bugs in Your Eyes

S1:E10

Maggie and Emma's preparations for the baby's christening are interrupted when Mark gets into trouble.

★ 8.4/10 (46 votes)
#14

Knotty Pine

S2:E4

Maggie and Emma accompany Tina to a woodworking class that's being taught by a sexy teacher and Mark and Tina face some uncomfortable truths.

★ 8.4/10 (41 votes)
#15

Cookie Jar

S3:E1

Maggie hosts a game night to welcome Bruce’s new girlfriend. Emma learns that “This is 40!”

★ 8.4/10 (27 votes)
#16

Game of Tweens

S3:E7

Emma and Tina plan a birthday party for their most demanding client yet, a 13 year old girl. Maggie goes on a date, but frosty feelings abound.

★ 8.3/10 (59 votes)
#17

Hello, Old Friend

S2:E1

An awkward run-in with Mark and Tina causes Maggie and Emma to go on a rescue mission deep inside enemy territory. Bruce and his mother prepare a traditional family recipe.

★ 8.3/10 (42 votes)
#18

Reverse The Curse

S3:E8

On their way to a fancy dinner, Maggie and Emma get into trouble in the best way possible. Some new and old friends come to their rescue.

★ 8.2/10 (46 votes)
#19

Kimmewah Kup

S2:E6

★ 8.1/10 (98 votes)
#20

Bird Bones

S1:E2

Emma and Maggie go to brunch with Mark's wife. Mark takes a look into the theft of a garden gnome.

★ 8.1/10 (67 votes)
#21

Spaghetti and Meatballs

S1:E7

Emma and Maggie turn Mark's annual policemen's spaghetti dinner into a night that won't soon be forgotten.

★ 7.9/10 (68 votes)
#22

Drumline

S1:E5

Maggie reconnects with an old flame at a high school drumline reunion while Emma bonds with a band geek.

★ 7.6/10 (70 votes)
#23

Unfinished Business

S1:E3

Maggie and Mark investigate Bruce’s sudden disappearance. Emma reunites with her estranged mother Gwen.

★ 7.6/10 (47 votes)
#24

Cashmere Burka

S2:E3

Maggie agrees to direct a play written by Gwen; and Emma gets hot and heavy with a new flame.

★ 7.5/10 (69 votes)
#25

Totes Kewl

S1:E4

Emma goes on a date with Maggie's divorce lawyer, and discovers a secret about her mother.

★ 7.0/10 (116 votes)
#26

Pilot

S1:E1

Emma returns home for her best friend Maggie's baby shower.

★ 7.0/10 (116 votes)
#1

Pilot

S1:E1

Emma returns home for her best friend Maggie's baby shower.

★ 7.5/10 (69 votes)
#2

Totes Kewl

S1:E4

Emma goes on a date with Maggie's divorce lawyer, and discovers a secret about her mother.

★ 7.6/10 (70 votes)
#3

Unfinished Business

S1:E3

Maggie and Mark investigate Bruce’s sudden disappearance. Emma reunites with her estranged mother Gwen.

★ 7.6/10 (47 votes)
#4

Cashmere Burka

S2:E3

Maggie agrees to direct a play written by Gwen; and Emma gets hot and heavy with a new flame.

★ 7.9/10 (68 votes)
#5

Drumline

S1:E5

Maggie reconnects with an old flame at a high school drumline reunion while Emma bonds with a band geek.

★ 8.1/10 (98 votes)
#6

Bird Bones

S1:E2

Emma and Maggie go to brunch with Mark's wife. Mark takes a look into the theft of a garden gnome.

★ 8.1/10 (67 votes)
#7

Spaghetti and Meatballs

S1:E7

Emma and Maggie turn Mark's annual policemen's spaghetti dinner into a night that won't soon be forgotten.

★ 8.2/10 (46 votes)
#8

Kimmewah Kup

S2:E6

★ 8.3/10 (59 votes)
#9

Hello, Old Friend

S2:E1

An awkward run-in with Mark and Tina causes Maggie and Emma to go on a rescue mission deep inside enemy territory. Bruce and his mother prepare a traditional family recipe.

★ 8.3/10 (42 votes)
#10

Reverse The Curse

S3:E8

On their way to a fancy dinner, Maggie and Emma get into trouble in the best way possible. Some new and old friends come to their rescue.

★ 8.4/10 (62 votes)
#11

Bugs in Your Eyes

S1:E10

Maggie and Emma's preparations for the baby's christening are interrupted when Mark gets into trouble.

★ 8.4/10 (46 votes)
#12

Knotty Pine

S2:E4

Maggie and Emma accompany Tina to a woodworking class that's being taught by a sexy teacher and Mark and Tina face some uncomfortable truths.

★ 8.4/10 (41 votes)
#13

Cookie Jar

S3:E1

Maggie hosts a game night to welcome Bruce’s new girlfriend. Emma learns that “This is 40!”

★ 8.4/10 (27 votes)
#14

Game of Tweens

S3:E7

Emma and Tina plan a birthday party for their most demanding client yet, a 13 year old girl. Maggie goes on a date, but frosty feelings abound.

★ 8.5/10 (75 votes)
#15

Bosephus and the Catfish

S1:E6

Maggie is suspicious of her brother Zach's online girlfriend. Emma helps Bruce in an unexpected way.

★ 8.5/10 (62 votes)
#16

37 Weeks

S1:E8

Emma organizes a crew to help Maggie prepare the house for the baby and sparks fly when past secrets are revealed.

★ 8.5/10 (64 votes)
#17

Let's Have a Baby

S1:E9

Maggie and Emma fall head over heels for the charming OBGYN who is delivering Maggie's baby.

★ 8.5/10 (53 votes)
#18

Sleepless In Pinebrook

S2:E2

Emma manages to coax a reluctant Maggie into online dating. Zach and Bruce babysit Charlotte.

★ 8.5/10 (42 votes)
#19

Employee of the Month

S2:E5

★ 8.5/10 (37 votes)
#20

None of Your Business

S3:E2

Emma tries to rescue Tina from a makeup pyramid scheme. Maggie starts a nursing rotation with a doctor who is cold as ice.

★ 8.5/10 (32 votes)
#21

Gwen or Lose

S3:E3

Mark coaches a women’s basketball team and Emma is horrified when she realizes who his star player is. Maggie takes reffing very seriously.

★ 8.8/10 (32 votes)
#22

Ride The Dragon

S3:E6

Emma crashes Maggie’s owl-themed craft night. Zach brings Emma a treat and the gang goes on a real ride...

★ 8.9/10 (57 votes)
#23

Officer of the Year

S2:E7

★ 8.9/10 (58 votes)
#24

Celebrate Me Scones

S2:E8

★ 8.9/10 (36 votes)
#25

Paging Doctor Yes Please

S3:E4

Maggie is invited to act in a nursing promo video and Emma gets involved. Zach teaches Bruce how to ride a bike.

★ 9.0/10 (36 votes)
#26

You Wanna Roll With This?

S3:E5

Maggie and Emma face their biggest challenge yet. Mark sends back-up.

★ 7.0/10 (116 votes)

Pilot

S1:E1

Emma returns home for her best friend Maggie's baby shower.

★ 8.1/10 (98 votes)

Bird Bones

S1:E2

Emma and Maggie go to brunch with Mark's wife. Mark takes a look into the theft of a garden gnome.

★ 7.6/10 (70 votes)

Unfinished Business

S1:E3

Maggie and Mark investigate Bruce’s sudden disappearance. Emma reunites with her estranged mother Gwen.

★ 7.5/10 (69 votes)

Totes Kewl

S1:E4

Emma goes on a date with Maggie's divorce lawyer, and discovers a secret about her mother.

★ 7.9/10 (68 votes)

Drumline

S1:E5

Maggie reconnects with an old flame at a high school drumline reunion while Emma bonds with a band geek.

★ 8.5/10 (75 votes)

Bosephus and the Catfish

S1:E6

Maggie is suspicious of her brother Zach's online girlfriend. Emma helps Bruce in an unexpected way.

★ 8.1/10 (67 votes)

Spaghetti and Meatballs

S1:E7

Emma and Maggie turn Mark's annual policemen's spaghetti dinner into a night that won't soon be forgotten.

★ 8.5/10 (62 votes)

37 Weeks

S1:E8

Emma organizes a crew to help Maggie prepare the house for the baby and sparks fly when past secrets are revealed.

★ 8.5/10 (64 votes)

Let's Have a Baby

S1:E9

Maggie and Emma fall head over heels for the charming OBGYN who is delivering Maggie's baby.

★ 8.4/10 (62 votes)

Bugs in Your Eyes

S1:E10

Maggie and Emma's preparations for the baby's christening are interrupted when Mark gets into trouble.

★ 8.3/10 (59 votes)

Hello, Old Friend

S2:E1

An awkward run-in with Mark and Tina causes Maggie and Emma to go on a rescue mission deep inside enemy territory. Bruce and his mother prepare a traditional family recipe.

★ 8.5/10 (53 votes)

Sleepless In Pinebrook

S2:E2

Emma manages to coax a reluctant Maggie into online dating. Zach and Bruce babysit Charlotte.

★ 7.6/10 (47 votes)

Cashmere Burka

S2:E3

Maggie agrees to direct a play written by Gwen; and Emma gets hot and heavy with a new flame.

★ 8.4/10 (46 votes)

Knotty Pine

S2:E4

Maggie and Emma accompany Tina to a woodworking class that's being taught by a sexy teacher and Mark and Tina face some uncomfortable truths.

★ 8.5/10 (42 votes)

Employee of the Month

S2:E5

★ 8.2/10 (46 votes)

Kimmewah Kup

S2:E6

★ 8.9/10 (57 votes)

Officer of the Year

S2:E7

★ 8.9/10 (58 votes)

Celebrate Me Scones

S2:E8

★ 8.4/10 (41 votes)

Cookie Jar

S3:E1

Maggie hosts a game night to welcome Bruce’s new girlfriend. Emma learns that “This is 40!”

★ 8.5/10 (37 votes)

None of Your Business

S3:E2

Emma tries to rescue Tina from a makeup pyramid scheme. Maggie starts a nursing rotation with a doctor who is cold as ice.

★ 8.5/10 (32 votes)

Gwen or Lose

S3:E3

Mark coaches a women’s basketball team and Emma is horrified when she realizes who his star player is. Maggie takes reffing very seriously.

★ 8.9/10 (36 votes)

Paging Doctor Yes Please

S3:E4

Maggie is invited to act in a nursing promo video and Emma gets involved. Zach teaches Bruce how to ride a bike.

★ 9.0/10 (36 votes)

You Wanna Roll With This?

S3:E5

Maggie and Emma face their biggest challenge yet. Mark sends back-up.

★ 8.8/10 (32 votes)

Ride The Dragon

S3:E6

Emma crashes Maggie’s owl-themed craft night. Zach brings Emma a treat and the gang goes on a real ride...

★ 8.4/10 (27 votes)

Game of Tweens

S3:E7

Emma and Tina plan a birthday party for their most demanding client yet, a 13 year old girl. Maggie goes on a date, but frosty feelings abound.

★ 8.3/10 (42 votes)

Reverse The Curse

S3:E8

On their way to a fancy dinner, Maggie and Emma get into trouble in the best way possible. Some new and old friends come to their rescue.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode
3 ★ 8.6 8
★ 9.0 You Wanna Roll With This?
★ 8.3 Reverse The Curse
2 ★ 8.4 8
★ 8.9 Officer of the Year
★ 7.6 Cashmere Burka
1 ★ 8.0 10
★ 8.5 Bosephus and the Catfish
★ 7.0 Pilot
Lennon Parham
Jessica St. Clair
Keegan-Michael Key
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