This is a list of episodes for Wife Swap, an American reality show that aired between September 26, 2004 and April 16, 2020. Seasons 1 through 7 aired on ABC, while seasons 8 and 9 aired on Paramount Network.[1][2][3]
Season 1
Episode(s)
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Synopsis
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Families
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Air Date
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1
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A laid-back, animal-loving wife swaps with an obsessively tidy wife.
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Pitts
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Policchio
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9/26/2004
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2
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A New York City multi-millionairess swaps with a school bus driver and wood chopper from rural New Jersey.
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Spolansky
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Bradley
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9/29/2004
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3
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A traditional Southern wife whose family enjoys hunting swaps with an animal rights activist.
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Smoak
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Beaver
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10/6/2004
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4
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A dairy farmer swaps with a Southern belle who is spoiled by her husband.
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Donahoe
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Baker
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10/20/2004
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5
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A spiritual wife swaps with a traditional Italian wife.
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Ghani
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Stallone
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10/27/2004
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6
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An overweight wife whose family eats junk food and does not exercise swaps with a fitness fanatic.
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Smith
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Weiner
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11/3/2004
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7
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A wife who runs her household like a military boot camp swaps with a wife who enforces hardly any discipline.
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Reimers
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Bittner
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11/10/2004
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8
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A submissive stay-at-home wife swaps with a career woman who leads her household.
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Harris
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Van Noy
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11/17/2004
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9
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Husband swap. A biker who doesn't care about the environment or his neighbors swaps with a new age environmentalist who lives on a commune.
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Paiss
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Davis
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12/1/2004
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10
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A conservative Christian housewife swaps with a wife whose family enjoys punk rock.
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Ray
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Aguirre
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12/8/2004
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11
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A strict mother swaps with a mother who spoils her daughters rotten.
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Elliot
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Burkhalter
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12/15/2004
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12
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A single mother struggling to raise three out-of-control daughters swaps with a wealthy Ivy League-educated wife.
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Parsons
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Bramhall
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1/12/2005
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13
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A housewife who prioritizes family and clutter swaps with a career-driven wife whose family does not spend much time together.
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Fontaine
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Herman
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1/19/2005
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14
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Boone Luffey
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Gillespie
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2/9/2005
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15
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A funeral director's wife swaps with a wife who lives on the road in a bus with her family.
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Pyke
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Smith
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2/16/2005
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16
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A White housewife married to a Black man swaps with a domineering Black wife married to a White man.
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Bray
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Flummerfelt
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2/23/2005
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17
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A military veteran who supports President George W. Bush swaps with a pacifist who opposes Bush and the Iraq war.
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Patrick
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Leierwood
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3/2/2005
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18
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Boss Swap. A strict owner of an all-male car dealership swaps with a boss who takes a nurturing approach with her all-female coworkers.
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Silver
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Caden
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3/7/2005
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19
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A successful career woman swaps with a wife who dropped out of mainstream society to live in a treehouse.
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Oeth
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Cedarquist
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3/16/2005
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20
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Vacation Swap. A wealthy family who holidays in Aspen trades vacations with a working class family who holidays in an RV park.
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Hawn
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Orlando
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3/23/2005
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N/A
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Bedford
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Leonard
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Season 2
Episode(s)
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Synopsis
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Families
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Air Date
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1
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An etiquette teacher swaps with a wife who lets her kids run wild in public.
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Allison
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Hagerty
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9/12/2005
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2
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A White wife who gambles long into the night and whose husband uses racial slurs swaps with an overprotective Black wife.
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Felix
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Wiggins
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9/20/2005
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3
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A wife obsessed with baseball swaps with a punk rock-loving hairdresser.
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Collins
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Matlock
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9/26/2005
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4
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An untidy, animal-loving wife swaps with a strict, neat mother of five children.
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Mayfield
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Wasdin
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10/03/2005
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5
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A wife who puts her young daughter in beauty pageants swaps with an artist who shuns makeup and technology.
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Yonts
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Jan-Turan
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10/10/2005
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6
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An overprotective mother of nine who lives in an RV swaps with a career-driven realtor who barely sees her kids.
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Downs
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Bailey
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10/17/2005
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7
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A Manhattan wife who loves to party swaps with a conservative Kentucky wife who raises llamas.
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Nazario
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Lassell
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10/24/2005
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8
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A housewife with a large modern home and party-loving husband swaps with an eco-conscious wife who hates materialism.
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Heiss
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Kestrel
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11/07/2005
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9
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A wife whose husband hunts animals for food swaps with a raw food vegan who claims to get nutrients from the Sun.
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Hodge
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Kolpin
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11/14/2005
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10
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A fitness-obsessed wife with an ex-drill sergeant husband swaps with an overweight wife whose husband waits on her.
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Johnson
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Blackburn
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11/21/2005
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11
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A pastor's wife swaps with an atheist wife whose husband (Reginald Vaughn Finley Sr.) runs an atheist radio show.
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Stonerock
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Finley
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11/28/2005
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12
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A police officer swaps with a housewife who lives to serve her husband.
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Fuentes
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Lawson
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12/12/2005
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13
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A high-maintenance, high-spending wife swaps with a do-good wife who encourages civic responsibility in her children.
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Ast
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Green
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12/19/2005
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14
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A construction worker whose house is messy and disorganized swaps with a wife who runs her family with an iron fist.
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Roy
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Maness
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1/9/2006
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15
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A wife who believes in raising children without rules swaps with a strict wife whose family practices martial arts.
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Bimonte
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Hubbard
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1/16/2006
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16
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A wife who prioritizes saving money at every opportunity swaps with a children's entertainer with a failing business.
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King
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Reeves
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1/30/2006
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17
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A shopaholic who hosts parties and spoils her kids swaps with a frugal and devoutly religious mother of eight.
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Kraut
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Hardin
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2/6/2006
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18
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"Wife Swap Saved My Marriage". Several couples from Season 1 are interviewed to see how the show affected them one year later.
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Couples from Season 1
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2/20/2006
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19
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A wife who runs a modeling agency and seeks stardom for her two daughters swaps with a bear hunting, ice fishing wife from Wisconsin.
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Schachtner
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Martincak
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2/27/2006
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20
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A Wiccan priestess whose husband worships her swaps with a wife who waits on her husband hand and foot.
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Thompson
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Askam
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3/6/2006
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21
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A wife whose family lives as if they were in the Middle Ages swaps with a public school teacher.
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Stamper
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Haggerty
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3/13/2006
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22
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A freak show performer swaps with a former beauty queen who runs a tanning salon.
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Kinison
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Czerniawski
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3/27/2006
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23
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A laid-back wife who wants her kids to be her friends swaps with a controlling religious wife.
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West
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Grimes
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4/10/2006
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24
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A wife from a modern cowboy family swaps with a wife who spoils her children, and whose husband spoils her.
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Ridgley
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Corrao
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5/1/2006
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Season 3
Episode(s)
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Synopsis
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Families
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Air Date
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1
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An appearance-driven former beauty queen swaps with a blue-collar wife whose home is cluttered with junk shop items.
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Jeffery
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Greiner
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9/18/2006
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2
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A wife from a family of modern-day pirates swaps with a wife who is obsessed with organizing.
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Baur
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Fine
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9/18/2006
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3
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A wife who pushes her children to do sports swaps with a wife whose husband and son are addicted to video games.
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Boyd
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Milorey
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9/20/2006
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4
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A wife who is fascinated by death swaps with a cosmetics executive with a short-tempered husband.
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Zemanek
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Brandon
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9/25/2006
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5
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A strict wife obsessed with ballroom dancing swaps with a prison warden who commands no discipline at home.
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Slater
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Williams
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10/2/2006
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6
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A former champion boxer swaps with a wife whose husband is a competitive eater (Eric Booker).
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Alcorn
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Booker
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10/9/2006
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7
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A wealthy California wife who enjoys clothes shopping swaps with a wife who lives on a farm in Texas.
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Lovazzano
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Clover
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10/16/2006
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8
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A cowgirl wife who supports her husband's traveling road show swaps with a wife who makes her husband do everything for her.
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Mink
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Oaks
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11/13/2006
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9
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A wife who gives her teenage daughters free rein swaps with a wife who spies on her daughters and does not allow them to have friends over.
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Rowland
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Rivera
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11/27/2006
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10
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A wife who does everything for her husband and three out-of-control sons swaps with a wife who runs a military-style home.
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Talbott
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Broider
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12/4/2006
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11
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A Christian wife who believes chores are only for women swaps with a heavily tattooed atheist wife with a shaved head.
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Lawrence
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Caddel
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12/4/2006
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12
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A professional bodybuilder swaps with a wife from a family of little people.
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Johnson
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Allemon
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1/15/2007
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13
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An aspiring model swaps with a farm-dwelling grandmother who stresses traditional family values.
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Koopman
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Early
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1/22/2007
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14
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A wife obsessed with her son's motocross career swaps with a self-proclaimed "green witch" who worships Mother Earth.
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Starling
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Sweany-Ernst
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2/5/2007
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15
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A rock musician wife swaps with a ultra-conservative Christian housewife.
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Meeks
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Hoover
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2/12/2007
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16
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A farmer who enforces a raw food diet on her children that includes raw meat swaps with an educated, urban, appearance-driven wife.
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Haigwood
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Hess-Webb
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2/19/2007
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17
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A wife whose family business sells deer urine swaps with a salon owner who pampers her daughter.
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Lowe
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Hamilton
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2/26/2007
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18
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A wife who owns a scrapyard swaps with a high-maintenance wife.
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Browne
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Robinson
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4/27/2007
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19
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A psychic wife who is pampered by her husband swaps with a wife with out-of-control kids and a husband addicted to gambling.
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Silver
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Pitney
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5/28/2007
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20
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A wife who is obsessed with her dogs and doesn't like people swaps with an environmentalist wife who lives in an eco-village.
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Rush
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Rios-Bolman
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8/6/2007
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Season 4
Episode(s)
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Synopsis
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Families
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Air Date
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1
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A devout feminist swaps with the mother of a spoiled teenage beauty queen.
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Boss
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Gustaferro
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1/2/2008
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2
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A laid-back wife with an immature husband swaps with a strict wife.
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Flynn
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Orris
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1/9/2008
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3
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A wife from a family of clowns swaps with a wife whose kids have a strict chore regime and a limited social life.
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Harrison-Velasco
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Marshall
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1/16/2008
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4
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A laid-back magician's wife swaps with a strict wife obsessed with cleanliness.
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Martin-Portala
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Galvan
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1/23/2008
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5
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A burlesque performer swaps with a female lumberjack.
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McDonald
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Robarge
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1/30/2008
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6
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A wife whose husband is a competitive truck puller swaps with a high-powered business executive.
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Zaring
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LaBrie
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2/6/2008
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7
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A liberal Christian whose husband is a professor of theology swaps with a fundamentalist Christian who expects her daughters to be homemakers.
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Beckman-Heskett
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Childs
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2/13/2008
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8
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An ex-military wife who works three jobs swaps with a rock-and-roll trophy wife.
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Phillips
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Blankenship
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2/20/2008
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9
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An intellectual wife from a family of ghost hunters swaps with the wife of a Kentucky coal miner.
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Myers
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Sutton
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2/27/2008
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10
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An older co-owner of a pet crematorium swaps with a younger shock jock radio host with an oddball husband.
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McGoldrick
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Noel
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3/5/2008
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11
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A wife who makes her children work in the family bed and breakfast swaps with a wife who sacrifices for her children's dreams and has an out of control son.
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Graf
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Medici
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3/12/2008
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12
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A wife obsessed with her son's wrestling career swaps with an artistic coffee-shop owner who does not believe in competitive sports.
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Ketchum
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Sheron
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3/19/2008
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13
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A wife who runs a traveling carnival swaps with a wife who drives her daughters to be high-achievers.
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Gillette
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Turner
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3/26/2008
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14
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A karaoke-loving wife swaps with an amateur kickboxer.
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Figaratto
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Martinez
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4/2/2008
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15
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A deeply religious wife who shelters her children swaps with a party-loving wife who lets her children's boyfriend and girlfriend live in the house.
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Stockdale
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Tonkovic
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4/23/2008
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16
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A messy wife who loves drag racing swaps with a fastidiously neat wife who lives to impress her family and social circle.
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Sundstorm
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Tower
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4/30/2008
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17
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A wife who controls every minute of her children's schedule swaps with the wife of a bounty hunter who lets her children do whatever they want.
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Tassie
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Tyson
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5/7/2008
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18
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An environmentally conscious artist swaps with the doting mother of a traveling motorcycle stunt-performing family.
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Coste
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Ives
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5/14/2008
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19
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A control freak wife swaps with a wife who enjoys skateboarding and encourages self-expression.
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Pay
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Espinosa-Marquez
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5/28/2008
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20
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A pig farmer swaps with a New York City belly dancer.
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Carmichael
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Hanna
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6/25/2008
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Season 5
Episode(s)
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Synopsis
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Families
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Air Date
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1
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A wife whose mad scientist husband (Richard Heene) takes their children storm chasing swaps with a wife who is obsessed with child safety.
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Heene
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Martell
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10/3/2008
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2
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A wife from a close-knit family of powerlifters swaps with a wife who organizes tea parties for little girls.
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McCaslin
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Deekens
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10/10/2008
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3
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A wife from a lobster fishing family swaps with a shopaholic wife with undisciplined kids.
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Kinsman
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Thompson
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10/17/2008
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4
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A wife from a family of ballet dancers swaps with a wife from the Louisiana bayou.
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Melton
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Dufrene
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10/24/2008
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5
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A highly structured wife swaps with a Rastafarian wife.
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Martin
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Vallone
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10/31/2008
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6
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A laid back wife swaps with an overbearing behavioral therapist who checks her children's desks at school.
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Brown
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Neighbors
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11/7/2008
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7
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A wife who supports her aging husband's dreams of rock stardom swaps with a down-to-earth mother of nine children.
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Berwick
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Roachford
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11/21/2008
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8
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A wife from the Florida Keys who loves to party swaps with a conservative wife whose husband is obsessed with sweepstakes.
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Cooper
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Kukta
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12/12/2008
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9
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A wife who puts her baby daughter in beauty pageants swaps with a doctor who enjoys roller derby and doesn't care about appearances.
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Dusseau
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Smith-Snider
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1/9/2009
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10
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A wife who is obsessed with coupons swaps with a wife whose family's excessive spending put them in debt.
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McIntyre
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Keyser
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1/16/2009
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11
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A paintball-loving wife from rural Missouri swaps with a health-conscious San Francisco wife with a patronizing British husband.
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Long
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Stephens-Fowler
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1/30/2009
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12
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A school teacher who emphasizes public education swaps with a wife who homeschools her children.
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Jones
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Martinson
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2/6/2009
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13
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A career-driven realtor swaps with a wife who enjoys live action role playing.
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Bonnett
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Linkins
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2/13/2009
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14
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A wife who practices laughter yoga and spoils her son swaps with a wife whose kids are unhappy due to life on a remote farm.
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Petersen
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Vaughn
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2/27/2009
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15
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A strict wife who runs a martial arts school swaps with a wife who runs a community theater with her actor husband.
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Chi
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Edwards
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3/6/2009
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16
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100th Episode. The storm-chasing Heene and psychic Silver families return to swap with each other after winning an audience poll.
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Heene
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Silver
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3/13/2009
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17
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A wife from a family of jokesters swaps with a realtor whose children have a long chore list and no social life.
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Henstein
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Toulou
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3/20/2009
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18
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A wife who runs a fitness boot camp with her husband swaps with an overweight, junk-food loving wife whose family enjoys demolition derby.
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Brown
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Holland
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3/27/2009
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19
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A biker wife swaps with a strict wife obsessed with her family's Irish heritage.
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Mallick
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Stewart
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4/3/2009
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20
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A materialistic wife obsessed with outward appearances and plastic surgery swaps with a wife whose family lives off-the-grid without electricity.
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Burroughs
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Padovan-Hickman
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4/17/2009
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21
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An environmentally conscious vegan wife whose life is guided by astrology swaps with the wife of a cowboy from Texas.
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Brazenwood
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Taylor
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4/24/2009
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22
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A wife whose family runs a haunted house swaps with a strict, old-fashioned wife who expects her children to be swimming champions.
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Schults
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Smith
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5/1/2009
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Season 6
Episode(s)
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Synopsis
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Families
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Air Date
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1
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A wife who makes her children work in the family coffee shop and hot dog stand swaps with a wife who collects Reborn dolls and spoils her kids.
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Cameron
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Drago
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4/2/2010
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2
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A wife whose family pop band seeks to achieve worldwide stardom swaps with a wife who is a social activist.
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Fulco
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Samel-Garloff
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4/23/2010
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3
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A goth wife swaps with a wife who is obsessed with her sons playing ice hockey.
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Schroeder
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Wardle
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4/30/2010
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4
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A wife who can't stand animals and orders her daughter around swaps with a laid-back wife whose house contains 29 pets.
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Adams
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Hess
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4/30/2010
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5
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An inventor who believes in the power of manifesting one's goals swaps with an unemployed, overweight wife who lives in a trailer park.
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Beauvais
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Clayton
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5/7/2010
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6
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An artistic wife who practices equality of gender roles with her husband swaps with a trophy wife whose husband is a male chauvinist.
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Haller-Wren
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Spencer
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5/14/2010
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7
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A wife whose family puts on a traveling, clean-cut variety show swaps with a wife whose family enjoys low riding and believes in "keeping it real".
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Herrington
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Trevino
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5/21/2010
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8
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A wife whose family lives like modern-day pioneers swaps with a wife whose family is obsessed with technology.
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Flannagan
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Logan
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6/25/2010
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9
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A wife whose family focuses on their children's futures swaps with a survivalist whose family is preparing for the end of the world in 2012.
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Cathrea
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Stewart
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7/9/2010
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10
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A wife who is obsessed with etiquette swaps with a wife whose family enjoys mud sports.
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McLeish
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O’Dell
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7/16/2010
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11
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A workaholic, shopaholic wife with a stay-at-home husband swaps with a wife who owns an organic goat farm.
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Funderburgh
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Warren
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7/23/2010
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12
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A wife who focuses her energy on one of her children, an aspiring rapper, swaps with a wife who hunts for cryptids and often ignores her teenage son.
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Parker
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Robinson
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7/30/2010
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13
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A highly strict, competitive wife swaps with a laid-back wife who plays kickball.
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Harris
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Weasel
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8/6/2010
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14
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A wife who teaches relationship workshops dressed as a superhero swaps with a strict wife whose family moved to the country to escape bad influences.
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Cyboran
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Owen-Ladino
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8/13/2010
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Season 7
Episode(s)
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Synopsis
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Families
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Air Date
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1
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A religious wife who lives on a farm with no electricity swaps with a Las Vegas wife who loves to go to nightclubs.
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Kuncaitis
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Zdazinsky
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3/21/2013
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2
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A Tea Party movement activist (Gina Loudon) swaps with a woman in a polyamorous relationship.
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Envy
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Loudon
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3/28/2013
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3
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A self-proclaimed modern redneck swaps with a former beauty queen.
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Cochran
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Curry
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4/4/2013
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4
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A strict disciplinarian swaps with a wife who emphasizes freedom and unschools her children.
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Avery-Lamb
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Martin
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4/11/2013
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5
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An Italian wife who loves to eat swaps with a wife obsessed with fitness.
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DiBella
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LaRosh
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4/18/2013
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6
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A pagan wife who believes in equal household duties swaps with a wife who dotes on her husband and champion tap dancer son.
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Fireheart
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Terry
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4/25/2013
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7
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A wife whose children have no structure or rules swaps with a Russian tiger mother.
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Markiewicz
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Zusin
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5/2/2013
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Season 8
Episode(s)
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Synopsis
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Families
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Air Date
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1
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A health-obsessed, perfectionist wife swaps with a stay-at-home husband who emphasizes fun.
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Benner
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McMichael
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3/25/2019
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2
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A fire chief who runs her house like a battalion swaps with a stay-at-home wife who caters to her domineering husband.
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Lobdell
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Moon
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4/11/2019
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3
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A high-tech wife who streams her family's life on the Internet swaps with a technophobic wife who lives off the grid.
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DeGarmo
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Mosby
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4/18/2019
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4
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A gay millennial dad swaps with an old-fashioned wife with eight children.
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Goss
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Joseph
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4/25/2019
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5
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A wealthy, workaholic wife swaps with a wife whose family lives in a converted school bus with a compost toilet.
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McCormick
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Muffley
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5/2/2019
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6
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A sport-obsessed, competitive wife swaps with a laid-back yogi.
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Drudge
|
Fusco
|
5/9/2019
|
7
|
A germaphobe who runs her house like a corporation swaps with a messy, free-spirited wife.
|
Levine
|
Williams
|
5/16/2019
|
8
|
A vegetarian Hindu with undisciplined children swaps with a rancher wife whose four-year-old works with the family's livestock.
|
Chauhan
|
Lenoir-Johnson
|
5/23/2019
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9
|
Dias
|
Lunsford
|
5/30/2019
|
10
|
An authoritative, controlling wife swaps with a farmer who gives her children freedom to express themselves.
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Icgoren
|
Legend
|
6/6/2019
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Season 9
Episode(s)
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Synopsis
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Families
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Air Date
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1
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A strict Nigerian wife swaps with a wife who gets little help from her husband in raising her spoiled children.
|
Akinbode
|
Mullis
|
2/13/2020
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2
|
A school teacher swaps with a wife who believes in conspiracy theories and teaches her children that the Earth is flat.
|
Frayall
|
Dutcher
|
2/20/2020
|
3
|
A take-charge social media influencer swaps with the subservient wife of a biker.
|
Villalpando
|
Price
|
2/27/2020
|
4
|
A pagan witch swaps with the wife of a pastor who specializes in casting out demons and evil spirits.
|
Floyd-Ely
|
Clanton
|
3/5/2020
|
5
|
A liberal school teacher active in the Latino community swaps with a conservative wife whose husband is a Donald Trump supporter.
|
Fussell
|
Rodriguez
|
3/12/2020
|
6
|
An animal conservationist and snake wrangler swaps with a mother of six whose family enjoys sport hunting.
|
Parker
|
Mross
|
3/19/2020
|
7
|
A stay-at-home wife who runs a picture-perfect house swaps with a wife from a laid-back, hard-partying family.
|
DiCesare
|
Brown
|
3/26/2020
|
8
|
A circus wife with an overworked sword swallower husband swaps with an overwhelmed mother of four boys whose husband is obsessed with antiques.
|
Steele
|
Shepherd
|
4/2/2020
|
9
|
An active wife from a pro wrestling family swaps with a wife whose husband prefers video games over spending time with his family.
|
Sharrer
|
Peete
|
4/9/2020
|
10
|
A cosmopolitan, appearance-focused wife swaps with a wife from a down-to-earth farming family.
|
Jackson
|
Green
|
4/16/2020
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References