Trading Spouses

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In this fresh take on the classic fish-out-of-water story, moms and dads try out the ultimate life change: ditching their families to take over a clan from another walk of life. For some, it's a dream vacation; for others, an absolute nightmare.

When the families are switched, they live with their host families for one whole week. When the mom or dads are finally reunited with their loved ones, they have to tell their families the twist: They decide how the other family will spend their $50,000 prize money.moreless
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S 4 :  Ep 18 Aired 2/23/07
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S 4 :  Ep 17 Aired 2/16/07
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S 4 :  Ep 16 Aired 2/9/07
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  • Terrible show ending. SAD

    1.0
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    By souza1478, Jun 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    I've never in my life seen a show where you earn so much money and the money didn't go towards to family in the areas they need it. My heart goes out to the Hawkins family and I hope one day I will have the chance to meet the woman who was so self-centered and made them donate their much needed money to the Governor of the state and other unnecessary repairs to their home. This will remind me to never open my life for another woman to come into my home. De Conciliis Mom, you should be ashamed of yourself!moreless

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  • Jurek Pilek of Orange County and his wife Samantha's girlfriends are a disgrace to humanity. Totally self-absorbed, hateful, rude, plastic and with no conscience. Horribly bad behavior by them in front of millions of viewers. What idiots.moreless

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    By kindness1, Jun 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    I watched episode 104 tonight. Bowers/Pilek. Holy smokes, I cannot believe that the OC (Orange County) girlfriends and husband of Samantha Pilek were so down right rude, plastic, self-absorbed, unenlightened, and shamefully obnoxious. I would be embarrassed if I were those women to have my face shown on TV to millions of viewers the way they behaved. They are so clueless. No heart or soul in any of them. Lisa was a sweet girl, who sometimes came on a bit strong, but her heart was in the right place. She did not deserve the treatment she got from the trophy wives with the fake boobs. Their beauty was plastically created on the outside only. Inside they were all dead and ugly.

    Samantha was nice to Lisa's sweet family and it made me wonder why Samantha chose the husband and friends she has. She seemed to be far more aware than any of them. An odd mix for sure. Jurek Pilek, her husband was without a conscience. He made Lisa cry and just acted like it was no big deal. Very insensitive. He was far more shameful than any of them. This guy must be in business somewhere and I wonder how he can show his face anywhere knowing how badly he behaved towards a perfect stranger that did not meet up to his physical standards of beauty on Tv in front of millions of viewers.

    To me, this is a typical OC family. It is all about them. Shameful indeed.moreless

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  • I don't usually watch this show, but tonight I did. It was the double episode of the Gates/Loupe family. I have never wanted to jump through the tv and slap someone as much as I did tonight.moreless

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    By Missybooboo1972, May 05, 2011 Report Abuse
    I don't usually watch this show,(Trading Spouses) but tonight I did. It was the double episode of the Gates/Loupe family. I have never wanted to jump through the tv and slap someone as much as I did tonight. Barbara Gates was so appalling that I felt compelled to sign up and write a review! OMG She is so mean and controlling, and she is a hypocrite!!! She says Diana has out an dated style, Hello!! Barbara, miss frizz head, no make-up and grandma sweaters, you have no room to talk! And by the way the plural spelling for monkeys is MONKEYS!! Not monkies as you so rudely told ZZ, I guess you don't really know what you are talking about huh? Not as intelligent as you think you are, huh?! Maybe the little Cajun boy knows a thing or two, he told you the right way and you acted as if you were superior to him.

    Barbara, Miss vegan, against animal cruelty.....Why then did you find it necessary to hurt the Loupe family dog? Are dogs not mammals? I would love the opportunity to grab you by the neck and force your nose to the floor, while you cry, and spank you as well, and more than once like you did to that dog!!!!
    Perhaps you should re-evaluate your stance on animal cruelty, since it seems to apply to you only when you deem it necessary, or have a need to be the center of attention. ZZ is a cute kid, a KID!! He is intelligent, kind, and funny! You wrote your little letter stating you thought he was depressed and needed his mom more. You are talking about your own family. Can you say projection?! He cried for his mom, I never once saw your kids cry for you. Your family didn't even bother to get out of bed to see you off! Think about that for a minute.

    Barbara you tell your kids not cry when your reading the letter from Diana about how the $50,000 dollars will be spent, or they won't get anything. Someone cries, but it wasn't your kids you hypocrite! It was you, because you didn't get your way. Then you read on and see that Diana allocated $20,000 for you to do with as you please. Then your happy. What a brat you are.

    Your family doesn't like you, the Loupe's don't like you and the good people of Louisiana probably don't like you either. And no one cares how you do things in California! I have been to CA and LA, and I would rather spend my time with the Loupe family in Louisiana anytime over spending one minute with you anywhere! You are lucky that Diana did not know the half of how poorly you behaved while with her family, otherwise I think she just may have knocked your teeth down your throat. I would have!!moreless

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  • You're Not My Mommy!

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    By shontae1, Jun 02, 2010 Report Abuse
    This show is a trip. Is the grass truly greener on the other side? Most of them say no. This is a show where, they send you to the total opposite house of your dreams.
    They sent a vegan woman to a home with meat eating people. The people didn't even eat veggies. How cruel is that?
    They sent a animal lover to a house where they slaughtered crocodiles and alligators.
    Shows like this only want to cause trouble, and conflict. The thing that I don't understand, is these families know what they signed up for. Why cant they cooperate during rule changes? Then they have the most disrespectful kids. They condone foul language.moreless

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  • This along with Wife Swap has been the December "addiction of the month" show for me

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    By AngelDNTN, Jun 02, 2010 Report Abuse
    This along with Wife Swap has been the December "addiction of the month" show for me. And in every show I ask myself the same question "How in the heck can this person stay married to that jerk?" I do tend to wonder though, if all of these are real. Certain scenerios as just way out there (living like pirates? no job? really?). Some people just seem too big of a total putz to even be allowed to breed. I am sure that some of them are just 1/2 as bad as they are portrayed, but the producers have them to ham it up but still, to go on national TV and let people see how dirty your house is, how lazy you are, how disrespectful your children are (not to mention just plain stupid), that your priorities lie in making sure little Johnny is in touch with his feminine side and can tap dance, how you talk to trees, etc, etc, etc. That is just throwing pride out the window for $50,000. (IMO)

    Now I must leave. Its time to take Susie to power weightlifting class and then we get to have a debate on global warming with our rosebush.moreless

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