Season 5 • Episode 12
LatestLewis 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.
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)
Acting
Firass Dirani makes failed footballer dignity surprisingly compelling.
Writing
Balances earnest family moments with genuinely funny dad banter.
Creator
Drew Proffitt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
House Husbands arrived right when Australian TV was finally depicting stay-at-home fathers as normal, not punchlines—still pretty rare in 2012.
Firass Dirani had zero AFL experience; the production hired actual footballers as on-set coaches to make his game footage believable.
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