Friday

Heather and Luke are nice people, but their backyard kinda sucks. In this episode, Paul is going to achieve one of his greatest transformations – turning a boring bowling alley backyard into multi-area, multi-purpose oasis. There’s a deck, there’s a pergola, there’s a shed. It’s a beautiful transformation that even took Paul by surprise.

Kim and Brad just spent a lot of time and money laying down stone in their backyard. They built a nice sitting pad, but they want more. And they want Paul to design and build whatever “more” means. Here’s the catch – Paul has to keep their stone sitting pad and incorporate it into his design. No problem. He can do that. He can add a shed. And he can have a water feature competition with Jeff. No biggie.

David and Brenda have a weird backyard. It’s large… but it’s sideways. Right now, only the dog makes regular use of the space… and that’s just wasteful. Enter Paul and the crew who build an amazing deck that includes a bar built into a tree, a grilling area, a sitting area and a smattering of bamboo.

Patricia (34) is working mother on the go with a one and half year old toddler, Eva and an Italian husband, John (42) for whom she wants more than anything to be able to cook proper meals. The problem is that Patricia generally feels anxious and overwhelmed in the kitchen. As a result she takes one look at her oven, pots and pans, and then runs straight to the only appliance she is comfortable with -- the toaster. Although Patricia, “loves food” she just doesn’t know how to cook it. But that doesn’t mean she hasn’t tried. Some of her past culinary calamities include; a frozen pizza with the cardboard bottom baked right into the crust, a horrific turmeric spiced omelette cooked onto the bottom of a soup pot and fortune cookies that were “so easy a four-year-old could do it”, which ended up as one massive pancake. In fact, she is so disastrous, Patricia claims that a trail of smoke follows her in the kitchen and that she has burnt so many things that her toddler now dances to the smoke alarm.

Mike (45) is a twenty-five year veteran of the entertainment industry who, despite feeling fearless at work, is absolutely terrified in the kitchen. This is not surprising, as Mike has never experienced any modicum of culinary success. His every attempt at pasta ends up a mushy noodle disaster fit only for the garbage can. His past efforts to cook something healthy, like beets, ended up with a pot of red blobs floating in dirty water – after all who knew one had to wash and peel them? However, that doesn’t mean that Mike isn’t culinarily adventurous -- he once brought pig’s feet and squid (marinated over night in soya sauce) to a work barbeque. Although he was lauded for originality the result was hardly satisfactory, as the squid ended up the consistency of shoe leather and everyone just merely tip toed around the pig’s feet. Well, except for one young assistant who tried the pig’s feet. And was sick for 3 days…(The ultimate irony is that one of Mike’s major fears is poisoning people, so much so that after he barbeques a burger, he then microwaves just to ensure that it is safe to eat.) hilarious – let’s play this up!

In the first episode, Susan, a busy career woman and mom, is clueless when it comes to cooking – having once garnished a ham with pineapples using nails – and is in desperate need of Christine’s help. Realizing that it’s going to be a long road to making this cook fearless in the kitchen, Christine sets out to give Susan the tools she needs to prepare savory food for her friends and family.

When Vivian’s children were growing up she was known to the neighbourhood kids as the maker of condiment sandwiches. Now, with her kids grown and out of the house, Vivian wants to learn to be fearless in the kitchen. Christine Cushing pays her a visit, samples Vivian’s inedible French toast and prepares herself for hard work. After a visit with a chocolate artisan for inspiration and a dinner challenge of making crepes for 150 people, Vivian is set to astound her family with her kitchen bravado.

Niecy Nash and her team of experts help a stay-at-home Mom regain her pre-parenthood creative hobbies and bring her hard-working husband closer to his family by redecorating the dining room and family room and re-organizing the kitchen.

Niecy Nash and her team of experts give two women and their two developmentally challenged sons the calm, uncluttered home the boys need in order to thrive. They re-decorate the dining room, turn a junk- filled catchall room into a bedroom for one boy, and re-organize the other boy's room.

Niecy Nash and her team of experts bring this bickering couple together by giving each one the room they want: a living room for the hard-working Mom and a "dude room" in the garage for her husband. Plus, they give the whole family the storage space they need.

Jeff loses trust in the contractors at his Buena Park job and decides to micro manage everything in order to protect his client. In the meantime, he also scores a huge remodeling job with a major Hollywood stylist, but gets more than he bargained for with this new client.

Things seem to be falling apart in the Jeff Lewis household and just as Jeff thinks he has it all under control, one employee commits the ultimate act of betrayal. Hilarity ensues as Jenni tries to help pick up the pieces. With all these bumps in the road, Jeff seeks out a Feng Shui expert to gain some clarity in light of the recent chaos.

Blunt and straightforward, Tabatha travels across the country, takes over various failing establishments, and whips them into shape from the ground up. For one week, Tabatha sequesters the keys, becomes the boss, and brings her unapologetic, brutally honest opinion and experience to businesses.

Blunt and straightforward, Tabatha travels across the country, takes over various failing establishments, and whips them into shape from the ground up. For one week, Tabatha sequesters the keys, becomes the boss, and brings her unapologetic, brutally honest opinion and experience to businesses.

The Dance Moms go ballistic when Abby choreographs a flashy private eye number complete with guns. After Christi and Kelly catch Jill chatting up a former Dance Mom, they're determined to expose her as a studio hopper. Maddie finds herself on the bottom of the pyramid for the very first time and is determined to dance her way back on top.

After weeks of battling with Abby's Dance Moms, Jill studio hops to Cathy's Candy Apples. But...Abby and her ALDC dance team don't find out about Jill switching studios until they arrive at the competition where they discover that Kendall is going head to head against Nia...who for the very first time made it to the top of Abby's pyramid.

Judy and Mick have lived in their home for over 40 years. They have a beautiful backyard and a deck that has seen better days. Now that they have five grandchildren who spend the summers at their home, they want to re-vamp their space into something that the whole family can enjoy. Paul decides to start from scratch and replace their old deck with a three-level space that has a bbq area, a sit-down bar, a dining space, a huge lounge with a sectional sofa, a fire table and a gorgeous cedar pergola overhead. After 40 years Judy and Mick will have the family space they’ve always dreamed of.

Anne and Dave love their home, but they’re ready for a new deck. The deck has some sentimental value because Dave built it 20 years ago with Anne’s father. Paul decides to try and keep some of Dave’s original structure but gives the deck a facelift – plus a few extra touches. In this episode we see a deck completely transformed into an entertainer’s dream. There’s a bbq area with built-in counters, a lounge zone that looks out over the pool and a spectacular circular enclosed dining area with stone clad walls and a cedar roof. Dave and Anne get to keep a piece of the past while having a completely new space for their family’s future.