Mean Mums

When Jess's only son starts school it's a big learning curve, for Jess. She's thrown into a world of know-it-all, judgmental, passive aggressive women whose primary purpose is to promote their child as the most gifted, most brilliant and most bestest child ever. And let's not even start on the teachers. Joining the Junior Fundraising Committee to help establish hersel... Read all

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Morgana O'Reilly , Anna Jullienne , Aroha Rawson , Allan Henry , Goeretti Chadwick , Eddie Waspe , Maddie Smith , Manu Powell , Bronwyn Bradley , Sonny Tupu , Cori Gonzalez-Macuer , Italia Hunt , Bailey Wong , Hweiling Ow , Bree Peters , Alex Tarrant , Nikki Si'ulepa , Michelle Kenyon

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Sausage Fest

Tue, Jul 16, 2019

A primary school sausage sizzle descends into chaos, and the newly formed Junior Fundraising Committee must work together to save the day and the sausages.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ When Nits Hit the Fan

Tue, Jul 23, 2019

The mums are forced to contain an outbreak of nits only to discover it may have been caused by one of their own.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ A Day at the Races

Tue, Jul 30, 2019

It's school athletics day and the Junior Fundraising Committee are running a coffee cart. Unfortunately they have some competition from the Senior Fundraising Committee, and when resident mean mum Beth makes a bet with Heather that Jess can't beat a Commonwealth Games medalist, the game is on.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Non-Refundable Gift

Tue, Aug 6, 2019

Jess decides to give her son a helping hand with his homework. Regrettably the help is a little too good and Ryan is offered a spot in the gifted class. Now Jess must decide whether to keep up with the pretense or come clean.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Ballad of Ratchie McClaw

Tue, Aug 13, 2019

When Jess accidentally loses the school rat long-held grudges are exposed and embarrassing childhood secrets revealed.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ You Bake Me Crazy

Tue, Aug 20, 2019

The fundraising bake sale is thrown into disarray when a cool mum threatens Jess and Heather's friendship.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Nothing Trivial

Tue, Aug 27, 2019

The annual quiz night is almost a disaster when Jess accidentally loses the grand prize. Luckily the Principal saves the day with a replacement that's too good to be true. Meanwhile, Jess is keen to prove she's not as dumb as Heather thinks she looks, Heather's desperate to win the greatest prize in history and Hine wants to make the most of a night without kids.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ We're All in This Together

Tue, Sep 3, 2019

The Junior Fundraising Committee reluctantly accepts corporate sponsorship to reach their fundraising goal but is the price too high?

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1

Tue, Sep 15, 2020

Jess, Heather and Hine want to get back on the Fundraising Committee, but when Jess can't get on the school email list the day turns into chaos.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Jess and the Great Tooth Caper

Tue, Sep 22, 2020

Jess loses her son's tooth (literally), Heather deals with student protesters led by caretaker Freddy, while Hine tries to hide her son's birthday lollipops from the inexplicably popular school dental nurse.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ When Did Kids Sports Stop Being Fun?

Tue, Sep 29, 2020

When the referee for her son's soccer game goes into labour Jess is forced to take her place. Heather must defeat a sideline bully while Hine tries to watch all five of her boys' games at once.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Giving the Gift of Failure

Tue, Oct 6, 2020

Jess's son draws a horrifying picture that his teacher bafflingly displays, Heather learns the shocking truth about her daughter at her Parent Teacher Conference forcing Hine to teach her how to be a chill mum.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Hell is other people's children

Tue, Oct 13, 2020

Jess is stuck with the most useless kid in class for the school field trip, Heather struggles with her competitive side and Hine tries being a mean mum, and quite enjoys it.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6

Wed, Apr 8, 2020

Jess becomes a meme mum after an embarrassing incident. Now she must prove to the school she's a responsible fundraiser

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7

Tue, Oct 27, 2020

Things get complicated when Jess accidentally wins the school raffle and Hine plays cupid between Jess and the principal

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8

Tue, Nov 3, 2020

When one stubborn mum refuses to contribute to the end of year class gift Jess is forced to harness in her mean mum.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Episode #3.1

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

It's school photo day at Kate Sheppard Primary. Unfortunately, Jess thought it was Crazy Hair Day and her son has blue hair. Now, she must use her mum superpowers to save the day.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Episode #3.2

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

When her son isn't invited to a classmate's birthday party Jess can't believe it. Is her son not as popular as she thinks? She decides to take matters into her own hands with disastrous results.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Episode #3.3

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

Ryan reads a story to his class about three awesome volunteer mums and the bake sale from hell. The story stars Jess, Heather and Hine and may or may not be based on real events.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Episode #3.4

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

After a series of unfortunate events Jess and Ryan are running late for school. They must navigate walking bus issues, caffeine deficiencies and some casual trespassing to make it to school on time

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Episode #3.5

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

Jess accidentally joins a new school committee but there's one problem, she has no idea what they actually do. Unfortunately, after pretending she knows, Jess lies come back to haunt her.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Episode #3.6

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

Jess must navigate her son's primary school world filled with other mothers keen on advancing their children's futures.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Episode #3.7

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

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8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Episode #3.8

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

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