Series

Spouse for House

2014 · 2 seasons · 24 episodes · Ended · MediaCorp Channel 5

Comedy

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A newlywed Singaporean couple adjust to life after marriage and a mortgage, yet at the same time grappling with well-meaning but intrusive parents, siblings and friends.

Episodes

  • S01E01I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)2014-02-1122m

    John and Jessica discover they barely know each other but, at their wedding, make a vow to stay together in order to keep the house they have bought.

  • S01E02She Works Hard for Her Money2014-02-1822m

    John and Jessica settle down in their new BTO flat but Soo Leng threatens to move in too because she has a stake in the house she helped to pay 15% of the flat's down payment. To pay Soo Leng back, John takes up several jobs with Kai's help.

  • S01E03The Key2014-02-2523m

    Soo Leng and Vanessa come over uninvited to John and Jessicas home, invading their privacy and driving them up the wall. Meanwhile, Kok Wee is unwell and stays home instead of accompanying Soo Leng out. Is he really ill or is he up to something?

  • S01E04Would I Lie to You?2014-03-0423m

    John wonders what to get Jessica for their anniversary when he realises that Jessica had given one of his previous gifts away. As they squabble over the lies they've told each other, John and Jessica decide that they will tell the truth, and nothing but the truth, from now on.

  • S01E05The Murse2014-03-1123m

    John buys a brand new guitar while Jessica makes an expensive purchase of her own, and their indiscriminate spending leads to a home crisis. Vanessa joins a dating service that uses scientific algorithms to find her potential soul mate. Will she meet Mr. Right and escape from her miserable singlehood?

  • S01E06Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?2014-03-1822m

    Soo Leng institutes a new family tradition of weekly Saturday dinners, much to Jessica's chagrin. Meanwhile, Victoria's gluttony gets the better of her when people mistake her for being pregnant.

  • S01E07The Great Pretender2014-03-2523m

    At a gig with his band, John is mistaken for a playboy and receives a violent dressing-down - no thanks to Kai. Meanwhile, Vanessa dates an older man who lavishes her with expensive jewellery.

  • S01E08Pole Dancing2014-04-0123m

    In an effort to better bond with her daughter-in-law, Soo Leng signs herself and Jessica up for a pole dancing class. Meanwhile, John takes over managerial duties at the cafe and Kok Wee becomes his employee, but hes not exactly employee-of-the-month material.

  • S01E09My Own Worst Frenemy2014-04-0823m

    Jessica's mum, Doris, visits Singapore and stays over, forcing John and Jessica to sleep in the same bedroom. John finds out that Doris' birthday is coming and he starts planning a birthday celebration but Jessica refuses to join in. Vanessa bumps into a cute guy at the bookshop and her love life looks promising again.

  • S01E10Return of the Doris2014-04-1523m

    Jessica's mum, Doris, visits Singapore and stays over, forcing John and Jessica to sleep in the same bedroom. John finds out that Doris' birthday is coming and he starts planning a birthday celebration but Jessica refuses to join in. Vanessa bumps into a cute guy at the bookshop and her love life looks promising again.

  • S01E11Revenge of the Nerds2014-04-2223m

    Jessica runs into an old JC schoolmate, Nelson, who has become rich and successful and hasn't forgotten that Jessica broke his heart all these years ago. Meanwhile, John is talent scouted by an agent who tells him he could have been a bigger star if he had met him earlier. John and Jessica wonder if their lives would have been much better had they never met and got married.

  • S01E12Baby One More Time2014-04-2923m

    Soo Leng is eager to have a grandchild and she pressures Jessica and John to sign up for a Baby-Making workshop. Meanwhile, Kai's stalker is back, and he enlists Vanessa's help yet again to get rid of her.

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