List of Upper Middle Bogan episodes

The following is an episode list of the Australian comedy series Upper Middle Bogan, there are currently 16 episodes.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release
			Season premiere	Season finale	Region 4
	1	8	15 August 2013	3 October 2013	18 September 2013[1]
	2	8	16 October 2014	4 December 2014	26 November 2014[2]

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Australian viewers
1	1	"I'm a Swan"	Wayne Hope[3]	Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope[3]	15 August 2013	0.927[4]
Middle-class woman, Bess Denyar, discovers she's adopted. She's shocked to find her birth parents head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs.
2	2	"Forefathers and Two Mothers"	Wayne Hope[3]	Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope[3]	22 August 2013	0.861[5]
Bess is angry at Margaret for lying to her all these years and decides to concentrate on getting to know her biological parents. However, becoming one big family could take longer than hoped.
3	3	"Your Roots Are Showing"	Wayne Hope[3]	Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope[3]	29 August 2013	0.823[6]
Wayne and Julie give Bess a ride in a V8 Supercar to make up for all the birthdays they've missed. Bess is trying hard to please everyone, but is no longer sure where she belongs.
4	4	"Picture Perfect"	Tony Martin[3]	Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope (story)[3] Tony Martin (teleplay)[3]	5 September 2013	0.881[7]
Bess arranges a lunch for her two mothers, which doesn't go quite as planned. Julie feels terrible for giving Bess up for adoption and presents her with a rather unusual gift.
5	5	"No Angel"	Wayne Hope[3]	Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope (story)[3] Gary McCaffrie (teleplay)[3]	12 September 2013	0.687[8]
Danny is devastated when Edwina wants to quit the bassoon after relentless bullying at school. She makes everything alright at a music concert where she plays in a way no one expects.
6	6	"Behind You!"	Tony Martin[3]	Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope (story)[3] Gary McCaffrie and Robyn Butler (teleplay)[3]	19 September 2013	0.698[9]
After backing into another car, Wayne is forced to take a driving test. At work, Bess has a bullying issue and Wayne offers to come to her rescue – unaware she may also come to his.
7	7	"Don't Over Think It"	Tony Martin[3]	Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope (story)[3] Tony Martin (teleplay)[3]	26 September 2013	0.673[10]
Angry with Margaret for not taking her diabetes seriously, Bess sets up training sessions with newly qualified Brianna. Margaret reluctantly agrees, but is surprised at the outcome.
8	8	"Nationals"	Wayne Hope[3]	Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope[3]	3 October 2013	0.602[11]
Bess and her family support Team Wheeler at the drag racing championships. Bess tries to solve engine problems, however the aftermath is filled with fury.

Season 2 (2014)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Australian viewers
9	1	"Hot But Cold"	Wayne Hope[12]	Robyn Butler[12]	16 October 2014	0.719[13]
Bess develops some trust and abandonment issues as she continues to struggle with the adoption discovery and thinks Danny is either lying to her or going to leave her. However, Danny is just busy working on his new passive cooling system to avoid using the air conditioner.
10	2	"Let's Talk About Sex"	Wayne Hope[12]	Trent Roberts[12]	23 October 2014	0.645[14]
After the Brights attend sex education night at school, Oscar is keen to learn all about sex. Bess and Danny argue about their own sex life, which Danny feels has been interrupted ever since they met the Wheelers. Wayne and Julie offer Bess and Danny some sex advice and encourage them to undertake the Seven Days of Sex Challenge.
11	3	"Bonds and Stocks"	Tony Martin[12]	Robyn Butler and Kirsty Fisher[12]	30 October 2014	0.530[15]
Bess tries to find some family bonding hobbies for her own family because she's worried that they don't have any like the Wheelers do. Meanwhile, Julie discovers on familypedigree.com that Wayne is a descendant of rich relatives and the Wheelers set out to find them.
12	4	"I Dream of Broccolini"	Wayne Hope[12]	Alix Beane, Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope[12]	6 November 2014	0.589[16]
Shawn offers to compete against Team Wheeler's arch rivals the Amentas at the junior drag racing. Bess is delighted to involve her family into helping Team Wheeler until Edwina develops a crush on the junior Amenta boy BJ.
13	5	"Occupation Hazards"	Wayne Hope[12]	Robyn Butler[12]	13 November 2014	0.604[17]
After Amber applies for a big promotion at the bank and misses out because of a snooty interviewer on the panel, Julie discovers that Margaret knows the snooty interviewer and gets her to put in a good word for Amber. Meanwhile, Bess is getting sick of the frequent medical-related visits from the Wheelers.
14	6	"Twothirties"	Tony Martin[12]	Robyn Butler[12]	20 November 2014	0.585[18]
Wayne buys Julie an expensive diamond necklace for their 30th wedding anniversary, but when he suddenly gets a toothache, Wayne cannot afford the dentist. He tries to hide his toothache by avoiding Julie, who becomes increasingly suspicious. Meanwhile, Bess is worried about buying Wayne and Julie's present as she wants to get them the right thing.
15	7	"All You Can Eat"	Tony Martin[12]	Tony Martin[12]	27 November 2014	0.596[19]
When Danny lets Shawn do work experience with him, Danny feels embarrassed by his middle class lifestyle due to the constant interruptions of the cleaners, gardeners and wine deliveries. Meanwhile, after Margaret's doctor advises her to find a dog to walk every day, Julie and Bess give her an abandoned greyhound which is later kidnapped.
16	8	"Jules in the Crown"	Wayne Hope[12]	Trent Roberts[12]	4 December 2014	0.590[20]
After a sports presenter on TV talks about Julie being too old to race, she decides to quit and sells the Wheelers' dragster to help them get out of debt. Julie goes to stay with Bess after the Wheelers are furious with her for selling the dragster. Margaret and the Wheelers team up to help get Julie out of the Brights' home and back into her own home.

References

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