List of The Fosters episodes
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The Fosters is an American drama series which aired on Freeform (formerly ABC Family) from June 3, 2013, to June 6, 2018.
A total of 104 episodes were broadcast over five seasons.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2013–14)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Timothy Busfield | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | June 3, 2013 | 1.42[1] |
| 2 | 2 | "Consequently" | Timothy Busfield | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | June 10, 2013 | 1.70[2] |
| 3 | 3 | "Hostile Acts" | Melanie Mayron | David Ehrman | June 17, 2013 | 1.25[3] |
| 4 | 4 | "Quinceañera" | Joanna Kerns | Joanna Johnson | June 24, 2013 | 1.89[4] |
| 5 | 5 | "The Morning After" | Bethany Rooney | Paul Sciarrotta | July 1, 2013 | 1.78[5] |
| 6 | 6 | "Saturday" | Norman Buckley | Marissa Jo Cerar | July 8, 2013 | 1.77[6] |
| 7 | 7 | "The Fallout" | Jeff Melman | Story by : Zoila Amelia Galeano Teleplay by : Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | July 15, 2013 | 1.79[7] |
| 8 | 8 | "Clean" | Millicent Shelton | Story by : David Ehrman & Paul Sciarrotta Teleplay by : David Ehrman | July 22, 2013 | 1.89[8] |
| 9 | 9 | "Vigil" | David Paymer | Joanna Johnson | July 29, 2013 | 1.87[9] |
| 10 | 10 | "I Do" | James Hayman | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | August 5, 2013 | 2.07[10] |
| 11 | 11 | "The Honeymoon" | James Hayman | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | January 13, 2014 | 1.92[11] |
| 12 | 12 | "House and Home" | Martha Mitchell | Joanna Johnson | January 20, 2014 | 2.14[12] |
| 13 | 13 | "Things Unsaid" | Joanna Kerns | Marissa Jo Cerar | January 27, 2014 | 1.88[13] |
| 14 | 14 | "Family Day" | Elodie Keene | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | February 3, 2014 | 1.80[14] |
| 15 | 15 | "Padre" | Millicent Shelton | Story by : Tamara P. Carter Teleplay by : Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | February 10, 2014 | 1.83[15] |
| 16 | 16 | "Us Against the World" | Lee Rose | Kelly Fullerton | February 17, 2014 | 1.68[16] |
| 17 | 17 | "Kids in the Hall" | Michael Grossman | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | February 24, 2014 | 1.48[17] |
| 18 | 18 | "Escapes and Reversals" | Melanie Mayron | Story by : Joanna Johnson Teleplay by : Thomas Higgins | March 3, 2014 | 1.51[18] |
| 19 | 19 | "Don't Let Go" | Zetna Fuentes | Story by : Marissa Jo Cerar & Zoila Amelia Galeano Teleplay by : Kelly Fullerton & Marissa Jo Cerar | March 10, 2014 | 1.21[19] |
| 20 | 20 | "Metropolis" | Martha Mitchell | Joanna Johnson | March 17, 2014 | 1.20[20] |
| 21 | 21 | "Adoption Day" | Norman Buckley | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | March 24, 2014 | 1.29[21] |
Season 2 (2014–15)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | "Things Unknown" | Norman Buckley | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | June 16, 2014 | 1.47[22] |
| 23 | 2 | "Take Me Out" | Elodie Keene | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | June 23, 2014 | 1.45[23] |
| 24 | 3 | "Play" | Martha Mitchell | Thomas Higgins | June 30, 2014 | 1.37[24] |
| 25 | 4 | "Say Something" | Zetna Fuentes | Kathleen McGhee-Anderson | July 7, 2014 | 1.42[25] |
| 26 | 5 | "Truth Be Told" | Ron Lagomarsino | Kelly Fullerton | July 14, 2014 | 1.61[26] |
| 27 | 6 | "Mother" | Lee Rose | Joanna Johnson | July 21, 2014 | 1.51[27] |
| 28 | 7 | "The Longest Day" | Nzingha Stewart | Marissa Jo Cerar | July 28, 2014 | 1.44[28] |
| 29 | 8 | "Girls Reunited" | Daisy Mayer | Story by : Joanna Johnson Teleplay by : Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | August 4, 2014 | 1.38[29] |
| 30 | 9 | "Leaky Faucets" | Lee Rose | Story by : Cristian Martinez Teleplay by : Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | August 11, 2014 | 1.35[30] |
| 31 | 10 | "Someone's Little Sister" | Norman Buckley | Joanna Johnson | August 18, 2014 | 1.48[31] |
| 32 | 11 | "Christmas Past" | Norman Buckley | Joanna Johnson | December 8, 2014 | 1.93[32] |
| 33 | 12 | "Over Under" | Peter Paige | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | January 19, 2015 | 1.45[33] |
| 34 | 13 | "Stay" | Elodie Keene | Marissa Jo Cerar | January 26, 2015 | 1.20[34] |
| 35 | 14 | "Mother Nature" | Martha Mitchell | Thomas Higgins | February 2, 2015 | 1.26[35] |
| 36 | 15 | "Light of Day" | Ron Lagomarsino | Wade Solomon & Megan Lynn | February 9, 2015 | 1.24[36] |
| 37 | 16 | "If You Only Knew" | Aprill Winney | Kelly Fullerton | February 16, 2015 | 1.28[37] |
| 38 | 17 | "The Silence She Keeps" | Melanie Mayron | Cristian Martinez & Dan Richter | February 23, 2015 | 1.25[38] |
| 39 | 18 | "Now Hear This" | Rob Morrow | Thomas Higgins | March 2, 2015 | 1.23[39] |
| 40 | 19 | "Justify the Means" | Jay Karas | Joanna Johnson | March 9, 2015 | 1.14[40] |
| 41 | 20 | "Not That Kind of Girl" | Lee Rose | Story by : Kris Q. Rehl Teleplay by : Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | March 16, 2015 | 1.32[41] |
| 42 | 21 | "The End of the Beginning" | Zetna Fuentes | Joanna Johnson and Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | March 23, 2015 | 1.45[42] |
Season 3 (2015–16)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 1 | "Wreckage" | Peter Paige | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | June 8, 2015 | 1.26[43] |
| 44 | 2 | "Father's Day" | Aprill Winney | Joanna Johnson | June 15, 2015 | 0.97[44] |
| 45 | 3 | "Déjà Vu" | Charlie Stratton | Thomas Higgins | June 22, 2015 | 1.00[45] |
| 46 | 4 | "More Than Words" | Daisy Mayer | Marissa Jo Cerar | June 29, 2015 | 1.18[46] |
| 47 | 5 | "Going South" | Elodie Keene | Michael MacLennan | July 6, 2015 | 1.30[47] |
| 48 | 6 | "It's My Party" | Kees Van Oostrum | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | July 13, 2015 | 1.30[48] |
| 49 | 7 | "Faith, Hope, Love" | Jann Turner | Cristian Martinez & Kris Q. Rehl | July 20, 2015 | 1.33[49] |
| 50 | 8 | "Daughters" | Chandra Wilson | Elle Johnson | August 3, 2015 | 1.23[50] |
| 51 | 9 | "Idyllwild" | Joanna Johnson | Joanna Johnson | August 10, 2015 | 1.06[51] |
| 52 | 10 | "Lucky" | Peter Paige | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | August 17, 2015 | 1.24[52] |
| 53 | 11 | "First Impressions" | Peter Paige | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | January 25, 2016 | 1.05[53] |
| 54 | 12 | "Mixed Messages" | Rich Newey | Thomas Higgins | February 1, 2016 | 0.79[54] |
| 55 | 13 | "If and When" | Elodie Keene | Anne Meredith | February 8, 2016 | 0.84[55] |
| 56 | 14 | "Under Water" | Ron Lagomarsino | Joanna Johnson | February 15, 2016 | 0.81[56] |
| 57 | 15 | "Minor Offenses" | Rob Morrow | Michael MacLennan | February 22, 2016 | 0.79[57] |
| 58 | 16 | "EQ" | Anne Renton | Anne Meredith | February 29, 2016 | 0.67[58] |
| 59 | 17 | "Sixteen" | Elodie Keene | Marissa Jo Cerar | March 7, 2016 | 0.84[59] |
| 60 | 18 | "Rehearsal" | Norman Buckley | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | March 14, 2016 | 0.73[60] |
| 61 | 19 | "The Show" | Bradley Bredeweg | Story by : Joanna Johnson Teleplay by : Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | March 21, 2016 | 0.80[61] |
| 62 | 20 | "Kingdom Come" | Joanna Johnson | Story by : Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige Teleplay by : Joanna Johnson | March 28, 2016 | 0.77[62] |
Season 4 (2016–17)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 1 | "Potential Energy" | Rob Morrow | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | June 20, 2016 | 0.91[63] |
| 64 | 2 | "Safe" | Rob Morrow | Joanna Johnson | June 27, 2016 | 1.05[64] |
| 65 | 3 | "Trust" | Elodie Keene | Anne Meredith | July 11, 2016 | 0.80[65] |
| 66 | 4 | "Now for Then" | Silas Howard | Constance M. Burge | July 18, 2016 | 0.82[66] |
| 67 | 5 | "Forty" | Velvet Andrews Smith | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | July 25, 2016 | 0.84[67] |
| 68 | 6 | "Justify" | Kelli Williams | Cristian Martinez | August 1, 2016 | 0.93[68] |
| 69 | 7 | "Highs and Lows" | Chandra Wilson | Kris Q. Rehl | August 8, 2016 | 0.80[69] |
| 70 | 8 | "Girl Code" | Aprill Winney | Story by : Dan Richter Teleplay by : Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | August 15, 2016 | 0.88[70] |
| 71 | 9 | "New York" | Joanna Johnson | Joanna Johnson | August 22, 2016 | 0.88[71] |
| 72 | 10 | "Collateral Damage" | Peter Paige | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | August 29, 2016 | 0.99[72] |
| 73 | 11 | "Insult to Injury" | Rob Morrow | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | January 31, 2017 | 0.92[73] |
| 74 | 12 | "Dream a Little Dream" | Rob Morrow | Joanna Johnson | February 7, 2017 | 0.67[74] |
| 75 | 13 | "Cruel and Unusual" | Norman Buckley | Anne Meredith | February 14, 2017 | 0.76[75] |
| 76 | 14 | "Doors and Windows" | Susan Flannery | Constance M. Burge | February 21, 2017 | 0.73[76] |
| 77 | 15 | "Sex Ed" | Michael Medico | Kris Q. Rehl | February 28, 2017 | 0.66[77] |
| 78 | 16 | "The Long Haul" | Bradley Bredeweg | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | March 14, 2017 | 0.71[78] |
| 79 | 17 | "Diamond in the Rough" | Lily Mariye | Cristian Martinez | March 21, 2017 | 0.69[79] |
| 80 | 18 | "Dirty Laundry" | Laura Nisbet Peters | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | March 28, 2017 | 0.69[80] |
| 81 | 19 | "Who Knows" | Joanna Johnson | Joanna Johnson | April 4, 2017 | 0.62[81] |
| 82 | 20 | "Until Tomorrow" | Peter Paige | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | April 11, 2017 | 0.72[82] |
Season 5 (2017–18)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 1 | "Resist" | Peter Paige | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | July 11, 2017 | 0.87[83] |
| 84 | 2 | "Exterminate Her" | Danny Nucci | Joanna Johnson | July 18, 2017 | 0.69[84] |
| 85 | 3 | "Contact" | Aprill Winney | Anne Meredith | July 25, 2017 | 0.76[85] |
| 86 | 4 | "Too Fast, Too Furious" | Tate Donovan | Cristian Martinez | August 1, 2017 | 0.66[86] |
| 87 | 5 | "Telling" | Anne Renton | Kris Q. Rehl | August 8, 2017 | 0.69[87] |
| 88 | 6 | "Welcome to the Jungler" | Kelli Williams | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | August 15, 2017 | 0.61[88] |
| 89 | 7 | "Chasing Waterfalls" | Chandra Wilson | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | August 22, 2017 | 0.58[89] |
| 90 | 8 | "Engaged" | Kees Van Oostrum | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | August 29, 2017 | 0.58[90] |
| 91 | 9 | "Prom" | Joanna Johnson | Joanna Johnson | September 5, 2017 | 0.74[91] |
| 92 | 10 | "Sanctuary" | Rob Morrow | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | January 9, 2018 | 0.52[92] |
| 93 | 11 | "Invisible" | Laura Nisbet Peters | Story by : Kimberly Ndombe Teleplay by : Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | January 16, 2018 | 0.70[93] |
| 94 | 12 | "#IWasMadeInAmerica" | Lee Rose | Anne Meredith | January 23, 2018 | 0.62[94] |
| 95 | 13 | "Line in the Sand" | Cheryl Dunye | Dan Richter | January 30, 2018 | 0.56[95] |
| 96 | 14 | "Scars" | Kelli Williams | Cristian Martinez & Kris Q. Rehl | February 6, 2018 | 0.57[96] |
| 97 | 15 | "Mother's Day" | Bradley Bredeweg | Joanna Johnson | February 13, 2018 | 0.52[97] |
| 98 | 16 | "Giving Up the Ghost" | Michael Medico | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | February 27, 2018 | 0.54[98] |
| 99 | 17 | "Makeover" | Laura Nisbet Peters | Cristian Martinez & Kris Q. Rehl | March 6, 2018 | 0.50[99] |
| 100 | 18 | "Just Say Yes" | Joanna Johnson | Joanna Johnson | March 13, 2018 | 0.53[100] |
| 101 | 19 | "Many Roads" | Peter Paige | Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige | March 13, 2018 | 0.48[100] |
| 102 | 20 | "Meet the Fosters" | Michael Medico | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | June 4, 2018 | 0.63[101] |
| 103 | 21 | "Turks & Caicos" | Joanna Johnson | Joanna Johnson | June 5, 2018 | 0.61[102] |
| 104 | 22 | "Where the Heart Is" | Joanna Johnson | Joanna Johnson | June 6, 2018 | 0.63[103] |
Webisodes
The Fosters: Girls United
At the start of the second part of the first season of The Fosters, a five-episode web series called The Fosters: Girls United was confirmed by ABC Family. It stars Maia Mitchell, Daffany Clark, Cherinda Kincherlow, Annamarie Kenoyer, Alicia Sixtos, Hayley Kiyoko, and Angela Gibbs. Girls United premiered on ABC Family's official YouTube account on February 3, 2014.[104] Each episode runs approximately 5 minutes long.
| No. | Title | Originally posted | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Run Baby Run" | February 3, 2014 | |
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Gabi goes missing and Girls United counselor, Michelle, calls a meeting to ask if the girls know anything about where she may have run off to. | |||
| 2 | "Stab in the Back" | February 3, 2014 | |
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The girls discuss who of them can be pregnant. | |||
| 3 | "Got Your Back" | February 3, 2014 | |
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Callie and Kiara share some mutual secrets. Callie also discovers that Becka harms herself with a knife. | |||
| 4 | "Scorpion Kings" | February 3, 2014 | |
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Gabi's father visits the Girls United home for some information about Gabi. | |||
| 5 | "United We Stand" | February 3, 2014 | |
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Gabi comes back and reveals she went away because she has HIV. | |||
Ratings
The Fosters : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research[105]
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 1 | 1.42 | 1.70 | 1.25 | 1.89 | 1.78 | 1.77 | 1.79 | 1.89 | 1.87 | 2.07 | 1.92 | 2.14 | 1.88 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.68 | 1.48 | 1.51 | 1.21 | 1.20 | 1.29 | – | 1.68 | |
| 2 | 1.47 | 1.45 | 1.37 | 1.42 | 1.61 | 1.51 | 1.44 | 1.38 | 1.35 | 1.48 | 1.93 | 1.45 | 1.20 | 1.26 | 1.24 | 1.28 | 1.25 | 1.23 | 1.14 | 1.32 | 1.45 | – | 1.39 | |
| 3 | 1.26 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 1.18 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.33 | 1.23 | 1.06 | 1.24 | 1.05 | 0.79 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.67 | 0.84 | 0.73 | 0.80 | 0.77 | – | 1.00 | ||
| 4 | 0.91 | 1.05 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.93 | 0.80 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.99 | 0.92 | 0.67 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.62 | 0.72 | – | 0.80 | ||
| 5 | 0.87 | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.74 | 0.52 | 0.70 | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.48 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.62 | |