19 Kids & Counting

2008 • TLC

4.6

2.37K reviews

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Season 8 episodes (15)

1 Tokyo, Japan

3/12/13

The Duggars are heading out on the trip of a lifetime...their first visit to Asia! Their first stop is Tokyo. Watch as the family enjoys a traditional Japanese breakfast mastering chopsticks, navigate the crowded streets of Tokyo, and learn to make sushi!

2 Kyoto, Japan

3/19/13

The family wraps up their last day in Tokyo appearing as guests on a Japanese morning show, and later, are challenged to a goldfish catching competition. Then it's off to Kyoto where the boys learn to be samurais and the girls try on kimonos.

3 Bejing, China

3/26/13

The Duggars finish their Asia trip in Bejjing, China. Watch the family struggle to navigate the city's subway system to Tiananmen Square, explore the Great Wall of China, and visit a local orphanage. Plus, one family member shares a surprise secret.

4 Baby On the Way

4/2/13

Back from their big trip to Asia, Anna invites the entire Duggar family over for a themed dinner that will reveal her big surprise! But for a meal this big, she recruits Cousin Amy for help. And Jill and Jana jump right into work as midwives.

5 Duggar Weight Loss Challenge

4/9/13

Jim Bob and Josh decide to take their health more seriously and challenge each other to see who can lose the most weight in 90 days. Meanwhile, Jason and the boys construct a greenhouse in the backyard for some homegrown fun.

6 Things Are Changing

4/9/13

Jim Bob and Josh get the results from their physicals, and they're in for some shocking news! Can Michelle and Anna keep them motivated to improve their health? And a visit from Anna's sister Prescilla, spurs Josh and Anna to look for a roomier home.

7 Pushups & Planting

4/16/13

Jim Bob and Josh are in for a rude awakening when they meet their new trainer, who gives them the toughest workout of their lives. Meanwhile, Jill and Jana's midwifery skills are put to the test when one of their clients goes into labor.

8 Coffee & Caricatures

4/16/13

Jessa and Jinger volunteer at a local coffee shop and have no idea what's in store. With Jinger being a big coffee fan, will she drink more than she sells? And Jackson and Johannah are drawing caricatures to collect funds for Josh and Anna's baby gift.

9 Duggars Take Flight

4/23/13

For his 18th birthday, Joseph leaves home for the first time to train with an emergency rescue team. Meanwhile, John David is one step closer to his pilot license when he flys Joseph to his boot camp. And Steve checks in on Josh and Jim Bob's weightloss.

10 Love & Marriage

4/30/13

For the first time, Jim Bob and Michelle talk candidly about marriage, babies and everything in between as they head off to a marriage retreat to build on their strong relationship. Meanwhile, can Gandma hold down the fort back home while they are away?

11 Dinner for Forty

5/7/13

The Duggar household fills up fast when trainer Steve's family, along with Pastor Howard and his family come by for a super-sized dinner. We check in with Joseph on his emergency rescue training boot camp. And, Michael finally moves into his own room.

12 A Surgery & A Secret

5/7/13

Jim Bob and Josh are hurting as trainer Steve puts them through their toughest workout yet. Meanwhile, Jordyn gets her tonsils removed, and Josh and Anna go in for an ultrasound that will reveal the baby gender, but only one person will know the results.

13 Decisions & Deliveries

5/14/13

Josh is presented with a job opportunity 1,200 miles away and decide to seek guidance from Jim Bob and Michelle. Jana and Jill's client goes into labor and 9 weeks away from home, the family attends Joseph's boot camp graduation.

14 Duggars Get Physical

5/14/13

Josh and Anna head down to Florida to visit Anna's family and meet the latest family addition, her newborn nephew Paul. And after several weeks of training, trainer Steve pushes Jim Bob and Josh to their max, all leading up to the final weigh-in.

15 Baby Gender Reveal & the Final Weigh In

5/21/13

Josh and Anna are caught off guard when the whole family visits Restoration Church where Pastor Howard reveals some baby secret news! Plus after 90-days of training, a Duggar weight loss champ is crowned. And Josh and Anna reveal a life changing decision.

About this show

The Duggar family may be the best-known large family in history. Famous around the world for having 18 children, this brood draws attention and questions wherever they go. And, with mom Michelle and father Jim Bob barely in their forties, there's a good chance the family will grow even larger before their baby-birthing days are done!

Ratings and reviews

4.6

2.37K reviews

Timothy W

May 29, 2013

Unnecessary to have this many kids. Its not 1700 where you constantly reproduce because your kid has a 15% chance to live to 18. Older children forced to care for the younger because moms too busy getting knocked up. Thats a great childhood there. Force her to get an abortion. Terrible people like these two need force sterilization and prison time. Where is your god now?

47 people found this review helpful

A Google user

October 6, 2012

..having this many kids is CRAZY!! I wouldn't be able to pick out that many names, let alone give birth that many times. But I must say it is refreshing to see that Jim Bob and Michelle don't mistreat their children and that the kids aren't spoiled brats. There is a lot of love in that family, and that is a huge missing element in families today. God bless them.

22 people found this review helpful

Brooke Thompson

April 30, 2015

I love watching this show. And this is why I spent the $30 for the season pass. Yet the episodes are available on other websites like Amazon long before the episodes appear on Google Play. this happened all season and I am now regretting buying it on google play. I just don't understand why it takes so long for google to post the episodes but not other sites. I wish I could get a refund with how long I have to wait to watch new episodes.

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