I have no idea how or why this happened but I now watch a lot of HGTV. This isn’t particularly strange I suppose. Many of you do too I’m sure, but until recently I had been a very vocal hater of all things HGTV. In high school and college I would practically go into apoplectic shock when my mother would have the channel on. Granted she tended to have it on day and night but that’s not the point.
Ten years ago the sight of some random man sodding a lawn and ripping out a wall would have resulted in me having a sudden fit of exaggerated yawns followed by a string of impatient and rude comments, but now it just elicits excited exclamations. I regret to inform you that I find myself saying wistful things like, “I wish we had a house.” or “Why can’t I have a wine fridge?” to CK with big puppy dog eyes.
Lately, my favorite HGTV show has been season three of Marriage Under Construction. It was simply EPIC. CK and I ate it up with a fork and knife. This show follows a newly married couple as they renovate their home under the professional guidance of a designer. The end result being the home of their dreams. This season featured the coolest Canadians ever. Rodney and Natalie Bowers are the ultimate couple friends you wish you had. Rod is a chef and Natalie works somewhere cool like Lululemon. I may have made that part up though. I feel like I read it once upon a time while I was googling their names, but now I can’t seem to find it.
Anyway, all stalker-like behavior aside, Rod and Natalie hire this hot shot designer named Melissa to redo their monstrosity of a fixer upper. Melissa seems to always wear really cool boots and a gorgeous amethyst ring that I covet wholeheartedly. Then she creates these magical visions from crappy old spaces in this house that turn rooms into the Toronto version of the Taj Mahal. Probably 98% of the outcome of this house was exactly my aesthetic.
Not only was the house spectacular but following Rod and Nat’s adventures in renovation was a blast. I just loved how they interacted with one another and I really enjoyed how genuine and real their relationship seemed. Rod had CK and I doubled over in laughter on more than one occasion with his on camera hi-jinx.
Sounds awesome right?! Well it was. That is until HGTV stopped airing it several episodes before the series ended. In the US we’ve been left high and dry and apparently I’m never going to find out how Rod and Natalie’s gourmet kitchen and nursery turn out. You know, only the best parts of the whole house!
I’m more than a little annoyed with the whole thing. They’ve even pretty much removed all mention of the show from the HGTV website. You can still view a bit more info on the Canadian site. All-in-all I find this to be incredibly shoddy behavior. At least burn off the last few episodes at some point so we can see what happens! I NEED to see this kitchen. Anyone have any hints on how I might be able to do this? And yes, before you say it I’ve already checked the torrent sites without any luck.
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I want to see the last episodes!!!!!!
I feel the same way! I was wondering if they were just taking a couple weeks off but no. No mention of it anywhere.
Yes, me too!! And there is no mention of it anywhere on the internet or by HGTV. My thought was the baby came early, so they took some time off from filming. Then, I saw evidence of the finished nursery and was so bummed. This was one of the HGTV shows the hubs and I agreed on.
The show already aired the entire 3rd seson from January until Mid-May 2010. What you must have been watching was their re-broadcasts, and they must have decided to stop airing them.
It was a great season, and I hope they decide to re-run it but it doesn’t look like it.
My suggestion would be to try and find it via torrents somewhere online.
If you can access hgtv.ca, you can watch full episodes from Season 3 including both episodes about the kitchen the episode featuring the nursery. Go to Video, then “Full Episodes” and select the show. Good luck! Rod and Natalie are fantastic. I wish the season would have gone on for even longer.
Hey guys – Looks like you can catch the missing episodes on the Video section of the HGTV CA website: http://www.hgtv.ca/video/
me too.
me too;
p.o.’d they left us hanging there with a glass of wine
from those awesome coolers in one hand and a spatula
in the other because they were about to begin in rodny’s kitchen
tired of house hunters
same reruns of holmes
and i was not able to view the shows via hgtv.ca/….
I just found the last two episodes at the US HGTV site: http://www.hgtv.com/marriage-under-construction/show/index.html
We were so disappointed that they didn’t air them! Glad to see them on the web site, at least. The nursery episode was especially fun to watch.
Seriously what is wrong with HGTV?! here’s a great show, don’t you wish you could see the rest of it? Just a tease! Like I really care to watch more house hunters and my first place, so bored. I’d be happy if they put on more Sarah Richardson too. Thank god for soccer.
I miss them and wish they had their own show (hint,hint)… an update or something. Never did see the last of it.
I love Rod & Nat. I want them to have their own show. just stuff about Cheffing.maybe some recipes. And Nat can regale us with how to raise a first baby and lots of stuff about everyday life in Canada.
Starting July 20, 2011, you can see Rodney on The Delinquent Gourmet on HGTV
I thought my attachement to Rod and Nat was a bit odd, but now I see I am not alone. Somehow they really had me buying into their reno and their lives. Hope you ‘U.S.’rs’ find the last episodes – that kitchen is the bomb! No, REALLY!!! I would love to see them have a show of their own – somehow I think the 2 of them could re-write “Reality TV”. I miss them! Would love to see more of the baby.
Ok, so i was just googling Rod and Nat b/c i have a friend crush on them and came across your website. They are airing the show now in the US on friday mornings at 7:30 am i believe. Perhaps if you are still interested, they will finish out the season in this round. They just finished the backyard on today’s episode.
What the hell? Where are Rodney and Nat?