22 Kids and Counting: Season 5, Episode 1

5 - 1: Dreams Don't Always Come True

In the first episode, excitement is building in Morecambe as Noel and Sue prepare to move to their dream home, and Casper lands a prestigious Premier League trial - can he make the grade?

Noel and Sue have long dreamt of one of their 22 kids becoming a superstar so when 11 year old Casper has his heart set on playing football for Liverpool, Noel tries to make this big dream a reality by arranging a trial with Premier League scouts.

But despite Professor Max training up his younger brother with his guaranteed-not-to-fail fitness techniques, Casper fails to make the grade with the football scouts, leaving Noel to break the heartbreaking news.

But in the midst of this, Sue's dream of a big country home comes crashing down, when their chain collapses leaving daughter Chloe to comfort her distraught Mum and remind her of all that they already have.

So with dreams dashed, the family rally round to support each other make new ones. And rising from the ashes, Casper, with the help of his Dad, manages to land a new football team. A new team, and with it, a new dream.