‘Family By Choice’ Is The Feel-Good Series That Is Like Therapy For Your Soul

Family By Choice draws you in with all the playful, feel-good elements of favorites like The Parent Trap, Full House, and Clueless and then blindsides you with a freight train of emotional complexity, depth, and self-awareness that makes you feel like you went through years of therapy with each character.

After a blind date takes an unbelievable twist, widower Yoon Jeong-jae takes in Kang Hae-jun, the son of the woman he just met and knows hardly anything about. Meanwhile his own daughter, Ju-won, is obsessed with the new neighbor boy who just moved in above them, Kim San-ha, who is the son of a police chief and a mother who blames him for the death of his younger sister.

When San-ha’s mother abandons the family, the two neighbors and single fathers, Yoon Jeong-jae and Kim Dae-wook, decide to share the burden of raising all three children together, forming an unconventional family structure that neighbors, classmates, and bystanders don’t fully comprehend.

The series examines how shared trauma affects each member of the family over a span of several years and the steps they must take to communicate and overcome their insecurities and grief. It’s definitely a must-watch for anyone who doesn’t shy away from big feelings.