The Family Law

The Family Law

Ended First aired 14/Jan/2016 AU English 3 season(s) 18 episode(s)
Comedy
Through the eyes of 14-year-old Benjamin, and set over the course of a long, hot, Queensland summer, the Law family navigate a series of sometimes disastrous events which become memorable milestones, and serve as a reminder that at the end of the day family can sometimes feel more like a sentence than a choice.
Watch Trailer View Episodes
Login to Track
Improve / Add
Edit Show Details Add New Season Add Show Cast Add Show Crew

Episode Time in Your Timezone

See when new episodes air in your local time.

Air Time

Source: Australia/Sydney · Your timezone: America/New_York

When does the episode air near you?

The episode airs in your local time New York - United States at:

6:30 AM on Saturday
Notice: This scheduled time is based on: /8:30 PM/Australia/Sydney/Saturday.

Show Insights

See how viewers feel about this show before you start watching.

TimeScore 33% Skip It
Binge Meter 48% Slow Burn
Episode Pulse Quiet 40% activity score
Drop Rate 0% Very Low

Scores are based on audience votes, watchlist activity, episode progress, and viewer behavior on EpisodeTime.

Seasons & Episodes

Browse episodes by season.

Season 3 · Season 3
6 episode(s) · Air date: 12/Jan/2019
Improve Season
Edit Season Details Add New Episode Add Season Cast Add Season Crew
Season Overview

--

S3E6
Number One Gay Son
Air date: 26/Jan/2019 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

Aunty Maisy and Daisy crash Jenny's kitchen with a crisis: Maisy's son has come out and it's the end of her world. Benjamin overhears, and convinces himself that Jenny is homophobic. Resentful, he throws himself into the task of winning the upcoming talent quest while blocking his mother out, deciding now isn't the time to come out and that it may never be.

Summary

Aunty Maisy and Daisy crash Jenny's kitchen with a crisis: Maisy's son has come out and it's the end of her world. Benjamin overhears, and convinces himself that Jenny is homophobic. Resentful, he throws himself into the task of winning the upcoming talent quest while blocking his mother out, deciding now isn't the time to come out and that it may never be.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S3E5
Panic Stations
Air date: 26/Jan/2019 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

Benjamin wrestles with his feelings towards Klaus after a drama exercise with his handsome nemesis leaves him all tense in all the wrong places. Elsewhere, Jenny battles her own anxieties after Pete calls out of the blue to ask her out to dinner.

Summary

Benjamin wrestles with his feelings towards Klaus after a drama exercise with his handsome nemesis leaves him all tense in all the wrong places. Elsewhere, Jenny battles her own anxieties after Pete calls out of the blue to ask her out to dinner.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S3E4
Dancing in the Dark
Air date: 19/Jan/2019 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

With the big dance around the corner, Benjamin is pumped. He and Melissa have been workshopping matching outfits for years and finally have the chance to bring their vision to life. Except for one hitch: Melissa’s already got a date. Meanwhile, after seeing Pete at the shops, seemingly already happy with another woman, Jenny decides to put herself out on the market and takes up internet dating.

Summary

With the big dance around the corner, Benjamin is pumped. He and Melissa have been workshopping matching outfits for years and finally have the chance to bring their vision to life. Except for one hitch: Melissa’s already got a date. Meanwhile, after seeing Pete at the shops, seemingly already happy with another woman, Jenny decides to put herself out on the market and takes up internet dating.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S3E3
Painfully Camp
Air date: 19/Jan/2019 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

Benjamin struggles with a crippling addiction to spying on Klaus pumping iron across the road, and is riddled with anxiety over what it means. So when Candy and Wayne announce over lunch that they’re taking everyone camping, Benjamin – to everyone’s horror – is a bundle of enthusiasm, seeing this as an opportunity to escape temptation.

Summary

Benjamin struggles with a crippling addiction to spying on Klaus pumping iron across the road, and is riddled with anxiety over what it means. So when Candy and Wayne announce over lunch that they’re taking everyone camping, Benjamin – to everyone’s horror – is a bundle of enthusiasm, seeing this as an opportunity to escape temptation.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S3E2
Close Encounters of the Male Kind
Air date: 12/Jan/2019 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

When Jenny rear-ends the car of a fellow parent at drop-off, she expect there'll be hell to pay. Instead, she's pleasantly surprised to discover the driver is handsome, confident, manly, and would like her number – not for insurance purposes. Later at school, Benjamin has a huffy encounter with Simmo, who now has his sights set on making Benjamin's school life a living misery.

Summary

When Jenny rear-ends the car of a fellow parent at drop-off, she expect there'll be hell to pay. Instead, she's pleasantly surprised to discover the driver is handsome, confident, manly, and would like her number – not for insurance purposes. Later at school, Benjamin has a huffy encounter with Simmo, who now has his sights set on making Benjamin's school life a living misery.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S3E1
Ready for This
Air date: 12/Jan/2019 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

During a particularly harrowing sex ed module, Melissa and Benjamin excitedly scheme to get into a Year 12 party where there'll be booze and – more importantly for Melissa – boys. Despite his reservations, Benjamin tries to sweet-talk his parents into letting him go, but encounters a Jenny-shaped roadblock, insisting Benjamin is still too young for Aussie teen parties where drinking and fingering is abundant.

Summary

During a particularly harrowing sex ed module, Melissa and Benjamin excitedly scheme to get into a Year 12 party where there'll be booze and – more importantly for Melissa – boys. Despite his reservations, Benjamin tries to sweet-talk his parents into letting him go, but encounters a Jenny-shaped roadblock, insisting Benjamin is still too young for Aussie teen parties where drinking and fingering is abundant.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
Season 2 · Season 2
6 episode(s) · Air date: 15/Jun/2017
Improve Season
Edit Season Details Add New Episode Add Season Cast Add Season Crew
Season Overview

--

S2E6
Matters of the Heart
Air date: 20/Jul/2017 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

After Danny is hospitalised – buckling under the overwhelming pressures of running a business by himself, providing for his family and starting a new relationship – Jenny and Benjamin make discoveries that ensure the family Law will never be the same again.

Summary

After Danny is hospitalised – buckling under the overwhelming pressures of running a business by himself, providing for his family and starting a new relationship – Jenny and Benjamin make discoveries that ensure the family Law will never be the same again.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S2E5
Money, Money, Money
Air date: 13/Jul/2017 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

After the family car breaks down, Jenny is forced to confront her lack of financial independence, and Benjamin and Melissa come to blows about his commitment to the play.

Summary

After the family car breaks down, Jenny is forced to confront her lack of financial independence, and Benjamin and Melissa come to blows about his commitment to the play.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S2E4
The Family Kerr
Air date: 06/Jul/2017 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

After Candy and Wayne ask Benjamin to be their 'man of honour', he tasks himself with the job of delivering a perfect wedding. An unexpected gift from Wayne's parents, a property in Mt Isa, sets off a showdown between Candy and Jenny that could jeopardise everything. Wedding included.

Summary

After Candy and Wayne ask Benjamin to be their 'man of honour', he tasks himself with the job of delivering a perfect wedding. An unexpected gift from Wayne's parents, a property in Mt Isa, sets off a showdown between Candy and Jenny that could jeopardise everything. Wedding included.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S2E3
Adult Education
Air date: 22/Jun/2017 · Time: 20:35 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

After Benjamin discovers Danny in the arms of a new woman, he goes out of his way to help an oblivious Jenny find a new man, compromising his own ability to participate in play rehearsals.

Summary

After Benjamin discovers Danny in the arms of a new woman, he goes out of his way to help an oblivious Jenny find a new man, compromising his own ability to participate in play rehearsals.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S2E2
Help Yourself
Air date: 15/Jun/2017 · Time: 21:05 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

As Jenny delves into the world of self-help, Benjamin auditions for the lead in the school production of Medea. Jenny, not being taken seriously, comes to blows with Danny over the realities of co-parenting.

Summary

As Jenny delves into the world of self-help, Benjamin auditions for the lead in the school production of Medea. Jenny, not being taken seriously, comes to blows with Danny over the realities of co-parenting.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S2E1
New Beginnings
Air date: 15/Jun/2017 · Time: 20:35 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

After a summer to remember, Jenny and Danny have amicably parted ways, and a wiser, more mature Benjamin now understands that sometimes, parents just work better apart. After Jenny sees how well Danny is doing post-divorce, she overinvests in Benjamin’s campaign to become middle school captain but overshoots the mark, triggering a rupture in their relationship and unearthing uncomfortable truths about her place in the world.

Summary

After a summer to remember, Jenny and Danny have amicably parted ways, and a wiser, more mature Benjamin now understands that sometimes, parents just work better apart. After Jenny sees how well Danny is doing post-divorce, she overinvests in Benjamin’s campaign to become middle school captain but overshoots the mark, triggering a rupture in their relationship and unearthing uncomfortable truths about her place in the world.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
Season 1 · Season 1
6 episode(s) · Air date: 14/Jan/2016
Improve Season
Edit Season Details Add New Episode Add Season Cast Add Season Crew
Season Overview

--

S1E6
Love Is in the Air
Air date: 18/Feb/2016 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

Worried about Jenny’s lack of enthusiasm towards her marriage, Benjamin instigates a performance to cheer her up, but this time, Danny and Jenny have a plan of their own.

Summary

Worried about Jenny’s lack of enthusiasm towards her marriage, Benjamin instigates a performance to cheer her up, but this time, Danny and Jenny have a plan of their own.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S1E5
Everything's Coming Up Roses
Air date: 11/Feb/2016 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

Benjamin tries to cheer up his mother by inviting her best – and possibly only – friend from Malaysia, Aunty Rose. But when Rose reveals her true colours, Benjamin summons his siblings to save Jenny.

Summary

Benjamin tries to cheer up his mother by inviting her best – and possibly only – friend from Malaysia, Aunty Rose. But when Rose reveals her true colours, Benjamin summons his siblings to save Jenny.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S1E4
Birthday Bash
Air date: 04/Feb/2016 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

Benjamin seeks revenge on Andrew by giving Jenny the wrong idea about what to do for his eighteenth birthday party but no one foresees the impact that an innocent novelty erotic cake will have on the family forever.

Summary

Benjamin seeks revenge on Andrew by giving Jenny the wrong idea about what to do for his eighteenth birthday party but no one foresees the impact that an innocent novelty erotic cake will have on the family forever.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S1E3
Asians Gone Wild
Air date: 28/Jan/2016 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

Benjamin takes initiative, forcing the family into group therapy, which results in a weekend trip to the zoo with Danny that spirals out of control.

Summary

Benjamin takes initiative, forcing the family into group therapy, which results in a weekend trip to the zoo with Danny that spirals out of control.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S1E2
Tra-la-la-la-Law
Air date: 21/Jan/2016 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

The family is shocked to meet Candy’s secret boyfriend Wayne, and Benjamin puts it on himself to pull off the perfect Christmas lunch for the family. However, the turkey dinner offers up more than any of them planned.

Summary

The family is shocked to meet Candy’s secret boyfriend Wayne, and Benjamin puts it on himself to pull off the perfect Christmas lunch for the family. However, the turkey dinner offers up more than any of them planned.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open
S1E1
Queensland's Got Talent
Air date: 14/Jan/2016 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

14-year-old Benjamin Law tries to mend his parents' broken marriage by encouraging his father Danny to be more engaged with the family through his end-of-year talent show, but with disastrous results.

Summary

14-year-old Benjamin Law tries to mend his parents' broken marriage by encouraging his father Danny to be more engaged with the family through his end-of-year talent show, but with disastrous results.

✎ Edit
Contribute
Edit Episode Details Add Guest Cast Add Episode Crew
Open

Cast

Main cast members.

Add Cast
Trystan Go
Trystan Go
Benjamin Law
Fiona Choi
Fiona Choi
Jenny Law
Shuang Hu
Shuang Hu
Candy Law
Anthony Brandon Wong
Anthony Brandon Wong
Danny Law
George Zhao
George Zhao
Andrew Law
Karina Lee
Karina Lee
Tammy Law
Vivian Wei
Vivian Wei
Michelle Law
Kimie Tsukakoshi
Kimie Tsukakoshi
Heidi Thomson
Bethany Whitmore
Bethany Whitmore
Melissa
Sam Cotton
Sam Cotton
Wayne
Takaya Honda
Takaya Honda
Klaus Thomson
Hugh Parker
Hugh Parker
Mallory Mallory
Diana Lin Xiaojie
Diana Lin Xiaojie
Maisy
Loretta Kung
Loretta Kung
Daisy
Jing Xuan Chan
Jing Xuan Chan
Ming-Zhu
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Pete
Andrew Buchanan
Andrew Buchanan
Anders Thomson
Rumi Kikuchi
Rumi Kikuchi
Kumi Thomson

Crew

Creators, directors, writers, and production crew.

Add Crew
No Photo
Geraldine Tartan
Art Direction
No Photo
Lauren Ann Evans
Art Direction
No Photo
Jo Briscoe
Production Design
No Photo
Michelle McGahey
Production Design
No Photo
Roslyn Durnford
Production Design
No Photo
Charlie Shelley
Set Decoration
No Photo
Emile Oliver
Set Decoration
Aaron McLisky
Aaron McLisky
Director of Photography
No Photo
Eric Murray Lui
Director of Photography
No Photo
Monica O'Brien
Costume Design
Ben Chessell
Ben Chessell
Director
No Photo
Jonathan Brough
Director

Similar TV Shows

Community picks and smart matches based on genre, network, country, and language.

Smart picks
The Unusual Suspects The Unusual Suspects Matched by details Robbie Hood Robbie Hood Matched by details The Wizards of Aus The Wizards of Aus Matched by details Life Support Life Support Matched by details Pizza Pizza Matched by details East West 101 East West 101 Matched by details Latecomers Latecomers Matched by details Molly and Cara Molly and Cara Matched by details Dr. Champ Dr. Champ Matched by details Planet Lulin Planet Lulin Matched by details Barbie: A Touch of Magic Barbie: A Touch of Magic Matched by details Born to Spy Born to Spy Matched by details

Suggest a Similar Show

Login to suggest similar TV shows.

User Reviews & Ratings

Audience score, review cards, votes, comments, and watch activity.

+ Review
★ 0.0 0 review(s)
No ratings yet.
Watch Activity
Watching0
Completed0
Dropped0
Not Interested0
Watched Episode0
Season Rating Chart

Season Rating Chart

Average rating from all episode ratings in each season.

No episode ratings yet. Rate episodes below to build this chart.
Top Rated Episodes

Top Rated Episodes

Episodes ranked by audience rating.

No top episodes yet.
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this show.
My Rating

My Rating

What did you think of The Family Law?

Login to Review