Series synopsis
The Family Law is an Australian comedy television series that premiered on SBS on January 14, 2016. It ended on January 26, 2019. It was created by Benjamin Law. It stars Trystan Go, Fiona Choi, Shuang Hu and Anthony Brandon Wong.
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.
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Trystan Go as Benjamin Law
- Fiona Choi as Jenny Law
- Shuang Hu as Candy Law
- Anthony Brandon Wong as Danny Law
- George Zhao as Andrew Law
- Karina Lee as Tammy Law
- Vivian Wei as Michelle Law
- Kimie Tsukakoshi as Heidi Thomson
Supporting cast
- Bethany Whitmore as Melissa
- Sam Cotton as Wayne
Guest cast
- Takaya Honda as Klaus Thomson
- Hugh Parker as Mallory Mallory
- Diana Lin Xiaojie as Maisy
- Loretta Kung as Daisy
- Jing Xuan Chan as Ming-Zhu
- Jeremy Lindsay Taylor as Pete
- Andrew Buchanan as Anders Thomson
- Rumi Kikuchi as Kumi Thomson
- Erika Heynatz as Diane
- Caroline Kennison as Beryl Streep
- Genevieve Morris as Lorraine
- Paul Gleeson as Gary
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 18 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | January 14, 2016 | February 18, 2016 |
| Season 2 | 6 | June 15, 2017 | July 20, 2017 |
| Season 3 | 6 | January 12, 2019 | January 26, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Queensland's Got Talent 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. |
January 14, 2016 |
| 2 |
Tra-la-la-la-Law 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. |
January 21, 2016 |
| 3 |
Asians Gone Wild 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. |
January 28, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
New Beginnings 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. |
June 15, 2017 |
| 2 |
Help Yourself 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. |
June 15, 2017 |
| 3 |
Adult Education 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. |
June 22, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ready for This 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. |
January 12, 2019 |
| 2 |
Close Encounters of the Male Kind 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. |
January 12, 2019 |
| 3 |
Painfully Camp 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. |
January 19, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | SBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 14, 2016 |
| Last aired | January 26, 2019 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 20:30:00 |