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June 2020
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 school play.
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.
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.
After Benjamin takes the initiative and forces the family into group therapy, their no-nonsense counsellor Sandra suggests Danny takes the children off Jenny on weekends. That way, Jenny can see Danny being engaged with parenthood for once, and Jenny can get much-needed time to herself. Meanwhile, Benjamin is distressed to...
After Andrew moves out with Danny, a heartbroken and catatonic Jenny finds herself caught in the throes of a deep depression. As her illness becomes more severe, Benjamin tries to cheer his mother up by inviting her best - and possibly only - friend from Malaysia, the mysterious Aunty Rose. But when Rose reveals her true c...
Jenny and Danny's twentieth wedding anniversary looms before them, and in an unfortunate bit of timing, Candy and Wayne have also started their own wedding arrangements via a perky Save the Date video - much to Jenny and Danny’s shared displeasure. Meanwhile, Benjamin - who sees Candy and Wayne’s nuptials are making Jenny ...
New years mark new beginnings, but new beginnings aren’t always pain free – as a newly brace-faced Benjamin is discovering. Post-divorce, Danny seems to be a huge success after opening his new Chinese grocery store. And although she is happy for Danny, Jenny – feeling wistful – begins to over-invest in Benjamin’s personal ...
Jenny reveals she’s changed back to her maiden name by deed poll without consulting the family, leaving Danny appalled: their kids share that name. However, it turns out this is only the first step in Jenny’s self-help quest to discover her true self and identity. As it becomes clear the children don’t take her journey ser...
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, which compromises his own ability to perform at rehearsals for the school play.
February 2020
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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 Jenny and Danny into letting him go, but encounters a Jenny-shaped roadblock in his way, ...
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When Jenny rear-ends the car of a fellow parent at the school drop-off, she expects there’ll be hell to pay. Instead, Jenny is 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...
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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 escap...
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With the middle school 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. Things aren’t going great for Jenny either. After seeing Pete out at the shops, ...
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Benjamin battles with his feelings towards Klaus after a drama exercise with his handsome nemesis leaves him tense in all the wrong places. Meanwhile, Jenny battles with her own feelings.
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Aunty Maisy and Daisy crash Jenny’s kitchen with a problem: Aunty Maisy’s son has come out as gay and it’s the end of her world. Ben overhears the exchange, and worries Jenny may also be homophobic.
December 2018
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This is the story of a quirky Chinese-Australian family on the Sunshine Coast over the course of a long hot summer, as told by 14-year old Benjamin, slightly self-obsessed with aspirations to be famous despite his severe lack of talent. For the Law family, all communication can lead to misunderstanding and unlikely comedy ...
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It’s been a week since Jenny kicked Danny out, and things are tense in the Law household in the lead-up to Christmas. As Benjamin struggles to put together the tree (usually Danny’s responsibility), Jenny tries to lift the mood by being upbeat, but it’s clear Tammy is still resentful towards Jenny for how things have turne...
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Andrew’s 18th birthday is coming up, and Jenny - with Benjamin’s help - is determined to throw him the perfect party. Only problem is, Andrew really doesn’t want Jenny and Benjamin meddling. Meanwhile, Benjamin - demoralised by his lack of auditions - is heartened by getting a promotional job through Beryl Streep - involvi...
January 2016
Expired
Don't miss Episode 3 of The Family Law Thursday 28 January 8:30pm on SBS.
December 2015
Expired
Stick by each other of The Family Law was broadcast by SBS ONE on Saturday 5 December 2015 at 13:00.
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