8.9/1014 votesLoading...#1 - Hae-joon’s Birthday
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2024
With Hae-joon’s birthday around the corner, San-ha and Hae-joon get into a big fight. To help them reconcile, Ju-won plans to take them to a rail bike. However, many misunderstandings develop as Ju-won collapses from a cold, and rumours between Dal and Hae-joon spread at the school. Meanwhile, everyone gets ready as Yi-hyun plans to join the birthday party.
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8.4/1012 votesLoading...#2 - Visit from Hae-joon’s Mom
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/2024
Hae-joon’s mother, Seo-hyun, unexpectedly visits Yoon’s Kalguksu to repay her debt, leaving Jung Jae puzzled as to what to do with it. Meanwhile, So-hee goes missing after leaving home to meet San-ha. Her disappearance reignites the unresolved conflict between Moo-sung and Jeong-hee, resulting in San-ha's decision to distance himself from the family.
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8.2/1023 votesLoading...#3 - Two Fathers
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2024
A man visits Hae-joon at school and reveals that he is Hae-joon's birth father. Although Hae-joon is initially speechless, he feels relieved to learn that his father has not abandoned him. To find out more about his father, he and San-ha talk with Aunt Yi-hyun to gain insight into his father's character before meeting him in person and uncovering the reasons for his sudden return after all these years.
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8.0/106 votesLoading...#4 - Leaving the Countryside
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/2024
San-ha stays in Seoul to look after his step-sister while his mother recovers from surgery. Ju-won goes to Seoul alone to surprise him without telling the rest of the family. Meanwhile back at home, Jeong-jae collapses from overworking, scaring everyone, especially Hae-joon, who makes up his mind about going to the US.
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7.9/1018 votesLoading...#5 - One Family Name
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2024
After growing up together as a family, Ju-won, San-ha, and Hae-joon go to high school together. San-ha and Hae-joon are hot with the girls, causing Ju-won to deal with the onslaught of requests from the girls to deliver their love message to them. Meanwhile, Ju-won longs to live under one family name through adoption, which the others think is absurd. Later, Hae-joon catches a suspicious man taking photos of him.
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7.9/1021 votesLoading...#6 - An Unwelcome Visitor
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2024
Ju-won feels exhilarated about going on a date with a boy who is good-looking and smart, but she soon gets disappointed by what he says to her. San-ha and his father are upset by an unwelcome visitor who reminds San-ha of memories he doesn’t want to recall. A surprise present from Hae-joon’s biological father brings about a conflict between Hae-joon and his colleague.
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7.9/107 votesLoading...#7 - The Basketball Game
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/2024
Hae-joon finds out that his mother had come to pay back her debt, but did not stay long enough to see him. After CSAT, misunderstandings between San-ha, Ju-won, Hae-joon, and Dal build up as they are clueless about each other’s true feelings. Meanwhile, Hae-joon’s birth father watches his son’s basketball game and suggests he study further in the US.
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6.9/1033 votesLoading...#8 - Ju-won, San-ha, and Hae-joon Meet
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2024
A family of three moves into the Oryun Mansion Complex, and Ju-won meets San-ha, the brother she always wanted, for the first time. Despite Ju-won's eager wish to get to know him, San-ha has trouble accepting her due to his family's situation. Meanwhile, San-ha's father meets Kang Seo-hyun, a single mother with a son named Hae-joon.
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The Best Episodes of Family by Choice
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A youth romance about two men and woman who aren't blood related but treated each other as family during their teens and how they meet...
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Network:JTBC
Best Episodes Summary
"Hae-joon’s Birthday" is the best rated episode of "Family by Choice". It scored 8.9/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/23/2024. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Visit from Hae-joon’s Mom".