For four months, The Family Affair captured life as it happens in four middle class families in the region. The result: a truthful portrayal of changing norms and values in Asia.

In this episode, the families' lives are turned upside down when the grandparent visits.

In China, an argument over how to raise the only child in the family rocks the Yu household. Father An Yu believes in giving their daughter more extra currciular classes, but grandma Li Shuqing insists that play time is also important.

In South Korea, husband Lee Younghee is racked with guilt over sending his grandfather to a nursing home. He vows to care for his own aging parents, but the real responsbility will fall on his wife Hana. But she is pushed to breaking point, and wants to unshackle herself from the burdens of family duties.

Grandfather Babaji Sharan insists on having a great grandchild, his fourth and last ladder to heaven as Indians believe. It drives grandson Niraj into guilt -- but could this finally motivate him to go out on a date?

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