Family by Choice Episode 8 brings some intense emotional scenes that leave fans in tears as the trio goes their separate ways. With heartbreaking scenes that look into San-ha and Hae-jun’s inner turmoil, and Joo-won’s loneliness, be prepared with a box of tissues. The episode does bring a few happy moments as well, but the family that brought us happiness these last three weeks finally breaks as the trio enters adulthood.
Family by Choice (조립식 가족) tells the story of a family formed by bonds of love rather than those of blood. Two fathers come together to care for their three children who share the bond of love as they grow up together. While life isn’t always smooth for the trio, and feelings of love make their way within them, the family is always ready to face everything together. Starring Hwang In-youp, Jung Chae-yeon, Bae Hyeon-seong, Seo Ji-hye, Choi Won-young, Choi Moo-sung, the drama is available to stream on Viki.
Episode 8 enters the arc we had all been dreading as Ju-won faces a loneliness she had forgotten for years. Having finally gotten over wanting the same surname, she is once again struck with the reality that she didn’t want to face. As she witnesses the boys leave her alone, it is not just her whose heart is breaking at this point.
As one fan writes, “reality hits juwon so hard that sanha has a “real family” to stay beside and take care of she felt like he isn’t her oppa anymore and became someone else’s oppa her inner child is hurting now that she will let him go😭 #FamilyByChoice#FamilyByChoiceEp8”
“i am typically feeling sad for juwon. all of a sudden she will have nothing. the two people she used to tell everything will be gone. the family she tried to hold together so dearly are going back to their REAL ONES. #FamilyByChoice #FamilyByChoiceEp7 #FamilyByChoiceEp8” writes another fan.
Meanwhile, seeing the two boys fight when they realise they are both leaving her behind shows a struggle that only they know of. They both know each other’s feelings during this time but they both cannot stay back. As they fight to make the other stay, they both fail and only end up with letting Ju-won know of this truth in the worst way possible.
On the other hand, Hae-jun and Jung-jae have also contributed to this week’s heartbreak as our beloved father-son duo separate. The conversation between the two and Jung-jae seeing his failure in letting Hae-jun know that he is no burden absolutely breaks our hearts. The two actors bring about a fabulous performance in this scene and take over the spotlight with their emotions.
“my heart hurts so much for haejun. He always lived his life feeling like a burden, and now he believes he has to leave to lessen his dad’s burden even tho all he wants to do is stay. This scene made me cry so hard :(( #FamilyByChoice #FamilyByChoiceEp8” comments another fan.
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Altogether, it’s heartbreaking to see the boys being forced to grow up so soon while Ju-won, who is left behind, has to grow up with them. The trio is separating and accepting adulthood a little too early and as viewers this is not something we wanted from their sunshine group. But the story has to move on and we can only wait for them to meet again.
“why does the world have to be so cruel to them :”) this is all too much😭 Sanha has to live with his shitty mom, haejun has to leave with his opportunistic dad & they’ll feel guilty leaving juwon #FamilyByChoice#FamilyByChoiceEp8” and yes, we are crying for them too.
With this, let’s move on to the reactions of fans on X (formerly known as Twitter) as they discuss the episode with other fans.
Family by Choice Episode 8 Fan Reactions on X!
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