A sincere look at therapy, trauma which needed crisper narrative

Dysfunctional families and their messy dynamics have been mined plenty on the big screen, from Kapoor and Sons to Dil Dhadakne Do. Now imagine these families walking into a therapist's office together. That is the hook of Perfect Family. The question is whether the show has enough depth to stretch that clever one liner into an entire series.

- Rishabh Suri

The story follows a Punjabi family, the Karkarias: the parents played by Manoj and Seema Pahwa, their son and daughter in law essayed by Gulshan Devaiah and Girija Oak Godbole, their married daughter Kaveri Seth, and a pair of grandkids. When the granddaughter suffers an anxiety attack at school because of the constant bickering at home, the entire clan is pushed into group therapy.

Created by Palak Bhambri, the series begins on an intriguing note. It asks a simple but loaded question: how much of a child’s mental health is shaped by the emotional chaos of adults?