India, Nov. 30 -- Dysfunctional families and their messy dynamics have been explored extensively on the big screen, from Kapoor & Sons to Dil Dhadakne Do and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. 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.

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...