This series is a great watch with your family! I loved this series it is dramatic and emotional, you'll love all the characters and feel their pain (the good and the bad ones) yes it is some what long series having a-lot of episodes but it won't be addressing the same issues and the same plot, so you'll live with them as their life will get bigger, the cast is so well chosen and so are the locations that match the story's events.... love it and recommend it!
