本剧讲述一位外貌平庸，不断遇上困难的单身母亲饱受社会冷待，如何奋发向前，与共同扶持的朋友，最终能走向光明的生活。本剧融合了《我系金三珣》的疯狂搞笑和《师奶真抵钖》的感人伦理。《我爱丑八怪》刻划了一位抚养患有罕见疾病的孩子的坚强单身”丑”妈妈，如可奋斗成为乐坛天后。剧集以搞笑剧情，塑造了不同于以往韩剧的“丑八怪”女主角秦彩莲──她没有美丽娇媚的外貌，只是一个以最积极的人生态度面对现实的女人。由于年龄及外表的限制，令到拥有一把甜美声线的她被埋没了。她在努力抚养儿子时，郄没有放弃唱歌的梦想，最终能以动人的歌声，树立另类的歌唱形象，成功站在台前，彻底证明丑女也可以大发雌威。　　此剧除了树立一名坚强单身”丑”妈妈的形象之外，全剧剧情张力亦十足，布局巧妙。开首即以女主角彩莲在毫不知情下，让一直想与妻子离婚的经理人公司老板东柱灌醉，然后上演了一出被记者捉奸在床的戏，以逼前妻彻底放弃婚姻，更因前妻一句「如果与这样的女人结婚，她便会同意离婚。」的说话，而和彩莲订立契约婚姻。另一方面，与彩莲一同长大的朋友浩泰亦因此跟随她来到首尔，四个人跌进感情旋涡，最后发现原来四人早已冥冥相系，此次相遇为大家带来新的改变，重新领悟生活的快乐。

After the father of her son leaves her high and dry, Kazuko gives her child up for adoption and takes a job at a hot spring resort, watching her son being raised by the owner of a tea shop.

The four best friends are confident, smart, having fun, discussing men, relationships and sex. But they're also taking care of kids, or they just had kids, or they're pregnant. Sara has a nice ass, so she started taking pictures of it and living in the world of social media. Hedvika lives in a bit of a golden cage, her workaholic husband isn't home much, so it's no wonder she's charmed by the young busker David. Zuzana, after her break-up with Kamil, is penniless, just a worked-up and hurried mother of two. Slovak immigrant Eliska, on the other hand, has a great boyfriend, unbearable parents, is pregnant and is sick of everything.

Aldona is the single mother of a daughter, Miglė, who is soon to become a mother herself.​When Miglė comes to visit for the weekend during the last days of her pregnancy, Aldona tries to show how much she cares, but instead starts to control her daughter. Step by step, Aldona pushes the boundaries between the two, until she crosses the line.

In Cambodia, a sudden law criminalizes surrogacy, and 32 women are arrested, forced to raise the children they gave birth to for others. In Italy, a bill that makes surrogacy a universal crime threatens the intended parents who have relied on it. And Lia, the daughter of two fathers born through that practice, asserts her right to exist. Mothers weaves together three stories that reveal how control over women’s bodies becomes the ground on which everyone’s freedom is contested.

Based on the novel by Teodora Dimova, the series shows the lives of six families and the relationships between children and parents.

The story of two women, one French and the other German, who fight for a child who has been mistakenly taken by the Germans after a bomb raid.

Adele Dayton, a famous actress, visits her daughter, Mildred, whom she left with relatives as an infant. Her guardians, Mazie and John, permit the visit provided Adele conceals her relationship from Mildred. While Adele is there, she unintentionally attracts the admiration of Mildred's sweetheart, aspiring playwright David Starke, when she helps him sell one of his plays to a Broadway producer. David goes to New York city to open the play, neglecting Mildred. On opening night Mildred visits Adele and finds her in an embrace with David; she upbraids Adele for stealing David's affection from her and returns to her home in Massachusetts. Realizing she has hurt her own daughter, Adele sacrifices her love for David, snubbing him with a cold shoulder, he soon returns to Mildred and they marry.

Mitsu Tamura (Kyoka Suzuki) is the mother of 7 sons. Her sons are sent to the battlefield and 6 of her sons die on the battlefield. To mend her broken heart, she talks to 7 paulownia trees which she planted whenever one of her sons left for the battlefield.

《杜鹃之巢》是韩国KBS自2014年6月3日起播出的新日日连续剧。该剧由《红宝石戒指》的编剧黄顺英执笔，郭基元导演执导，旨在延续KBS TV晚间每日剧的人气，开启全新全盛时代。女主角张瑞希曾在《人鱼小姐》《妻子的诱惑》等热门韩剧中展现超强表演魅力，备受观众喜爱，此次是她时隔四年的强势“复出”之作。 这部剧围绕着为守护人生与孩子而奋斗的不孕女子（张瑞希饰演）和怀着复仇心成为害死哥哥的女人的代理孕母（李彩英饰演）展开，二人之间有着复杂纠葛。《杜鹃之巢》以“代孕”为题材，通过展现现实中已存在却未公开说明的“代孕母生育”现象，呈现因不孕而痛苦的人们遇到的问题与伤痛。该剧不讨论“代理孕母”是否合理存在，而是通过对比“生育”和“养大”的情谊，真实展现出真正的母爱。