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Diagnosed with terminal brain cancer while pregnant, a mistreated heiress snaps and walks away.
#293 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama SeriesCW: child abuse
My Parents Chose an AI Over Me
Her parents buy a perfect daughter android and Ellie is shipped off to a brainwashing camp.
NetShort · 38 episodes · about 1.6 h
FreeEp 1–9on NetShort
Locked29of 38 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
The Spencers are rich, and they purchase Chloe, an advanced android, hoping to get an ideal daughter. Because of Chloe's schemes, the real Ellie ends up in a harsh brainwashing facility. Ellie is returned as Unit 134, and she follows every command, including those that cause her pain. Her family is left to face what their choice has cost.
Family & ethicsSci-fi & game systemdark family dramatearjerker
Who will like it: viewers who liked replacement-child family dramas where parents swap their real child for something they think is better.
Main characters
- Chloe: android bought as the perfect daughter
- Ellie: real daughter who returns as Unit 134
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 9 free. Grey: 29 locked. About 1.6 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 38
- Free
- 9
- Locked
- 29
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 38 | 9 | 29 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 38 episodes is longer than 53% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 9 free episodes is more than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 24% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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- Languages
- Chinese (Traditional), English, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, ar_AE
- App tags
- All-Too-Late, Family Bonds, Tragic Love
- NetShort
- 2.3K likes, 4.1K followers
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