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Mrs. Kim is bothered that Mr. Kim's renewed interest in church has been prompted by the arrival of an attractive new female pastor, Pastor Nina. Mr. Kim is so smitten that he refuses to allow Pastor Nina to pay for anything at the store, but Mrs. Kim has other plans. Janet dates a good friend of Jung's and Jung struggles to be cool with it.
All Episodes - S01
EPS01
Kim and his family, his wife, and daughter run a convenience store in a Canadian city that is not named. Kim upsets two gay men who want to put a sign in his convenience store window about a gay pride parade...when one of the men threatens to report Kim for being prejudice, Kim offers a 15% (first 50%discount but Kim lowers it after the two men leave his store) to all gays during the gay pride week...Kim says he has great 'gayar' and during the episode he gives the discount to those he believes, correctly, to be gay..even if the customer isn't sure yet. Kim's daughter want to borrow the family van but Kim will not let her, and her mother wants to set her up with a nice Christian, Korean, church going guy...the daughter is 20 and her mother is concerned she will be alone and not have 'many children'. The mother tries to 'hire' a nice Christian, Korean, church going guy so he can meet her daughter, but the daughter figures out what is going on and bolts...visiting her brother, who works... Written by kp
EPS02
Mr. Kim gets competitive with Janet over who is the better photographer, which leads to trouble for Janet at school. Mrs. Kim wants to be able to brag to her friends about Jung but is finding it hard to make his car rental position sound respectable. She's happy when she hears he's going for a new job, but that sours when she finds out it's still at the car rental agency.
EPS03
Jung draws the wrong kind of attention from his boss when he gives Kimchee a Korean wedgie at work. An uncomfortable 'sexual harassment in the workplace' conversation ensues. Mr. Kim commissions Janet's friend Gerald to take his photo instead of asking Janet. Janet is upset, but it's Gerald who has to deal with Mr. Kim who is an extremely self-conscious and un-photogenic model.
EPS04
Mr. Kim is frustrated with Frank, a repairman who talks too much, while Janet is frustrated by her aggressively cute cousin from Korea, Nayoung. Both Janet and Mr. Kim bluntly voice their frustrations and then try to bond over being truth tellers. They're not fooling anyone and both have to make things right. Jung and Shannon get tickets to a basketball game, but Jung starts to wonder if Shannon thinks it's a date.
EPS05
Mr. Chin asks Mr. Kim to be his wingman on a date but when Mrs. Kim finds out, she tags along. On the date, Mr. Kim finds it harder than he thought to talk up Mr. Chin's good points and Mr. Chin doesn't appreciate Mrs. Kim being the life of the party. Meanwhile - knowing that both her parents are out for the evening - Janet asks Jung to come to the store and help her fix a dripping pipe. Jung's bad feeling about returning home (even briefly) turns out to be justified when the store is robbed while he's there.
EPS06
When Mr. Kim disciplines Janet's professor's 5 year-old son, Janet is horrified. She was already having a tough time impressing this particular professor, and Mr. Kim just made a bad situation worse. But to Janet's surprise, her grade actually goes up when her sympathetic prof suddenly sees Janet's inner turmoil from her abusive father reflected in her work. Jung, meanwhile, discovers that Kimchee has been moonlighting as a Dash driver (Uber's newest competitor)... using a car that he signed out from work.
EPS07
When Mr. Kim finds out Janet is taking a Hapkido class his feelings are hurt, but he also questions her teacher's techniques. Janet issues an invitation for Mr. Kim to criticize the teacher in person and Mr. Kim unwisely accepts. Jung runs into an old flame, while Mrs. Kim (along with the 'flame's' mother) seizes the opportunity to matchmake.
EPS08
Mrs. Kim is bothered that Mr. Kim's renewed interest in church has been prompted by the arrival of an attractive new female pastor, Pastor Nina. Mr. Kim is so smitten that he refuses to allow Pastor Nina to pay for anything at the store, but Mrs. Kim has other plans. Janet dates a good friend of Jung's and Jung struggles to be cool with it.
EPS09
Mr. Kim and Janet butt heads over a case of expired ravioli: Janet wants to return it to the wholesaler, but Mr. Kim claims it's still good - doesn't Janet know that best before dates are a conspiracy? Mr. Kim proves his point by cracking open a can and digging in. He barely has time to gloat before his stomach starts rumbling and he's racing to the bathroom. Janet would love to rub it in. but, looks like her stomach's upset as well. Meanwhile, Mrs. Kim's serving up her homemade galbijjim at the church bazaar when a surprise visit by Jung forces her to admit that she's embarrassed by her son's troubled past.
EPS10
Janet asks Mr. Kim for money to buy tickets to a weekend music festival, and when he refuses, she's had it. She's tired of working at the store for free. If Mr. Kim won't pay her, she'll find someone who will. Lucky for her, it turns out Handy Car Rental is looking for a new, part-time employee. Janet eagerly accepts Shannon's offer, but isn't quite ready to face the realities of her new job, especially when it turns out she has to work the weekend of the music festival. Mr. Kim, meanwhile, hires Gerald to replace Janet at the store. Gerald's a fantastic employee... unless Mr. Kim's around, in which case he's a nervous wreck. And Mr. Kim's always around.
EPS11
Kimchee's broken the toilet - again - and in order to fix it, he needs to borrow Mr. Kim's tools. He gets more than he bargained for when Mr. Kim insists on coming along to make sure the repair is done right. It's clear Mr. Kim hopes to get a glimpse into Jung's home life (and maybe even run into Jung himself), but Jung is at work and plans on staying there until his father's gone. Back at the store, Janet's surprised when Edwin, an old friend of Mrs. Kim's, drops by for a visit. Mrs. Kim insists they were nothing more than dance partners, but when an old secret is revealed, Janet begins to wonder if Edwin's visit is as innocent as he claims.
EPS12
Jung is Shannon's 'plus one' at a fancy work event. The two are growing closer, and are about to admit their feelings to one another when Jung gets a phone call with some bad news: they've discovered a lump on Mr. Kim's back and he's about to have surgery. In Jung's haste to get to the hospital, he inadvertently reveals a hurtful secret that may change the way Shannon feels about him. Meanwhile, Janet has won a prestigious award at school, but chooses to skip the ceremony in order to keep the store open... the way her father would've wanted.
EPS13
Janet's got big news! But before she tells her parents, she wants to make sure they're in the best possible moods, so she butters them up: she rents a fancy new SUV for Mr. Kim, and agrees to participate in a church family singing festival with Mrs. Kim and Jung. Mr. Kim lets the attention he gets from his new ride go to his head, which leads to a confrontation with Jung. And Jung is surprised to learn that Shannon has moved on.