1Gay Discount
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...
2Janet's Photos
Despite Janet doing well in her photography classes at the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), Appa believes he's as good a photographer if not better than anyone at OCAD, including Janet, especially as all his photographs are bright, have cheery subject matters, and are centered, unlike Janet's which often depict the darker side of life and as such are often purposefully off focus. To prove his point, Appa starts displaying his photographs for sale at the store. In the process, his artistic pride takes a backseat to his entrepreneurial side. What ends up happening, about which Janet does not know, may cause her some issue as she has been asked at the last minute by Ms. Murray to display her photos at OCAD's open house. Meanwhile, Jung decides to apply for the assistant manager position at the car rental agency, as he is trying to turn his life around, while in the process make a little more money. His application has three decidedly different reactions. Kimchee doesn't understand...
3Ddong Chim
Gerald's request to Appa to photograph him for a class assignment meets with some skepticism from Appa, until... After the incident which makes him change his mind (the incident which fulfilled Gerald's class assignment needs), Appa does whatever in his power not only to get Gerald to take the photo, but take the type of photo he wants for himself as opposed to what Gerald may want. Appa trying too hard to get that photo may prove to be problematic. Janet is all right with Gerald's request and Appa's subsequent "commissioning" of Gerald for that photo, but it is something else that makes Janet feel like Appa and Umma believe that Gerald is a better photographer than her. While not damaging her self-confidence, it may damage her relationship with her parents without them even knowing what's going on. Meanwhile, Jung and Kimchee's new manager/employee relationship is tested when Jung deals with Kimchee trying to take advantage of Jung's new managerial perks by Jung doing something to ...
4Frank & Nayoung
Appa and Umma's eighteen year old niece Nayoung is coming from Korea for a visit, she who the Kims have not seen in years. Janet and Nayoung acted like best friends when they last saw each other when they were children. Prior to Nayoung's arrival, Umma, despite knowing that Nayoung is a sweet girl, has her own critical opinions of her based solely on what she sees on social media - that opinion being that Nayoung looks like a slut as do many Korean girls her age in Korea - while Janet thinks her mother's criticisms are just her being out-dated. However, as Janet and Nayoung spend more and more time together, Janet seems to want it both ways, in being more Korean as she has always been the "exotic Korean" one among her friends, while being not as stereotypically eighteen year old Korean girl as Umma believes Nayoung is, a belief to which Janet is slowly coming herself with respect to Nayoung. Meanwhile, the portable air conditioning unit in the store has broken. Appa tries to fix it ...
5Wingman
Single Mr. Chin believes that he may be on the verge of romance when his Russian barber, Illyanka, tells him that she and her Russian friend Natalia will be hanging out at a martini bar, and invite him along. Wanting a fourth for Natalia, Mr. Chin asks Appa to be his wingman, which he is happy to do. But Appa's attempts to lay the groundwork to get Umma's permission to "date" another woman don't quite go according to Appa's plan, as Umma sees the outing as a good opportunity for a night out on the town for five, meaning that Umma tags along. As such, the evening has the potential to go off the rails with Umma and Appa's different goals for the outing, those differences which may work their way back home. With Appa and Umma out for the evening, Janet volunteers to mind the store, and to check on the leak in the store ceiling without calling in professional help. Janet doesn't call professional help but help of another kind: Jung, who has not been back to the store since he was sixteen ...
6Rude Kid
When Mr. Kim disciplines Janet's professor's 5 year-old son, Janet is horrified. She was already having...
7Hapkido
When Mr. Kim finds out Janet is taking a Hapkido class his feelings are hurt, but he also questions her teacher's techniques...
8Service
Mrs. Kim is bothered that Mr. Kim's renewed interest in church has been prompted by the arrival of an attractive new female pastor...
9Best Before
Mr. Kim and Janet butt heads over a case of expired ravioli: Janet wants to return it to the wholesaler...
10Janet's New Job
Janet asks Mr. Kim for money to buy tickets to a weekend music festival, and when he refuses, she's had it...
11Handyman
Mr. Kim fixes a toilet for Kimchee. Janet believes there is more to Edwin and Mrs. Kim's relationship.
12Appa's Lump
Enrique, a nurse who is one of the store's regulars, finds a lump on Appa's back, the lump which Enrique, in his professional opinion, believes Appa should have checked by a doctor. Appa is worried but doesn't want to see a doctor fearing the worst. He instead decides to do some Internet-based self-diagnosis. He also doesn't want anyone in the family to know. These items in combination are why he is so short with Umma and Janet, even when Janet has the good news that she will be the recipient of the Eleanor Bradshaw Award for Excellence - she the first ever first year student to receive the award - to be presented at the Dean's dinner tonight to which the entire family is invited. When Umma and Janet eventually do find out about the lump and Appa goes to the doctor to check it out, Appa is advised to have it removed immediately which would require a short hospitalization. This news leads to a conundrum, about which each member of a the family has a different opinion: should Appa go ...
13Family Singing Contest
It's time for the annual family music festival at the church, it a friendly competition that is far more competitive than anyone would like to admit. Umma remembers back to the last time their family entered in 2003 and won, it the happiest time of her life not only because of the victory but because they did something together as a family in the name of God. Umma wants to enter again, and although she outwardly states that in doing so is to praise Jesus, it's really to show up competitive Mrs. Park, who expects to win. However, Umma wants to sing with Jung, who admittedly has a good voice, but not Janet, whose voice she considers weak. Umma slyly tries to maneuver the family entry the way she wants. Beyond the issue of beating Mrs. Park and her family, the Kim entry doesn't happen quite the way Umma envisions for various reasons. One of those reasons concerns Janet, who wants to get Umma in a good mood before she drops a bombshell of some news. Meanwhile, Appa's minivan is broken, so...
