When a water pipe bursts in their apartment, Jung goes to stay with Janet and Kimchee stays with the Kims. #HNiC Prime East 1022k 29. When Jung was a teenager, he ran away from home and was briefly in juvenile. Janet asks Jung to help her fix a dripping pipe at the store, but the repair is interrupted by an intruder. They attend their local Korean church, where they help out with bake sales and socialize regularly with … The series is based on Ins Choi's 2011 play of the same name. ", "Kim's Convenience an overnight success for CBC", "TUES o'nites ...CBC MERCER 625K 22MIN 597K KIM'S 749K MR.D (S Premiere) 363K CTV2 VOICE 590K CITY BROOKLYN99 345K W BACHETTE 250K AFTER 270K", "TUES o'nites ... CBC 22MIN 743K KIM'S 763K MR.D 345K CTV2 VOICE 683K DISC HWYTHRUHELL 368K", "TV Listings Grid, TV Guide and TV Schedule, Where to Watch TV Shows - Screener", "CND TOP 30 TOTALS NOV. 21 - 27 (Numeris): 1. A stray dog keeps coming into the store, so Mrs. Kim gifts the dog to Shannon. His insecurities about his relationship with his mother, his love life, and his promotion to be Handy's Assistant Manager are all Kimchee's plot lines in Season 3 of the series. For this role, Phung has won multiple Canadian Screen Awards, including for Best Supporting Actor, Comedy in 2020. Appa takes it upon himself to coach Jung's beer league soccer team; Shannon plans a birthday party for Stacie, whether she wants one or not; Janet teaches herself how to cook when Umma refuses to make a dish for her housemates. We see Kimchee in his relationship with Gwen.” Phung also added that “just for fun we get a high school reunion” thrown in the mix. Bang relates to both of these storylines as a Korean Canadian who also went through a similar phase of trying to define her own identity by listening to K-pop and wearing Korean-style clothing. I will be doubling my shirtless photo quota moving forward. Meanwhile, Jung decides to apply for a promotion at the car rental agency, to the dismay of Kimchee and Umma, though for different reasons. He considers going back to obtain his GED. Umma finally convinces Appa to get a new dishwasher, but Appa tries to exploit a store's price matching policy. Janet takes Gerald to the emergency room when his appendix flares up, not expecting the ER doctor to be her ex, Raj. [4] On March 12, 2018, the cast of Kim's Convenience took to Facebook and Twitter to announce that there would be a third season. Her attempts to connect with her Korean heritage aren't always perfect â her family often informs her that the results are awkward and a bit misguided â just like they can be in real life. While working there, she notices that Jung and Shannon are attracted to each other. 2021 Bustle Digital Group. It's actually his father, who has inherited Janet's old smartphone. Kim's Convenience. The Handy staff do impressions of one another but Jung goes too far when the regional manager comes to visit. Janet is sick of working for free and finds a job at Handy Car Rental, putting Jung in a difficult position. Jung does damage control after losing a play wrestling match to Kimchee. Raj breaks up with his fiancee in hopes of getting back together with Janet, but he may be too late. With Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jean Yoon, Andrea Bang, Simu Liu. ", Despite their characters having more family support when it comes to career paths, Phung, Liu, and Bang each admit they were encouraged by their families to get "stable jobs" rather than pursue unpredictable acting careers â which, to be fair, is common in both Asian families and non-Asian ones. "I always felt like we were worthy of the recognition, but it really came down to the people, because this show is about the people, made by the people.". Janet speaks her mind in class. Appa and Umma hire Mrs. Ada to do housecleaning, then suspect her of gossiping about them. With humor and emotion, the Canadian series is breaking the traditional sitcom mold by subverting stereotypes â and creating a more realistic on-screen world in the process. Similarly, Kimchee and Jung's friendship shows an on-screen vulnerability we rarely see between male friends. Kimchee struggles to prepare a presentation for work but resents Jung's offer to help. Janet and Kimchee's relationship takes a turn. Jung and Shannon exchange five-week-iversary gifts. Meanwhile, Umma tries to find a "cool Christian Korean boyfriend" for Janet. Umma and Appa run a busy convenience store and live in a small apartment right above it. Mr. Kim finds out that his wife has been reselling small amounts of skin cream obtained my her friend when she returns from Korea, and wants to expand the amount of skin cream they can resell. Stars of Kim's Convenience, Paul Sun-Yung Lee and Jean Yoon, stop by the Toronto Star test kitchen to make their favourite easy Korean dishes and answer some questions. Kim’s Convenience has plenty of romantic plotlines, but the relationship between Jung and his best buddy, Kimchee, played by Andrew Phung, is as strong off-screen as it is on camera. Umma's new look is not well received. This article was originally published on May 28, 2019. [7][8], On May 24, 2018, just 2 months after announcing the third season renewal of the show, CBC announced that the show had also been renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on January 7, 2020. While cleaning out the basement, Appa and Jung compete for the family ping-pong tournament, the "Kim Cup"; Umma feels ignored by Janet and bonds with Chelsea, bewildering Janet; a mix-up regarding a gift basket delivered to Handy causes trouble for Shannon. • Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Mr. Sang-il Kim ("Appa"). The family has good news! Jung thinks he accidentally runs over Kimchee's foot, but later suspects that Kimchee is faking the injury, so that he doesn't have to do the presentation. "Multiple people came up [to us] being like, 'Are you Appa?' When Janet's photos start getting attention from admirers, Appa tries to prove he's a better photographer. With Kimchee's mother coming for a visit, Kimchee tries to hide all evidence of his friendship with Jung, whom his mother despises. Main characters The Kim family patriarch, a traditionalist but can sometimes be persuaded to be open-minded. Thank you. Liu went to business school and got laid off from his accounting job after eight months, which prompted him to apply and land a role as an extra in the 2013 movie Pacific Rim. Janet is upset that her classmate does not want to invite her to the afterparty of her first solo exhibition. Kim’s Convenience takes its name from the Toronto shop run by Appa (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) and Umma (Jean Yoon)—the words for dad and mom … Mr. Kim fixes a broken toilet for Kimchee; Jung hides out with Shannon; when Edwin Carter (. Appa is ambivalent when Umma brings home a lifesized cardboard cutout of Jung made by Handy Car Rental as a promotion. Janet's cousin Nayoung returns. scrawny, nerdy, or geeky sidekick that Asian actors. Gerald is so moved by Appa's story about his Korean army spoon that he chooses to photograph him for an upcoming exhibition, including an embellished version of the story. 10. After being accused of homophobia, Appa creates a gay discount during Pride. Umma is tasked with telling Mrs. Mehta she's been thrown out of the book club. Appa and Umma try a different sleeping arrangement; Jung wants Janet to help him break into modelling; Terence is obsessed with a jigsaw puzzle. [2], CBC announced on December 20, 2016, that it had renewed Kim's Convenience for a second season of 13 episodes. They meet at a club, and appear to reconcile. Jung auditions for the Astounding Trek reality show with Kimchee, but doesn't want him to know that he's also auditioning with Shannon. Janet gets defensive when Jung accuses her of being "emotionally unavailable" and her housemates agree. But a few weeks after the show's streaming premiere, the Kim's Convenience cast found themselves ambushed by a group of fans (or Kimbits, the name of its excited fandom) asking for selfies at an In-N-Out Burger in Los Angeles. After questioning a photographer who was giving a lecture to her class, the photographer invites Janet to one of his photoshoots. Scenes of Janet and Gerald from the finale episode "Episode 13" of season 4 of the TV show "Kim's Convenience" Kimchi at The Rabbit Hole "If you like Korean food, this is definitely the place for you. The family consists of immigrant parents Mr. Kim (Appa, Korean for "Dad") and Mrs. Kim (Umma, Korean for "Mom"), independent-minded daughter Janet, and semi-estranged son Jung. Yet, Jung knows that women find him attractive, which the show leans into with his co-workers doing various impressions of him in what Kimchee calls "'90s heartthrob poses" (Jung is uncomfortable with the label), and Jung's ongoing, mutual flirtation with his boss Shannon (Nicole Power), who is white. Janet pressures her father to join Mrs. Kim when she goes dancing, rather than hitting golf balls at the driving range. When Mrs. Kim offers the store's old freezer to Jung and Kimchee, Jung is reluctant to accept it, while Kimchee and Janet fight over who will get the freezer for their respective apartment. 2016 13+ 4 Seasons Canadian TV Shows. They opened the store after they immigratedto Toronto from South Korea, where Mr. Kim was a teacher. The series depicts the Korean Canadian Kim family who run a convenience store in the Moss Park neighbourhood of Toronto: parents "Appa" (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) and "Umma" – Korean for "dad" and "mom" – along with their daughter Janet (Andrea Bang) and estranged son Jung (). Initially, the cast didn't expect that the series would get much of a response, and they certainly didn't think they'd ever get recognized in the United States. Kim's Convenience is a Canadian television sitcom that premiered on CBC Television in October 2016. This page was last edited on 14 February 2021, at 00:52. Janet’s Boyfriend The audience laughed as the actor talked about the sexual misconceptions Asian men have experienced â and he directly addressed the response on camera and via an Instagram post: "I went on @TheSocialCTV today to promote our show and talk a wide range of current events and pop culture topics with the wonderful ladies there. Janet Kim is often at odds with her parents about a lot of things on Kim's Convenience, from not wanting to take over the store later in life (like her father wants her to), to Umma's desire for her to date a "cool Christian Korean boy." My friends and I got the Rice Rice Baby, Loco Moco, Beef Brisket Bop Bowl, … After the intruder leaves, a police officer enters the store and mistakenly believes that Jung is the thief, and cuffs him. The family patriarch, Kim Sang-il, was a teacher in his homeland before immigrating to Canada with his wife, where they now own and operate Kim's Convenience, a convenience store in Toronto's Moss Park neighbourhood. "In many ways, you are not the main character in your own story," Liu says regarding the stereotype. In addition to Janet's photography studies on Kim's Convenience, the character explores other parts of her identity, including a few interracial relationships with men who are Black and Southeast Asian, finding "cool" hobbies like motorcycle riding, and even struggling with how exactly she should "be" Korean. "As he grows up, I love that he's grounded in this idea of a millennial twenty-something who's trying to better his life now.". They said, ‘That’s the guy from Kim’s Convenience.’” As for Phung, fans have given him all kinds of gifts paying tribute to his character Kimchee. ", And much like that detailed biography, Kimchee is defined way beyond just being a sidekick, with Kim's Convenience often delving into the character's emotional side. Mr. Mehta suspects Raj broke up with his fiancee because of another woman. The internet is going crazy for a woman seen photobombing celebrities on the red carpet while holding a tray of Fiji water. Brian Kim shines as Francis, the aspiring magician. In the church parking lot, Umma backs into Pastor Nina's new car and tries to avoid taking responsibility. It depicts the Korean Canadian Kim family that runs a convenience store in the Moss Park neighbourhood of Toronto. Because her mother and father are at the hospital, Janet decides to skip the awards celebration and keep the store open. Kim's Convenience - Trailer ... Kimchee tries to convince Jung that now is the time to make a move on Shannon. Mrs. Kim's serving up her homemade. The hit Canadian sitcom Kim's Convenience premiered internationally on Netflix in July 2018. Mr. Kim ends up firing Gerald, and Janet agrees to come back as long as she is now paid and is allowed to take coffee breaks. He has a contact with the Korean choir coming over from Seoul, and arranges to have them each bring over a small amount of the cream. At first, Jung laughs it off, until Kimchee … 'Are you Kimchee?' Jung accuses Shannon of acting unprofessional, which brings someone from corporate HR in to investigate. [6][9] On March 31, 2020, it was announced that the show has been renewed for two more seasons. "I hope through shows like Kim's, it shows people that being Korean doesn't mean just one thing," she says. Janet and Jung join a yoga class taught by her crush, Nathan. *a variety of 김치 (kim-chee), *국 (soup), *and even fresh 떡 (rice cake) Each item will be priced separ ately. Janet wins $500 playing a scratch-off at her convenience store, but cannot collect because she works there. They never say his real name, even in the episode with him mom there, We even speculate in the podcast if he's korean at all. And the amazing ladies sitting next to me had my back. And Jung struggles to regain his job and his friendship with Shannon while mending fences with his Appa. All orders must be placed before every Fridays at 6pm. His approval as a parent of her creativity is a moment so rarely portrayed in Asian culture â on TV or otherwise â that even Janet is taken aback when Appa calls her "a great artist. Jung becomes emotionally attached to a bird he's trying to nurse back to health; Janet is annoyed when Chelsea steals her holiday idea and tries to manipulate Gerald to insist on an alternative; Appa is invited to give a business lecture but becomes jealous when he's bumped in favour of Jimmy. Mr. and Mrs. Kim, or “Appa” and “Umma” (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Jean Yoon), own and operate a convenience store called Kim’s Convenience. Jung accidentally stains a pair of sneakers from Kimchee's collection, and gets Shannon's help to try to replace them. You likely know Andrew Phung as Kimchee, Simu Liu's happy-go-lucky best friend on the wildly popular CBC sitcom Kim's Convenience. Appa tries to give Umma advice about her annoying habit, but regrets it. For your convenience, we have TWO pick-up stations. He rebounded in his 20s by getting his GED and landing a steady job at Handy Car Rental. Later, in Season 3, Janet adopts a Korean name she can barely pronounce to advance her photography website in Google Search results. Shannon believes it is Terence who is responsible, and is thinking about firing him. Mr. Kim and Mr. Mehta discuss using formal salutations in addressing each other. Janet tries to keep her relationship with Raj Mehta from Appa and Umma. Appa gets a glowing online review about the store, later found to be from a flirtatious customer, making Umma jealous; Gerald's girlfriend Chelsea (, When Appa and Umma look to settle an argument, they unwittingly end up in Pastor Nina's couples' therapy session. Season: ... Janet plans to get the Kim family together for their first family dinner in 15 years, but it almost proves too much for Jung and Appa to handle. He now lives together with his childhood friend Kimchee. THEY. In addition to his good looks. Gerald temporarily moves in with the Kims, but eventually Janet and Gerald find an apartment without Semira. ", "Season 3 premieres winter 2019 and season 4 has been greenlit", "CBC Announces Winter 2019 Premiere Dates", "Expect to hear these three delicious words plenty of times during tonight's SEASON 4 PREMIERE", "Is Kim's Convenience season 5 confirmed? Kimchee tells Jung to make a move on Shannon, but her relationship with Alejandro shows no sign of ending. Inspired designs on t-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Kim's Convenience has resonated with audiences not just through the show's humor, but its touching storylines and characters that have shattered many historically hurtful Asian stereotypes and tired sitcom tropes. Janet feigns a Korean accent in order to get into a film festival after-party. Cantankerous and opinionated, Mr. Kim has a difficult relationship with his estranged son, Jung (Simu Liu), who ran away from home as a teenager and now works at a car rental shop with his friend and roommate, Kimchee (Andrew Phung), and his manager, Sh… In season 1 they mention Mrs. Han (and the Top #1 Hair Salon) In Season 3 it's official that Kimchee's last name is also Han. There’s the custom-sculpted Kimchee action figure with accessories, the knitted Kimchee doll, the slab of wood with sneakers etched into it. @CBCMurdoch 1340k 27. ", "It really, really hurt, and so I decided to call it out," Liu tells Bustle. A Canadian sitcom about the Korean Canadian Kim family and their convenience store in downtown Toronto, based on the 2011 play of the same name by Ins Choi. Janet and Raj deal with the aftermath of Raj's broken engagement. ... take portraits of Shannon's cats. Janet signs a lease with Gerald and Semira but doesn't know how to break the news to her parents. Appa and Umma are in Janet and Kim's apartment, discover Gerald's waterbed, and have sex on it. Mr. Kim is traditional, proud and stubborn, practical, opinionated and blunt. Even though his character bucks stereotypes, Liu has personal experience with how society has consistently telegraphed that Asian men aren't fit to be handsome and desirable leading men â a tide that had begun to change with characters like Josh Chan in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and shift majorly with the summer 2018 blockbuster film Crazy Rich Asians, which starred Henry Golding as the movie's romantic lead. TSN GREY CUP 3646k 13. Kim’s Convenience: Ground-breaking TV series goes way beyond funny immigrant themes | By Joanne Rhim Lee (Winter 2020 issue). Kimchee and Shannon argue over who gets to keep a barbecue they won. Gerald's new girlfriend appears to be copying whatever Janet does. Kim's Convenience is a Canadian television sitcom that premiered on CBC Television in October 2016. After Appa fails to object to Jimmy's sexist jokes, Umma and Appa argue over gender roles and Appa agrees to make the, Anita Kapila, Matt Kippen, and Kurt Smeaton. YâALL, THE STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHED. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Jean Yoon, stars of the comedy 'Kim's Convenience,' share which episodes about the Korean-Canadian Kim family they love the most. Mr. Mehta hires Janet to take his son Raj's engagement photos, not realizing that they have a past. Shannon wants to keep her relationship with Jung a secret. His role on … Jung and Kimchee decide to throw a house party, but when Jung finds out that Shannon and her boyfriend will attend, he worries what they will think. Appa scores a new TV. Mrs. Kim discovers that Mr. Kim sold her burial plot 20 years ago when money was tight in their family. Jung discovers Kimchee is making extra money by moonlighting for a carsharing company, illicitly using Handy Car Rental cars. Shannon needs a roommate and Jung thinks she wants him to move in. Mr. and Mrs. Kim's relationship is tested when Mr. Kim offers the attractive new female pastor (, Mr. Kim tries to prove that "best before" dates mean nothing when Janet objects to his selling expired ravioli. Kim’s Convenience, Created by Ins Choi, Netflix, Seasons 1-3. "For an entire generation of Asian kids, we internalized stereotypes of inferiority, and we never really felt like we could be truly a part of this society.". He works at Handy, but loves to goof off while at work. Janet tries to stay in her teacher's good graces, but unintentionally upsets and offends her father. Much love to everyone at #TheSocial for being amazing and allowing me the space to properly educate some people. When Phung was first cast as Kimchee on Kim's Convenience, he expected to receive the usual bare-bones description of his character: "friend, Korean, 25." Andrew Phung is a Canadian actor, improviser, and comedian.He is currently playing Kimchee on the CBC Television sitcom Kim's Convenience. LAUGHED. Umma gossips about Pastor Nina. He then reassures her about the sale, saying her art clearly has value in the real world. Mrs. Kim wants to wear it the day before the auction, but accidentally ruins it. "We take a lot of pride in portraying two guys who are not afraid to be vulnerable around each other and that are not afraid to talk about their feelings," Liu says. She realized that those superficial identity markers aren't what counts â which is exactly what she feels Kim's Convenience conveys to viewers. "I love that with Kimchee, I get to share feelings, I get to share ups and downs," Phung says. Umma is upset when she learns Janet drew her as a witch when she was 6; Jung and Shannon have different ideas about what kind of dancing is sexy; Appa tries to do a good deed when he finds a $100 bill on the sidewalk. When Gerald hears Janet's moaning sounds when using an electrical appliance in her room, he doesn't realize that she's using a neck massager. I called them out. Pastor Nina is a guest as the Kim's host a viewing party for friends of various Korean TV shows. They approach the woman who has Mrs. Kim's plot to purchase it back from her, but she is interested in buying Mr. Kim's plot instead so her husband can be next to her. Appa lets slip a secret about Janet, and Janet decides to tell the truth, though Umma wishes she wouldn't. Umma finds a knife that may have been a murder weapon; Janet reconsiders her relationship with Nathan; Kimchee tries to fit in at a meeting of trash-talking managers. Pastor Nina stays with the Kims while her apartment is being renovated. Appa gets annoyed when he learns Umma has made plans for her life after his death. In Season 1's "Janet's Photos," Appa sells Janet's artwork meant for an exhibition to his customers at the store without permission. At the beginning of the clip we were talking about âsexual stereotypesâ and I was cutting in to offer my opinion as an Asian man. It's easy to see why "Janet's New Job" had the highest rating. Jung is surprised to learn that Shannon has a new boyfriend, Alejandro, (. He is 56 years old at the start of the series and estranged from his son Jung, a frayed relationship he gradually attempts to mend beginning in Season 2. His use of sleight of hand adds to his character’s authenticity, as does his battle between loyalty to family and to self. 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