She stops serving macaroni casserole for dinner, going with chicken feet instead.Ĭode Switch A Brief, Weird History Of Squashed Asian-American TV Showsįrom the first episode of Fresh Off The Boat's freshman season, the idea of authenticity has been at the center of how people talk and think about it. She starts wearing qi paos, prompting Eddie to ask why she's dressed up as Chun Li from Street Fighter. Cue the dizzying about-face, where Jessica enrolls the kids in Mandarin lessons. "You guys are just like regular old Americans to us," says the wife. You know, sometimes I forget you guys are Chinese," says the husband. "We can be first Asian-American members," Jessica excitedly tells her white neighbors, who are members there. And in perhaps the ultimate sign that they've "made it," the family is invited to join a local country club. Jessica, who struggled to fit in to suburban Orlando life, has discovered the joys of Melrose Place, and even has a group of girlfriends to watch it with.
Their steak house, Cattleman's Ranch, is booming. The Huangs had been struggling to make ends meet, and now all of a sudden, things are turning around. In Fresh Off The Boat's season finale, Jessica, the family matriarch, worries over whether or not she and her kids have assimilated too much. "Why are you dressed like Chun Li from Street Fighter?" Eddie asks his mom Jessica.
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