All-American Girl (1994)
Synopsis
The very Westernized Margaret Kim is a San Francisco hipster delightfully at odds with her traditional-but-screwy Korean family.
First Air Date: 1994-09-14
Last Air Date: 1995-03-15
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 19
Created By: Gary Jacobs
Networks: ABC
Top Cast
- Margaret Cho as Margaret Kim
- Jodi Long as Katherine Kim
- Clyde Kusatsu as Benny Kim
- Amy Hill as Yung-hee Kim
- BD Wong as Dr. Stuart Kim
- Maddie Corman as Ruthie Latham
- Judy Gold as Gloria Schechter
- J.B. Quon as Eric Kim
- Ashley Johnson as Casey Emerson
- Elise Ogden as Lisa
Seasons
None (1994)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Mom, Dad, This is Kyle
Margaret's mother disapproves of her new non-Korean boyfriend Kyle, prompting a furious Margaret to announce that they are going to move in together.
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Ep. 2: Submission: Impossible
Margaret dates a Korean who wants her to be a traditional Korean woman.
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Ep. 3: Who's the Boss?
Ruthie tries to take advantage of new manager Margaret; meanwhile, Margaret's grandmother becomes convinced that the family's run of back luck is due to bad feng shui in the house.
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Ep. 4: Yung at Heart
Grandma disappears at the mall, only to return home with a Korean businessman who begins to date her, then propos es. Grandma accepts, then must face moving away from her family to join his family in Florida. Meanwhile, a reluctant Casey learns the bookselling business for a school project.
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Ep. 5: Redesigning Women
Stuart's demure fiancée breaks the engagement after Margaret throws her a bachelorette party.
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Ep. 6: Booktopus
A book chain makes an attractive offer to buy out the Kims' shop; when the family decides to refuse, the chain opens a store across the street.
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Ep. 7: Mommie Nearest
When Margaret needs a reliable temp to work with her at the cosmetics counter, Ruthie and Gloria recruit her mother.
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Ep. 8: Take My Family, Please
Margaret does a standup routine about her family in a karaoke bar -- unaware that her parents are in the audience.
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Ep. 9: Exile on Market Street
Margaret has plenty of time to ponder her future when she's jailed the night before she's scheduled to take a law school entrance exam.
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Ep. 10: Ratting on Ruthie
Some expensive perfume vanishes while Ruthie is away from the counter she's supposed to be watching, and Margaret must decide what to tell management -- and she's aghast when for the first time in her life her mother refuses to tell her what to do.
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Ep. 11: Educating Margaret
Margaret dates a British film professor who, despite his passionate work, turns out to be a real bore.
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Ep. 12: Loveless in San Francisco
Margaret is horrified to find she is going through a ""dating slump"" when she can't attract a man; so Stuart suggests that she volunteer for work at his hospital in order to meet guys.
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Ep. 13: Malpractice Makes Perfect
Her brother's misfortune pleases Margaret -- until he decides to quit medicine and she must help him regain his perspective.
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Ep. 14: The Apartment
Hoping to find more privacy away from home, Margaret moves into an apartment with Ruthie and Gloria -- then discovers that Gloria likes to spend her time at home nude.
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Ep. 15: Notes from the Underground
Handyman Cody fixes himself up with Margaret after he works on her new basement living quarters, but her family constantly interrupts their encounters. Meanwhile, Grandmother gets a viewer-tracking device (""I get paid to watch TV? God bless America!"") but finds the responsibility too much for her.
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Ep. 16: Venus de Margaret
Margaret poses in the nude for her sculptor ex-boyfriend Leon; then chills on the idea when the statue is unveiled in front of her family.
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Ep. 17: A Night at the Oprah
Oprah Winfrey attempts to persuade Margaret to stay in college after she announces on live TV that she's dropping out of school to manage a rock band.
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Ep. 18: Pulp Sitcom
Margaret is plunged into a world of intrigue when her dad sets her up with a video distributor who's living a secret criminal life.
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Ep. 19: Young Americans
Margaret awaits a call from a potential employer, but her career aspirations are put on hold when she discovers that her new roommates haven't paid the phone bill.
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