Series from 2014
| Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
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It’s 1995 and eleven-year-old hip-hop loving Eddie Huang and his family moves from Washington, DC to Orlando, Florida.
The move is precipitated by Eddie’s dad, Louis, who is the new, proud owner-operator of “Cattleman’s Ranch,” an “All-American” Steakhouse, but Louis is hiding the fact that business isn’t as booming as he had hoped – or promised his finance-driven wife, Jessica – it would be.
While Eddie’s first day of school is rough – thanks in part to his brown-bag Asian lunch and his predominantly white classmates – he remains undaunted, thanks in part to his Three-Point Plan: “First, get a seat at the table.
Second: Meet Shaq.
Third, Change the game… possibly with the help of Shaq.” And all he needs to set his plan in motion is a “white lunch.” Meanwhile, Louis thinks the key to solving his business woes lies in hiring Mitch, a Caucasian host, to greet his mostly white customer base, and Eddie is about to learn that despite feeling alone in his new world, he always has the love and support of his family to back him up... and that he doesn’t need to pretend to be someone else in order to belong.
Louis og Jessica skændes om børneopdragelse og om, hvordan restauranten skal drives. Jessica bliver endnu skrappere.
Der bliver planlagt en gadefest for at fejre NASCAR. Louis presser familien til at udnytte chancen for at få nye venner og promovere restauranten.
Louis ansætter en professionel instruktør til at give restaurantens personale et kursus i sexchikane. Eddie anstrenger sig for at få sine venner til at komme på besøg.
Eddie er desperat efter at få fat i et nyt videospil opkaldt efter sit idol Shaq. For at kunne betale for det, begynder han at arbejde i restauranten.
Familien Huangs fremtid ser lysere ud, da det lykkes Louis at få en reklame for restauranten op på det perfekte sted i Orlando. Eddies mor hyrer hans nye flamme som hans babysitter.
Eddie prøver at blive venner med den eneste anden kinesiske dreng i skolen. Men han opdager, at de intet har tilfælles. Louis føler sig svigtet af Mitch.
Jessica frygter, at hun ikke kan konkurrere med Orlandos førende ejendomsmægler. Eddie spørger Louis til råds om, hvordan han skal score den ældre pige Nicole.
Louis og Jessica bliver presset til at stille op som frivillige i børnenes skole på grund af besparelser.
