All-American Girl

7.3
199430m

The very Westernized Margaret Kim is a San Francisco hipster delightfully at odds with her traditional-but-screwy Korean family.

Seasons

19 Episodes • Premiered 1994

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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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2. Submission: Impossible

Margaret dates a Korean who wants her to be a traditional Korean woman.

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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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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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5. Redesigning Women

Stuart's demure fiancée breaks the engagement after Margaret throws her a bachelorette party.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

Cast

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Margaret Cho

Margaret Kim

Photo of Jodi Long

Jodi Long

Katherine Kim

Photo of Clyde Kusatsu

Clyde Kusatsu

Benny Kim

Photo of Amy Hill

Amy Hill

Yung-hee Kim

Photo of BD Wong

BD Wong

Dr. Stuart Kim

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Maddie Corman

Ruthie Latham

Photo of Judy Gold

Judy Gold

Gloria Schechter

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