02x09 - New TV

Episode transcripts for the 2016 TV show "Kim's Convenience". Aired October 2016 - current.*
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"Kim's Convenience" is the funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family, running a convenience store in Toronto's Regent Park.
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02x09 - New TV

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(HUMMING)

Janet, small pack, king size.

Mmm-hmm.

- For who?
- Ashley.

Hello, Ashley. How are you?

Good, Mr. Kim.

- But...
- She is buying for her mummy.

- I have a note.
- APPA: See?

Graydon, king size.

(SIGHS) What you think, huh?

She just smoke?

Ashley mummy have a bad back.

She can't come to store.

Ashley is good girl.

Doing what her parent ask.

Okay.

- Sorry about that.
- It's okay.

And for you, Ashley,

one lollipop because
you is help you mummy.

Thank you.

Sorry, what was your mum's name?

Brittney. I mean Alice.

- (DOORBELL JINGLES)
- Are you sure?

Sorry, Mr. Kim. Brittney made me!

(SIGHS)

Oh, and I can't work tomorrow.

I have a note from my mom.

Pfft.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

So... How is Ada family doing?

Settling in, slowly.

So hard when you first come to Canada.

Can't speak English,
don't know anybody...

I know.

And everyone keeps telling them,

"Go, Leafs, go!" Now they
think it's a greeting.

Sorry we don't have more donation.

No, this is more than enough.
Thank you.

Janet just move out,
business not so good...

MR. CHIN: Think of the picture
detail watching Top Chef!

APPA: What you talking?

Big screen Blue Jays.

In UHD, HDR, LED, OMG...

Oh. This is nice.

Enjoy your new TV.

Oh, we will.

Okay, bye.

What's this?

Forty inches of
the highest definition.

Definition of what? Waste of money?

Do you know how many 'K' this TV have?

Four!

What happen to "talk about" before
you spending so much money?

Now Pastor Nina think...

And we could make more donation
to new immigrant family.

- What about old immigrant family?
- (SCOFFS)

Think about Korean drama in HDR.

If you need a place to store the
TV until this all blows over,

I know Ginger would love to
watch her bird program in HD.

You know dog is color blind, huh?

- JUNG: Where have you been?
- Deli.

- Whiff on this.
- JUNG: Ugh.

Lauren's coming over tonight.

I'm doing one of those
fancy cold cut boards.

You know, a little wine,
pigs in a blanket,

and some cozy time with this guy.

- JUNG: Ah.
- (SNIFFS)

Whoo! I sampled a lot of pastrami.

Well, I look forward
to meeting this girl.

Yeah, about that.

I was kind of hoping you
might not come home tonight.

No offense but it's a little
early for her to get Junged.

- What does that mean?
- You know how it is.

Girls thinks I'm nice or funny

then she meets you and
can't remember my name.

What?

Last week, Beer Fest,

a girl was literally in the
middle of giving me her number

when you came over.

I never got those last two digits.

I've been trying
different combos all week.

Man, that was one time.

It happened at Rib Fest, Raptors
Fan Zone, that uberPOOL.

- Oh, yeah.
- It happens all the time.

So you're staying away tonight.

Fine. I gotta study anyway.

I'll be at the library.

Some cute girls there, too.

Go nuts.

Nerds.

SANTI: Sometimes it is sculptural.

Sometimes it is figurative.

In this particular series,

I work with each of the models to reveal
the essence of who they really are.

(WHISPERING) Okay. This isn't essence.

It's cliche. It's one kind of beauty.

Yeah, the beautiful kind.

It's boring and it's commercial.

They're all the same.

There's comfort in this
incredibly attractive sameness.

- How are you not seeing this?
- MS. MURRAY: Janet?

Do you have an opinion you'd
like to share with our guest?

I'm good. Thanks.

Gerald?

We think the work is sexist.

Personally, in a great way.

- I didn't say that.
- GERALD: No, you're right.

You said it was more cliche
and lacking in range.

Though, again, I find it to
be a very attractive range.

Okay, it perpetuates
what people expect.

Why not show
a wider range of shape, color,

and I don't know,
hairiness, limb count.

SANTI If I may.

I draw great inspiration
from my models.

What inspires you?

Um...

- Well, people.
- Mmm-hmm.

Particularly women.

Vulnerability...

Because when I look at
my work, I see people.

Particularly women.

And vulnerability.

You just repeated what I said.

Okay. Thanks, Janet.

But some of us have a blowout
appointment in about half an hour,

so we're going to wrap this thing up.

Okay? Thank you so much for coming.

- Really beautiful.
- My absolute pleasure.

- MS. MURRAY: I'm a huge fan.
- That's a great sh*t.

I have a donation for Ada family.

- I hope I'm not too late.
- No, it's perfect.

We're actually taking a load
over to their place later today.

Now they have new TV.

You're giving them your new TV?

New to them.

Oh.

MRS. PARK: Did the Ada family
get the fridge

and prepared meals I ordered them?

Yes, you already asked me that.

I get mixed up.

We make so many different donations.

Well, unfortunately
the Ada's are vegetarian

so they really can't
eat the meals you bought.

Oh.

It's okay, I make them bibimbap.

Oh.

Bibimbap. That sounds fun.

- Am I saying it right?
- No.

- Hey, I'm heading out.
- Oh...

Jelly!

That was gonna be me, but a big ol'
pile of work gobbled up my desk.

Hope it doesn't gobble up your chair.

Yeah, better spray my office
with work-icide.

So more work doesn't destroy
my furniture crops.

(LAUGHS)

All right. How I can help?

Oh, my God, I was secretly
hoping you'd say that.

Your secrets are safe with me.

Well, here's another one.

I'm trying to get out of here
so I can meet Alejandro.

Yeah.

Let me help you do that.

Well, it'd probably be best
if we divide and conquer.

I'll finish this paperwork, if you
clean the two cars that came in.

Full disclosure, the Impala has
baby urp all over the back seat.

Okay, I don't really know what urp is,

but I'm guessing
it's not the name of the baby.

Thank you!

- Excuse me. Janet.
- Yes?

- I said Janet.
- GERALD: Sorry.

Sometimes I hear the "Ja"
and jump right to...

Gerald.

Hi, I'm Gerald.

Big fan.

So, Janet, I'm sorry
we didn't finish earlier.

I wanted to thank you.

Oh?

I hear what you're saying about
our modern sense of beauty.

I think you'd be great
for my next sh**t.

- Really?
- Really?

It'll be a great collaboration.

Okay.

Wow.

I didn't think I was exactly the type.

It's not really something
I've done before.

Oh, don't worry.
You'll be perfect for it.

- Okay.
- Great.

I do some modelling too by the way.

- What are you doing here?
- I'm sorry, I had to work late.

- I'll be out in minutes.
- Lauren's on her way up.

- Get out.
- I have to shower.

- I smell like baby barf.
- That's adorable.

Just make that work for you
with your library geeks.

(SIGHS)

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

- Hey, come through.
- Hey.

Right through.

In fact, I was thinking we could

spend the next minutes
or so out on the balcony.

I just came from outside.
I could use some AC.

Oh, right.

So what can I get for you
to go with my mortadella?

- Uh, white wine.
- Ooh. Just in luck.

- Bought a big box.
- Ooh.

Oh. Hi.

- I'm...
- My roommate, Jung.

Who was just leaving.

Uh, well, I have to get dressed first.

But, it was nice to meet you.

You, too. I'm Lauren.

- What is that? (SNIFFS)
- Oh, it's pepperettes.

I'm doing a bit of a meat board.

- No, Involio?
- Yeah.

- It's their Shea Body Butter.
- Of course, it is.

I love that stuff.

Well, I'm gonna get changed.

- I'll see you later.
- Great.

Well, Jung seems nice.

Does he always walk around half naked?

Ah, I prefer to think of him
as half-dressed.

Ham and cheese, or broccoli.

And cheese.

Yobo. Sit.

Look.

Your favorite movie.

Your favorite snack.

No more angry face?

(SCOFFS)

You just so crazy with money sometime.

I not crazy.

You buy bag of salt
during ice storm.

And we not have to buy since.

Okay.

Next time we talk about first.

Thank you.

So, we keep new TV?

Yeah.

(APPA LAUGHS)

I already give old TV to Ada family.

- What?
- Yeah, it's good to give.

- Why you do that?
- It's just old TV.

What's you problem?

You remember Y K?

What you do?

We so scared everything go crazy,
I hide $ , in safe place.

Where?

Inside old TV.

- Why you do that?
- Y K.

(EXCLAIMS)

Why you looking at p*rn?

It's a fashion magazine.

Oh. Oh...

Yeah, she's very beautiful.

Need more clothes on,
but very beautiful.

I'm actually modelling for a pretty
important photographer at school.

- You?
- Why'd you say it like that?

Janet, you are pretty,
but not model pretty.

UMMA: Ah. You like this.

That's an ad for eyeglasses and
you're pointing at the doctor.

Janet.

You is most beautiful girl.

To family.

She is most beautiful girl
to everyone else.

See, this is why I'm doing it.

- To take down this patriarchal view of...
- Okay, we going.

- See you.
- Bye, Janet.

Of beauty!

- So, Lauren seemed cool.
- Here we go.

I was just asking if you had
a good time last night.

I don't know, did I, Mr. Wet Chest?

I wasn't done toweling.

She barely noticed my meat board.

Too busy thinking about yours.

What do you want me to do? Smell bad?

Drool? Be a jerk?

I don't know, man.
But she's coming over.

Why do you think that is?

(SCOFFS)

- Fine. I'll just leave.
- No. (SIGHS)

No, you're staying and you're
gonna make me look amazing.

- You want me to do your hair again?
- No.

Yes. But that's not all.

Hello!

Please, come in.

(MAN TALKING ON TV INDISTINCTLY)

UMMA: Wow. So big family.

Thank you.

_

_

- This is bibimbap.
- I'm Nisha.

I put in fridge for you.

(MRS. ADA LAUGHS)

APPA: Yeah.

Mrs. Kim.

Oh. Pastor Nina!

- You are too generous.
- It's nothing.

Just cooking.

Oh. Pastor Nina. Hi.

PASTOR NINA: And Mr. Kim.

Ooh, this is great.

The Ada's know almost no one.

I mean, yes, donations are nice.

I would k*ll for that juicer but
they don't have any social network.

Okay.

Mr. Ada, the Kim's own a very
successful convenience store.

It's just a store.

Mr. Ada ran a pharmacy.

Maybe you could tell them
how you got started.

It's a so long time ago story...

You having trouble with TV?

- Maybe I can fix.
- No, Appa. Just leave.

- We should go.
- Please, stay.

Have tea.

I was just telling the Ada's
about sugar bushes.

They're very excited to see them.

Of course, it's not the season.

Okay, I just do very fast fix.

Is everything okay?

Yeah. I just have to fix...

In a bathroom.

(SHOWER RUNNING)


(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Everything okay?

JANET: Uh-huh.

It's a home tan.

Is it terrible? Don't tell me.

Stop looking at it.

Okay, tell me.

No, no, it looks...
You look really fun and stuff.

I also did some waxing.

Which actually went okay.

Great.

Why?

For the sh**t tonight, with Santi.

I'm just getting camera-ready.

Right, 'cause you're trying to look
different from the other models.

I already am different.

I'm just trying to make
my different look good.

Well, it... It... It... It...

I know it's not perfect.

- But this is who I am.
- Not really.

And I'm still making my point

about beauty standards
and what they do to a person.

Definitely.

So, you're still
going through with this?

Yes, Gerald. I am.

Just need one more shower.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey. I mean...

(BURPS)

Thanks.

So, I checked out that podcast
you recommended.

You're right. It's terrible.

Did you listen all the way to the end?
It only gets worse.

LAUREN: I know. So good.

So it's muggy outside.

- Jung, you look super-hot.
- No, I don't.

I'm gross.

Oily skin.

It's gross, right?

It doesn't look oily to me.

Yeah, it's more of a sweat situation.

And it's out of control.

Yeah, I sweat, like, a lot.

Mostly in the pits.

And the groin.

I just meant you must be super-hot
with all those clothes on.

Oh! Sorry, I should've
brought you a latte.

No, you shouldn't have.

Because Jung can't have dairy.

It upsets my stomach.

Yeah, full on heavy D.

Diarrhea.

I'm not super technical

but is there a reason he's
fixing it in the bathroom?

More private. (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

He get nervous when he's fixing.

I go check.

I usually just take a magazine.
(LAUGHS)

- More tea?
- Okay.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

(UMMA SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

Why you take too long?

Envelope get stuck.

Have to take out other thing.

Everybody think you is crazy.

Not crazy now. Huh? (CHUCKLES)

He almost finish.

Maybe we could play a game.

So it must have been hard
to find work.

Yeah, that's 'cause
he's lazy and mostly mooches.

Right, buddy?

Yeah, I mean, why pay for stuff
when other people can, right?

But, I mean, you have a
good job at Handy now?

- Yeah...
- But he's on thin ice.

Because of his weird fetish.

Okay, you know what, I'm done.
All right. You said be gross.

I said that's impossible,
yet I did it.

- Now you're crossing the line.
- Hey!

- Cover your shoulders.
- LAUREN: Sorry. What's going on?

(SIGHS)

Look.

- I can't help it if she's into me.
- Fine.

- Jung's the hot one so go for it.
- What?

I'm clean. I cooked.

I loved that story about your
great-grandmother who was suffering...

- She was a suffragette.
- Whatever.

The point is you're gonna
fall for the guy with the abs

and let the guy
with personality get away.

Law of the jungle.

You think I'd drop a guy I like

because a slightly more
handsome guy is in the room?

- Slightly?
- You heard her.

No, I've been on dates this month.

It's exhausting and it's boring.

I just wanted a nice, cool
guy, and I thought I had one.

Who are you talking about?

Why are guys such jerks?

Oh, my God.

She didn't like you!

She liked me!

Yeah, and now she hates you.

Bittersweet victory.

Thanks for coming.

Hey, moral support, right?

Is that why
you brought your portfolio?

I couldn't find my wallet, so I
just thought I'd bring it along

to carry some of my loose change

and a few of my better pictures.

Okay, you are not harassing Santi.

Can I just show him my hat?

SANTI: Hey, Janet. You made it.

What happened to you?

Yeah, there was an incident,

and my skin's a little orange, and
my eyebrows are over-plucked.

But I said screw it.

I'm a real person. It doesn't
matter what I look like.

I completely agree with you.

I wasn't sure what to wear,

so I brought some different
outfits including some swimsuits.

Oh... Okay.

But meanwhile,
can you adjust the umbrella

and also put a sandbag
on that soft box for me?

Oh. Okay.

- And hair and makeup?
- Yep.

Talent is all processed
and ready to go.

There she is. Hey, come on in.

She's .

Like you said,
need to push boundaries.

JANET: Cool.

I still think I made my point.

- SANTI: Janet, bounce.
- Right.

Great lo-kaysh, by the way.

- It's kind of a closed set.
- Gotcha, outside.

- Peace.
- Two.

Two words.

- Cut off hand.
- First word.

No, that's up here.

When it's on the arm it's syllables.

- Okay. All done.
- Oh, thank God.

(SIGHS)

Yobo, let's go.

Okay, good to meet you all.

Bye-bye.

Thank you for coming and fixing TV.

(SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Go, Leafs, go.

Oh, you very welcome.

And here take this.

- What is it?
- What you doing?

For church.

And for helping other
people like Ada family.

Oh, wow! That's very generous.

Yeah, too generous.

You see their fridge?

Maybe you need some time
to think about it.

Yeah, remember, it's good to talk
about a big money decision. Huh?

UMMA: Why not give?

We don't even remember
money is in back of TV.

I remember.

Just take long time.

It was in the TV?

Yeah, for safe keeping.

Y K.

Should we keep money in our TV?

No. No, the banks are good here.

Please.

This is what I want to do.

(SIGHS)

Okay.

- We go now?
- Yeah.

- (SOFT POP)
- (ALL GASP)

Maybe we'll try Pictionary this time.

So how was photo sh**t?

Have to show me picture of you.

I was actually behind the camera.

You taking model picture?

Well, the photographer was
taking the model's picture.

I was behind the photographer.

Well, around.
I was holding the bounce.

It's a lighting thing.

- So you bounce light?
- Yeah, not easy.

Sound easy.

(APPA GRUNTING)

What are you doing?

Have to make up for Umma spending.

Not spending, giving.

Appa, you can't still
be worried about Y K.

Not Y K.

But maybe asteroid,
Ebola, robot uprising.

How will you know any of that stuff's
happening if you don't have a TV?

UMMA: Hmm.

Okay.

TV stay.

Janet go.

(APPA LAUGHING)

Love you so much, Appa.

APPA: Yeah, love you too, TV.
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