The very Westernized Margaret Kim is a San Francisco hipster delightfully at odds with her traditional-but-screwy Korean family.
All-American Girl (Season 1)
Mom, Dad, This is Kyle (Episode 1)
Writer: Gary Jacobs
Air date: 1994-09-14
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Submission: Impossible (Episode 2)
Writer: J. J. Paulsen
Air date: 1994-09-21
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Margaret dates a Korean who wants her to be a traditional Korean woman.
Who's the Boss? (Episode 3)
Writer: Clay Graham
Air date: 1994-09-28
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Yung at Heart (Episode 4)
Writer: Elizabeth Wong
Air date: 1994-10-05
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Redesigning Women (Episode 5)
Air date: 1994-10-12
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Stuart's demure fiancée breaks the engagement after Margaret throws her a bachelorette party.
Booktopus (Episode 6)
Writer: Douglas Tuber
Air date: 1994-10-19
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Mommie Nearest (Episode 7)
Air date: 1994-10-26
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: When Margaret needs a reliable temp to work with her at the cosmetics counter, Ruthie and Gloria recruit her mother.
Take My Family, Please (Episode 8)
Air date: 1994-11-02
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Margaret does a standup routine about her family in a karaoke bar -- unaware that her parents are in the audience.
Exile on Market Street (Episode 9)
Writer: Jon Sherman
Air date: 1994-11-16
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Ratting on Ruthie (Episode 10)
Air date: 1994-11-23
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Educating Margaret (Episode 11)
Writer: Arnie Kogen
Air date: 1994-11-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Margaret dates a British film professor who, despite his passionate work, turns out to be a real bore.
Loveless in San Francisco (Episode 12)
Air date: 1994-12-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
Malpractice Makes Perfect (Episode 13)
Air date: 1994-12-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Her brother's misfortune pleases Margaret -- until he decides to quit medicine and she must help him regain his perspective.
The Apartment (Episode 14)
Air date: 1995-01-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
Notes from the Underground (Episode 15)
Writer: Douglas Tuber
Air date: 1995-01-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
Venus de Margaret (Episode 16)
Air date: 1995-01-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
A Night at the Oprah (Episode 17)
Air date: 1995-02-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
Pulp Sitcom (Episode 18)
Writer: Douglas Tuber
Air date: 1995-02-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
Young Americans (Episode 19)
Writer: Jeff Kahn
Air date: 1995-03-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.

Seasons

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