TV #65 of 2021: Kim’s Convenience, season 5 Given the Korean-Canadian representation on-screen, I’ve always felt like this sitcom had the potential to turn into something special, but even in this final season, the writing just never delivers. I count a grand total of three plot elements that span multiple episodes / would identify a …
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TV Review: Kim’s Convenience, season 4
TV #7 of 2021: Kim’s Convenience, season 4 There’s a little plot momentum this year when Jung finally gets together with his long-term love interest, but for the most part, this is the same steady program it’s been all along: reliably funny yet rarely all that exciting, and structurally still far too separated into its …
TV Review: Kim’s Convenience, season 3
TV #5 of 2021: Kim’s Convenience, season 3 This sitcom has always had a fairly stable status quo, so I was excited by the genuine potential for change in last season’s finale, when Jung quits his job and finally kisses his long-term love interest, who at first reciprocates but then pulls away when she remembers …
TV Review: Kim’s Convenience, season 2
TV #3 of 2021: Kim’s Convenience, season 2 A slight improvement over the first year of this Canadian sitcom, both by making Appa a bit less caustically opinionated and by finally introducing some plot developments at the end of the season that speak to exciting shake-ups ahead. For now, though, it’s a lot of status …
TV Review: Kim’s Convenience, season 1
TV #1 of 2021: Kim’s Convenience, season 1 I like the distinctive perspective of centering a sitcom around a Korean-Canadian family running a convenience store, but I could do without all the stubborn bigotry of patriarch Mr. Kim. While it never feels as though we’re meant to side with his racism, sexism, homophobia, etc., too …
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