Kim's Convenience Play PDF

## Kim's Convenience ### Kim's Convenience made its debut at the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival - First performed on July 6, 2011, at the Bathurst Street Theatre. - Revived in Toronto on January 19, 2012, by the Soulpepper Theatre Company at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. ### Original...

## Kim's Convenience ### Kim's Convenience made its debut at the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival - First performed on July 6, 2011, at the Bathurst Street Theatre. - Revived in Toronto on January 19, 2012, by the Soulpepper Theatre Company at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. ### Original Cast Members: | Role | Actor | |---|---| | Appa | Paul Sun-Hyung Lee | | Umma | Jean Yoon | | Jung | Ins Choi | | Janet | Esther Jun | | Rich, Mr. Lee, Mike, & Alex | Andre Sills (Fringe Festival production) Clé Bennett (Soulpepper Theatre production) | - Fringe Festival production directed by Ins Choi - Soulpepper Theatre production directed by Weyni Mengesha ## Characters - **Appa:** A 59-year-old first-generation Korean-Canadian man, and owner of Kim's Convenience store. Speaks with a thick Korean-Canadian accent. - **Umma:** A 56-year-old first-generation Korean-Canadian woman. Appa's wife. Speaks with a thick Korean-Canadian accent. - **Jung:** A 32-year-old second-generation Korean-Canadian man. Appa and Umma's son. - **Janet:** A 30-year-old second-generation Korean-Canadian woman. Appa and Umma's daughter. ## Scene - A convenience store in Toronto's Regent Park, a low- to middle-income neighbourhood made up mainly of recent immigrants. ### 1. Open - Autumn, Morning. Inside a convenience store. - Appa is heard humming a medley of hymns as he enters from the back of the store with a pocketful of money, a mug of coffee in hand, and scratch-and-win card trays. - Inserts the money in the cash register, and slides in the scratch-and-win trays. - Turns on the lights, then goes to the window and flips the CLOSED sign to OPEN. - Unlocks the front door. - Returns to the counter, pours sugar in his coffee, and stirs. - Looks out the window, sips, sighs. - Turns on the radio and begins pricing a case of cans with a price gun. ### 2. I am Korean - Early afternoon. Bell. Rich enters. **Rich** - And a du Maurier Balanced, please. - King size. - I don't know. Didn't know what you were talking about. - What? - Ginseng. - No, like what it's made from, looks like ginseng. - You're not hearing me. (Picking up a can.) The picture, right here, it's ginseng. - Yo - forget it, it's no big deal. (Putting the can back.) - Japan attacked Korea? - In 1904? - Are you Japanese? - You look Japanese. - Yo, you look like that guy in The Last Samurai. - No, that's it. - Thanks. **Appa** - Large or small? - King size or regular? - If you don't have car, why you ask, "Which one?" when I ask, "Is that one you car?" - Indicating the case of cans on the counter. Insam Energy Beverage? - It's Insam Energy Beverage. It's new one, very good from Korea. Made from - No, insam. - No, looks like insam. That's why it's call - No, picture is insam. - Yah. - Yah. - No. - No. - Who, Tom Cruise? - No, the Japanese guy. - Look same, not same thing. You look like you is from Kenya. - I can tell. - Yeah. Really. - Yo, that is cool. - I know. I am. - Why were we talking about Japan attacking Korea? - Japan attack Korea 1904, make slave of Korean. I am Korean. Ginseng is Japanese name. Insam is Korean name. (Beat.) Look same - not same thing. - You understand. - Okay, I hook up. Anything else? - Tallies up the total on the cash register. $12.52. - Okay. See you. - You win? - You choose bad one. Okay, see you. - Yeah, have a good one. **Janet** - Bye Appa. - Startled. What happened? - I gotta go. - Stop being so nosy. - I'm not talking to the police. - I don't care if you push last one. I'm not talking to the police. - I don't care if you don't care, I'm push last one. - Mind your own business, Appa. - What, it's a Toyota? - Mitsubishi? - How many times do I have to tell you, Appa, Japanese people aren't the only ones driving Japanese cars. - You buy Japanese, you is guilty by associationship. - What about your Canon SLR camera, made in Japan? - Appa get half-price. - Your money still went to Japan. - Half-price, I rip off Japan. - Still Japanese. - I scratch name. Nobody can tell. Talk to police. - What about Mr. Shin? He's a salesman for Honda. - Mr. Shin is Mr. Shit. - I thought you guys were best friends? - No, he is pimping the Jesus now. - What? - He is pimping the Jesus. - He's doing what to Jesus? - Pimping. - Peemping? - Not peemping, pimping. - Pimping. - Yah. He is using church to selling Honda. Different church every Sunday, selling Honda. That's pimping the Jesus. - How'd you learn about a word like pimping? - Janet, I am cool, what you talking? - Okay, what about Mr. Park? He sets up cheap sushi restaurants in the Annex. He's promoting Japanese cuisine. He's guilty by associationship, and since you're his best friend, so are you. - Yes. - No. - Yes. - No. - No. That's different. He is pimping Japan. Pimping Japan is okay. He is make money selling Japan food, but he is Korean. White people can't tell difference. Kind of look same. Korean Grill House, run by Chinese. Chinese pimping Korea. That's no good. Appa boycott. Talk to police. - Talk to them yourself. - Police hear accent, they don't take serious. - Janet! 1904 Japan attack Korea ### 3. Call police - Janet enters from the back of the store with her camera bag. She goes to the side closet for her jacket and fills up on candy throughout the scene. - Car is no-parking zone. (Offers her the cordless phone.) Call police. ### 4. The Offer - Mr. Kim. - Oh, Mr. Lee! My black friend with Korean last name! - Hi Janet. - Hey, Mr. Lee. - Long time now see. - Yeah, it's been a while. - Wah, look at you, nice jacket, pants. Turn around. Turn around. (LEE does a flashy Michael Jackson turn.) Wah, looks very good. - You like this? I can get you one. - Oh, no, no thank you. Not my style. How's mommy, daddy? - They're doing very well, thank you. - And how's you business? - Business is good. Business is very good. (Beat. - Gazing out the window.) Lotta condos going up in the area, eh, Mr. Kim? - Yah, very fast. They is working hard. - Did you hear about Walmart? - Walmart? What's Walmart? - Apparently once those condos are up and ready, Walmart's moving in. - Why Walmart wants to moving to Regent Park? - 'Cuz once those condos are up and ready, Regent Park isn't gonna be Regent Park anymore. (LEE hands APPA his card.) Here. - I already have you card. - This is a new one. Flip it over. - What flip? - The card. Flip the card over, Mr. Kim. (APPA turns the card upside down.) That's not a flip, that's a turn. - Oh, flip, okay. - You're back on the same - just - I'm serious, Mr. Kim! (LEE grabs APPA's hands, showing him the back of the card.) There. See? - No, I can't see. Light is no good here. (APPA goes back behind the counter.) What is? - That's my offer for your store, Mr. Kim. - Offer? - Mr. Kim, I want to purchase your store. - You want to buy my store? - Yes, I want to buy your store for that amount. - Oh, Mr. Lee, this is lots of money. - I wouldn't dare insult you with anything less. - This is very generous, Mr. Lee, but, no. This community need me. Even if Walmart moving in, people in neighbourhood need this store. - I understand that, Mr. Kim, but once Walmart moves in, I'm sorry to say, but that's it. No one can compete with that kinda buying power. Dufferin Mall, Jane and St. Clair - Mr. Lee, my answer is no! Thank you. - Mr. Kim, do you have an exit plan? - Exit plan? - What's your exit plan, Mr. Kim? What's your exit plan from this life? You plan on working at the store 'til you die? That's not a good exit plan. You've had a rough life, especially with your son. Don't think for a minute that I don't remember the kind of trouble Jung put you through. Now if Jung were here, he'd take over the store. But he's not here and he's not coming back. (Offering his card.) This is your only opportunity to enjoy life a little, Mr. Kim, before there's only a little life left to enjoy. (APPA doesn't take the card. LEE puts it on the counter.) Well, think it over. Give me a call tonight. I gotta go. I'm parked in a no-parking zone ### 5. I am Serious - Janet is in the side closet looking for her Day-timer. - Did you call police? - Good. Now, call police again and cancel order. - Cancel order, we don't need. - Forget it. You cancel the order. - I am serious, Janet. - Seriously? - Yah, seriously. - No kidding? - No kidding. - You serious? - Yah, I am serious. - No foolin'? - Who is fooling? - You. - No. What you talking? - I'm talking serious. ### 6. I'm Going - 내가 이따가 와서 치울께요. [Just leave it, I'll clean it up when I get back.] - 주일날 최집사님이 저녁 같이 하자네. 시간돼? [This Sunday Mr. Chae wants to get together for dinner. How's your schedule?] - Picking up LEE's card. 이게 뭐에요? [What's this?] - 어... 그거 ... 그러니까 그게... Mr. Lee 가 오퍼 넌거야... 우리가게. [Oh... that's, uh... Mr. Lee's offer for the store.] - 오퍼요? 가게 판다는 얘기 안했잖아요. [I didn't know you were selling the store.] - 팔려고 하는게 아니라... Mr.Lee 방금 오퍼를 상의 도 없이 주고 갔데니까. [I wasn't... Mr. Lee just made an offer. Just now.] - 가격은 꽤 괜찮네. [It's a generous offer.] - 그러게... [I know...] - 은퇴할 수 있겠네. [You could retire.] - 그러게. [I know.] - Beat. Gets herself together. Janet, I'm going. Janet, I'm going to church. Janet? Janet! - 엄마 갔다올께. [I'm going to church.] - Then 가 [go] already. - Under her breath as she leaves. 아휴, 이 기집애 때매 내가 죽겠다, 죽겠어. [Ugh, I swear, she's gonna be the death of me, the death of me.] ### 7. What's your plan? - Appa resumes pricing the cans. Janet is organizing her camera lenses and lens-cleaning materials at the counter. - Do you have exit plan? - What? - Do you have exit plan? - Do I have a what? - Exit plan. You having? - An exit plan? For what? - No, like what's you life plan? - What are you talking about? - You is thirty years old now. Have to think what is plan you future. What you think, take over store? - I don't want to work at the store. - What's wrong with store? - How can I work at the store, Appa? I'm busy. - Not work at store. I am talking take over store. Make Kim's Convenience dynasty. - Take over the store? - Yah. - Don't you want me to succeed in life? Look, Appa, you did what you had to do, right? And I appreciate that. I do. But didn't you do what you had to do so I wouldn't have to do what I had to do but could choose what I wanted to do? - What? - I'm a photographer, Appa. This is what I've chosen to do. - Yah, you can do weekend. Hobby, like me. But you don't make money take picture. Store make money. Take over store: money. Picture: hobby. It's good deal for you. - I don't want to take over the store. I don't even know how to run the store. - Seriously? ### 8. Jamaican - Mike enters. He speaks with a thick Jamaican accent. - D'ya have a tub o' Vaseline fa me? A tub o' Vaseline? - What? - D'ya have a tub o' Vaseline? - Seen? Sorry, I don't - I can't catch fast what you talking. - What? - I can't catch hearing you speak mouth too fast. - What ya talking about? - No, uh, what you talking? - About what? - What? - What what? - No, you ask me - Y'aks me what I talking, what ya referring to? - Why you talking like you want to fight me? - Me not speaking like me want to fight ya. Me not want to fight. Me just need a tub o' Vaseline, see, and dis how me speak, take it or leave it. - Okay, I take. - Ladda mercy, me look for it me damn self. Cha! (As he walks down an aisle) Chinaman wan run business in Canada and him can't even speak da language proply. ### 9. Steal or no steal - Janet appears and Appa ushers her behind the counter at the window. - Janet, Janet, you see? - See what? - That guy. - Which guy? - Not front of store, back of store. See? Don't look! See, but don't look. - The black guy? - Janet, don't be racist. - What? - You see? - Yeah, I saw the guy. So? - He is steal. - What? - He is steal. - You saw him take something? - No, he is going to steal. - How can you tell? - He is black guy, jean jacket. That combo is steal combo. You don't know how to run store, I teach you. This is training day. Lesson number one, steal or no steal. Every customer, have to know. Steal or no steal. (Beat. Pointing to a girl outside.) See that girl? She is no steal. She is black girl, fat. Fat black girl is no steal. (Pointing to a guy outside.) Fat white guy, that's steal. Fat guy is black, brown shoes, that's no steal. That's cancel-out combo. - That is so awkwardly racist. - Not racist... survival skill. Look. Secret survival skill. (Closes his eyes and looks around.) Make eyes very small. Then nobody know you even looking. (Reopens his eyes.) Okay, brown guy, that's steal. Brown girl, that's no steal. Asian guy, that's no steal. Asian girl, that's steal. If you is the gay, that's no steal. Easy. The gay is never steal. If you is the lesbian, that is girl who is the gay, that's steal, one hundred percent guarantee they is steal. But two lesbian, that's no steal, cancel-out combo. - What about a black lesbian with long straight hair and a fat Asian gay man with short hair together? Steal or no steal? - That's impossible. - What's impossible? - The gay, Asian, fat? - Appa, there are Asians who are gay, y'know? - I know, but the gay Asian is never fat. Only skinny Asian is the gay. That's rule. Shhh. ### 10. Hapkido - Me find it in da back. - Oh, Vaseline. You using for feet? I using for feet. My heel get hard and cracking. Vaseline make smooth. - Right. - Tallies up the total on the cash register. $4.65. (MIKE gives APPA a twenty.) Thank you. Okay, I give to you change. - Wa gwan? - I have you change here my hand. I give to you change, you give to me what you steal. - What?! - Give to me what you steal, I give to you change. - 'Cuz me black, y'accusing me of teefin'? - No! I'm sorry, sir - TO JANET. Janet, stay back. (To MIKE) No, I'm not accuse you. I'm tell you, you is steal. - Coming forward. Appa, stop it! (TO MIKE) Sorry, he's got a weird sense of - Janet! (JANET moves.) Give to me what you steal from back of store and I give to you change. - Excuse me, but - No, I don't excuse you. You have no excuse. You liv-ing in Canada, you is healthy, you is smart, you is good boy, you have no excuse to steal. - Ya making big mistake - No, you making big mistake. I know hapkido. You know hapkido? It's Korean fighting style. That's big mistake for you. Now, you want something, you pay. You can pay cash or you can pay I kick you ass. - AHΗ! - Empty pocket. Empty pocket! - AH! (MIKE takes a pack of razors out of his pocket.) Please don't hand me over. - You didn't pay for this. - Please, me sorry. (APPA applies pressure to MIKE'S arm.) AH! Please don't hand me over. - You didn't pay for that. - Please. - "I am steal from you store, Mr. Kim." Repeat. "I am steal from you store, Mr. Kim. Please forgive me." Repeat! - I am steal from ya store, Mr. Kim. Please fahgive me. - "Dear Jesus." - What? (APPA applies pressure to his arm.) АН! - Repeat. "Dear Jesus." - Dear Jesus. - "Please forgive me I am steal from Mr. Kim." - Please fahgive me I am steal from Mr. Kim. - "Help me be good example to black kid." - Help me be a good example to the black kids them. - "I accept you in my heart." - What? (APPA applies pressure to his arm.) АН! - Repeat! - I accept ya in a me heart. - "Amen." - Amen. - Walk out slow. And if I ever see you, I shit kick you fuck ass, you understand? - Ya, man. ### 11. You Stupid - See, I tell you he is steal. (Picks up the stolen items, putting them on the counter.) That is lesson number one. Steal or no steal. Have to know. Okay, lesson number two - That was the most idiotic, insanely stupid thing I've ever seen you do, and you've done a lot of stupid things, Appa. - YOU stupid. - Appa! - He is stupid too. - Of course he's stupid! Why else would he be stealing unless he's stupid! - David Chen, Lucky Moose in Chinatown, do same thing. He is hero. I am hero. - Kenny Kim, Queen and Sherbourne, did the same thing and it cost him his life. - Kenny Kim is die because cigarette company and government is so greedy. They make cigarette so expensive, people can't afford and have to steal. Then convenience store owner is victim. That's why Kenny Kim is die. Don't get mix up, Janet. - Appa, that guy could've had a gun. - I know hapkido. - Picking up the stolen items and placing them behind the counter. Is it worth it? Is it really worth it? Grow up, Appa! - YOU grow up. - Did you even think about - YOU think. - What? - YOU what. - Stop doing that! - YOU stop. - I'm not doing anything. - YOU doing. - I'm just talking. - YOU talking. - Appa, that doesn't even make any - YOU doesn't. - You're just repeating - YOU. - Alright! - YOU alright. - Fine. - YOU fine. - Forget it. - YOU forget. ### 12. Police - Excuse me, sir, did someone here call 9-1-1? - Yah. - Who called 9-1-1? - I do. - Is there an emergency? Sir! - Yah, used be emergency. You take so long time not emergency now. - What was the emergency, sir? - White Honda is parking no-parking zone. Then drive off. You take too long. - Sir, 9-1-1 is reserved for emergency situations. Please don't abuse it with trivial matters like illegally parked cars. There are severe consequences - Actual, I don't call 9-1-1, Janet is. - Appa! - Is this true, miss? - Well, yes, Officer, technically - Janet? - Yes? - Planet Janet? - Alex? - Look at you. - Oh my God, you're a cop. - And you're all grown up. - What's happen? - Appa, this is Alex. He... he was a friend of Jung. - Hi, Mr. Kim. - Oh, yah, I remember you, yah. Hi, Alex. (Beat.) You is now police? - Yeah. - Real police? - What can I say, Mr. Kim. People change. (ALEX shows APPA his badge.) ### 13. Where's your brother? - Hi. - Hi. Did you forget something? - No. - You need more peanuts? - Chuckles. Wow. No, I have enough. I just wanted to leave my number for Jung. What? What is it? - He left... a long time ago. - He left? - Yeah. He left home when he was sixteen. - Didn't know that. - You remember Jung's temper? My dad was the same. Even worse. - What happened? - Uh, well, during one of their arguments, Jung said that Appa was a horrible husband, that he was treating my mom like a slave. And Appa hit him. Hard. Jung was hospitalized for a few days. After he was released, everything seemed to be back to normal. Then, one day, my dad went to get the money from the safe and it was empty. So was Jung's room. - Wow. - Once in a while, I catch my dad looking out the window. Most of the time he's looking for illegally parked Japanese cars, but sometimes I think he's looking for Jung. - Where is he now? - I don't know. Heard he was in rehab for a while. He meets my mom at church sometimes. - Sorry to hear that. - That's okay. - That your camera bag? - Yup. - Are you a photographer? - Yup. - How'd you become a photographer? - OCAD [Ontario College of Art and Design]. How'd you become a cop? - Cop school. (JANET chuckles.) No, my life changed a lot after I moved out of this neighbourhood. I forgot how much you used to follow us around. - Can I take your picture? - Uh, sure, okay. - Just playin'. - What did you have for breakfast? - For breakfast? - Yeah. - Cereal, some fruit, coffee. - What kind of cereal did you have? - Mini-Wheats. - Have you always had Mini-Wheats? - No, used to be Frosted Flakes - when I was a kid. My dad liked Frosted Flakes. We'd eat it together. We had this routine, this tiger thing we'd do. "They're grrrreat!" Yeah, Frosted Flakes. - What about Cheerios? - Nah. - What's wrong with Cheerios? - For me, it had to do with what the cereal did to the milk. That bowlful of sweetened milk right at the end was what breakfast was all about. - Like the chocolate tip at the bottom of an ice cream Drumstick? - Exactly. - Wanna see? - Sure. (JANET shows ALEX his picture on the LCD screen.) Wow. I look so...artsy. (JANET giggles.) What? - I was actually on my way to check out a site for a wedding I got tomorrow - When I came in? - When you came in. - Where you shooting? - The Distillery. Where you shooting? That was a joke. - Need a lift? - I gotta cover for my dad. - Til when? - Another ten minutes? (Beat.) You married? - No used to be. Divorced. You married? - No. Any kids? - No. You? - No. But I want kids. Like, if I met the right guy and got married to him, then yeah, of course, no question, absolutely. - We could. What do you want to eat? - I don't know. What do you want to eat? - Anything's good. - Yeah, anything's good for me too. - I'm not feeling anything in particular. - Me neither. - Could do just about anything. - Yup, me too. - You allergic to anything? - Melons. - Melons? Really? - Yeah. Kinda developed it. - Didn't know you could develop melons - allergies. - I used to not be allergic to melons, now I am. - That's too bad. I love melons. - Korean or Indian? - Who? - Food. You. Choose. Korean or Indian? - Korean. - Now it's your turn. Offer me a choice. - Oh, okay, uh... Christie and Bloor... or Yonge and Finch? - Christie and Bloor. Rice or noodles? - Rice. Meat or vegetarian? - Meat. Pork or beef? - Pork. Hot and spicy or extremely hot and spicy? - Extremely hot and spicy. In a stone bowl or in a stainless steel bowl? - Stone bowl. Gamjatang or pork mandu soondubu? - Gamja Tang. Kachi or Booungee? - Han Kuk Kwan. ### 14. Take over the store - No, it's Christie - I'll pick you up in ten minutes. - then Bathurst, then Spadina, St. George, Bay, Yonge, Sherbourne, then is Castle Frank. Yah, one hundred percent guarantee. Yah, okay. (APPA hangs up the phone.) 아이씨 바보. [Idiot.] (APPA pulls out JANET'S Day-timer and reads from it.) Okay, Janet, lesson number two: "Old is cold, new out of view." Old can is cold can, put in front. New can is not cold can, put out of view. "Old is cold, new out of view." - Appa, where'd you find that? - Upstair washroom. - I've been looking for that. Give it to me. - Wait, lesson number three is - Appa, I gotta go. - Wait, we have to finish training, I make list - Appa, I'm not taking over the store. - Janet, you is thirty years old now and still single. You have to understand, now is desperation time for you. Sudden death, overtime, penalty kick shootout. Expiration date is over. Take over store is only choice you having. - I can't believe - Me and Umma is struggle whole life make life for you. We do what we have to do, hope you can be doctor, lawyer, big success, but what you do? Take picture. We don't have to come to Canada for you take picture. Even you can take picture in North Korea. - Appa - Janet, I am dying... one day in future and before I dying, I - - You want to retire. - What is my story? Hm? What is story of me, Mr. Kim? My whole life is this store. Everybody know this store, they know me. This store is my story. And if I just sell store, then my story is over. Who is Mr. Kim? Nobody know that. You take over store, my story keep going. ### 15. Hi Jung - Oh my goodness, look at me, always forgetting things, always.] (UMMA takes an envelope from underneath the tray in the cash register. Beat.) 왜 그래요? 뭔일 있어요? [What's wrong? What is it?] - A니야. [Never mind.] - 여보? 여보? [Honey? Honey?] ### 16. Naming - What you think, Kim's Variety Store? - Kim's Variety Store? - Yah. Kim's Variety Store. What you think? - Mr. Kim has already. - Who Mr. Kim? - Yonge and Finch Mr. Kim. - Mr. Kim, Yonge and Finch, has Kim's Variety Store? Then just Kim's Variety. Take out "store." What you think? - Kim's Variety? - Yah. - St. George Mr. Kim has already. - St. who? - St. George. - Who is St. George? - St. George is St. George. - St. George? Sound like St. Jajee. - Not St. Jajee, St. George. - Kim Cheese. Like Mac's Milk, but Kim and cheese. - We don't only sell cheese. - Mac's don't only sell milk. (Beat.) 7-Twelve. Like 7-Eleven but... (Beat.) KFC. Kim's First Convenience. No, people think we is Kentucky Fries Chicken. Then we have to sell chicken, fries, and turkey. (Beat.) Kim Hortons. - Rubbing her belly. What you think of name is Jung? (Pause.) If baby is boy, Jung Kim. What you think? ### 17. What is it? - When did you get in?] - Just got here. Did you eat?] - Yeah. What is it?] - Nothing... Where's Janet?] - Out. Mr. Chae wants to have us over for dinner this Sunday. Did you hear me? What's wrong?] - Nothing. Yeah, it's fine. I'm going up.] - What is it? Honey? Honey?] ### 18. Who you go out with? - Closing? - Soon. - Want some help? - It's okay. - How's business? - Same same. (JANET begins to exit to the back.) You go out? - Yeah. - Who you go out with? - Alex. - Black police Alex? - Coming forward. Yes. - You used to have crush on him. You have fun time? - Yeah. - You remember Mr. Chae? - Ingoo's Appa? - Yah. He is having store in South Central L.A., California. Lots of black people is living there too. One day black lady is come and ask five-dollar loan. So, he give loan five dollar. Next week, she come and pay back. No interest. Then she ask loan ten dollar. And he give and she pay back. And continue. They have good friendship. She tell all her friend, and they come and ask loan too. He is help all of them. Then 1992. Rodney King L.A. riot happen. All Korean convenience store is on fire and black people stealing. So he take shotgun and go to store. When he gets out of car, he see fire and smoke, people screaming, running, crazy, and he look at store. He see all black people in front of store. So, he get gun, ready to shoot, then he stop. What he see is that black woman who he give to loan and all his black customer hold hand, make big wall, stop other people stealing his store. - What are you trying to say, Appa? - Alex is not Korean, but if you want to marry him, that's okay with me. - We went out on one date. I don't even know if he had a good time. ### 19. Let's Talk - Hi. - Alex. - Can I talk to you? - Yah, okay, talk. - Uh, I didn't - No, it's okay. - No, Mr. Kim, I didn't mean - Alex, it's okay, take easy, nice and slow. We is here for you. Talk. (Beat.) We closing soon. Hurry up. - Uh, okay. I have this, uh, friend, this girl, who's just a friend. - Okay. - She recently met an old friend of hers, uh, this guy. - Okay. - They used to know each other when they were kids.