In the episode, “Breaking Chains,” as school starts, Emery starts his first day of middle school, but Eddie has a few rules for him to follow. Plus Louis thinks that Jessica needs some help around the house as she express she needs some help. This episode seem to be an average one at that, some…
Category: Fresh Off The Boat
Fresh Off The Boat (S02E23) “The Manchurian Dinner Date”
Review: It’s the end of the school year and as a gift Louis and Jessica give the boys an all-you-can-eat dinner at the Cattleman’s Ranch. They can all invite someone and Eddie thinks of taking Alison. When he asks her to come, but tells her that his mom wants him to date a Chinese girl,…
Fresh Off The Boat (S02E22) “Gotta Be Me”
Review: Jessica doesn’t want to let Eddie go on field trips, until she hears that this year they will go to Colonial Floridatown. Jessica is interested right away because “colonial Americans are the Chinese of today”, so she decides to let Eddie go while she volunteers to be a chaperone. Eddie and his friends are…
Fresh Off The Boat (S02E21) “Rent Day”
Review: Jessica convinces Honey that they should rent out the house they’ve been working on in the past months, instead of sell it. Jessica finds the perfect renters, but after collecting the first check, the bank calls to inform that it bounced. Jessica then finds out that the renters aren’t really that perfect because they…
Fresh Off The Boat (S02E20) “Hi, My Name Is…”
Review: When Evan opens a bank account and his parents tell him that his name was picked at random, he needs to decide which name he really wants to be on the account. Jessica and Louis try to convince him that names aren’t important, but that using his American name would be the easiest, by…
Fresh Off The Boat (S02E19) “Jessica Place”
Review: The ladies of the Home Owner’s Association are over at the Huang house to watch their favorite show Melrose Place. Honey is still not accepted in the HOA because the most powerful neighbor, Deirdre, still hasn’t forgiven her for stealing Marvin from her best friend. After the season finale, Jessica is depressed by how…
Fresh Off The Boat (S02E18) “Week In Review”
Review: It’s time for the annual student-faculty basketball game and Eddie and his friends are preparing to beat the teachers, unlike last year. They are even more motivated when Eddie and their math teacher Mr. G make a deal: if Eddie scores a basket on him, the whole class will be homework free for the rest of…
Fresh Off The Boat (S02E17) “Doing It Right”
My apologies for the late review. Review: Louis tries to win the North Orlando Chili Cook-Off, and asks Eddie to be his Chili Apprentice. But he doesn’t really value his son’s suggestions while making the chili and Eddie gets so tired of it that he decides to enter the contest himself. This leads to some great…
Fresh Off The Boat (S02E16) “Tight Two”
Review: Louis breaks his leg and is stuck with the kids while Jessica fills in for him at the Cattlemen’s Ranch, that just added the new To-Go service. Louis is afraid that the kids find him boring and tries to spice up their alone time with some fun activities, however this doesn’t work out the…
Fresh Off The Boat (S02E15) “Keep ‘Em Separated”
Review: This week’s episode of Fresh Off The Boat revolves around jealousy and whether or not men and women can be friends with each other. Honey and Jessica want to have some time together as friends, but Louis keeps interrupting them. Jessica tries to keep him away from them by allowing him to play pool….
Fresh Off The Boat (S02E14) “Michael Chang Fever”
Review: Emery has been my favorite kid on the show, so seeing an episode that completely focuses on him was a lot of fun. Emery shows an interest in tennis, after seeing Michael Chang play at the Australian Open. When he goes out to play and seems to be a natural, Louis and especially Jessica…
Fresh Off The Boat (S02E13) “Phil’s Phaves”
Review: I love Albert Tsai. I could decide to only write this about the latest episode of Fresh Off The Boat, but I will elaborate a little bit more. When Louis buys the family a computer, they find out that Cattleman’s Ranch has been reviewed by a website called Phil’s Phaves. The restaurant was graded…
