All-American Girl - Season 1
1 - Mom, Dad, This is Kyle
Air Date: September 14, 1994
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.
2 - Submission: Impossible
Air Date: September 21, 1994
Margaret dates a Korean who wants her to be a traditional Korean woman.
3 - Who's the Boss?
Air Date: September 28, 1994
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.
4 - Yung at Heart
Air Date: October 5, 1994
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.
5 - Redesigning Women
Air Date: October 12, 1994
Stuart's demure fiancée breaks the engagement after Margaret throws her a bachelorette party.
6 - Booktopus
Air Date: October 19, 1994
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.
7 - Mommie Nearest
Air Date: October 26, 1994
When Margaret needs a reliable temp to work with her at the cosmetics counter, Ruthie and Gloria recruit her mother.
8 - Take My Family, Please
Air Date: November 2, 1994
Margaret does a standup routine about her family in a karaoke bar -- unaware that her parents are in the audience.
9 - Exile on Market Street
Air Date: November 16, 1994
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.
10 - Ratting on Ruthie
Air Date: November 23, 1994
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.
11 - Educating Margaret
Air Date: November 30, 1994
Margaret dates a British film professor who, despite his passionate work, turns out to be a real bore.
12 - Loveless in San Francisco
Air Date: December 7, 1994
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.
13 - Malpractice Makes Perfect
Air Date: December 14, 1994
Her brother's misfortune pleases Margaret -- until he decides to quit medicine and she must help him regain his perspective.
14 - The Apartment
Air Date: January 11, 1995
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.
15 - Notes from the Underground
Air Date: January 18, 1995
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.
16 - Venus de Margaret
Air Date: January 25, 1995
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.
17 - A Night at the Oprah
Air Date: February 14, 1995
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.
18 - Pulp Sitcom
Air Date: February 22, 1995
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.
19 - Young Americans
Air Date: March 15, 1995
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.