All-American Girl - Season 1

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Mom, Dad, This is Kyle

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.

Submission: Impossible

2 - Submission: Impossible

Air Date: September 21, 1994

Margaret dates a Korean who wants her to be a traditional Korean woman.

Who's the Boss?

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.

Yung at Heart

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.

Redesigning Women

5 - Redesigning Women

Air Date: October 12, 1994

Stuart's demure fiancée breaks the engagement after Margaret throws her a bachelorette party.

Booktopus

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.

Mommie Nearest

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.

Take My Family, Please

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.

Exile on Market Street

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.

Ratting on Ruthie

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.

Educating Margaret

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.

Loveless in San Francisco

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.

Malpractice Makes Perfect

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.

The Apartment

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.

Notes from the Underground

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.

Venus de Margaret

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.

A Night at the Oprah

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.

Pulp Sitcom

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.

Young Americans

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.