[NPR] In its season finale, ‘Fresh Off The Boat’ is still wrestling with authenticity

“Why are you dressed like Chun Li from Street Fighter?” Eddie asks his mom Jessica.
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[NPR]

In Fresh Off The Boat’s season finale, Jessica, the family matriarch, worries over whether or not she and her kids have assimilated too much. The Huangs had been struggling to make ends meet, and now all of a sudden, things are turning around. Their steak house, Cattleman’s Ranch, is booming. Jessica, who struggled to fit in to suburban Orlando life, has discovered the joys of Melrose Place, and even has a group of girlfriends to watch it with. And in perhaps the ultimate sign that they’ve “made it,” the family is invited to join a local country club.

“We can be [the club's] first Asian-American members,” Jessica excitedly tells her white neighbors, who are members there.

“I didn’t even think of that. You know, sometimes I forget you guys are Chinese,” says the husband. “You guys are just like regular old Americans to us,” says the wife.

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