Fresh Off the Boat: Season 1

2015 · 13 episodes · ★ 7.0

What Season 1 of Fresh Off the Boat

The Huangs, a Taiwanese family, leave Washington D.C.'s Chinatown and move to Orlando, Florida, in 1995 to open a cowboy-themed restaurant. Louis, the father, believes the business will be the opportunity the family needs and clings to the American Dream. Jessica, the mother, is demanding and competitive, and clashes with a community with very few Asian residents. Eddie, the eldest son, a fan of hip hop and basketball, has to find his place at a school where he doesn't fit in. Between extra chores, neighborhood parties and a billboard that someone vandalizes, the family tries to adjust to a very different life.

13episodes

Feb 4, 2015premiered

Apr 21, 2015Latest episode

4.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Pilot
Feb 4, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
It's 1995 and 11-year-old hip-hop loving Eddie Huang has just moved with his family from Chinatown in Washington D.C. to suburban Orlando. They quickly discover things are very different there. Orlando doesn't even have a Chinatown -- unless you count the Huang house.
Directing: Lynn Shelton · Writing: Nahnatchka Khan · Starring: Jillian Armenante, Davis Desmond, Prophet Bolden, Noel Gugliemi
1x02 Home Sweet Home-School
Feb 4, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
Jessica thinks school must be too easy for the boys and gives them extra homework; Louis tries to get Jessica to ease up on her strict approach.
Directing: Max Winkler · Writing: Kourtney Kang · Starring: Jillian Armenante, David Goldman, Evan Hannemann, Eddie Huang
1x03 The Shunning
Feb 10, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
When the cul-de-sac plans a block party to celebrate NASCAR, Louis urges the family to use the event to make new friends (and promote Cattleman’s Ranch Steakhouse). But Jessica has problems fitting in, especially after she befriends a beautiful trophy wife the roller blade moms don’t like. Meanwhile, Eddie schemes to win the respect of the neighborhood kids
Directing: Jake Kasdan · Writing: Nahnatchka Khan · Starring: Chelsey Crisp, Ray Wise, Luna Blaise, Prophet Bolden
1x04 Success Perm
Feb 10, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 7.0
A visit from Jessica's sister and her affluent husband creates out-of-control family rivalry.
Directing: Gail Mancuso · Writing: Rich Blomquist · Starring: Jillian Armenante, Susan Park, Shu Lan Tuan, Lance Lim
1x05 Persistent Romeo
Feb 17, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
Louis has to hire a professional instructor to give the restaurant staff a sexual harassment seminar after Jessica's attempts fall flat. Meanwhile, Eddie tries to pass off the seminar's instructional tape as a "dirty movie" to his friends in an attempt to impress them and get them to come to his house for a sleep over
Directing: Lynn Shelton · Writing: Sanjay Shah · Starring: Chelsey Crisp, Jillian Armenante, Luna Blaise, Prophet Bolden
1x06 Fajita Man
Feb 24, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
Eddie takes a job at the restaurant so he can earn money for a new video game.
Directing: Matt Sohn · Writing: Matt Kuhn · Starring: Jillian Armenante, Noel Gugliemi, Trevor Larcom, Dash Williams
1x07 Showdown at the Golden Saddle
Mar 3, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 6.6
A billboard for the restaurant is struck by vandalism. Eddie tries to get a girl's attention.
Directing: Lynn Shelton · Writing: Keith Heisler · Starring: Chelsey Crisp, Ray Wise, Luna Blaise, Anson Bagley
1x08 Phillip Goldstein
Mar 10, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 7.0
Eddie tries to befriend the only other Chinese kid in school, but he's in for a letdown after he finds out that they have nothing in common; Louis feels betrayed when Mitch accepts a job at the rival Golden Saddle.
Directing: Phil Traill · Writing: Jeff Chiang, Eric Ziobrowski · Starring: Jillian Armenante, Prophet Bolden, Noel Gugliemi, David Goldman
1x09 License to Sell
Mar 24, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
Jessica worries she can't compete with a top realtor and puts off taking the exam for her license.
Directing: Alisa Statman · Writing: Camilla Blackett · Starring: Chelsey Crisp, Luna Blaise, Prophet Bolden, Trevor Larcom
1x10 Blind Spot
Mar 31, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 5.7
Jessica's college boyfriend, Oscar Chow, comes to visit. She's a bit miffed that Louis isn't a little more jealous....but she's got a blind spot and is completely oblivious to the fact that Oscar is gay. Meanwhile, Eddie goes to great lengths to get out of the school science fair.
Directing: Claire Scanlon · Writing: David Smithyman · Starring: Chelsey Crisp, Rex Lee, Jillian Armenante, Amanda Lund
1x11 Very Superstitious
Apr 7, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 7.0
Jessica’s superstitions get the best of her when she sells a house with the address 44 West 44th Street – the number 4 being bad luck in Chinese culture. At the urging of the new school counselor, Eddie decides to run for school president, but Jessica’s bad luck gets the best of him too when a white lie spirals out of control.
Directing: Alex Hardcastle · Writing: Ali Wong · Starring: Jillian Armenante, Amanda Lund, Trevor Larcom, Evan Hannemann
1x12 Dribbling Tiger, Bounce Pass Dragon
Apr 14, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
Louis and Jessica get pressured into volunteering at the kids’ schools because of budget cuts. Eddie sees a whole other side of his dad when Louis – a former semi-pro basketball player back in Taiwan — coaches the basketball team, while Emery and Evan see a side of Jessica they wish they hadn't when she grudgingly takes on producing their school play, and puts her own spin on it.
Directing: Robert Cohen · Writing: Rich Blomquist · Starring: Amanda Lund, Prophet Bolden, Trevor Larcom, Evan Hannemann
1x13 So Chineez Season Finale
Apr 21, 2015 · 22 min · ★ 6.0
Jessica fears her family has assimilated so much to life in Orlando that they’ve lost their Chinese identity. So she drives everyone nuts making them reconnect with their culture, from Louis, who she insists decline an invite to join the country club, to Eddie, who she makes do a report on China for his World Day project.
Directing: Chris Koch · Writing: Sanjay Shah · Starring: Chelsey Crisp, Ray Wise, Luna Blaise, Prophet Bolden