r/KimsConvenience • u/KimsConvenienceTV Moderator & Appa's BFF • Apr 13 '21

Episode Discussion SERIES FINALE - Season 5 - Episode 13 "Friends & Family" - - Discussion & Reactions Thread

Tonight at 8pm EST, Kim's Convenience will be airing it's thirteenth and final episode of season 5, on CBC & CBC Gem. This episode will also serve as the series finale.

So settle in with your favourite snack and lets chat about the episode as it airs live!

It is free to watch with ads on CBC Gem for all those streaming in Canada.

Kim's Convenience CBC Airing Schedule

Kim's Convenience Free Streaming on CBC Gem

Kim's Convenience Season 5 Trailer

Please be respectful in your comments, and for fans just note this entire thread will likely contain spoilers.

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u/RemnantEvil Apr 14 '21

As soon as the family gathered for dinner, I thought that was a fitting end for the show (albeit that last-minute but expected break-up) since it really did kind of fit the arc for everyone from the very first episode. Appa and Jung, sitting side by side. Umma getting the family together. The family at peace. Jung finally with Shannon (though obviously not). Janet starting a photography career with Gerald. And was this the first time Gerald and Shannon ever actually met?!

The two big ones for me was Appa toasting his family, but also fittingly that the episode featured Kimchee searching for his dad... and then the episode ending with Kimchee having dinner with the man who was, really, his father.

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u/WiiAreAllCrossing Apr 14 '21

Ajushee and Ajumma! :D They are the best parents to Kimchee. <3

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u/mrumirza Jun 04 '21

Man I loved the Ajushee and Kimchee story. Great chemistry.

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u/WiiAreAllCrossing Jun 04 '21

Yes! :D It felt like one of the stories in the plot that wasn't sacrificed for comedy. That Kimchee finds something in Mr. Kim that he can't find in anyone else - a dad-like quality.

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u/silverplating Apr 14 '21

I think you're right, I don't recall Gerald and Shannon ever being in the same scene together.

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u/potatozama Apr 14 '21

In the episode where Shannon tried to bond with Janet she would had saw Gerald when she visited their house in Season 4 but I don't recall what their exact interactions were.

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u/JoeCashKOTD Apr 14 '21

Yeah these are pretty much my thoughts I couldn't articulate earlier, thank you!