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I said I'm going to L.A.

It's not my fault you live like this.

It's my decision and schooling isn't for me.

Kevin, enough.

Hyunny, aren't you sick of this, too?

Thank you.

Let me see.

What's good?

Can you do spicy?

Yeah.

Well, if you can, then I would definitely recommend

the spicy pork on taco and definitely get the yucca fries.

Okay.

I'll take what you recommend.

Sounds good.

Is that okay?

Yeah, whatever.

Spicy pork on a taco and a yucca fries.

Can I have a medium soy latte

and a cold brew please with little ice.

Okay, what's your name?

Hyunny.

Honey.

Hyunny.

Henry.

No, it's Hyunny.

Honkey.

Hyunny.

H-Y-U-N-N-Y.

All right.

That's 12.25.

Humphrey.

Long day?

Yeah.

Carol called out sick so before Beth comes in,

I have to stick around.

One medium soy latte.

One medium cold brew little ice.

Order for Humphrey.

Order for Hyunny.

One medium soy latte.

One medium cold brew.

Enjoy.

Yo, next time tell 'em my name, all right.

Danny.

It's easier to spell.

They didn't even spell Humphrey right.

Humphrey.

Why am I always the one to take care of family

and he gets to do whatever he wants?

'Cause you're.

No, I don't wanna be.

Anyways, once you're done with the summer class,

you only have two semesters left, right?

I had to drop out of summer session.

Wait, why?

I picked up another shift at the liquor store.

In between, you know, the janitor work and the liquor store,

I don't have any time.

Look, my mom's getting sicker so she can't work right now.

Tuition just didn't seem like a good idea.

I'll pay for your summer classes.

Stop.

You can't keep pushing graduation back.

I already owe you too much.

I'm not keeping records.

You gotta take care of your family.

You were just talking about that.

Hey, I can make cuts elsewhere.

Danny, don't let your pride get in your way.

Are you gonna work like this forever?

It's not that simple.

You know that.

Man, I told you they were gonna flip their shit.

Well, now they know and they can't do shit.

I got some regret moving

and I'm still gonna open up my food truck

and whether or not it's worth it,

I'll decide that for myself.

All right.

Talk to us about your strategy

'cause neither Mike nor I know your exact plan.

Let's talk about the money for the truck.

Did you buy the truck?

What about trademark, inspection?

A rare cost.

You know, did you think about any of that, Kev?

Listen, this is down the road, all right.

Dude, you said you're moving to L.A. next month.

That ain't down the road.

Chill out.

I got it figured out.

I mean for real though.

I still don't know why you gotta go

all the way to L.A. to run a food truck.

Well, that's just step one

to get the hell out of Flushing, right.

- All right. - All right.

Do you.

I've been exercising in my room.

Mama, is this with Gochujang only?

What's the ratio?

Like what?

Nope.

No.

Never.

Kevin.

I'm still going to L.A.

Yes?

Me?

Dear God.

Thank you for...

This food.

Thank you for family.

In Jesus name I pray, amen.

Amen.

Rent is due tomorrow.

Yeah.

Mama, you wanna go for a walk?

It's nice and breezy out right now.

Maybe down by.

Danny got it for me for our six year anniversary.

Danny?

Ma, we've been together for like six years.

Kevin's a college dropout, too.

Kevin.

Now?

Oh, Kevin.

Listen.

You ruined my dress.

This dress cost $2,000,

so you need to pay for the damages, please.

I'm sorry, miss.

I don't know what happened.

I don't remember this mark.

Well you better figure it out.

I don't have all day.

Can we offer you a store credit?

Store credit?

No.

Are you insane?

Why would I ever come back here?

Ma'am, this not new dress.

I give you 500.

No, no.

I am not in the mood to play games.

I will tell all of the neighbors to stop coming here.

Hey, miss.

I'm sorry happening this.

No need for that.

No, no.

Go across the street to the bank

and get me a cashier's check

'cause I'm not gonna risk a check bouncing

and I have to come back here and we have to deal

with this whole fucking thing again.

Yo, miss.

It's insulting to assume they would give you a bad check.

And where's your proof of purchase

that this dress is actually worth $2,000?

Well, I think you people might not know this,

but if you look at the tag,

this is a fucking designer dress.

Give us proof.

Okay.

Follow me.

I get you cashier check.

Dad, no.

You still geek out over the same view.

It's beautiful.

Don't you see this?

But you've seen the skyline

a million times by now.

Yeah.

My dad.

Oh my God, he was so proud to be living in New York City.

You know?

Manhattan.

The building jungle.

He wouldn't shut up about how fortunate we were to be here.

Honestly, I don't think they knew

what type of shit they'd be getting into.

What am I gonna leave behind?

I inherited all this debt and struggle from my parents

because their American dream fell apart.

Merit only takes you so far.

My parents worked hard every day of their lives

and then they had nothing to show for it.

My dad's gone.

Mom.

She's gonna be gone.

And now I'm living paycheck to paycheck like them.

Things will get better.

You just bitching about it isn't gonna change anything.

You just need to grit your teeth and be patient.

Hello.

It's nice to meet you finally.

Richard's son, right?

Yeah.

Good to meet you.

The place has a smell to it, no.

Smell?

What smell?

Should look into it.

It's a turnoff to customers.

Sorry.

I will make sure it is done.

These days it's all about presentation.

You know, people are willing to invest more in packaging,

good design, and most importantly.

Atmosphere.

Okay.

But look at this place.

It's a mess.

It's cluttered, mismatched.

It's old.

You need to keep up, you know.

Revamp a little.

And present yourself nicely to your consumers.

Yes, like you dress the part.

The suit is a great idea.

A customer will see a clean-ish suit

and they'll say to themselves, hey,

this store's got style.

I mean, the fit is a little old,

but it suits your age.

No, but seriously keep the suit for the business.

I like that.

Wearing the suit while I work?

Yeah.

- At a dry cleaning store? - Yeah, yeah.

It's good.

- Okay. - It looks good.

Okay.

It's a bit old but everything works really good.

How long did you have this business?

17 years, but 10 years ago I bought the business

from the previous owner.

And how much rent are you paying now?

3,500 a month.

I see.

The lease is up soon, correct?

In two months.

About two months, yes.

All right.

Well, it was good to meet you.

Excuse me, sir.

One moment.

What about renewing the lease?

There's plenty of time.

Let's talk later.

Okay?

Have a good day and remember keep that suit on.

I like it.

Kevin.

Kevin.

You should hang this at your store.

Return policy.

If you have one,

then why didn't you demand it to the customer.

Kevin.

Why?

'Cause she's white?

Kevin.

This is my country and I would expect them

to protect our belongings.

What time are you going to the store tomorrow?

Why?

I pushed my plans to L.A.

It's temporary.

Fine.

Temporary.

All right, man.

Best of luck.

Thank you, sir.

Oh Kevin.

Nobody eats.

Why do you make it?

Hyunny.

Listen, I need these by five o'clock today.

I'm sorry, but we cannot do any same day cleaning today.

We are having boiler problem.

Okay.

How 'bout tomorrow?

Tomorrow.

Maybe.

Okay.

You know what?

You guys always been really good to me,

so I'll just come again next time.

Okay.

Okay.

Hope you get it fixed soon.

- Okay. - Okay.

Bye.

Take care.

Have a good day.

Thanks.

Getting things ready for my daughter.

She's going to college.

What?

She's going to college?

Yeah, it's crazy, right?

Wow.

We'll see.

I think it'll be okay.

Yeah, it'll be fine.

Oh wait one second.

Oh Ma.

Did you try calling Sarah's dad?

Sarah Oh from church.

Sarah.

Sarah Oh.

What?

Okay, fine.

Fine.

Bye.

Everything okay?

It's just family.

Don't worry about it.

It's okay.

That's what parents do.

Yup.

What's going on?

Oh, Kevin.

Really?

So you guys are leaving early?

I rearranged the racks so they're alphabetical.

This way it's easier to give customers bulk clothes

rather than search every number.

No, trust me.

No, just let me.

Let me show you.

Didn't even give it a try.

You're just calling me off.

Then how the hell you gonna survive here

if you don't know your ABCs?

Kevin.

Your old ways are the reason why this business is failing.

Fuck this shit.

Fuck.

Kevin.

Kevin.

Oh Kevin.

Yeah.

What the hell?

Stop smoking.

I don't have time to deal with your bitchy attitude today.

What's wrong with you?

Fucking mistake working here.

Seeing them in a real job.

It's not much different from corporate.

You got crappy coworkers and annoying bosses.

Yeah, but at least you don't gotta come home

and see their face everyday.

Wait.

What are you doing here?

I gotta give some money.

Is this for the machine?

The old man's breaking.

Laying down his ego to ask you for help, huh?

Nope.

Dad will never.

Mom did.

And seriously, stop smoking.

You're gonna stink up that shirt you're holding.

Mama, he hasn't even proposed to me yet.

I'm not 12.

I'm old enough to make my own decisions,

so I'll make them on my own.

What is wrong with you?

Why can't you respect my decisions?

Haven't I earned it by now?

Oh why are you so negative?

Danny's not gonna live like that.

I don't know.

What's wrong?

It's not you.

It's just my mom.

So the other day, Sarah's dad came to fix our machines.

Right?

And he asked about us, so I jokingly said

that you and I are gonna get married

and mom just flipped shit because of that.

So it is about me?

Yeah but no.

It's my mom.

She's just being ridiculous.

And I told her it's not like you proposed to me or anything

so why is she making such a big deal out of nothing?

I'm sorry.

It's not your fault.

She just thinks that we're gonna be struggling

for the rest of our lives just like they are.

Well she has a point.

What?

I got a lot of baggage and you've been dealing with it.

Why does that matter?

What if this is as far as I go?

Huh?

Is that still cool?

Your mom has every right to be concerned.

You're honestly gonna take her side right now?

So what?

You're gonna break up or something?

Hyunny, I never said that.

Then what do you mean?

Are you not gonna fight for this?

For us?

I'm fighting.

I'm doing everything I can to fight for us.

No, you're not.

What do you mean?

You don't think about the future.

You drop out of school.

You work at a liquor store.

What is this?

Am I even in your future?

What should I do instead?

Ditch everything and what propose to you?

Yeah, why don't you?

Because I can't.

I can't, Hyunny.

I mean, Jesus, look at us right now.

Our dates are walking around the fucking park in Flushing.

You know, I wanna take you out to nice restaurants.

I wanna buy you nice clothes.

I wanna buy you that diamond ring, okay.

I'm fighting so hard for us right now, but it's not working.

I'm carrying my mom and my sister on my shoulders, okay,

and I'm not confident I can carry you too.

I'm not asking you to carry me.

I can't have you carry me either.

Well reality says otherwise and that's okay.

I'm saying that's okay with me.

I gotta go.

Oh.

Hello.

One moment.

I get my husband.

Why, hello.

What a surprise.

Hey.

What happened to the suit?

Suit?

Oh, I was working in the back.

Anyway, you know what's funny?

I don't have your phone number.

Did you give me a business card?

Okay, here.

Here you see our number.

Thank you.

And I also seem to have forgotten when is the lease over?

The lease is over in one month.

One month.

From today?

From next week.

Okay.

Okay.

Have a great day.

Excuse me.

I know we're supposed to talk

about the lease renewal next week.

Yes.

I just want to say to you

that we have been here for 17 years.

We love this business and our customers

and we hope that you will be kind to us

and give us new lease agreement that is not too high rent.

I guess you're under the impression that you'll be renewed

but actually I need you to move out of here.

Excuse me.

Are you kicking us out?

Well, I wouldn't say it like that.

All right?

I mean, the lease is over

and I just have any interest in renewing.

I just think that dry cleaning.

It's not for this place, okay, but you understand.

This is just part of the procedure, okay.

Listen, we'll talk more about it next week.

I'll come around.

I'll have everything that you need to read.

All right?

All right, have a great day.

Look, why don't we just sell the equipment?

Someone's gonna buy it.

Why would we sell the equipment?

We need it for another store.

Think it's time to hang up the gloves.

Kevin, shut up.

We have to find a new place

or at least try to get into a drop store or something.

Look, this store is willing to buy.

What the hell?

You have no sometimes.

It's kind of surreal cleaning this place out.

Remember we used to go to the library

and bring back books here to read?

It was really hot and sticky,

so we put paper towels on our arms.

And we'd beg to get ice cream

whenever we heard that jingle outside.

Yeah.

I had my first cigarettes here.

Kevin.

Kevin.

I'm here.

It's money.

You wanna know?

That money's from that.

Grandma said.

Aren't you embarrassed?

Putting your 75 year old mother to work

because you failed in life.

You shut your mouth.

You shut up your mouth.

Other families.

They don't live like this now.

Kevin.

Kevin.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Can you stop?

Kevin.

Wait.

Why are you up?

I only have like couple minutes.

I don't know.

I know he's back at the food truck,

but they move around a lot so.

If you want, I can text it to you

once they upload their location.

Only sometimes.

I'm just kidding.

Bye, bye.

Okay, thank you.

Here you go, miss.

Thank you.

Have a good day.

You too.

Hey, what can I get?

Kevin.

Hyunny.

You're already inside.

What?

Hyunny.

Why didn't you tell me?

Mama, you have to tell me next time.

Hey.

I understand.

I mean, look at me.

I'm nobody's first choice.

But doesn't look like it right now.

I promise you I'm fighting.

I'm not fighting for me.

I'm fighting for Hyunny.

I'm fighting for both of us.

I'm fighting for our future together.

Kevin.

Kevin.

Thank you.

Did you say something to him?

What'd you do?

Goodnight.

It's his money.

I'm just returning it.

And.

Don't use it for rent or bills.

I need a new bookshelf.

Now?

Yeah.

I still gotta mop the floor.

It's gonna be another 20 minutes.

Then I got like a shift in two hours at the liquor store.

If we hauled ass, we'll be back before your shift.

I basically set your plate up, man.

So all I gotta do is draft up the menu?

All you gotta do is fly your ass to L.A., man.

You know what I'm saying?

So when can you come?

I don't know, man.

I got shit to deal with.

Well you better come soon

'cause we got a lot of work to do.

Bro, let me call you back, all right.

Yeah.

Kevin, can you come down?

Hurry up.

What's this?

I bought a bookshelf.

Can you help me carry this?

Why can't Daniel do it?

I dropped him off at work.

Thank you.

Here.

Kevin.

Why'd you come back?

For my bed.

Really?

Yeah.

I see.

Hyunny.

You ever wonder if our family's blessed or cursed?

A little bit of both.

Why?

Don't you feel burdened?

Yeah, that's the thing about baggage.

Even if you try to run away from it,

cut ties from it, it's just there.

It's just the fate of being children of immigrants.

Like kids tied to their parents?

Yes, but also bridge to help that transition.

You know, that hyphen between Korean-American.

I think that's who we are.

That's something only you and I will understand

and mom and dad won't.

So if you do well,

if I do well, they'll be well.

I got hungry.

All right, I'm out.

Hyunny.