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Eddie breaks the family toaster while conducting his grand breakfast experiment of a Pop-Tart/bagel breakfast sandwich. “I’m so glad [Evan is] my name,” he says. “It’s perfect for me.” Credit: Adam Taylor/ABC The precocious young child doesn’t handle this news well, sending him into a deep identity crisis. Being named after a nurse, though, shook Evan. His parents' stories about picking their American names didn’t salve the panic attack. Nicole Wilder / ABC...

For the first time, the Huangs are responsible for planning Thanksgiving. Everyones Thanksgiving, without fail, shares at least one thing in common: familial discord. It can be grand or minor, but theres, at minimum, a seed of jealousy. Credit: Ron Tom/ABC It didnt stop there, though: Jessica and Connies typically coded conversations remain that way. Louis and Jessica have a perfect plan for Huangsgiving. Jessicas ex-boyfriend Oscar Chow is a favorite of Mrs....

But at least it comes with faux-wood paneling! The two quickly discover a major secret. Is it that Deidre is cheating, in trueMelrose Placefashion? Credit: Michael Ansell/ABC So how does Emery keep everything in? By releasing it actually. Of course, getting a pool out of the deal is a happy bonus. So why did Honey do it? Jessica assures her that will never happen, and the HOA lets Deidre back into their group....

Louis hasnt had time to develop bona fide friendships since opening the restaurant. Jessica is upset to learn that Toni is a woman. Its normal to have friends of the opposite sex, she says. Credit: Eric McCandless/ABC In fact, Marvin and I were friends for months before… we got to see this bitch. Toni is Jessicas nightmare: Even if Black Velvet werent playing in the bar, Toni is still attractive....

All had the bumps any sort of relationship might encounter. For the kids, simple date plans went awry. For the eldest, secrets were kept and were leaked, thanks to an adorable Evan. Credit: Nicole Wilder/ABC The fourth relationship experienced the biggest emotional swoon: Emery and his idea of his parents love. But throughout the series, hes been mostly positioned to serve as a foil for Eddies modernity. The middle child was finally placed in, well, the middle of the plot action....

But that didnt really matter to the Huangs, especially compared to what Louis called the Asian Super Bowl. Meet tennis pro Michael Chang and his exciting 1996 run at the Australian Open. It was actually 12th in production, whereasYear of the Ratwas No. Credit: Kevin Estrada/ABC He made Chang Gang headbands to wear while watching matches on a tiny tube TV. He rallies his kids to cheer on the fellow Taiwanese-Americans Grand Slam run....

In his first suburban Halloween, Louis must stave off the biggest horror: a lame block. Kids actually get to go outside after dark! It’s a near-universal childhood and parental experience, a touchstone for families. Credit: Michael Ansell/ABC He storms home from the costume store with his-and-hers B.A. Mr. T) get-ups. “Don’t you want to experience the one thing white people do better than us?” ABC “Begging for candy in disguise to hide your shame?...

It can also be a confounding and dangerous thing when used without a complete working knowledge. Two vintages pieces of tech ruined things for four different Huangs weeks. Their cow-print branding was ubiquitous and instantly identifiable. Credit: Vivian Zink/ABC Except Evan, naturally. He immediately looks up Cattlemans and finds one review on a relic of website: Phils Phaves. The only thing Phils Phaves lacks from the 90s website canon is frames....

Grandma even has cookies on hand to peddle to potential buyers. A man visiting cant help but poke holes in the listing, but ends up making an offer anyway. It takes about 4 seconds before hes kicked out. Credit: ABC/Nicole Wilder Jessica wants to makes money on the house instead of breaking even after fixing everything up and eradicating termites. Why buy a sickly cow, and fatten it up, and sell it for beans?...

For once, the tables have turned when they face the tall task of impressing Jessica. School is finally about to end for the year, ending an eventful first full year in Orlando. Emery is graduating elementary school as valedictorian and set for middle school. Credit: ABC/Eric McCandless As a reward, the kids receive a familiar sight from Chinese New Year: red envelopes. But theres no cash fitted in there. Its an invite to a graduation gala at Cattlemans....

to make it retain Evan’s belief of Santa, Jessica goes to extreme, sweet lengths. Uh oh: We almost arrived at a Santa Claus truther moment for Evan. For some kids, its a distinctly harrowing time. Credit: ABC/Vivian Zink But I was older when I learned than Evan is during the Christmas of 1995. Hes still in the throes of youth and enamored with the mysticism of Santa. Similarly, the Huangs are all into Christmas and everything it offers....

After breaking his leg, Louis faces a big fear: solo time with his children. Meanwhile, Louis is back in the restaurant to kick-start the surely lucrative vertical of take-out ordering. Hes the best dad ever when consumed only in tiny morsels. Credit: Eric McCandless/ABC (Instantly, she begrudges his classy wheelchair choice, tossing jeers and a Roosevelt his way.) He flees for a diner and awaits Jessica to bring him and Evans babyccino home....

The Huangs each toe their own lines between relationships and business. The truthiestFresh Off the Boattruth concerns Jessicas personality: She is driven. Like Honeys ideas and friendship. Credit: ABC/Michael Ansell They agree to differentiate friend and business time, even setting it on with an egg timer. As Grandma watchesBeachesincarnate (Jessica as Bette Midler, Honey as Barbara Hershey) debate open house details. (Those bangs were terrible though.) But Madam Xing becomes the main wedge between Jessica and her best and only friend....