No Apology Necessary

"So, if Eddie makes a formal apology, then you'll let our other sons participate in cultural exchange?"
"No apology necessary. Bye-bye!"
— Louis Huang and Jessica Huang

"No Apology Necessary" is the twenty-second and final episode of the fifth season of Fresh Off the Boat. It first aired on April 12, 2019.

Synopsis[]

Just as the Huangs are settling into life without Eddie, an international incident catapults him not only to Taiwanese fame but also right back to America. In order to fix Eddie's mess, the family gets a new "daughter"; but when things go awry, Jessica must add a new word to her vocabulary. Meanwhile, master babysitter Evan watches Maria for Honey and Marvin, and ends up learning more about himself than he expected.

Plot[]

To be added

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Randall Park as Louis Huang
Constance Wu as Jessica Huang
Hudson Yang as Eddie Huang
Forrest Wheeler as Emery Huang
Ian Chen as Evan Huang
Lucille Soong as Jenny Huang (credited as Grandma Huang)
Chelsey Crisp as Honey
Ray Wise as Marvin Ellis

Recurring Cast[]

Trevor Larcom as Trent Masterson

Guest Cast[]

Stephen Oyoung as Linus
Jun Yu as Pete
Carl Chao as Anchor
Willis Chung as Andy
Shaw Jones as Principal Day
Wendy Rosoff as Mom
Cassia Samson as Lei
Patrick Quinlan as Hal

Errors/Inconsistencies[]

Jessica is referred to as "Jessica" in her flashback of when she was a teacher. However, in "Hi, My Name Is..." it is revealed that she went by her birth name "Tsai Hsai" until the day she met Louis Huang, when she took the name Jessica after deciding to adopt an American name. The episode "How to Be an American" reveals that she was employed as a teacher before she met Louis, meaning that she should not be referred to as Jessica during her teaching days.

Quotes[]

Evan: Hey! Eddie sent us an e-mail from Taiwan! From an Internet café.
Louis: Oh, man, those babies are the future. I bet ten years from now, there's two of them for every Blockbuster.

Louis: Okay, maybe I say it a lot, but only to avoid senseless conflict.
Jessica: It cheapens the word if you say it all the time. You're a "sorry" slut.
Louis: Well, at least I say it.
Jessica: You should only apologize when you've actually done something wrong.
Louis: But you never apologize.
Jessica: Bingo.

Evan: Now, any governess worth her frock comes prepared with the proper tools. Music prepares the infant mind for mathematics. Problem-solving begins in the uterus. Best we catch up, then. To know ourselves, we must first know the beasts. Now, Maria, sometimes a child needs encouragement to eat. ♪ You are six months, going on seven months ♪ ♪ Baby, it's time to ea... ♪

News Anchor: The citywide traffic jam began when American exchange student Eddie Huang crashed the bus into a restaurant for a cheeseburger.
Eddie: Yo, I didn't crash. I got stuck. Big difference. And I never got the cheeseburger.
News Anchor: So you're not sorry you completely shut down Xinyi District?
Eddie: It's not my fault the clearance height was in meters. I can't be driving and doing all kinds of math. It's not safe!
Louis: Chimichanga.
Eddie: Y'all should look into using feet and miles. Way less confusing.

Jessica: Taiwan, an entire island, kicked you out!
Eddie: Yes, but I didn't get kicked out empty-handed. I got you all gifts! Oh. They were stolen. But there is a crab backpack in here for Dad.
Louis: This isn't funny, Eddie. The cultural exchange program said they won't take your brothers now.
Evan: Zàijin, Yale! That means "Goodbye, Yale" in Mandarin. The language that you've been immersed in for over a month!
Eddie: You know, I feel like we're only focusing on the negative here. Positive? Your boy's home early! I'm gonna surprise the crap out of Tina.
Jessica: No! No Tina crap surprises. You are grounded... For the rest of your life! And for whatever comes after that! You come back as a mushroom, that mushroom is grounded, too.
Emery: How would you enforce that?
Louis: Not now, Emery!
Jenny: I had the same question.
Jessica: I thought you had matured, Eddie. You got your driver's license. You were acting more responsible. But you tricked me! We wanted to raise good kids, kids who would make a difference and stand up for something and maybe have enough money to send us to Hawaii twice a year. But instead, we raised a cheese-burglar.

Louis: No matter what, you can't just take a bus on a joyride. You're not a kid anymore, and you can't make waves in a different country.

Shopper: Whoa. Relax there, fresh-off-the-boat. I was here first.
Louis: Okay, here's what's gonna happen. I'm going to punch your throat, then kick your throat, then chop your throat, and that's just your throat.

Jessica: You never told me that story.
Louis: Yeah, because he beat the hell out of me. That's why my jaw clicks whenever I eat a Tootsie Roll. Still, it was good that I lost.
Jessica: I'm not sure you understand fights.
Louis: I realized you have to pick your battles. You want to fight every injustice, especially as a new immigrant, but some dumb comment in a grocery store wasn't worth it, and neither is this. Eddie made a mistake. He should apologize.
Jessica: Well, that's just not how I want to raise our boys. If they feel like they've been wronged, they should fight... Every time.

Evan: Okay, I didn't actually spank her. I was simply suggesting an alternative outcome if she refused the bottle. Look, this isn't gonna be popular, what I'm about to say, but here it comes... She a bitch.
Louis: Evan, that's my goddaughter!
Evan: Hey, I'm just standing up for myself. Like Eddie!
Louis: Chimichanga! This house is out of control! [to Jessica] Now your "no apology" philosophy has corrupted Evan, too!

Jessica: I wanted to announce that I spoke to the exchange program, and the boys can now participate!
Emery: Yes!
Evan: This is why you lead us.
Jessica: I realized that sometimes you do have to compromise for the good of others.
Louis: So Eddie's going to apologize.
Jessica: Good God, no. I made a deal. Lei? Boys, meet your new sister.
Lei: Greetings, host family.
Jessica: Isn't this exciting?! Lei's host family in Minnesota fell through because they got lost in that big mall, so now she's ours.
Jenny: Girl, fetch me a Zima.
Jessica: Jenny, she's not our servant.
Jenny: Ohh.
Jessica: She's part of the family for the next year. Boys, show Lei to her room.
Eddie: Where's her room?
Jessica: Your room.
Eddie: The hell?!
Jessica: You can move in with your brothers.
Emery and Evan: The hell?!
Eddie: Come on, Lei. FYI, the nightstand is off-limits... For your own safety.

Jessica: Taiwan sent us a dud. Maybe I can trade her in. They did mention a set of twins.
Louis: She's not a dud, Jessica. And her German chocolate is wunderbar. The problem is, you upended this whole family all because you refuse to apologize.
Jessica: You're right. Her German chocolate is excellent. But her buttercream is a little bit "grocery store."
Louis: Jessica! Eddie stole a bus to eat a cheeseburger. You know he wasn't really standing up for something.
Jessica: Fine! I knew he was lying. Maybe I was just looking for an excuse to save him.
Louis: Save him from what?
Jessica: When I first moved to this country, I didn't know the language or the culture. I would shrink my shoulders, put my head down, and try to be invisible.
Louis: The immigrant shrivel.
Jessica: A model minority. I didn't want to cause any trouble, so I apologized all the time, even when I wasn't wrong, like you do. Until one day, back when I was teaching, I gave this kid an F. He got upset, and he told his parents that I shouted at him, which I didn't do, but instead of standing up for myself, I agreed to apologize. I did everything they wanted me to, but I still lost my job. I felt so powerless and weak. I don't want the boys to ever feel that. Eddie being alone in a new country, like we were, brought all that back. And in two years, he's gonna be out on his own for good.
Louis: Jessica... we have great kids. And they have the strongest mother in the world.
Jessica: I am strong.
Louis: But even great kids make mistakes. Eddie owning that won't make him weak. Saying sorry is one of the hardest things you ever do. If the boys learn to do that, it'll only make them stronger.

Jessica: Just to be clear... If you had actually been standing up for yourself, I would never let you do this.
Eddie: You knew I was lying?
Jessica: I always know when you're lying. Plus, you are not charismatic enough to get a bus full of children to chant "USA."
Eddie: I know. Sorry, Ma.
Jessica: I must admit, I do love the word when it's coming in my direction.
Louis: So maybe you'll start saying it yourself?
Jessica: Oh, Louis, I love your optimism.

Gallery[]

Episodes

Fresh Off the Boat – Season One

Episode 1 "Pilot"	Episode 2 "Home Sweet Home-School"	Episode 3 "The Shunning"	Episode 4 "Success Perm"


Episode 5 "Persistent Romeo"	Episode 6 "Fajita Man"	Episode 7 "Showdown at the Golden Saddle"	Episode 8 "Phillip Goldstein"


Episode 9 "License to Sell"	Episode 10 "Blind Spot"	Episode 11 "Very Superstitious"	Episode 12 "Dribbling Tiger, Bounce Pass Dragon"


Episode 13 So Chineez

Fresh Off the Boat – Season Two

Episode 1 "Family Business Trip"	Episode 2 "Boy II Man"	Episode 3 "Shaquille O'Neal Motors"	Episode 4 "The Fall Ball"


Episode 5 "Miracle on Dead Street"	Episode 6 "Good Morning Orlando"	Episode 7 "The Big 1-2"	Episode 8 "Huangsgiving"


Episode 9 "We Done Son"	Episode 10 "The Real Santa"	Episode 11 "Year of the Rat"	Episode 12 "Love and Loopholes"


Episode 13 "Phil's Phaves"	Episode 14 "Michael Chang Fever"	Episode 15 "Keep 'Em Separated"	Epsiode 16 "Tight Two"


Episode 17 "Doing It Right"	Episode 18 "Week in Review"	Episode 19 "Jessica Place"	Episode 20 "Hi, My Name Is..."


Episode 21 "Rent Day"	Episode 22 "Gotta Be Me"	Episode 23 "The Manchurian Dinner Date"	Episode 24 "Bring the Pain"

Fresh Off the Boat – Season Three

Episode 1 "Coming from America"	Episode 2 "Breaking Chains"	Episode 3 "Louisween"	Episode 4 "Citizen Jessica"


Episode 5 "No Thanks-giving"	Episode 6 "WWJD: What Would Jessica Do?"	Episode 7 "The Taming of the Dads"	Episode 8 "Where are the Giggles?"


Episode 9 "How to Be an American"	Episode 10 "The Best of Orlando"	Episode 11 "Clean Slate"	Episode 12 "Sisters Without Subtext"


Episode 13 "Neighbors with Attitude"	Episode 14 "The Gloves Are Off"	Episode 15 "Living While Eddie"	Episode 16 "Gabby Goose"

	]
Episode 17 "The Flush"	Episode 18 "Time to Get Ill"	Episode 19 "Driving Miss Jenny"	Episode 20 "The Masters"


Episode 21 "Pie vs. Cake"	Episode 22 "This Is Us"	Episode 23 "This Isn't Us"

Fresh Off the Boat – Season Four

Episode 1 "B as in Best Friends"	Episode 2 "First Day"	Episode 3 "Kids"	Episode 4 "It's a Plastic Pumpkin, Louis Huang"

Episode 5 "Four Funerals and a Wedding"	Episode 6 "A League of Her Own"	Episode 7 "The Day After Thanksgiving"	Episode 8 "The Vouch"

Episode 9 "Slide Effect"	Episode 10 "Do You Hear What I Hear?"	Episode 11 "Big Baby"	Episode 12 "Liar Liar"

Episode 13 "The Car Wash"	Episode 14 "A Man to Share the Night With"	Episode 15 "We Need to Talk About Evan"	Episode 16 "Ride the Tiger"

Episode 17 "Let Me Go, Bro"	Episode 18 "Measure Twice, Cut Once"	Episode 19 "King in the North"

Fresh Off the Boat – Season Five

Episode 1 "Fresh Off the RV"	Episode 2 "The Hand That Sits the Cradle"	Episode 3 "Working the 'Ween"	Episode 4 "Driver's Eddie"
Episode 5 "Mo' Chinese Mo' Problems"	Episode 6 "Sub Standard"	Episode 7 "Where Have All the Cattlemen Gone?"	Episode 8 "Cousin Eddie"
Episode 9 "Just the Two of Us"	Episode 10 "You've Got a Girlfriend"	Episode 11 "Driver's Eddie 2: Orlando Drift"	Episode 12 "Legends of the Fortieth"
Episode 13 "Grand-Mahjong"	Episode 14 "Cupid's Crossbow"	Episode 15 "Be a Man"	Episode 16 "Trentina"
Episode 17 "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"	Episode 18 "Rancho Contento"	Episode 19 "Vice Mommy"	Episode 20 "Nerd Watching"
Episode 21 "Under the Taipei Sun"	Episode 22 "No Apology Necessary"

Fresh Off the Boat – Season Six

Episode 1 "Help Unwanted?"	Episode 2 "College"	Episode 3 "Grandma's Boys"	Episode 4 "S'Mothered"
Episode 5 "Hal-Lou-Ween"	Episode 6 "Chestnut Gardens"	Episode 7 "Practicum?!"	Episode 8 "TMI: Too Much Integrity"
Episode 9 "Lou Wants to Be a Millionaire"	Episode 10 "Jessica Town"	Episode 11 "A Seat at the Table"	Episode 12 "The Magic Motor Inn"
Episode 13 "Mommy and Me"	Episode 14 "Family Van"	Episode 15 "Commencement"