Under the Taipei Sun

"When you're in a new country and you don't speak the language well and you don't have any money, it can be dangerous."
"But I've been in Taiwan before, and I'm not just a little kid anymore. Trust me... I got this."
— Louis Huang and Eddie Huang

"Under the Taipei Sun" is the twenty-first episode of the fifth season of Fresh Off the Boat. It first aired on April 5, 2019.

Synopsis[]

Eddie ships off to Taiwan for the cultural exchange program, blithely ignoring his parents' advice about how hard it was for them when they came to America for the first time. After all, he's been to Taiwan before, what could go wrong? Plenty, when he ends up separated from his group with no money and next-to-no language skills. Meanwhile, back home in Orlando, the Huangs adjust to life without Eddie.

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 Ellis
Ray Wise as Marvin Ellis

Recurring Cast[]

Trevor Larcom as Trent Masterson

Guest Cast[]

Simu Liu as Willie
Jun Yu as Pete
Samantha Tan as Program Director
Wilky Lau as Subway Worker
S.K. Wong as Moped Gang Member
Grace Yee as Female Passerby
Leon Masuda as Student (uncredited)

Trivia[]

This is the 100th episode in the series.
Eddie mentions to Pete how he has met Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ("Fresh Off the RV"), DMX ("We Done Son"), Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ("Love and Loopholes") and Billie Jean King ("Michael Chang Fever").

Errors/Inconsistencies[]

Louis tells Eddie that emigrating to the United States was hard and that he got in trouble due to his mediocre English, although "Bring the Pain" reveals that he knew fluent English while he lived in Taiwan, prior to his emigration.
Jessica informs Eddie that 119 is the Taiwanese version of 911. However, in Taiwan, 119 only applies to fire and ambulance services, while 110 is the number for the police.
Eddie claims to have met Billie Jean King, although he did not meet her in "Michael Chang Fever", the sole episode she appeared in. However, it's possible he met her off-screen, as she was Emery's tennis coach and coached him around the house for days.
When Willie speaks to Eddie, Eddie expresses his shock that he can now "understand Mandarin", only for Willie to clarify that he is speaking in English. However, Eddie can already understand Mandarin; in fact, he understands Mandarin when conversing with the would-be thieves just a few seconds before Willie arrives.

Quotes[]

Louis: Now, since this is your first trip by yourself, your mother and I want you to be prepared.
Eddie: That's a lot of Taiwanese cash.
Louis: Consider this your emergency fund. Please don't use it to get into a Taipei disco. I want to be there for your first time.
Jessica: And just in case, we got you a pre-paid cellphone. It's programmed with Big Auntie's number in Taipei.
Eddie: Sick! I'm gonna wear this on my belt, like a vacationing businessman. "Johnson, you better have a damn good reason for calling me in Cancún."
Jessica: This is not a joke! Do you know the number for 911 in Taiwan?
Eddie: Uh...
Jessica: It's 119. By the time you've figured that out, your stolen kidney has already been sewn inside a rich man's son.

Pete: You meet anyone cool, like, uh, like Penny Hardaway?
Eddie: A few. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, DMX, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis... Billie Jean King.

Eddie: That's so cute! I mean... cool. Cool. I-I don't say "cute."
Pete: Nah, if it's cute, say it's cute.

Pete: Dance Dance Revolution Extreme?!
Eddie: We just got DDR in the U.S., and they already have a sequel in Asia!

Eddie: Trent? You will not believe what I found in Taiwan.
Trent: Eddie? It's 1:00 in the morning.
Eddie: They have DDR Extreme!
Trent: DDRX?! Put the phone on the edge of the screen and let me listen to you dance.

Louis: Wow, Jessica. You broke out the fancy china. I thought this only came out for weddings and funerals.
Jessica: With Eddie gone, we can use the good stuff without worrying about him breaking it. I know we have a funeral coming up, but I figured, why wait?
Jenny: Whose funeral?
Jessica: ...No one's.

Eddie: Oh, crap. I'm outta cash. I just got carried away buying gifts. Can you cover me? I'll get you back.
Pete: I only had enough for one fare.
Eddie: Okay, we'll figure out another way home.
Pete: Sorry. I'm hopping on the next train. Connie Chung's granddaughter's in the program, and if I don't make a move at lunch, I'll regret it for the rest of my life.
Eddie: Is she cute?
Pete: Breaking news... She real cute.
Eddie: Oh. Oh, wait! Um, what's the address to our dorm, again?
Pete: 825 Lane 199, Xiazing Road.
Eddie: Uh, 825 21 J-Jump Street... Crap!

Louis: Jessica, you have to admit, it's just not the same without Eddie.
Jessica: I agree. It's better. You're just romanticizing him because he's gone.

Jessica: Since you all miss Eddie so much I thought I would do something for you.
Louis: What do you mean?
Jessica: Oh, no! Big turn coming up! Better slow down!
Louis: My brakes don't work!
Emery: Mine either!
Evan: Oh, no! It's happening again!
Emery: How do I stop this thing?!
Jessica: As you can see, I have clipped your brakes. You all miss Eddie so much? Here's a reminder of what you're actually missing!

Willie: Hey, don't worry! I'll get these guys off your back.
Eddie: Whoa. I can understand Mandarin. Immersion is the key.
Willie: I'm speaking English.
Eddie: Oh.

Jessica: So, I hope you all learned a valuable lesson today.
Louis: Lesson? What lesson? You cut our brakes, and we fell into a lake!
Jessica: Because you needed to be reminded of the annoying things Eddie did!
Louis: Yeah, Eddie's a handful, but he also adds so much. Why won't you acknowledge that?
Jessica: There's nothing to acknowledge. But I do have something for you to think about. While you're wasting your time missing Eddie, he isn't missing you.
Louis: How would you even know?
Jessica: Because he hasn't called us yet! If he cared, he would call!

Willie: What are you doing in this part of town? This isn't a tourist area.
Eddie: I got separated from my cultural exchange group, and then I blew all my money on gifts, and then I lost those gifts, then my ass got lost, too.
Willie: Rough.
Eddie: Do you have a phone I can use? I need to call my Big Auntie so she can come pick me up.
Willie: Yeah, I have a phone at my home. But I have to finish my route first. Hey, why don't you help me out for the day? And then when we're done, you can use my phone. How are you with a knife?
Eddie: Not as good as I am with a spoon!

Louis: I picked up some "Missing You" greeting cards to send to Eddie. I thought you might like to sign them.
Jessica: You want me to perjure myself in print? I don't miss Eddie. If one of you committed a murder, I wouldn't take the bloody knife and wipe it all over my body so we can both take the fall.
Louis: I don't think that's what we're–
Jessica: You want me to drive to the store in my bloody blouse, make memorable small talk with the cashier, and then, when I go to write the check, accidentally pull out the knife instead of my pen? No. No way.
Louis: You wouldn't be perjuring yourself, because you actually do miss Eddie.
Jessica: I don't miss people. People are either here or they're not here. "Missing" is just something that happens in Mariah Carey songs.
Evan: Just take a look at the cards and see if you feel differently.
Jessica: Fine. "There's a pit in my stomach because I miss you." Clever. "Even though you're far away, I think about you night and day." Poignant. "You can't tell on my face that I'm sad..." [voice breaking] "...but I miss you." Okay, fine! I miss Eddie! I'm just like this loose-skinned dog. The house just isn't the same without him. Why won't he call? I just want him to call.
Louis: This is hard. But it's good that you're letting it out. Talking about Eddie will at least make him here with us in spirit.
Jessica: That's so cheesy, Louis. But you're right. Ugh! Why are cheesy things right?! Are Mariah Carey songs built upon the truth? Is she the greatest artist in all of music history? This is a lot to process.
Jenny: It's good that you learn to be without Eddie, because in two years, he'll be gone forever.
Louis: Ma, unhelpful.
Jenny: Then you will have to do it with these two.
Louis: Ma!
Jenny: I thought we were supposed to talk about things.

Eddie: Damn, that was hard work.
Willie: Hell of a sweat ring you got going. Yep, that's a lot of work, but I almost saved up enough to open a restaurant of my own down the block.
Eddie: Better and easier idea – Just bring your food to Orlando. Your noodles are better than anything we have in the States. You'd make a killing.
Willie: Eddie, come on. It's not that easy.
Eddie: Sure it is. My dad has a restaurant, and he'd totally give you advice.
Willie: Wait. Your dad owns a successful restaurant in America?
Eddie: It's won a couple regional awards. You know, a Palmie, a Prunie...
Willie: Man. I immigrated to the U.S. three years ago. I stayed with my cousins in Nevada, and we tried to open up a shop. It bombed. People were like, "Why is my spaghetti in soup?"
Eddie: Fools.
Willie: Succeeding the way your parents did is very hard. Didn't they tell you?
Eddie: They did, but I thought they were just doing that "back in my day" thing. You know, "Back in my day, there was no hand sanitizer. We just boiled our hands."
Willie: Dude! Look at you. You come here on a cultural exchange, which is the most sheltered version of visiting a country, and you end up broke, lost, and clutching a crab backpack for comfort. It's no joke what your parents pulled off.

Eddie: Anyway, I'm just calling to tell you guys I'm sorry. I should've respected your advice.
Jessica: Who is this?
Eddie: No, I'm serious, Mom. I've got next-level respect for your struggle as immigrants to America.
Louis: Hmm. That means a lot, son. Wait. Why do you have a newfound respect? Are you in trouble?
Eddie: No, I'm fine. I made some cool-ass friends here, including this one guy named Willie. He makes the best noodles.
Willie: Wait, wait. Are you calling your parents? That's long-distance, man! What are you doing?!
Evan: We spent hours on a kissable drawing to cheer Mommy up, and just when we're about to show it to her, Eddie calls and ruins it.
Emery: Classic Eddie... Such a wild card.
Evan: God, I've missed him.

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"

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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"