Kung Fu

Previously, on "Kung Fu"...

Our family's legacy.

As descendants of Liang Daiyu,

we are the rightful owners of her sword.

I have tried my whole life to understand

what my true path is,

and you've known this all along?

You lied to me!

What have you done?

I'm coming up.

You were the one that said you needed time, sabine.

After everything we've been through,

don't we owe it to each other to at least try and make this work?

Yeah. I'll be here.

Thank you. I'll leave now.

It shouldn't take long at this hour.

I'll see you soon.

Hey.

You mentioned you'd be here,

and I didn't know where else to go.

Wow.

Yeah. Turns out my mom

was keeping this destiny from me all this time.

Says it was to protect me.

Classic "for my own good."

Kind of explains why she's always been

the way she is.

You know, when I got to the monastery,

I thought I was free,

finally free to choose my path.

But what if that wasn't even my choice?

What if fate brought me there?

It's my destiny to wield the sword.

I wound up right at its doorstep,

and I had no idea.

I mean, who knows how different things could've been

if I had known the truth,

if she hadn't lied to me?

She pushed me away from you, too.

What if I had stayed?

Nicky, sabine's coming up to the cabin.

She'll be here soon.

Oh. Good.

Great. That's great.

I know how much you're dealing with right now.

And you know I am here for you.

Of course. Um, thank you, but I should go.

Are you going to be ok? Do you have somewhere else to go?

Yeah. Yeah, I'll be fine.

You shut me out.

If I had known,

I could've been a better parent.

I could've understood.

You betrayed my trust.

I'm sorry.

Jin...

Ryan, it's 5 A.M. is everything ok?

Not really. Nicky, dad's left. He's gone.

Baba couldn't have gotten far.

He'll be ok.

No. I'm gonna try calling him again.

Mama, he hasn't answered his phone in hours.

I don't think he's gonna pick up now.

You came.

Any word?

No. He's not answering his phone, but...

He packed a bag.

Did you tell althea?

Not yet. She's got her bachelorette's night. I figured...

Yeah. Good. She's got enough on her plate.

Just... trust me. She deserves one good, fun night.

She can wait till tomorrow to find out

mama nuked her marriage.

Nicky.

Can someone please tell me what's going on

between you two, between you and baba?

Mama's been lying to him, to all of us

for decades.

About what?

We'll talk in the car.

Let's go.

Where are you going?

I've got a pretty good idea where baba went.

Come on.

Aha!

Wore these to a funeral once.

They're perfect!

Ok, now you're scaring me, honey.

Do you have a fever? Should I call a doctor?

The second I heard your mother

was planning to come to my bachelorette,

my whole wardrobe plan had to change.

Ok, I'll just tell her not to come.

No way.

I'm already on mother-in-law probation

after my outburst at dinner.

Well, she's only tagging along

to keep an eye on Chloe.

Right. Your super cool, perfect sister

who's flying in from Hong Kong for this.

Another reason to be anxious.

No. We're not making waves.

Your mother is coming.

Time to repent and atone.

"Althea's amazing ideas," huh?

Oh. Just some old tech pitches I had.

"Nosh ninja"?

Meal planner app based on

what you already have in your fridge or pantry.

It would've aggregated recipes from the web

using filters for food allergies and aversions.

Uh, that's a great idea.

Yeah. The u.I. Was gonna be pretty tight, too.

Whatever. Market's too crowded.

It's all about meal deliveries now.

That ship has sailed. Oh! Ok.

What do you think?

Librarian turtleneck or pioneer collar?

You sure he'll be there?

It's the best guess I have.

So back to the part

where we're descended from a line of ancient warriors.

Yup. We've got Liang Daiyu's blood

in our veins,

the tang dynasty's greatest warrior.

Defended her village from raiders,

saved the empress,

started female Shaolin.

You know, just an average gal.

Ha ha! Yeah. But you're it,

the... the chosen one.

I don't know.

According to legend, it's a one woman every generation

kind of thing.

No. Nicky, I mean, you are.

The fight on the rooftop,

the air you got!

You've downplayed it, but I knew it was

more than just 3 years of training.

And everything else you've done since?

Like what? Get my ass kicked by zhilan?

Look, I just...

I just want to find baba,

make sure he's ok.

Destiny, bloodlines, the sword, I...

I just can't right now, ok?

Ok.

Hi, baba.

So you found me.

Kenny's hideaway motel?

I mean, you're pretty easy to find.

You only brought us here every summer.

I'm not going home.

Have you tried calling mama?

At least let her know you're ok?

We can tell her.

We're just here to see you.

We're not trying to rush you out.

You need a week, take a week.

You need a month, take a month.

Nicky! What?

Anyhow, I think Nicky should get going.

We just got here.

She's got althea's bachelorette tonight.

Oh, yeah. Well, that's important.

Well, go. Make sure she has a good time. Mm-hmm.

What about you? Don't you have patients to see?

I took a sick day.

I can take a cab back into the city.

Ok. You sure you're ok, papa?

Yeah. Good to see you.

Ok.

Eat.

A party bus, Nicky? Mrs. Soong is gonna think

we're total trash.

Ok, last week, you specifically asked for a party bus,

and I didn't even know she was coming till, like, an hour ago.

I know. I'm just... Stressed.

About Mrs. Soong?

I really need this night to go well.

I need to show her I can be perfect.

Perfect? That sounds like a realistic goal.

Ha ha. I was probably her 300th choice

To bear the name Mrs. Dennis soong.

Actually, I doubt the mouthy daughter

of struggling mainland immigrants even made the list,

so, yes, I need to be perfect.

But Dennis thinks you're perfect.

That's all that matters, right?

Speaking of Dennis,

are you sure this meltdown isn't because

you haven't told him about the nda,

about what happened?

Not now, Nicky.

I'm not trying to pressure you one way or the other,

but nothing good comes from keeping secrets.

Trust me. Holding on to all that

would stress anyone out.

Talking about this on the soongs' doorstep,

that's stressing me out.