Kung Fu

You are a descendant of Liang Daiyu, the first woman warrior.

Last year, I learned how to protect my family...

- Nicky! - Got it.

My community...

And to defeat my mortal enemy Zhilan.

I know the fight is not over but beyond that, I have no idea what's next.

Nicky Shen without a plan?

Excuse me, who says I don't have a plan? I have a plan.

But there's a new evil in town.

The rich and powerful Russell Tan.

And only I can stop him.

Sorry guys, dead end.

Look, I don't wanna hurt you.

Just give up the money you stole from the Changs,

and we don't even have to fight.

Damian Wu? Your Uncle Roy know what you've gotten mixed up in?

Sorry. Roy's a regular at Harmony Dumplings.

He used to bring you in when you were yay' high?

Come on.

Screw that.

Let's go.

Some friends you got.

I swear, if I'd known we'd cross with the Nicky Shen tonight...

You've got kind of a reputation these days.

That's nice to hear but not the point.

I'm sorry.

No. You're gonna return it to Mrs. Chang yourself.

And you're going to apologize, to her face, for raiding her till.

If you don't, I'll hear about it. And cut those friends loose.

They give you any trouble, you let me know.

Thanks, Nicky. Taking it right now. Promise.

Hey Mama!

Why hasn't she gotten her soup yet? Hey, Mrs. Fung keeps calling.

Sorry, just a few minutes behind.

Okay. What happened?

- I might've gotten a little sidetracked. - Sidetracked? Meaning what? Fighting?

Barely, and it all worked out. I was just helping out the Changs.

- Okay. But that soup better not get cold. - Don't worry, still hot.

- Hey, Althea. - Where are you?

- On my way, I swear. - Nicky...

Love ya! Bye!

How's it feel now that its official, Dr. Shen?

Hopefully you won't be ditching the clinic anytime soon. I like having you around.

I'm still part-timing for now. Just gotta pay down that med school debt.

Don't buy the poor doctor routine.

Ryan's gonna be making real doctor money soon.

When do you find out where you matched?

- I should find out any day now. - Well, man, 'til then... live it up!

- He is, trust me. - What's that supposed to mean?

Just saying you've been very occupied lately, lot of extracurricular activities.

Are you sex shaming me?

Wait, I thought you were with that architect?

Architect was ages ago.

- Whose side are you on? - Sorry, sorry.

- Congrats, Brother. - Champers?

Yeah, just because I don't drink alcohol, doesn't mean I don't gift alcohol.

How'd the big presentation go?

Killing it at your new job, like we all knew you would?

She's crushing it.

Yeah, I'm crushing it. It's great to be back in the game.

No. This is my jam and you know we are dancing to it right now.

Let's go. Come on.

Hi. So is tonight going to be a Henry's Place night?

I thought last night was a Henry's Place night...

Why can't I have you every night?

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve

and that Eater profile will blew up our to-go orders

and I promised Mama I'd help out, starting early.

Patience, Henry.

Hey, you made it.

- Hey. - Hey, man.

Hey.

Any breakthrough on the Russell Tan front?

More of a dead end, actually.

We know Tan's amassing this real estate empire in the city.

He's got everyone in his pocket including my boss.

But every time I pull on a thread, some impossible deal.

Nothing shady?

Just ordinary billionaire shady, so we got nothing.

We know what we gotta do. Keep keeping tabs. Stay frosty.

But...

Until that other shoe drop...

- Oh no. - Oh yeah. Tonight, we dance.

Wish you were here tonight.

Mama? Baba?

Who are you?

- Nicky! - Stay back!

Nicky!

So we have a possible female suspect.

Assailant came in through the front window... discovered in here,

there was a scuffle, your daughter chased her out onto the street?

Yes, Officer.

Sounds like your daughter tried her best, but if you don't mind me saying,

probably better not to pick fights with criminals.

But nothing was taken?

No, checked everything twice. Nothing's missing.

Thanks to Nicky,

Alright. We are almost done here. We're gonna wrap this up in a couple of mintes.

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

- How are your parents? - Freaked out but putting on a brave face.

Henry, someone was in our house.

My parents... what if I hadn't come home when I did?

Who do you think it was?

Any chance it was retaliation?

The last six months, you've helped a lot of people in the community

and made a lot of enemies.

Not to mention, Tony Kang just got out of prison last month.

No. If Tony wants a payback, he would've come for me already.

Besides, this didn't feel like anyone I've fought since we've been back.

It's all different. When I walked in the house I sensed her... a presence.

I felt something like, a connection to her.

She was raw, sloppy even but she was strong.

You know how we've been waiting for the other shoe to drop,

for something big and bad to start up?

I think it just did.

WOMEN'S DETENTION CENTER

Hurry up!

Princess has decided to grace us

with her presence.

Princess...

How's your private cell? It must be nice.

Usually, only the most dangerous, lethal criminals are kept in solitary.

But so far, all I've seen from you is a quiet, meek little girl.

You don't look like a sister killer.

- I saw that. On your neck. - It's nothing.

It's contraband.

Somehow you think you're above the law here in your private cell

with your secret necklace.

Princess? I am the law.

- Hey Baba. - Hey.

You okay? The break-in last night...

Yeah, Nicky had Evan put a police detail on our house. Everything is okay.

Another party. Excuse me, Son. Come, come, come this way. Welcome.

- Hey, Mama, have you seen... - Nicky went to get more produce.

Who's he?

Here for an interview, new line cook.

But I haven't had a moment to talk to him, the orders just keep coming in.

I'm back.

No. I totally forgot...

All's forgiven, but you're coming with me now.

Hey, where do you think you guys are going?

I'm sorry, Mama. I promised Ryan I'll train with him today.

Train? Since when did you start working out, Ryan?

- Mama... - What? You're not even athletic!

Okay. Well, we're going.

Hey, don't forget tonight. New Year's Eve reunion dinner,

the first time in three years we're gonna be together...

I am so sorry. I will be with you in just a minute.

Table 7 sent back their whole order back. Too spicy.

What? They asked for spicy!

Sebastian, right? Come on now.

What's this?

Daikon. Specifically, a Chinese Green Lobak.

It's the good stuff, you picked up from Huang's Wholesale.

Only market in town that carries Shao Shan produce, fresh from Bolinas.

- Knife skills? - Never had any complaints.

- Okay. You are hired. Take over. - All right.

- Man down. - Seriously?

Sorry, Althea.

Hey, Gwen! Any chance you had a moment to review my proposal?

- I'm planning to get to that soon. - Okay, great.

It's just because the software updates I'm proposing

won't require a huge capital investment,

but will go a long way towards addressing some of the core issues with the tech.

Core issues?

The problem with the source code I briefed you on last month? Refresher!

Twenty percent of our users encounter error messages.

I've isolated the bug and if we just made a few tweaks,

it would really improve the end-user experience.

But why bother fixing it if it's just 20%?

Look, Althea. I hired you because you're amazing and brilliant

and you are an incredible programmer.

Thank you.

Yeah. But I think there seems to be disconnect

because what's our motto here at Lounger?

It's work hard, rest hard.

Okay. This is last year's sign, but this should say work hard, rest hard.

And I so appreciate your hard work.

And Althea, look, I know you're trying to make your mark,

but the time for looking under the hood it's over.

It's about focusing on that buyout, okay? And we can all get rich.

- Got it! - I'm so glad you got it now.

- 100% - Okay. Good. Yeah.

Althea, in the meantime enjoy yourself here, get a latte, play some pong.

- Yeah. - Get in a nap pod!

Yeah. You get it. There she is.

What's up? What's up?

That's got to be a record. Heart rate?

72 bpm.

Okay. It's official. My sister's a superhero.

Or I've just been training lot.

No. No. You can't deny empirical evidence.

Months of data support my theory.

Your theory is wish fulfillment. You've always been obsessed with comic books.

Sorry, but my brush with Biange energy didn't turn me into a Mutant.

Come one. No one works out like you just did without spiking their heart rate.

Yeah, it definitely spiked last night.

Even superheroes have off days. It's been a while since you lost a fight.

You maybe Shaolin, but you're still my sister even you have an ego.

Fair.