"I am so happy that my Netflix browsing gave me Kim's Convenience. The series follows a Korean Canadian family who run a convenience store in Toronto. 'Appa' (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) and 'Umma' (Jean Yoon) (Korean for 'Dad' and 'Mom,' respectively) run their store and meddle in the lives of their children, Janet (Andrea Bang) and Jung (Simu Liu). With such a simple concept, Kim's Convenience manages to tackle so many intricate ideas with a natural flow that doesn't make a single line feel forced. The Kim's convenience store feels like my neighborhood bodega, and the characters like neighbors I would greet every morning while actually meaning it. The cast's dynamic is so natural, it's almost as if they are actually a family, and their drama has just the right amount of tension that it never feels overdrawn or excessive — it almost always strikes the perfect tone. Anyone looking for a heartwarming family story that makes you laugh, cry from laughing, and badly want to journey to Canada just to see if it's real, this is for you. Did I also mention that Simu Liu is hot like burning? Just saying." — MP
