Average teenager Jin Wang juggles his high school social life with his immigrant home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.
The best episode of "American Born Chinese" season 1 is "What Guy Are You", rated 7.5/10 from 484 user votes. It was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Kelvin Yu, Charles Yu. "What Guy Are You" aired on 5/24/2023 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "A Monkey on a Quest".
Jin's plans to make the soccer team are derailed by the arrival of a new foreign exchange student.
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Writer: Kelvin Yu, Charles Yu
Jin is pressured to make a statement after an offensive meme video of him goes viral.
Director: Dinh Thai
Writer: Vali Chandrasekaran
Jin must decide between impressing his soccer teammates and helping Wei-Chen on his heavenly quest.
Director: Dennis Liu
Writer: Warren Hsu Leonard
In a flashback, young Sun Wukong and his best friend, Niu Mowang, attend a heavenly banquet.
Director: Peng Zhang
Writer: Aaron Izek
Jin and Wei-Chen search for a scholar who may know something about the Fourth Scroll.
Director: Johnson Cheng
Writer: Lawrence Dai
Jin finds himself in trouble at school as Wei-Chen tries to rescue his father from the Bull Demon.
Director: Erin O'Malley
Writer: Lana Cho
Jin and Wei-Chen must stop Bull Demon's plan to destroy Heaven.
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Writer: Kelvin Yu