The Best Episodes of Fresh Off the Boat Season 1
Every episode of Fresh Off the Boat Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Fresh Off the Boat Season 1!
A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Fresh Off the Boat" season 1 is "Pilot", rated 7.3/10 from 772 user votes. It was directed by Lynn Shelton and written by Nahnatchka Khan. "Pilot" aired on 2/4/2015 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Home Sweet Home-School".
7.3/10 772 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/4/2015
It's 1995 and 11-year-old hip-hop loving Eddie Huang has just moved with his family from Chinatown in Washington D.C. to suburban Orlando. They quickly discover things are very different there. Orlando doesn't even have a Chinatown -- unless you count the Huang house.
Director: Lynn Shelton
Writer: Nahnatchka Khan
7.6/10 653 votes#2 - Home Sweet Home-School
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/4/2015
Jessica thinks school must be too easy for the boys and gives them extra homework; Louis tries to get Jessica to ease up on her strict approach.
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7.8/10 623 votes#3 - The Shunning
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/10/2015
When the cul-de-sac plans a block party to celebrate NASCAR, Louis urges the family to use the event to make new friends (and promote Cattleman’s Ranch Steakhouse). But Jessica has problems fitting in, especially after she befriends a beautiful trophy wife the roller blade moms don’t like. Meanwhile, Eddie schemes to win the respect of the neighborhood kids
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7.7/10 558 votes#4 - Success Perm
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2015
A visit from Jessica's sister and her affluent husband creates out-of-control family rivalry.
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7.5/10 507 votes#5 - Persistent Romeo
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2015
Louis has to hire a professional instructor to give the restaurant staff a sexual harassment seminar after Jessica's attempts fall flat. Meanwhile, Eddie tries to pass off the seminar's instructional tape as a "dirty movie" to his friends in an attempt to impress them and get them to come to his house for a sleep over
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7.6/10 508 votes#6 - Fajita Man
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/24/2015
Eddie takes a job at the restaurant so he can earn money for a new video game.
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7.3/10 470 votes#7 - Showdown at the Golden Saddle
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/3/2015
A billboard for the restaurant is struck by vandalism. Eddie tries to get a girl's attention.
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7.4/10 443 votes#8 - Phillip Goldstein
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2015
Eddie tries to befriend the only other Chinese kid in school, but he's in for a letdown after he finds out that they have nothing in common; Louis feels betrayed when Mitch accepts a job at the rival Golden Saddle.
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7.4/10 424 votes#9 - License to Sell
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2015
Jessica worries she can't compete with a top realtor and puts off taking the exam for her license.
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7.8/10 460 votes#10 - Blind Spot
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2015
Jessica's college boyfriend, Oscar Chow, comes to visit. She's a bit miffed that Louis isn't a little more jealous....but she's got a blind spot and is completely oblivious to the fact that Oscar is gay. Meanwhile, Eddie goes to great lengths to get out of the school science fair.
Director: Claire Scanlon
Writer: David Smithyman
7.5/10 423 votes#11 - Very Superstitious
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/7/2015
Jessica’s superstitions get the best of her when she sells a house with the address 44 West 44th Street – the number 4 being bad luck in Chinese culture. At the urging of the new school counselor, Eddie decides to run for school president, but Jessica’s bad luck gets the best of him too when a white lie spirals out of control.
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7.2/10 419 votes#12 - Dribbling Tiger, Bounce Pass Dragon
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/14/2015
Louis and Jessica get pressured into volunteering at the kids’ schools because of budget cuts. Eddie sees a whole other side of his dad when Louis – a former semi-pro basketball player back in Taiwan — coaches the basketball team, while Emery and Evan see a side of Jessica they wish they hadn't when she grudgingly takes on producing their school play, and puts her own spin on it.
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7.6/10 443 votes#13 - So Chineez
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/21/2015
Jessica fears her family has assimilated so much to life in Orlando that they’ve lost their Chinese identity. So she drives everyone nuts making them reconnect with their culture, from Louis, who she insists decline an invite to join the country club, to Eddie, who she makes do a report on China for his World Day project.
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