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Recap / Fresh Off The Boat S 1 E 5 Persistent Romeo

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Eddie is invited to a sleepover for the first time, but his mother won't let him. So to get other boys to come, he lies that he has a dirty video. Meanwhile, Jessica and Louis host a sexual harassment seminar to proactively prevent lawsuits from happening.

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  • Bilingual Backfire: It was a bad idea for Louis and Jessica to trash-talk the sexual harassment coach, after he was commenting on their argument in front of the customers.
  • Blessed with Suck: The restaurant starts making money. This means that Louis and Jessica have to worry about potential lawsuits.
  • Chekhov's Gun: The sexual harassment material that Louis purchased ends up being the "dirty video" that Eddie uses to gain popularity.
  • Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Jessica, without anything to do during the day, spends her time watching nightly news and reading Stephen King. She finally admits to Louis that she needs to get a job.
  • Epic Fail: Jessica starts her version of the sexual harassment seminar by hitting on the employees, so that they have to hire a real sexual harassment coach.
  • Hidden Depths: The sexual harassment coach speaks fluent Mandarin and makes it clear that he doesn't enjoy being trash-talked.
  • Moment Killer: Jessica ruins Eddie's good mood after he and Louis have The Talk by beating him up with a plushie to teach him about date rape.
  • Never My Fault: Jessica, after sewing up the plushie she used to beat up Eddie, refuses to apologize because she gave birth to him.
  • Overly Long Gag: Emery screaming after their grandmother wins his plushie in poker.
  • So Proud of You: Inverted; Eddie's feeling good that his dad trusted him enough to have a man-to-man talk. Enter Jessica with her plushie...
  • The Talk: Louis gives it to Eddie, with a lot of details that were definitely not provided in the book that Eddie's principal provided. He forgot to cover date rape, and Jessica happily complies with that.

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