Here’s everything the 'Kim's Convenience' cast revealed during the series finale

The series finale of hit Canadian sitcom Kim’s Convenience aired last night and Kimbits everywhere are not okay. It was truly sad to see such an entirely Canadian invention – that was once a fringe play at the Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival and then parlayed itself into a hit TV comedy – go off the air without a proper goodbye.

Tributes to the show poured in across social media, but perhaps the loudest and most welcome voices came from the actors themselves. Stars Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Simu Liu, Andrew Phung, Jean Yoon, and even guest actors took to Twitter to show gratitude for the experience, and to praise the show.

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, who plays the beloved patriarch Appa, livestreamed the final episode on his Bitter Asian Dude Youtube channel.

“Join me in My Geeky Basement as I: Reflect upon my 10-year journey of playing Appa in ‘Kim’s Convenience’ on both stage and screen. Give you my thoughts on the final episode. Talk about what the fans of the show have meant to me. Chat with some OG Kimbits. Give away some cool swag and signed KC memorabilia!” Paul wrote in the caption.

Paul started off the livestream actually in character as Appa, laughing about the “sad man toy hoard” of Star Wars gadgets all over the basement. The livestream has ended but you can still watch his entire broadcast.

On Twitter, Umma actress Jean Yoon posted a thread full of behind-the-scenes pictures from the set, praising the production team and her fellow thespians for a wild five-season run (and almost a full 10 years of doing the show both on stage and screen). 

Just look at these two cuties!

Simu Liu, who plays Jung Kim, had some choice words for the cancellation of the show (we feel that), and also hinted that he has lots of receipts and tea to spill about the choice to cancel it (YOU HAVE OUR ATTENTION), but then ended off on a note of gratitude.

Simu has been saying since he first learned of the cancellation that he'll eventually share some info on what the heck happened there, but until then, we wait. 

Andrew Phung, who played Kimchee, posted a photo of the hallowed scripts and made sure to thank each and every single writer who worked on the show.

“It was an honour to act out your stories, words, and jokes,” he wrote.

Guest actor Sugith Varughese made sure to praise the attention to detail that went into creating the set, and Patrick Kwok-Choon, who played Jung in the stage version of the show, posted a heartfelt tribute, revealing that his parents had also owned and operated a convenience store for 25 years. “Having their story told meant more than you can imagine,” he tweeted.

The show, which takes inspiration from a real convenience store in Toronto’s east end neighbourhood, had actually been renewed for a sixth season by CBC, but then was abruptly cancelled after creators Ins Choi and Kevin White revealed they were stepping away to pursue other projects. The remaining producers felt they couldn’t deliver the show the way they wanted to without Choi and White, and that was that. No proper goodbye. No victory lap. Not a very fitting or fair ending to such a popular and beloved show.

We love that those on the show joined the voices on social media to say “Ok, see you,” because there were A LOT of Kimbits having FEELINGS during that final episode.

They were joined by some big names, like Schitt’s Creek mega-star Dan Levy, Toronto mayor John Tory, and even *checks notes* PM Trudeau!

Dan tweeted out a loving, “Sending lots of love to the cast and crew of Kim’s Convenience. Thank you for five amazing seasons.”

Toronto Mayor Tory praised the quintessentially Toronto show. “You’ve made us proud,” he wrote.

Prime Minister Trudeau praised the show’s diversity and inclusion, and called on television to include more representation in our stories.

Kimbits the world over may be mourning their dearly beloved show, but, fingers crossed, one day we will have another show that captures our imaginations by being just as beautifully human, kind, compassionate, and truly diverse. Until then…

Ok. See you. *waves in gratitude*

BEFORE YOU GO: Simu Liu is saddened by the cancellation of ‘Kim’s Convenience’

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