Interior Chinatown

• Title: Interior Chinatown – Kung Fu Guy
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At first Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang) is ecstatic at his new role of Tech Guy. Other than short interruptions by Turner (Sullivan Jones) and Green (Lisa Gilroy) to enhance evidence, Willis is left alone to explore hours of video of his brother (Chris Pang). Lana Lee (Chloe Bennet) also joins him his as well, spending more time together looking into his brother, what exactly he was doing for the department, and any reference to the Painted Dragons. However, an odd clip of the two detectives (Maury Sterling and Spencer Neville) who recruited him leads Willis down a rabbit hole forcing him to question everything he knows. And then, just to confuse him further, one last new piece of evidence leads him to the last place he ever expected: home.

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• Title: Interior Chinatown – Tech Guy
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While Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang) continues to use the Delivery Guy disguise to gain access to the police department looking for the evidence of his brother’s case which is set to be destroyed, Lana Lee (Chloe Bennet) struggles in attempts to connect with Green (Lisa Gilroy) hoping to avoid becoming more than the latest in the line of recurring characters replaced after a few months. Through his disguise, Willis manages to make real friends in the department who were originally hostile to him. However, despite the number of free meals he delivers, he’s unable to find the evidence before it gets destroyed. Thankfully, with the help of his new friends, he’ll find a way to level up at the end of the episode into “Tech Guy.”

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• Title: Interior Chinatown – Delivery Guy
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The second episode of Interior Chinatown begins to explore the rules of the world as we see the limitations put on both Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang) and Lana Lee (Chloe Bennet) who seem stuck in small supporting roles to a larger story. While Lana can offer insight and advice to Green (Lisa Gilroy) and Turner (Sullivan Jones), she is stuck firmly in the role of a sidekick. As for Willis, the pair ignore him completely and his access to parts of the city (here the police department) is blocked. However, after spending most of the episode unable to get into the department, Willis uses a stereotypical Asian role to gain entry, opening the door a bit wider to his access in the world.

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• Title: Interior Chinatown – Generic Asian Man
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Set in a heightened reality, the opening episode of Interior Chinatown introduces us to waiter Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang) in a world that feels more like a police procedural than real life with Willis cast as nothing more than a background actor. Witnessing an abduction brings Willis to the attention of Detective Lana Lee (Chloe Bennet) who reveals to Willis his older, and far more talented, brother who disappeared years ago was helping her department get to the truth of what is going in Chinatown. Lana offers Willis the same opportunity.

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