On March 8, the creative team behind Kim's Convenience announced that the show is ending after its current fifth season. The CBC show shared that the cancellation was due to its co-creators -- Ins Choi and Kevin White -- moving onto other projects after Season 5.
The day before Season 5's finale aired on CBC, its star Simu Liu (Jung) shared further thoughts on the show's cancellation, noting, "On the eve of what is now to be the series finale of Kim's Convenience, I hoped I'd be at a point where I could speak about it with a clear head." He added, "But the truth is I'm still pretty f**king angry. Hours of therapy are sure to follow."
The Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star added, "You all deserved a proper ending." Liu continued, "I have thoughts about our 'cancellation', and they come with tea and receipts. For now, they will remain in my head."
Although Liu didn't disclose further information on Twitter, he did reply to a fan who asked what he had hoped would happen with a Season 6. Liu noted, "It was many of our hopes and wishes that S6 would be the opportunity for us to take a greater control of the creative and help guide the show back to what initially made it so resonant."
Liu starred as Jung in Kim's Convenience, a man in his mid-20s who works at Toronto's Handy Car Rental and struggles to get along with his Appa -- due to his high standards and troubles communicating with him. After briefly turning to a life of juvenile crime, Jung became a well-rounded adult, but still holds a grudge against his Appa.
Kim's Convenience stars Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Appa/Mr. Kim), Jean Yoon (Umma/Mrs. Kim), Andrea Bang (Janet), Simu Liu (Jung), Andrew Phung (Kimchee Han) and Nicole Power (Shannon Ross). The series follows a Korean-Canadian family running a convenience store in Toronto, including all the shenanigans that come along with the store and the Kim family. The series premiered on CBC in October 2016 and will run for five seasons total.
Season 5 began airing on CBC in January 2021 and is set to conclude on April 13. All four seasons of Kim's Convenience are streaming now on Netflix.
Source: Twitter
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