Louis Huang

Louis Huang is the striving patriarch who's just uprooted his family from Washington, D.C. to Orlando to chase a dream: running his own Wild West-themed steakhouse. He's relentlessly upbeat, eager to fit into suburban American life, and determined to make the restaurant work even as customers stay away and his wife has doubts.

Randall Park plays optimism as an active choice rather than a personality default, letting you see the effort underneath Louis's sunny front. The show could have made him a simple dreamer, but Park's warmth and comic timing turn him into someone whose hope feels earned, funny, and quietly moving rather than naive.