Jamie Chung | My Dad the Bounty Hunter

• Genre: Sci-fi, Action-comedy
• Created by: Everett Downing Jr., Patrick Harpin
• Written by: Everett Downing Jr., Patrick Harpin
• Story by: Juston Gordon-Montgomery
• Creative director: Alex Konstad
• Voices of: Laz Alonso, Yvonne Orji, Priah Ferguson, JeCobi Swain
• Composer: Joshua Mosley
• No. of seasons: 2
• No. of episodes: 19
• Executive producers: Everett Downing Jr., Patrick Harpin
• Running time: 22 minutes
• Production companies: Dwarf Animation, Netflix Animation
• Network: Netflix
• Release: February 9, 2023 – present

The series follows the story of Terry, who is followed by his kids, Lisa and Sean, who learn he is a bounty hunter, and drawn into a space adventure of sorts.

"Pit Stop"

• Season: 1
• Episode: 3
• Directed by: Vince Aparo and Kenji Ono
• Written by: Adele Williams
• Premiere: February 9, 2023

Sean, Lisa, and Terry make a pit stop at an interstellar convenience store to stock up on groceries. While Terry chats with Tess, Sean befriends the robotic store manager Karl and teaches him about fun. While exploring the store, the two encounter several predatory spider-like aliens, who have devoured other robots. Meanwhile, Lisa, who is angry and frustrated with her father, confides in a mysterious stranger, who turns out to be the fugitive Vax. Terry recognizes Vax and engages in a fight with her. Before he can overpower her, he is distracted by Sean and Lisa, who have come under attack from the spiders. Sean rescues his children and they escape aboard Terry's starship. However, Sean damages one of the KRS's starship wings while using a laser cannon to fight off the spider aliens.

"Chillion-5"

• Season: 1
• Episode: 5
• Directed by: Ian Abando and Kenji Ono
• Written by: Shakira Pressley
• Premiere: February 9, 2023

Terry tells his kids that they are going to "Chilla World," a Conglomerate-run theme park and zoo known as the "happiest place" in entire galaxy. While "Chilla World" claims to be a refuge for the near-extinct diminutive feline Chilla species, Lisa learns that the Conglomerate is forcing Chilla slaves to extract ore from underground mines beneath the zoo. When Lisa tells her dad, Terry is indifferent and states that his sole concerns are working for the Conglomerate and protecting his children. While browsing through the theme park, Lisa encounters Vax, whom she discovers to be the leader of a group of freedom fighters seeking to liberate the Chillas.

"Chillion-5 Part 2: Rise of the Chillas"

• Season: 1
• Episode: 6
• Directed by: Kai Akira and Kenji Ono
• Written by: Eric Rivera
• Premiere: February 9, 2023

Sean spends time with his father Terry and discusses the latter's difficult relationship with Lisa. Meanwhile, Vax interrogates Lisa, who claims to be an estranged former associate of "Sabo Brok." Satisfied, Vax allows her to join her group of freedom fighters which consists of Setelva and McKoren. While Lisa infiltrates the control room and releases the zoo animas, Vax and her team infiltrate the mines and disable the collar generators, freeing the Chillas. After overpowering the guards, Lisa and the freedom fighters flee the zoo with the liberated Chillas, who are led by Chakalau. While fleeing into the forest, Conglomerate forces arrive. Though the freedom fighters and Chillas split up, Vax is captured by Terry. Lisa is shocked to discover the extent of her father's involvement with the Conglomerate.

"Planet Fall"

• Season: 1
• Episode: 7
• Directed by: Cole Harrington and Kenji Ono
• Written by: Juston Gordon-Montgomery
• Premiere: February 9, 2023

Following Vax's capture, Lisa argues with Terry that Vax is not a criminal. Terry defends his work as a bounty hunter for the Conglomerate by arguing that his work supports their basic needs, housing, and schooling. Feeling uneasy about his work, Terry questions the Fixer who reveals that Vax was a former Conglomerate security worker who became disillusioned with the company's exploitative activities. Lisa frees Vax and they escape in a shuttle with Sean. Terry and KRS pursue the stolen shuttle into a sulfuric gas storm above Chillion 5's upper atmosphere. Their chase is complicated by the arrival of Glorlox and his minions. Following a dogfight, Glorlox traps Vax's shuttle in a tractor beam and shoots down Terry's ship, seemingly killing Terry.

"Bizarre Ride"

• Season: 1
• Episode: 8
• Directed by: Kai Akira and Kenji Ono
• Written by: Patrick Harpin
• Premiere: February 9, 2023

In a flashback scene, bounty hunter Terry meets Glorlox while attempting to apprehend an alien fugitive named Zeno. After Glorlox gives Terry half of the cut from the bounty, the two form a partnership. Glorlox is troubled by his role in Terry's presumed death and imprisons Lisa and Sean with Vax. On Chillion, Terry is captured by the liberated Chilla tribe led by Chakarau. After Chakarau learns that Terry is Lisa's father, he and KRS join forces with the Chillas to rescue his children. They overpower a contingent of Conglomerate soldiers and steal their shuttle, which they use to reach Glorlox's starship. Meanwhile, Vax, Sean, and Lisa attempt to escape their holding cell but are recaptured by Torga. Disguised as Conglomerate soldiers, Terry, KRS, and the Chillas board Glorlox's ship. With the help of Vax, they capture Glorlox and his associates. Terry's reunion with his children is interrupted by the arrival of a Conglomerate starship.

"Showdown"

• Season: 1
• Episode: 9
• Directed by: Cole Harrington and Kenji Ono
• Written by: Everett Downing Jr.
• Premiere: February 9, 2023

Glorlox and his associates turn the tables on Terry, Vax, and the Chillas. However Lisa, Sean and KRS are able to escape. Glorlox hands Terry, Vax and the Chillas over to the Conglomerate but is upset with the Fixer giving a 15% finder's fee. While Lisa infiltrates the Conglomerate warship to rescue her dad and the others, Sean and KRS outwit Bogdog and hijack Glorlox's starship. Despite being captured, Lisa manages to wadape with Terry and the others after Glorlox attacks the Fixer, causing damage to the ship. Meanwhile, Sean tries to help free his sister and father, but ends up fighting off bogdog and rescues his family. The two factions join forces to fight their way out of the Conglomerate starship. However, Terry dumps Glorlox and his associates and flees on Glorlox's starship with Lisa, Sean, Vax, KRS and the Chillas. Glorlox and his associates travel on an underpowered starship but attract the attention of a large space creature, which mistakes them for a mating partner.

"The Bounty Hunters"

• Season: 1
• Episode: 10
• Directed by: Vince Aparo and Kenji Ono
• Written by: Shakira Pressley
• Premiere: February 9, 2023

Following a victory celebration with the Chillas, Terry and the children farewell Vax, who has become an ally. In a desperate attempt to make it back to Earth before Tess, the mom of Lisa and Sean, they race through space. Upon arriving home, the children learn that Tess knew of Terry's bounty hunter job all along and that their mom is an alien whom their father met during a bounty hunting job. Having turned against the Conglomerate, Terry promises to quit his bounty hunting job. However, the Fixer tracks them down to Earth and attempts to apprehend Terry. Following a fierce battle, the powerful alien is destroyed through the combined efforts of Terry, Tess, Lisa, Sean, and Grandma. Despite the Fixer's death, his starship's beacon warns the Conglomerate of his passing.