Ronny Chieng International Student

2017 • Australian Broadcasting Corporation
4.6
12 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (9)

1 Episode 1
6/7/17
Season-only
As Ronny settles into university life, the quiet atmosphere at International House is obliterated by the arrival of Craig Cooper, a brash, bombastic American exchange student, who transforms the dorm into a 24-hour frat party.
2 Episode 2
6/7/17
Season-only
It's a few days before the annual grudge football match between the Law Faculty and the Medical Faculty. After losing the last three years in a row, Law coach Professor Dale is desperate to win. When Dale stumbles upon Ronny, Elvin and Wei Jun playing Chapteh (a traditional Asian game that's a cross between soccer and badminton), he believes he may have found a secret goal kicking weapon.
3 Episode 3
6/7/17
Season-only
Ronny offers to help Asher cover her shift at the campus co-op store. Todd, the co-op boss, tests Ronny's patience with pointless tasks and personal requests. Ronny can't tolerate taking instructions from an idiot like Todd. He eventually snaps and quits but learns Asher will lose her job too. To keep Asher's job, Ronny must do one final task for Todd that could put his student visa in jeopardy.
4 Episode 4
6/7/17
Season-only
When Ronny loads an old adventure quest game onto Asher's ancient computer, he unleashes a virus which makes it impossible to retrieve Asher's latest assignment. With the work due in less than 24-hours, Ronny embarks on an epic quest to retrieve the lost data, confronting computer nerds, dealing with data recovery jerks and facing his deepest fear – that he might not be able to fix the computer.
5 Episode 5
6/7/17
Season-only
When Ronny realises he has feelings for Asher, he does something he never thought he'd do – he auditions for the Law Faculty Comedy Revue to spend more time with her. But to his horror, the director of the show turns out to be Daniel Tremblay-Birchall and when Daniel starts showing too much interest in Asher, Ronny realises he has to tell her how he feels.
6 Episode 6
6/7/17
Season-only
In the lead up to the end of semester law exam, Ronny borrows Wei Jun's perfectly written study notes. But when he accidentally loses the USB, the notes spread like wildfire throughout the class. With the threat of everyone doing well in the exam, Ronny goes to crazy lengths to stop the students from using the notes.
101 Pilot (Bonus)
6/7/17
Season-only
It's the first day of university and after coming from Malaysia to study in Australia, Ronny just wants to get good marks to keep his mum happy. But Ronny loses the textbook he needs for the first assignment and is forced to join a drinking game to get it back.
102 Egg Tarts (Bonus)
6/7/17
Season-only
The cast & crew chat about all-important Egg Tarts.
103 Episode 6 Deleted Scene (Bonus)
6/7/17
Season-only
Craig and Wei Jun in the aftermath of the three-strike rule.

About this show

Meet Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show). He’s a Malaysian student who’s come to Australia to study law. He’s smart, driven and competitive, which would make him the perfect law student, if he actually wanted to be a lawyer.

Blunt, barbed and not afraid to cut through BS, it’s not long before Ronny is at odds with most people on campus. A genuine outsider, Ronny is suspicious of any group that wants him as a member – be it the rowdy Australians, the Mah-jong playing Asians or the blueblood...idiots.

Thankfully, Ronny makes an unlikely ally in Asher Angus, a fellow first year from a small country town whose laconic nature and eternal optimism makes her the absolute opposite of Ronny. But the one thing they do share is a feeling of being on the outside looking in, and seeing a bunch of idiots staring back.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
12 reviews
Sunil Inty
February 29, 2024
The show is actually hilarious… but I purchased this expecting the whole first season… there are absolutely episodes missing - I’m in Australia so I know that the problem isn’t geo-locking. The show deserves 5 stars, but I gave this 1 star because the product is incomplete. I feel like I ordered a Big Mac and got a cheeseburger with lettuce.
Troy Moli
March 18, 2020
Bloody Love It!! Well done. Quirky & Funny. I love the characters, the setups and the multicultural play. This kind of entertainment makes me feel proud to be Australian! True reflection!
Phil mcrostie
October 23, 2017
amazing show with some great comedy and great young actors, needs another season!