mrs. kim

[natali]

in season 1 lane is talking about how if her "parents" knew about her realrock life they would get a crusifixes and erase her sins. around season 2 she stopped saying "parents" because it only ever shows Mrs. kim not Mr. kim. "My mom has a thing about unmarried women" lane explained to rory! but where is Mr. kim?!?!?!?!?!? is mrs.kim a widow? did mr. kim die?

if there was a Mr. kim would be just as strict or more than mrs.kim? or would he find out about lanes love of rock and the love of rock with lane? i mean would he be a happy old korean man who keeps a secret from his wife to spend time with his daughter?
know what i mean?

[timk]

Hi, natali. Yeah. This has been an ongoing question on the show. At first, I thought maybe Mr. Kim was always away on business, maybe in Korea. But at some point, Lane stopped referring to him altogether. Clearly, there was at one time a Mr. Kim. And Lane's parents probably did not get divorced. Maybe they separated but couldn't bring themselves to formally divorce. (Like that makes a difference.) Just speculating here, though. I don't think there's ever been an answer, even though many people have asked the question.

-TimK