Nguyen-Nguyen Stevenson

**Nguyen-Nguyen Stevenson** is a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons on **F is for Family**. A Vietnamese immigrant, she was brought to America and became the wife of Chet Stevenson. She was portrayed by Eileen Fogarty.

## Biography

Nguyen-Nguyen was born in 1943 in Vietnam. She mentions of having a grandfather who perished in a typhoon in ***Paul Lynde to Block**.* One day, as she noticed the birds getting quiet, she heard her mother scream. Suddenly, everything turned white, black, and then flames. Nguyen-Nguyen called for her father, only to realize that neither he nor anyone in her village was alive. She mentions questioning her mortality ever since. However, she was "rescued" by Chet Stevenson, a Colonel serving there, and was soon brought to America, where they wedded and Nguyen-Nguyen began learning English through television shows like *Bewitched* and *The Six Million Dollar Man* also quoting commercials such as the Salad Tosser informercial. While to the outside, Chet was seen as a hero, behind close doors, he treated Nguyen-Nguyen like a slave, having no respect for her and would often cheat on her with women at the Rustland Air Force Base.

After poisoning and murdering Chet, she was arrested and is currently awaiting trial. She is being held at Jane Toppan Prison for Women.

## Appearance

Nguyen-Nguyen has tan skin and straight medium length black hair. In the third season, she wears a light yellow shirt with a collar, yellow sweater vest and pink pants with a red belt. While being held in prison for killing her husband, she wears a black and white prison uniform with the inmate number "11556" and wears it for the rest of the series.

## Personality

Nguyen-Nguyen is a nice, but naive woman. Her naivety can be excused by culture shock, as she is so used to living in Vietnam, that her abrupt transition to living in America can be jarring for her. One can also suggest that she *looks naive* but in reality, she is a tough woman as she states this out by stressing that she is a *war survivor* several times.

Nguyen-Nguyen appears to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder due to her experiences during the Vietnam War. Through her conversations, one can imply that her nice, naive personality is also a facade, with deeply traumatic memories concealed underneath. Chet even claims that Nguyen-Nguyen yells his name in his sleep, mistaking it for a sign of her affection when in reality "chet" is the Vietnamese word for "dead". This suggests Nguyen-Nguyen also suffers from traumatic nightmares, a prominent and common symptom of PTSD. (Che Che is also the vietnamese word for cover, possibly implying PTSD from air raids and Chet mistaking the cries for adoriation.)

Nguyen-Nguyen also seems to have a lot of distaste to Americans, especially Chet.

Her personality got more intimidating in prison, as she openly bragged about killing her husband and seemed to enjoy making teenagers afraid.

## Episode Appearances

* Are You Ready For The Summer? (Non-Speaking Cameo)
* Paul Lynde to Block
* The Stinger
* Mr. Murphy's Wild Ride
* Battle Of The Sexes
* Punch Drunk
* It's In His Blood
* Summer Vacation
* Frank The Father (Mentioned)
* Father Confessor (Non-Speaking Cameo)
* Bring Me A Tooth (Pictured)
* Come to Papa (Cameo)
* A Very Merry F\*\*\*ing Christmas (Incarcerated)

## Trivia

* Nguyen-Nguyen may be named after the Nguyen dynasty, a Vietnamese imperialist family, that ruled Vietnam in the 16th to the 20th century. Alternatively, her name could be a take on how Nguyen is the most common Vietnamese family name.
* Nguyen-Nguyen made a brief cameo in "Are You Ready For The Summer?", watching the Memorial Day parade. This was before her first actual appearance in "Paul Lynde to Block."
* Her name is pronounced (when-when) like the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam, and Cambodia.
* The fact that her husband stated that once she screamed out in her sleep, "Chet-chet! Chet-chet!" heavily implying she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder due to the horrors she suffered in Vietnam; as well as foreshadowing her husband's murder, as the word '**chết**' in Vietnamese means '**dead**'.

## References

1. ↑  https://twitter.com/fiffnetflix/status/1277271649885159428?s=21