She gets a call from Dong, and discovers he was forced to marry an old woman named Sonja (Suzan Perry) from their GED class in order to stay in the country.

Kimmy gets a job at an all-year Christmas store, but she is fired after she misses work several times on the account of Jacqueline.

The two intend to have sex, but they are hindered by Kimmy reflexively hitting him every time he attempts intimacy – a reaction to the trauma that she suffered at the hands of the Reverend[1] – and because Dong is allergic to latex condoms.

Soon after, Kimmy becomes an Uber driver, and meets Andrea Bayden (Tina Fey), a perpetually drunk therapist who helps her get over her breakup with Dong.

[2] Kimmy begins doing work on TaskRabbit to try and make some money, and one of the tasks brings her to Columbia University where she finds Jacqueline’s stepdaughter Xanthippe (Dylan Gelula), who is sharing her room with three girls on the rowing team who hate her.

She proves exceptionally good at it due to her years turning the crank in the bunker, and she gets accepted into the university with a full scholarship.

Also at Columbia, Kimmy finds Refrigerator, who goes by his middle name, Perry, (Daveed Diggs) who was her tour guide at county college and is now a student.

She then gets employed by Zach (Noah Robbins), whom she met at Columbia but dropped out and is now starting his own company, bringing Kimmy in as the public relations for tech startup Giztoob.

Once she discovers a true crime documentary defending the Reverend and painting her in a negative light, she goes after one of the interviewees, men's rights activist Fran Dodd (Bobby Moynihan), and eventually decides to fight misogyny by writing children's books that set good examples for young boys.

Shortly before she is let go of her job as Giztoob is sold, she learns that the company does data mining and targeted advertising, and makes Zach help her by setting up a website to purchase The Legends of Greemulax and include it in searches for terms that interest teenagers.

Kimmy thinks the website does not work, but as she discovers Xanthippe has read it, as have most of her fellow college students, turns out the connection is very unstable due to excessive demand.

Once she discovers in her old backpack a Choose Your Own Adventure book she had never read, she confronts the Reverend in prison about it, learning he had taken it from a hostage in another bunker in West Virginia.

However, Kimmy had a special attachment to Cyndee, whom she helped cure of her "Hulkamania" (an affliction which caused her to act like professional wrestler Hulk Hogan).

Eventually, after several rides on a rollercoaster, Lori-Ann reveals that she was overwhelmed by the sympathy she received after Kimmy's disappearance and wanted to get away from it all.

"[citation needed] Arthur Chu of Slate said "In general, The show is everything I loved about 30 Rock, with an added dose of something totally unexpected with Ellie Kemper's performance as the titular 13-going-on-30 '90s refugee.

Entertainment wrote, "The show is super-clever, features a winning performance by The Office's Ellie Kemper, and moves like a well-oiled joke machine.

"[9] David Weigand of the San Francisco Chronicle said "Kemper is hilarious, advancing perkiness to a comically psychotic level without having Kimmy ever lose her fundamental appeal.

"[10] TV Guide's Joyce Emper said "Kemper sells Kimmy's wide-eyed naiveté and cluelessness at iPhones, selfies, slang and the like with irrepressible cheerfulness, curiosity and joy.

"[citation needed] Critic Robert Ham of Paste also praised her, saying "What is... evident is how perfect a star vehicle this is for Ellie Kemper.

"[11] Matt Roush of TV Insider said "Kimmy is a beaming bundle of perversely adorable gumption, winningly played by The Office gamine Ellie Kemper.