New secrets, new characters, and age-old microaggressions keep the show's intrigue high
The first episode of The Sympathizer felt, in many ways like a prologue. That’s doubled down in episode two, where the plot starts growing tendrils that won’t bloom for another few weeks and our major players are brought more firmly into focus. I said the series premiere had an air of “previously on” about it, and while the pacing of the scenes in episode two remains rapid, “Good Little Asian” lays down the groundwork for the next few hours of storytelling.
8-percent of people in my generation would kill for. In his least harebrained calculation yet, the General in short order opens a liquor store, quite sanely reasoning that if you can’t make friends with your neighbors, make sure they’re relying on you for booze. It also allows him to host functions and hobnob with the rest of the South Vietnamese community that’s been shunted to L.A.
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