Pachinko: Season 2

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Pachinko: Season 1

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Apple TV+ | Season Premiere Date: August 23, 2024

Summary: The story of Sunja (Minha Kim) and her family continues in the second season of the series based on the novel of the same name by Min Jin Lee.

Genre(s): Drama

Season 2 Episodes

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Melanie McFarland

Aug 23, 2024

This is a show that steeps us in the experience of living through history and demonstrates the vastness of ordinary lives and families like the Baeks, especially in the times when we know what lies in wait. Read full review

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Laura Sirikul

Aug 22, 2024

Pachinko Season 2 is a masterpiece of storytelling, performance, production, costume design, cinematography, and direction. Read full review

Saloni Gajjar

Aug 23, 2024

Pachinko’s expansive saga feels intimate because it distills historic events through the lens of one woman and her loved ones. What is the impact of a global catastrophe on the day-to-day lives of the people who live through it? It’s a big question that Pachinko masterfully tries to answer. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Aug 16, 2024

Hugh has successfully translated a complex novel to television without losing its depth, while giving Lee's story a TV-friendly shape, complete with episode-ending moments of high drama. And, if this season is any indication, it's the sort of show that will only grow richer with each new season. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Barbara Ellen

Sep 10, 2024

The poetic photography evoking wartime desperation and the brash 80s (when the titular arcade bars were popular) with equal zeal. Pachinko is prestige drama with a big, fat neon “p”. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Clint Worthington

Aug 23, 2024

His [Solomon's] struggle this season is similar enough to season one that his stretches become a bit less interesting—will he learn to prioritize family over business—but they track quite elegantly with Sunja's struggle for a better life in Japan-dominated Korea. Read full review

Looper Alistair Ryder

Aug 15, 2024

The second season of "Pachinko" is a considerable step down from the first, but there are still frequent glimmers of what made the previous season such a quietly moving gem. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 2

87
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: August 23, 2024
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 1

87
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 25, 2022