The Sympathizer recap: The twisted morality of war
by The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club— 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. First things first: Bon’s wife and...
The A.V. Club—The Sympathizer recap: Guilt is a curse. In lesser hands, The Sympathizer’s third episode, “Love It Or Leave It,” would easily be its weakest: The first half hour is almost languid in its pacing, repetitive in what it shows and tells, and Sandra Oh gets fuck all to do. But after a breakneck opening run, a little stop for breath is appreciated and makes the sudden shifts back to its signature propulsive violence and hammy comedy feel a little more unpredictable. A little more dangerous. I love the interplay between the Captain and the...
Vulture—‘The Sympathizer’ Recap, Episode 3: ‘Love it or Leave It’. The last of the Park Chan Wook-directed episodes ends in murder like all good Park Chan-Work works.
Vulture—‘The Sympathizer’ Recap, Episode Two: ‘Good Little Asian’. In case we forgot, America was (even more) racist in the 1970s.