20 Best TV Shows Of 2022 (So Far)
2. Pachinko
As great as it may be, Severance isn't the best new series to debut this side of 2022: No, that honour goes to the intergenerational epic Pachinko, which follows a Korean family through decades of hardship and life-altering history.
Jumping backward and forward through time to explore where the family have been and where they're going, Pachinko's narrative scope makes it at once thrilling and yet quietly intimate, capturing the how-why-and-when of a family and country constantly in flux.
Deeply moving and with visually arresting cinematography, the series thrives off its ambition and endearing, often tragic cast - led by a sublime Youn Yuh-jung (Minari) - and through its emotional resonance and lofty themes has the potential to be one of the decade's most vital small screen experiences.