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Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Parts Unknown’ Episode 7: Heroin in Small-Town USA

Samantha Shankman

Photo Credit: Anthony Bourdain goes on a fishing boat in Provincetown, MA. Parts Unknown CNN

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Anthony Bourdain and ZPZ take their inquisitive, open approach home for an honest, if not somewhat troubling, look at America's changing suburbs. The tactfulness in which the show examines such an issue should be a lesson for news and entertainment programs.

Last night’s episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown was more personal than most and the crew’s investigation into heroin addiction in Massachusetts approaches a growing problem with a new perspective. The one-hour episode began in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where a young Bourdain first worked in a kitchen during a summer spent at the beach with friends. The trip down memory lane was particularly satisfying for fans who were able to see multiple photos of a lanky Bourdain with a head full of curls. “There were no happier stupider times,” he mused while walking through town wit

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