Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Parts Unknown’ Episode 1: Surrendering to Seoul


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The first episode of season five serves to remind viewers that Bourdain and the ZPZ crew plan to keep traveling and portraying countries in the most interesting way possible for as long as CNN will have them.

Anthony Bourdain's CNN series Parts Unknown returned for its fifth season on Sunday night with a creative and somewhat strange journey through Seoul, South Korea. Perhaps in an effort to continually innovate the show's videography, the one-hour broadcast features each segment and the overall narrative taking place in reverse. In his first time back in the countr