“Pachinko” (season 2) returns to Apple TV+ with episode 2. Previously, it followed Sunja’s journey after Isak’s arrest. She continued selling kimchi to make a living. However, due to the supply shortage, she needed to look for other ways of survival. Then, she learned about an opportunity to make rice wine for the black market. However, this risky line of work landed her behind bars. Hansu helped her get released from jail but expected her to be with him. She refused that offer out of her loyalty to Isak, who showed her kindness when she needed it the most.
After getting fired from his American job, Solomon struggled to find funding for his new business venture. While Mozasu offered help in these trying times, another investor withdrew his funding. The second episode shows Isak returning home after his horrific prison sentence. Sunja seeks help to improve his health. Solomon decides to use the latest discovery for his benefit.
Spoilers Ahead
Pachinko (Season 2) Episode 2 “Chapter Ten” Recap
The second episode of “Pachinko” season 2 begins with events from 1945. Young Mozasu (Eunseong Kwon) and his friends are playing with a gas mask. This scene presents a dreary picture of their reality when such objects become a part of their daily conversation. Soon, one of the kids realizes that his father died in the war. While walking back home, Mozasu wonders whether that kid will ever see his father’s body again. Noa (Kim Kang-hoon) realizes that Mozasu’s concern stems from their father, Isak’s (Steve Sang-Hyun Noh) absence from their lives. So, he tries to comfort his young brother.
Isak’s Homecoming
At night, Isak suddenly returns home after years of distance. He looks pale and malnourished. Kyunghee (Jung Eun-chae) cannot control her emotions seeing him in that state. She realizes how badly Isak must have been tortured to be this way. Soon, Sunja (Minha Kim) returns home to find Isak in that miserable state. She breaks out in tears and reveals how she kept praying for Isak’s return. He feels sorry about the burden she must have faced in his and his brother’s absence. Despite moaning in pain, he worries for Sunja and their family. She urges him to rest and remains hopeful that he will be better soon.
Despite Isak’s poor health, Sunja seeks medical help to recover. Kyunghee wonders whether Sunja should rather be at home by Isak’s side. But Sunja isn’t one to lose hope. After all, she and her mother had once helped Isak through a life-and-death situation. That’s how he met her. So, she believes Isak has what it takes to survive. That night, Noa tells Isak that Pastor Yoo, whom Isak worked for, has passed away. Now, Pastor Hu (Jungyoung Choi) has taken his place. So, Isak asks Noa to bring Pastor Yoo to meet him. With Noa gone, Kyunghee sends young Mozasu to send a telegram to inform his uncle in Nagasaki about Isak’s deteriorating health.
Noa meets Pastor Hu and tells him about Isak’s return home. He requests Pastor Hu to meet his father and help him heal. Although hesitant at first, Pastor Hu agrees to join Noa. Back home, Mozasu tells his father that he wants to be rich so they won’t suffer like they are in the present. Isak teaches him the power of love. He wants Mozasu to not focus solely on wealth.
Solomon’s Quest for Funding
Solomon (Jin Ha) enters a bar in Japan for a drink. Abe Katsu (Yoshio Maki), a client at Shiffley’s, who recently received a high honour as ‘Japan’s Businessman of the Year’, joins him for a drink. He admits that his and Solomon’s journeys have been quite similar. They both had successful fathers. So, they both worked harder to prove their worth despite their obstacles. However, since Solomon failed in his deal with Han Geum-ja’s (Park Hye-jin) property in Japan, he warned Solomon not to cross him in the future. Shaken by those words, Solomon decides to meet Geum-ja at her house.
Solomon knocks on Geum-ja’s door. Despite initial hesitation, she lets him in. She asks him about what will happen to her house after his deal and why he agreed to the deal in the first place. He reveals his recent financial struggles after he lost his job at the Shiffley’s. That’s when he met Mamoru Yoshii (Louis Ozawa), who proposed a business plan. Solomon helped Yoshii to afford a living. Then, Yoshii’s men intimidated Geum-ja to surrender to their wishes. So, Geum-ja doesn’t feel sorry for Solomon. Solomon admits his mistake. Regardless, Geum-ja reveals how she got hold of the land where she currently resides.
This land was filled with casualties during the war, so she got it for a meager price. Hearing that, Solomon comes up with a potentially risky idea to save the house from being sold.
Pachinko (Season 2) Episode 2 “Chapter Ten” Ending Explained:
Sunja meets Hansu, seeking help for Isak’s speedy medical recovery. Hansu is disappointed that Sunja didn’t accept his request to relocate. He repeats the importance of relocating, considering the impending danger of bombs in their town. Regardless, Sunja remains faithful to Isak and refuses Hansu’s offer. Now, she asks him whether he could have helped Isak return home sooner. Hansu claims he could help only when he did. Then, he realizes that Sunja isn’t going to leave her marriage with Isak. So, he makes another offer. He will provide medical help only if Sunja agrees to leave the town with her kids and with or without Isak.
Back home, Pastor Hu comes to see Isak’s condition. Isak tells Kyunghee to take young Mozasu away to have a private conversation with Pastor Hu in Noa’s presence. During this dialogue, Pastor Hu makes a surprising confession. It turns out he was the reason Isak was arrested. As a child from a loveless family, he sought comfort under the guidance of Pastor Yoo. However, once Isak joined them, Pastor Yoo paid him more attention. So, Pastor Hu started feeling neglected and got jealous of Isak. That’s why he plotted against Isak in spite. When he realized his mistake, it was already too late.
Does Isak survive after the horrific prison sentence?
Despite Pastor Hu’s irredeemable mistake, Isak shows him mercy. Noa gets angry because Pastor Hu starved him from having a more promising childhood with his father. Isak teaches Noa the importance of mercy in one’s life. He understands this lesson will help Noa survive in the future. Then, Sunja returns home with a doctor, who checks Isak’s health. After the inspection, the doctor reveals that Isak has only a few hours of life left in him because of the torture he faced throughout his sentence. So, Sunja has a final dialogue with Isak before he takes his last breath. However, she and her family don’t even get a chance to mourn Isak’s death because of an impending bomb threat.
Does Solomon convince Geum-ja of his new plan?
Solomon thinks he & Geum-ja should send out a rumor about buried dead bodies under her house to detract the buyers. But Geum-ja isn’t ready to use their tragedy for her benefit. Nevertheless, Solomon meets two of his associates to share the new updates in his plan. He reveals that Geum-ja will sell the plot to Abe and Colton for 1.4 billion yen, for which they will get a 10% fee. Yet, eventually, Solomon will work his way to sink Abe’s ambitious plans. So, it looks like he will use his recent discovery for his own benefit.
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