[Reinhard Heydrich and his adjutant trap John Smith at a log cabin]
[as he prepares coffee] What is the power of the films? Do you know why the Führer prizes them so highly?
You'd have to address any questions on that subject to the Führer himself.
The Führer is a spent force, John. We both know that. I don't believe for a second that sharing the land of your birth with the Japanese sits well with you.
I'm sure the Führer has his reasons.
Loyalty is an overrated virtue, John, championed by the bovine, dignified by the weak to justify their weakness. It's certainly not worthy of you.
Ultimately, John, we owe our hearts and our minds not to any one man but to an idea, and that idea is under threat. It is up to the best of us to step forward now as both the Führer and nature demands. The strong must overcome the weak.
[Rudolph Wegener comes face-to-face with Adolf Hitler, and has a pistol pointed at him]
AHAdolf Hitler
I know Heydrich sent you to kill me [faces Wegener] and I don't believe that you are capable of doing it. Of killing anyone, ever again. You were lost, Rudolph, the moment you lost faith in the Reich. Not to me, but to yourself.
I was lost the moment I committed evil in your name.
HHitler
Killing me might reconcile you with your past, but it will also prompt the people who sent you to attack Japan immediately. You must take responsibility for the one, or the other.
I know that the sins are my own.
HHitler
Your only sin is your weakness, but you can still choose to die honorably. You will spare Otto and Klaudia your shame, and I will spare their lives.
[shaken at Hitler's stipulation] God forgive me.
[General Onoda addresses fellow Japanese officials]
GHGen. Hidehisa Onoda, IJA
Today we enter the tiger's cave. We enter it because two weeks ago, Science Minister Shimura found a capsule in his pocket, and inside the capsule was microfilm smuggled from the Reich Research Council in Berlin. The contents of the microfilm has been confirmed. At long last, we, too, possess the data to build a Heisenberg device. When it is completed, the device must be in range of North American Nazi targets [Tagomi tries to listen but temporarily clams up] of New York City. This is our moment. We must not hesitate to seize it.
[Hawthorne Abendsen tries to explain to Juliana the nature of his movies]
Each one of these films show a reality like ours, but not ours... Some of us are just the same. Rotten or kind in one reality, rotten or kind in the next, but most people are different, depending on whether they have food in their belly or they're hungry, safe or scared. So you watch these films. You tell the Resistance what you learn about the people you see and the things. Things that could happen here, too. That's why... That's why the Nazis want these films. Not the Nazis, just old Adolf. That demented bastard's too paranoid to let anyone else see them.
[Nobusuke Tagomi calls up the Wegener household]
Hello. Is that Mrs. Wegener?
KWKatharina Wegener
Who is this?
This is Tagomi Nobusuke. I met the colonel last year in Stockholm at a trade convention. Would it be possible to speak to him?
[German] My husband... is dead. He [cries]
Mm... May I ask what happened?
They say he shot himself. He was a traitor.
You must know. Your husband died trying to make the world a better place.
And did he? Trying is not enough, is it? [hangs up]
[Joe Blake appears at a construction site]
SMSite Manager
Well, look what the wind blew in.
Look, I'm sorry to show up like this, sir, but... things took a little longer than I thought.
SMSite Manager
Last funeral I went to, the whole thing lasted about an hour. You've been gone best part of three weeks.
Right. I'm sorry, sir. I'm here now.
SMSite Manager
And you expected me to keep the forklift open?
No, not expected, sir. Hoped.
SMSite Manager
Who the hell do you think you are, Blake?
I don't think I'm anybody, sir. I just want to show up and do an honest day's work, if you'll let me.
SMSite Manager
Well, you want to grab a sledgehammer and break concrete, I guess that'll be okay. That honest enough for you?
Thank you, sir. [starts working]
[Frank Frink reads a letter Juliana just left for him]
Dear Frank, I don't even know if this letter will reach you, but if you are reading this, I'm begging you, please get out of the city now. You might know already that I didn't follow the plan. But I am leaving town now. One day I hope I'll get the chance to explain everything and that you'll understand. You're the kindest, most generous man I've ever met, Frank. I'd given up on everyone and everything, and you put me back on my feet. You brought me back to life one step at a time. Frank. It's okay. I want you to know that my feelings for you were and always will be more real than anything I've ever known. Whatever happens, I don't believe our fate is inevitable. And you shouldn't, either. I don't know if we can change it, but I believe we have to try. You'll always be with me, Frank, and I hope I'll always be with you.
[Helen Smith introduces Juliana Crain/Julia Mills to her apartment]
It's cute, isn't it? You're lucky to get one of the singles. Most of the other girls have to share an apartment.
JCJuliana Crain/Julia Mills
Other girls?
SSmith
This is a dormitory for single women. Would you like tea? I made some.
MMills
Yes. Thanks. That's very kind.
MMills
How many other girls live here?
SSmith
Uh, there's space for 20 or 30, but I'm not sure how many are here now. Oh. We've thrown some things into the closet for you. There wasn't much time, so I hope they fit. And you'll find some make-up in the bathroom.
MMills
Wow. This is so much more than I could have hoped for.
SSmith
Well, it's hard work to... Once you get settled, you'll be expected to join some of the neighborhood committees and the Nazi Women's League. But first you have to pass the ACT.
SSmith
The Auxiliary Citizenship Test. That gives you the right to stay in the Reich permanently. You must be exhausted after everything you've been through.
SSmith
Why don't you come by the house tomorrow? Say, 10:00. We can have coffee and get to know each other.
SSmith
Okay. We're at 5026 Roxboro. I have left a tuna casserole in the fridge for you. But there's a grocer over on von Braun Street if you need anything else. You'll find 50 marks and some change in the desk drawer there.
MMills
You thought of everything. I don't know what to say.
SSmith
Well, that's just it. You don't have to say anything.... See, now you're some place where good people actually look out for one another. I'll see you tomorrow.
MMills
Thanks. [as Helen goes for the door] Wait. What about the key?
SSmith
Oh, there isn't one. No one locks their doors around here.
[At a party Reichsminister Heusmann is hosting, Joe Blake is not too pleased at an Abwehr officer casually talking to him about his Pacific States mission]
RMReichsminister Martin Heusmann
What happened?
One of your guests reminded me of who I am and who I'm not.
You wouldn't. But I've seen the blood that pays for this champagne. And if you think for a second that it's going to make me forget what you did to my mother... She died poor, by the way.
Josef, I'm not asking you to forget anything. I get it. It was war. You were here.
There's more to the story, son.
Is that an order, Reichsminister? Whatever it is you need to tell me to clear your conscience, I don't want to hear it.
[Thomas Smith guides Juliana Crain/Julia Mills with reviewing for the Auxiliary Citizenship Test]
The ACT is made of three parts: Reading, writing, and civics.
Okay. I got two out of three.
SSmith
Straight to civics, then. First question: From where does justice derive?
SSmith
Yes, but more specifically.
SSmith
Very good. Justice is a divine right guaranteed for all and determined by the Führer, from whom all justice derives. [tries to drink milk but is visibly shaken]
SSmith
Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. Next question is about American exterminations before the Reich.
SSmith
Didn't they ever teach you about the Indians?
[Frank Frink brings up the Manzanar concentration camp with camp survivor Sarah Murakami]
Why didn't you tell me about it?
SMSarah Murakami
It's just a patch of dirt, really. About ten hours from here. We were relocated there by the U.S. Army. My family and thousands of other Japanese people. American citizens suddenly considered enemy aliens. My dad said, "Sara, one fine day, they'll win, and they'll open that gate." He meant the Japanese Empire. And one fine day, they did win.
MMurakami
Yeah. They won. But they looked at us, an all they could see was that we left Japan. We weren't Americans, but we weren't Japanese, either. We were...hangyakunin.
Yeah, traitors. So you hate the Americans. You hate the Pons. Who are you fighting for?
MMurakami
I don't hate anyone.
[John Smith sees Helen looking distressed]
You know I spent the whole afternoon with Alice.
Yeah, you said. She must be... devastated.
She is. She's devastated. John, I'm going to ask you a question, and I need for you to tell me the truth.
[realizes from the tone] John, what have you done?
Look at me. All you need to know is everything I do... everything... I do it for the family, to keep our children safe.
For the family? Our son is ill. I knew that there was something.
Gerry was going to report him.
But that is no reason for you to...
There's no cure. There's no cure.
[Frank Frink and Gary Connell visit a gathering in the California forest]
GCGary Connell
It's a memorial... for Karen. There are people here from the state of Washington, Baja, the Salt Lake. Come on.
MMan
As we gather tonight, we remember that the Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those that are crushed in spirit. Remember too, that we are of good courage and would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord surrounded by the loved ones who went before us. Of course, the Lord can see Karen, even though we cannot. For precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. So let us lay this saint to rest. And let us not linger, children, for the wolves will soon be upon our door.
[Lemuel Washington picks up Hawthorne Abendsen]
LWLemuel Washington
You about ready to go, Mr. A?
There's a stack inside. Would you bring it out for me, please?
WWashington
Don't want to get that nice suit all rumpled up, huh?
WWashington
[as he picks up a stash of films and puts in the truck] There's a... There's a strong smell inside.
That's the smell of leaving, Lem, the smell of moving on.
WWashington
What about the rest of them?
Nothing like a good spring cleaning. [lights match that burns down his hideout]
[Helen Smith is uneasy over Thomas being called up for a Hitler Youth trip to South America]
He's not going, John. I will not allow it. I stop breathing the moment Thomas walks out that front door, and I only start again when he is back home.
You want to let him go to South America? Helen...
He will be found out, and you know what that means.
Okay. Sit down. Helen, sit down, please. We are going to let him go. Thomas will fly to Buenos Aires, all right? And from there, he's going to travel to meet the others on his expedition, but he's not going to make the rendezvous because, somewhere in the foothills of the Andes, he's going to be kidnapped by Semites.
Now, this is going to look like, to the rest of the world, a terrorist act on a high-profile target, but Thomas, he's going to be okay. He'll be safe.
He could live for decades, Helen. This way, he's going to be comfortable. He's going to be safe. No one's going to be able to reach him.
Because I will personally spearhead the search for him and for his kidnappers. Now, you, of course, will be bereft, as will I, and publicly we'll never give up trying to bring our son home. But ultimately, Helen...we will fail. Now, if you have any questions, you have to ask me now... because, I'm afraid, once you've left this room, we must never talk about this again.
Will I ever see him again?
Maybe, one day. When and if it is safe. It's the only way, Helen.
