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[Smith receives a call at his apartment. It's Helen, and John is curious where they all went]
The, the girls and I we're safe.
That's, that's good. Listen, you shouldn't have run away from that nurse.
I wasn't running from a nurse.
I'm not - I'm not angry with you. I'm just - You just you scared me, that's all. Can you just come home? Please? Can you just bring the girls and come home?
I love you, John... but I was running away from you. [hangs up]
[The Crown Princess eulogizes Nobusuke Tagomi]
Peace and harmony. That is what Mr. Tagomi sought. We lost him to an act of violence at the very moment we needed him most. His spirit is Japan's spirit. True Japanese spirit. In our drive for empire-building, we have lost sight of this spirit. Violence produces more violence. This is what is happening in San Francisco. I intend to see Tagomi's work completed.
[General Yamori is not too pleased that the Crown Princess rebuffed his suggestion to return to Japan for her safety]
[after the Crown Princess' entourage leaves] Someone has been whispering in her ear. Is it you?
Don't be absurd. Her Highness speaks for herself and with the consent of the palace.
[In Japanese] You Navy appeasers are more dangerous than the BCR!
[In Japanese] Appeasers? You don't know the battles I've fought for Japan.
[Back in English] When you speak, I hear surrender.
The Chinese are advancing in Korea and Manchuria. Our resources are spread thin. How long do you think we can hold this territory?
[In Japanese] As long as I'm alive. [Inokuchi is speechless] Hmm. Colonel, show the admiral out.
[Equiano Hampton presides over a BCR meeting in 1961]
Amen. That's a beautiful sound. Now, I see a lot of familiar faces in this room. Doctors, teachers, artists. And new faces, too. I bring good news. Two days ago, the first shipment of arms arrived from our allies in China. We gonna take this movement to the next stage. Now, I'm not gonna lie. There will be sacrifices. But for us, that price is nothing new. Most everyone in this room has someone got put on a train in the Reich, ain't never came back. For my wife, and my daughter, the train stopped at a camp in Saginaw, Michigan.
Onslow, North Carolina.
Sorry for your loss, brother.
Shiloh, Pennsylvania. James and Martha Arnold.
James and Martha. Sorry for your loss, ma'am.
Thank you. [guests start reciting the names of their loved ones and the concentration camps they ended up in]
[quietly and teary-eyed] Moulton, Alabama. Daddy and Mama.
How about right here in San Francisco, California? [everybody looks at him] William Pullum. Y'all know what I'm talking about. Shot in the back by the Kempeitai nine blocks from here. And that was just last week.
Last week?! This same chain of violence runs through our whole history in this country, from slavery to this very day. You've served your people as doctors, teachers and artists. But tonight? Tonight I'm looking for men and women to be soldiers. Who's ready to be a soldier?
[Kido talks to his son over why he still didn't appear for the job interview and the incident he caused at the Yakuza club]
There will be no report. The incident will be forgotten, but it cannot happen again.
I can't forget. I can't forget what I've done.
What? What have you done?
What my unit did in Manchuria. To the villagers.
It was war. It is in the past.
I can still hear their voices.
You did those things for your country. You have no reason to be ashamed.
It is not shame that I feel. Something more than shame.
We must look forward now, and draw our strength from the Empire.
The Empire. The Empire is not strong. The Empire is losing.
Losing?
In China. The TV says we are winning there, but it is a lie.
Enough.
We believe what we're told. We don't ask questions. I was not a soldier. You are not a detective. We are both puppets.
I will not be spoken to this way. We are bound to our duty.
Duty? And what of your duty to your family? You left us. [as the elder Kido manhandles him out of the room over what he just said] No, NO!
Get out of this house. Stand up. You are not my son. [Toru leaves]
[cold opening of a Tales from the High Castle episode where a white man has just been fired by his black boss and is now tasked to train a younger black employee]
[narrating] Robert Street has just learned that the American dream is nothing more than an Aryan man's nightmare. And for Robert Street, that nightmare has only just begun. You may not know me, but you might've seen one of my films, those terrifying visions where the Allies won the war. My name is Hawthorne Abendsen, and I am the Man in the High Castle.
[Kido has lauded Captain Iijima for his work in the Tagomi assassination case, but...]
There is one matter I wanted to discuss with you in private. Outside the office.
Of course, sir.
Per General Yamori's orders, the Tagomi murder case is now closed. The assassin found, the weapon retrieved, conclusive evidence... and yet, something unfortunate has come to light. We found a partial print on the clip inside the pistol. It is yours. [laughs as Capt Iijima feels uneasy] Do not worry, Captain. I have spoken with General Yamori. He has told me everything. I have redacted the incriminating evidence. I only mention this so that next time, you will be more careful in covering your tracks.
Thank you for the correction, Chief Inspector. Next time - I promise to be more vigilant.
Good.
[Iijima leaves, but Kido rechecks the case file and it is revealed that the weapon has no prints]
[Fuhrer Himmler is happy about the dinner at the Smiths' apartment]
John, thank you for this evening.
Let's get that drink next time you're in town. Safe travels.
All I see in Berlin are smiling faces, everywhere I look. But there's no one I can trust.
You'll always have my loyalty.
I don't want your loyalty, John. [sternfully] I want your devotion. [leaves]
[Juliana Crain hides in Zina Parks' bakery in the ruins of Washington DC]
My, uh, husband and I... started building this as a bomb shelter toward the end of the war. We didn't finish it in time.
Well, they dropped the bomb on a Sunday, didn't they? Knowing so many would be in church.
After the war, they took my husband. For his "impurity." I was happy to offer this to the Resistance as a hiding place. Uh... I have to lock you in, for the time being.
No, I understand. Well, please, won't you sit?
I'll, uh, I'll bring you some food in a bit. I believe that you are who you say you are. Can I... can I ask you something?
Of course.
I've seen the film. A lot of us have. [looks at journal Juliana shows her] There's Roosevelt alive with Churchill and Stalin.
I remember the day Roosevelt was assassinated.
Yeah.
But in that world, he survived.
Please, could you keep going? W-What happened next?
I have something I... could show you.
Okay.
[shows notebook] This is, uh... This is a sketch that I did from a newspaper clipping after FDR was shot at. One bullet could have changed everything. But it didn't. Not there.
W-What's this one?
That's Roosevelt. That's after he created the New Deal.
New Deal?
Yeah. Just, um, "Relief, Reform, Recovery." That was the motto, and he completely rebuilt the economy.
Ended the Depression?
He did. He also led the US to victory over Nazi Germany.
[in the wake of the US surrender and the military standing down in early 1946, Colonel Bolden visits John Smith's quarters]
I just came from the handover at West Point. Patton shook hands with Goering. It's all settled. First men to sign on will get food and good positions within the Reich. The holdouts will get nothing - or death. We report for duty tomorrow, at 0600. It's up to you. [leaves Nazi swastika armbands]
[Wyatt Price appears at Zina Parks' hideout looking for Juliana Crain, and finds her talking to Parks and some people about events in the other world]
What happened to Himmler and Goring?
And the Nazi leaders? The Allies, they could've put them up against a wall and shot them.
That's what had always been done when wars ended, but they decided to do something different. They gave them a fair trial.
Nazis don't deserve a trial.
Well, they were criminals. Once they put them on the stand, the world could see them for what they were. Their crimes were enormous, but these were small, weak men. They, um, they made excuses. They claimed they didn't know, that they were helpless to stop it.
Tell them what happened to Hitler.
He hid out in a bunker and then shot himself in the head.
It seems impossible. [chuckles] Like a dream.
If they can be beaten in that world, they can be beaten in this one.
[in the real-life 1964, Reichsmarschall John Smith and the Thomas Smith of that timeline eat at a diner in Bailey's Crossroads and have just witnessed a black man and woman being hauled out because the manager wouldn't serve them]
Let's go.
What?
I don't know. I'm just surprised, I guess.
I would have thought you'd have done something.
Well, what would I do?
Said something. Done something.
We're not the law. Come on, it's not up to us.
Just seems so wrong. They passed a law that gives the right to these people to eat at the counter.
And this still happens? So, this is the system you want to lay down your life to defend, huh? [referring to Thomas' decision to join the Marines]
This is the system that you fought for.
And I came back a hero. Is that what you think?
[scornfully] That's what I thought you were.
Is that what you want to be? You want to be a hero? You want to have your face painted on a mural? Maybe have a school named after you? You'd still be dead, Thomas.
How can you be sure?
Because I've seen it before. I know how it ends. And even if you don't die, you're gonna come back, you're not gonna be the same. It's all bullshit, Thomas. It's a fucking lie. Medals, flags, anthems. Pledges of allegiance. Freedom. I look around me, I don't see freedom. I don't see order. I just see chaos. I don't see anything worth giving my son's life for.
[shakes head at what John just said] Who are you? [storms out]
Thomas. Tho...
[In the real-life 1964, Daniel Levine excuses himself from what should have been a fun time watching football with the Smiths, but John Smith goes after him]
Danny. [sadly looks down] You know I had no choice, right?
What do you mean, John?
[teary-eyed] It's no use. It's no use. I... You're not gonna understand. I'm sorry.
[comforts him] Hey. Hey, we're brothers, right? You got nothing to [deeply embraces John] feel sorry for. [long pause] I got you. [gently breaks off embrace and leaves]
[in the real-life 1964, John Smith smokes outside the Smith home when a Marine recruiters' van stops in front and out comes two Marines in dress blues]
Gentlemen. I'm sorry to say there's been a misunderstanding here. Um, my son Thomas, he's, uh, reconsidered his decision.
Don't worry, Mr. Smith. We'll take good care of your boy.
No, you won't.
Excuse me?
You think I don't know how this ends?
I understand, Mr. Smith. It's only natural to be concerned about your son.
Yes, it is.
I'm sorry, sir. He's 18. He signed the papers.
[as Thomas and Helen step out the door behind him] I won't let you take him.
Dad, it's done. I'm going.
I won't let you.
[embraces Thomas] My boy. I love you.
Bye.
Thomas. Is there anything that I could've said yesterday that would have made you change your mind?
It doesn't matter now. [puts hand on John's shoulder] Be proud of me.
But I've always been proud of you, Thomas.
Goodbye. [walks off with the Marines]
[When Childan reemerges at his store and explains to his assistant, Yukiko, why he should talk to the Kempeitai about not being part of the BCR's Presidio raid, she's not too keen]
Your optimism is so American.
What do you mean?
When I was 14, a man came to our village to collect the young girls. He told us we'd be nurses in the city and work with the war effort. I was excited. I wanted to go, but my father knew what he meant. They made the girls bainshunfu.
Prostitutes.
My father took me to the local authority. Sergeant Tanaka - a man he trusted. Tanaka scared off the man from the city, and I felt safe. And I'm working in the field, and Tanaka came. He took me in the field. My face in the dirt. I told my father what Tanaka had done to me. My father demanded my honor be restored.
Your father killed him?
No, Robert. He made me marry him. My father shook Tanaka's hand at the wedding, and I was married with the man for 12 years. The day Tanaka died was the day I was born. Never be ashamed of eating mice. We're survivors. We will outlive these men. All their honor, all their ribbons and medals are there to disguise who they really are, but their crimes are always revealed.
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