Here on 1030 AM,
the Voice of the Reich.
Peace has come at last to a war-weary nation
as grateful Americans from Broadway to Main Street
greet their German liberators.
Recently appointed Reichsmarschall Erwin Rommel
took to the streets to greet the adoring American republic.
Citizens everywhere are welcoming
the return of local infrastructure:
running water in their kitchens and baths,
electricity at all hours,
and ready stores of food supplies
being brought in daily from the Reich's plentiful bounty.
Citizen volunteers are invited to join in...
Put on some music, will you?
- Anything but that. - Leave it on.
We need news. Even their news.
I can't quiet Thomas.
...fresh milk and apples
picked straight from the orchard.
It's hunger.
I can't even get him to nurse him anymore.
We'll get through this.
That's him.
It's okay.
Are you gonna invite me in, John?
- Hi, Mike. - Helen.
As you were.
Take it.
Come on, don't be fools. Eat.
Go on, Helen. Go on.
Here. Warm this up.
I just came from the handover at West Point.
Patton shook hands with Goering.
It's all settled.
The first men to sign on will get food
and good positions in the Reich.
The holdouts will get nothing.
Or death.
We report for duty tomorrow,
at 0600.
It's up to you.
It's just a piece of cloth.
Doesn't mean we believe in it.
We do this, we bide our time...
You keep telling yourself that, pal.
W-We can fight them. John.
They say Ike is gathering men.
- A militia... - We all saw that bomb.
It was like a thousand suns.
What does it even take to build something like that?
I mean, you know?
What kind of will, and a vision?
- It's a crime is what it is. - Well, we'd have built it, too,
if we could, but we couldn't.
Could we?
No. It's over.
It's done.
It failed.
When push came to shove, the whole thing just collapsed.
What they have, that's... that works.
What about us, John?
What happens to my family in the Reich?
I don't know.
It isn't much.
Okay.
Take this, and go.
- Go where, John? - Well, just as far as you can.
I remember when we would've died for each other.
None of this is easy.
Mm.
But this is what's right.
It's for us.
Reopen the portal in 48 hours.
Yes, sir.
They're here, baby.
Brother Darius,
- this is Elijah. - Hi.
- And... - Bell Mallory.
Moulton, Alabama.
That's right.
You got a good memory.
I remember every name, every place.
You've made a name for yourself, Bell Mallory.
All of you.
Well, gentlemen, we've got collard greens.
We've got black-eyed peas, yams,
some cornbread and sweet green tea.
Ooh!
You really think this admiral's on the level?
He's a military man.
He'll be acting on orders from the royal family.
Probably won't be easy for him to stomach, but...
he's taking a risk, too.
Is there any chance the peace will hold?
It's a temporary cease-fire.
I mean, do you think they'll ever agree to our terms?
This is the first time in America
or the JPS or the Reich
that anyone has ever negotiated
with a black man as an equal.
That's all we leave with today,
it's a victory.
I remember the first time I opened a crate
of those Chinese automatic rifles.
I picked one up.
It was so dark and...
oiled and heavy.
Man, it felt like...
- ...power. - Hmm. Right on, brother.
And from that moment, all I've dreamed of
is the day I can put that damn weapon down.
John?
Helen.
Oh, I thought you weren't coming back until Sunday morning.
- What are you doing here? - Oh...
I was, uh, thinking I could surprise you.
Uh, no, I figured, um,
Greensboro could wait till Monday.
Mother always said I should marry an ambitious man.
Mmm.
Oh.
I know what you came back for.
- So, uh, Thomas is, um... - It's Saturday,
remember?
He's due back
in about 45 minutes.
Mmm.
Which is just enough time.
Come on.
You got a haircut, I see.
- And you're going gray. - Am I?
Oh.
Somebody's hungry.
The eggs are delicious.
The toast should pop up in just a sec.
I am going to get dressed.
Hi, Dad.
What are you doing back home already?
Dad, what's going on?
Is, uh...
Shh.
Don't mind your dad.
I just wanted to look at you.
Geez, you just saw me.
You just got so big.
Yeah.
So tall.
Okay.
Uh...
Come and, uh, sit down.
Keep me company.
You made good time.
Got here quick as we could without getting pulled over.
So Santa's sled is in the alley, and it is full of toys.
- Much obliged, sir. - Oh, listen, uh...
I got this message when I was on the road.
Someone turned up calling herself Juliana Crain?
Yeah, didn't seem possible, right?
Still doesn't, but I'll-I'll let you see for yourself.
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.
Like a dream.
If they can be beaten in that world,
they can be beaten in this one.
Sometimes I wondered, you know,
if you'd ever made it out of that tunnel.
I was sure you were dead,
and I couldn't let it go.
I knew the films were what mattered most to you,
to both of us.
So...
I threw myself into...
getting them out there.
Reich patrols.
I'd almost forgotten that sound.
We're safe here.
I'm sorry.
I understand.
It's just that nothing's fixed in place...
anymore.
You know?
Nothing's solid.
Like everything's just a...
reflection of a reflection.
Does that make sense?
I think so.
It's like being suspended...
...each existence
as real as the next.
And at which point do you choose to hold on to one?
That's him, Elijah.
Keep the motor running.
Iika.
Stay by the car.
Sound the horn at trouble...
then cover me.
Follow me.
My father always wanted me
to be a blacksmith.
If you came here expecting
to gain anything from your attack the other day,
- you will be disappointed. - I try not
to have any expectations.
That way, I'm never taken by surprise.
I bring you only a warning.
If you continue these acts of terror,
Japan will bring the full force of its military
- to bear on the BCR. - We learned
about terror at the hands of your Kempeitai.
You're just upset you don't have a monopoly
on violence anymore.
I didn't come for a lecture.
You are here to listen to our side. Am I wrong?
I am listening.
You're facing rebellions around the world.
India,
China, Australia.
There are millions of us with everything to gain
and nothing to lose.
Think how hard you would fight
to protect your home islands, Admiral.
This is our home.
You were brought here as slaves.
No one has endured more for this country than our people.
We will endure anything to be free.
What is it you want?
A free state.
Our own territory.
A self-governing republic for black people.
Your letter offered a cease-fire.
Temporary cease-fire.
Depending on what you can offer in return.
I am in no position to offer anything.
Then take a message to the Crown Princess.
We'll need a sign of good faith.
Such as?
Stop the Kempeitai round-ups in the ghetto.
I will see...
what can be done.
Tell me...
why didn't you become a blacksmith?
I found out I was afraid of horses.
To this day, I still get sick
the first two days at sea.
What'd he say?
He's a man of war who's trying to learn to make peace.
But I think he's someone we can...
Go, go, go!
Drive, drive!
Admiral Inokuchi.
Colonel...
I arrest you on the charge of high treason.
Are you insane?
Equiano Hampton is dead.
What about Admiral Inokuchi?
He is in custody. We will make arrangements
to send him to Tokyo to face a naval court-martial.
I will accompany him.
No. He will be court-martialed here in San Francisco.
The Royal Family may not approve.
This is a military matter.
The Crown Princess does not need to be involved.
She should be kept insulated,
for her own sake.
Tokyo will be pleased.
With Hampton dead, Tagomi's killers
- have been brought to justice. - I am still investigating
- the Tagomi murder. - I thought I told you
to close the file.
I gave the Crown Princess my word.
Let's not delude ourselves.
In your 15 years as chief inspector,
you have planted evidence,
elicited false confessions,
executed suspects without trial.
You have done all this...
why?
Out of loyalty to the cause
of a Japanese San Francisco.
And you gave your son
to that cause as well.
Captain lijima's told me about Toru's recent...
incident at the Bamboo Palace.
You chose your path 15 years ago, Kido.
It's too late to change now.
I look forward
to hearing your testimony at Inokuchi's court-martial.
Leon got the news to the Leadership Council.
They've called an emergency meeting
of all the Northern California cells.
Best we can do.
The Japanese authority has confirmed that Equiano Hampton,
the leader of the Negro terrorist group
known as the Black Communist Rebellion,
- was killed last night... - Oh, damn it.
...in a daring raid by Kempeitai forces.
Governor General Yamori praised the work of Kempeitai officers
in dispensing swift retribution.
Did we kill him...
- Elijah? - ...late last night in Moraga,
was conducted with zero Kempeitai casualties...
Were we so...
hungry for peace that we moved too fast
- and we ruined everything? - Nah, nah, he...
he wanted that meeting.
He felt it was a chance worth taking.
Kempeitai.
Going house to house rousting brothers,
taking them to camps out by the docks.
- Just tell me how far are they. - Fast as they're moving,
20 minutes if we're lucky.
Guns, food, ammo...
crate it all up and load it in the trucks.
If you can't shoot it or eat it, fuck it.
Leon, is it true what the radio says about Equiano?
Because I know they lie. All the time.
- They could be lying right now. - The Leadership Council's
holding a meeting for all the local cells.
- We've got to get ready. - But he's alive, right?
He's coming back with Bell and Elijah.
He ain't coming back, Benjy. He's dead.
Let's get this place cleaned out.
We got to get out of here.
What about him?
- Let's get rid of him. - Wait.
Wait, wait, wait. What does that mean, "Let's get rid of him"?
What does that mean? I helped you.
- You set us up. - No. I-I...
How was I supposed to know? I didn't set anybody up.
Yeah, maybe you did, maybe you didn't,
but I ain't got the time or the inclination to find out.
Whoa.
Take him outside. Keep it quiet.
- Use this. Wait a minute. Just wait.
- Let's go. Let's go! - Can we just... Wait.
- Listen to me. - Listen to me.
You... you don't have to do this.
Okay, you don't have to do this.
What do you need?
Do you need money?
- I've got money. - Shut up!
You can't buy me.
Bragging on your money.
Greedy son of a bitch getting rich selling junk to the Japs!
No. No, no, that-that came out wrong.
I'm sorry, I'm not... I'm not rich.
I'm not rich at all. I'm... I'm just a...
I'm just... I'm just-just a...
a p-person, a person just like you.
Wha... Y...
What's y... Your name's Benjy, right?
Isn't that right? Benjy? Listen, Benjy, Benjy,
- you don't have to do this. - Shut the fuck up!
Oh, God. Please. This isn't...
Get on your knees!
Oh, God, no! Please!
Please, just wait. Wait-wait-wait-wait-wait.
Wait, please, please, please. Give me a moment. Please.
Tsuyu-to-ochi.
Tsuyu-ni, ki-yé-nishi.
Wagami-kana.
What are you doing?
Tsuyu-ni, ki-yé-nishi.
Wagami-kana.
Yumé-no, mata-yumé. Tsuyu-to-ochi.
Give me your hand.
Aah! Shit! Shit! What's that for?
Go.
Go. Go on. Run.
I don't want to see your ass here again.
Thank you.
Well.
All right.
You want to bring us up to speed?
Yeah. Her as well.
I got to be honest, I, uh, I don't trust her.
Well, as long as I do, you don't have to.
We're a package deal, see?
It's her, me...
and my big truckload of fuckin' guns.
All right.
Well, we got a...
number of operations on the board in the planning stages.
You're talking about the portal.
Yeah, we've got it under observation.
But, uh, they've fortified it heavily in the past year,
so us moving on it now would require a major assault.
Yeah, I think so.
What about John Smith?
His apartment building
is a fortress, so we're gonna need to, uh,
catch him in transit in order
to make an attempt on him.
Of course, that's gonna mean intelligence
on his movements.
-Where were these photos of Helen taken? -She was living
in the Neutral Zone for the past year with her daughters.
We were gonna make an approach on her.
-And what stopped you? -We were waiting for your shipment
when Helen went back to New York.
Wait a minute, what was she doing in the Neutral Zone
- to begin with? - I don't know.
Hardly matters now.
Well, it absolutely matters.
Look, Helen Smith is a woman who's...
lost a child.
No one lives through that experience unchanged.
And very few marriages, if any, survive that unchanged, either.
So if she left for the Neutral Zone,
she had to have been desperate.
And if there's a crack in that marriage...
that's a way in.
That's all soap opera now.
None of that matters now. We lost her.
She went back to her husband.
Maybe she went back by choice.
Maybe she went back because she had no choice.
I'm sorry. I think there's been a mistake.
How did you get access to this floor?
There's no mistake, Helen.
My name is Martha.
I'll be your wife-companion.
- Excuse me? - It is my duty
to discreetly accompany you
on all of your public outings.
For your personal security.
Who sent you here?
We're a service of the Staatspolizei,
formed to... meet the unique needs
of the First Families of the Party.
But we can be much more than that.
Hmm. The Reichsmarschall called you here to keep an eye on me
while he's out of town on business, is that it?
Or is this more than that?
Many Reich wives come to view their...
wife-companion as a confidant.
There are so few people
a Reichsmarschall's wife can talk to, after all.
Tell the Staatspolizei that I don't need a companion.
I understand completely.
I can follow at a distance.
You won't even know I was there.
You couldn't hold a tune to save your life
And what's with... singing from the hymnal, anyway?
You know all those songs by heart.
Just getting old, I guess.
Oh, um, lumberjack breakfast. With bacon.
Yeah. Uh, coffee, black.
Um, dry toast.
Um... there's...
something I wanted to talk to you about,
- now that I've got you alone. - Okay.
Go ahead.
I talked to my recruiter yesterday.
And look, I know you're against it, 'cause...
What is it I'm against?
Me enlisting. The Marines.
The-the war. All of it.
If you're talking about going to this war in Indochina...
in, uh, Vietnam...
- yeah, I'm against it. - I'm 18 now, Dad.
- I don't need your permission. - Well, you asked me.
My answer's very simple: I don't want you to go.
- But you fought the Japs... - I don't want to lose you again.
- Again? - If you go...
...you're gonna die.
What makes you so certain I'm gonna die?
You came back.
You came back a hero.
Is that what this is about?
We'd each like scrambled eggs,
biscuits and gravy, please.
Our money's right here,
with extra for the tip.
Look,
we don't want trouble.
Neither do we.
Why don't you go around the back?
I'll give you some food to take home with you.
No, sir. We mean to eat our Sunday breakfast
right here at the counter like everybody else.
On the Lord's day, no less.
I'm trying to run a respectable business.
You Negro agitators come in here making good people angry.
We got a right. The law says so. - Don't get involved.
There's the laws they make in D.C.,
and there's the way things are in this town.
Some things don't change.
This is what happens
when you let 'em run wild.
Stand up and step away from the counter, please.
You, too, boy.
Ow.
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?
This is the system that you fought for.
And I came back a hero. Is that what you think?
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.
Who are you?
Thomas. Tho...
Yukiko?
It's you. You're here.
Childan.
I was so worried.
Your hand.
Oh, it's all right. The bleeding stopped.
It needs to be cleaned and bandaged.
No, but... you're not hurt, are you?
No.
I came here after it happened.
I didn't know where else to find you.
The police were here looking for you.
They did this.
Huh.
This was a Favrile anemone vase.
One of eight.
Sorry.
- I couldn't stop them. - No.
L-Look, it doesn't even matter.
Oops.
Be still now, Childan.
Mm.
It's all right.
Kempeitai will come back.
You have to hide.
He walked home?
- Why? - We had an argument.
I-I said some things.
I don't want him to make a mistake.
What kind of mistake?
- He wants to join the Marines. - "Bullshit."
That's what you called it.
- Thomas. - It was just talk, right?
Everything that you raised me on.
Freedom. America.
It's all just talk for you.
Well, I believe in it.
Thomas.
Joining the Marines is just not an option, okay?
Your mom is gonna need you.
- Why? - John?
A word.
Just leave it.
He's 18 years old.
You know that if you argue with him, he's just gonna dig in.
Just leave it for another day.
I don't have another day.
Thomas,
listen, I know what it means
to believe in your country, okay?
What's that? Were we expecting someone?
It's game day, John.
Hey, pal.
You okay?
Look like someone just punched you in the gut.
Yeah, I'm fine.
We're not gonna watch
Y.A. Tittle beat the Redskins from the front porch.
Good to see you, Danny.
Hey, champ.
Hey.
- Helen. - Hi.
You look lovely.
Aw. Always the charmer.
What do you say, Tommy?
How you like our chances today?
Come on, buck up.
He drives all the way down here just to see you.
You can call him a broken-down old man
all you want, John, but it'd be a crime
to put Gary Wood in for Y.A.
If it hadn't been for the bad hit at Wrigley,
he'd have brought the title home to New York.
There's such a thing as loyalty.
Right, Thomas?
Besides, if Y.A. can do it at his age,
there's still hope for us.
You sure you're all right, John?
I mean, you look like somebody walked over your grave.
I'm sorry.
I'm gonna have to ask you
to excuse me, Daniel.
I, uh, I don't feel very well.
John.
I should go.
No, Dan. Please, stay.
Join us for dinner.
It's all right, Helen.
Danny.
You know I had no choice, right?
What do you mean, John?
It's no use. It's no use.
I...
You're not gonna understand.
I'm sorry.
Hey.
Hey, we're brothers, right?
You got nothing to feel sorry for.
I got you.
John. Hey.
John! It's me.
It's Danny.
Daniel?
You got to get us out of here. Just...
The latch, John.
Just... just lift it. We'll slip out up the road.
Nobody will know.
Let us out.
Just open the la... the latch.
- Just lift the latch. - Smith.
I want you in this briefing.
Please.
John.
Please, John.
John, it's me.
It's me, Danny.
- Don't leave us in here. - Please, John.
- Help. We have children. - Don't leave us like this.
Please, help us!
John!
John, open the latch! John! John!
- The latch, John! - John!
Johnny!
We were brothers! John!
John!
John...
John!