The Man in the High Castle (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Truth - full transcript

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may you bloom and grow *

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I'm disappointed, Joe.

I... I really wanted
to be wrong about you.

But here we are

in my office



in the middle of the night.

I know you've been lying to me

since you got back
from Canon City,

but I wanted to know
how far you'd go.

Truth time.

Tell me about the girl.

New gift.

"New gift needs to go
behind the curtain.

This one wasn't
made in Kansas."

Frank, I'm sorry.

Yeah, I'm sorry, too.

You've been crying?

Yeah, for Laura and the kids.

After...



After they were killed,

I had this rage inside me.

I felt like I was going
to lose my mind.

And I... I knew...

I knew I had to do something,

like you.

So I made a gun, a real gun,

to shoot the Jap prince.

I bought the bullets.
I was about to do it.

I was just about to.

And then I, uh...

I saw this... this...
This boy,

this little...
This little Japanese boy.

And when I... I looked
into his eyes...

I don't know. It was...

It was like, uh...

It was like...
Like I saw myself.

In... In that moment,

I... I knew
killing that guy...

It wasn't the answer.

Joe: Her name is Juliana.
Juliana Crain.

She had a film.

She thought the SD agent
was her contact.

He tried to kill her.

She put up a fight.
He went off the bridge.

I helped get rid of the body
to keep my cover intact,

and that's it.

That's all there is.

Why did you keep it
from me, Joe?

Do you have feelings for her?

Ah.

About that, uh, car crash.

That was her, right?

The body burnt
beyond recognition.

- No.
- No?

We wanted to look
like it was her.

You wanted to protect her.

She's just a girl.

Get dressed.

Get your things.

Where are we going?

Hello.

Hey, honey, it's me.

I'm sorry to call so early.

Could you please come over here

and sit with your mom?

She's been in a... a mood

the last few days.
She took a sleeping pill

last night.
She's still asleep.

Why? What is it?
What's wrong with her?

I don't know.
Maybe it's what happened

to Frank's sister and the kids.

I don't know.
Could you just come over here?

I got to go in early.

Thanks, Jules.

Who was that?

Arnold.

Oh, God.

What does he want?

He said Mom's upset.

He wants me to go over there.

Are you okay?

Frank, he works
for the Japanese.

Arnold works at the Post Office.

No, he works in
a surveillance room

inside the Nippon Building

listening to people's calls.

I got in there last night,
and I saw him.

- Did he see you?
- No.

Are they making him do it?

No. If anything,

it looked like he was in charge.

Oh, my God.

He's been lying to all of us.

If he's working for them,

you have to be even
more careful, Jules.

We both do.

American Artistic
Handcrafts, Incorporated.

Moshi moshi.

Mr. Childan,
this is Mrs. Kasoura.

Well,

I tried calling you back,
but you weren't at home.

I am struggling

to keep those pieces
I set aside for you

from being snapped up.

My husband wonders,

would you like
to come for dinner

at our house this evening?

I'd be honored.

And I could bring
the pieces with me then.

Oh, no.

My husband said there's no need.

This evening is only dinner.

What, as a...

Not for business,
just as a friend?

Uh, who...

Who else will be attending?

No one else. Just you.

Would 5:30 suit?

We do not keep late hours.

5:30.

Just me?

It's an honor.

Thank you.

Smith: The trouble
with humans, Joe,

is that we're weak.

A man sees a pretty face,
he wants her.

It's natural. It's animal.

We have to learn

to override these impulses, Joe.

Juliana Crain

is not a suitable
choice for romance.

She's a traitor, Joe,

an enemy of the state.

And so are you if you
try to protect her.

We should have put a bullet
in your brain already.

He can prevent that.
Can't you, Joe?

You can use your budding romance

in the services
of the Fatherland.

Our sources
in San Francisco tell us

a new film has been found.

Find Juliana Crain.

Find the film.

If you succeed,

I'll be prepared to accept

that you've learned
from your mistakes.

If you fail, the girl
dies with you.

Is that clear?

- Yes, sir.
- Good.

Call her.
That's her number.

Be pleasant.

Reminisce.

Ask her how she got the film.

Hello.

Just a second.

It's for you.

Who is it?

Hello.

Hey, Juliana. It's, uh,

It's me. It's Joe.

How did you get my number?

I pulled in a favor.

Uh, listen,
I can't talk right now.

Let me call you back tonight.

Okay.

Uh, how about you

take my number?

All right.

Go ahead.

Uh, JL5-0172.

Okay, it might be late
in your time.

Is that all right?

That's fine.

Bye.

Bye.

Was that him?

Yeah.

What did he want?

I don't know.
He didn't say much.

I told him I couldn't talk.

Frank, you know nothing
happened between us, right?

Okay.

If you tell me that,
I believe you.

All right, I'll see you tonight.

Okay.

Put a wire tap
on his home phone.

Yes, sir.

Don't fuck it up, Joe.

- Hey.
- Hi.

Jules.

Thank you so much for coming.

You know, they got me
going in early.

Crazy. The Post Office,
you know,

they have us working all hours.

How come? Is there
something special going on?

Juliana?

Look who's up.
There she is.

Honey, she's going to sit
with you for a while.

- I got to go to work.
- Okay.

You girls have a good time.

- See you later, Jules. Thanks.
- Mm-hmm.

Take care.

I suppose he got you
over here, right?

Said I was going crazy.

No, he just said he was
worried about you.

What's going on?

I didn't want to tell you

because I didn't
want you to worry.

I got it into my head

that we lost your sister.

I got the same feeling
I had when your father died.

This tight knot in my gut.

I mean, he was 5,000 miles
away in the South Pacific,

but I felt it,
and I knew he was gone.

And I was feeling that way
about your sister,

but then I woke up
this morning...

and it was gone, just like that.

I feel her again,

just like nothing ever happened.

So everything's okay.

Do you want some coffee?

- Joe!
- Hey!

Hey, buddy.
How you doing?

- Better now.
- Yeah?

Everything okay?

Ah, some kids down the block

were teasing him because
he doesn't have a dad.

Well, you got me, right?

How did you get on with
that homework that we did?

I got a B+.

You got a B+?

That's better than I ever did.

How about... I brought you
back a little something.

The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn.

The man said it's a good one.

Read that in the kitchen,
Bud, all right?

Joe and me need
a little time to talk.

You didn't call.

I thought something
had happened to you.

Has something happened?

No. Why?

I'm expecting an important call.

It needs to be me
who answers it,

and I need you and Buddy
to be quiet.

So there's going to be
more driving, then?

You're going to go again?

No.

Just the one job.

Now I'm back.

I hate sleeping alone
without you.

I don't feel safe.

I hate it when you're away.

Trudy.

Tagomi-san, I marvel at your
magic way with the flowers.

If only I could
learn your secret.

No secret.

You plant them, they grow.

Of course, you must water them.

Oh.

Trade Minister,
Chief Inspector Kido is here.

Ah. Chief Inspector Kido.

Have you been offered some tea?

I've learned you have in your
employment Juliana Crain.

Yes. That's correct.

She is the sister
to a known subversive.

Thank you for the information.

I will take it seriously.

There is no doubt about it.

I tell you to assist you,

to save you from embarrassment.

Thank you, Chief Inspector.

The responsibility for the girl

and all her actions

lies with you.

Miss Crain.

Trade Minister.

I apologize.

I have caused you embarrassment.

I should have told you

that the Kempeitai
had questioned me,

and I will resign.

Or you will dismiss me.

No. In life there are
too many questions

with a lack of time
to answer them.

You may not understand this.

I live by
a 5,000-year-old book.

I ask it questions
as if it were alive.

It is alive.

It tells me you have a purpose.

It says

superior person
in an inferior position.

Accepting a task graciously

brings good fortune to all.

We must all have faith
in something, Miss Crain.

We cannot see ahead alone.

When I was a young man in Kyoto,

we had beautiful garden,

my wife and I.

We... We grew flowers.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Please.

Send this to
the personnel department

to add this room number
to your clearance.

Trade Minister,
why do you disregard

Chief Inspector Kido's warning?

What do you owe this woman

that you would risk
so much for her?

Find out about her sister.

All right! Listen up!

Want to shut that down, Bob?

Hey!

Everybody's going to be
sent home early.

Yeah, but you're going to be
searched on the way out,

so just form a line right here.

Then they're going to
shake down the factory.

Frank, get out of here.

From the Trade Minister.

Juliana.

What are you doing here?

Same as you.

I work here.

Meet me at the diner
on the corner

after you've finished.

Hey, Frank.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Two salmon, please.

Hey, you guys.

You're early.

Yeah. The, uh, Kempeitai
are turning over the factory.

Um, listen.

Go, uh, pick some stuff up.

Just don't go far.

Here you go.

Why are they doing that?

I'm not sure.

How are you doing?

Well, last night helped.
Thanks.

But the truth is I don't know.

I understand.

I have to say
I don't understand you.

Yeah? Why is that?

You have Jewish blood,

just like me, just like Laura,

and you not only
decide to have kids,

but you raise them Jewish?

That's right.

I know you get
how dangerous that is

for you and for them.

I'm not going to pretend
that it's easy.

I struggled with it for a while.

But...

this is who I am.

This is who my ancestors were.

I'm not going to let them
take that away from me.

And you think
it's worth dying for?

I don't plan on dying, Frank,

but you can't live
your life in fear.

I was back east
at the end of the war,

in Boston.

Oh, Jesus.

You had to see it
to believe it, Frank.

Overnight, lynch mobs
were murdering Jews

because suddenly
we were less than human.

And what did you do?

Well, those of us
who came out in one piece.

We buried service weapons
underground,

well wrapped in oil,
and we vowed revenge.

I got a life to lead,
got kids to raise.

And Hitler and the Nazis...

I mean, I don't care
how it looks.

They won't last.

One thing I realized
about my people

is we got a different
sense of time.

These may be dark years,

but we'll survive.
We always do.

You've just got to find
something to hold on to.

- Faith, you mean.
- Yeah, faith.

I don't have any of that.

Well, what about art?

You're supposed to be an artist.

Why are you making fake guns?

Because no one
wants to buy my art.

So do it for yourself.

Beauty is important, Frank.

It gives us hope.

I don't know.

I don't know
where it would get me.

Yeah. Right.

You don't need anybody
to keep you down

because you got your own little
inner fascist right there

telling you what you can
and cannot do.

That's how you let them win.

If you change your mind,

I can source that metal for you.

Time to get ready for bed, Bud.

Joe.

You're not in
any trouble, are you?

No. Of course not.

I wouldn't do that
to you and Buddy.

Arigato.

Robert Childan here
to see the Kasouras.

Mrs. Kasoura, you look

I'm afraid I may be early.

Not too early.

Enter, Mr. Childan.

I have brought a gift to graft,

to invite your most
favorable attitude.

Most kind of you.

Selected from the finest
objets d'art

of America's dying culture.

Uh,

a flavor of our bygone days.

Flappers used to wear
them in the 1920s.

I saw you looking at them
in the store.

It's decadent,
of course, but still...

Thank you.

Please, a drink?

Whiskey?

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Kasoura.

Tasteful.

Oh. Very tasteful.

I sense the wabi here,
the harmony.

Arigato, Kasoura-san.

Please, call me Paul.

And Betty.

Then I am Robert.

Mm. Is this
your collection?

Would you like to see it?

Oh, yes. Thank you.

The pistol is
our prized possession.

Colt .44 from 1860.

Issued to the Union Army.

Boys in blue brought it
into the second Bull Run.

Please.

Thank you.

So tell me,

how do you verify what's real

from any fakes?

I have a practiced eye.

What a wonderful sense
of history it exudes.

Betty: Dinner is ready.

Shall we?

What the hell do you
think you're doing

snooping around
the Nippon Building?

Two coffees, please.

I could say the same to you.

What choice do you think I had?

I had a family to support.

How do you think
I kept all of you safe?

I swallowed my pride,
and I did what I had to do.

Did you have any idea

that your sister was involved
with these insurgents?

I heard her on the wire.

So did all the other listeners.

I had to throw myself
on the mercy of...

Our benevolent employers.

I had to identify her.

I told them she was a kid.

I told them she was my kid.

I mean, hell, I worked
for them for 16 years.

It's got to be worth something.

16 years?

Did you know she had a film?

She did.

And now there's another one.

Juliana, you listen to me
very carefully.

You cannot get involved in this.

There's something different
about this one, isn't there?

I don't know what it is,

but I can tell you they got us
working around the clock

trying to find it.

They screamed at me so loud,

I thought they were
going to shoot us both.

But everything I said
checked out,

so they let her and that
idiot boyfriend of hers

escape to the Neutral Zone.

And thank God, Juliana,

because if anything
happened to Trudy...

I'd be finished.

Mm. I mean,
this steak is delicious.

We like to eat American food.

You cook it
to perfection, Betty.

Thank you.

Robert, do you like music?

Hmm?

Say, Bunk Johnson, Kid Ory?

Dixieland jazz.

You know, Paul, I'm afraid

I'm not familiar
with Negro music.

I prefer the classics:
Wagner, Beethoven,

sometimes Bach.

Perhaps if I played you
a selection

from the New Orleans
Rhythm Kings.

Paul, he does not know it.

Robert,

yesterday I saw an American
say to his friend

"Hey, you old bastard,"

but bastard is an insult,
is it not?

Ah, well, yes...

And "old" is also impolite.

Sometimes insults
can show affection,

and we address
strangers as friends

- to show we're angry.
- Ah.

For instance,
"pal" or "buddy."

Hey, pal, back off.

Yeah, it's confusing.

It's stupid, really.

Subtle.

Robert, perhaps you can help me

with a book I'm reading.

It's a novel from the 1930s

by U.S. author
Nathaniel West.

The novel is Miss Lonelyhearts.

I like it,

but I can't seem to grasp
the author's meaning.

I have not read that book,
I fear.

Hmm.

What a shame.

The author has interesting
things to say on suffering,

unlike Christians,

who believe there must be
sin to account for it.

Mr. West suggest

that he might be
suffering with no cause,

due to his being a Semite.

Oh. Well, we all suffered
during the war,

but if Japan and Germany
had not been victorious,

then Semites would be
running the world today.

Which, I'm sure, you would
agree would be most...

Hello.

Juliana: Hey, Joe.

It's Juliana.
Is this a good time?

Yeah.

I couldn't talk from home.
The lines are tapped.

Hey, Joe, I'm sorry I didn't
get a chance to say goodbye.

That's okay.
Don't worry about it.

So how you been?

Uh, yeah, okay.

Did you hear anything
about this new film?

What do you know about it?

Nothing, really, just rumors
that there is one.

Uh, yeah. Not much.

Just, uh...

just there's something
different about this one.

What do you mean?
Different how?

I don't know.

Um...

so, uh, how about you, Joe?

What's your news?

Operator:
Please insert more coins.

Hey, Juliana, put some more
money on your phone,

or just give me
your number there.

Please insert more coins.

Hello?

Hello?

Who is she?

She's no one.

It doesn't matter.

I have to go out.

We hope you enjoyed
your dinner, Mr. Childan.

Mm. Yes, I did.
Thank you.

Although, um...

It's, uh, it's still early.

We like to learn, you see.

We're still new to this country,

so there's much that is strange.

Oh, I'm sure there must be,

although inferior, of course,

to the Japanese way of life.

- Yes.
- Well,

next time you must come to me.

How about, um, dinner next week?

I can make rice and miso soup.

Next week we are busy,

but thank you
for your time tonight.

Well, uh...

week after, then?

It was instructive.
Thank you.

Instructive?

Of course.

Well, I hope I've proved

a useful research opportunity.

Arigato for your hospitality.

Did you hear anything
about this new film?

Uh, yeah. Not much.

Just, uh...

just there's something
different about this one.

- Different how?
- I don't know.

So, uh, how...

You think she knows
more about the film

- than she's saying?
- Yes. Absolutely.

Sorry. She just said
it was different, sir.

Different to the others.

What's your feeling, Joe?

Do you think that she can
get to it on her own,

using her contacts there?

Maybe. I don't know.

Perhaps you're going
to have to help her.

You're going
on another trip, Joe,

and you'd better hope
you find that film.

You call in every day.

Tell me everyone you meet,

every little detail,

everything.

No omissions, no mistakes.

I noticed yesterday

you were very good
with my little girls.

Is that because of... Buddy?

Heil Hitler, hmm?

What do you want?

I got a proposition for you.

How about I make you
guns to sell?

We split the profits
50-50.

Get out of here.

Hey, don't make out
that you're above it.

You sold me bullets. What's wrong
with guns to fire them from?

All right, look.

I hollow out
the barrel of a fake,

and then it's done.

I'm not an arms supplier, pal.

I sell antiques,
authentic items only,

and fake guns aren't my thing.

Tell me something,
Frink-san,

how good a craftsman are you?

I mean, seriously, how good?

I'm good. Real good.

Could you make this?

Because I've got a chump
lined up to buy it.

Japanese.

Their brains are different.

I'm sure they eat from
English bone china,

and they listen to Negro music,

but it's all
just on the surface,

ersatz as the day is long.

Condescending bastards
look down on me.

Here. Look at this.

Two Zippo lighters.

Yeah. Look the same,
don't they?

Go ahead, hold them.

One of them has
"historicity" in it.

What the fuck is that?

It's worth 100,000 yen
on a collector's market.

Don't you feel it?

100,000?

One of those two Zippo lighters

was in Franklin
D. Roosevelt's pocket

the day he was assassinated,

so it's got historicity

as much as any object ever had.

And the other one has nothing.

That's your point?

It's all a giant racket?

And they're playing it
on themselves.

I mean, a gun goes
through a famous battle,

and it's just the same
as if it hadn't

unless you know. It's all
in here, in the mind.

So who's to say
our jeweled choker

isn't Sitting Bull's original?

All right, so which one is it?

This one.

Won't he spot that it's a fake?

The man's already got a forgery

in his esteemed collection:

pistol aged by an acid chemical,

He can't distinguish what's
fake from what's real.

Let's screw him over.

80,000 yen split two ways.

Just make sure
it looks good enough.

60-40. I got
materials to cover.

- Jules?
- Yeah.

Where have you been?

I was with Arnold.

He saw me at work,

so I had to go and talk to him.

What did he say?

He said...

that he did it to support us.

And that he thinks
he saved Trudy.

He thinks he's the one

who got the Japanese to let
her go to the Neutral Zone.

Did you tell him she's dead?

No.

What's wrong?

Frank, I saw Trudy.

- What?
- I was in the market,

and I saw her.

You saw the pawns shoot her.

I know it sounds crazy,
but I... I saw her.

Jules, we have to get
out of here.

The Kempeitai came
to the factory today

looking for the shooter.

Do you think they were
looking for you?

Ed told me they didn't
ask for anyone by name.

I got out before they saw me.

Look, the Kempeitai
won't let this go

until they've got someone,

and now with Arnold, Jules,

I have to get out of here.

And when they come
looking for me,

you can't be here, either.

Okay, so what, we go
to the Neutral Zone?

Yeah.

You've got to trust me.

But, Frank.

What if she is still
around somehow?

Frank: She isn't, Jules.

She's gone.

Trudy Walker.

We don't know what she
was involved in?

No, Trade Minister.

Yesterday you knew
my wife was dead,

even though I told you nothing.

Your compassion has placed
me under your debt.

You have a sister:
Trudy Walker.

She...

You know she's missing.

It's not easy.

I have to tell you.

She's dead.

And, uh...

how do you know?

I was given information
by Japanese authorities.

I'm sorry.

Did they tell you anything?

Where she is?

Her body.

It's a horrible place to see.

I was taught
that in your culture,

truth is of the highest
importance

and only with the truth
can one move forward.

When you find her,
ask her to forgive us.

And bid her spirit
to cross the river

to Anoyo on the other side.

Thank you.

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