The Man in the High Castle (2015–…): Season 2, Episode 9 - Detonation - full transcript

[film projector starts]

♫ Edelweiss, edelweiss ♫

♫ Every morning you greet me ♫

♫ Small and white ♫

♫ Clean and bright ♫

♫ You look happy to see me ♫

♫ Blossom of snow,
may you bloom and grow ♫

♫ Bloom and grow forever ♫

♫ Edelweiss, edelweiss ♫

♫ Bless my homeland forever ♫

♫♫ [1920s blues]



Shit.

Are you all right?

I'm sorry.
I had a moment.

I can't get it out of my head.

The gun in my face in that club.

Ed just said Taishi's dead.

I don't remember anyone
mentioning a gun in your face.

I thought the Kempeitai
was going to kill us.

What happened exactly?

You didn't tell me.

Tell you about what?

The club, the Yakuza,

and the Pon
who pointed the gun
but didn't shoot you.

Was that Kido or Yoshida?



Where did you get this?

A journalist friend.

Says it's a thousand
times more powerful

than the bomb we
dropped on Hiroshima.

The U.S. tested it
out in the open

so they could taunt...
Spook the Russians.

Desperate times, Bill.

What's Berlin saying?

What you'd imagine.

What do you think's
going to happen?

Bartender: Here you go, sir.
Dry martini.

I think we're going
to drink some more,

head back to the office,

and hope someone
more important than us

- has a plan.
- I'll drink to that.

Mm. Pour us another.
I got to use the men's room.

I'll get you two more, sir.

Henry.

Julia.

Is everything okay?

Uh, it's Lucy.
We were having lunch,

and she said she felt faint.

She said your office
was close by.

- Is she all right?
- She collapsed in the lobby.

They said you were here.

She's just, um,
resting upstairs.

Told her to go to the doctor's,

but she's stubborn about it.

I'm glad you were
with her, Julia.

Thank you.

Of course. Anyone
would do the same.

Lucy?

Lucy.

[click]

Sit down.

Julia.

[scoff]

Who are you?

We've got your wife.

And if you don't want us

to put a bullet
in her pretty little head,

you'll do exactly what I say.

Now please sit down.

I'll have you killed for this.

Please just do what he says.

I love my wife,

but if you think that Lucy or I

would betray everything
that we ever believed in...

Don't do it for her or yourself.

Do it for your kid.

Oh. You don't know
that she's pregnant?

You're lying.

She, uh...

didn't want to tell you

until she was sure.

She said you've been
trying for a while.

What do you want?

♫♫ [theme]

Announcer:
"American Reich."

Two cops, one big city.

[chatter]

Dixon: He's one of
the only men in New York

who can walk us
into a TV station.

There's got to be another way

to get the message out there.

You, of all people,

shouldn't doubt
the power of pictures.

People believe what they see,

particularly when it comes
from the authorities.

This is our best chance.

If I do this, they're going
to know I'm working with you,

and I can't go home.

If I stay here,
I'm as good as dead.

After you do this,

our people will smuggle
you to the Neutral Zone.

What about what I did for Joe?

All will be forgiven?

Not forgiven.

We'll call it even.

What'll happen to Lucy?

If he plays his part,
we'll let her go.

What about him?

Nothing good.

The last time you tried
to protect a Nazi,

you basically became one.

My name is Henry Collins.

I'm Deputy Minister
of Information

for the Greater Nazi Reich.

You've all been
the victims of a lie.

For the past few days,
you've been told

that the Führer
is alive and well,

on vacation at his
retreat in Austria.

But the truth...

is that Adolf Hitler
died last night in Berlin.

[man shouting]

The forces of the Reich

did not wish you
to know this truth...

[men shouting]

Smith: Henry Collins
was a personal friend.

We believe he was coerced.

His colleagues
report he was
approached by a woman

shortly before he rushed off.

- What about Lucy, his wife?
- Missing, sir,

and there were
signs of a struggle at her home.

Well, the Resistance
certainly timed this well.

There were millions
of people watching
that broadcast.

The news service is calling
it terrorist propaganda

and reassuring the public
the Führer is alive and well.

A bit late for that.

Put all the S.S.
divisions on alert.

[phone rings]

Yes?

Woman: Please hold for
the acting Chancellor.

Chancellor Heusmann?

It was my understanding

that the Resistance there
were ineffectual,

and yet they managed

to make the tragic news
of the Führer public

long before we were
prepared to do so.

We will apprehend
the perpetrators,

I assure you.

I understand

these are extraordinary
times, but

I have to know that I can
rely on my senior officers.

You can, sir.

You have been very
effective until now.

And I will never forget
what you've done for my son.

But this does not
inspire confidence.

I will restore order, sir,

I assure you.

See to it that you do.

And remain at your post
until the upheaval is over.

Yes, Chancellor.

Heil Hitler.

[click]

The monumental,
fast-moving events

of the past 13 days

apparently reached a peaceful
conclusion today...

following Khrushchev's orders

to withdraw all missiles
from Cuba.

President Kennedy
spoke of the need

for measures to ensure

that the near-catastrophic
turn of events

are never repeated.

In order to assure cooperation,

the United Nations will
oversee the resolution.

As we move toward the
conclusion of this crisis,

the President
reminded Khrushchev

there is still a grand
endeavor to undertake

to soothe the fears of war

between Russia
and the United States.

Until wider measures
of disarmament

can be agreed upon,

the threat of nuclear conflict

continues to live.

♫ Happy days
are here again ♫

♫ The skies above
are clear again ♫

♫ Happy days
are here again ♫

Man: Happy days
are here again.

That's right,
ladies and gentlemen.

[chatter continues]

Okay.

The parking garage
for the Kempeitai building.

I'd park the bomb right here.

Number 5.

In the middle of this building

is their war room
where the Kempeitai

and their military intelligence

coordinate all their efforts
against the Resistance.

Directly above the garage.

So I go in, and I park.

I set that timer.
I get out.

I start walking up the stairs
through the lobby.

I keep walking

out the door, nice and calm.

Tick, tick, tick, boom.
Fuck you.

How's that for bringing
your plague to the Pharaohs?

Okay, but they're on alert,

so how do we get it inside?

Frank:
You didn't tell me.

Tell you about what?

The club, the Yakuza,

and the Pon
who pointed the gun
but didn't shoot you.

Was that Kido or Yoshida?

I don't...

I'm... I'm not sure
what you're getting at.

I'm getting
at the Kempeitai
sparing your life

instead of shooting you dead.

Childan told you about that.

Yeah.

He doesn't know anything
about it, Frank.

[grunting]

Neither do I.

So start explaining it to me.

[whimpering]

It's when I met Mr. Kido.

He beat me, and he starved me,

and he told me he'd kill us
and everybody in the factory

if I didn't agree.

Agree to what?

I told him things.

You told him things.

I... I did, but listen.

It was only about the Yakuza

and the counterfeiting.

Most of the stuff
he already knew.

What did you tell him
about the bomb?

No, I didn't. I promise.
Nothing about the bomb

or Gary or Sara or any of that.

Listen,

I did it because
you're my best friend,

and I did what I did
to keep you alive.

- No.
- Yes, I did.

- Piece of shit.
- No!

All right,
so we have to find a way

that they just wave us through.

- I do have an idea.
- I need to do this.

You said we're taking out
the Chief Inspector?

Yeah.

Well, he's the Pon

who gassed my sister
and her kids.

They were innocent, defenseless,

and Kido gassed them
for no reason

except that he could.

I'm not afraid.

I've seen myself die.
You know that.

I've replayed the moment
in my head

a dozen times at 2 a.m.

I've reached back

and felt the bullet hole
in my skull.

I'm the one
who's meant to do this.

I'm your driver.
I'm your bomber.

I'm your man.

Oh, good.
You found the place.

Don't make me laugh, Joe.

[whisper] Not here.

[phone rings]

I'll get it.

I never imagined I would
set foot in here

or expect to see you here.

You've never been
to your father's office?

My father isn't the Führer.

Neither is mine.
He's acting Chancellor.

Imagine the meetings
that have taken place here,

the arguments,
the secret conversations.

The decisions made in this room

have shaped the world.

It's just an office.

You don't believe that you
can work in this office

and not be political.

Here you are in the office

of the most powerful
man on Earth,

yet I'm not sure
you even believe in what
the Reich stands for.

You know, when I was a kid...

all I wanted was a father.

That is the only ambition I had.

You know, I used to imagine

that he was this great man

doing such important
things in the world

that of course
he didn't have time

to come to Brooklyn.

After all these years, I've...

now found out the truth.

Turns our he is
that man after all.

I understand loyalty
to a person...

not a cause.

[speaking German]

Translator:
People of the Reich

and its territories,

as acting Chancellor
Martin Heusmann,

I'm here to inform you
of a great tragedy.

Our glorious Führer
Adolf Hitler...

ist...

has passed away.

The period of mourning

that will follow the celebration

of the Führer's life,

will happen in a few days.

It was believed that
the death of the Führer

was due to natural causes.

But, after a serious
investigation

by the most renowned
doctors of the Reich,

we have found out that
the blood of the Führer

was tainted with a rare poison.

People of the Reich,

it is our understanding,

after the investigation,

that our glorious Führer
Adolf Hitler

was assassinated.

Following our investigation,

it has been found out
that our closest allies

were the ones responsible
for the assassination.

Be assured

that our vengeance will be swift

and crushing.

This crime is nothing else
but an act of war.

[knock on door]

Thomas. Hi.

Y-You okay?

May I come in?

Sure.

D-Do your parents
know you're here?

Yeah.

What, uh...

What happened to me

at the...

At the funeral...

Y-Y-You felt...
You felt faint.

You were upset.

No, I...
I know that's a lie.

Please.

Please, Julia, just...

tell me.

Thomas: Please.

I... Thomas.

- [door opens]
- Thomas.

Thomas.

Listen, I am so touched
that you came to me,

but you have got to go home

and talk to your parents
about this.

They're not telling me the truth

about what's wrong with me.

I had looked my symptoms
up in the library.

All the books
say that the symptoms

point to signs
of a serious defect.

Thomas, I don't know
any more than you do.

Okay? But what I do know
is that we all have flaws...

All of us,
every single one of us.

It makes us who we are.

What if my flaws are the kind

to be eradicated for...
For the good of everyone?

Do not think that way, okay?

You cannot think that way.

Then why does everybody
think that way?

- I don't know.
- Why is it the law?

I don't know.
But I know

that your family loves
you so much, okay?

And that is all that matters.

Now you go home
and talk to your mom.

- Promise?
- Okay.

Go on.

Your efforts
to avoid this outcome
are an inspiration, sir.

My efforts failed.

But they're honorable.

And I'm grateful

that you allowed me
to take part.

[chuckle]

It is I who am grateful,
Sergeant...

for your loyalty...

and your friendship.

Ah, Kakka.

Onoda-Kakka.

Sergeant, leave us.

You saw the Nazi broadcast?

Hai, Kakka.

Then you are aware

of what the defector
Oberführer Diels
brought to us.

I am aware he brought evidence

regarding the shooting
of Our Royal Highness.

Evidence?

He was sent by the Nazis
to provoke us.

This so-called evidence...

He claimed His Royal Highness
was shot by the Nazis...

And we knew that to be false,

and we didn't take the bait.

So now they invent a new lie...

that Japanese agents
assassinated

their Führer.

It is propaganda,
Kido-tai'i.

The lie justifies what we
both know will happen next.

And this city...

will be one of the first
Nazi targets.

Kakka,

we must evacuate
our nuclear scientists.

I have already given the order,

and the rest of us will
remain at our posts.

This will be our last war,
Kido-tai'i.

And it pleases me

that we will fight this
together.

Is everything
all right, Otousan?

I have a favor to ask
of you, Juliana.

Otousan?

Yeah.

Why do you want that?

Proof that something like this

should never happen again.

But I don't understand.

You all have made me happy...

Happier than I've been
in a very long time.

There are some things
that are more important
than happiness.

I have duties elsewhere
that I can no longer neglect.

Are you leaving?

We will see each other again.

Of that I am sure.

[baby cries]

Oh, don't go.
I'll be right back.

My apologies, Finance Minister.

As I explained yesterday,

the Trade Minister has
many other interests.

I say his men will be able

to help with important matters

that are concerning you
at this time.

Konichiwa,
Finance Minister Mori.

If you will please excuse us.

Kotomichi.

♫♫ [easy listening]

♫ Stars shining bright
above you ♫

♫ Night... ♫

Ed: You've got it bad
for this one.

Not like that.
Jules is different.

She must be because I've
rarely seen you for weeks.

Yeah, I'm sorry. It was...

It was rough at first.
She couldn't be alone.

And then, when she
could be alone,

I... I didn't want
to leave her alone.

- Oh, one thing.
- Yeah.

When you meet her,

you can talk about anything,

except don't ask
about the accident.

- Okay?
- Yeah. Got it.

It's just it's
her first day out.

I... I don't
want to upset her.

Okay, I got it.

Hey, you made it.

I did.

Ed, this is, uh, Jules.

Hi.

Hi. He talks
so much about you,

I really want to hug you,
but I...

That's okay.
We can hug later.

[laughing]

Ed, where'd you put the glasses?

- I thought you had them.
- No.

It's okay.
Don't worry.

Uh, wait here, okay?

Don't go anywhere.

Oh, uh, watch her, will you?

I don't actually need watching.

I suppose I did
at some point, but...

Frank got in the habit, I think.

For that matter,
who even needs a glass?

Tastes better than
hospital beer, I bet.

You know, I had the worst time

getting decent hospital beer.

Frank told me you had
a pretty long hospital
stay yourself.

Yeah. My lungs.

Mustard gas really
did a number on them.

Frank was great.

He'd come by
pretty much every day,

sit at my bed

and tell me stories
from the outside.

I guess I can say
it kept me sane.

Without Frank, I probably
wouldn't be here.

Well, we've got that in common.

Did he, uh, did he ask you

not to say anything
about the accident?

Yeah.

I can talk about it.

I, uh...

after everything that happened,

which is a long story,

I, uh...

I lost hope.

And one day I found myself

standing on a busy
street corner and...

feeling completely alone,

and I just made
a split-second choice.

But I survived because,
as it turns out,

I'm not alone.

And I've had a lot of time
to think about that choice,

and I know...

it was the wrong one.

I guess you could say

you found yourself
a little bit of hope.

I think I did.

Childan: Edward.

Edward?

Edward!
Have you been listening?

Do you have any more
room in there?

No. There's no room.
It's full.

Can you pare it down a bit?

We need to make space for this.

What are we going to do
with that

in the Neutral Zone?

We don't intend to do

anything with it,
Mr. McCarthy.

An objet does not
serve a function.

Its value lies entirely
in its aesthetic.

Hey, I need those.

You must understand.

Where we're going, there is
a total absence of culture.

This vase dates back to 1798.

It has a story, a history.

Those are my pants.

Well, I'm sure
they have a story, too,

but just not one
I'm eager to hear.

I have one bag. You've
already packed four trunks.

Mr. Frink will help us
with the load,

won't you, Mr. Frink?

Frank.

You didn't tell them, did you?

They would have killed you.

But by not telling them,
I'm risking their lives.

Damn it, Frank, how many
times do I have to tell you?

I didn't say anything about
them to the Kempeitai.

Yeah, I believe you.

How did you know

the Kempeitai didn't follow you?

Tap our phones,

bug the place?

Childan, where's the cash
from the cufflink sale?

Just one moment, please.

I've, uh, already divided it

into three equal shares.

Go ahead and count it.

Be my guest. I assure you
it's all there.

I don't want that.
Why would I want your share?

You find Jules if you can,

and you tell her...

Just tell her she was right.

You're not their brother,

no matter what they call you.

If you're looking for a family,

you've got two of us:

Jules and me.

Fine.

But take your share.
I don't want it.

I'm not going to need it.

[door opens, closes]

Are you well, Trade Minister?

So very tired.

But I suspect
you know the reason why.

You're not from this world,
Kotomichi.

Trade Minister...

I learned in the other world

defeat of our empire,

the destruction of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki,

where you were injured.

My family, friends...

perished in the bombing.

As I lay in the hospital

recovering from my burns,

I learned to escape the pain...

in my body and my mind.

By accident,
I found myself here.

A happier world
where my family survived.

I believe there's a reason
for my traveling, my powers.

The armies in the other world

made their atomic
weapons larger,

some a thousand times stronger

than the one
dropped on Nagasaki.

I fear that they
will eventually
destroy themselves.

If General Onoda does not
listen to reason,

then I must speak to the
Crown Prince immediately.

Arrange for my trip
with great haste.

Trade Minister,

travel to Japan is not
possible at this time.

We will soon be at war.

What?

Hitler is dead.

Poisoned.

And the Nazis
have blamed the Empire.

I fear your warning
comes too late.

There may be one last
hope, Kotomichi.

There are Resistance actions

happening in every region

from Miami to Concord,

and there are similar reports
coming from the Pacific States.

We knew the Resistance
would try to take advantage
of the Führer's death.

Yes, but we haven't seen
this level of coordination

since the end of the war.

We should have put it down then.

We'll put it down now.

Yes, sir.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

You Railings?

At ease, son.

So what are we looking at?

This is Julia Mills' dormitory,

Obergruppenführer.

And this...
is what I picked up.

[knock on door]

Juliana: Thomas. Hi.
Are you okay?

May I come in?

Uh, sure.

D-Do your parents
know you're here?

What happened to me

at the...
At the funeral...

Y-Y-You felt...
You felt faint.
You were upset.

No.
I know that's a lie.

Please.

Please, Julia, tell me.

Just how sick am I?

Really.

I, uh...

Thomas.

Thomas,

I am so touched
that you came to me,

but you've got to go home

and talk to your parents
about this.

My parents aren't
telling me the truth

about what's really
wrong with me.

I looked up my symptoms
in the library.

And the books all say

the signs point
to a serious defect.

All of us have flaws,
every single one of us.

It makes us who we are.

What if my flaws are the kind

that people vanish
for... for the good...

Thank you.

Thank you for
notifying me directly.

Have you shown this
to anyone else?

No, sir.

Yeah, I think
I'm going to need this.

[ring]

Hello.

Smith: Helen, it's me.

Have you found Lucy?

No, but we're
looking everywhere.

Uh, listen, honey,

have you seen Thomas?

No. Why?

You haven't happened
to have seen, uh,

Julia Mills.

No.

Why are you asking?

It's nothing to worry about.

If you hear from either of them,

you just let me know.
Okay?

Of course.

I want them found, Erich.

This is between seats
on the right-hand side.

You park the car in position.

You flip the switch,
start the timer,

and you get the hell
out of there.

How long have I got?

Plenty, as long as you head
straight for the exit.

Frank, push this one
on this side of the car.

If you don't, it'll
go off immediately.

So you don't have to spend
your last hours in Earth

in excruciating pain.

Think you can handle it?

Yeah, Yeah, if it comes to it.

I got to say, Frank,
you are full of surprises.

Are we going to hug now?

- [chuckle]
- Okay, then.

You need this and those.

You know the part, right?

Yeah. Wait. We didn't
talk about her.

You're driving in
as a chauffeur, Frank.

The only way that's going
to work is with a passenger.

She'll be Onoda's niece.

That sounds pretty flimsy.

"Niece" is Pon code
for mistress.

The guy at the gate
won't make a fuss.

The general's
calling for a girl
on the brink of war?

It's not a perfect plan, Frank.

- It's our best shot.
- No. No.

We never talked
about her coming.

It's not your decision.

I've already been
an asshole to you.

I don't intend
to get you killed.

Oh, that's a lousy apology.

- I'm serious.
- So am I.

I'm coming.

Or it's back to Plan A:
I drive.

[ring]

Kido-tai'i.

Tagomi: Good day
to you, Inspector.

Trade Minister.

Your absence has been
a matter of great concern.

There's a more urgent matter

that we must discuss
immediately.

There are other duties
that require

my full attention at the moment.

Yes. A war soon to be.
I understand.

What I have to say may ensure
the survival of our empire.

I will come to your office
as soon as I can get away.

No. I will come to you
immediately.

Konichiwa.

I've brought
General Onoda's niece.

What's going on?

I'm not sure yet.

It's not working.

There is no record.

You will wait here

until we reach the general.

Next time, make
proper arrangements

so the general's niece
does not suffer embarrassment.

[speaking Japanese]

It is now clear
that the Nazi dream

is a world in which
we no longer exist.

To them, like the Jews

and the Slavs and the Gypsies,

we are something foreign.

Thus, the war machine
of the Reich...

is poised to attack us.

The men in this room

may not live to see sunrise,

but our grandchildren
will survive.

And...

we must never forget
the Empire is immortal.

[speaking Japanese]

- Banzai!
- Banzai!

Banzai! Banzai!

[laughing]

[ticking]

[speaking Japanese]

[speaking Japanese]

Onoda: The way we soldiers
face death today...

Trade Minister
Tagomi has arrived.

...will be history's
greatest demonstration

of Japanese courage.

Hai.

We will speak with the
Trade Minister in my office.

Frink.

- [woman screams]
- [shouting]

[shouting, screaming
in distance]

[speaking Japanese]

♫♫ [easy listening]

♫ Stars shining bright
above you ♫

♫ Night breezes seem
to whisper "I love you" ♫

♫ Birds singing
in the sycamore tree ♫

♫ Dream a little
dream of me ♫

♫ Sweet dreams till
sunbeams find me ♫

[Ed laughing]

♫ Sweet dreams ♫

♫ That leave all
worries behind me ♫

Hi.

- Hi.
- What?

Uh, nothing. We were
waiting for you,

for the toast.

All right.

What shall we toast to?

Uh, to us?

[chuckle]

The three of us.

♫ Dream a little dream ♫

♫ Of me ♫

♫♫[cello]

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