The Man in the High Castle (2015–…): Season 4, Episode 8 - Hitler Has Only Got One Ball - full transcript

Juliana's instincts about Helen are put to the ultimate test. As San Francisco evacuates, Kido goes in search of his son, only to find himself a captive. A letter arrives, forever changing ...

We expect that our treaty
with the Reich

will be honored

as we withdraw
from this territory.

We have no plans to interfere.

Tell me, Admiral, this...

new Negro government...

Will they be taking control
of any part

of the JPS's nuclear arsenal?

The Empire does not recognize
the Black Communist Rebellion.

Our weapons will return
to Japan.

So the BCR has no alliance,
no protectorate.



The Empire is concerned
only with the flow of oil.

If the Reich can guarantee it
at favorable prices,

then what happens here
after we are gone

is of no concern to us.

I'm sure a price
can be arranged.

These two empires
that we fight for,

they are little more
than sandcastles.

Only the tides are forever.

Well, even so.

Mind if I ask you a question?

Hmm.

This, uh, BCR,

I'm sure you have extensive
intelligence files on them.

Whereabouts.



- Personnel.
- All destroyed now.

Shame.

Well...

goodbye, Colonel.

- Goodbye, Reichsmarschall.
- Good luck.

Attention. Attention.

All Japanese citizens

must register for evacuation.-

Please make your way
to the docks.

The final ships will depart
in 72 hours.

We repeat, all Japanese
citizens must make...

Attention. Attention.

Any news?

Colonel Kido. No, sir.

Your son has not registered
for evacuation, yet.

Keep searching.

You're off the drugs, I'm told.

How long?

Two days.

Not long.

I've come to settle my debts.

Sit.

Here.

Drugs cost money.

You ran up a great debt
these past weeks.

If there is a debt to be paid,

I will pay it myself.

And how do you plan to do that?

If you need me to do something,
I will do it.

If you need me...

if you need me to kill someone,
I will do it.

I know you can kill.

But I already have men
who can kill.

Your services
have no value to me.

But your father does.

He can help you.

If you brought him to me...

No!

I can afford to be patient.

You see, you are my collateral.

Two days.

Not too long at all.

You know, you always have
good credit with us. Hmm?

Teitoku.

Taisa.

We have set up a marine cordon
around the docks...

to oversee the evacuation.

The last ships are leaving
for the homeland.

Your men must be aboard them.

Bands of gaijin vigilantes
are out in the streets...

looking for revenge
on innocent Japanese.

I've heard.

My men are keeping the peace.

It is our city...

and our duty.

In a few days...

it will be our city no longer.

There will be more vigilantes
here than Kempeitai.

I will be on one of those ships.

I expect you on one, too.

Tell me a story, Hawthorne.

What kind of story
would you like to hear?

Tell me a story
about another world.

I only know what I've seen
through my little Moviola.

Tell me what you've seen, then.

In all those films
you've watched over the years.

Were we in any of them?

Only this one.

Well, then...

that just makes our love here...

very rare.

I always thought so.

Maybe we've yet to meet
each other

in those other worlds.

Where would I find you?

At the Odeon, of course.

You bought me that popcorn.

How was I to know
you hated popcorn?

I didn't have the heart
to tell you for-for years.

Mm-hmm.

I'll see you at the movies.

You saw what just
happened in the JPS.

Baby, I think you've
just had enough to drink.

Oh, one day, an empire.
The next...

Ugh, I get nervous
when you talk like this.

Oh, these Negroes
blow up a couple of tankers

- and pipelines.
- Oh, shh, shh, shh.

It all collapses
just like a house of cards.

You think it can't happen here?

Thousand-Year Reich,
my ass.-All right, turn it off.

- I get the idea.
- Nothing lasts forever. Nothing.

He drinks.

For a commanding officer,
it's no excuse.

We'll take care of him.

But there are dozens more tapes
just like this.

From banking.
The picture business.

- Newspapers.
- No, I don't need

to hear 'em. I believe you.

This, uh, upheaval
on the West Coast,

it presents an opportunity
to us, but it...

gives people ideas.

You're right, Reichsmarschall.

There's a feeling in the air.

A kind of nostalgia.

- For a past that never was.
- Hey,

you got to understand that, uh,
some of these generals,

they remember what it was like

to fight
under the Stars and Stripes.

They're soldiers.

A generation has grown up

without the memory
of the Depression

or the war.

What the Reich
has provided them,

they take for granted.

This Americanism is a weed.

- If we let it take root...
- What do you need, Edgar?

Surveillance.

Universal surveillance.

- Don't you have that?
- We're only able

to track suspected subversives,
informants.

We need to be able to monitor
every Reich citizen

24 hours a day.

I admire your ambition.

A new agency with the power

to blanket the nation's
phone lines with wiretaps.

Special cameras and microphones

mounted in public
and private places.

Nothing goes unseen.

Even Berlin doesn't have that.

We'll lead the way.

It's gonna cost.

Show me a plan.

Heil Himmler.

Damn fool.

Wife and twins.

Just glad we found him
before Berlin did.

Yeah.

Bill.

If, uh, any more
like that turn up,

I want to know about them
before Hoover, all right?

Understood.

Eyes only.

Mrs. Smith's suit has arrived,

but it needs a bit of tailoring.

- Martha, please.
- One moment, Amy.

- When will it be ready?
- 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.

She'll be here to try it on,
so no later than that.

Please, Martha?

May I try it on?

That dirndl would look
absolutely adorable on you.

Maybe we should talk
to your mother about it.

Perhaps the salesgirl
will hold onto it for us?

Be happy to.

Can I at least try it on first?

Of course.

See if they have it
in your size.

Stay with the girl.

I'll be right back.

Are you a little girl?

What?

Are you... a little girl?

I don't underst...

Because if you're not,
there's only one reason...

that I can think of

for you to be in
the girls' department.

Lady, you got me all wrong.

You've been following us
around all morning.

- I'm shopping for my niece.
- Can your niece vouch for you?

Well, she's in the hospital,
so...

Stop lying, pervert.

I wasn't gonna hurt anybody.
God, please don't hurt me.

If I ever catch you peeping
at little girls again...

I will take that eye.

Well?

Fix me a drink, will you?

What happened with Helen Smith?

She wasn't there,
but she's got a dress fitting.

10:00 a.m. tomorrow.

- Well done.
- Mm. She's got extra security.

Some dame switchblade artist.

I took her for a nanny.
It was sloppy of me.

All right, can you
flag her for us?

Mm-mm. I don't ever want
to set foot

in that store again.

Can you flag her?

Yeah, I can flag her.

All right, well,
I'll be waiting for you

out here in the alleyway.

I'll keep the car running.

Bellows, Richie
and Irwin will regroup

and meet back here.

It's a plan, then.

10:00 a.m.

Just one more detail left.

Bite down hard on the capsule.

That way, they can't
make you puke it up.

It's quick. No pain.

Another round, bartender.

For tomorrow, we may die.

Get a gurney in here.

Get Dr. Holtz in here
as soon as possible.

Get over here.

- Quick, quick.
- We got to get him back.

I need help with this.

Let's go. Hurry up.

Quick.

Caroline! Carol...!

No!

No! No!

Kanpai.

Kanpai.

I look around
at all your young faces.

Well, some not so young anymore.

So many young men have come
through this department.

Not all of them will be
going home to Japan today.

I was a hard boss.

I know.

I demanded everything of my men.

I rarely gave praise.

There were young men
who died at my command

trying to please me.

And even as they died
in my arms,

I offered no kind word.

So, I will say it now.

You make me proud.

Each one of you.

Now...

go to the docks
and sail back home.

Your families miss you terribly.

Do not keep them waiting.

Who was at the door?

What?

Every time someone knocks,
I fear it is vigilantes.

Crown Princess.

That's a letter of transit.

For me. To Japan.

As a thank-you.

Would you really leave?

Everything you've built,
your business...

It's all ruined anyway.

Everything's falling apart here.

You know, it-it's gonna be gone.

We could go.

Together.

- Together?
- Yes.

Now, listen.

I'll be inferior there.

I mean, even more than here.

I'll be untouchable.

Are you sure you want
to be seen with me?

I'm a peasant, Childan.

My people work the fields.

No, Yukiko.

You are a queen.

Childan.

You make me laugh.

Wait a minute. Hold on.

- What?
- Hold on.

I'm not going anywhere.

This will just take a second.

Come on, where is it?

Aha-ha-ha-ha.

This is a 1908 two-karat,
square-cut,

filigreed art nouveau ring.

Put it back in the safe,
Childan.

Someone will steal it.

I'm asking you to marry me.

Oh.

This isn't our custom.

Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.

All right, I...
I got carried away.

I know it's wrong...

I would be honored
to be your bride,

Robert Childan.

Can I, uh...

You may kiss me.

Here. Here, here.

Here.

When?

Tonight.

Think you can find a priest?

I knew I'd get
your call eventually, Kido Taisa.

Tell me.

I take no pleasure
in reporting this.

Toru was seen in the opium dens
of the floating world.

I know what you're saying.

This cannot be my son.

I do not deny it.

Well, then I think I can be
of service to both of you.

After all, we have a history,
you and I.

What is your price?
You always have one.

Meet me at the Bamboo Palace,
and we'll talk.

Well, he's coming around now.

Let's get him up on his feet.

Who are you?

Grab the rope.

You know, you never gave anyone
their last words.

Their last meal.

- No.
- Well,

this is how it ends for you.

Haul him up.

Everybody, down on the ground.
Hands behind your heads.

You, with the pistol.

Push it off real slow.
You're outgunned.

What's going on here?

This a lynching?

We claim these
premises in the name

of the Black Communist
Rebellion.

Ain't gonna be
no lynchings on our watch.

You might want to find out
who that is first.

It might change your mind.

Who are you?

I am Chief Inspector
Takeshi Kido.

Damn.

He's so busted up
I didn't even recognize him.

Not on our watch.

Cut the son of a bitch loose.

Let's find some place to put him.

We are married.

It's just down here.
Right this way.

I got a question for you.

Morning of October 2, 1952,

a man named Lonnie Robinson
was arrested

on some trumped-up
nonsense charges.

Nonsense?

Loitering.
Creating a disturbance.

Disappeared into
this here building

and ain't been heard from since.

What did he look like?

Looked like me.

He was my father.

I do not know.

- There have been so many.
- Must be a record.

- File or something.
- Destroyed them.

Where would he be at, then? Huh?

The truth?

- You...
- Here it is, Elijah.

Solid-core door, locks itself.

It's perfect.

What's this room for?

The dressing room is clear.

Take the far door.

Stay with her. I'll take him.

- Julia Mills.
- Helen.

Thomas is alive.

What?

And your husband knows
where he is.

- How dare you.
- Everything I'm telling you is true.

And we believe
he's visited your son.

That is not possible.

Helen, he's deceiving you.

Hey, lady, what's the big idea?

And there may even be evidence.

Films, inside your home.

At his office.

Stop!

Talk to me. Talk to me.

What unit do you belong to?

Spit it out!

Where are the others?

Talk to me, or you'll die blind.

Why are you telling me this?

If you want to know more...

What makes you think
that I wouldn't

turn you over to my husband?

I think you're ready
for the truth.

Resistance is in the building.

Go.

Let's get her to safety.

Seal and sweep now.

Did anybody approach you?

What are you...
what are you talking... about?

- Why are you manhandling me?
- There's a dead body on the stairs.

Get SS in here to check the
prints against their records.

Where's Erwin?

What? Was he taken?

Erwin was a good soldier.

- He knew what to do.
- They called in

a morgue truck
on the police band.

He's gone.

Fuck.

Everything just got harder.
You know that.

Yeah, I know that.

Is this where you tell me
to cut my losses?

There's nothing to cut,
'cause we haven't lost yet.

She just made contact.

Whatever that's worth.

Helen could've screamed
for help in the store.

She didn't.

Hey.

Was it worth it?

'Cause that's all
I want to know.

We may never fucking know.

No, we'll know.

When it's over.

I'm sorry, John.

I wish I could've been
more helpful.

If I'd seen anything, I...

No, you told them
everything you could.

That's-that's good for now.

The Staatspolizei
can return any time,

if you remember anything.

I should head downstairs
and finish up with them.

Our family thanks you,
Agent Stroud.

That's what we train for, sir.

All in the service of the Reich.

Well, I'm just...
just glad you were there.

That's all.

The additional security,

it was worth it.

Thank you, John.

You must be exhausted.

I am. Yes.

They're pretty thorough.

Once they've identified
the body, we should know more.

I think I'm gonna
go and lie down.

Agent Campbell,
what have you got?

Your son's training
is nearly complete.

The 3rd Marine Division

is expected to leave
for Da Nang soon.

When I was in the Signal Corps,

combat units were given three
days R & R before shipping out.

He'll get the same, sir.

I need to know the
moment he gets that leave.

Yes, sir. I will return
to the alt-world this evening

and maintain close observation.

Reichsmarschall.

- What is it?
- Hawthorne Abendsen, sir.

How was this allowed to happen?

He broke the glass plate
on his Moviola,

- smuggled it back to his cell.
- And his wife?

She sharpened
a spoon into a blade.

- He's been sedated.
- Used it to cut her throat.

You're dismissed.

I'm sorry this happened,
Abendsen.

You're the reason
it happened, John.

She knew there was no other way
to escape a life sentence.

It didn't have to be
a life sentence.

If you just cooperated,
you could've had your freedom.

What the hell
do you know about freedom?

Come on. What's it gonna take
to kill me, John?

What do I have to do?

Oh, I'm not gonna let you die.

Yeah. We'll see about that.

You keep coming to me
for answers,

well, here's the last answer
you're ever getting from me:

you're cursed.

John Smith, you're damned.

You fucked with the Fates,
and they don't like that.

You'll never know peace, John.

You'll wander forever

between the worlds... lost!

Lost!

You don't understand.

They're like my family.

No, Bridget.

They're not.

You have your own family,
don't you?

Devious little fucker's
flown in from Berlin.

Reichsmarschall.

General.

Well, this is unexpected.

What brings you here?

Fuhrer has called an
emergency conference in Berlin.

To discuss the future
of the West Coast.

Surely, the...

Fuhrer didn't send an SS general
all the way here

just to invite me to Berlin.

You haven't been invited,
Reichsmarschall.

You've been summoned.

I see.

And I'm here to make sure you...

don't get lost along the way.

Our plane departs at dawn.

A car will be
sent round for you.

Oh, tell me, Reichsmarschall,

do you consider yourself
a lucky man?

I don't believe in luck.

Neither do I.

Everything I have, I've...

taken by strategy.

You know what?

We never did have that drink.

I'm a man of my word.

Straight up or on the rocks?

Straight up.

And, um...
what shall we drink to?

To the Fuhrer, of course.

Do you hear that?

What's that music?

All clear.

One... two...

three. Now.

Behind the desk.

Who are you?

My name is Okami.

BCR has claimed this place
in the name

of the people of San Francisco.

You'd do well to be
on the next ship out of here.

We're not going anywhere.

"We"?

The services we provide...

are always in demand.

No matter who occupies
the throne.

Gokudo.

Yakuza.

You have no place
in San Francisco anymore.

You're going to need us.

To restore electricity.

Water.

The oil pipeline.

It's one thing
to overthrow a government.

It's another thing...

to be the government.

We've come this far.

We don't need you.

You know how to find us.

John.

Bill.

I need a word.

Uh, in private.

Is that the only
listening device in this room?

Has it been swept recently?

What is it?

It's Hoover.

Jennifer said

crazy things sometimes.

Like what, Henry? Crazy how?

Uh, she said she used to stay up

all night long
in the Neutral Zone

listening to something
called Resistance Radio.

Jennifer said the DJs talked
about Negroes and Jews.

Crazy conspiracy stories,
really.

What stories, Henry?

Stories about...
what happened to them.

What happened to them, Henry?

All right, shut it off.

She said they were...-

There's more, John.

Your housekeeper...

your wife's friends,
your old neighbors.

If you had a dog,
he would be informing on you.

I don't have to tell you
they mean to use all this

against you in Berlin.

There's, um...

another way.

What's that?

You know I'm loyal
to you above all.

All right, it's been 25 years...

Just say it, Bill.

We have 103 nukes in silos
across the country.

On our own...

we are a superpower.

We could go our own way, John.

Our military
will fall in behind you.

We tear up that flag, there's
nothing Berlin can do about it.

Unless they wanted
World War III.

You realize you could be shot
for saying that?

I'm willing to take that chance.

Look, I'll follow you
wherever you go.

I have to go to Berlin, Bill.

If anything should happen to me,

then, uh...

Helen and the girls need to be
taken to safety without delay.

Of course.

I've made detailed plans
for their well-being.

They're in my safe.
This is the key.

You don't have to do this, John.

I think we both know
that's not true.