The Man in the High Castle (2015–…): Season 4, Episode 9 - For Want of a Nail - full transcript

Damn.

Hmm. "Damn" is right.

What's this bed made out of?

- Goose feathers.
- Goose feathers.

Well, a whole lot of geese
had to die

so Her Majesty
could get some shut-eye.

They did not die in vain.

I don't think we should sleep
in here tonight.

Last night was one thing, but...

the more I look around
this room, I...

No more of that.



I just want us to...

live in this moment.

There's too many ghosts
in this room.

What we need to do
is rip all this shit out.

This bed, that...

weird little tree over there.

Look at all this space.

We could bunk,
like, ten comrades in here.

Then that's what we'll do.

- Oh, shit.
- Move, move!

Everybody get down
to the shelter, now!

We got a radio call at 6:45 from

- our allies in Aztlan.
- Their spotters caught

a flight of HE-200 heavy bombers
moving in over Fremont.



Shit.

Brace yourselves.
Everybody, take cover!

Get down! Everybody,
take cover, come on! Get down!

Lord, if it'll be your will...

What the hell is this?

Leaflets.

"People of San Francisco,

resist your Negro overlords."

I've been called all kinds
of shit in my time, but...

- "overlord"?
- Don't know, Leon.

The cat with the bayonet
kind of looks like you.

"The Reich is coming to liberate
the city of San Francisco."

Next time it won't be
paper they're dropping.

Obergruppenfuhrer.

How was your flight?

Very smooth, thank you.

I've begun to think of New York
as my second home.

Oberstgruppenfuhrer Eichmann,

I'd like to introduce to you...

Reichsmarschall John Smith.

We've met.

General.

Welcome to Berlin...

Reichsmarschall.

Gentlemen.

The Fuhrer is ready for you.

If you'll come this way.

I'm afraid this will take
a few hours.

I'm sure you'll want
to get some rest.

Show the Reichsmarschall
to his quarters.

I prefer the 5th Panzer
by rail across Wyoming...

and the 83rd by rail
across New Mexico.

You, uh...

might want to work
on your presentation.

The knives will be out...

and sharpened.

Soon, the last ship leaves
for Japan...

and with it the life
we have made here.

This concludes
the final broadcast

of Empire TV San Francisco.

Farewell.

Long live the Emperor.

May the Emperor's reign

Continue for a thousand

Eight thousand generations

Until the pebbles

Grow into boulders

Lush with moss

We've got activity.

It's all going haywire.

What's happening?
What's going on?

Whoa! Fuck!

Shit!

You okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, fine.

Did that lithograph fit?

We've packed too much.

That's our whole future
in that suitcase.

It's taken me years
to curate this collection.

Are you sure you
saw a Pon near here?

The place looks empty.

Just stay hidden
no matter what you hear.

I didn't see anyone.

Let's check it out.

Yeah, that's clear.

Okay.

Excuse me.

Can I help you?

This your store?

Yes, it is.

A Pon was spotted on this block

couple hours ago.

Pon. Yeah.

I don't know anything
about that.

You don't mind if we do
a little look around, then?

Sure. Go ahead.

Suit yourself.
There's a gold nugget

in that case behind you.

The glass case.

Back there.

Was, uh, discovered in the...

Blackfoot River in 1860.

I don't see any gold nugget.

This might be
of interest to you.

Signed by Lipman Pike,

the first Jewish
professional baseball player.

Get out of my shop.

Get out!

Okay, all right.

We get it.

We're leaving.

It's okay.

Good.

Good. Get out.

Stay out!

You all right?

We have to get out of here.

Davenport Women's Clinic.

How may I help you?

This is Helen Smith.

Yes, Mrs. Smith?

I-I'm calling to confirm my
appointment for 11:00 tomorrow.

Uh, thank you.

Thank you. We'll see you then.

We're on.

11:00 a.m. tomorrow.

Thank you.

Martha.

I didn't hear you come in.

Are you feeling all right?

Nothing to worry about.

Attention, attention.

All passengers for Japan...

Move it! Hey!

Excuse me. Excuse me.

- Japanese only.
- Excuse me.

In line.

- Please, come on...
- Go.

- Come on.
- Japanese only. Go.

- Sir, sir, if I may?
- You, too. Go.

- Japanese only.
- Uh, yes, I'm aware.

This is a letter of transit
signed by

Her Majesty the Crown Princess.

Uh, your assistance
in this matter, I'm sure,

would be greatly appreciated
by the royal family.

Forgery. Step aside.

No, no, no.
This letter is genuine.

This is the... that's
the crown princess's signature.

Next.

- He won't even look at it.
- Sergeant.

We could arrange to pay
for our passage with your help.

The ship is full.

Sir, we have money.

What's in the suitcase?

Uh...

it's...

It's, uh...

This is junk.

Sir, no, no, no. Please.

If you'll permit me, this...

this is a-a verge fusee
quarter repeater.

Its hands have marked
every moment

in the lives of the Tokugawa
shoguns and of Louis Quatorze.

They'll mark the moments
of your own life,

and-and it'll become an heirloom
for your descendants.

Mm.

Get your things.
Get your things.

Go ahead. Go ahead.

Not you. Just her.

No. Sir...

The ship is leaving.

If you don't want your space,
I'll give it to someone else.

Yukiko.

Go.

- Here, a diamond ring.
- No, no.

Give it to your mistress.

- Yukiko, don't.
- It's okay.

Sell it, buy a car. Take it.

Just let my husband on board!

- Hey. Hey, hey.
- Sir, please.

Just her.

Sir, please.

Listen. Listen.

There's no other way. You go on.

You're my husband.
We belong together.

I know. But it's impossible.

All right?

I need for you to be safe.

You go ahead.

I love you so much, Robert.

I love you with all my heart.

Go. You'll be fine.

Go ahead.

- Next!
- Go on.

- Next!
- Go ahead.

- It's all right. Go on.
- Move it.

Next!

There's a section of

the old Southern Pacific
rail line that runs

right to the migrant camp
in Salinas.

Children, the infirm
and the elderly

will all be evacuated
in four days' time.

These, uh, power transformers

- are badly damaged.
- Yeah, well, we weren't

thinking we might need 'em
when we blew 'em up.

The city gonna stay dark, okay?

We need to focus on
the resources we actually got.

All we wanted was a homeland.
40 acres and a mule.

We got half of North America.

We've just got to hold down
San Francisco.

- Look here.
- We are not going anywhere

until someone talks to us.

Get out of here, man.

I can't just have you walk
in here.

Who are you to
tell us where we can go?

- I don't think you understand...
- Leon.

Follow me.

We frisked 'em on the way in.

They ain't got nothing here.

All right, who's in charge here?

All of us.

But you can talk to me.

We're here for Kido.

- We know you have him.
- He's in our custody.

Well, you should hand him over.

We're going to put Kido
on trial.

- On trial?
- That's right.

Kido never gave anybody
a fair trial.

Things are gonna be a little
different from here on out.

If he's convicted,
he is going to spend

the rest of his life
on Alcatraz.

Let me tell you something.

If you lynch

or loot in San Francisco,

we gonna put you right in there
with him.

18 years, we live
with the yellow man's boot

on our neck.
We are not about to...

Nobody's boot's gonna be
on anybody's neck any longer.

Who you kidding?

Nazis roll in here,
you Negroes all

going in a concentration camp.

And Kido will be sprung,
working for them.

We've been in their camps.
We're not going back.

We brought down one empire.
We will bring down another.

Let's go.

You were right.

Okudaira was a good trade
for Yanaihara.

Okudaira?

Aren't you going
to eat your manju?

You can have it.

Coach Egawa says he may move me
to shortstop next season.

Shortstop.

That is
a very important position.

Very demanding.

You must have...

impressed Coach Egawa.

Ground ball to second.

Out at first.

Someday, I want to grow up

and play shortstop
for the Yomiuri Giants.

Do not let your imagination
run away with you.

Of course.

You will serve in the army.

I'm sorry, Father.

If you work hard enough,

you will become
a fine ballplayer.

We will go to the park

and practice fielding
ground balls.

How does that sound?

Davenport Women's Clinic.

How can I help you?

Honey, look who it is.

Do a sweep of the lobby.

Helen Smith. 11:00.

Please.

Davenport Women's Clinic.

How can I help you?

Oh, no, I'm afraid she's not
in her office.

All clear.

Keep an eye on the exits.

Mrs. Smith?
If you'll come with me.

I'm afraid
we'll need you to wait here.

Hi.

It's right through there, ma'am.

Helen.

I want to know what's going on.

Please come with me.

Did you search your apartment?

Yeah.

And what did you find?

Two canisters of
film in his desk drawer.

And what did you see?

Well, I can't explain it.

It was us.

It was me, John and... Thomas.

We were eating ice cream
and horsing around.

- But it never happened.
- It did happen, Helen.

No. I have no memory of it.

It's not just that.
It's not possible.

Uh... somebody faked it,

- I don't know how.
- If you thought

it was a fake,
you wouldn't be here.

And if it were a fake, your
husband wouldn't be watching it.

And there are other films

like that.

The "Allies Win."

You know,
my sister died smuggling that film.

The first time I saw it,
it-it confirmed something in me

that I-I'd suspected
all my life.

If that world
is possible, Helen,

this one can be transformed.
To watch that film

is to know that
I had to make a choice.

And, Helen,
now you have to make a choice.

Ma'am.

Ma'am. I'm sorry, you'll have
to wait in the lobby.

No one else gets in or out.

In that world,
Thomas is still alive,

and John has been to see him.

How?

The Reich has built a portal.

They...

built a por-portal?

No.

John would have told me.
My... my husband and I,

we-we don't lie to each other.

Whatever else has happened,
we have always had that.

And yet he hid
the film from you.

Okay, it's-it's all...

it's... it's too much.

Listen to me. The Japanese

have withdrawn from the West;
the Reich is moving in.

Millions of people
are gonna die in those camps,

just like they did
the first time, and your husband

is in charge of it all.

You don't know my husband.

No, youdon't know your husband.

I'm sorry,

I must have taken a wrong turn.

Is there a...
bathroom on this floor?

No, ma'am. Uh...

you'll have to go
back up the stairs.

I'm going to have
this whole floor searched.

- Stay here.
- All right.

- What do you want from me?
- The Reichsmarschall has

an elite security detail...
He's never out in the open.

But we know that he travels
to the portal by train.

We need to know when and where.

Aah! Aah, fuck!

You want me

to tell you the location
so you can murder him?

Well, it's him
or millions of others.

He is the father of my children.

Oh, my God.

Let's go, please.

I'm not feeling well.

Can you call the car, please?

Right away, ma'am.

We're running out of time.

Fuck. Here.

They're gonna be down here...
looking for her.

All right.

Let's go.

The conquest
of the North American West...

will unfold in stages.

First, the Luftwaffe
will disable

critical command-and-control
infrastructure...

and carpet bomb
population centers...

San Diego, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Seattle, and so on.

Forgive me, General...

how much value to the Reich
will these cities have

if they're reduced to rubble?

The aerial assault

will break the will
of the population.

Next, our Panzer divisions
will cross the border

from the Neutral Zone

in a blitzkrieg strike.

Supported
by our Wehrmacht battalions,

we will have control
of the West Coast

within a week.

Smith.

You are a skeptic?

Invading the West is one thing,
Mein Fuhrer.

Holding it is another.

The BCR are crude savages.

They rely on animal instinct.

That's what
the Japanese thought.

We use different methods,
Reichsmarschall,

and they have never failed
to achieve results,

as you know.

Yes.

The question is not whether...

or how or when, Smith.

For that is our destiny.

The question...

is who.

Who...

will lead the conquest

of North America?

A prize second only

to Europaherself.

Do you really believe

that you deserve it, Smith?

Or should I bestow it
on someone else?

Eichmann, perhaps?

Or Goertzmann?

Mein Fuhrer,

perhaps this duty
can only be entrusted

to a member of the German...

master race.

What do you say to that, Smith?

I disagree.

That is all?

America is a rebel nation,
Mein Fuhrer.

A German commander might...

If you'll forgive me...

Promote unrest in the military.

Only an American
can truly control it.

But you do not control
America, Smith.

Rebellion is rampant,

and I have a bullet wound
to prove it.

Is the problem

that he can't control America?

Or is it that he won't?

What are you insinuating,
Eichmann?

He is asking where
your true loyalties lie, Smith.

And I have been wondering
the same thing myself.

But tonight, at last,

we are all going
to learn the truth

about John Smith.

Bridget?

What's the matter?

Why are you crying?

The ARBI's mission

is to closely monitor
the ideological purity

of its citizens.

No one can be above suspicion.

John Smith's allegiance came
into question

when his wife left the Reich
for the Neutral Zone.

Before that, an assassination
attempt was made

on our Fuhrer's life
that Smith let go unanswered.

The question is why.

Smith, do you have no answer?

I crushed the rebellion
in Denver.

That was my answer.

And yet Price remains at large.

How is that?

Is my loyalty in question?

Not just yours.

You were
questioning Reich policy.

Everything I said was true.

You have the same doubts.

Yes, and I keep them to myself.

Universal surveillance.

Special cameras
and microphones mounted

in public and private places.

Nothing goes unseen.

Show me a plan.

I found this today.

I've never seen
him this bad before.

He's one coughing fit away from
having you eliminated, John.

All of us.

I know.

I don't want to stay here.

- Jennifer...
- I could go live with Uncle Hank on my own.

We've been out there before.
We know where it is.

No, no, no, stop it, stop it.

You can't talk like that
anymore,

not even in this house.

Why not?

Who's listening?

Someday I'm going
to get out of here.

- Gonna live my own life.
- Someday I'll help you.

You know that
cooking show she did?

It's all an act.

She's back to playing
the perfect Reich wife.

My parents are at the top
of the Nazi party.

They're both dying inside.

Things are different out here, John.

People talk about the things

that nobody talks about
in the Reich.

- What things?
- The things

that you and I were a part of.

The girls, they've heard it,
they ask me questions...

You got any idea
what would happen to them

if they breathed a word
of that at home?

This is your last chance to
defend yourself and your family.

Speak, John Smith.

I ask you, gentlemen,
is this man a believer?

Is this the face of
a true National Socialist,

or the mask for which he hides
behind to protect his family?

Bring the Reichsmarschall
to my chambers in one hour.

Good evening.

John Smith's room, please.

We don't have a reservation
for the Reichsmarschall, ma'am.

- Danke schon.
- Ja.

Your sidearm, please.

Margarete
and I have three daughters.

Those girls are the greatest joy
of my life.

You know how it is.

But there are certain things
that a daughter can never be.

When a man gets to be my age,
he needs a son.

I thought of you
as that son, John.

I saw myself in you.

If anyone had hurt you...

shot you,
as those assassins did me,

I would have hunted them down

and strangled them
with my bare hands.

But you did nothing
to avenge me.

Where's the tribute to the man
who gave you everything?

When did you even visit me
when I was sick?

Nothing.

Say something, Smith.

If not for yourself,
then for your family.

Say something in your defense!

What can I say, Mein Fuhrer?

You're... You're right.

I never loved you.

I never saw you as a, a father.

I saw you as a...
a petty little tyrant.

You're a mediocre man.

A failed chicken farmer.

The very thought that you see
yourself in me...

it sickens me.

See that the
tank is disposed of.

"Only an
American can rule America."

I found your words quite moving.

But it seems they found
your speech unpersuasive.

The others were, uh,
more pragmatic.

Hmm.

I left Hoover for you.

I am not gonna beg for my life.

No.

I wouldn't listen, anyway.

Our deal stands.

North America is yours.

And the rest of the Reich
is yours.

You have complete autonomy.

Heil Goertzmann.

Heil Smith.