The Terror (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 4 - The Weak Are Meat - full transcript
Chester, off in search of a better life, is treated with hostility by his fellow Americans. Luz hopes to be accepted by Henry and Asako in their new home as the Japanese American community ...
You're joining the Army?
I'm a translator.
I won't see any combat.
Asako-san!
Henry-san, he's here!
I brought you some warm water
to soak your hands and feet.
She's just trying to help!
I never used to believe in
that old-country stuff.
Yurei be anywhere
you go.
It follow you.
"Dear Luz,
It's 3:00 a.m.
here in Guadalcanal,
and I'm wide awake.
You'll be glad to hear
I'm far from the action...
so far that Colonel Stallings
hasn't even told
the Marine officers
about us yet.
Something about
keeping morale up.
My bunkmate is Arthur Ogawa,
and we spend all day
in our tent
translating documents
and fighting off malaria...
but for the life of me,
I don't know why
I can't fall asleep.
Six nights in a row,
every time I drift off,
I feel like the enemy
is closing in on me.
That's when I think of you.
I'm not saying it's better
back at camp,
but at least I imagine
it's calmer.
After Yoshida-san
and Furuya-san,
it better be.
I bought me a new camera
in Australia,
so expect some pictures soon."
Hey!
I know you're here.
"Dear Chester,
I really ought to be
writing two letters.
Some days I'm so proud of
how smart and brave you are
to have gotten a job
that thousands
of others didn't,
and other days,
I think I should have
never let you leave.
I offered to come here for you,
and then you're the one to go?
Then I stop myself.
Every time I blame you
for being selfish,
I blame myself
for blaming you...
and so it goes,
until we go home...
whenever, wherever that is."
Thank you.
"Did I ever tell you
when I was little
I used to
sneak out of my house
and look in
the neighbor's window?
I'd see them
sitting at the table.
They were a big family,
not like mine,
and I remember,
they always looked like
what I thought a family
should look like.
Together.
That's me these days.
Watching
a Japanese family of 9,000
through their window.
I'm not laying this
at your feet.
Honestly.
In fact, you're my best hope.
Someday, it'll be us,
and our baby,
on our little acre,
and we'll be
on the inside of that window."
See anything?
Nothing. You?
Still nothing
on Admiral Takahashi.
But they'd never
mention him by name,
right?
Did you sleep at all?
I thought you were
supposed to be... good.
I wasn't going for art.
I...
I thought I saw something
out there.
Like the enemy?
Man, a camera flash
is a sure way
to get us sent home
in a pine box.
No, it's not that.
It's...
Ogawa...
you ever hear of a thing
called a yurei?
Yeah, well,
just what I read from
those old Kaidan stories.
Why? Are you
ghost-hunting now?
Just...
from what you've read
in those stories,
what's a yurei usually after?
Depends on its onnen.
It's like a crazed
hunger for something.
Maybe somebody wronged
it in its lifetime.
Whatever it is,
it spends
the rest of eternity
trying to satisfy
its onnen.
Can a yurei...
control other people?
You know it's not
real, right?
Tell that to
the Japanese soldiers.
It seems like
every other letter
is about a spirit of some kind.
I thought I weighed
that down.
Ogawa...
you ever seen this before?
No wonder the wind's
been whistling through.
Something...
tore it open.
Like a crocodile?
Or are you still on
about the yurei?
Yeah, it's moving.
I can feel it.
Yeah.
I'm a bit sad.
The baby's father?
He's far away.
Oh.
Baby.
Happy.
I hope so.
Uh, I should get going.
What's that?
Arigato.
Arigato.
Colonel Stallings
is asking for you
up at the main camp.
Colonel?
Sergeant Ogawa.
Sergeant Nakayama.
I thought it might be
time for you to see
where your documents
are coming from.
What happened?
Men die all day long
out here.
There's so much
that can kill you.
Malaria, cholera,
all kinds of
sand flies.
How about
a bullet to the head?
Did the sand flies do that?
You got any idea
what your people do
to our guys?
My people are your people.
Easy, Matthis.
Colonel Stallings thinks
these Orientals
might be able help us find
Sergeant Crittenden.
Lieutenant Oury's men
have been in
a pretty nasty skirmish
with one of
Admiral Takahashi's units
by the Matanikau River.
I didn't realize how nasty
until I saw this.
I figured it was time
we worked hand-in-hand
for a change.
How long's the battle
been going?
On and off for months,
but it didn't get nasty
till six days ago.
That's when we lost
Sergeant Crittenden.
He went missing on a recon.
We took back
a dozen of theirs,
but still no sign.
Your Colonel says maybe
there's something in the pile
that can help track him down.
Do you know
if Crittenden's alive?
We don't.
Sometimes the Japs
execute prisoners.
Sometimes
they keep them alive
and do a lot worse.
You know, if your men
weren't so busy
making letter-openers
out of shin bones,
they might have realized
that a live POW
would stand a better chance
of telling us
where your sergeant is.
Maybe even get us
to Takahashi.
Is this boy supposed to be
a translator or an officer?
Work with what
you got, Nakayama.
Not everything's
written on paper.
It's Wabun code.
Told ya, Oury.
One of my Japanese boys
is worth ten of yours.
Better get back in there
and see what else you missed.
You heard the Colonel.
Get in there!
Chop-chop!
"So you asked
what it's like here.
It'd be a tropical paradise
if nature could have its way,
but apparently, it can't.
It's nice to hear
everything's okay over there,
that nothing crazy's happened.
I was hoping not.
I'm including a little
something for you.
Maybe it'll make up for my dad
being such a pain in the rear.
He's kind of stubborn,
but then again, so are you.
Don't try to do too much.
I can't wait to see our baby.
I hope he gets your looks."
What does he say?
He's good.
A lot of names
are cut out.
He sent this.
So handsome.
Like Gary Cooper.
Oto-san.
I suppose there is
a part of you
that still thinks of him
as a little boy.
He is his own man now.
The baby?
Don't be scared.
Did Chester tell you
about my mom?
You need to think
good thoughts.
How was it when you
gave birth to Chester?
Oh... I don't remember.
It was so long ago.
Hello?
This section's off limits.
Hey, you.
Do you understand
English?
Nessler!
Nessler, where you been?
You missed your last shift!
What the hell do you think
you're doing?
Nessler, get down
from there right now!
Nessler, get your ass down here
right now!
Jesus...
Which one of you Japs
got him drunk?
Now do you believe me?
Go talk some sense
into him.
He likes you.
Miss Yoshida,
you want to step outside?
Unless you want tell us
where the contraband saké is.
You're looking
for a scapegoat.
Your man killed himself.
Sir... Major, um...
this is my family's
barracks.
I'm aware.
I tell you what,
point out your bed,
and I'll search it myself.
This for Obon.
What kind of bone?
Obon.
Our custom to honor ancestor.
Sweep it.
All that spook shit.
That's not for Obon.
It's mine.
Made from camp property.
Holy Moses.
You got an entire
still down here?
Just for us.
No one else.
Bullshit.
There's explicit rules laid down
by every block manager.
You wouldn't be
hiding it
if you didn't think
it was wrong.
Let's go.
Hey, hold on,
you got the wrong guy.
All the old man does
is drink the shit.
I made the saké.
Walt...
Walt?
As in Yoshida?
Please tell me
you didn't know about this.
She didn't.
Girls aren't allowed
to touch the stuff anyway.
Look, I don't have
time to adjudicate.
Take Yoshida
to the stockade.
One's just as good
as another.
Chester's father,
Henry-san.
He hates me.
No matter what I do,
he hates me.
Henry-san...
doesn't remember?
You.
I don't remember him...
Two...
Two baby.
Twins?
Twins?
What's wrong?
Nothing at all.
It's wonderful.
Is it too much
of a burden?
We'll need two of everything,
but they can sleep with me.
Don't worry.
We'll manage.
I need to write Chester.
I don't know
what he'll say,
but he's got
no choice in it...
No!
Not until babies born.
What are you doing?
Blessing our home.
Against what?
Aren't twins
supposed to be bad luck?
That's what
my dad used to say.
He said twins bring
death and misfortune.
That's enough.
Be quiet.
There's no curse on my twins.
Do you understand?
You can believe
what you want,
but no one
is to treat my children
like they're goddamned cursed.
"Dear Luz,
another three days,
still no sleep.
I've been stuck at my desk,
searching for a sergeant
from our company.
I think I might be going
a little crazy."
Nakayama...
Not so rough.
Take it easy.
You won't be able
to translate anything
if you manhandle it.
"I left my unit in a ravine
near a cave natives call
"Giant's Door."
They said the devil's camp
was a kilometer due east.
I waited till nightfall
to make my way there.
There were two devils
in the tent.
They were too absorbed
in their work
to notice my arrival..."
"Giant's Door."
Ogawa.
I think I know what took
Sergeant Crittenden...
and I think I know where he is.
Wait.
Enrique is a good name.
I like it.
Sergeant Crittenden,
it's okay,
you're back with us.
We're gonna
take care of you.
Can you tell us anything
about your captors?
Sergeant Crittenden...
Where did they
find him?
Where you said. Giant's Door.
That's how
they found him.
He was in a cave
just talking
gibberish.
He's talking
in Japanese.
"You are a devil."
"A white devil."
Get him out of here.
I don't want that Jap
anywhere near him!
Hey. Hey! Take your
hands off. Come here.
Hold him!
Chester, easy.
What's he
saying?
"I will cut out
your tongue."
"I will gouge out
your eyes."
Chester, he doesn't
know what he's saying!
He's just spitting back
what his captors said to him!
"The weak are meat.
The strong eat."
One step.
One step.
Okay, one step.
Okay.
Lay back...
My midwife! Please!
Please, just...
Please just get...
Yes. I will try.
I will try.
My midwife,
please!
I will try.
Where's my midwife?
I need her.
Push!
It's a boy.
Why isn't he crying?
Keep pushing!
Tell me
what's happening...
Push!
Is he okay?
Is my baby okay?
Is my boy okay?
Tell me what...
What's happened to my baby?
Keep pushing.
- You're almost there.
- I can't...
I want to see my baby.
No, I can't...
Just one more
big push.
One more big push.
What's happening?
Why are my babies
not crying?
What's happening?
Let me see my baby.
Let me...
What happened to my babies?
I'm sorry.
"Things are looking up here.
I'm due to give birth
any day now,
and I won over your dad.
I didn't think
it was possible,
but I did.
I told him we'd name
one of the babies after him.
Yes. Babies!
We're having twins, Chester!
Hikaru and Enrique.
Turns out, your father
likes the name "Enrique."
Who knew?
I can't wait for you
to come home.
Me and the babies
will be waiting for you.
In the meantime,
send some more photos.
Your mom will appreciate it,
and so will I.
Miss you.
A lot.
Love, Luz."
Almost took you for the enemy.
I mean, how's a fella
supposed to tell?
Who let Crittenden out?
He shouldn't be out.
Get him! Get him down!
Sarge, get in here!
This is for you!
Get him.
Get him!
Get the medic!
Yes, sir!
We're gonna need
water over here!
Too late,
they're all dead.
Move, boys!
Hustle!
Sarge!
Sarge!
Someone get
Crittenden a media.
I got you now.
Are you hurt?
Are you hurt?
How is that
possible?
Are you hurt?
No...
I'm fine.
Takahashi?
Someone needs to find Yuko.
We thought you
were sleeping.
Someone needs to find Yuko
and tell her what happened.
Who is Yuko?
My midwife.
I told you.
She lives past
the northeast guard tower.
Nobody lives
in that part of camp.
Yes, they do.
Block 36, barrack 4.
I've been there
many times.
Asako-san, please.
She needs to know.
Yuko-san?
Yuko-san?
Come back tomorrow!
What's wrong with you?
I'm a translator.
I won't see any combat.
Asako-san!
Henry-san, he's here!
I brought you some warm water
to soak your hands and feet.
She's just trying to help!
I never used to believe in
that old-country stuff.
Yurei be anywhere
you go.
It follow you.
"Dear Luz,
It's 3:00 a.m.
here in Guadalcanal,
and I'm wide awake.
You'll be glad to hear
I'm far from the action...
so far that Colonel Stallings
hasn't even told
the Marine officers
about us yet.
Something about
keeping morale up.
My bunkmate is Arthur Ogawa,
and we spend all day
in our tent
translating documents
and fighting off malaria...
but for the life of me,
I don't know why
I can't fall asleep.
Six nights in a row,
every time I drift off,
I feel like the enemy
is closing in on me.
That's when I think of you.
I'm not saying it's better
back at camp,
but at least I imagine
it's calmer.
After Yoshida-san
and Furuya-san,
it better be.
I bought me a new camera
in Australia,
so expect some pictures soon."
Hey!
I know you're here.
"Dear Chester,
I really ought to be
writing two letters.
Some days I'm so proud of
how smart and brave you are
to have gotten a job
that thousands
of others didn't,
and other days,
I think I should have
never let you leave.
I offered to come here for you,
and then you're the one to go?
Then I stop myself.
Every time I blame you
for being selfish,
I blame myself
for blaming you...
and so it goes,
until we go home...
whenever, wherever that is."
Thank you.
"Did I ever tell you
when I was little
I used to
sneak out of my house
and look in
the neighbor's window?
I'd see them
sitting at the table.
They were a big family,
not like mine,
and I remember,
they always looked like
what I thought a family
should look like.
Together.
That's me these days.
Watching
a Japanese family of 9,000
through their window.
I'm not laying this
at your feet.
Honestly.
In fact, you're my best hope.
Someday, it'll be us,
and our baby,
on our little acre,
and we'll be
on the inside of that window."
See anything?
Nothing. You?
Still nothing
on Admiral Takahashi.
But they'd never
mention him by name,
right?
Did you sleep at all?
I thought you were
supposed to be... good.
I wasn't going for art.
I...
I thought I saw something
out there.
Like the enemy?
Man, a camera flash
is a sure way
to get us sent home
in a pine box.
No, it's not that.
It's...
Ogawa...
you ever hear of a thing
called a yurei?
Yeah, well,
just what I read from
those old Kaidan stories.
Why? Are you
ghost-hunting now?
Just...
from what you've read
in those stories,
what's a yurei usually after?
Depends on its onnen.
It's like a crazed
hunger for something.
Maybe somebody wronged
it in its lifetime.
Whatever it is,
it spends
the rest of eternity
trying to satisfy
its onnen.
Can a yurei...
control other people?
You know it's not
real, right?
Tell that to
the Japanese soldiers.
It seems like
every other letter
is about a spirit of some kind.
I thought I weighed
that down.
Ogawa...
you ever seen this before?
No wonder the wind's
been whistling through.
Something...
tore it open.
Like a crocodile?
Or are you still on
about the yurei?
Yeah, it's moving.
I can feel it.
Yeah.
I'm a bit sad.
The baby's father?
He's far away.
Oh.
Baby.
Happy.
I hope so.
Uh, I should get going.
What's that?
Arigato.
Arigato.
Colonel Stallings
is asking for you
up at the main camp.
Colonel?
Sergeant Ogawa.
Sergeant Nakayama.
I thought it might be
time for you to see
where your documents
are coming from.
What happened?
Men die all day long
out here.
There's so much
that can kill you.
Malaria, cholera,
all kinds of
sand flies.
How about
a bullet to the head?
Did the sand flies do that?
You got any idea
what your people do
to our guys?
My people are your people.
Easy, Matthis.
Colonel Stallings thinks
these Orientals
might be able help us find
Sergeant Crittenden.
Lieutenant Oury's men
have been in
a pretty nasty skirmish
with one of
Admiral Takahashi's units
by the Matanikau River.
I didn't realize how nasty
until I saw this.
I figured it was time
we worked hand-in-hand
for a change.
How long's the battle
been going?
On and off for months,
but it didn't get nasty
till six days ago.
That's when we lost
Sergeant Crittenden.
He went missing on a recon.
We took back
a dozen of theirs,
but still no sign.
Your Colonel says maybe
there's something in the pile
that can help track him down.
Do you know
if Crittenden's alive?
We don't.
Sometimes the Japs
execute prisoners.
Sometimes
they keep them alive
and do a lot worse.
You know, if your men
weren't so busy
making letter-openers
out of shin bones,
they might have realized
that a live POW
would stand a better chance
of telling us
where your sergeant is.
Maybe even get us
to Takahashi.
Is this boy supposed to be
a translator or an officer?
Work with what
you got, Nakayama.
Not everything's
written on paper.
It's Wabun code.
Told ya, Oury.
One of my Japanese boys
is worth ten of yours.
Better get back in there
and see what else you missed.
You heard the Colonel.
Get in there!
Chop-chop!
"So you asked
what it's like here.
It'd be a tropical paradise
if nature could have its way,
but apparently, it can't.
It's nice to hear
everything's okay over there,
that nothing crazy's happened.
I was hoping not.
I'm including a little
something for you.
Maybe it'll make up for my dad
being such a pain in the rear.
He's kind of stubborn,
but then again, so are you.
Don't try to do too much.
I can't wait to see our baby.
I hope he gets your looks."
What does he say?
He's good.
A lot of names
are cut out.
He sent this.
So handsome.
Like Gary Cooper.
Oto-san.
I suppose there is
a part of you
that still thinks of him
as a little boy.
He is his own man now.
The baby?
Don't be scared.
Did Chester tell you
about my mom?
You need to think
good thoughts.
How was it when you
gave birth to Chester?
Oh... I don't remember.
It was so long ago.
Hello?
This section's off limits.
Hey, you.
Do you understand
English?
Nessler!
Nessler, where you been?
You missed your last shift!
What the hell do you think
you're doing?
Nessler, get down
from there right now!
Nessler, get your ass down here
right now!
Jesus...
Which one of you Japs
got him drunk?
Now do you believe me?
Go talk some sense
into him.
He likes you.
Miss Yoshida,
you want to step outside?
Unless you want tell us
where the contraband saké is.
You're looking
for a scapegoat.
Your man killed himself.
Sir... Major, um...
this is my family's
barracks.
I'm aware.
I tell you what,
point out your bed,
and I'll search it myself.
This for Obon.
What kind of bone?
Obon.
Our custom to honor ancestor.
Sweep it.
All that spook shit.
That's not for Obon.
It's mine.
Made from camp property.
Holy Moses.
You got an entire
still down here?
Just for us.
No one else.
Bullshit.
There's explicit rules laid down
by every block manager.
You wouldn't be
hiding it
if you didn't think
it was wrong.
Let's go.
Hey, hold on,
you got the wrong guy.
All the old man does
is drink the shit.
I made the saké.
Walt...
Walt?
As in Yoshida?
Please tell me
you didn't know about this.
She didn't.
Girls aren't allowed
to touch the stuff anyway.
Look, I don't have
time to adjudicate.
Take Yoshida
to the stockade.
One's just as good
as another.
Chester's father,
Henry-san.
He hates me.
No matter what I do,
he hates me.
Henry-san...
doesn't remember?
You.
I don't remember him...
Two...
Two baby.
Twins?
Twins?
What's wrong?
Nothing at all.
It's wonderful.
Is it too much
of a burden?
We'll need two of everything,
but they can sleep with me.
Don't worry.
We'll manage.
I need to write Chester.
I don't know
what he'll say,
but he's got
no choice in it...
No!
Not until babies born.
What are you doing?
Blessing our home.
Against what?
Aren't twins
supposed to be bad luck?
That's what
my dad used to say.
He said twins bring
death and misfortune.
That's enough.
Be quiet.
There's no curse on my twins.
Do you understand?
You can believe
what you want,
but no one
is to treat my children
like they're goddamned cursed.
"Dear Luz,
another three days,
still no sleep.
I've been stuck at my desk,
searching for a sergeant
from our company.
I think I might be going
a little crazy."
Nakayama...
Not so rough.
Take it easy.
You won't be able
to translate anything
if you manhandle it.
"I left my unit in a ravine
near a cave natives call
"Giant's Door."
They said the devil's camp
was a kilometer due east.
I waited till nightfall
to make my way there.
There were two devils
in the tent.
They were too absorbed
in their work
to notice my arrival..."
"Giant's Door."
Ogawa.
I think I know what took
Sergeant Crittenden...
and I think I know where he is.
Wait.
Enrique is a good name.
I like it.
Sergeant Crittenden,
it's okay,
you're back with us.
We're gonna
take care of you.
Can you tell us anything
about your captors?
Sergeant Crittenden...
Where did they
find him?
Where you said. Giant's Door.
That's how
they found him.
He was in a cave
just talking
gibberish.
He's talking
in Japanese.
"You are a devil."
"A white devil."
Get him out of here.
I don't want that Jap
anywhere near him!
Hey. Hey! Take your
hands off. Come here.
Hold him!
Chester, easy.
What's he
saying?
"I will cut out
your tongue."
"I will gouge out
your eyes."
Chester, he doesn't
know what he's saying!
He's just spitting back
what his captors said to him!
"The weak are meat.
The strong eat."
One step.
One step.
Okay, one step.
Okay.
Lay back...
My midwife! Please!
Please, just...
Please just get...
Yes. I will try.
I will try.
My midwife,
please!
I will try.
Where's my midwife?
I need her.
Push!
It's a boy.
Why isn't he crying?
Keep pushing!
Tell me
what's happening...
Push!
Is he okay?
Is my baby okay?
Is my boy okay?
Tell me what...
What's happened to my baby?
Keep pushing.
- You're almost there.
- I can't...
I want to see my baby.
No, I can't...
Just one more
big push.
One more big push.
What's happening?
Why are my babies
not crying?
What's happening?
Let me see my baby.
Let me...
What happened to my babies?
I'm sorry.
"Things are looking up here.
I'm due to give birth
any day now,
and I won over your dad.
I didn't think
it was possible,
but I did.
I told him we'd name
one of the babies after him.
Yes. Babies!
We're having twins, Chester!
Hikaru and Enrique.
Turns out, your father
likes the name "Enrique."
Who knew?
I can't wait for you
to come home.
Me and the babies
will be waiting for you.
In the meantime,
send some more photos.
Your mom will appreciate it,
and so will I.
Miss you.
A lot.
Love, Luz."
Almost took you for the enemy.
I mean, how's a fella
supposed to tell?
Who let Crittenden out?
He shouldn't be out.
Get him! Get him down!
Sarge, get in here!
This is for you!
Get him.
Get him!
Get the medic!
Yes, sir!
We're gonna need
water over here!
Too late,
they're all dead.
Move, boys!
Hustle!
Sarge!
Sarge!
Someone get
Crittenden a media.
I got you now.
Are you hurt?
Are you hurt?
How is that
possible?
Are you hurt?
No...
I'm fine.
Takahashi?
Someone needs to find Yuko.
We thought you
were sleeping.
Someone needs to find Yuko
and tell her what happened.
Who is Yuko?
My midwife.
I told you.
She lives past
the northeast guard tower.
Nobody lives
in that part of camp.
Yes, they do.
Block 36, barrack 4.
I've been there
many times.
Asako-san, please.
She needs to know.
Yuko-san?
Yuko-san?
Come back tomorrow!
What's wrong with you?