The Terror (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - My Sweet Boy - full transcript

MAN: You got anything you
want to say to your parents?

CHESTER: My parents are dead.

[GUNSHOT]

I have a brother.

Stay.

Here?

My family, um...

There's a lot of work.

- [GUNSHOT]
- [SCREAMS]

Some dogs you just have to put down.

It's safer this way.



Trust me.

♪♪

[WIND WHISTLING]

[♪♪]

[WINDMILL SQUEAKING]

[WIND WHISTLING]

I thought you were leaving today.

Abuela asked me to
stay a couple more days

to dig up a garden for her.

And last week she asked you

to stay just long
enough to patch the roof.

Do you want me to leave?

No.

No, no, of course not.



I don't know what I want.

A couple of days.

Then I'll be out of your hair.

[HOE BITING DIRT]

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Hola.

[TALKING QUIETLY IN SPANISH]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Here.

Abuela's worried you'll be cold.

Thank you.

Any luck?

Nothing yet.

I wrote letters to all the camps,

but... if the courts shut them down,

I don't think I'll ever find him.

At least your parents could go home.

I'll leave you alone.

You could stay.

If you wanted.

Being out here,

it reminds me...

of all those things I said.

The house.

The acre.

You must've thought I was crazy.

No.

I never did.

[♪♪]

♪ The Terror: Infamy 2x08 ♪
My Sweet Boy

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

Next!

Where's Major Bowen?

He was called to Washington, DC.

Very suddenly.

He seemed concerned.

He may be away for a while.

Who is your sponsor, Corbett Delaney?

He's the owner of the
California Canning Company.

I'll be his gardener.

Can you garden?

Yes.

Very well.

Your reparation.

For your return.

Twenty-five dollars...

Apiece.

And a ticket home.

Good luck to you.

Next!

[QUIET CONVERSATIONS]

So when are we going to process

your Leave of Camp papers?

I don't know yet.

I don't have a job lined up.

And with Major Bowen
gone to Washington, I...

The Major came back today.

He did?

[BOWEN]: Konnichiw.

Well, as a matter of fact, there he is.

George.

Miss Yoshida.

How was Washington, sir?

Usual routine.

Never thought I'd say it,

but I kinda missed the
cooking around here.

Swipe a little plate from you?

Thanks very much.

[ROOSTER CROWING]

[ROOSTER CROWING]

[CHESTER SIGHS] It's still early.

Shh.

Abuela will wake up any second.

If she catches us...

Luz... it's been weeks.

How long are we going to pretend

she doesn't know?

She doesn't know.

And unless you have a better idea...

Actually... I do.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[ALL]: Amen.

[APPLAUSE]

[FLASHBULB POPPING]

[FLASHBULB POPPING]

Doña Maria.

[BONES CRACKING]

- [APPLAUSE]
- Walt!

Welcome home, Walt.

[BOWEN]: 442nd Infantry.

All Japanese.

More came from this
center than any other.

We're not like the other outfits.

We build patriots.

I will get your bed ready.

Thank you, okasan.

Hey, hi, so...

Did you get my letter?

I got the gist.

Look, um, I'm sorry about Ken,

but you shouldn't have sent
that tape to Washington.

Well, Bowen's back, acting
as if nothing's wrong,

so apparently they never even got it.

Amy, you know, a guy like that,

the rules don't apply to him.

If someone in his circle
found out what you did...

[BOWEN]: It's an honor to have
you back, Lieutenant Yoshida.

It's been a rough couple
of months around here.

Your visit is what the doctor ordered.

We're all so proud of you.

Isn't that right, Sis?

Absolutely.

[BOWEN]: Well, come on!

Tell me how you been!

Uh, I've been great, sir.

Just drumming up some new recruits.

[BOWEN]: Well, we've got
some eager young men for you.

[DISHES BEING STACKED]

It was a beautiful service.

I wish we could've held
it in a proper church,

with more family.

From both sides.

It's better this way, mijo.

The fewer people who know you're here,

the better it is for everyone.

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]

[VEHICLE STOPPING]

Policia?

At this hour?

Chester, go.

Luz...

[ABUELA]: Do what she says. Hurry. Go.

Close the door. Go.

Go.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Go.

[OPENING DOOR]

Good evening, ma'am.

Aguayo County sheriffs.

Sorry to bother you so
late. May we come in?

[ABUELA]: There must
be some kind of mistake!

[FOOTSTEPS]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

What is it?

My father's missing.

[BREATHING DEEPLY]

[CHESTER]: No one saw anything?

[LUZ]: Nothing.

[ABUELA BEGINNING TO PRAY]

And all I left for him was a note.

Abuela?

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Your father was not
one to just disappear.

He's always responsible, punctual.

You know that.

[LUZ]: No one knows what happened.

He could still be alive.

There is only one way

to know for sure if he has crossed over.

Abuela, no.

What is she talking about?

She's a curandera.

It's a very old magic.

My family believes in it.

Do you believe in it?

I believe...

there's more to the world

than any of us will ever understand.

Does this mean you
can speak to the dead?

No.

But we can discover

if someone's spirit is
still among the living.

It's an old belief

that when a person passes on,

there's some part of their spirit

that remains in their
bones, in their hair...

In pictures as well.

An image captures a
moment in a spirit's life.

The curanderismo can take us

to where Bartolo sat when
he took this picture...

but only if he is dead.

If it fails,

then we know he is still alive.

But none of us are going to do it.

Why not?

Mijo, we can use the magic,

but we can't control it.

Some who've used it to
cross over never return.

Others... never want to.

There must be a mistake.

My father is alive.

He can't just disappear like this.

You believe that, don't you?

I hope he's still alive.

But...

But what?

The curanderismo,

this magic...

I want to try it.

All right, next.

What's your name?

The 442 is the finest
regiment in the US Army.

Are you ready to help us win this war?

Yes, sir.

Then we're happy to have you.

Now, get to your physical, soldier.

Here you go.

You've been making
me coffee for so long,

I figured I'd return the favor.

It's not going to drink itself.

Thank you. It's still a bit hot.

Oh, um...

have you found a sponsor
yet so you can be released?

No.

Not yet.

Let me see what I can do about that.

It's the least I can do.

I'm sure that's cool
enough to drink now.

You enjoy.

[TOSHIRO]: Walt.

Toshiro.

What are you doing here?

I turned 18 last month.

I'm old enough to enlist.

Listen, um...

anywhere that's too dangerous
to send the white soldiers,

they send us instead.

The guys in my unit

are, uh, dying faster
than they can be replaced.

That's why I'm here.

You tell all the recruits that?

Toshiro, with all respect,
this isn't for you.

I know all of you act
like I'm still a kid,

but all I've seen is
people die around me...

my mom, my dad, my friends.

I graduated high school
in a goddamned prison.

So help me,

but all I want to do is kill.

If you won't take my form,
I'll go find someone who will.

Ah, Miss Yoshida, there you are.

I need you to come with me.

I'm sorry?

Supply truck broke down

with all the drinks and party favors.

I don't think I understand.

We're throwing a bit of a shindig,

but it's kind of top secret.

We're celebrating the
homecoming of your brother,

and, well, folks like you

who are getting to leave the camp.

I spoke to my old Lieutenant Colonel

in Long Beach,

and he needs a new secretary.

He's willing to sponsor
you for your release.

Oh, uh, thank you. I, um...

But we can't have a party
without the proper supplies.

Sometimes I like to drive

just for the peace and quiet.

For hours at a time.

Nothing or no one around for miles.

Just me and the clean, fresh air.

[SIGHING]

How much further?

Not sure.

Been out here for three years,

and I still don't know my way around.

[LAUGHING]

[HONKING HORN]

There you go.

Right up there.

[HONKING]

[GEARING DOWN]

[APPLYING BRAKES]

[TURNING OFF ENGINE]

Amy! Major Bowen!

Thanks.

We would have been out here all night.

Come on, fellas. Let's get
these supplies unloaded.

We're gonna have a party tonight!

[ABUELA]: Taking this journey,

carrying the eye of your
spirit to the other side,

you may feel like you
are dying yourself.

[CHESTER]: I understand.

[LUZ]: My husband has little
regard for his own life.

If I can go to my brother,

meet him...

That would mean he's dead.

But at least I'd know.

If you meet your brother,

it will be him

at the moment of this picture.

A little boy.

He will not know he is dead.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Look for your brother, Jirou.

Rejoice if you do not find him.

Grieve, grieve if you do.

Amen.

[EXHALING IN RELIEF]

[STARTLING]

Jirou...

Do I know you?

No.

I don't think you do.

Are you Jirou?

How do you know?

Lucky guess, I suppose.

My name is...

Taizo.

The nuns said that
was my brother's name.

Do you know what happened to him?

They said a family took
him when we were babies,

when I was still at the hospital.

I guess he was just luckier.

Hey, do you like baseball?

Do the other kids play with you?

They think I'm cursed.

And I'm always sick.

The nuns say I'll get
better if I pray enough.

I'm sure you will.

Then you'll get to play.

I'll never get to play.

I can't even throw the ball right.

I bet you can.

Show me.

First pitch.

Lou Gehrig's up to bat.

Swing and a miss.

Strike one.

Good, Jirou... good.

Strike two.

[LAUGHING]

[GASPING]

[GASPING]

What's happening?

Taizo?

[GASPING]

Are you okay?

Chester! Wake up!

No!

[GASPING]

[HIGH VOICE]

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

Jirou...

I'm... your mother.

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

I... I don't understand.

You... you're hurting me.

[JIROU CRYING OUT]

[JIROU FIGHTING FOR BREATH]

[JIROU CRIES OUT]

[CHESTER GASPING]

I felt her.

She's here.

Who is here?

Oh, God.

- No!
- ... Chester, wait! Wait!

Jirou!

Jirou!

That wind...

That was you, wasn't it?

You were always with me.

And now you're gone.

[GASPING]

I saw Jirou.

I led her there, and she took him.

She took my brother.

Who took him?

My... mother.

Yuko.

♪ I dream of you ♪

♪ More than you dream I do ♪

♪ How can I prove to you ♪

♪ This love is real ♪

♪ You're mean to me ♪

♪ More than you mean to be ♪

♪ You just can't seem to see ♪

♪ The way I feel ♪

I think this is the first time
I've seen you relax

since I've been back.

I was so certain Bowen
was out to get me.

What changed your mind?

This, I guess.

I didn't think he was really
going to throw a party.

For us.

[SIGHING]

Ken wanted this day to come so bad.

But this...

he would've found it all so dumb.

[CHUCKLING]

Yeah.

Yeah, I bet he'd really roll his eyes

if he saw you dance
with your stupid brother.

[LAUGHING]

♪ I dream of you ♪

[PARTY NOISE IN THE DISTANCE]

[RAIN FALLING]

Miss Yoshida...

You've had too much to drink.

When I was a young officer,

I was taught discipline.

Watch what you do.

What you say.

What you eat...

and what you drink.

[CUP CLATTERING]

[WHIMPERING]

But most of all,

they taught me to watch who I trusted.

I will never forget

the day you and your mother
walked into my office.

She sat down,

and looked me right in the eye,

and she said

that you wanted to help your country

during a time of war.

And I believed her.

And I believed you.

And then...

[WHIMPERING]

[TURNING TAPE MACHINE ON]

[BOWEN ON RECORDING]: Some
dogs you just have to put down.

It's safer this way.

Trust me.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

He didn't leave you any more choice

than he left me.

Oh...

[SIGHING]

I knew you were one of the good ones.

I always trusted you.

[TURNING TAPE MACHINE OFF]

The WRA did receive the reel,

sent anonymously, just as you planned.

But thankfully,

an old buddy of mine from
my officer training days

was in the office when it came in,

and thankfully, that
buddy's a loyal man.

A patriot, if you will.

[SIGHING]

Now, Miss Yoshida,

if you'll just control yourself,

perhaps we can discuss
the current situation

and how we're going to handle it

and our potential future together.

[SCREAMING] Help! Help me!

I gave you a chance!

Go ahead and scream all you want!

Nobody can hear you.

We're underground.

In Block 36.

They're all the way across camp.

They can't hear shit.

And to think...

I was this close to regretting

that this camp ever existed.

Goddamn it!

Try to maintain

a functioning electrical grid

out here in the middle of nowhere...

And then...

as you were all softening me up,

you showed your true colors.

Nakayama attacking my MPs.

Ken, O Lover Boy, takes me hostage...

You miss him, don't you?

You miss his touch.

[SPITTING]

Go to hell!

I really liked you, Amy.

Hell...

[WHIMPERING]

I still do.

[SNAPPING]

[SCREAMING]

[SOBBING]

[CRYING]

[CHESTER]: She said she
wanted me and my brother

to live with her

in her perfect world.

Your mother's spirit is following you?

She tracked me to Guadalcanal,

and now she's here.

You knew this, and you kept it from me?

Even when my father was missing?

Luz, it's been two years.

We thought we destroyed her at the camp.

I thought it was all over.

I thought we were over.

After all you'd been through,

how could I tell you?

Yuko was my midwife.

She was kind to me.

Why would a spirit do that?

I don't know.

Did she kill my father?

It's...

it's possible.

The wedding photos.

This blur.

It's a sign that Yuko's spirit

is controlling someone.

Possessing them.

Yuko was at the wedding?

Chester, this is Doña Maria.

When's the last time
either of you saw her?

[DOOR SQUEAKING]

[CLOSING DOOR]

Doña Maria?

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[GASPING]

People are going to notice I'm missing.

My friends, my family,
they'll come looking for me.

And in a few days, I'm
sure they'll find you.

I swear to God this place is haunted.

Of course it's haunted.

All the Japanese know that.

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

What are you mumbling about?

The yurei.

The wandering spirit.

You've seen her, haven't you?

What did Yuko do to you?

Yuko? That's her name?

She's from my island.

I can tell you all about her.

Shut up. You're lying.

They say she likes dark, hidden places.

Should I call Yuko down here?

Or maybe just let her possess one of us.

[COCKING GUN]

You shut your mouth.

I'm not falling for any of
your voodoo bullshit.

Goddamn this camp.

[SIGHING]

[SCREAMING]

[GROANING]

[SCREAMING]

[STRUGGLING]

[GASPING FOR AIR]

[BOWEN CHOKING]

[GASPING]

[SPLUTTERING]

[FALLING SILENT]

[DOOR OPENING]

[DOOR CLOSING]

[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]

Doña Maria's dead.

Yuko killed her.

She was holding this.

Yuko...

she knows.

She knows what?

She's not here for you.

I'm pregnant.

She's come for our baby.

[BIRDS SINGING]

[INSECTS BUZZING]

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

[♪♪]

Today, by order of the Supreme Court,

we repatriate you into American society.

♪

[TIRE SCREECHING]

[DOOR OPENING, CREAKING]

- [GASPING]
- [TAPPING]

[IN HORROR] Yuko!