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A Few Suggestions for Shōgun Season Two
Yabushige flashbacks are nonnegotiable.
But today’s confirmation that the show will indeed be returning to “continue the saga” made me realize I’ve done a complete 180 on the idea and am now eager to see how the creative team — most importantly, star and executive producer Hiroyuki Sanada — will move this story forward. But I also understand that TV endures, that’s its whole thing, and Shōgun did enough world-building in its first ten episodes that there are unseen locations to which the series can travel, other characters to meet (remember, Toranaga-sama has more sons), and more aspects of Japanese history to explore. Also, if future seasons of Shōgun never materialize, at least its reclassification for this year’s Emmys allows it to beat The Crown for Best Drama, a delightful possibility suggested by our Gold Rush columnist, Joe Reid.
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