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Shōgun Recap: No Exit


This show warned us from the start that it would break our hearts.

“Crimson Sky” — a title that suggests an episode dominated by a different sort of action — opens with a stark, snowy flashback to 14 years earlier, when a pregnant Mariko led the existence of a living ghost, hoping for death, but finding solace in the words of Father Martin and the faith he practices. All of this must be weighing on Mariko as she attempts to leave with her party the next day, but she remains resolute, walking steadily toward the gate before an audience that includes the Regents, Blackthorne, and Yabushige. Waves of violence follow, each staged with brutal elegance as Mariko’s retinue thins, ultimately leaving her to face Ishido’s forces alone.

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