Shōgun finale: Life is but 'A Dream Of A Dream'

In the FX epic's sendoff, Toranaga schemes and Blackthorne grieves

Given the past few episodes, I was expecting more of a showstopper-style finale in which a bunch more characters would die, or maybe someone would seek some kind of retribution for Mariko ’s death. But no. This is more of a denouement of an episode, a processing of things, and a subtle setting-up of the future to come for these characters. Oh, and Yabushige loses his goddamn mind—and head.

It gives us the chance to see a sort of dreamy-looking fast-forward to the moment of war, when the armies will stand, awaiting battle, only for Ishido to receive word that the heir has now given his blessing to Toranaga instead of him. Ishido, left with no further credibility, must concede. We can assume this all comes to pass, too, as the action in Shōgun mirrors the real-life establishment of the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate and ushering in of the Edo Period of Japanese history.

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