In the Shogun series finale, the clash between Toranaga and Ishido concludes in unexpected fashion as Blackthorne attempts to make sense of his new world.
As Blackthorne and Yabushige arrive in Osaka, Toranaga's plan to overcome his rivals begins to take shape. But only Mariko is aware that her lord has not yet given up.
As Toranaga and his men mourn Nagakado and prepare to meet their own fates in Osaka, Blackthorne faces a difficult decision: Should he remain loyal or save his own skin?
An unusually talky and relatively violence-free episode of Shogun demonstrates that this show can accomplish just as much with dialogue as it can with swords.
War comes to feudal Japan in the Shogun episode titled The Eightfold Fence. And not surprisingly, it's Blackthorne's cannons that deliver the first blow.
Check out our review of Shogun Season 1 Episode 1 and Episode 2, as, Englishman John Blackthorne and his crew witness an epic power struggle among Japan's feudal lords.