Spoilers

“Tomorrow is Tomorrow”

Toranaga makes a brazen escape attempt from Osaka with Blackthorne and Mariko in tow.

This episode was chocked full of some exciting action bits, including a fire-arrow fight in the woods and a dramatic ship ‘race’ on the sea. Both action scenes were extremely well done and shot.

You can see the beginnings of the relationship between Blackthorne and Mariko forming. Mariko’s husband Buntaro, stayed behind and held off the forces trying to prevent Toranaga’s escape. We do not see him killed on screen, but that is certainly the implication. I was never a fan of Buntaro, but he came through big time in this episode. I wonder if we will see him again since we did not see his death on camera.

Néstor Carbonell returned this episode as Vasco Rodrigues. He was a hoot here and shows, again, how awesome Carbonell is as an actor.