Shōgun finale: Life is but "A Dream Of A Dream"
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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. But first, we’re greeted with the face of an elderly Blackthorne, lying supine and grunting in a big,...

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