Tokyo Vice
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Enter his Gandalf the White era, so to speak.
But the gods of fate had other plans.
Why wasnt I notified about this meeting?!
You brought him to that shitty club without enough protection, hefaux-scolds Sato.
This is your fault.
Two shooters, both masked, entered through the main elevator.
Ishida was the target, struck multiple times, status unknown.
Three confirmed casualties: two guests (including Ohno) and one Chihara-kai, with others seriously injured.
For now, all they can do is look for the shooters and pray things dont escalate.
Over at Police HQ, Nagata is questioning Samantha about the shoot-out.
Sams playing things predictably cool, mixing smart lies with emotional truths.
Ohnos a regular, nothing more.
Several witnesses saw her and Ohno in deep conversation moments before the shooting, counters Nagata.
Thats what hostesses do, Sam replies.
I have no clue what they were after!
It was my club!
I was supposed to keep them safe.
It all tracks and seems to satisfy Nagata for the time being.
Sam crosses paths with Tozawa in the hallway no sooner than getting clear of Nagata.
Very convenient and not at all suspicious.
Good evening, Ms. Porter, he whispers.
Yikes, welcome to the Tozawa Knows Your Name club.
On his way out, Tozawa slips into the bathroom to sneak up on Katagiri.
You were out awfully late tonight, Detective, he says.
Give my regards to your family.
He finishes his not-so-veiled threat with a dig at Nagata.
I hadnt realized how desperate things were for you and your colleagues.
You underestimate the police at your peril, Katagiri responds.
The next day at Meicho, Emi establishes that they need an angle for second-day coverage of the shooting.
For Jake, that means a race against the clock to find a Tozawa connection.
Ukai knows the tattoo.
Two brothers, both in Hishinuma-kai, wear the same one on their respective wrists.
I can connect them to Tozawa, Jake tells Emi over the phone.
I just need more time.
Emi smells Jake avoiding his trip home for his dads 60th a mile away.
Life matters too, she tells him.
Thisismy life, he insists to Emi and himself.
While theyre all still in the calm before the storm, Katagiri pays a visit to Chihara-kai and Hayama.
There will be no retaliation, Katagiri admonishes.
Any further violence will be met with the most severe response.
You promised youd stay away from him, Sato tells Hayama later on in the Oyabuns office.
Which makes you a liar.
Kashira, leave him alone.
Sato knows hes putting out the fire with gasoline here, but Hayama has left him no choice.
The following day, Samantha catches her photo, right next to Ohnos, in the newspaper.
American Mama-San Tied to Yakuza, it reads.
This is about the Meicho doing its job, she says.
If you have a problem with that, you oughta work somewhere else.
For now, the trails gone cold.
Jakes run out of excuses and it looks like hes going to make that flight home after all.
He visits Sam to say pretty much the same thing, but the unspoken flame between them lights up.
Might as well get closer (and naked).
Someones in his house.
A scared young man emerges from the shadows, arms raised, revealing the tattoo on his wrist.
The shadowy path to Tozawa may have just lightened up a little.
(Which should beeveryonewatching this show.)
His presence in her life is also forcing her to rethink her situation with her brother.
I live in fear for him, Emi confesses to Shingo.
But Ive never once been afraid of him.
