Shōgun 1.03

Tomorrow Is Tomorrow

Blackthorne and the others leave Osaka by ship. They encounter many obstacles in getting out away from Osaka. At first it looks like Toranaga is staying behind but he employs a bit of subterfuge to get away from the castle. The deception is discovered before they reach the ships when the Catholic regents send a force to kill Blackthorne.

Buntaro, Mariko's husband, doesn't make it to the boats in time. They don't go back for him. He dies fighting. Once they get to the boat, the same one that brought Blackthorne to Osaka, they discover they have a new problem. There are lots of little fishing vessels in the water filled with men who look ready to board them if they try to get out of the harbor.

Shōgun 1.02

Servants of Two Masters

The episode opens up with a flashback to one year prior, when the Taikō was dying but not quite dead. He calls for Toranaga and suggests to him that he could appoint him to be the sole regent while his son is still a minor. Toranaga advises against that course of action. The Taiko concurs.

Blackthorne is called before Lord Toranaga. Father Marin Alvito, a Portuguese priest serves as a translator. Blackthorne explains that England, his country, is at war with Portugal. The priest translates truthfully. The meeting is interrupted by a visit from one of the other regents, Lord Ishido. The result of the meeting with Ishido is that Blackthorne is thrown into a prison cell.

Shōgun 1.01

Anjin

The Erasmus, a Dutch ship, piloted by an English sailor (John Blackthorne) wrecks on the coast of Japan (near Ajiro) in 1600. The Portuguese are the only Europeans doing business in Japan. The Taikō has recently died leaving his young son and heir in the hands of five regents. Blackthorne is taken prisoner by the local ruler who passes him along to his uncle, Kashigi Yabushige.

A Portuguese priest denounces Blackthore and encourages Kashigi to execute him. One of the other surviving sailors from the Erasmus is executed in Blackthorne's place. Blackthorne is taken by ship to Osaka but before they get there the ship goes through a violent storm.