Tokyo Vice
Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Were in the thick of it now, folks.
The best show in town, as our big baddie Tozawa describes it.
The police run with the suicide angle at the press conference the following day.
A suicide note was found on the scene and authenticated.
From the back of the room, Nagata notices Jake and Trendy pressing for questions.
Your gaijin is smarter than he looks, she tells Katagiri.
They both agree that if Tozawa has returned, then his gumi must be the next target.
Nagata reassures him that shell confirm his family is protected.
Hell be assigned to an unconnected case, but just on the books.
Back in the pressroom, Emi runs into her boyfriend, Shingo.
His team atTokyo Weeklyhave found something on the topic of Meichos videotape fire.
Is Baku on Tozawas payroll?
Shingo hates the guy, but he doubts it.
More likely, sometimes he looks away, or does a few things here and there behind the scenes.
Like getting rid of a videotape, Emi responds.
Im so sorry, I wont tell them what I saw, she tells Ohno.
Shell say that she was caught first and couldnt find anything.
Ohno knows thatll berealbad news for Samantha, so he proposes another venture they could present to Ishida together.
Theres a new project hes working on in the early stages.
I know what it is to need forgiveness, he tells her.
Breakfast at the Tozawas proves less conflict resolution and more conflict acceleration.
Nakahara was my fathers brother-in-law, she responds curtly.
The biggest fire burning while her husband was away was clearly her ire.
We are on the verge of something unprecedented, Tozawa responds.
Nakahara-san was in the way.
His return and insistence on taking the reins of the family business will only gum up the works.
Without my family you would still be nothing, she says.
As you were when I met you.
After all, having a death wish isnt sexy, as Samantha tells Jake later on at the club.
Id rather not find out one day you just disappeared and there will be no consequences, she reiterates.
Make them think that you already have proof of the location, Jake instructs.
You just need confirmation.
But dont say the name.
Tin Tin flubs it on that last part, giving up the name at the Ministry in a pinch.
Samantha and Ohnos plan is now activated, but Tin Tins story (and pride) is crushed.
Everything went according to plan?
Instead, he bids Hayama good work and dismissed, and asks Sato to hang back.
I want you there, says Ishida.
A lesson may have to be taught.
Before the big meeting, Sato pays a visit to Jake at the batting cages.
Where do yakuza go when they have a liver issue (illness of the trade)?
This is wishful thinking, Katagiri advises.
Tozawa did not come back and kill Nakahara just to die.
Theyre ontosomethinghere, but theyve got to keep digging.
Everyone in attendance knows what Tozawa did, and a guy from the Kansai table finally confronts it head-on.
Transition is difficult, Tozawa responds, but most of you understand that our future glitters.
Tozawa isnt bucking for Oyabun here.
There will be no more oyabun.
I will be your president, he says.
The Tozawa corporation (a.k.a.
No more paying tribute.
And if they dont join Tozawa?
They wont last long.
The police are devouring all our enemies for us, he says.
Its the best show in town.
Tozawas aim is higher than the organizations historical bevy of shady and semi-legit businesses.
He wants a seat on every major boardroom in Japan.
Its a shifting tide that bodes ill for the Chihara-kai folks at Club Polina tonight.
Despite Erikas warning everythings on track for Ishida and Satos arrival.
One day, your judgment will protect the Chihara-kai, Ishida says.
When you are its leader.
Hey, weve seenGladiator, right folks?
Kaitos been getting in fights at school, and now hes in danger of being expelled.
I cant lose both my sons, she says.
If [Kaito] throws away his life, it will be your fault.
Is it Liam Gallagher?
Nice to be reminded at the halfway mark: OnTokyo Vice, we partystrictlylike its 1999.
