As all seems lost, Henry and Asako must look to the past to provide answers to their current turmoil. Chester and Luz grapple with their identities in hopes of saving those who are dearest to them.

There’s a gut-wrenching moment at the beginning of this final episode when Yamato-san (Star Trek’s George Takei, getting his most screen time in this series) dreams that he’s met someone in the afterlife, only to realise that the entire family has died as the US forces bomb Hiroshima. He awakens to the celebration that Japan has been bombed, a retaliation to the attack on Pearl Harbor, but he finds no joy in this.

The Second World War is coming to an end, the Japanese Americans having lost so much along the way, particularly the Nakamaras, who are chasing down Luz, who has been possessed by Yuko. And herein lies the problem. Yuko is not a bad person, rather a troubled spirit seeking vengeance on those who have wronged her. We don’t get a showboating confrontation, rather a release from the bonds that allow her to move on. It’s an appropriate ending, but lacking the terror that the show promised.

In the closing credits (which are played over with ‘I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free’, the song that became synonymous with Barry Norman’s Film programme in the UK) we get to see photos of real people who were among the 145,000 imprisoned by their government, as well as photos of their descendants who worked on the show, including of course George Takei. It’s a sobering moment.

Verdict: Probably the right ending to a show that has struggled with its own identity. In many ways it was better when a straight historical drama depicting the real terrors inflicted on innocent people by war. As a supernatural drama, it just wasn’t scary enough, and Yuko soon became a one-trick monster. A worthy story to be told, but possibly not in this format. 7/10

Nick Joy