Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US government react by displacing Japanese-Americans.

The second part of AMC’s horror drama about a little-known part of America’s history is heavy on drama but dials back the horror to such an extent that you’d be forgiven for not realising that it’s a genre show. Apart from the odd glimpses of Yuko, the lady in white who is the harbinger of doom, the emphasis is all on the rounding up of the Japanese community.

Chester visits his Professor to try and understand why his pictures are coming out blurry, his father Henry has to prove that he really is a fisherman and not a spy by catching fish out on the ice, and Luz reveals that she’s with child – an awkward moment for Henry to share with his mother. George Takei continues to excel as Yamato-san and there’s a fine moment where an undercover Department of Justice agent discovers that the prisoners still have spirit.

Verdict: The episode concludes with the families arriving at the Colinas De Oro War Relocation Center in Oregon, the US flag significantly billowing in the frame, and the message is very clear – the Terror of the title is less the ancient spirit that’s possessing people than the paranoid, smarting government that’s looking for someone to blame. A fine hour of period drama – I suspect the horror quotient will soon start to creep up. 7/10

Nick Joy