re: Shogun - Official Series Discussion Thread **Spoilers**

Told my wife after the first time he went in, it was some type of test. Toranaga has a lot of respect for Blackthorne already and vice versa... interested to see where things go. Assuming Mariko's husband is dead, but we didn't see it on screen so who knows.

Never saw the original show and just now reading the book, so I'm not sure where it leads in that regard.