The lines blurrier than it seems.
And that line is something the characters ofHigh Castlestruggle to grapple with and continue to toe across the premiere.
Though hed rather not, he has to lie when the captain learns hes a Nazi.
Credit: Liane Hentscher
Of course, the Reich doesnt actually care for its money or for the lives of the African-American workers.
So how does this connect to the Man in the High Castle?
Juliana plays along, having seen the reel she brought to him and been disturbed by its events.
You learn an awful lot from these films.
is dressed as a Nazi and murdered.
Yet, when Juliana watches the reel, she cant quite place the man shes seeing.
Then were screwed, Hawthorne concludes, taking a 180 from his enthusiastic mood seconds before.
With that, the pair end up talking.
At that, she wonders why hes so angry at her.
Like he said before, some people are rotten in some films, kind in others.
John Smith could be considered both in this reality.
At his office in New York, he meets with Joe, who arrived there safely.
Joe, in retaliation, asks to resign, saying he cant handle the nature of the job anymore.
This isnt themanyou want tobe?
It seems Ive misjudged you, Joe.
Later, John gets a chance to go to Berlin to meet the Fuhrer himself.
If John doesnt find him, all will be lost, the Fuhrer sputters.
John leaves, as shaken as his protege had been at sea.
NEXT: Where, oh where, is the Japanese trade minister?
In fact, it goes full throttle on Mission Save DJ Qualls.
First, it has an extremely guilty and repentant Frank tell Inspector Kido himself that Ed is innocent.
Trapped, Frank smashes glass back in his apartment, before falling asleep.
He wakes with a start when Arnold Julianas stepfather, remember arrives to check on dear Jules.
After all, Arnoldisa pawn for the kempeitai, listening in on their behalf inside the Nippon Building.
Thrown by Franks aggressive accusation, Arnold advises him to find someone who has connections.
If they can find someone sympathetic to their plight, maybe Ed can be freed.
Frank, however, mobilizes and pores through Childans list of contacts.
But Childan isnt convincing enough for Paul; the lawyer has no interest in fame for taking Eds case.
(Yeah… not throw them out, in this case, means hold them prisoner.)
Unlike Childan and Frank, Tagomi has walked free hes even traversed across realities.
Shots are fired, kempeitai soldiers fall, and Karen dies from a gunshot wound.
So whos in the right?
Suddenly, she has a flashback: She sees the man she saw in the film and couldnt identity.
He was the man who had turned to look at her at the funeral.But who is he?
(Who knew season 2 would introduce the titular man in the high castle so quickly?!
Welcome, Stephen Root.)
Are you guilty for the actions of your seniors, your bosses, the party youre loyal to?
Can you ever let that guilt go?
Thats how Ill be grading these episodes at least.
So, without further ado…
