The man in the high castle season 1 episode 10

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Well, his cliched Nazi flatness instantly falls away after the pilot. Naturally, he's certainly capable of doing more as an actor, he's just fallen victim to type-casting over the years. In the pilot episode he's 'the villain.' Smarmy Sewell, as you've seen him play in many different projects. Rufus Sewell is the best example of this. And while the show makes ample use of its vast, complex world and its awesome cast, it also does that unthinkable thing (though wonderful for TV) of turning monsters into characters. From a book shop clerk to a secretary to a random SS officer. Everyone, as you'll discover, means something. The Man in the High Castle may not exactly let up, ease up, on its grimness, but it is a captivating, gripping affair. All while the elusive, shadowy Man in the High Castle either makes and/or covets these strange illegal films. Because there's no time to fixate on that kind of gimmick when there are Nazi agents to avoid, bounty hunters to battle, assassinations to plot, Yakuza to fight, and mysteries to solve. It even evokes 1998's Dark City a little, in that somehow everyone in her world might be being toyed with on a cosmic scale. It instantly shades the story with a multiverse theme. A world where she wouldn't have lost her father and millions more wouldn't have been exterminated. And it's a wickedly powerful moment to see her look through that lens, to perhaps an alternate dimension, our dimension, and see the happy outcome. In the pilot, Juliana witnesses footage of the Allied Powers winning the war. So what about The Man in the High Castle is 'sci-fi?' Well, it only really pops up right at the beginning and right at the end (though in the end in a very big way) and it involves mysterious film reels that depict different realities. So this buffer helps carry us through the hellscape with a bit more ease. One that I'd wager most of us weren't around to experience. Because not only is this a different world, its a different era. For us here in 2015 though, the '60s setting allows the opportunity for some needed, extra detachment. The story takes place in the 60s, when the book was written, so story-wise it's been more than a decade since Germany and Japan split the U.S. Here however, with The Man in the High Castle, Dick looked back at what could have been if the Axis Powers had won World War II. It's a big recurring theme in his stories. The oracle-like ability to see around the corner. Dick is known for, right? Dark portrayals of a future under the thumb of some sort of brilliantly-concieved, oppressive (or addictive) technology. Credit: Amazon StudiosBecause that's what Philip K. From there, I'd say, the show changes again after the events in Episode 4, 'Revelations.' And then the through line remains somewhat constant until the final two chapters - which work to upend most everything while also spiking the stealth 'sci-fi' element of the show.ДЄlexa Davalos in The Man in the High Castle.

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Structurally, the second episode of the season, 'Sunrise,' is one of the bleakest parts of the entire series - though one that also helps spin several characters off in awesome directions. It can be a trudge for those used to lighter fare, or - in the very least - anything infused with any sort of levity. This is a grim, heavy, and necessary series. It gets in your gut and just sits there, making you feel somewhat sick. Dick's 1962 novel made such an impact and stuck with so many people over the years - including series creator Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files, Millennium, The Lone Gunmen). Without getting overly political, this is both an important show and an important show right now. This is a long, tragic nightmare that not only gives us a glimpse at a world of crushing cruelty, but also - perhaps - a look at ourselves today and the type of tyranny we might easily give in to, acquiesce to, and what atrocities we might accept in the name of our own personal safety. And I mean that in the best possible way. The Man in the High Castle, even with all the suspense and intrigue that comes with it, is a uniquely unnerving experience. With 'unsettling' perhaps being the key word there. You can read the pilot review here and see that I hailed the premiere episode as one of the best pilots Amazon's ever done, presenting us with a fantastic and unsettling retro-dystopian 'What If?' world. In The Man in the High Castle's case, it was last January during Amazon's first 'pilot season' of the year.

THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE SEASON 1 EPISODE 10 FULL

The Man in the High Castle marks the first time I've reviewed a full season of a streaming show having already reviewed its pilot episode separately (save for Daredevil, where I reviewed every episode).

The man in the high castle season 1 episode 10