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Joe is clearly onto her from early on, so the question stops being whether he’ll discover who she is, and becomes whether or not he’ll turn her in. In the neutral zone, Juliana and Joe continue their dance of mutual suspicion and attraction.
#MAN IN HIGH CASTLE SEASON 1 EPISODE 2 TV#
Obsessed with TV shows, Movies and sometimes other things.After episode 1 established the tone of the series, episode two was all about revealing the characters’ surprising depths. I’m certainly interested to see where they go with the story, and I look forward to finding out what that film really is. Overall, I’d say this was a really great second episode of what is shaping up to be a fantastic series. The performances are great all round, from little known actors as well, which takes away any “Ooh I know them” distractions and they all fit into their roles with great charisma and Joie de vivre. The music is well composted, it slowly drifts through the episode like a serpent, wrapping itself around the most tense scenes and uncoiling to strike at the end. The cinematography of the show is gritty, the colours saturated, only the reds stand out, and the shots are often beautiful to look at. The brooding atmosphere and tension of these scenes is terrifically staged, with 60’s songs playing over shots of Mad Men like scenes of smoking and drinking.Įlsewhere, the set design is constantly fantastic, it’s realistic and draws the eye, it’s strange to see such a change to well known images of landmarks and posters. It’s also interesting to see the developing tension between the Germans and the Japanese, as neither of them trust each other, but they’re both able to obliterate the other, and they plan to. This all builds to its climax in a scary, dramatic and deeply oppressive fashion, as we cut between these events and those of Juliana and Joe. He encounters the voice of a man in the next cell, telling him that it’s down to ordinary men to not give up. The 60’s aesthetic of the diner and streets mixes well with the degradation of a fallen country and the encroaching evil and sense of dread.įrank gets the most dramatic story, held captive by Inspector Kido, he struggles with revealing the location of Juliana or seeing his sister and her kids die. The central tension between Juliana and Joe in the neutral zone is nicely developed, and whilst it’s the quietest of the story lines, it’s also the most engaging. It looked and sounded beautiful and deftly told its story, weaving the lives of its characters into this terrible new world, whilst keeping alive the central mystery of the show, Who is The Man in the High Castle?Įpisode 2 is a brisker, sharper, more engaging and defter piece of television, with a greater confidence and a more satisfying style of storytelling. The first episode was an exciting blend of big ideas, fantastic technical work and great script writing. It’s 1962, Hitler is dying, conflict broils between the axis forces and a mysterious film titled ‘The Grasshopper lies heavy’ tells of the Allies winning the war, and anyone found with it is seen as treasonous.
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The story, for those who don’t know, is that TMITHC asks what would happen if the Allies lost the war and America was taken over by the Japanese on the west coast, and the Nazis on the East. Dick, and now, in preparation for the rest of the season to be dropped next month, the second episode has been released, and it’s even better than the first. It’s been nearly 10 months since we witnessed the excellent pilot to this alternate history show, based on the book by Philip K.