the man in the high castle season 1 recap video

These are all good things.Īlso Read: Here's Everything New Coming to Amazon Prime Video in Novemberīut after all that happened, there was still one last scene for “The Man in the High Castle.” The final scene takes us to the portal the Nazis built so they could travel to alternate universes. John Smith (Rufus Sewell), perpetrator of so many crimes against humanity, is finally dead and gone. The east coast has autonomy from Germany, and is now being run by a guy who clearly wants the Nazis gone. The Japanese have abandoned North America, and the Black Communist Rebellion is setting up a new, presumably much better government. So as we arrive at that final scene, things are looking up in the, ah, Prime Earth of this story. And the ending of this series, the final scene of season 4, can be a bit confusing for folks because it’s more in that metaphorical territory. On the one hand you’ve got the standard narrative in the form of the alternate history in which the Axis powers won World War II, and on the other the whole thing about parallel universes, which has always served a more metaphorical function.

“The Man in the High Castle” is not the most straightforward book, and naturally the TV show that Amazon has turned that book into is likewise not straightforward. (Spoilers ahead for the ending of “The Man in the High Castle” season 4, which is also the ending of the entire series.

The man in the high castle season 1 recap video