the man in the high castle season 1 synopsis

It’s kind of a lame way to write out a major character, but Tagawa might have been busy filming Lost in Space and let’s not forget that having alternate realities means no one is really dead in this universe. In a shocking storytelling move, Tagomi (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) is assassinated without a line of dialogue or even a good look at his face.

As the Beach Boys play on the car radio, the man who just tried to kill her in one reality carries her to safety in another. Juliana jumped to that reality at the end of season three, and to start this one, she lands in a bed of flowers where she is nearly run over by John Smith 2.0. Smith also learned about the development of what we’ll call the “Nazi Stargate,” which the Reich is using to investigate alternate realities - including the one in which the Allies win World World II. The last year left Smith alone after his wife, Helen (Chelah Horsdal), took off with their two girls when the loss of their son, Thomas, proved too much to bear. The man who first felt like a supporting character in the saga of Juliana Crain (Alexa Davalos) has come to the front of the stage, and his slow pulling away from the party that made him a leader has been the most consistent subplot over three seasons.

The very long preseason recap should remind viewers that this is arguably the story of John Smith (Rufus Sewell) more than anyone else. Add this sense of the show’s not quite living up to its potential to the roster of cast members who have departed, and the final season could wind up being more of a whimper than a bang. In a world that has become dominated by stories of actual Nazis and #FakeNews, it sometimes feels like The Man in the High Castle is afraid to take risks with how it reflects its version of 2019, leaving us with an experience that can feel hollow. It’s hard to tell after the season premiere, a slow episode that is either setting the table for more to come or a sign of the show spinning its wheels. The fourth season of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle will be the show’s last, leading fans to wonder whether the streaming-service hit will run out of ideas and limp to the finish line or give this epic sci-fi story an incredible closing chapter. The Japanese think the BCR - the Black Communist Rebellion - is behind the Tagomi assassination.

The man in the high castle season 1 synopsis