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The Man In The High Castle Conclusion

It has been a few days since I finished the final season of TMITHC and I have many thoughts of my own and from what I’ve gathered from fans’ posts on here.

The Ending

Well, it was an ending... Honestly talking mainly about the final episode, I was already curious how they would handle it and I hoped they would extend the episode to an 1hr and a half but no such luck. Consensus gathered from here is that most people agree that they left the show in an acceptable but strange place and one more episode or even season would be needed to truly conclude every story so we know where our characters end up. Especially in regards to the large crowds of people coming through the portal which I am very glad I’m not the only one who was very confused by what that meant and still would like an explanation.

The Fallen

Now, this section may come from favourite character bias but there is a lot of truth here, I’m focusing on the deaths of Tagomi and Joe. Firstly in regards to Joe, he obviously died in season 3 and many (like myself) hoped he would return as an alternate version in S4, we didn’t get him which was a shame but fine nonetheless. What isn’t fine to me however, is that Juliana did not address Joe’s death or seem to express any emotion in regards to killing him other than a quick cigarette/alcohol scene at the start of 3x06. Like I get it, there are more important things going on but, with the emphasis put on Joe in season 3, I was surprised at the no mention besides a hint of a flashback in the mine in 4x10.

Onto Tagomi, I have to say and thankfully I have seen that many agree with me, that killing him in the first ten minutes of the season was not the best idea. All I have been able to find through searching is a comment that Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa may have been too busy shooting a film to be in the final season, to which I say fine, I would love if that was confirmed and not just speculation though. Because, then it just seems that killing Tagomi was the plan from the get-go and I just cannot understand it. He could have had so much use in this season as a member of the empire, as someone who wanted peace overall AND most importantly as an experienced traveller. All the focus on killing Joe to save Tagomi’s life in season 3 just to kill him in the opening of season 4, sigh.

The Forgotten

Characters like Ed, Jack, Juliana’s Parents, Nicole and many more who I’ve even forgotten whose stories ended without any sort of answer as to what happened to them. Some parts of this I understand as it is the final season and there is already so much to deal with but seeing Childans arc which I adored come to a sweet end I wonder about the other characters who altogether disappeared alongside the main character they were mainly attached to (Frank, Joe, etc). The only conclusion I come up with is ‘I guess they died in the one year time jump OR they moved far away from the action’ and that is all we get.

Overall, in my opinion season four was fine, I’m satisfied enough with where they left the show but I do wish they spent some time in episodes differently or paced it so it moved more quickly. I feel like we could have gotten to the plot of the final episode by 4x08 and then we would have had two episodes to wrap up threads like if the reich and BCR come to peace terms or how are Jennifer and Amy going to cope without their parents or is there a ripple effect outside of North America? Who knows the possibilities could have been endless. Also just seeing characters get their endings would have been nice, let me see Childan and Yukiko meet in Japan, let me see Bell finally build that house she wanted, let me see Juliana be happy and content with the war over.

I’m going to miss The Man In The High Castle a lot.

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Bad guys have all the luck

When Helen got to that border wall (one that actually goes through Colorado) I kept wondering what the soldiers though when it turned out this woman walking through is the Reichsmarshall’s wife. But of course that meant John knew she was coming long before she entered the apartment. They may not have the same goals any more but they can still work together. I’m just afraid he’ll try to get Helen fully back by giving her alt-Thomas. I hope she’ll send her daughters to that world instead.

I liked the parallels between good John Smith (or alt as CC calls him) and Kido’s son. Just like Toru he couldn’t face the man he became at war. The war leaves no innocents - everyone is destroyed. It’s so easy to justify the means but they may come to haunt you. Unlike Toru alt-John had the opportunity to leave it behind him. Toru has no escape and it destroys him. He snaps. And then when he tells his father he gets disowned. Not becoming like your father is harder in some places than others.

But it saves his father’s life. I really hate how the bad guys have this luck. How many assassinations is Kido going to survive? And then he was in the right place to make the connection between Lem, Price and the caterers. BCR still got their targets but as Childan told them most of them were a mistake.

I know he has basically fell up through every hardship but this time I have really felt bad for Childan. He always seems to fall into those resistance plots and almost die when he just want to sell out his nation’s culture to reach as the top in the culture that destroyed it. It was so sad seeing his joy at all his achievements since the invasion among the people who are the reason why he ate mice. Such a contrast with Bell’s speech. He is the hog. But that’s also why he can help.

Juliana saved from the hands of one John Smith’s lackeys by another John Smith. We got to know where their paths diverged. Of course it wasn’t just a decision. This John Smith came back to a completely different country than the other. His war was won when the other’s was lost and there were many, many more atrocities he committed. Unfortunately, it is the good one that dies. He didn’t even have time to use that advice Juliana gave him. I knew this was inevitable so the bad one can cross over. Get his hands on Juliana and Thomas. But it’s still so unfair.

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