The Man in the High Castle’s pilot debuted in January, 2015 and became Amazon’s “most watched pilot” since the inception of its original series development programme. This success tasked Amazon and the showrunners with the responsibility of living up to an immense amount of expectations when the whole season was released later. The entire first season of The Man in the High Castle was made available to viewers on November 20th, 2015. While TMITHC is not flawless, its thrilling story and alternate-universe setting still makes for a great watch.
Loosely based on the novel of the same name written by Philip K.Dick, The Man in the High Castle is set in an alternate-timeline USA where the Axis powers have won the Second World War. The story revolves around Julia Crain (Alexa Davalos), Frank Frink(Rupert Evans), and Joe Blake(Luke Kleintank) who get caught up in a resistance against the Nazi-Japanese rule. While Joe seeks out the resistance by himself, Julia gets involved after her half-sister, Trudy, is
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The pilot episode does not waste much time in making the viewer comfortable with the show and quickly introduces all the main characters and plot-points. There are hardly any filler episodes in the show. Every episode follows a few different plot-lines involving different characters that all form a part of the main plot and somehow manages to end with a strong cliffhanger, causing the viewer to jump right into the next episode. The most captivating aspect about TMITHC is the show’s setting. America in the 1960s ruled by the Nazis and Japanese makes for an intriguing backdrop. There are several instances in the show that depict how oppressive this regime would have been and the resultant hardships faced by the people. However, TMITHC fails in immersing the viewer into this setting, perhaps because the poor visual effects. Nonetheless, the show’s ambience is guaranteed to keep viewers