The Man in the High Castle
Fumbled the FinaleSeries finale "Fire from the Gods" scored 6.0, against the show's 8.0 average.
DystopiaOppressive imagined societies and the people caught in them.This show: 10/10Deep worldbuildingDense lore that rewards immersion.This show: 8/10Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 8/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10EspionageSpies, intelligence agencies and double lives.This show: 7/10BleakGrim and heavy, with little easy relief. These shows sit with suffering instead of softening it.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Alexa DavalosLuke KleintankRufus SewellRupert EvansJoel de la FuenteChelah Horsdal
Written by
Frank Spotnitz
Starring
Alexa DavalosLuke KleintankRufus SewellRupert EvansJoel de la FuenteChelah Horsdal
Written by
Frank Spotnitz
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The Man in the High Castle Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.5 | |
| S2 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.2 | |
| S3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.7 | |
| S4 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 6.0 |
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About
"Chilling alternate America, squandered by its own ending"
Based on Philip K. Dick's novel, this alternate-history drama imagines a defeated America split between Japanese and Nazi rule in the early 1960s. Resistance fighters, occupying officials, and ordinary citizens circle mysterious newsreels that seem to show a different, freer world. The show is moody and slow-burning, more interested in atmosphere, moral compromise, and world-building than action. Its production design and unsettling reimagining of everyday American life under fascism are the real draw, even as the plotting grows unwieldy and increasingly hard to steer toward a satisfying close.
Watch it for
the eerie, meticulously designed vision of a fascist-occupied America that feels unsettlingly plausible.
Maybe skip if
you need tight plotting and a payoff worthy of its premise's ambition.
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Season 12015
7.933K109h 18m
Some 20 years after that loss, the United States and much of the world has now been split between Japan and Germany, the major hegemonic states. But the tension between these two powers is mounting, and this stress is playing out in the western U.S.
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Season 22016
8.224K109h 16m
After giving Joe the film, Juliana is forced to flee the fury of the Resistance while embarking on a new path to save her home from destruction. Joe confronts his absent father in Berlin, who is not as he seems. Smith wrestles with what to do about his ill son. Frank takes a gamble with his life in a bid to save Ed. Tagomi's life is turned upside down by his "travel" to an alternative world.
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Season 32018
7.917K109h 20m
Juliana uncovers a dangerous Nazi plan for ultimate supremacy. Can she convince others to join her in stopping it? Or is it already too late? Though recently celebrated by Himmler, Smith finds that the dangers to his family continue. As the GNR takes retaliatory measures toward the JPS, tensions rise and Tagomi tries to broker peace. A haunted Kido searches for old enemies.
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Season 42019
7.619K108h 27m
Juliana Crain is on a mission to take down Reichsmarschall Smith, as the Nazis use the Die Nebenwelt Portal to infiltrate other worlds. Helen Smith struggles to protect her fractured family. Chief Inspector Kido is caught between the Imperial Army and the Royal Family as the Japanese Empire faces its greatest challenge. Amid these tensions, a new rebel force rises: the Black Communist Resistance.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Alexa Davalos Juliana Crain
Luke Kleintank Joe Blake
Rufus Sewell John Smith
Rupert Evans Frank Frink
Joel de la Fuente Inspector Kido
Chelah Horsdal Helen Smith
Brennan Brown Robert Childan
DJ Qualls Ed McCarthy
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Nobusuke Tagomi
Gracyn Shinyei Amy Smith
Crew
Frank Spotnitz
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