Meanwhile, Juliana and Trudy have found their way to Tagomi in the Western Pacific States. The Adlers never should have met the Smiths. Before Alice can choke her to death, Helen smacks her upside the head with a glass ashtray. First, Alice insinuates that they had something to do with her husband’s death, which Helen denies, and then a slap fight ensues that soon escalates to hair pulling. Helen goes to Alice Adler to stop the rumors about her family’s poor health, but it does not go well. Adler last season when he realized that he might reveal the truth about Thomas Smith’s illness. In case you forgot, John Smith killed Dr. As John and the two girls play outside, Helen goes in to talk to Dr. While the Smiths may have dodged a bullet in the news machine, their arc this episode ends with another one that could do them in. What’s his end game? Could it be manipulation of the press? As we know, there’s no more powerful force for a regime that thrives on propaganda. Interestingly, he doesn’t ask her to stop reporting about his family, only to be kept informed on what she’s doing. He knows a secret about her and a man named Roger. What if Thomas’s two younger sisters get sick, too? After a reporter suggests such a thing, John Smith intimidates her into being on his side. It doesn’t help that reporters like Thelma Harris are sowing seeds of doubt as to the health of the rest of the Smith family. The biggest arc this episode arguably belongs to Helen Smith, still grieving the loss of her son in a way that seems to be tearing her apart from her husband, who has to maintain a proud, confident face for his party while she grieves in silence. With Joe Blake likely to get to San Francisco next episode and the Smith family in even deeper water after the violent end of this one, this slow start to the season could soon pay off. They really had nothing else to do with her, as turning Juliana’s inspiration for leading the Resistance into a supporting character just doesn’t work. To that end, the writers are wise to send Trudy Crain, Juliana’s sister, back to her own reality. It sounds silly, but something big needs to happen, as this year is too focused on the end of the last one. Most of all, the writers need to break John Smith out of his grief about his son now - that dominated a lot of last season and has somewhat sidelined the best actor on the show through 20 percent of this one already. Photo: Liane Hentscher/Amazon Prime VideoĪfter a slightly hyperactive, way-too-long season premiere, The Man in the High Castle settles in a bit in episode two, but to what end? Is anyone else already a little bored? The show feels like it’s already spinning its wheels a bit.
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