An expertly-staged scene of the shootout follows Smith, who gets pinned down under heavy fire. There’s a mole somewhere.Īs Smith and a soldier talk about the High Castle films back in New York, they’re suddenly ambushed by the Resistance. Nobody was supposed to tell the Germans about Frank. Why? And how will it affect German-Japanese relations? Tension is on the rise, and Tagomi (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) is particularly concerned. They know about Frank’s arrest and also want to capture Juliana both sides are going to descend on Canon City for her newsreel. The Germans are concerned about the Resistance. How very Maltese Falcon of him.Īt the Japanese Authority Building in San Francisco, a meeting with the Nazi Ambassador goes all wrong. Is he the contact? He spouts a philosophical speech about self-sacrifice, points Juliana toward a specific verse, and gives her money to buy a Bible. Why has religious freedom been squashed? Could resistance possibly emerge through organized religion?īible Man asks Juliana for his check at precisely 12:05 p.m., the same time that was written on her sister’s note. (The character isn’t given a name, so let’s call him Bible Man.) Religious texts like the Bible are forbidden in both Pacific States and the Reich, which is an interesting wrinkle. A man in the diner (Allan Havey) is reading a Bible. Meanwhile at the Sunrise Diner, Juliana works while waiting for her contact. (“Jews don’t get to decide if they’re Jews.”) If Frank doesn’t reveal where Juliana went with her sister’s package, Kido will execute his sister and her children for being Jewish. Frank tries to protest, but Kido isn’t interested. Kido asks Frank why he’s not circumcised, then reveals that he knows his grandfather was Jewish. After he’s stripped, we get our first notable encounter with Inspector Kido (Joel de la Fuente), the terrifying head of the Kempeitai. Smith isn’t happy: “Satisfy yourself with following orders.”īack to poor, doomed Frank.
When Joe returns Smith’s call, he reveals that he learned the cargo is a film. His boy, though, will make the world better. As his son reads a textbook at the breakfast table, Smith gives him a speech about the moral decay that threatens to take over the country. We get a bit more background on this terrifying Nazi: He lives in Long Island, where he runs an characteristically disciplined home. Juliana gets a job at the Sunrise Diner, while Joe goes to a bar and discovers that he missed a call from Obergruppenführer Smith (Rufus Sewell). Kleintank and Davalos seem more comfortable here than they did in the pilot, which is a thankful improvement. They drive out of town, then watch the sunrise from a nearby dam. Joe (Luke Kleintank) buys a hotel room for Juliana (Alexa Davalos), and we notice an unexplained scar on her back. “Sunrise” pulls The Man in the High Castle toward dark directions, setting the stage for grim stories to come.Īfter the tragically-named Frank Frink (Rupert Evans) is taken into custody and beaten by Japanese soldiers, the episode heads out to Canon City. So, when a show like The Man in the High Castle returns ten months after its first episode, it must accomplish two things: re-hook viewers who saw the pilot nearly a year ago, and confidently define the identity of the series. Each pilot is crafted to hook an audience, but there’s no guarantee of more episodes to come. Although Fargo, The Leftovers, and other prestige shows tend to get multiple-episode orders from the get-go, Amazon’s “pilot season” green lights a show differently. The second episode of an Amazon-produced show is a unique thing. Rufus Sewell as Obergruppenführer John Smith.
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