The Man in the High Castle: Season 2

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Amazon Prime | Prime Video | AMAZON | Season Premiere Date: December 16, 2016

Summary: Germany and Japan move closer to war in the second season where Juliana (Alexa Davalos) faces consequences of her actions, Joe (Luke Kleintank) ends up in Berlin, Frank (Rupert Evans) feels closer to the resistance after seeing the films, John Smith (Rufus Sewell) feels conflicted as his son becomes sicker, Trade Minister TagomiGermany and Japan move closer to war in the second season where Juliana (Alexa Davalos) faces consequences of her actions, Joe (Luke Kleintank) ends up in Berlin, Frank (Rupert Evans) feels closer to the resistance after seeing the films, John Smith (Rufus Sewell) feels conflicted as his son becomes sicker, Trade Minister Tagomi (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) has regrets and Chief Inspector Kido (Joel de la Fuente) seeks to figure out the connections between Julianna, the films and the Man in the High Castle.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E10. Fallout
Air Date: December 16, 2016
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S2:E9. Detonation
Air Date: December 16, 2016
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S2:E8. Loose Lips
Air Date: December 16, 2016

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Christian Bone

Dec 13, 2016

If the various plot threads can be kept from spinning out of control in the season’s second half, The Man in the High Castle is on track to repeat history and deliver another heady, engaging run. Read full review

IndieWire Liz Shannon Miller

Dec 7, 2016

Season 2, which premieres December 16, continues to find ways to make this world feel real and grounded, even as the mythology surrounding the more fantastical possibilities inherent in its premise gets deeper. Read full review

Collider Dave Trumbore

Dec 15, 2016

Season 2 adds another wrinkle to an already complex interweaving of multiple narratives, so it might be a tough task for new viewers to jump in without context. But if you take the plunge, you’ll be rewarded with a viewing experience unlike anything else on TV at the moment. Read full review

Sonia Saraiya

Dec 8, 2016

More often than not, Man in the High Castle doesn’t seem to know what it’s about but to its credit, it still manages to engage with its ideas in interesting, evocative ways. The show can sometimes produce moments of astonishing and quiet loveliness, even when the scope of the plot has gotten so strangely overbearing that the characters could be all Atlases, holding up the weight of the world. Read full review

James Poniewozik

Dec 15, 2016

The series expands its scope intriguingly (Berlin becomes a significant setting), but it might benefit from setting an endpoint. Read full review

Rob Lowman

Dec 14, 2016

Season 2 definitely has more action and digs deeper into the mystery, at least in the five episodes made available. Read full review

Emily VanDerWerff

Dec 19, 2016

It’s the worst TV show of 2016. ... By the end of its second season, The Man in the High Castle has essentially abandoned everything fascinating about its first season in favor of a junky sci-fi drama with reality-hopping characters and a bunch of caricature Nazi bad guys. Read full review

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philipkdick

Jan 13, 2017

Please stop with these political correct hypocrisy: Get real, we can't have a black SS Oberführer as POV in this show. Plus, there's absolutely no Nazism promotion,this is called "character depth". In "The Man in the High Castle" Nazis are not just stupid, shallow bad guys like in the wholePlease stop with these political correct hypocrisy: Get real, we can't have a black SS Oberführer as POV in this show. Plus, there's absolutely no Nazism promotion,this is called "character depth". In "The Man in the High Castle" Nazis are not just stupid, shallow bad guys like in the whole american cinematography (i.e. Saving Private Ryan) you should get used to it, because I guess it reflects a little more the reality.… Expand

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chloehorton

Dec 19, 2016

This is a spectacular edition to the series, the supernatural elements slid perfectly into the shows aesthetic, the acting was superb and it would be a travesty for this brilliant show not to receive a third season

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Fairfis

Dec 18, 2016

Smart, deep and engaging. Not to mention well filmed. A masterpiece. While some characters may feel a bit shallow (Joe Black, I'm looking at you) the main protagonists are multifaceted and undergo impressive development.

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parallax_84

Sep 30, 2017

Really good show, the season 2 goes deeper within the resistance & the enemy lines and starts to answer some questions left in the first season. Smith,Juliana and Frank threads are very interesting. this show deserves more recognition.

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shoulderoforion

Dec 30, 2016

I thought this was a seriously solid season. I hope that they bring it back for a third season. Interesting juxtapositions of reality & time I'd like to see further explored and brought together.

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WorldofLucky

Feb 3, 2018

Still can’t do better than the Nazis, mysterious films, alternate worlds and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.

It’s the next season of the same world. We pick up almost immediately where we left off, having met the Man in the High Castle, the Nazi conspiracy and the drive to make a H-Bomb by theStill can’t do better than the Nazis, mysterious films, alternate worlds and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.

It’s the next season of the same world. We pick up almost immediately where we left off, having met the Man in the High Castle, the Nazi conspiracy and the drive to make a H-Bomb by the Japanese.

I can’t talk very much about the plot itself if you haven’t seen it. It does ratchet up the intrigue, who is the good guy and who is the bad guy. There is more of a focus inside New York (the Reich) and Mr. Tagomi opens up a totally new storyline that comes together at the end of the season.

It humanizes all the main characters, including Obergruppenführer John Smith, and Inspector Kids. It doesn’t make what they do ok, so no apologism for their behavior, but it does show you why they do the things they do. Like all people, even villains, they are the hero of their own story.

This season was a little different, I found I didn’t like Juliana or Fink as much. Not acting or the writing. They were great, but their storylines took them into places I didn’t like and their character’s twists and turns made me not like the characters themselves as much.

Pros: Once again, great acting, immersive sets, an compelling story and I love Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Mr. Tagomi. I liked him last season, but he clicked with me a lot (well so did John Smith, but Mr. Tagomi took it away).

Cons: Once again, I don’t think there is an overall con, but because there are so many roles you will probably hate someone… I still can’t stand Joe Blake, not the fault of the actor, he is good, just don’t like the character, this season he whines an awful lot and I just can’t stand it.

Hands down a great show, I still can’t recommend it more.… Expand

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samidabull

Dec 17, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First off, the dialogue was so clique and generic, that i spent about half of each episode just finishing the character's sentences. It was so bad that for a minute I thought that maybe I was missing the whole point and that this was actually an amazingly clever satire of bad tv. (spoiler alert...it's not) What a steaming pile of crap. The whole plot line of the mysterious films and the man in the high castle himself are just gone. All the main characters have been shipped off to the four corners of the world so they have no possibility of ever interacting with one another again, and instead of one main show, we now have many different little, tiny shows that are all independent of each other with no connection whatsoever. The only reason Season One stayed interesting is because as a collective whole, the character's intertwining stories kept the stakes high enough, but these characters aren't strong enough or developed enough to each merit their own story line. This simply was creative suicide. Not to mention that the story lines have turned to soap opera. I see that the writers wanted to switch from a plot-driven story to a character-driven story but it doesn't work when your characters are cardboard cutout caricatures because we have nothing invested in them individualy. The only thing I cared about what how they were driving the plot towards the films and the man in the high castle, and that's just gone. We watch Joe Blake throw a season long tantrum because of daddy abandonment issues, Juliana trying to blend in in the suburbs by living a banal suburb lifestyle, the Trade Minister who crosses into another dimension and the only thing he's concerned about is stopping his wife from divorcing him, and frank frink who's the only story line with any excitement except there's nothing to like about the character at all, so who cares what happens to him. Honestly, who cares what happens to any of them at this point. I can't believe some genius thought that these characters were strong enough to each merit their own story line, as if we're really sitting at the edge of our seat while we watch Joe Blake spend SEVEN episodes pouting because his daddy is rich and powerful and wants to hand him the keys to the kingdom. The worst thing (no, it's all the worst thing actually) is that each episode is a series of cuts from one story line to the next, but it makes no sense because nothing that happens in each story line affects the other. So why is this happening at all? Does no one care anymore how the films were actually made, or how they could actually exist? I realize I'm starting to repeat myself and really am just venting at this point, but this is the biggest disappointment of any second season I've ever seen.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: November 15, 2019
Season 3

70
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 5, 2018
Season 2

62
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: December 16, 2016
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  S2:E10. Fallout
  Air Date: December 16, 2016
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  S2:E9. Detonation
  Air Date: December 16, 2016
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  S2:E8. Loose Lips
  Air Date: December 16, 2016
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  S2:E7. Land O' Smiles
  Air Date: December 16, 2016
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  S2:E6. Kintsugi
  Air Date: December 16, 2016
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  S2:E5. Duck and Cover
  Air Date: December 16, 2016
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  S2:E4. Escalation
  Air Date: December 16, 2016
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  S2:E3. Travelers
  Air Date: December 16, 2016
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  S2:E2. The Road Less Traveled
  Air Date: December 16, 2016
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  S2:E1. The Tiger's Cave
  Air Date: December 16, 2016
Season 1

77
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 20, 2015