Warning: This article contains spoilers about the series finale ofThe Man in the High Castle.
He likens it to Dick’sDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the basis for Ridley Scott’sBlade Runnermovie.
Newly minted North American Fuhrer John Smith (Rufus Sewell) and his wife are aboard.
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Men, women, and children from “everywhere” begin to walk through her reality.
Are they coming from all parts of the multiverse?
Are they alt-world versions of those who died in Juliana’s world?
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However, he does reveal something.
In effect, what that means is two worlds have become one.
There’s a doorway from one world into the next, and now people can move freely between them.
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What does that mean?
Will the Berlin Reich, which became independent through John’s coup, now retaliate?
Will a new leader ascend the ranks of the Reich in America and invade this new world?
What will become of the BCR, led by new character Bell Mallory (Frances Turner)?
So, we may well be setting up for a new conflict, a civil war.
The conclusion also brings an end to an era for Amazon.
Scarpa knew from the jump of his involvement with the show.
One idea that helped the writers map out the endgame was “complicity.”
“At what point do they have to face that?
In a sense, that was part of the whole season.
What is the ultimate fate of these people and the choices they made?”
“There’s a lot that has gone unspoken on the show: What happened to African-Americans?
What happened to Jews?
What happened to LGBTQ people?
Another scene Scarpa saw coming was Helen’s confrontation with John.
That’s the final explosion,” Scarpa adds.
Then came President Donald Trump, then came Charlottesville, then came immigrant children in cages at detention centers.
“The idea of Nazism in America was a purely fanciful one.
It was pure alt-history,” Scarpa continues.
It’s hard to foresee how shows will be remembered in our cultural history.
