“The Man in the High Castle” presents an alternate world history in which the Axis powers won World War II. (Photo : Twitter/@AVTVClub)
Three characters across three categories, the Nazis, the Japanese, and the Resistance, have been introduced in "The Man in the High Castle" season 1 episode 1 titled "The New World." The episode was set in 1962 and centered on three characters Joe Blake (Luke Kleintank), Frank Frink (Rupert Evans), and Juliana Crain (Alexa Davalos).
Blake was a young lad from the Greater Nazi Reich and was later disclosed as an S.S. covert agent monitoring the transportation of a subversive banned newsreel that related as an article from the alternate universe in which the Allies won World War II.
Frink was a jewelry designer who lived in the Japanese Pacific States, hiding his Jewish roots, while Crain was a young woman who also a resident in the Japanese Pacific States and Frink's former fiancé. She studies aikido, advantage of an occupying force's culture, according to Vulture.
Crain went to the Neutral Zone to bring the film as part of the Resistance's task. Her bag got stolen, so she was left with no money. Blake and Crain met in the Neutral Zone while Frink was seized by Inspector Kido of the Kempeitai and would be deported to Nazi America, where he would be presumably executed.
In "The Man in the High Castle" season 1 episode 2 titled "Sunrise," Frink was asked by Japanese officers for information on Crain's location. Crain met a man who makes Origami birds and they had a conversation about the Bible.
Blake followed Crain and discovered that the latter took with her an illegal copy of the Bible. This led Blake to learn from his superior that the Origami man was a Nazi agent and was advised to elude him as he was under cover.
Frink's sister and her two children were taken by the Japanese Kempeitai. The officers threatened Frink that they would be killed along with him for being Jewish if he did not cooperate. Crain met the Origami man once again and the latter tried to kill her. Fortunately, Blaked showed up to help her and Crain was able to throw the man over the bridge.
The Kempeitai also arrested the woman who stole Crain's bag and discovered a set of illegally made films. Because of the counterfeit films, they presumed that the mission was false and they set Frink free; however, they told Frink that his sister and her children were nattered to death.
"The Man in the High Castle" presents a tinge of drama, such as Adolf Hitler being ill and the power brawl continuing among his potential inheritors, according to TV Line. The German and the Japanese trade ministers were in secret talks, which would sprout some issues once discovered.
Produced by Amazon Studios, "The Man in the High Castle" is based on the 1962 novel of the same name authored by author Philip K. Dick. The series follows the premise of an alternate world history in which the Axis powers won World War II.
Blake and Crain are set to continue their adventures together in "The Man in the High Castle" season 1 episode 3 titled "The Illustrated Woman" and in episode 4 titled "Revelations."
