From the beginning, “The Man in the High Castle” has always been a bummer of a show.
A series about an alternate reality in which the Axis won World War II, it presents a bleak and grey society guided by hatred, and in its third season, the series continues to explore not only the “what if,” but also a far bigger idea: there are other alternate realities in the world, ones that offer more hope than the one ruled by fascism.As established by past seasons, “The Man in the High Castle” is set in a version of the 1960s ruled by Nazis and the still-brutal Japanese Empire, where the dream of American liberty is all but dead.
Being Jewish is punishable by death, censorship is a way of life, and the only real sign of hope lies with the mysterious film reels hoarded by the titular dude in a high palace,
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