A woman glimpses a better world and embarks on a journey to understand its mystery.
Its serious-minded sci-fi thats stylish and strange and soulful, and only grows more rewarding over time.
The year is 1962.
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The Eastern United States, controlled by Germany, is a rigorously policed Aryan utopia.
The West seems pluralistic, but its all Japanese hegemony and conformity.
Bravura establishing shots capture the imagination.
Times Square is glitzy with neon Nazi pop.
Market Street in San Francisco is a bustle of imperial culture.
Its the deeply considered details that sell you.
A Nazi version ofDragnetis a hit.
has become a chillingly glib, perfunctory greeting.
Does this universe exist?
Can it be reached?
The seasons first act suffers from drag and flawed strategies for holding our attention.
An assassination plot feels forced.
But thenTMITHCrecharges with new intrigues and shuffled relationships.
It has to be about something more, Juliana says at a key point in her progressively Kafkaesque odyssey.
She might be wrong.
But she, likeThe Man in the High Castle, finds meaning in the journey.B+
