Anyone watching this? I really liked the first episode.

Alternate history in which Charles Lindbergh defeats FDR, aligning the US with Hitler.

Obvious Trumpism parallels at play but I'm really digging the slow burn of the first episode.

I read the book a while ago so I can't say how faithful it is to the source material, but on its own it's pretty captivating. Good acting (Turturro killing it as usual), fantastic production design and the world-building is very compelling. With the strong parallels to Trump it doesn't rate very high on the escapism meter, especially in the midst of this pandemic, but once you dive into the show that's less of an issue. Also liking that this is just a 6 episode season

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Tuturro crushing it, but so is everyone really. and the world building/design as you said really pulls you in.

I hope more people watch this.

again lol


I'm tryna do the one streaming svc at a time thing

a Tuturro character more. Even his racist characters in Spike movies don't piss me off the same way Rabbi Lionel does.

I fucking love the way he talks though

same goes for Wynona. She's so frustrating

they're both doing great work here.

I don't feel like there's enough runway for just one more episode.

>a Tuturro character more. Even his racist characters in Spike
>movies don't piss me off the same way Rabbi Lionel does.
>
>I fucking love the way he talks though
>
>same goes for Wynona. She's so frustrating
>
>they're both doing great work here.

That scene when they're walking down the stairs after meeting with FLOTUS was so good. You can tell they're starting to figure out how shaky their position is but are in way too deep


>I don't feel like there's enough runway for just one more
>episode.

they've built up masterfully so far, feels like an 8 episode arc would work better but I guess we'll see how they close this. The show hasn't been renewed so it'd be frustrating if they stop at one season. I guess they'll show Kentucky next ep?

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and yeah the denial in that first lady scene was hilarious, gross, and sad.

but yeah i thought this was just a one time mini-series and not something that would be renewed. Would be nice if its more.

Agreed, next up would have to be KY

She has this look on her face as the series progresses of someone who knows they should feel uncomfortable by all the shit going down.


But is trying to convince herself that everything is fine. The "Go call the Ambassador" line was ice cold from Bess. And probably deservedly so


I just felt sympathy for Winona's character though. Someone who finally caught what she thought was a break (marrying wayyy up) but it still falls apart around her.

they did a good job of giving us her backstory of being unlucky in love as well as gullible.

i tried to consider it's the 40s, and she doesn't come off as an all around terrible person, just kind of a dunce. But she didn't once consider Bess' side of anything, and pulled that Sandy shit without even asking, and kept treating Bess like she was the dumb one. Out here dancing with Nazis and shit. The cringiness of her pushing conspiracies in the end like she had the inside track.

It all felt so real, and fuck her.

some stellar stuff from Zoe Kazan, between the harrowing phone call with Seldon and her interactions with her sister.

Quite a grim ending for the show (and more so than the book iirc), but considering what's going on in the nation, could it be any other way? Probably best if they don't come back for a second season lol. I didn't completely love all the Alvin stuff, but overall the show did a lot to flesh out these characters and achieved more in 6 eps than The Man In The High Castle couldn't in 4 limp seasons

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everything played out so realistically. the way Evelyn still refused to self reflect, and how her and Lionel in the face of reality, instead of recognizing it (and their role in it) went down a rabbit hole for some Alex Jones level conspiracy shit just so they could salvage their beliefs.

Zoe Kazan is turning into a powerhouse. Specter was great as well. The whole road trip to pick up Sheldon was handled amazingly.

I never expect happy endings from Simon. This ending was cynical with a sliver of hope which is about what i figured.

I really hope more people see this. I only saw S1 of Man in the High Castle. i thought it was ok but was never in a hurry to keep going.

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>some stellar stuff from Zoe Kazan, between the harrowing
>phone call with Seldon and her interactions with her sister.


Agree.

>Quite a grim ending for the show (and more so than the book
>iirc), but considering what's going on in the nation, could it
>be any other way? Probably best if they don't come back for a
>second season lol. I didn't completely love all the Alvin
>stuff, but overall the show did a lot to flesh out these
>characters and achieved more in 6 eps than The Man In The High
>Castle couldn't in 4 limp seasons

Yes. TMITHC just kept getting dragged on... Regret sticking with it.

That's the only part that didn't fully work for me. The kids felt like they had a lot to carry, and didn't always land.

Books with the kids as lead characters or told from their POV is sometimes hard to pull off on screen. Kids actors have their limits.

Otherwise loved it. Fits very well within the Simon canon

even the side story with the younger kid, and his weird friend, even though it was a bit of a tangent, like it could have been its own short story.

Sandy was pretty frustrating but believable. One of the more hopeful parts of the series was him slowly realizing how awesome his dad was, from how he handled that guy in the diner, to navigating around the Klan


>Otherwise loved it. Fits very well within the Simon canon

going off the question calminvasion asked, the book is from the youngest son's perspective but according to Simon it wouldn't work for the whole series so only pieces of it are from the kid's perspective.

they also mention some of the Trumpism parallels and differences. One of them being that Lindbergh being elected president somehow seems far more realistic than Trump being elected. They were both outsider alternatives but Lindbergh was a certified hero, revered by most people playing off America's reluctance to get involved in another european conflict, and was even somewhat measured in the troubling things he said about jews. Trump was just a brash , openly hateful asshole.

lots of good tidbits and info on where the series veers from the source material. Plus Simon is always great to listen to.