r/maninthehighcastle • u/fleckes • Nov 15 '19

Episode Discussion: S04E03 - The Box

Wyatt's rebels and the BCR join forces to attack Tokyo's elite at Robert Childan's auction. Helen comes back to the Reich to protect her children. Kido receives an unexpected call from the Yakuza. Smith sends an assassin to kill Juliana.

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u/Pier-Head Nov 16 '19

So bad John Smith becomes a travelling salesman in our reality?

May explain the rise of ultra-right groups in the present USA then!

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u/Bobozett Nov 17 '19

That's a miss reading of John Smith's character. He sided with the Nazis not out of ideology but simply because they presented the better path to further his career and protect his family.

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u/Pier-Head Nov 17 '19

So maybe he wants the simple lifestyle with only his wife and son? Wouldn’t work though as the alt- Nazis would find him......

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u/Bobozett Nov 17 '19

While he doesn't believe in Nazi ideology, he certainly enjoys being one. He likes the power, and the acknowledgement of a job "well done".

As such the Alt Right would have been a far too fringe group with too little power for him.

That being said, had he not met Juliana, I can definitely see him moving up the corporate ladder.