With an epic season 2 finale, things have gotten more crystal clear regarding the mysteries surrounding the controversial "Man in the High Castle". The show makers finally revealed the person behind the mysterious film reels that bothered the viewers all this time. However, after an answer was revealed, another series of questions emerged that needs explaining.
Amazon's Prime series was based on the novel written by Philip K. Dick of the same title that was released in 1962 as reported by Uproxx. The show was set on an alternate universe where the Axis Powers won the World War II against the Allies. In the world created by Dick, US was divided into two parts where the East Coast was controlled by Greater Nazi Reich and the West Coast was under the Imperial Japanese Pacific States. A strip of land separates the two territories that were called 'No Man's Land'.
The story of "The Man in the High Castle" revolves around a woman named Juliana who was given a film reel titled 'The Grasshopper's Lies Heavy'. The film portrays another different version of the ending of World War II where the Allies won. She soon learned that the film is one of many more films which was collected by a mysterious man aliased "The Man in the High Castle", hence the title of the series.
According to Express, Juliana seeks to find the mysterious figure and at the season one finale, a shocking revelation was made known that an aging Fuhrer has secluded himself high up in the Austrian Alps. His situation spawns some theories that he may be the man in the high castle that Julia was looking for. However, it was later revealed in the premier of season two that the real collector was a man named Abendsen Hawthorne.
His castle was a metaphorical one which is in fact a dingy caravan in 'No Man's Land'. Later in the season Abendsen set his 'High Castle' on fire taking only few film reel canisters with him. The season's finale showed a Resistance agent has delivered a box of Abendsen's film to the Japanese Trade Minister Tagomi which leads to speculations whether the Minister will be the next "The Man in the High Castle".
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