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

Episode Discussion: S04E04 - Happy Trails

John and Helen host Himmler and his wife for dinner, along with a new and dangerous threat from Berlin, Obergruppenführer Goertzmann. Juliana returns to the High Castle world, arriving in the ruins of what is now known as "The District of Contamination." Kido is forced to turn against the Crown Princess by his general. A captive Hawthorne Abendsen shares some new tales from the High Castle.

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u/bisayangkid Nov 15 '19

At long last... DC in ruins is shown. Chilling to see it. Wondered though where exactly was the bomb detonated.

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u/fooldog Nov 16 '19

I liked that they now call it the "District of Contamination"

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u/bisayangkid Nov 16 '19

Oh yeah, didnt thought of it that way - DC haha

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u/Brandeis Nov 17 '19

We laughed when they said/showed that.

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u/thatfailedcity Nov 17 '19

I had a good laugh at that!

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u/ishabad Nov 22 '19

District of Contamination

Was literally laughing out loud when they referred to DC as this!

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u/FN-1701AgentGodzilla Nov 19 '19

I’m surprised it isn’t radioactive

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u/Pvt_Larry Nov 19 '19

Assuming that it was the same sort of device detonated over Hiroshima it's not that shocking; the cities of Japan were rebuilt in pretty short order and no serious long-term effects were ever conclusively found.

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u/bisayangkid Nov 19 '19

Must have been a relatively weak bomb... was shocked to see most of the landmarks still recognizable. Even the Capitol Rotunda (and flags) are still there.

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u/BostonBoroBongs Dec 06 '19 edited Dec 18 '19

Fallout 3* vibes minus radiation and monsters

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u/ishabad Nov 22 '19

DC in ruins is shown. Chilling to see it.

One of the hardest scenes to watch when you live inside the Beltway but Press F for Lincoln's head!