“There’s nothing you can say or do about that, but I’m gonna need something first.” He strings up the man on Main Street, like a lynch victim. “I’m going to kill you now,” he tells him. He’s really an escaped prisoner named David P. In the terrifying scene that follows, the Marshal reveals that he knows the bookseller is using a false identity. The bookseller tells him that Origami Man bought a Bible, then a girl followed and did the same. Joe returns to Canon City to warn Juliana, while the Marshal goes to the book store to look for his contact. The Marshal is a dirty, dangerous bounty hunter, a fascinating third villain who balances out the rigid, disciplined malevolence of Smith and Kido (Joel de la Fuente). He wears a cowboy hat and a duster, looking and talking like Clint Eastwood’s “Man with No Name.” (He even speaks through gritted teeth clamped on a toothpick.) He asks Joe for his papers, then pulls out a shotgun he’s looking for Origami Man. They must keep their tragedies secret, for now.Īs Joe gets gas, up pulls the Marshal (Burn Gorman), a man referenced in the first episode as the only law in this lawless land. How could they? How could he possibly tell her the horror of what’s happened? She hears the pain in his voice, but she can’t bring herself to tell him that she killed a man. Will his growing affection for her derail his mission? At the same time, Juliana finally reaches Frank by phone. Smith wants his agent to return home, but Joe wants to wait for the contact - and protect Juliana. Meanwhile, Joe calls Smith (Rufus Sewell) with a progress report. Clearly, this is the arc of a man thrown into his destiny by tragedy. Frank smokes and, while he’s talking with Ed, they notice a report about the Crown Prince of Japan’s visit to town. Is it a death notice? Frank has to identify his sister and her children before their bodies are cremated. When Ed (DJ Qualls) checks in on him, he finds something on his step. In San Francisco, Frank (Rupert Evans) comes home battered, bruised, and devastated. Joe decides to wait outside of town, while she finishes her shift at the Sunrise Diner. Then, he warns her of something I hadn’t considered: what if there no contact in Canon City? What if Trudy was walking into Origami Man’s trap? The next morning, after Juliana realizes that she left Frank’s drawing on the bridge, Joe urges her to skip town with him. Joe (Luke Kleintank) tries to comfort her, telling her how he once had to kill somebody too. Juliana (Alexa Davalos) had to push Origami Man (formerly referred to as Bible Man in these recaps, but the characters started using this name, so we’ll comply) off the dam, and she’s rattled by his death. The characters are beginning to feel stuck in a narrative rut.Īs The Man in the High Castle has done before, “The Illustrated” picks up immediately after the end of the last episode. It’s still good television, especially when compared to other Amazon shows like Bosch and Hand of God, but there’s reason to worry about the pacing here. Despite the arrival of new menacing villain, played by Torchwood’s Burn Gorman, the third episode of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle is a bit of a letdown after the tense pace of first two chapters.
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