postyX - January 30, 2026The Man in the High Castleļ¼ S1Ep3 A review
Episode Stats
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1 hour and 11 minutes
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95.489075
Summary
The Man in the High Castle is a Japanese newsreel film based on the novel of the same name written by Phillip K Dick. It's set in a world where the Japanese and the Americans have won World War II and have split the country into two halves, Japan and the USA, and a neutral zone in the middle called the neutral zone. There's no laws, there's no rules, and people can live by either country's rules if they don't want to live by the other country's.
Transcript
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what is this newsreel film shows us winning the war i we are going to review the amazon series
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that actually came out a few years back um based on the book by philip k dick called the man in
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the high castle it was initially the show's initially set in 1962 um and then it kind of
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goes on from there but the difference is it's in a world where the nazis and the japanese partnered i
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guess and won world war ii uh the u.s is actually divided similarly so like the japanese pacific
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states so they've got like the west the greater nazi reich in the east and then there's like this
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neutral zone in the middle but we didn't win the war
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hey guys welcome back i'm hoping you can hear me uh i think i see do i see myself moving here
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yes i do see the mic working i was having technical difficulties last time and i uh tried to get the
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video um from the web and we had ads and it was just a big fucking mess so i went around it another
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way after some generous feedback um and i downloaded it so we're gonna watch episode three i have a new
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software whatever uh top secret that i'm going to download or sorry that will help me download them
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to the desktop and then that way we don't have the same issues hopefully without the ads um we are
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just getting over snowmageddon biggest snowstorm so i hope everybody survived that i mean we're
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canadian we should be able to it shouldn't be a problem i'm going to give a summary i guess of the
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last i'm going to try to be quick about it uh of the last first two episodes if you haven't been
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um we meet a few different characters as it is it's based on the book like i've said a million times
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uh written by philip k dick and it is depicting a reality that may have existed if the nazis and
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in coalition with japan had won world war ii and it shows an american or an america rather now they
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don't mention canada in this so i don't know where canada fits in or if it even fits in maybe canada is
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still canada uh maybe we'll get to something like that when we keep watching it but the u.s basically
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split into uh the west coast which is comprising mostly of california and all along the western
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or yeah the western seaboard is owned or belongs to is considered japan uh territory and there's a
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middle zone called the neutral zone that's where it's ungoverned there's no laws neither country has
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taken over and people can basically go there if they don't want to live by either party's uh rules
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and then we have the east coast which is and and and a lot of the east coast and some of the
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central east states i guess are part of the nazi reich uh germany um so that's how that's playing out
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we have some you know dissidents obviously this lady we are interested to introduce rather uh to juliana
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crane who is a sister of somebody who was a dissident and was trying to get a film to some you know i guess
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rebels and she was you know killed by japanese authorities but her sister her sister juliana
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ended up getting it she escaped juliana had a jewish boyfriend and they lived in the you know japanese
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autonomous or whatever you want to call japanese territory in california and he her boyfriend was
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a jew uh is a jew rather in the show um and so that's also a strike against him so anyway she escapes
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to the neutral zone the japanese are looking for her the germans are looking for her because she
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supposedly has this film that could expose everything and the japanese took her boyfriend
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because they wanted to know where she went he i don't know i don't believe he actually knew he knew
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she was going to the neutral zone but he didn't really give it up to them and as a result they killed
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his sister and her kids um with a gas chamber unironically so we're up to about that they ended up they
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didn't end up killing the boyfriend whose name is frank because they think they've caught uh the
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person who has the films but we're not sure about that yet so we're gonna continue with episode three
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and see what happens it's called the illustrated woman and you can probably hear atlas barking in
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the background we'll try to take that out in post but this is just my life unfortunately i have a dog
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that never stops barking at anything and everything and it's such a shift to go from a dog that never
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barks to a dog that always barks it's just wild as fuck so anyways i hope you're all well let's get
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so currently right now she's not okay because she thought she met somebody who was um an ally
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and he ended up meeting her on a bridge but she ended up meeting with him on a bridge he
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basically was talking about the bible he had the bible and so i guess in that regard she thought he was
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a good man he ended up stealing the film from her tried to assault her and this gentleman joe who
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you initially thought was just a low level kind of trafficker of contraband um from the nazi rick to the
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you know through the to the central zone or neutral zone rather um but we come to find out in the first two
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episodes that he's that he's working with the nazis so he's kind of like a secret agent or double agent
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but anyways he saved her by pushing the guy or shooting at the guy i can't even remember already isn't that
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terrible um and he fell over the bridge into a huge massive waterfall that is remnant of niagara falls maybe a little bit
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we didn't think that was going to happen did we
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you gotta keep on keeping it on bitch that's it
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that your sister would have walked into the same trap you just did
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you know the guy tonight was most likely a nazi agent
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so he's trying to convince her that he this guy was a nazi agent likely because he is a nazi agent
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and he got information and he's also been snooping in her bag so he kind of knows that she had this film
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he also i believe took a film from her and watched it but they didn't we didn't get to see what was on it yet
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but i also do believe there's a bunch of fake films floating around because we've seen a couple in the first two episodes like that you know are supposed to be that film
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and then i think they mentioned some of them that just had old footage of something else on it that were labeled as if they were like you know a secret film
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so that's uh up to that's that's the situation that's the sitch with that
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then you know both of us would be killed if anyone found out what happened
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we gotta run bitch we gotta run now this is frank coming into uh the scene here
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the damage boy let's see the damage get some weapons was another holocaust
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so i guess he's got what would be now referred to as ptsd from the torture he went through with
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the japanese and you know i mean it's pretty i'm sure it's pretty accurate like i when this book
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was wrote or written i always use that term in the wrong way um i believe it was after i'm pretty
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sure it was actually i know it was after world war ii so i mean this is likely the author's
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interpretation of how the japanese were during the war but i did hear that they were pretty savage i
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mean but again i've also heard that the canadians were also pretty savage so everybody could have
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been savage at that time what's wrong i lost something a drawing
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clerk's not up yet where's your key why what are you doing checking out
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no no that man dies and suddenly we just disappear how's that gonna look like we left
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we can't wait around here we'll leave not in a hurry and not together look what if you drive out
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of town this morning and i stay at the diner till after lunch and i'll meet you
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okay i'll wait outside of town where are you going get ready for work
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yeah bitch she got a job you know she got a hustle she got to get the bag no she's working at the
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local diner and that's where she met the guy that tried to kill her
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i just gotta say bitch if he showed up at my house he would scare me just because of the way
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he looks he kind of looks like a goblin but uh you know
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uh yeah your door was open this was on your step
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identify the bodies of the sister and the niece and nephew that the Japanese
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thank you so obviously Frank is a Jewish last name and the sister was Jewish as well but it sounds
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like she was married to a non-Jewish person mr Frank as enemies of the state they've lost
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our burial rates they will be cremated within the next seven to ten days you'll receive notice in the mail
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just changed the size for you guys so it's a little bit bigger I'm playing around with the
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streaming software because it never works properly anytime I want to use it so anyways
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struggles of somebody who is not tech savvy or English savvy apparently
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Jesus you're by popular demand you're occupying overlords the crown prince and princess
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Frank you didn't call in sick yesterday you missed a day
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all right I'll tell him that you're so sick you can't make it to the phone
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that you're puking up blood and organs and shit
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I think he's plotting revenge it's definitely sounds like it
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I don't know what else I can do except show myself and wait
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if they were going to contact you they'd have done it by now
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you know I wonder if they were to put out some because again this came out prior to you know the 2020 global homo and you know when everything accelerated to shit
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I wonder if they came out with this now if they would be if saying it on a TV show as an actor
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I mean if this was in Australia those guys would be getting arrested just for saying it as an actor
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isn't that a fucking something man isn't that a bitch
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She's been trying to get a hold of him for a couple of days,
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But there's no phone at the campsite, is there?
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And I guess they were recording, so he did the whole...
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Oh, but there's no phones at the campsite, right?
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hey excuse me you know where i can find the attendant here
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maybe the gas is free look at them taking respect and smoking near the gas pump couldn't be me
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oh hey marshall what can i do for you gas hey can i get
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are any cops around here oh oh let us see the papers
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they said the line they said the line here's the way i see it
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i've seen this fella i don't think so who is he he's a friend
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so for those who are just tuning into this one or who may have forgotten in the last one that was the
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guy that juliana met up with and got tossed over into the uh you know waterfall who tried to steal the
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film from her so initially they late well joe there who's in the the other guy in this scene
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convinced her that he is a nazi informant when really that i don't believe that's true i think he's part of this
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freedom or he was part of this uh dissident group
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oh yeah i seen him where talking to carl over at the bookstore
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what's going on there's a man out there with a shotgun and he's looking for a friend of his
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that should take long he's gonna figure out pretty fast that that man's dead
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so what do we do we leave first we have to get rid of something
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you know you should be careful who you make friends with out here
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and that ladies and gentlemen is a very important lesson for everybody they are not your friends okay
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they are not your friends just remember never relax
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not much a tank costing the reich you're lucky i got any gas at all
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he's just a dirty old bounty hunter likes to call himself that you want to steer clear
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yeah thanks you didn't have no right to see your papers joe
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you probably spend so much time in here you don't notice
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who was supposed to meet me this morning he didn't show
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and you wouldn't know where i could find this pretty girl would you
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because there's no law around here it doesn't make it right does it
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this guy's actually telling him the truth man he must be scared as
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f i'm guessing that this guy is i don't know if he's like a jew hunter or something or a christian
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i don't know he's or if he works for the reich who knows but he don't like the bibles
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i'm not going to do that to go be jewish somewhere
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salem ohio escaped from the camp outside new berlin 54
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so i guess he is a jew hunter or something like that uh because he's got that deck of cards like
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they use for the missing people but that's for um jewish people i'm assuming and that's how
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maybe there's a reward or something maybe he is a legit bounty hunter but interesting nevertheless
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I guess we don't get the subtitles when we do the download, so I have no clue what
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they're saying here, but hopefully it switches to English soon.
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Whatever they were saying, I'm sure it was very important.
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Mr. Baines, you have not exposed yourself, neither have I, nor will I, until I must.
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During his highness's speech, the Nazi embassy.
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So it sounds like they're trying to plan to assassinate the crown prince or somebody in the royalty,
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the royal Japanese family that have come to visit.
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That's what it sounds like to me, but I guess maybe we'll find out more.
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Damn, he's having a conversation with the husband.
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So it turns out that the Japanese did not like the Jews as well, so maybe they had the same kind of agreement as the Nazis did, and they can only exist in the neutral zone.
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In The Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Ancient Attention.
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oh but maybe he's trading them in for the reward right
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listen up when i'm done tie him off leave him here understand
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nobody cuts that body down till the birds pick it clean
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wow i'm surprised that albino looking thing there hasn't been hung up either but damn
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we invented 200 micrograms of d-lycergic acid 30 minutes ago
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it's intended to break down ambitions psychic barriers
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oneness some describe it as an oceanic experience
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i fail to see how that would lead to the disclosure of information
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in such a state the subject feels no reason to hold anything back
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there is no reason since he is connected to everything and everyone
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so these are the hallucinogenics i guess the truth serum that uh
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they were supposedly testing on people or maybe they were maybe it's not
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supposedly but uh yeah it sounds a little bit like a
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acid trip if you ask me but maybe that's where it came from who knows
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mr meyer how did you know the route my car would be taking yesterday
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you're an angel enough you bring him out of this
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i am deeply sorry over group and fewer i cannot do that
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you can't once administered it takes hours for the medication to wear off
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i see so this man tries to kill me and we reward him with an oceanic experience
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will you tell me when this little fantasy has worn off
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damn man he's got like that fucking like passive aggressive fucking down pat man that's amazing
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so that's the man that fell over the waterfall why they went down there to have a i thought
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are they having a picnic or did they just go down there maybe oh maybe they went to get the film
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from them or something i don't know but like are you going there for a picnic
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we're just going to eat next to this dead guy that we threw over but uh yeah different times i guess
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Yeah, I don't blame you after what you've been through.
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That Kido released you, but only because he still wants to find your girlfriend.
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I don't want any part of your movement or whatever the hell it is.
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They come at us with guns and gas chambers, and you?
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How about you put some of their blood on the streets for a change?
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We weaken the Japs too much, and we're just begging Berlin to drop them all.
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So my take is she's also part of that dissident group that's trying to take down.
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They're in the Japanese-controlled area, so I'm assuming they're trying to take down the
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whatever it is, the Yakuza, whatever they call themselves.
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Um, uh, and, you know, but then they're worried about weakening them too much because then
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they figure, because of course the Nazis want to take over, which is common, right?
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You're going to see when two countries are sharing a plot of land, they're going to want
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to fight over, look what's happening with, uh, you know, Russia and the Ukraine that we're
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So, of course, the Nazis are going to want to look at any opportunity to get the whole
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So she seems to think that if they weaken the Japanese by doing their, you know, dissident
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stuff, similar to what I guess was happening in Ireland with the Troubles and stuff like
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that, throwing bombs and stuff like that, then that will make it easier for the Nazis
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to take over and then their lives will be the same, if not worse.
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We are honored that you found time in your schedule to visit with us, Your Highness.
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The solidarity between our nations is foremost in my mind, Ambassador Rice.
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And it's time we greeted our subjects in the Pacific States in person.
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Yes, which makes my next request very difficult.
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You respectfully request that the Crown Prince cancel his public address outside the embassy.
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This is not a proper request to be made in the presence of His Highness.
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And I want to hear it from the person actually making the request.
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But my Imperial Guard and the Kenpei Tai provide excellent security.
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That's a resistance or in possession of false travel papers.
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You have knowledge of such a threat against the Crown Prince.
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But the safety of Your Highness is our paramount concern.
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We ask that your guards remain vigilant, Minister Togomi, because we certainly will.
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So, you know, you may ask yourself, why do the Nazis care if he gets assassinated?
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Well, obviously, if you know how these things play out, if something happens to him, they're automatically going to blame the Nazis for doing it.
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So they want to make sure that they're not implicated in this, even if they are part of it.
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No shade or anything, actually, there is a lot of shade.
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But I have a feeling I'm going to be walking like this Japanese lady after I have my knee surgery soon.
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So I can't help but laugh every time I see her walk because I'm like, this is totally going to be me after the, you know, some foreign doctor put some foreign body in my knee.
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Are you aware of any threats such as over fewer mentioned?
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There are many threats, Trade Minister, not least from Nazi agents seeking to disabilize us and blame their crimes on some fessives.
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So you are comfortable with the Crown Prince proceeding?
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Do you mind carrying them or if, in fact, they exist?
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Matters of internal security do not concern the Trade Ministry.
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So this guy is supposed to be just like a trade minister, but yet he's like dishing out all the punishment and the law and all that kind of stuff.
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Overgrouping Fuhrer, the subject has recovered from his exposure to electrolysergic acid.
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He talks aboutieron the courtą¹ąø noting andbery.
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what the word would be. It's not coming to me right now.
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We want him to lose a bunch ofacks in penseFREED.
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As you can see, Mr. Meyer has recovered from his hallucinations.
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The informant doesn't have to meet his co-conspirators.
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Mr. Meyer has given me a very detailed account of how he passed on the information.
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And how would he have your name if he didn't have any kind of dealings with you?
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They didn't tell me exactly what happened, but they did say it wasn't about Lauren and the kids.
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She and that sister of hers did something and dragged the rest of us into it.
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You always wanted to have kids, didn't you, Frank?
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If only everybody who was in a foreign-owned or foreign, you know, country felt the same way.
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...their duty with honor and integrity for the betterment of our glorious empire.
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His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and your Royal Highness the Crown Princess began the day at the Shinto Temple in the Pan Pacific Park.
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...by making their offering to Amiturasu, the goddess of the sun.
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In one of the highlights of the Crown Prince's visit, he will speak in front of the Nazi embassy in a public address.
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All subjects of the Pacific states are invited.
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And that's the girl, the picture of the girl that she lost, and now he, I guess, kind
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of knows what she looks like based on the drawing.
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That's a reservoir or a dam, it looks like, not a waterfall.
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Yeah, a film that shows another world, so what?
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So it means that maybe things don't have to be this way, maybe the world could change.
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Hey, you ever think how different life could be if you could change just one thing?
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I don't know who I can be if that hadn't happened.
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So I'm thinking Juliana here is the representation of the modern liberal white woman, lefty, you
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know, liberal woman, because she's not Jewish, so she doesn't have that in her.
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Yes, her boyfriend was, but she's just it's for the, you know, good of humanity kind of
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So that's the kind of thinking right that she's on.
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So basically just the example of, you know, a good portion of the female population modern
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I mean, if I met you sooner, my life would be home than me, friend.
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I just gotta say, I'm rather impressed by women's ability back then to navigate, you know, treacherous areas in heels and skirts.
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He was holding his cards close to his chest, so I had a feeling he might have had something unsavory
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or he was doing something that he didn't want people to know about.
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The Koran says, don't eat it, not don't serve it.
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While you're there, you can think about why you lied to me.
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You told me you didn't know what happened to my friend.
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I suppose you don't know who this girl is either.
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Maybe you saw her with my friend and clean forgot about it.
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So, I wonder, do they make guns and weapons there, eh?
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So, ooh, not a good place for somebody who is looking to commit an assassination.
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Yeah, I think he's supposed to be your contact.
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So, we're supposed to wait until the next episode to find out if, you know, she makes it or not, I guess.
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But, again, it is the neutral zone and there is no law there and stuff like that.
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But, like, and I do have a question about the gun just before I go is that don't those kind of shotguns have to be reloaded regularly, aren't they?
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