For Want of a Nail

Episode aired Nov 15, 2019
TV-MA
50m

IMDb RATING

8.9/10

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Alexa Davalos in The Man in the High Castle (2015)

Drama Sci-Fi Thriller

Smith and Helen's true loyalties are placed on trial by an old nemesis. The BCR struggles to maintain order across the JPS. Kido is forced to confront his atrocities. Bands of roving vigilan... Read allSmith and Helen's true loyalties are placed on trial by an old nemesis. The BCR struggles to maintain order across the JPS. Kido is forced to confront his atrocities. Bands of roving vigilantes threaten Childan and Yukiko.Smith and Helen's true loyalties are placed on trial by an old nemesis. The BCR struggles to maintain order across the JPS. Kido is forced to confront his atrocities. Bands of roving vigilantes threaten Childan and Yukiko.

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IMDb RATING

8.9/10

YOUR RATING

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10albazak

Perfection

With a few arrangements in plot this could've easily been the series finale. So unexpected, so dramatic, all the thrust that had been put since the fourth series premiere just had a perfect climax in this episode. Still don't know how everything will unravel in the last episode, but this one really left the stakes higher.

10carlamifegogose

wow

Smells like the best episode of the whole series... i thought it was all a dream... CHAPEAU!

10amikaranever

As explosive as it can get

Not sharing any spoilers, but this was truly the best episode of this season and one of the very best of the entire series. The entire plot of the series flows through this episode, it's all about alliance and self preservation with all that manipulation and politics. Who gets to be on the top, who wins the end game. You get the bits right at the end. However I'm still interested to know how the last episode may pan out, since the portal is the only thing which they haven't shown much about, alas that teaser at the beginning.

Trivia
The title refers to a 13th century German proverb. There are many versions over the centuries but the most common is: "For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a message the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was lost. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail." The meaning is that failing to see and remedy an initially small problem can lead to major, even catastrophic consequences.

Goofs
In the original broadcast, when Himmler talks in German about moving divisions across North America he mentions the 55th Panzer Division but the English subtitle says "5th Panzer Division".

Quotes
Heinrich Himmler: Margarete and I have three daughters. Those girls are the greatest joy of my life. You know how it is. But there are certain things that a daughter can never be. When a man gets to be my age he needs a son. I thought of you as that son, John. I saw myself in you. If anyone had hurt you, shot you, as those assassins did me, I would have hunted them down and strangled them with my bare hands. But you did nothing to avenge me. Where's the tribute to the man who gave you everything? When did you even visit me when I was sick? Nothing! Say something, Smith! If not for you then for your family. Say something in your defense!
Reichsmarshall John Smith: What can I say, mein Fuhrer? You're right. I never loved you. I never saw you as a father, I saw you as a petty little tyrant. You're a mediocre man. A failed chicken farmer. The very thought that you see yourself in me, it sickens me.