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The Complete Guide to The Man in the High Castle Season 3 – Premiering 10/5
WW2 historian Paul K. DiCostanzo breaks down Amazon’s upcoming The Man in the High Castle season 3, and the hidden WW2 history driving it.
Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido: An Unpredictable Character Arc
Amazon Studios The relentless Chief Inspector Kido
As characters go, Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido (Joel de la Fuente) has been the most austere and hardest to read throughout the first two seasons. Yet we have learned that for all his brutal crimes – namely gassing Frank Frink’s sister and two children for literally nothing – he does possess honor, and a genuine ability to sacrifice himself in the name of a greater peace – if necessary. His actions in passing on the film that averted global nuclear war were invaluable.
For all of that, one still can by no means consider him anything but a completely loyal servant to his Emperor and Empire. Many aspects of Kido’s life may be in flux following the events that ended Season 2, but one should expect nothing in regards to a serious character change without further evidence.
Kido’s priority in The Man in the High Castle Season 3 will be the massive investigation of the suicide bombing by Frank at the conclusion of Season 2. If anything, Kido may become more implacable and dangerous as the series continues. Moreover, he will catch wind of the traveler phenomenon. It is when this fact becomes clear to him, which it likely should, that his character arch will assume a greater certainty.
