Loved the first series but I'm wondering how necessary a second series is.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to it though.
Well, the closing chapter does refer to the fall of Gilead, so that's fertile premise that's worth exploring. I personally like the potential for a series that can explore the lifespan of a fascist regime. And the first season did a superb job with injecting levity into this show. For all the moments of putridness and cruelty depicted in the series, they were offset by small, but significant measures of hope throughout. I hope that this show doesn't lose sight of it. Yes, you can have dark elements in a prestige show without it being simply misery porn.
The last show I can remember that dealt with the idea of blossoming resistance against a fascist regime was the miniseries, V back in the 1980's.
I loved the way how the season 1 finale played out. The scene where June and the others refused to stone Janine had a very similar feel to when Tim Robbins' character in Shawshank Redemption defiantly plays the record of the two opera singers over the PA in spite of the recriminations that was certain to follow.
My only disappointment was that the package of letters wasn't a pipe bomb like the episode was trying to insinuate. But all in all, a great way to end the season.
This show ended up being everything I had hoped Man in the High Castle would be.