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I think they did a better job of explaining Joe Smith. major spoilers

posted 8 years ago by NeverEclipsed
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Last season I was left scratching my head as to how a ruthless Nazi could be a good guy as well.. This time I kind of get it. America lost that war, he was in an American uniform until he looked out the window and saw the big one drop on DC. If he wanted success, or even survival, he was going to become a Nazi. And also his cunning ability to be in the right place at the right time, to think ahead, you could see how he would rise in the ranks so fast. But at heart he's not really a Nazi, what he didn't see coming is that his son really is, and sacrificed himself to be a good one.

[–] catlover9802 8 years ago

Sadly- it makes sense. This is all his son knows. And he wasn't quietly taught otherwise. His parents raised him to be a Nazi. Some of the most die hard fanatics at the real end of WWII were the young kids who had known nothing else.

I knew Smith wasn't a total true believer the second his son was declared ill. Smith did what a lot of people would do: conform/adapt to survive.

[–] suvrmart 8 years ago

Well, his mom sure is. She bought right into everything. Mom's do the socializing so there you have it.

I don't let Smith off the hook at all. At what price is your survival? I'm going to assume he and Wegener exterminated hundreds of thousands of Black people, Latinos and the disabled. Yeah, no. He's pure evil. He'd kill his wife if he had to and she'd cut his throat in an instant.

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I think they did a better job of explaining Joe Smith. *major spoilers*

I think they did a better job of explaining Joe Smith. major spoilers