Season 3 things that seemed hard to buy

These are excellent points, many I wondered about as well.

I know the Nazis have super duper sonic aircraft and Himmler can zip back and forth, but he does seem pretty tied up in things he should have other people handling.

Jazz or swing music was looked down on at least officially. Only rational I can think of is, perhaps the American national socialist were more tolerant, and or because it such a part of American culture it was tolerated more in the American part of the Reich. Still at the official party for eliminating American history it still seems a strange choice.

I agree bribing and blackmail would make sense. Although to hold this over Smith it could be easily used against him. Before the war two prominent Generals on the German High command were brought down by rumor and innuendo. Still if Himmler sees Smith as so important I think he could make sure his daughters get a pass, just as he did with the charges against him by Rockwell.

I think they used Mengele because he is more commonly known and infamous for conducting experiments on people, but was not a physicist. Someone did suggest maybe in the MITC world he was a physicist and did not go into the medical field.

The big Nazi machine at the end, really went off the rails for me. As the heroes spy on things through an air vent, while Himmler overseas his doomsday machine like some kind James Bond villain.

2. The allegation against Smith is a serious matter that Himmler need to be there and he prob wanted to do the 'Year zero' propaganda there as well. He may also wanted to check out the Mengele secret project while hes there.

4. Too risky esp with so much focus on Thomas being the hero, Smith family is in the spotlight of everyone.

5. Seems like shes gonna be Tagomi love interest, maybe she is a traveller too?

7. Sending their armies to conquer other worlds for resources is better than starting a war with the Japanese, unlike the Japs the enemies in other worlds have no way of hitting back.

1. I wondered about Juliana disguising herself too. Not so much spy vs. spy - dark glasses, hat, and coat - but something simple like a wig and eyeglasses. If they've got your picture and take a really close look at your face you're in trouble. The trick is to appear just different enough not to grab their attention in the first place. And they woudn't be looking for a long-haired blonde wearing eyeglasses.

2. Himmler is the Führer. He can go wherever he wants, and everyone else will bend over backward to accommodate his traveling. Remember they've got those black and white CRT Skype units so he can confer with anyone important 24/7.

3. I think in this world Mengele just decided to go into physics rather than medicine.

4. I asked myself that same question. A combination of bribery and intimidation should be enough to get a negative result on a positive genetic test (I assume that's what the test is). One gathers from the way people talk about the Berlin elite getting a pass on rules others have to follow, that Smith wouldn't be the only one with a child they've finagled an exemption for.

5. Tamlyn Tomita's character is secondary. Her main importance to the story is how she affects Tagomi and his motivations.

6. Maybe Himmler doesn't have a problem with "black music" so after Hitler's death the restrictions against jazz were dropped. New leader, new policies.

7. Several other threads have discussed the machine and their plans for it. We don't really know what their intentions were in detail, except that they probably involved conquest of other worlds. Maybe they planned on invading only more primitive worlds. Places that for whatever reason were decades or centuries behind technologically - i.e. easy prey. Attacking at random would eventually be their undoing since sooner or later they'd piss off someone more advanced who could portal into their own world and crush them.

I was just wondering why they only removed their weapons before the test, and not their "iron crosses", unless all the fancy medals are actually made of plastic. The same might go for other things like buckles, belts, etc.

Meanwhile, they easily could have killed everyone in the test chamber from the vent. Instead, someone's 'shoe squeeks'....

Great list and excellent responses so far.

I would add:

8. Sixty eight year old Tagomi overpowers Himmler's half-his-age highly trained Lebensborn assassin Hans by way of brute strength until he lies on the floor unconscious.

Himmler's brown shirts seem pretty damn feeble and incompetent. Firearms at distance instead of hand-to-hand combat would guarantee the desired outcome there. But whatever, of course they can't have Tagomi die when he's central to the plot.