Welcome to EWs weekly recap of HBOsWatchmen.
Chancellor:Christian, dont you just love seeing a plan come together?
Because thats exactly what happens inWatchmens season (series?)
Credit: Mark Hill/HBO
See How They Fly starts tying up loose ends from the moment it begins.
The opening sequence reveals that Adrian Veidt is indeed Lady Trieus father, albeit not intentionally.
(As I watched this scene, I remembered another clue about Trieus parentage.
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Well here, Trieus big plan to save humanity is built around something called the Millennium Clock).
But of course, as the cliche goes, the road to evil is paved by good intentions.
Honestly, I didnt see this twist coming.
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But, you know, like father, like daughter.
Im definitely taken aback by the lack of impact the Seventh Kavalry had on this finale.
But really, they were just puppets for Trieu the whole time.
The elements of this episode that worked best for me were everything involving Adrian Veidt.
Because masks make men cruel, says a man who committed world-historical atrocities long after he stopped wearing one.
All Veidt ever wanted, it seems, was a worthy adversary.
The Game Warden asks if his years of pursuing and policing his prisoner met that impossible standard.
No, Veidt replies, but you put on a hell of a show.
That line works for me on multiple levels.
Did we make something worthy ofWatchmen?
The honest answer is probably not, and this Veidt exchange indicates they are fully aware of that likelihood.
She succeeds where he failed in one respect at least: She actually kills Doctor Manhattan.
Thats the last thing youd expect from Manhattan.
Yet, in his final moments, not even this godlike being can escape normal human emotions like fear.
This reminded me of Angela asking him about the last time he was afraid inA God Walks Into Abar.
Overall, Jons death scene really worked for me because it was so intimate.
In the end, the action in the finale was all emotional and better than any superpower fight.
You cant heal under a mask, Angela, he says.
To wrap us up, Christian, how do you think that line relates to the shows overall themes?
Christian:I think I interpreted the ending slightly differently.
One of his options is Rorschachs journal, which contains the truth about Veidts squid plot.
In homage, theWatchmenshow ends on a similar ambiguity: Is Angela Abar now a new blue superbeing?
Its entirely in your hands to imagine it.
Another is that the world actually changes over the course of the story.
Most other superhero sagas result in the preservation of the status quo.
What kind of world would be possible then?
Is that too much for any of us to imagine anymore?
Alas, Trieus apotheosis is stopped halfway through.
She kills God, but as shes waiting to ascend, shes attacked by her actual father.
Christ imagery is heavily intertwined with Doctor Manhattan.
Trieu fails to change the world, and her father is finally punished for even trying.
Although the so I suppose the FBIs gonna arrest the president, too?
Sure, why not?
Ill end by answering your question, Chance.
Thanks for reading along with us, everyone!
