Unbelievable episode, unbelievable story can't believe how they have tied all these points together and how captivating and well thought the episodes and plots are. The execution is fantastic too with some fantastic scenes that might well become iconic in the future.
33 Reviews
I don't even know what to say.
aidanalderdice2 December 2019
If you've made it this far, you know the show is brilliant. Probably destined to be a classic. And this episode is consistent in tone and quality.
However, there are two separate points during this one specifically where you're going to need to hit pause and stare at the screen without blinking for a while. I'm STILL trying to process what I just watched. All I can think to say is that I have literally no idea what's going to happen next.
However, there are two separate points during this one specifically where you're going to need to hit pause and stare at the screen without blinking for a while. I'm STILL trying to process what I just watched. All I can think to say is that I have literally no idea what's going to happen next.
"Were in trouble"
Fanatic_movie_goer2 December 2019
I haven't had a single plot-twist thought in my mind and I'm still loving this series. The episode had all the right moves. It will get you thinking about who to support in Watchmen, but it will also answer to the regular viewers, questions of it.
I'm still saying that the music was spot on. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have talent which shows in the series. The give you the music at the right moment. When the ended the episode with a familiar song that was the right move.
I don't think about the end because I can't. I do not know what the end will be.
I'm still saying that the music was spot on. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have talent which shows in the series. The give you the music at the right moment. When the ended the episode with a familiar song that was the right move.
I don't think about the end because I can't. I do not know what the end will be.
Unbelievable Episode
tomzaleski2 December 2019
I did not read the original comics so I cannot empathize with the lovers distain for the shows divergence from the source material. That being said, this show is incredible. Everything from the acting, writing, and music is so original and compelling. I can't wait to see where this goes.
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
southdavid3 December 2019
Maybe suffering in comparison with the previous weeks slightly, this is still another fabulous episode of what has become must see television.
Angela (Regina King) recovers from her ordeal at Lady Treiu's (Hong Chau) base of operations, as the drugs drain from her system, she sees some memories from her life and we learn about her traumatic childhood in Vietnam (which became the 51st state, following Dr. Manhattan's intervention). Laurie Blake learns more about the plans of the 7th Kavalry and the trial of Ozymandias descends into farce.
I'm going spoiler free again for my review this week, but this episode has a huge reveal that is the best kind of revelation like this; one you couldn't have seen coming, but if you reappraise things you've seen before with this knowledge, the clues are there. I don't know what that means for the rest of the season, but I'm dying to find out.
Away from that, it was another episode that leaned heavily into the funny. Laurie Blake's capture had slapstick elements and the Veidt's trial is nothing but comedy. It's spot on in terms of the basics, visually stunning, great performances and the musical choices are top notch. (I think I said I was going to stop praising the show for these elements every week, but still . . .)
It could all fall apart still, I accept, but at the moment "Watchmen" is my favourite show of the year.
Angela (Regina King) recovers from her ordeal at Lady Treiu's (Hong Chau) base of operations, as the drugs drain from her system, she sees some memories from her life and we learn about her traumatic childhood in Vietnam (which became the 51st state, following Dr. Manhattan's intervention). Laurie Blake learns more about the plans of the 7th Kavalry and the trial of Ozymandias descends into farce.
I'm going spoiler free again for my review this week, but this episode has a huge reveal that is the best kind of revelation like this; one you couldn't have seen coming, but if you reappraise things you've seen before with this knowledge, the clues are there. I don't know what that means for the rest of the season, but I'm dying to find out.
Away from that, it was another episode that leaned heavily into the funny. Laurie Blake's capture had slapstick elements and the Veidt's trial is nothing but comedy. It's spot on in terms of the basics, visually stunning, great performances and the musical choices are top notch. (I think I said I was going to stop praising the show for these elements every week, but still . . .)
It could all fall apart still, I accept, but at the moment "Watchmen" is my favourite show of the year.
I did not see that coming at all.
allkillahnofillah3 December 2019
The perfect speech
deinaeira4 December 2019
Let's address the elephant in the room
nckbrb2 December 2019
The elephant in the room.
zkiko3 December 2019
'Is a metaphorical idiom in English for an important or enormous topic, problem, or risk that is obvious or that everyone knows about but no one mentions or wants to discuss because it makes at least some of them uncomfortable or is personally, socially, or politically embarrassing, controversial, inflammatory, or dangerous.'
This was a beautiful episode with some clever symbolism. Damon Lindelof to me is probably (one of) the best serious tv art writer of the last decade, with the phenomenal 'The Leftovers' and now with 'The Watchmen', using the same psychedelic road to reveal surreal but still deeply humane phenomena. That road btw is best to be enjoyed as the journey and not to stare blindly towards the end(ing).
This was a beautiful episode with some clever symbolism. Damon Lindelof to me is probably (one of) the best serious tv art writer of the last decade, with the phenomenal 'The Leftovers' and now with 'The Watchmen', using the same psychedelic road to reveal surreal but still deeply humane phenomena. That road btw is best to be enjoyed as the journey and not to stare blindly towards the end(ing).
Amazing Television !
Tv-Addict19912 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
I am totally in Shock of this Episode ! That was Amazing Television and one of the best episodes of the Year !
Holy Moly ! The Plot-Twists were so suprising and goooood (;
So exited for next weeks epipsode !
Thank You For this Amazing Tv Show !
Greetings From Germany (:
Holy Moly ! The Plot-Twists were so suprising and goooood (;
So exited for next weeks epipsode !
Thank You For this Amazing Tv Show !
Greetings From Germany (:
Trieu dat!
jay-955782 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Chandler shouldn't have complained about being sent to Tulsa. It all seems to go down all up in there.
After last weeks masterful detour, this week we're back in the here and now which allows the story in Tulsa to move along nicely for us. At first I was feeling accepting that this was just a piece moving episode that was setting up the stakes for the season's endgame, necessary but ultimately not a chapter that would be remembered even if it was presented this inventively.
...but then Regina King opened her husband's skull with a hammer and revealed that he seemed to have the soul of Dr Manhattan inside his head. I can't say I was expecting that shizz.
After last weeks masterful detour, this week we're back in the here and now which allows the story in Tulsa to move along nicely for us. At first I was feeling accepting that this was just a piece moving episode that was setting up the stakes for the season's endgame, necessary but ultimately not a chapter that would be remembered even if it was presented this inventively.
...but then Regina King opened her husband's skull with a hammer and revealed that he seemed to have the soul of Dr Manhattan inside his head. I can't say I was expecting that shizz.
Is it just me who really didn't like the plot twist?
W011y4m52 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
"He was here all along" seems like a bit of a cheap, clichéd & predictable storytelling trope for a show which has thus far avoided the usual by revelling in subverting people's preconceived expectations.
Are we seriously supposed to believe that a living God - who has walked across the surface of the sun - suffered from amnesia & trapped himself in human form to live out a life of domestic bliss? This is the same being who sees past, present & future - its infinite complexity - all at once? How did he not see this coming? My suspension of disbelief thus far hasn't been challenged but to suppose that an all-powerful superhuman needs "saving" from mere mortals?
To quote Dr. Manhattan: "The world's smartest man poses no more threat to me than does its smartest termite."
Are we seriously supposed to believe that a living God - who has walked across the surface of the sun - suffered from amnesia & trapped himself in human form to live out a life of domestic bliss? This is the same being who sees past, present & future - its infinite complexity - all at once? How did he not see this coming? My suspension of disbelief thus far hasn't been challenged but to suppose that an all-powerful superhuman needs "saving" from mere mortals?
To quote Dr. Manhattan: "The world's smartest man poses no more threat to me than does its smartest termite."
LOL at the reviews
nickisdabest-742-22671011 December 2019
Really suppose to believe who Dr. Manhattan has been hiding as? What a joke... Completely just butchered this comic story... I know this in the future, but absolutely ridiculous to think this character would do that, haha! All these 9s and 10s, whatever... Should be a legit 5 or 6
I am Mindblown
baldwinhuskerboy5 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
I was as unsure as anyone after the first few episodes if this was gonna be what I hoped for in a watchmen series. And this episode may have been the biggest wtf moment I've ever seen. This show is incredible! We're in trouble!
A Masterpiece
keithsonatra2 December 2019
I almost never give perfect scores but this show keeps getting better and better and the twist at the end of this episode just made this one of my favorite and most anticipated shows i have ever watched. I wont spoil anything for you e; i wont dare rob you of the shock value... i predicted the twist a little before the reveal but there will be a moment in the episode where it comes together in your consciousness and you will get a chill up your spine... well done watchmen... i now hold this show up there with the likes of breaking bad, the first 4 seasons of game of thrones, and the wire for just being a well rounded, high quality, well written, binge worthy piece of art. they out did themselves with this episode... they better not dare drop the ball.
"People who wear masks are driven by trauma"
TheLittleSongbird24 November 2020
'Watchmen' may have started off uncertain but once it got going, which was briefly for the third episode and then (after a slight dip) properly halfway through the run all the way through to the end, it was riveting television. Its best episodes demonstrated what 'Watchmen' is all about in my view from a thematic standpoint and as good as modern television can get. Even the weakest episodes, the first two, are better than a lot of shows at their weakest.
"An Almost Religious Awe" didn't leave me in awe in the same way that "Little Fear of Lightning" and especially "This Extraordinary Being" did, both of which were bolder and had more of an emotional punch. It did come close though and is a great episode in its own way, one of the show's better ones on the whole, with so many brilliantly done things. Personally wasn't quite as ecstatic with the thing that blew away a lot of my friends, but certainly didn't hate it either.
Production values are still top-notch. The photography, especially in the flashbacks, is better than the photography in a lot of films released in cinemas in recent years, it's fluid, stylish and very atmospheric with no gimmicks, over-claustrophobia or doing anything too fancy. The score is still haunting and the music choices and how they're placed are spot on again. Especially Lacrimosa and "Life on Mars", performed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross themselves! The direction provides enough breathing space and is in complete control of the ambitious material, but still provides enough urgency to stop the drama from being too staid.
The writing is also on point, when it comes to the smart dialogue the wit is back and the grit and bite is still present (if not as uncompromising as in the previous two episodes perhaps). The storytelling has really come on a lot from since 'Watchmen' first started, with things starting to fall into place credibly. The pace has gotten much better and tighter and things are clearer. The bold, unflinching tone is still here (if not quite as much as in the previous two episodes) and most turns are well executed. The Vietnam scenes are harrowing and Veidt's trial is one of my personal favourite scenes of the whole show for its absolutely hilarious strangeness (almost surreal).
Characters are all intriguing still, love the sense of mystery that Lady Trieu has and Veidt is wonderfully eccentric still. The acting is without fault, with Regina King and Jean Smart commanding leads, Hong Chau being a classy Lady Trieu and Jeremy Irons (looking fantastic by the way in the Ozymandias costume) is eccentric charisma personfiied.
For me though, the big touted revelation was "In Almost Religious Awe's" weak link, though more in a conflicting way than disaster zone. It certainly did leave me floored, did not expect it at all in no way, and it was absolutely utterly riveting. Other revelations on the show (i.e. the Hooded Justice reveal) though struck me as more plausible, it admittedly took time for me to accept that such a powerful and destructive character was in the guise of somebody that was the complete anti-thesis so it felt a bit jarring.
Great episode all the same. Not a show high point but in the better half. 9/10
"An Almost Religious Awe" didn't leave me in awe in the same way that "Little Fear of Lightning" and especially "This Extraordinary Being" did, both of which were bolder and had more of an emotional punch. It did come close though and is a great episode in its own way, one of the show's better ones on the whole, with so many brilliantly done things. Personally wasn't quite as ecstatic with the thing that blew away a lot of my friends, but certainly didn't hate it either.
Production values are still top-notch. The photography, especially in the flashbacks, is better than the photography in a lot of films released in cinemas in recent years, it's fluid, stylish and very atmospheric with no gimmicks, over-claustrophobia or doing anything too fancy. The score is still haunting and the music choices and how they're placed are spot on again. Especially Lacrimosa and "Life on Mars", performed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross themselves! The direction provides enough breathing space and is in complete control of the ambitious material, but still provides enough urgency to stop the drama from being too staid.
The writing is also on point, when it comes to the smart dialogue the wit is back and the grit and bite is still present (if not as uncompromising as in the previous two episodes perhaps). The storytelling has really come on a lot from since 'Watchmen' first started, with things starting to fall into place credibly. The pace has gotten much better and tighter and things are clearer. The bold, unflinching tone is still here (if not quite as much as in the previous two episodes) and most turns are well executed. The Vietnam scenes are harrowing and Veidt's trial is one of my personal favourite scenes of the whole show for its absolutely hilarious strangeness (almost surreal).
Characters are all intriguing still, love the sense of mystery that Lady Trieu has and Veidt is wonderfully eccentric still. The acting is without fault, with Regina King and Jean Smart commanding leads, Hong Chau being a classy Lady Trieu and Jeremy Irons (looking fantastic by the way in the Ozymandias costume) is eccentric charisma personfiied.
For me though, the big touted revelation was "In Almost Religious Awe's" weak link, though more in a conflicting way than disaster zone. It certainly did leave me floored, did not expect it at all in no way, and it was absolutely utterly riveting. Other revelations on the show (i.e. the Hooded Justice reveal) though struck me as more plausible, it admittedly took time for me to accept that such a powerful and destructive character was in the guise of somebody that was the complete anti-thesis so it felt a bit jarring.
Great episode all the same. Not a show high point but in the better half. 9/10
Elephants have great memories, heh?
XweAponX2 December 2019
Remember what I said about stories? The bricks all fall at once in this one. Or better yet, the claw hammer.
The 7th Calvary a.k.a. the "gang of Rorschachs" want to do something that's totally crazy, and Silk Spectre II falls for it. Or, at least she falls.
Once upon a time there was an intrinsic field chamber... it created a superhero. And then some slimebags wanted to create an Ubermensch.
Whenever I think this show can't get any more over the top, it does.
It's not just the non sequitur storyline, it's the imagery, and the music, and the research. It's as if somebody put a lot of time researching what these disparate aspects of Watchmen would look like. We were told Dr. Manhattan won the Vietnam war but we were never shown what Vietnam would look like as the 51st American state. This isn't merely a sequel to watchmen, this is a continuation of the original limited series, it's as if that limited series became an ongoing comic book that we get to read now. And all of the little references get expanded upon.
There is still a lot of that missing story between then and now that we don't know. Why is Ozymandias where he is? Who is the woman who purchased his company? All of these things appear to be "intrinsically" connected, we will know the outcome soon enough. But still, nine episodes is just not enough.
Look out for people who may not be be who they are. And claw hammers.
The 7th Calvary a.k.a. the "gang of Rorschachs" want to do something that's totally crazy, and Silk Spectre II falls for it. Or, at least she falls.
Once upon a time there was an intrinsic field chamber... it created a superhero. And then some slimebags wanted to create an Ubermensch.
Whenever I think this show can't get any more over the top, it does.
It's not just the non sequitur storyline, it's the imagery, and the music, and the research. It's as if somebody put a lot of time researching what these disparate aspects of Watchmen would look like. We were told Dr. Manhattan won the Vietnam war but we were never shown what Vietnam would look like as the 51st American state. This isn't merely a sequel to watchmen, this is a continuation of the original limited series, it's as if that limited series became an ongoing comic book that we get to read now. And all of the little references get expanded upon.
There is still a lot of that missing story between then and now that we don't know. Why is Ozymandias where he is? Who is the woman who purchased his company? All of these things appear to be "intrinsically" connected, we will know the outcome soon enough. But still, nine episodes is just not enough.
Look out for people who may not be be who they are. And claw hammers.
Slow but Interesting Buildup
JTReviewsPlus2 December 2019
A lot more context was given for both Treu and Angela. Some much needed answers to burning questions regarding their past and goals are given in the form of flashbacks and intense conversations between the two characters. Agent Blake uncovers important info as well that will leave people wanting more. The same can be said about the cliffhanger ending. Cinematography, acting, storytelling, and all are still executed amazingly. If you aren't a fan of the show already this won't change your mind but if you like the series so far, you will asking for the next episode.
Another incredible episode
k_g_barreto19 January 2020
The last 3 episodes inclunding this one were great. The beginning of this season didn't lived up to the hype for me, but things are getting really better. This episode is well directed, well written, with good perfomances plus the twist and how megalomaniac this is getting, they are doing something different and that's good.
Never miss it if you are a suspense lover.
deepakdst4 December 2019
I can't imagine how many plans they have for the future 'cause after seeing this much of twists in a single show I am totally surprised. Every episode bring a truth that is beyond expectations.
If you ever thought why Angela is the lead character of this series, just watch these ending episode and you will be shocked to know how important she really is.
Even the story arc of Ozymandias is incomplete yet. So this show has a lot to offer in remaining two episodes. Just stick to this show and you will get a full entertainment.
An Almost Religious Awe
Prismark105 February 2020
The elephant in the room so far The Watchmen television series has had no hook.
There is a sprawling plot and not much by way of The Watchmen characters.
Things go up a gear here. Adrian Veidt stands trial and is judged by a jury of his peers. He simply cannot pig it.
Laurie Blake has the rug pulled under her. She simply is not as smart she thought she was as The Seventh Kavalry reveal their plans to her.
It is Angela Abar recovering from her overdose on Nostalgia who realises that she needs her husband back.
The episode ends with David Bowie's Life on Mars. I thought Manhattan Transfer would had been more appropriate.
There is a sprawling plot and not much by way of The Watchmen characters.
Things go up a gear here. Adrian Veidt stands trial and is judged by a jury of his peers. He simply cannot pig it.
Laurie Blake has the rug pulled under her. She simply is not as smart she thought she was as The Seventh Kavalry reveal their plans to her.
It is Angela Abar recovering from her overdose on Nostalgia who realises that she needs her husband back.
The episode ends with David Bowie's Life on Mars. I thought Manhattan Transfer would had been more appropriate.
Good episode with a great twist
jake_pugsley2 December 2019
The incarnation of Dr Manhattan
freemanchang2 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Having watched this episode I think Damon Lindelof is the only writter in our time who can and dare make Cal the incarnation of Dr Manhattan
What an incredible original and novel adaptation of Moore's magnificent work
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