Liked seeing Zig Zag Records sign, but it was in Sheepshead Bay. THE record store in Hoboken was Piers Platters.
Great points about the music, but I think y'all missed a funny one. When Veidt steps out onto the surface of what must be Ganymede, Europa, or Callisto (what with Jupiter occupying much of the sky, but no volcanoes so it's not Io), Debussy's Claire de Lune (moonlight) starts playing. Because he's on a moon, see?
Very hard to tell why he bothered spelling out "save me", when the satellite was probably put there to keep an eye on him, making sure he didn't escape. I'd think the only being that could have put him out there, since humans haven't developed much space travel in this timeline, is Dr. Manhattan, and likewise that's the only being that could rescue him.
I worry about that ending too, Wade might be about to get shot in his home by the Seventh Kavalry gang. Hopefully not, he's an interesting character. I think the PTSD he and others are suffering from the squid attack is a parallel to 9/11, another massive psychic impact that briefly unified us.
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Strange the writer didn't mention what happened as a result of the bugged cactus.
@RidgewoodJoe He does, though he does not explicitly link it to the cactus. Reread the "So where does that leave Wade?" paragraph, which references Abar's arrest and the reasons why she is arrested.
Where I quibble with Mr. Tobias concerns Wade's reasons for accepting the "squid pro quo." The choice Reeves cheerfully offers Wade is to either accept Reeve's offer and, in return, implicate Abar in Crawford's murder to put her "on ice" for a couple of days, or else refuse the offer and have the 7th Kavalry slaughter Abar and her entire family in their home. Notwithstanding Wade's suffering, I would argue preventing the Abar family from being slaughtered is why he chose the squid pro quo.
Finally, insofar as the Veidt hoax is a tightly guarded secret, couldn't Wade use his newfound knowledge of the hoax, courtesy of Reeves, to prove Reeves' involvement with the 7th Kavalry? Reeves apparently thinks as much, given the final scene of the episode (which I suspect will not end with the result Reeves expected).
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One more musical comment- the use of “Some Enchanted Evening” - from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, was a gorgeous ironic touch, not only because of the non-enchanting, violent evenings the music accompanies but the lyrics
Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.
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Jeremy Irons deserves the Emmy! Outrageous performance.
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@Anthony Forkush I keep imagining him saying: "Was it OK? Because I can go BIGGER!"
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Better and better. Of course, ongoing works of this complication piled on complication can so easily vanish up their own behinds, but my fingers will remain crossed until the very end.
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Best episode yet. Even though the biggest reveal (about the squid hoax) is the one anyone who read the book already knew. Up until this episode I found it curious that they cast an acclaimed actor for Looking Glass but we finally got to see that character fully developed.
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Agreed on the great use of music in this episode. One not mentioned was Sturgill Simpson's "Turtles All the Way Down."
It was a perfect "theme" song for Looking Glass in that moment... a psychedelic rock/country song about self-enlightenment.
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It's a great show, a worthy successor to the WATCHMEN universe. Looking Glass is one of the most interesting and compelling new characters introduced in it, and I hope we continue to see more of him, and hope he survives!
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Really enjoying this show. I appreciate the weekly recap here. I've not read the original novel so to be honest I have no idea what's happening here other than it's all very unsettling.....
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@jackzfun - Same for me. I might read the original. I thought it was a comic book but I’m more inclined to read a novel. Great show!
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@Candy The original Watchmen is a "graphic novel" -- jargon for a comic book. But it's the greatest comic book ever made, well worth reading.
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@jackzfun Try to keep an open mind. The Watchmen graphic novel is very unlike what you might imagine a typical comic book is like. If you like the series, I think you'll enjoy it.
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Giant Squid. Calamari with lemon and a bit of marinara. Love it.
Can do without the Black Ink though. Or is that Too Subliminal?
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