Subtly braided into previous episodes was Laurie Blake's attraction to Calvin ("He's hot"). Her chemistry with Dr. Manhattan transcends both aspect and persona. Bravo!
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As I was watching Watchman Season 10 premiere and last week’s episode I was so impressed with the series trajectory leading up to the finale.
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Odd to think the season ends with next week's episode. Even odder that a number of episodes were devoted to flashbacks or characters seemingly tangential to the main story line, usually a no no in plot-driven commercial television. But here, whichever direction the show wanted to move, forward or backward, or take a full episode to embrace a secondary character, it was all equally entrancing and not a moment ever felt wasted. I was completely seduced, and now with the show ending, will undoubtedly feel a bit abandoned.
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I hope this is really a 'season finale' and not a 'series finale'. The writing and acting are superb. I can't get enough!
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It seems that Dr. Manhattan plans his own capture. He teleportted everyone out of his house except himself and Angela. Weird!
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One of the best episodes of television I've ever seen. Just spectacular on every level. Thanks to everyone involved in this series.
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Nice choice of music for opening scene with Dr. Manhattan. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Strauss's Blue Danube Waltz.
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I watch "Watchmen" live as well as DVR'ing it. So after the end credits started rolling, I turned off the TV Screen. But my Soundbar still had the audio. I heard the "squishing" sound of tomatoes (which I thought were Eggs. Would have been more significant). I was able to watch Post-Credits Sequence almost immediately. AAR What's up w/ that? Maybe (many years ago) the last HBO Sopranos' episode had Something Else when it "cut to Black"? BTW so Dr. Manhattan was on Europa instead of Mars. This misdirection would not have happened if the government anti-trusters had Not broken-up the old Bell System (Telephone Monopoly). :) :) :)
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The last episode of HBO's limited series "Sharp Objects" did the much same thing. The added scene basically explained all that had gone before, mainly what had happened in that episode but also some of the key events of the entire series. In "Sharp Objects," the addition seemed to be an attempt to resolve the ambiguity of what would otherwise been the ending of the series. While the viewer had been given indications in the episode that at least some of the events of the tacked on scenes might have been what happened, the result of the tacked on scenes not only removed any doubt but also re-imaged and completely overturned what we had assumed about the truth of earlier episodes. In the case of this added portion of last night's episode, I think the purpose was more to emphasize the time/space continuum elements of the episode.
I don't agree with Tobias' feeling that Veidt's story is a side plot. Next week may prove me wrong, but I believe we are about to see his story merging into what's happening in Tulsa. From the beginning, Veidt's presence in the story has seemed too intricately connected metaphorically to the rest of the plot to be a sideshow. I say this having never read the books, seen the other movie, or spent any time with the interactive website that accompanies the series. The show seems an organic whole to me than it seems to appear to Tobias.
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My DVR's "to do" list misrepresented the episode title all week as "A God Walks into a Bar." It was consequently a delightful surprise when the punnier version of it showed up on screen.
We do, notably, finally get a payoff as to Mr. Philips trying for many episodes to give Veidt a horseshoe.
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