Is it just me or was episode 5 like really dull compared to the rest of them? Was I the only one that in the beginning thought that Christian dude campaigning at the amusement park was Laurie's lanky sex partner? They looked a lot alike. Also I'm finding in general Wade/Looking Glass has been the least interesting character.
No way, it's probably my favorite episode thus far. I was predisposed towards liking the character to begin with, but that episode cemented it.
It built up the character and explained quite a few things about him (his mask and ability to discern people's true feelings) in an organic and satisfying way.
So are we supposed to accept that Angela has known her husband is secretly Dr. Manhattan all this time? Why was she surprised when Lady Trieu was like "Yo did you know Dr. Manhattan lives here!???? Don't you wanna know who he is??" Was the idea with that scene that she was pretending not to know? Why does she accept that her husband is Dr. Manhattan? This twist just seems so out of nowhere.
Yes. She was surprised that Trieu knew Cal was Manhattan, and didn't want to give it away. Trieu was taunting her by asking "don't you want to know who it is?", basically saying that she knew Angela already knew who it was.
Angela lying to Trieu was basically a thing throughout the entire episode.
I buy that Angela knew. The episode also clearly set up that for her entire life, Angela's had people coming into her life and suddenly leaving. I fully buy that she'd be willing to pretend she had a happy, somewhat normal life for that time. She's already living a pretend life as a baker to her community and kids, why not also pretend that Cal's normal?
Why did Lady Trieu clone her mom, exactly? Did they explain that? I'm gonna guess the answer for this next question is nobody knows, but what is the deal with the Millenium Clock? Also does Lady Trieu seriously have like one employee that isn't her mom-daughter working at her business which is worth over a trillion dollars (I'm referring to that one woman with the hard hat)?
At this point I don't really think the main plot involves her daughter being her mother. I think it's just more getting the audience used to the idea of cloning existing in this universe.
- Introduce cloning in the weirdo Ozymandias storyline.
- Confirm that cloning exists in the real world with the dog.
- Confirm that human cloning with memory implantation exists in the real world with the daughter.
We're probably leading up to a twist with one of the main characters revealed to be a clone or something.
Okay so...Adrian Veidt is on Europa? How? I don't get this stuff at all to be honest. When the Game Warden yanks his back, he like warps back. So was he on that satellite? Where is this idyllic countryside supposed to be? Who is he trying to ask to save him? What is the deal with the fetuses in the river? Why is he making this play? Didn't he purposefully bow out of the public eye in the first place? So how did he end up imprisoned? Maybe my lack of deep familiarity with the source material around Watchmen is hindering me here because I honest to god do not understand what is going on here at all.
I'm not sure the Veidt stuff is meant to be taken at face value. It's either a real, existing world that was set up by Dr. Manhattan creating a reality, so it's not beholden to our rules. Or, it could all just be in Veidt's head and not a physical location.
Right now I think that it's a pocket universe with a weak spot that lets out on Europa or something. It's a countryside because Manhattan was trying to make a natural habitat that would accomodate Viedt, presumably so he'd be happy and not try to escape. The clones are there to serve him and provide companionship, again to try and keep him there. Since it's a created reality, the process behind the riverbabies doesn't need to make logical sense.
