This review contains spoilers for HBO's Watchmen Season 1, episode 3, "She Was Killed By Space Junk." Watch our spoiler-filled discussion on the highlights of Watchmen episode 3 in the video recap above.
The third episode of Watchmen breaks from its predecessors’ narrative focus. It moves away from Angela Abar/Sister Night (Regina King), the brand-new protagonist written for the show, and towards Watchmen graphic novel alumna Silk Spectre II/Laurie Juspeczyk (Jean Smart). Now an FBI agent who hunts masked vigilantes, Laurie has taken the last name of her father, The Comedian/Edward Blake. By following Laurie, an outsider to the main plot, the episode provides insight into what the post-comic world feels like outside its Tulsa setting — as well as how these two worlds differ, and how they overlap — thus establishing what tensions and barriers could arise as Abar’s story unfolds.
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The third episode of Watchmen breaks from its predecessors’ narrative focus. It moves away from Angela Abar/Sister Night (Regina King), the brand-new protagonist written for the show, and towards Watchmen graphic novel alumna Silk Spectre II/Laurie Juspeczyk (Jean Smart). Now an FBI agent who hunts masked vigilantes, Laurie has taken the last name of her father, The Comedian/Edward Blake. By following Laurie, an outsider to the main plot, the episode provides insight into what the post-comic world feels like outside its Tulsa setting — as well as how these two worlds differ, and how they overlap — thus establishing what tensions and barriers could arise as Abar’s story unfolds.
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