Watchmen
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Maybe my hopes were too high.
Directed by Frederick E.O.
Toye and written by Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof, See How They Fly representsWatchmenat its safest.
But at times this symmetry felt too neat.
Then in 2008, Lady Trieu darkens Adrians doorstep in Antarctica.
Redford isnt returning his calls, and he seems a touch lost inside his wintry fortress.
But then Lady Trieu reveals her sweet talk to be barbed.
You had a genius idea 20 years ago, but youre still doing the same thing.
Just smaller, she says, looking at his machine that drops randomized squid storms throughout the globe.
She isnt even justthere to reveal to Adrian that shes his daughter.
Of course, Adrian doesnt help.
With Adrian returned to Earth and facing someone he deems a worthy adversary, Jon, a.k.a.
Hes self-righteous, yet postures as a victim.
First, [Redford] took our guns.
Then he made us say sorry, he says to his eager flock.
Waving my dick in peoples faces is just overkill.
However long youve been planning your shit, shes been planning hers longer, she says of Lady Trieu.
He even throws in calling her a black bitch for good measure, which got me heated.
Joe should have listened to Angela.
Shes left out of the world-saving so that she can find closure.
He looks lost for a moment.
Where are you, Angela asks.
Im in every moment we were together.
All at once, he responds as images of their life together flash by.
For a single moment he looks like Calvin again.
After all, shes a raging narcissist whose ambition knows no limits.
Its a question that kept nagging me as Adrian explained his reasoning.
But Adrians plan works.
At least some of us do.
Back in Tulsa, Will and Angela share a blunt scene where they make amends.
Anger, she replies.
Anger has coursed through the veins of this series through Angelas story, particularly.
You cant heal under a mask, Angela.
Angela Abar represents a fascinating origin story, particularly when thinking of how the show renders vigilantism.
To Adrian, masks make men cruel.
To Laurie, theyre an emblem of early childhood trauma the wearer is trying to hide.
To Will, they stop wounds from healing.
The final moments of the season can be read multiple ways.
Angela is cleaning up the kitchen and finds the eggs she slammed down earlier.
Inside is one pristine, unmarred egg.
I am torn on this ending.
On one hand, ambiguity can be fun to play with.
So the real question in this moment becomes What comes next?
Wade: You knew?
Did they tell everybody in the FBI?Adrian: You work for the FBI?
!Laurie: Im their top vigilante-hunter.
Its fascinating to see the way Rorschach ripples through the series and certain characters.
Laurie coming down on his side, ultimately, is one example.
So, was Adrian in that statue we saw earlier in the season the whole time?
The timeline is slippery.
Topher and Angela share a meaningful look when he spots her Sister Night costume that I found rather moving.
Regina King can say so much with a single look.
