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Manhattan has been with us the entire time, and he's a major part of the Seventh Kalvary's plan. With the penultimate episode "A God Walks into Abar" (review here), we were offered a look back at the seeds of Angela and "Cal's" tragic (and apocalyptic) love story – the heart of our series Which brought us[...]

For everyone else, the message being sent through the Seventh Kavalry is clear: racism is this nation's historical "ultimate super villain", and it's not going to be defeated with a single punch or a random energy blast It's the real world Hydra taken to a nightmarish degree Only by dragging it into the daylight and[...]

To his credit, showrunner Damon Lindelof knows that genre fiction works best when it looks outward to explore political and social ideas, not just indulgent fanfiction Lindelof used the superhero genre and the Watchmen dynamic of deconstructing ideas to explore Race in America and put the show firmly into the zeitgeist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2QGhpoxDcEVideo can't be loaded because[...]

Keene, Lady Trieu, "Calhattan", Adrian, Angela, and Agent Laurie come to a head – as the world of Lindelof's Watchmen comes to an end… and to a beginning (review here). HBO While we continue mentally unpacking the season, Lindelof wants to make something clear: there's nothing "ambiguous" about what happened to Regina King's Angela after the screen[...]

Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should. HBO Now that the curtain's been pulled back and we know Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Cal has been Dr Manhattan the whole time, the actor is able to talk to about the big reveal Grabbing some one-on-one time with Jimmy Kimmel on his ABC[...]

You can check out the first seven files here, here, here, here, here, here and here) as well as a great "review" of avant-rockers Sons of Pale Horse's 2000 one-and-done album The Book of Rorschach here, and a look back at some highlights from the alt-historical timeline of President Robert Redford here. This week, Agent Petey turns[...]

But as their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds, and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible. In this previously-released teaser, we see for the first time that Michaela, Ben, and Cal's (Jack Messina) return to Flight 828 isn't going the way[...]

Manhattan has been with us the entire time – and he's a major part of the Seventh Kavalry's plan. With "A God Walks into Abar" (review here), we were offered a look back at the seeds of Angela and "Cal's" tragic (and apocalyptic) love story – the heart of our series. Which brings us to the season/series[...]

Manhattan has been with us the entire time – and he's a major part of the Seventh Kavalry's plan. Now with two episodes left to go this season/series (???), we're taking a look at penultimate episode "A God Walks into Abar" (nice play there, Lindelof) – where we learn about Angela and "Cal's" time in Vietnam…[...]

You can check out the first six files here, here, here, here, here and here) as well as a great "review" of avant-rockers Sons of Pale Horse's 2000 one-and-done album The Book of Rorschach here, and a look back at some highlights from the alt-historical timeline of President Robert Redford here. This week, Agent Petey looks[...]

Manhattan has been with us the entire time. With two episodes left to go this season/series (???), we're getting a look at penultimate episode "A God Walks into a Bar" – and a look back at Angela's time in Vietnam… and the beginning of what we're hoping doesn't turn out to be a tragic (and apocalyptic)[...]