Spoiler Discussion: Watchmen Season 1 Finale, "See How They Fly"

Dec 16, 2019

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On the December 16, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to have a spoiler discussion about the ninth, and possibly final, episode of HBO’s Watchmen, entitled “See How They Fly.”

Opening Banter: Once again, thanks to Kris Keochinda for the opening theme song and to Twitter user @sirzapz for the logo, which we’ve been using in the PodBean player for each of these episodes.

Emails
Adrian Veidt
- Bian impregnates herself – what were her motivations?
- Lady Trieu shows up in 2008
  - Calls Veidt’s squid rain a “rerun”
  - Wants to make every nuke disappear
  - Asks for money - “I will never call you daughter”
- Confrontation with the Game Warden on Europa (Nixon thing)
- Han Solo’d - he’s been the statue this whole time
Final Confrontation
- Keene monologuing
- Everyone teleported to Greenwood, Keene is now ooze
- Senior leadership of Cyclops is vaporized (was this satisfying?)
- Manhattan sends Laurie, Veidt, and Looking Glass to Karnak, then is killed by Lady Trieu
- LG knows when the last squidfall was - Veidt decides to take down Lady Trieu
- Archie (original owl ship) is at Karnak, LG and Laurie decide to take Adrian in
- Back at the theater: “You can’t heal under a mask. Wounds need air.”

Unanswered Questions
- Does Angela walk on water at the end? Does it matter?
  - Lindelof’s quote
- Whatever happened to Lube Man?
- What the hell was up with the elephant?
- What’s the deal with the horseshoe?
  - Lindelof’s quote
- Do you want to see a second season?
  - American imperialism and Vietnamese refugees: https://twitter.com/viet_t_nguyen/status/1206483904951021568