Season 1 – Watchmen

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Season 1 – Watchmen

Oct 2019

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Based on the celebrated graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the exciting and dark "Watchmen" takes place in Tulsa, Okla., 34 years after the original story. After a white supremacist attack on the local police department, which leaves only two surviving cops on the beat, laws are passed that allow the cops to hide their identities behind masks. One of these cops, Angela Abar, adopts the identity of Sister Night and fights racists while dealing with the decades-long legacy of the vigilantes.

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Critics Consensus

Bold and bristling, Watchmen isn't always easy viewing, but by adding new layers of cultural context and a host of complex characters it expertly builds on its source material to create an impressive identity of its own.

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Robert Daniels

Mediaversity Reviews

Jan 6, 2020

Watchmen encapsulates the weariness of Black America, our wounds healing just enough for the scabs to be torn off again.

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Graeme Blundell

The Australian

Dec 17, 2019

Lindelof has turned it into a stunningly cinematic look at white supremacy, policing and race in the US. Watchmen is mystifying but hugely entertaining, if deeply troubling.

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Emily Nussbaum

The New Yorker

Dec 3, 2019

In Watchmen, blackness is the root of the story, as well as its underlying purpose: it's a show about the potential for pop culture to treat black identity as a default...

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Elizabeth Garcia

But Why Tho?

Apr 15, 2023

Watchmen is a show I could watch a hundred more times and know I could find something new each time. The first season is a worthy sequel to the graphic novel.

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Jonathan Garcia

Dynamic Duel Podcast

Feb 3, 2023

4.5/5

The way all the pieces fit together so perfectly, between the comic and the show, it surpassed my expectations. ... A phenomenal piece of work.

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Victor Pineyro

Seventh Art Studio

Jun 17, 2022

9/10

Like a perfectly crafted watch, Watchmen is a masterclass around story structure. It becomes nearly perfect at its mid-point, only to break our own minds in its revolving connectivity to real history. Simply incredible. [Full review in Spanish]

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Rob J

@RT12020775 3 days ago

Pure trash. It’s racist, bigoted, mean, and poorly written. Woke church for people who want to feel good about themselves

Julian K

@juliankauffman 3 days ago

Amazing when it came out. Better as a rewatch. Performance, script, and score are so killer. Crazy that a clearly unreal story taught me real American history that I never learned growing up. I wish we had moved beyond the themes that are at the core of this show, but I guess that’s what keeps me coming back to it. It stays feeling so relevant. This is what comic book based storytelling can be.

Kolby G

@good_or_noe 4 days ago

HBO's Watchmen series is a completely pointless disaster dragged down by genuinely awful writing and a cast of insufferable characters played by terrible actors. It completely disregards what made the original story great, serving only to ruin the legacy of the genuinely perfect Watchmen movie.

Pueblo K

@RT84017994 6 days ago

A painful for watch for anybody who is a fan of the beloved source material. Weak writing for every episode as the writer is pretentious and takes all the good away from the book and creates his own universe were nothing lands. Very left wing politics influenced and the book is very right wing at heart as inte intended. Not worth watching.

Chancelor J

@RT07649361 Sep 3, 2026

Everyone calling it "woke junk" and "racist towards white people" needs to research the Tulsa massacre where white people killed 300 African Americans in black Wall Street, bombing and burning innocent people. This series is an ode to that ACTUAL event. Woke means being aware of what they do to us. They want you docile and ignorant.

Michael M

@joseywales357 Sep 2, 2026

The absolute most woke piece of junk I have ever watched . Racist towards white people from the jump. Don’t appreciate it Absolute embarrassment to the wonderful Watchmen movie that was released in 2009.

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Looking Glass

Episode 1

Aired Oct 20, 2019

It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice

Detective Angela Abar and Chief Judd Crawford investigate the attempted murder of a Tulsa police officer.

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Episode 2

Aired Oct 27, 2019

Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship

As Angela relives haunting memories of an attack on her family, she detains a mysterious man who claims responsibility for Tulsa's most recent murder; an original play is performed for an audience of one.

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Episode 3

Aired Nov 3, 2019

She Was Killed by Space Junk

Following a late-night visit from the senator who authored Masked Policing Legislation in Oklahoma, FBI agent Laurie Blake heads to Tulsa to take over the recent murder investigation; The Lord of the Manor receives a harshly worded letter.

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Episode 4

Aired Nov 10, 2019

If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own

Reclusive trillionaire Lady Trieu finally enters the stage with a mysterious offer; with Blake getting closer to the truth of her cover-up, Angela enlists Looking Glass for help; The Lord trains two new servants.

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Episode 5

Aired Nov 17, 2019

Little Fear of Lightning

The origin story of Looking Glass is at last revealed, as is the truth behind the greatest hoax in American history; The Smartest Man in the World plots a daring escape.

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Episode 6

Aired Nov 24, 2019

This Extraordinary Being

Deep under the influence of Nostalgia, Angela gets a firsthand account of her grandfather's journey.

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Episode 7

Aired Dec 1, 2019

An Almost Religious Awe

Under Lady Trieu's care, Angela undergoes an unconventional treatment while Agent Blake chases down a lead; the Smartest Man in the World delivers a stunning defense of his past actions.

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Episode 8

Aired Dec 8, 2019

A God Walks Into ABar

Angela's mysterious past in Vietnam is at last revealed.

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Episode 9

Aired Dec 15, 2019

See How They Fly

Everything ends for real this time.

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