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Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 5 Little Fear of Lightning

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Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 5

Little Fear of Lightning

Aired Nov 17, 2019

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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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Along with the Lovecraftian inspired Giant Squid attack, Looking Glass's heartbreaking story adds much-needed momentum in "Little Fear of Lightning."

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Damon Lindelof

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Regina King

Angela Abar

Jeremy Irons

Adrian Veidt

Don Johnson

Judd Crawford

Jean Smart

Laurie Blake

Tim Blake Nelson

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Constance Grady

Vox

11/18/2019

Even with minimal knowledge of the comic, the squid attack still lands; it's a moment of pure Lovecraftian horror, and I absolutely buy that it would traumatize Looking Glass forever.

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Allegra Frank

Vox

11/18/2019

A squid attack feels normal enough for Watchmen, despite its inherent absurdity. It's the impact of the attack that is meaningful, sculpting Looking Glass into the lonely, sexually repressed man we've come to know in the episode's contemporary storyline.

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Emily St. James

Vox

11/18/2019

"Little Fear of Lightning" is a character showcase, following Looking Glass for nearly its entire running time. But "Lightning" tells a darker and sadder story about what it means to live in a world where you survived an experience that's roughly as rare.

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

03/11/2024

Watchmen has kept a string of endlessly interesting opening sequences that immediately grab your attention and won’t let you go.

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Christopher Hooton

NME (New Musical Express)

07/13/2021

This week's was a busy episode even by Watchmen standards, but as usual the enjoyment is found not in the big plot points and reveals but in the fun little moments of world building.

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Dewey Singleton

AwardsWatch

01/21/2020

Tim Blake Nelson is a wonderful compliment to Regina King and I truly can't imagine this series without those two.

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Synopsis

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.

Creator: Damon Lindelof
Executive Producer: Damon Lindelof, Nicole Kassell, Tom Spezialy, Stephen Williams, Joseph E. Iberti
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Action, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Nov 17, 2019