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Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 6 This Extraordinary Being

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Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 6

This Extraordinary Being

Aired Nov 24, 2019

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

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Revealing and relevant, "This Extraordinary Being" cleverly shows the long-term effects of generational trauma and deep-seated racism.

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Alex Abad-Santos

Vox

11/25/2019

t I think the most successful element of "The Extraordinary Being" is how it leaned into the circumstances of Hooded Justice's disappearance.

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Allegra Frank

Vox

11/25/2019

Watchmen's increasing meditations on race have already explored how racial superiority complexes benefit those who believe in them. This episode, in the moments seen through Will's eyes, did that most concretely.

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Emily St. James

Vox

11/25/2019

The episode is, in a word, terrific, and I had a glorious time delving into its many secrets and hidden depths.

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

03/11/2024

This first season of the Watchmen is a departure, from what I have been told, from the series, and seems to be going all-in with its first strong season. I can only wonder what is going to happen next in the final three episodes.

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Christopher Hooton

NME (New Musical Express)

07/13/2021

'This Extraordinary Being' was hardly the most subtle examination of institutional racism, but it was an interesting and stylish side-step for the show...

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Dewey Singleton

AwardsWatch

01/21/2020

Watchmen had the best episode of its season tonight and I'm not even sure it's close (when comparing it to the others).

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Synopsis

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

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 24, 2019