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The Millennium Clock on Watchmen: What we know about that giant clock

Watchmen on HBO loves to throw things into the show offhandedly, either for close listening fans to catch or to set up something down the line. The third episode of Watchmen did just that with the Millennium Clock, but what does it all mean? The Millennium Clock on Watchmen The scene in question took place

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Wade Tillman on Watchmen: Everything you need to know about Looking Glass

In the world of Watchmen on HBO, the police wear masks to protect their identities. All beat cops wear yellow masks but the detectives all get their own specialized masks and code names. One of the most intriguing is Looking Glass, the interrogator and one of the top cops in Tulsa. In the third episode

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Adrian Veidt on Watchmen: Who is the ‘Game Warden’?

After three episodes, the worst kept secret on Watchmen was revealed as the Lord of the Manor finally introduced himself as Adrian Veidt, the man formerly known as Ozymandias. However, there was an interesting twist here as it turns out that, despite outward appearances, Veidt is being held captive at his Manor by someone known

Recaps

Watchmen Season 1, episode 3 recap: She Was Killed by Space Junk

The third episode of Watchmen Season 1 was structured around a joke. It also allowed fans to meet a very important part of the Watchmen world and learn the fate of at least one of the world’s former heroes. Here is a recap of Watchmen episode 3, She Was Killed by Space Junk. Watchmen: Meet

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Who is Henry Louis Gates on Watchmen on HBO, the ‘United States Treasury Secretary’?

On the season premiere of Watchmen on HBO, the series explained that after Richard Nixon died following several terms as United States President, Gerald Ford took over and then the public elected Robert Redford. Redford then passed a sweeping law that allowed reparations — referred to on Watchmen as Redfordations — for anyone who suffered

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Watchmen on HBO: Did the Germans really drop leaflets in World War I?

The second episode of Watchmen aired tonight on HBO and the opening was yet another historical moment for the show. Last week in the season premiere, the episode began with scenes showing the real-life Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 where angry white people forced their way into a wealthy black community known as Black Wall