WATCHMEN Spoilers: All The Questions The Mind-Blowing Season Finale Finally Answered

WATCHMEN Spoilers: All The Questions The Mind-Blowing Season Finale Finally Answered

HBO's Watchmen came to an end last night, and not only did the episode answer all the lingering questions we've had, but it also wrapped up the story in a satisfying, mind-blowing manner. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Dec 16, 2019 04:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Watchmen
When Damon Lindelof took charge of Watchmen, it's fair to say that fans had mixed feelings. However, after a somewhat slow and confusing start, all the pieces came together for a truly breathtaking piece of television which ultimately served as a damn near perfect sequel to the original story.

We had a lot of unanswered questions heading into last night's finale, and while many fans assumed those would go unanswered in order to set up a second batch of episodes, we got all the answers we needed and it seems that this may have been envisioned as a standalone story if Lindelof is to be believed. Either way, it was a mind-blowing hour of television!

Now, we're delving into all the biggest reveals from the episode to bring you an in-depth recap of what happened and how it all ultimately tied into everything else we've seen. 

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Lady Trieu Is Ozymandias' Daughter

Ozy


One of the biggest reveals comes early on in the episode when we learn that the smartest woman on the planet is, in fact, the daughter of the smartest man on the planet. Her mother used one of his hidden semen samples to impregnate herself back in the 1980s and when she asks for her father's help to fund an experiment which will help her steal Dr. Manhattan's powers, he refuses.

That's because her mother essentially stole his seed and just as he gave his inherited wealth away as a young man in order to make his own, Ozymandias believes Trieu should do the same. 
 

The Truth About Europa And The Game Warden

Warden


It turns out that much of what we saw on Europa was scripted by Ozymandias to stave off boredom and to stop himself from going insane. Everything from the horseshoe in the cake (the reason he gets frustrated with Mr. Crookshanks and Mr. Phillips giving it to him in an earlier episode) to The Game Warden himself was by Adrian Veidt's design. 

The Game Warden was meant to serve as a suitable foil for Ozymandias, and as he knew he would be trapped there until his daughter's satellite passed over (she mentioned during their first meeting that she had sent one to Europa to take photos of Dr. Manhattan), he was simply killing time.
 

Ozymandias' Return To Earth

Ozyman


It turns out that Ozymandias was actually spelling out "Save Me Daughter" with those bodies. That meant Trieu was able to send a rocket to bring him back to Earth, and that was what we saw crashing to Earth when Lady Trieu was first introduced and bought that farm from the childless couple. 

Ozymandias, meanwhile, was encased in gold and Trieu left him that way until it was time to enact her plan to steal Dr. Manhattan's powers and finally make the world a much better place. 
 

How The Seventh Kavalry Knew About Dr. Manhattan

Keene


When Cal unwittingly used his powers to save Angela during that attack by the Seventh Kavalry, he teleported one of their members over 900 miles away and didn't actually obliterate them. Well, he let his fellow White Supremacists know what had happened and it didn't take Senator Keene long to figure out that Dr. Manhattan was right there in Tuska, Oklahoma. 

They aligned themselves with Lady Trieu and helped fund her experiments in exchange for Keene being granted Manhattan's powers. Judd Crawford, meanwhile, got close to Angela so he could keep an eye on her and Cal, and all those watch batteries from the first episode were needed by the Seventh Kavalry to power the machine that would ultimately trap the superhuman. 
 

Looking Glass' Fate

Rors


You hadn't forgotten about Looking Glass, had you? Well, it turns out that when those members of the Seventh Kavalry attacked his home, he managed to take all of them out and infiltrate the group. He lets Silk Spectre know of his presence and is later teleported to Karnak alongside her and Ozymandias, where he learns what Veidt did to the world all those years ago. 

After Keene's attempt to transform into the new Dr. Manhattan turns him into literal goo, the real version is able to use the last of his power to send that trio to the Arctic, as he knows that Ozymandias is likely the only one capable to stopping Trieu from becoming a God among men. 
 

Lady Trieu's Plan Revealed

Lady


Trieu always knew that Keene wouldn't be able to become Dr. Manhattan because they didn't filter his atomic energy. She only used the Seventh Kavalry so Manhattan would have no way to know what she was up to, and destroys them as part of her partnership with the one-time Hooded Justice. 

Ozymandias knows his daughter is just like him and won't do what's best for the world, instead wanting to be worshipped. He comes up with a plan to use those "alien" squids as a weapon against Trieu and teleports them to her location where both she and her machine are destroyed. Her daughter/mother survives, as does Angela who quickly runs for cover. 
 

Dr. Manhattan Always Knew He Would Die

Manhattan


Shortly before that happens, a confused and disorientated Dr. Manhattan says goodbye to Angela and is promptly destroyed. However, we later learn from Angela's grandfather that "Cal" always knew it was going to happen and that he told Will Reeves to pass on a message: "You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs."

Angela has no idea what it means, and while she may have set these events in motion, Dr. Manhattan was always the one pulling the strings because it seems he had a backup plan of sorts...
 

Ozymandias Gets What He Deserves

OZ


Before we get to that, though, we return to Karnak where Ozymandias is happy to send Laurie and Looking Glass back to Oklahoma in Nite-Owl's old ship (which he repaired years before). 

However, Silk Spectre makes it clear that Veidt is going to pay for what he's done and that he under arrest (Looking Glass has the DVD with his confession on it and Laurie doesn't care if taking him means means having to take down the President as well). Just as he launches into another speech, Looking Glass knocks him out. 
 

A New Dr. Manhattan...We Think!

Pool


When Angela returns home and sees the eggs on the floor she smashed in the previous episode, she recalls a conversation with Jon about how he could potentially put his powers into an egg and that the person who eats it could then inherit his abilities. That message finally makes sense, and it appears as if Dr. Manhattan always hoped/planned that Angela would be able to take his place.

She eats the egg and heads outside. Remember how Cal said it was important that she see him walk on water? Well, she places one foot on the pool and the season ends, leaving us to wonder whether she really has become the new Dr. Manhattan or whether her husband's message meant something else altogether. Based on interviews with Lindelof, though, it sounds like she has his powers!
 
What did you guys think of the season finale of Watchmen? Did it live up to expectations or was it not a worthy sequel to the stellar graphic novel? Let us know your thoughts down below.
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tmp3
tmp3 - 12/16/2019, 4:58 AM
In an episode filled with revelations, I don't think any hit as hard as realizing that the theatre playing "black Oklahoma" was the same one that young Will was sitting in while his home was being torn apart.
The theme of appropriation runs so deep within this Watchmen's greater thesis, both meta-textually in that DC/Lindelof are appropriating Moore's original work (I re-read the letter he wrote when production started, and he even acknowledges that) and in the actual text/subtext between Vietnam now being an American state (much like Hawaii in the real world) thanks to Manhattan, and the obvious case of what happened to Hooded Justice's legacy. In that regard it's pretty heart-breaking to see the remnants of a tragedy being re-purposed to serve schlocky re-tellings of musicals as forms of "empowerment" as opposed to it being a memoriam for a horrific massacre.
An absolute masterpiece of a series from Lindelof & co.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 12/16/2019, 5:04 AM
The bullet catch had me grinning from ear to ear. And Osy’s conversation with the warden had me howling 😂

Pretty perfect finale. Wasn’t entirely sure how it was going to end, but I did think Lady Treu’s plan would succeed - glad they managed to surprise me yet again.

regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 12/16/2019, 5:05 AM
Also - a buddy had to tell me this but apparently Lube Man was the FBI Agent assisting Laurie.

That random ass dude who slid into the sewer never to be seen again 😂
tmp3
tmp3 - 12/16/2019, 5:08 AM
@regularmovieguy - Yeah, in the Peteypedia files there's a lot of hints that Petey is Lube Man; between his fascination for the book Fogdancing from Max Shea (the writer of the Black Freighter, and one of the guys who was sent to Ozy's island in the book and then killed), a book that's about guys in skin-tight silver suits and him being fired from the FBI this week (where they found "canola oil" at his desk). The Peteypedia stuff's really cool, fleshes out the world really well.
https://www.hbo.com/peteypedia
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 12/16/2019, 5:10 AM
@tmp3

What a season, dude.
rebellion
rebellion - 12/16/2019, 5:15 AM
My new all time fav. Cant wait to reread the GN and rewatch it.
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 12/16/2019, 5:25 AM
But I do feel like there's possibly a bit of a plothole with the answer about Cal zapping away that 2nd gunman in the house back on the "White Night". Adrian explained that while Manhattan would be completely unaware who he really was and had these god-like powers, but he might access them on pure instinct in a life threatening situation. Which is exactly what happened that night, as that guy had an easy shot on Angela.
HOWEVER, we're told that Manhattan-as-Cal was still totally in the dark about who he was/what he could do from then, all the way until Angela cracks his forehead open. My point being, wouldn't Cal be just a tiny bit curious over how in the bloody hell did he make another man completely disappear before his eyes just by simply touching him? Sure, initially we thought (it was implied) that he killed him, obliterated the dude, but now we know he teleported him. For the point I'm making that detail's irrelevant, because the gunman would physically vanish from the house instantly either way.

How could Cal possibly stay ignorant about who he is after he's just seen himself do that?
bbporto
bbporto - 12/16/2019, 5:35 AM
@CaptCoulson - I understood it like him doing it without even realizing it. As in Dr Manhattan takes over for a split second and goes back to Cal, who doesn´t even understand that it was him who made the guy vanish. Did i explain it right?
tmp3
tmp3 - 12/16/2019, 5:41 AM
@CaptCoulson - It's a "fight or flight" mechanic, so I think his body would do that without him realizing. Also, when he's thrown on the ground there's only one gunman in the house, so when he wakes up he'd still assume that
bbporto
bbporto - 12/16/2019, 5:44 AM
@tmp3 - Yeah. That´s what i was trying to say. XD
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 12/16/2019, 5:46 AM
@bbporto - well, I mean I'm fairly certain I understand enough what you're saying, but my point is, I'm not sure like that covers it, story credibility-wise. Obviously yes, in that instant, Dr Manhattan "takes over", that's the whole point, that PURELY on instinct the power rises to the surface, and then just as quickly, gets buried back down.
But on a very practical level, while it wouldn't be immediately clear to Cal that he just teleported a fellow human being across the country, but I'm presuming he'd still know that okay, there was another man here a second ago, I know I didn't shoot him or neither did Angela, but he suddenly completely disappeared in the blink of an eye. Like he'd be cognizant of THAT.
tmp3
tmp3 - 12/16/2019, 5:48 AM
@CaptCoulson - I saw the scene again, and Cal only sees one gunman enter the house when Angela pushes him to the ground, he'd assume there was only one when he wakes up too
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 12/16/2019, 5:51 AM
@tmp3 - ooooh, okay, good call. gee you'd of thought thinking so much on this that I have I'd go back and simply looking at the thing myself, since it's been the airdate since I watched it and got it right the hell here on my computer as it is lol
But okay, that seems to make sufficient sense.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 12/16/2019, 6:13 AM
@CaptCoulson - Cal thought he had total amnesia from a car accident. It's possibly he believed he simply didn't remember what happened.
Repian
Repian - 12/16/2019, 5:53 AM
After this final, I don't want to see another season. Although I would like Lindelof to get involved in another project.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 12/16/2019, 6:11 AM
There's a part of me that really wanted to see what Keene or Trieu would have done with Manhattan's powers. Especially Trieu. I ended up liking her more than I'd realise. But I'm glad Bian survived because she's pretty innocent in the whole thing I think.

Great season finale all through. Jeremy Irons and Regina King killed it especially.
scapegoatjones
scapegoatjones - 12/16/2019, 6:12 AM
yeah, will is def manhattan now, after that hard boiled egg
Kumkani
Kumkani - 12/16/2019, 6:20 AM
That moment when you realise "She was Killed by Space Junk" was about Lady Trieu
Kumkani
Kumkani - 12/16/2019, 6:21 AM
And was foreshadowed by Blake's "God being killed by a brick" joke.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/16/2019, 6:47 AM
@Necropolitan - that was insane. Great foreshadowing.
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 12/16/2019, 6:21 AM
oh and the literal ending -- now, the very instant the camera followed her outside (& I was impressed that while they reminded you of the "watch the eggs" moment by replaying that bit of footage, that they did NOT do the same with the "it's important you see me in the pool for later" moment) it seemed 1000% obvious to me they were going to cut or fade to black or whatever before she actually makes contact with the water, I'm thinking a lot of people probably did. And I really dug that's how they played that out.
was actually pretty surprised when scanning over Reddit right after I was done that there were some who were iffy on it if not really disliked the cut to black.
Damon got to finally homage the iconic Sopranos ending that he loved so much lol
scapegoatjones
scapegoatjones - 12/16/2019, 6:43 AM
@CaptCoulson - if theres a second season it begins with her falling into the water and as shes emerging she remembers her grandfather eating the actual egg earlier in the season
CaptaCornflakes
CaptaCornflakes - 12/16/2019, 6:43 AM
I feel like Ozymandias should have gotten more to reveal the conspiracy. Perhaps even another season.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/16/2019, 6:45 AM
Great episode.

This could either be the end or they could squeeze out a season 2 if they want. Sounds like one isn’t coming anytime soon according to Lindelof.
tmp3
tmp3 - 12/16/2019, 6:48 AM
"Be the end"? Nothing ever ends @BlackBeltJones. Nothing ever ends.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/16/2019, 6:50 AM
@tmp3 -

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