10 Things You Learn Re-Watching Watchmen Episode 1
Who watches the Watchmen twice? Well, here's why you definitely should... and nobody will blame you.
HBO's Watchmen series is finally here and it's just as dense, deliberate, and layered as the original comic. Even veterans of the extended works, spin-offs, and tie-ins are confused about the smallest details of the first episode.
Plenty of work has already been done documenting the Easter eggs and references to the original 1986 comic by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons featured in the episode. However, it's worth pointing out that clever nods and callbacks are not the only things hidden throughout, and that there are actually a select few moments that could foreshadow where HBO's latest show may be heading.
It's understandably easy to get swept up in the spectacle of Watchmen, to the point where you'll end up missing some of the pilot episode's most important details. That's why a re-watch is encouraged, but if you can't get around to doing so, this handy list looks back on some of the more interesting sequences in the episode.
With only one episode to draw from, it's not fully clear which details will end up influencing the overarching story. That said, here's why you're going to want to take another look at this episode before the next one drops this Sunday...
Spoilers ahead!
10. Two Flashlights?
Once you know who will be waiting by Judd's (Don Johnson) hanging corpse, it's easier to focus on the peripheral details around his murder. When Judd first stops, he is assaulted by a strobe light before the scene changes. When Sister Night (Regina King) pulls up to the scene, she is greeted by a continuous light, not a strobe, from a pretty run-of-the mill handheld torch.
Remember what the man says earlier: "Do you think I could lift 200 pounds?" No, he probably cant, and his light wouldn't have a strobe function, either.
All of that aside, there's all the more reason to keep your eyes peeled for a character who uses a strobe light.