10 Things You Learn Re-Watching Watchmen Episode 1
3. "Do You Think I Could Lift 200 Pounds?"
Why does this episode open with the Tulsa Riot? What happened to the little boy who survived? It isn't until completing the episode that we find out the old man in front of Sister Night's bakery is that boy we saw escape in 1921.
The first time the audience hears him ask Sister Night whether he could lift 200 pounds, it seems like a completely throwaway line. Knowing what we know at the episode, the meaning of his question is obvious. The chief looks about 200 pounds.
It is completely unclear why the man would choose to foreshadow his plan to murder the chief, or even how long he has been hanging out in front of the bakery. Surely, those details will be among the first to emerge in the coming episode.