Watchmen
It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 2019-10-20
Synopsis
In a world not so different from our own, policemen wear masks to protect their identities so their loved ones can't be harmed by criminals. The 7th Kavalry, a supremacist group, emerges from hiding with a plan that threatens the world. And somewhere, the Lord of the Manor writes a play as squids rain down from the sky.
In the series
This episode is part of Watchmen (2019) on HBO.
Lindelof’s Tulsa-to-masks remix — legacy sequel as American racial reckoning.
Key cast
- Regina King as Angela Abar / Sister Night
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cal / Doctor Manhattan
- Jeremy Irons as Adrian Veidt
- Jean Smart as Laurie Blake
- Tim Blake Nelson as Looking Glass
- Hong Chau as Lady Trieu