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Watchmen

Season 1

9 listed hours · 2019 · HBO

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How this season is filed

Filed by Tessa Quinn · Spoiler-Free (Mostly)

Lindelof's remix starts in Tulsa 1921 and treats masks as American history, not cosplay. Regina King's Sister Night carries a sequel that argues with Moore instead of filming the panels. Squid rain, Doctor Manhattan's domestic secret, and superhero television that actually had something to say about power.

TV Flash files Season 1 of Watchmen (2019) on HBO as the only listed season — 9 listed hours, 2019-10-20–2019-12-15 from “It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice” (S01E01) to “See How They Fly” (S01E09). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S01E01 It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice

    It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice starts in Tulsa 1921 — masks as American history, not cosplay, on first weather.

  2. S01E09 See How They Fly

    See How They Fly closes the limited run: Lindelof arguing with Moore, King carrying Sister Night to a last flight.

  3. S01E06 This Extraordinary Being

    This Extraordinary Being treats a legacy mask as history class, not Easter-egg sport — sequel craft with a civic assignment.

  4. S01E08 A God Walks into Abar

    A God Walks into Abar makes Manhattan domestic the argument — superhero television that actually had something to say.

  5. S01E03 She Was Killed by Space Junk

    She Was Killed by Space Junk is the comic's wreckage as a title: sequel craft that talks back to the panels.

  1. S01E01

    It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice

    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.

  2. S01E02

    Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship

    Angela easily captures the man who claims to have murdered Judd, but soon doubts his guilt. Adrian's servants present The Watchmaker's Son, and the police move in on the Seventh Kavalry.

  3. S01E03

    She Was Killed by Space Junk

    The former Silk Spectre, Laurie Blake, is asked by Senator Keene to investigate Judd's death. She soon learns that the circumstances surrounding Judd's hanging aren't what the FBI were told, and makes a call to Mars. Meanwhile, Adrian goes buffalo-hunting and receives a warning shot.

  4. S01E04

    If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own

    Lady Trieu drops her anonymity to buy some land. Adrian obtains a new Phillips and Crookshanks, and Angela confirms her grandfather's identity.

  5. S01E05

    Little Fear of Lightning

    Looking Glass' backstory is revealed, from where he was on 11/2 to his current-day activities... and his betrayal of a friend. Meanwhile, Adrian escapes his captivity but is rudely pulled back to reality.

  6. S01E06

    This Extraordinary Being

    The true origin of Hooded Justice is revealed as Angela overdoses on Nostalgia.

  7. S01E07

    An Almost Religious Awe

    Angela recovers from her Nostalgia OD, and the treatment mixes the memories of her own life with those of Will's. Laurie finds a 7K operative, and Trieu tells Angela about her plan to save humanity.

  8. S01E08

    A God Walks into Abar

    When Angela met Dr. Manhattan, and the two of them try to make their relationship work. On Europa, Adrian gets a birthday present.

  9. S01E09

    See How They Fly

    Angela, Wade, and Laurie face off against 7K and Cyclops, and Trieu reveals her plan within their plans.

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