Watchmen 1x07 'An Almost Religious Awe'

·1 hr 2 min·5 clips

Young Angela clings to a blaxploitation film because the heroine looks like her, highlighting extreme isolation in Vietnam.

Peter and Tara begin by teasing a major twist about a character's identity that Tara may have guessed earlier. The episode starts with a flashback to 1980s Vietnam, showing young Angela Abar's childhood. Her parents are killed by a suicide bomber, leaving her an orphan. Angela finds solace in a blaxploitation film called 'Sister Night' because the heroine looks like her, highlighting themes of representation. She is briefly taken in by June, Will Reeves' wife, who dies suddenly. In the present, Angela is hospitalized and connected to an elephant via the Nostalgia machine, experiencing mixed memories of her own life and Will Reeves'. Lady Trieu reveals she is a clone of her mother and that the Seventh Cavalry plans to destroy Dr. Manhattan to become him. Angela discovers a map room showing Dr. Manhattan's observations and learns he is in Tulsa. She returns home to Cal and confirms he is Dr. Manhattan, having taken human form with amnesia. Angela uses a hammer to extract a glowing atom symbol from his skull. Meanwhile, Laurie Blake investigates Judd Crawford's widow, Jane, who reveals she is part of the Seventh Cavalry. Jane attempts to drop Laurie through a trapdoor, but it malfunctions before succeeding. Senator Keane monologues about wanting to 'try being blue' and restore white supremacy. Adrian Veidt's storyline shows him on trial in a bizarre courtroom with a warden, Crookshanks, and a jury of pigs; he farts in contempt. The hosts speculate on unresolved questions, including the Millennium Clock, Lube Man, and Veidt's potential connection to Lady Trieu.

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A loose, spoiler-aware review turns an elephant, a strange machine, and a late twist into open questions.

Almost Cancelled approaches Watchmen's seventh episode through its strangest image: an elephant, a shared machine, and the sense that something more than simple explanation is being pumped through the scene.

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You want Watchmen questions, an elephant setup, and a big end-of-episode twist kept waiting until the hosts are ready for it.

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