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Lets dig into a few questions we can (maybe)answer at this point.
Where did that big squid come from?
But if youareone of those viewers, all the squid talk must have seemed a little baffling.
Its a wild idea, but it works.
Its an ending so strange that the 2009 film didnt even have a go at adapt it.
That makes sense since the squid had the brain of a dead psychic.
(Look, its a strange ending.
Just go with its strangeness.
Apparently, reflective surfaces can do that.
When it comes to transdimensional squid, you’re free to never be too careful.
What are the Tulsa Tornados?
In our universe, the Tulsa Tornados were a soccer team in the short-lived USL.
They might have met a different fate in theWatchmenuniverse, however.
1985 proved to be a pivotal year.
Who are the knot tops?
And, also like those, the look seems to have drifted away from what it first signified.
Whats the deal with the panda on the front of the newspaper young Wade is handing out?
Wade is trying to hand out copies ofThe Watchtower, the official newspaper of the Jehovahs Witnesses.
That means Wade believes that, after the apocalypse, 144,000 faithful will ascend to Heaven.
Pandas (andother creatures) area recurring imagein the religionsart.
This detail of Wades background is significant for other reasons as well.
(And hedidonce have a tame, genetically altered big cat as his companion.)
New York wasnt entirely wiped out by the squid, was it?
you could even check out the smash hitOppenheimerwhen youre in town.
Whats going on in this weeks episode ofAmerican Hero Story?
In a word, sex is going on.
The series has apparently yet to reveal Hooded Justices identity, even though he narrates the show.
Does Wade have superpowers?
That seems ambiguous at this point.
But is this a superpower?
If so, it might be an aftereffect of exposure to the squids psychic blast.
If thats case, does that mean others are walking around with powers?
Has sugary cereal been outlawed?
(Then again, thats not the only law Doreen violates this week.)
Alcohol, however, seems unaffected by any universe-shaking changes.
Redford must understand there are limits even to his powers.
Elsewhere, theWatchmenworld seems to be figuring out the ethics of cloning.
What does the moviePale Horsesuggest about Steven Spielbergs career in this universe?
Released in December 1985,The Color Purplewould likely have remain unaffected.
Would he still have made the 1987 filmEmpire of the Sun?
It seems like the sort of weighty, meaningful film that could find root in the post-squid environment.
After that, it gets dicier.Alwaysmight have seemed too minor.
DittoHook, though a thirdIndiana Jonesmovie would have probably seemed like a sure thing in any environment.
Is Keene telling the truth about his arrangement with Crawford?
What are they doing with that teleportation window, anyway?
That also remains unclear.
Keene tells Wade, Were gonna do something new, but what is it?
That seems unlikely, even if he does narc out Angela.
He still seems too morally conscientious a character to go to the dark side.
And now hes learned its all been a lie.
What do you do with that?
Wasnt Veidt making that recording for Robert Redford kind of stupid?
It seems that way, doesnt it?
Either way, its an expression of optimism shadowed by death, which seems appropriate.
Whats going on with Veidt?
At this point, you might cut and paste that question from one episode to the next.
We do learn a bit more about what Veidts up to, or at least where he is.
Who didnt see that coming?
Its a bizarre development, as his arrangement of the corpses of his servants to spell out SAVE ME.
Who will see this?
And who put him there?
The most likely answer: Doctor Manhattan.
Those Nostalgia pills, what are they?
All we know is that Nostalgia contains memories and Angela surmises them to be her grandfathers memories.
(This sheds some light on whats going on with Lady Trieu and Bians nightmares, too.)
Whatever they are, shes apparently about to find out.
And were about to find out with her.
