Unanswered Questions We Have About Watchmen Season 1

The first season of HBO's Watchmen has proven to be complex, riveting, and sometimes, a little bit confusing. It's impossible for a story like this to not end with some unanswered questions, so here are the biggest ones we came away with.

Warning: Like having a conversation with Dr. Manhattan, you will be spoiled.

Adrian Veidt spends almost a decade essentially imprisoned on Europa We see his time there throughout the season, interspersed with events in Tulsa. By the season finale, it's clear what's going on in Oklahoma is not happening at the same time as Veidt's adventures on Jupiter's most lively moon. The proof is the golden "statue" of Veidt that Angela Abar and Laurie Blake notice when they interview Lady Trieu.

Laurie comments on how old he looks in the recreation, and it's because it's not a statue. When Trieu sends a ship to rescue Veidt from Europa, he's preserved for the trip by being encased in a golden shell, and the instructions he's given insist he put his hands on his hips before the procedure. Trieu clearly keeps him on display for a while before reviving him just in time to show him her master plan in action. Just how long is not entirely clear.

When Doctor Manhattan teleports Adrian Veidt, Laurie Blake, and Looking Glass to Veidt's base in Antarctica, it doesn't take much for Veidt to convince the others that Lady Trieu's plan to become the next Doctor Manhattan needs to be stopped. Veidt says his daughter won't actually save the world, as she claims, because:

"She is clearly a raging narcissist whose ambition knows no limits. It's hubris. Literal hubris."

Trieu definitely does seem to fit that bill. She doesn't hesitate to kill the leaders of the Kavalry and doesn't seem the least bit shaken. She's dishonest, manipulative and ruthless. Yet all those things could be said about Veidt, who does genuinely hope to save humanity with his act of genocide at the end of the original comic book series. Keep watching the video to see the unanswered questions we have about Watchmen season 1!

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How long was Adrian frozen? | 0:20
What if Lady Trieu had succeeded? | 1:13
Who was Lube Man? | 2:21
How has Will Reeves survived for so long? | 3:20
Will Angela walk on water? | 4:02
What about the Veidt recordings? | 5:04
What about season 2? | 5:58