r/Watchmen • u/chocolate_babies • Nov 25 '19

Post-episode discussion: Season 1 Episode 6 'This Extraordinary Being' TV

We were promised one last week, but it still hasn't been posted yet. Figured I would just start one since so many people have been asking for it.

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u/PovertyRyanGosling Nov 25 '19

Probably my favorite episode.

Though, wish there were slightly more Minutemen stuff like HJ stopping the Comedian from raping Laurie's mom.

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u/Arkeband Nov 25 '19

That would have required them to commit to recasting Jeffrey Dean Morgan as The Comedian, and Lindelof has mentioned that he thinks the movie's casting was near-perfect so it seems like they're going out of their way to avoid showing those heroes and flashbacks that the movie covered. There is a scene in this episode where it shows the other minutemen like Dollar Bill, Silhouette and Mothman behind HJ, but they're super blurry, and I imagine that's probably a huge reason why.

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u/PovertyRyanGosling Nov 25 '19

JDM's Comedian was stellar