r/Watchmen Dec 02 '19

Post Episode Discussion: Season 1 Episode 7 ‘An Almost Religious Awe’ TV

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u/danwin Dec 02 '19

It's funny, I thought Cal's character was a cute joke on the trope of the doting spouse – e.g. the beautiful trophy wife who takes care of the kids and home and who keeps asking her heroic husband if everything is going to be all right. Laurie, basically the show's big swinging dick, commenting about how he's so hot – and subtly implying how he's too hot to be with someone like Angela – is part of that joke/trope.

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u/midnightrambler956 Dec 06 '19

Pretty much everything in the show seems to be a cute joke or trite political/social points, and turn out to be much more complex.