Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons were commenting on American Reagan-era politics in 19. When Watchmen was published, it spoke specifically to the time that it was created.
What is still rattling around in your brain after watching it? So much stuff happens in this episode that before I get to just listing random moments and images, I want to hear what stuck with both of you. What’s up with Jeremy Irons? (Just kidding, we totally know - wink, wink.) Who is Jeremy Irons playing in this show? It’s impossible to say! But he has a tomato tree, so that’s nice for him. Maybe the rest of the world disagrees! This week, I’m joined by associate culture editor Allegra Frank and senior culture writer Alex Abad-Santos to talk everything episode two. On that scale, “Martial Feats” is a solid example of the form. (Fortunately, next week’s episode answers that with a hearty affirmative.) Then again, second episodes are notoriously difficult to nail - especially when a pilot was as good as Watchmen’s pilot - since they have to restate the pilot’s major themes without directly repeating them. I really liked it, but it made me wonder if anybody involved had a plan for the show beyond making individual scenes as cool as possible. “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship” is also a little top-heavy. Watchmen on HBO: news, episode recaps, analysis, and comic book Easter eggs But it also contains a moment when Angela discovers a literal Ku Klux Klan outfit hidden in Judd’s closet, a clear indication of where Watchmen stands on the intersection of the police and white supremacist movements.
It features an over-the-top, gratuitous trigger warning before an episode of the in-show drama American Hero Story, one that feels like red meat for whatever audience exists in the Venn diagram intersection between Watchmen and Fox News. What I (Vox critic at large Emily VanDerWerff) like about this episode is the way it makes sure that Watchmen remains slippery and hard to pin down. It is a jam-packed episode, and that doesn’t even mention the cameo from Harvard professor (and Finding Your Roots host) Henry Louis Gates, Jr., as a talking head who helps folks determine whether they qualify for reparations due to an ancestor’s connections to the Tulsa massacre. “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship” also answers questions on both a character level (why are Angela and Cal’s kids white?) and a thematic one (so does this show love cops or what?) in ways that are designed to make you feel more comfortable with plunging ahead into what’s to come.
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