Maybe suffering in comparison with the previous weeks slightly, this is still another fabulous episode of what has become must see television.
Angela (Regina King) recovers from her ordeal at Lady Treiu's (Hong Chau) base of operations, as the drugs drain from her system, she sees some memories from her life and we learn about her traumatic childhood in Vietnam (which became the 51st state, following Dr. Manhattan's intervention). Laurie Blake learns more about the plans of the 7th Kavalry and the trial of Ozymandias descends into farce.
I'm going spoiler free again for my review this week, but this episode has a huge reveal that is the best kind of revelation like this; one you couldn't have seen coming, but if you reappraise things you've seen before with this knowledge, the clues are there. I don't know what that means for the rest of the season, but I'm dying to find out.
Away from that, it was another episode that leaned heavily into the funny. Laurie Blake's capture had slapstick elements and the Veidt's trial is nothing but comedy. It's spot on in terms of the basics, visually stunning, great performances and the musical choices are top notch. (I think I said I was going to stop praising the show for these elements every week, but still . . .)
It could all fall apart still, I accept, but at the moment "Watchmen" is my favourite show of the year.
