[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Watchmen” Episode 6, “This Extraordinary Being.”]There is an anger inside Will Reeves.
Before the hoodie-sporting old man (played by Louis Gossett Jr) took a deceptive seat in his wheelchair, a barely walking Will witnessed unthinkable pain and suffering — his town, his community, and his parents were all wiped out.
And they were wiped out by racists.
Witnessing such atrocities, atrocities driven by pure, unabashed hatred, at such a young age is difficult to imagine, yet unquestionably formative for Will.
He’s angry.
He’s been angry since before he knew what to do with it, and he’s still angry to this day.What “Watchmen” Episode 6 examines, through a flashback to his early adulthood, is how the crimes of the past connect to the pain of the present.
With immersive, inventive direction by Stephen Williams and an intricate script from Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, “This Extraordinary Being” puts viewers
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