[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Watchmen” Episode 8, “A God Walks Into Abar.”]So much of what’s made “Watchmen” one of 2019’s best series is how effectively it brings superheroes down to size.
From keeping Sister Night (Regina King) grounded in Angela Abar’s perspective to watching a caped crusader (Jeremy Irons) rip one in the middle of his own trial, Damon Lindelof’s adaptation is intent on demystifying the mythical attachment we have to men and women wearing masks.
They’re just people, people are flawed, so you have to look behind the mask to see what’s really going on.
And yet no one person is just anything.
As exemplified by riveting and revealing episodic storytelling, where new characters emerge and earn their hourlong spotlights, “Watchmen” intensifies the majesty of our human experience, even as it keeps its cast on equal footing to the rest of us.Episode 8 invites a unique, compelling twist
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