0 00:00:23,556 --> 00:00:25,251 Wrong, as usual. 1 00:00:25,458 --> 00:00:28,552 The United States' lack of action in Eastern Europe... 2 00:00:28,762 --> 00:00:33,165 ...proves that the Soviet Union's aggression at the Afghan border... 3 00:00:33,366 --> 00:00:36,494 ...will not be opposed publicly by the United States. 4 00:00:38,571 --> 00:00:43,873 lssue: The Soviet Union continued its recent series of military exercises... 5 00:00:44,077 --> 00:00:47,274 ...conducting a bomb test today in the Bering Sea... 6 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:51,416 ...just 1 500 miles off the southern coast of Alaska. 7 00:00:51,584 --> 00:00:55,987 President Richard Nixon issued this warning to the Soviets: 8 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:59,580 The United States does not start fights. 9 00:00:59,793 --> 00:01:03,422 Let it be clear we maintain our strength... 10 00:01:03,563 --> 00:01:06,361 ...in order to maintain peace... 11 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:10,264 ...so any adversary should ask themselves: 12 00:01:10,437 --> 00:01:13,531 ''Do the consequences of attacking America... 13 00:01:13,673 --> 00:01:16,335 ...outweigh the potential benefits?'' 14 00:01:16,476 --> 00:01:19,138 As a result of the Soviet activity... 15 00:01:19,279 --> 00:01:22,077 ...the watchdog group of nuclear scientists... 16 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:27,686 ...moved the Doomsday Clock up to five minutes until midnight: 17 00:01:27,854 --> 00:01:32,154 destruction by nuclear war. 18 00:01:32,859 --> 00:01:34,554 Question: 19 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:37,352 on a scale of zero to 1 0, zero meaning impossibility... 20 00:01:37,564 --> 00:01:39,862 ...1 0 meaning complete metaphysical certitude... 21 00:01:40,066 --> 00:01:44,560 ...what are the chances the Russians will actually attack the United States? 22 00:01:44,704 --> 00:01:46,001 Pat Buchanan. 23 00:01:46,172 --> 00:01:47,503 Zero. 24 00:01:47,674 --> 00:01:50,302 The Soviets would never risk going to war... 25 00:01:50,477 --> 00:01:54,311 ...when we have a walking nuclear deterrent on our side. 26 00:01:54,481 --> 00:01:56,972 You're referring, of course, to Dr. Manhattan... 27 00:01:57,183 --> 00:02:01,142 ...but does Dr. Manhattan's existence guarantee world peace? Eleanor Clift. 28 00:02:01,354 --> 00:02:04,118 Well, it hasn't stopped the Soviet Union... 29 00:02:04,257 --> 00:02:08,921 ...from stockpiling record amounts of nuclear weapons. 30 00:02:09,129 --> 00:02:10,824 You don't think it's just posturing? 31 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:12,556 Maybe the reason why the Soviets... 32 00:02:12,732 --> 00:02:15,257 ...are doing these bomb tests... 33 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:19,838 ...is because they feel threatened by Dr. Manhattan. of course. 34 00:02:20,373 --> 00:02:23,536 Maybe the whole world feels like that. 35 00:02:25,545 --> 00:02:27,979 Soviet ships have violated the territorial waters- 36 00:03:04,817 --> 00:03:07,012 Just a matter of time, l suppose. 37 00:04:37,677 --> 00:04:41,340 lt's a joke. lt's all a joke. 38 00:04:41,981 --> 00:04:44,245 Mother, forgive me. 39 00:08:45,024 --> 00:08:47,993 l was a hero, goddamn it! 40 00:08:49,428 --> 00:08:53,558 ...an act clearly meant to send a signal to the government in Saigon... 41 00:08:53,733 --> 00:08:58,067 ...that violence and oppression is not the way to peace. 42 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:37,899 Fuck you, pigs! 43 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,168 Good luck, Mr. Gorsky. 44 00:10:57,123 --> 00:11:00,183 Get out of here, vigilantes! 45 00:11:07,833 --> 00:11:10,028 No! 46 00:11:36,996 --> 00:11:43,162 Edward Blake. Sixty-seven years old. Six-two, a solid 225. 47 00:11:43,669 --> 00:11:45,500 Guy was built like a linebacker. 48 00:11:45,671 --> 00:11:47,571 Yeah, l saw the body. 49 00:11:47,773 --> 00:11:49,798 For a guy his age, he was in terrific shape. 50 00:11:49,975 --> 00:11:52,671 You mean apart from being dead? 51 00:11:53,879 --> 00:11:55,369 That's plate glass. 52 00:11:55,581 --> 00:11:58,482 You'd have to step on the gas just to put a crack in it. 53 00:11:58,684 --> 00:12:00,618 Had to have been thrown. 54 00:12:00,820 --> 00:12:02,014 Check the bedroom? 55 00:12:02,221 --> 00:12:05,122 Yeah. Drawers opened, tossed through. 56 00:12:05,324 --> 00:12:08,350 Mattress flipped. Probably robbery. 57 00:12:08,527 --> 00:12:10,017 or made to look like one. 58 00:12:10,162 --> 00:12:11,925 See this? 59 00:12:12,231 --> 00:12:15,462 - Shaking hands with the president. Whoa. 60 00:12:15,634 --> 00:12:17,864 Think Blake was a spook? 61 00:12:18,037 --> 00:12:21,734 Government or black ops? 62 00:12:22,041 --> 00:12:23,941 l think... 63 00:12:24,243 --> 00:12:27,542 ...this is way bigger than both of us. 64 00:12:30,649 --> 00:12:35,951 Rorschach's journal, October 1 2th, 1 985. 65 00:12:36,155 --> 00:12:41,252 Dog carcass in alley this morning. Tire tread on burst stomach. 66 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:43,758 This city's afraid of me. 67 00:12:43,896 --> 00:12:47,855 l've seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters... 68 00:12:48,501 --> 00:12:50,901 ...and the gutters are full of blood. 69 00:12:51,070 --> 00:12:53,561 And when the drains finally scab over... 70 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:56,871 ...all the vermin will drown. 71 00:12:57,476 --> 00:12:59,876 The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder... 72 00:13:00,079 --> 00:13:02,309 ...will foam up around their waists... 73 00:13:02,448 --> 00:13:07,909 ...and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, ''Save us. '' 74 00:13:08,921 --> 00:13:12,550 And l'll whisper, ''No. '' 75 00:13:14,059 --> 00:13:16,926 Now the whole world stands on the brink... 76 00:13:17,129 --> 00:13:19,620 ...staring down into bloody hell. 77 00:13:19,765 --> 00:13:23,326 All those liberals and intellectuals... 78 00:13:23,469 --> 00:13:25,460 ...and smooth talkers... 79 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:29,130 ...and all of a sudden, nobody can think of anything to say. 80 00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:32,438 Beneath me, this awful city. 81 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:36,376 lt screams like an abattoir full of retarded children... 82 00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:41,178 ...and the night reeks of fornication and bad consciences. 83 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:05,898 Tonight, a comedian died in New York. 84 00:15:06,038 --> 00:15:07,403 Somebody knows why. 85 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:10,604 Somebody knows. 86 00:15:11,343 --> 00:15:17,612 lt all started with the gangs. You know, people tend to forget that. 87 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:21,343 Pirate outfits, ghosts. 88 00:15:21,553 --> 00:15:24,113 They thought it was funny: dress up and pull heists. 89 00:15:25,858 --> 00:15:28,554 As soon as we'd arrest them, they'd be back on the street. 90 00:15:28,727 --> 00:15:32,561 Nobody could pick them out of a lineup because of the damn masks. 91 00:15:32,731 --> 00:15:35,029 So a few of us cops, we get together... 92 00:15:35,167 --> 00:15:38,534 ...and we figure, what the heck, we'll mask up, too. 93 00:15:38,737 --> 00:15:41,433 We'll finish what the law couldn't. 94 00:15:42,241 --> 00:15:46,234 Pretty soon, the papers get wind of it. They ran with it... 95 00:15:46,445 --> 00:15:50,074 ...and oh, boy, we're a national pastime. 96 00:15:50,282 --> 00:15:53,740 lt was me, Dollar Bill, Mothman... 97 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:57,354 ...Captain Metropolis, Hooded Justice... 98 00:15:57,489 --> 00:16:00,617 ...Silk Spectre and the Comedian. 99 00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:04,320 oh, don't get me started on him. 100 00:16:06,498 --> 00:16:10,525 l must be drunk already, telling you this sob story again. 101 00:16:10,703 --> 00:16:12,603 l think you were trying to make a point. 102 00:16:13,505 --> 00:16:19,637 Well, my point is that we had it too easy. lt wasn't fair what happened to you guys- 103 00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:23,942 You guys who picked up where we left off. - with Nixon forcing you out. 104 00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:29,454 Nixon, oh, that prick. To think l voted for that prick five times. 105 00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:32,419 Hey, it was him or the commies, right? 106 00:16:35,227 --> 00:16:39,027 oh, wow, it's almost midnight. Gotta go. 107 00:16:40,532 --> 00:16:42,159 Truth? 108 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:46,566 You were a better Nite owl than l ever was, Danny boy. 109 00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:50,470 - Hollis, we both know that's bullshit. - Hey. 110 00:16:50,642 --> 00:16:51,939 Watch it with the language. 111 00:16:52,077 --> 00:16:54,739 This is the left hook that floored Captain Axis, remember? 112 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:55,938 Yeah. 113 00:16:56,582 --> 00:16:58,641 Next week? HoLLlS: Well... 114 00:16:58,851 --> 00:17:03,379 ...you know, you don't have to keep humoring me like this. 115 00:17:03,589 --> 00:17:05,716 lf you got a hot date or something... 116 00:17:05,891 --> 00:17:08,689 Hey, us retired guys have to stick together, right? 117 00:17:10,496 --> 00:17:12,327 You ever miss it? 118 00:17:13,532 --> 00:17:15,625 No. You? 119 00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:17,998 oh, heck, no. 120 00:17:19,304 --> 00:17:21,101 Be seeing you. 121 00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:23,398 Hello, Daniel. 122 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:25,195 Rorschach. 123 00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:30,605 Helped myself to some beans. Hope you don't mind. 124 00:18:30,742 --> 00:18:33,210 No, no. Course not. 125 00:18:34,813 --> 00:18:37,338 You want me to heat those up for you? 126 00:18:37,549 --> 00:18:39,039 Fine like this. 127 00:18:40,652 --> 00:18:41,812 How have you been keeping? 128 00:18:46,225 --> 00:18:48,022 Out of prison. 129 00:18:48,527 --> 00:18:50,017 So far. 130 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,123 Daniel... 131 00:18:52,764 --> 00:18:54,254 ...look at this. 132 00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:04,067 ls this bean juice? RoRSCHACH: Human bean juice. 133 00:19:04,776 --> 00:19:09,270 Badge belonged to the Comedian. Blood too. He's dead. 134 00:19:11,316 --> 00:19:12,783 Let's talk downstairs. 135 00:19:13,585 --> 00:19:15,314 lt could have been a burglary. 136 00:19:15,521 --> 00:19:18,217 Maybe the killer didn't know who the Comedian was. 137 00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:23,123 An ordinary burglar? Kill the Comedian? Ridiculous. 138 00:19:24,696 --> 00:19:28,132 l heard he'd been working for the government since '77... 139 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:31,497 ...knocking over Marxist republics in South America. 140 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:34,606 Maybe it was a political killing or something. 141 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:36,002 Maybe. 142 00:19:36,208 --> 00:19:39,439 Maybe someone's picking off costumed heroes. 143 00:19:39,611 --> 00:19:41,704 You don't think that's a little paranoid? 144 00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:44,439 That what they say about me now? 145 00:19:44,716 --> 00:19:45,944 Paranoid? 146 00:19:46,151 --> 00:19:49,018 Look, Comedian made a lot of enemies over the years... 147 00:19:49,154 --> 00:19:50,621 ...even among his friends. 148 00:19:50,822 --> 00:19:53,017 Speaking of friends, how's Hollis Mason? 149 00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:57,818 He wrote that book. Said some bad things about the Comedian in it. 150 00:19:58,030 --> 00:20:02,057 l don't like what you're implying, and l like being followed even less. 151 00:20:02,634 --> 00:20:07,071 Maybe l was keeping an eye on you, in case someone's gunning for masks. 152 00:20:07,239 --> 00:20:11,938 - You were never that sentimental. - Attack on one is attack on all of us. 153 00:20:12,344 --> 00:20:14,778 What do you suggest we do about it? 154 00:20:15,681 --> 00:20:16,841 Retribution. 155 00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:21,582 - Watchmen are over. - Says Tricky Dick. 156 00:20:21,753 --> 00:20:23,550 Says me. 157 00:20:26,158 --> 00:20:27,750 Nobody knows who you are. 158 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,895 You can give it up, try and have a normal life. 159 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:34,965 That what you have now? A normal life? 160 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:39,369 When you walk down the street in a city dying of rabies... 161 00:20:39,504 --> 00:20:40,971 ...past the human cockroaches... 162 00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:43,903 ...talking about their heroin and child pornography... 163 00:20:44,076 --> 00:20:45,600 ...do you really feel normal? 164 00:20:46,778 --> 00:20:49,508 Least l'm not the one still hiding behind a mask. 165 00:20:51,416 --> 00:20:52,678 No. 166 00:20:54,386 --> 00:20:56,479 You're hiding in plain sight. 167 00:20:57,889 --> 00:21:00,016 Be seeing you, Dan. 168 00:21:00,459 --> 00:21:02,927 A maintenance hatch will let you out two blocks north. 169 00:21:03,128 --> 00:21:04,823 Yeah, l remember. 170 00:21:05,030 --> 00:21:09,057 Came here often, when we were partners. 171 00:21:09,234 --> 00:21:11,134 Those were great times, huh, Rorschach? 172 00:21:11,637 --> 00:21:14,868 - What happened? - You quit. 173 00:21:42,167 --> 00:21:43,156 Mr. Veidt... 174 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:46,096 ...to date, you're one of only two Watchmen... 175 00:21:46,271 --> 00:21:48,705 ...ever to reveal their true identity to the world... 176 00:21:48,874 --> 00:21:50,808 ...the first being Hollis Mason. 177 00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:53,968 And you've certainly profited greatly by it... 178 00:21:54,179 --> 00:21:59,412 ...turning your superhero alter ego, ozymandias, into a billion-dollar industry: 179 00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:02,610 Toys, lunchboxes, genetic engineering. 180 00:22:02,821 --> 00:22:04,812 l understand there's a movie in the works. 181 00:22:05,023 --> 00:22:09,221 - l'm not hearing a question, Mr. Roth. RoTH: l'm sorry. Do you think- 182 00:22:09,428 --> 00:22:11,953 The Watchmen resent me for prostituting their struggle? 183 00:22:12,130 --> 00:22:14,860 lt's a fair question. Yes, it's crossed my mind... 184 00:22:15,033 --> 00:22:18,059 ...some of my old colleagues might see it that way... 185 00:22:18,236 --> 00:22:21,228 ...just as you're clearly aware that biased journalism... 186 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,034 ...sells more magazines. 187 00:22:24,543 --> 00:22:29,276 The merchandising arm of Veidt lndustries is funding our work with Dr. Manhattan. 188 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:32,440 We recently expanded our research facility in Antarctica... 189 00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:35,781 ...in the hope of developing cheap, renewable sources of energy... 190 00:22:35,987 --> 00:22:38,956 ...that we might eliminate the world's reliance on fossil fuels. 191 00:22:39,157 --> 00:22:41,591 Now, it doesn't take a political scientist... 192 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,161 ...to see that our Cold War with the Russians isn't ideological... 193 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:48,856 ...it's based upon fear. Fear of not having enough. 194 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:52,898 But if we make resources infinite... 195 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:57,467 ...we make war obsolete. 196 00:22:58,276 --> 00:23:02,042 l would hope the other Watchmen understand that... 197 00:23:03,248 --> 00:23:04,909 ...wherever they may be. 198 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:08,417 Thanks for your time. 199 00:23:14,659 --> 00:23:17,321 - You look good, Adrian. - Dan. 200 00:23:17,529 --> 00:23:19,724 lt's been too long. 201 00:23:21,466 --> 00:23:25,527 So Rorschach thinks someone's hunting the Watchmen, huh? 202 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:28,069 You think it's possible? 203 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,970 Statistically, one murder doesn't equal a trend. 204 00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:34,078 Rorschach's a sociopath, Dan. 205 00:23:34,746 --> 00:23:38,079 And so was the Comedian. He was practically a Nazi. 206 00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:40,941 You know that better than anyone. 207 00:23:41,153 --> 00:23:43,348 l'm not here because l miss him. 208 00:23:43,555 --> 00:23:44,852 lt's occurred to Rorschach... 209 00:23:45,056 --> 00:23:47,991 ...that we're the only ones who know each other's identities. 210 00:23:48,493 --> 00:23:50,586 Actually, the whole world knows yours. 211 00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:53,854 That's why l'm warning you first. 212 00:23:57,469 --> 00:23:59,460 Thank you, Dan... 213 00:24:01,006 --> 00:24:04,806 ...but l fear there's something much more real to worry about... 214 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:07,537 ...than Rorschach's mask killer. 215 00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:13,609 lf the Russians do launch their nukes, can Jon really stop them? 216 00:24:13,819 --> 00:24:17,414 The Soviets have 51 ,000 warheads stockpiled. 217 00:24:17,622 --> 00:24:20,819 Even if Jon stops 99 percent of them... 218 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:25,157 ...the 1 percent that get through could still kill every living thing on Earth. 219 00:24:27,933 --> 00:24:30,265 Even Dr. Manhattan can't be everywhere at once. 220 00:24:44,549 --> 00:24:50,146 Rorschach's journal, October 1 3th, 1 985... 221 00:24:50,355 --> 00:24:52,687 ...8:30 p. m. 222 00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:57,293 Meeting with Dreiberg left bad taste in mouth. 223 00:24:57,496 --> 00:25:01,489 A flabby failure who sits whimpering in his basement. 224 00:25:02,701 --> 00:25:05,636 Why are so few of us left active... 225 00:25:05,804 --> 00:25:10,707 ...healthy and without personality disorders? 226 00:25:10,842 --> 00:25:14,107 The first Nite Owl runs an auto-repair shop. 227 00:25:14,246 --> 00:25:17,647 The first Silk Spectre is a bloated, aging whore... 228 00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:20,716 ...dying in a California rest resort. 229 00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:23,444 Dollar Bill got his cape stuck in a revolving door... 230 00:25:23,655 --> 00:25:25,145 ...where he got gunned down. 231 00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:28,224 Silhouette, murdered... 232 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,529 ...a victim of her own indecent lifestyle. 233 00:25:32,063 --> 00:25:35,055 Mothman's in an asylum in Maine. 234 00:25:39,070 --> 00:25:42,233 Only two names remain on my list. 235 00:25:42,374 --> 00:25:47,471 Both share private quarters at Rockefeller Military Research Center. 236 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:49,978 l shall go to them. 237 00:25:50,348 --> 00:25:55,786 l shall go tell the indestructible man that someone plans to murder him. 238 00:26:03,495 --> 00:26:05,292 Good evening, Rorschach. 239 00:26:05,497 --> 00:26:08,989 Dr. Manhattan, you know why l'm here. 240 00:26:09,134 --> 00:26:10,601 Yes... 241 00:26:11,836 --> 00:26:13,804 ...but you're going to leave disappointed. 242 00:26:14,005 --> 00:26:17,702 Rorschach. You shouldn't be here. You're a wanted man. 243 00:26:17,909 --> 00:26:20,104 Nice to see you too, Silk Spectre. 244 00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:22,304 l have a real name l've been using. 245 00:26:22,514 --> 00:26:23,503 Try it. 246 00:26:23,715 --> 00:26:25,808 Whatever you say, Laurie. 247 00:26:26,017 --> 00:26:27,211 What are you doing here? 248 00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:29,717 The Comedian is dead. 249 00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:31,946 Rorschach wants me to look into my future... 250 00:26:32,324 --> 00:26:34,815 ...see if the killer is ever publicly identified. 251 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,054 Already warned Dreiberg. Came to warn you too. 252 00:26:40,765 --> 00:26:43,131 Even if l wanted to help... 253 00:26:43,735 --> 00:26:47,637 ...my future is blocked by some kind of temporal interference. 254 00:26:48,039 --> 00:26:52,135 - l cannot see it clearly. - lnterference? Caused by what? 255 00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:55,678 ln all likelihood, nuclear holocaust. 256 00:26:56,448 --> 00:27:00,475 lf the United States and Soviet Union engage in all-out war... 257 00:27:00,685 --> 00:27:04,621 ...the resulting blast wave would produce a sudden burst of tachyons... 258 00:27:04,823 --> 00:27:09,783 ...particles which travel backward through what you perceive as time... 259 00:27:10,428 --> 00:27:13,795 ...therefore obscuring my vision of the present. 260 00:27:14,599 --> 00:27:15,998 l must return to my work. 261 00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:17,294 Wait a minute. 262 00:27:17,435 --> 00:27:19,926 What if that's why someone wants us out of the way? 263 00:27:20,105 --> 00:27:22,335 So we can't do anything to stop it? 264 00:27:22,507 --> 00:27:24,338 Goodbye, Rorschach. 265 00:27:24,509 --> 00:27:26,807 Took a lot of effort to get in here to see you. 266 00:27:26,945 --> 00:27:28,310 l'm not leaving- 267 00:27:29,547 --> 00:27:31,913 - till l've had my say. 268 00:27:39,424 --> 00:27:42,359 Seems like there's a lot of things you don't tell me these days. 269 00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:45,223 l didn't wanna worry you prematurely. 270 00:27:45,730 --> 00:27:49,826 lf Adrian and l can solve the energy crisis, war may be averted. 271 00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:52,060 But you always say time is simultaneous. 272 00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:55,638 lf that's true, then how can you change the future? 273 00:27:55,840 --> 00:28:00,777 lf only you could perceive time as l do. 274 00:28:00,912 --> 00:28:02,174 Please let me show you. 275 00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:13,123 Magic. Dreams. That is what l had before. l was a hero, goddamn it! 276 00:28:13,291 --> 00:28:16,385 lt's not my fault you got old. What do you have to complain about? 277 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:18,996 l'm putting food on the table for you and your child. 278 00:28:19,130 --> 00:28:21,894 Call your friend Eddie. Maybe he can give you a better life. 279 00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:26,230 - lt was a mistake. one time. - Man tries to rape you- 280 00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:27,903 Stop! 281 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,140 Your mind goes to dark places... 282 00:28:30,308 --> 00:28:32,640 ...and you wonder why l keep the worst from you. 283 00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:40,050 - Say hello to Dan for me. - What? 284 00:28:41,820 --> 00:28:44,618 You wanna ask me to go to dinner with you... 285 00:28:46,324 --> 00:28:48,519 ...like we used to... 286 00:28:49,928 --> 00:28:51,054 ...but you won't. 287 00:28:51,830 --> 00:28:54,128 You know l can't. 288 00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:59,033 So you'll call Dan... 289 00:28:59,437 --> 00:29:01,564 ...which is only natural. 290 00:29:01,906 --> 00:29:04,500 You deserve the comfort of an old friend. 291 00:29:38,843 --> 00:29:40,401 Dan Dreiberg's table. 292 00:30:01,566 --> 00:30:05,332 Did you know that he and H.J. were-? l had no idea. 293 00:30:05,837 --> 00:30:08,931 You remember that crazy guy? What'd he call himself? 294 00:30:09,073 --> 00:30:10,563 Captain Carnage. 295 00:30:10,742 --> 00:30:13,939 Used to pretend he was a supervillain just so he could get beat up? 296 00:30:14,145 --> 00:30:16,545 Yeah, he tried that on me once. l just walked away. 297 00:30:16,681 --> 00:30:19,741 He starts following me down the street in broad daylight... 298 00:30:19,951 --> 00:30:22,681 ...yelling, ''Punish me! Punish me!'' 299 00:30:22,954 --> 00:30:25,445 l'm just saying, ''No, get lost. '' 300 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:29,092 God, whatever happened to him? 301 00:30:29,260 --> 00:30:31,455 oh. Um... He pulled that on Rorschach... 302 00:30:31,596 --> 00:30:33,996 ...and Rorschach dropped him down an elevator shaft. 303 00:30:40,471 --> 00:30:42,871 oh, my God. That's not even funny. 304 00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:46,066 - lt's a little funny. - Yep. 305 00:30:47,979 --> 00:30:49,970 WoMAN: l'm glad l ordered the four-legged chicken. 306 00:30:50,114 --> 00:30:52,105 lt's really good to see you again. 307 00:30:53,384 --> 00:30:54,874 lt's great seeing you too. 308 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:58,178 Why'd we do it, Dan? Dress up like that? 309 00:30:59,390 --> 00:31:02,621 - No one else would. - Yeah, but do you remember my costume? 310 00:31:02,827 --> 00:31:05,921 All that tight latex? l mean, it was awful. 311 00:31:06,064 --> 00:31:09,033 Uh... Yeah, yeah, awful. 312 00:31:09,234 --> 00:31:11,634 But didn't wanna disappoint Mother. 313 00:31:11,836 --> 00:31:15,829 Wanted her little girl to be just like her and fight bad guys. 314 00:31:16,474 --> 00:31:20,069 l think the Keene Act was the best thing that ever happened to us. 315 00:31:21,145 --> 00:31:23,545 Well, we'll live longer anyway. 316 00:31:26,851 --> 00:31:28,341 What? 317 00:31:29,354 --> 00:31:33,848 Jon thinks, unless he can do something about it... 318 00:31:34,692 --> 00:31:36,751 ...that there's gonna be nuclear war. 319 00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:38,685 Soon. 320 00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:42,897 But l don't know what to think. l mean, it's all... 321 00:31:43,067 --> 00:31:46,161 ...quantum mechanics and parallel realities with him. 322 00:31:46,304 --> 00:31:49,068 l never even know what universe he's actually seeing. 323 00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:53,503 He just keeps getting further away from me. 324 00:31:54,212 --> 00:31:55,873 Everyone. 325 00:31:56,981 --> 00:31:59,677 l can't even tell if he actually cares about me anymore... 326 00:31:59,884 --> 00:32:01,818 ...or if he's just pretending. 327 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,455 lf he's pretending, it means he cares. 328 00:32:10,228 --> 00:32:12,219 Hold on, l'll get the door. 329 00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:15,328 Thanks, Dan. 330 00:32:15,733 --> 00:32:17,724 - Got it? - Yeah. 331 00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:23,768 l'm sorry. 332 00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:27,844 l invite you out to dinner to catch up and have a few laughs... 333 00:32:28,246 --> 00:32:31,579 ...but there don't seem to be many laughs around these days. 334 00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:35,583 What do you expect? The Comedian's dead. 335 00:34:07,211 --> 00:34:10,738 Laurie? ls that you? 336 00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:16,453 Thought you'd be used to traveling that way by now. 337 00:34:17,121 --> 00:34:21,114 Well, l'm not. l hate it when Jon teleports me. 338 00:34:21,325 --> 00:34:24,158 Well, it beats flying coach. 339 00:34:24,529 --> 00:34:26,520 Margarita? 340 00:34:26,764 --> 00:34:28,925 Mother, it's 2:00 in the afternoon. 341 00:34:33,771 --> 00:34:36,069 Remember that guy that writes me letters? 342 00:34:36,441 --> 00:34:39,740 He sent me an item of memorabilia. lt's a Tijuana bible. 343 00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:44,075 This little eight-page porno comic they did in the '30s and '40s. 344 00:34:44,282 --> 00:34:48,275 - He sent you this? - Sure. They're very valuable, like antiques. 345 00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:50,780 Mother, this is gross. 346 00:34:50,988 --> 00:34:53,252 l think it's kind of flattering. 347 00:34:53,424 --> 00:34:55,688 Why do you always call me Mother when you're mad? 348 00:34:57,061 --> 00:35:01,088 l know why you're here. l can still read, you know. 349 00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:04,097 l saw it in the paper. 350 00:35:04,735 --> 00:35:07,636 Eddie Blake's funeral is today. 351 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,432 Finally got his punchline, l guess. 352 00:35:12,910 --> 00:35:15,743 - Poor Eddie. - Poor Eddie? After what he did to you? 353 00:35:16,447 --> 00:35:18,005 oh, Laurie, you're still young. 354 00:35:18,816 --> 00:35:20,716 You don't know. 355 00:35:20,885 --> 00:35:22,614 Things change. 356 00:35:23,521 --> 00:35:26,251 What happened happened 40 years ago. 357 00:35:26,424 --> 00:35:29,723 l'm 67 years old. 358 00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:34,059 Every day, the future looks a little bit darker. 359 00:35:34,899 --> 00:35:37,060 But the past... 360 00:35:37,568 --> 00:35:40,560 ...even the grimy parts of it... 361 00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:43,733 ...keep on getting brighter. 362 00:35:49,247 --> 00:35:52,080 l've got spots in my eyes. 363 00:35:55,586 --> 00:35:58,248 Stop it, Eddie. 364 00:35:59,257 --> 00:36:02,522 - Thank you, Weegee. - Thank you, Mr. owl. 365 00:36:03,728 --> 00:36:06,925 Tomorrow, 3:00, my studio. 366 00:36:07,098 --> 00:36:10,295 - Little place on 21 st. - Sounds good. 367 00:36:10,434 --> 00:36:15,030 Wow, a real photo session. Wonder how my hair will look? 368 00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:20,538 oh, go ahead. l'll be there in five. 369 00:36:37,061 --> 00:36:38,119 Eddie. 370 00:36:39,163 --> 00:36:43,224 What the hell are you doing here? You knew l was changing. 371 00:36:43,434 --> 00:36:45,026 Sure l did. 372 00:36:46,637 --> 00:36:48,229 Come on, baby. 373 00:36:48,673 --> 00:36:50,664 l know what you need. 374 00:36:50,841 --> 00:36:54,937 You gotta have some kind of reason for dressing in an outfit like this. 375 00:36:55,079 --> 00:36:57,377 l said no, Eddie. 376 00:36:58,049 --> 00:37:02,884 - No spelled Y-E-S. - No spelled N-o. 377 00:37:03,087 --> 00:37:06,488 - All right? - Come on, sweetheart. 378 00:37:10,428 --> 00:37:12,020 Eddie... 379 00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:52,630 You little bastard. 380 00:37:59,243 --> 00:38:00,210 This what you like? 381 00:38:00,378 --> 00:38:02,869 - This what makes you hot? - What? 382 00:38:13,391 --> 00:38:16,588 Things are tough all over, cupcake. 383 00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:20,890 lt rains on the just and the unjust alike. 384 00:38:21,032 --> 00:38:24,900 The Comedian was a little bit of both. 385 00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:29,704 And he always thought he'd get the last laugh. 386 00:38:30,241 --> 00:38:33,301 Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts. 387 00:38:33,911 --> 00:38:37,244 Shut not thy merciful ears to our prayers... 388 00:38:37,415 --> 00:38:42,011 ...but spare us, Lord most holy, o God most mighty... 389 00:38:42,219 --> 00:38:45,245 ...o holy and merciful savior. 390 00:38:45,956 --> 00:38:48,720 Thou most worthy judge eternal. 391 00:38:48,859 --> 00:38:52,226 Suffer us not at our last hour for any- 392 00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:52,220 Fireworks. You gotta be kidding me. 393 00:39:52,423 --> 00:39:57,122 You know, you'd think this goddamn country had had enough fireworks. 394 00:39:58,028 --> 00:40:00,622 You know, if we'd lost here in Vietnam... 395 00:40:00,831 --> 00:40:05,768 ...l think it might have driven us crazy. You know, as a country. 396 00:40:06,537 --> 00:40:10,234 But we didn't, thanks to you. 397 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:14,143 You sound bitter. 398 00:40:14,345 --> 00:40:15,972 Me? Bitter? 399 00:40:16,147 --> 00:40:19,241 Fuck, no. l think it's hilarious. 400 00:40:25,589 --> 00:40:27,454 oh, Jesus Christ. 401 00:40:27,591 --> 00:40:30,583 - Mr. Eddie? - Just what l fucking needed. 402 00:40:30,761 --> 00:40:35,858 The war is over now. We must talk about this baby. 403 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:40,161 There's nothing to talk about. See, l'm leaving. 404 00:40:40,304 --> 00:40:41,669 l'm gonna forget about you... 405 00:40:41,806 --> 00:40:44,673 ...and your horrible, sweaty, little piece-of-shit country. 406 00:40:45,209 --> 00:40:46,369 Get the fuck out of here. 407 00:40:48,112 --> 00:40:49,977 - No. - Get the fuck out of here. 408 00:40:50,181 --> 00:40:51,512 You will remember. 409 00:40:53,317 --> 00:40:56,013 You will remember me and my country... 410 00:40:56,921 --> 00:40:58,513 ...forever! 411 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:02,956 My face! 412 00:41:05,162 --> 00:41:06,322 Blake. Don't. 413 00:41:07,131 --> 00:41:08,428 Blake! 414 00:41:15,339 --> 00:41:17,830 She was pregnant... 415 00:41:19,076 --> 00:41:20,839 ...and you gunned her down. 416 00:41:20,978 --> 00:41:22,240 That's right... 417 00:41:22,446 --> 00:41:24,346 ...and you know what? You watched me. 418 00:41:24,548 --> 00:41:27,540 You could have turned the gun to steam, the bullets to mercury... 419 00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:31,278 ...the bottle into goddamn snowflakes, but you didn't, did you? 420 00:41:33,257 --> 00:41:36,090 You really don't give a damn about human beings. 421 00:41:37,261 --> 00:41:40,094 You're drifting out of touch, Doc. 422 00:41:41,665 --> 00:41:43,860 God help us all. 423 00:41:45,870 --> 00:41:47,167 Medic! 424 00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:57,174 Most holy and merciful savior. 425 00:41:58,115 --> 00:42:02,313 He cometh up and is cut down, like a flower. 426 00:42:03,153 --> 00:42:07,351 ln the midst of life, we are in death. 427 00:42:09,660 --> 00:42:13,323 Welcome to the first meeting- - This is bullshit. 428 00:42:13,464 --> 00:42:17,833 For a guy who calls himself the Comedian, l can never tell when you're joking. 429 00:42:18,035 --> 00:42:21,436 Watchmen. That's the real joke. 430 00:42:21,572 --> 00:42:24,370 lt didn't work 1 5 years ago, and it ain't gonna work now... 431 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:26,669 ...because you wanna play cowboys and lndians. 432 00:42:26,844 --> 00:42:29,244 Maybe we should agree on no drinking at meetings. 433 00:42:31,048 --> 00:42:34,745 Rorschach and l have made headway on the gang problem by working together. 434 00:42:34,952 --> 00:42:39,286 A group this size seems like a publicity stunt. l'm not in it for the ink. 435 00:42:39,456 --> 00:42:41,253 We can do so much more. 436 00:42:41,458 --> 00:42:43,653 We can save this world... 437 00:42:45,262 --> 00:42:48,390 - ... with the right leadership. - Yeah. 438 00:42:50,768 --> 00:42:52,497 And that'd be you, right, ozzy? 439 00:42:52,670 --> 00:42:55,468 l mean, hell, you're the smartest man on the planet. 440 00:42:55,606 --> 00:42:58,268 lt doesn't take a genius to see the world has problems. 441 00:42:58,676 --> 00:43:02,237 But it takes a room of morons to think they're small enough for you to handle. 442 00:43:03,213 --> 00:43:07,206 You know, mankind's been trying to kill each other off since the beginning of time. 443 00:43:07,351 --> 00:43:12,220 Now we finally have the power to finish the job. 444 00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:16,052 Ain't nothing gonna matter once those nukes start flying. We'll all be dust. 445 00:43:19,229 --> 00:43:21,220 Then ozymandias here... 446 00:43:22,232 --> 00:43:24,530 ...will be the smartest man on the cinder. 447 00:43:33,444 --> 00:43:35,469 For as much as it hath pleased... 448 00:43:35,746 --> 00:43:40,649 ...almighty God to take onto himself the soul of our dear departed brother... 449 00:43:42,052 --> 00:43:46,079 ...let us therefore commit his body to the ground. 450 00:43:46,290 --> 00:43:49,748 Earth to earth, ashes to ashes... 451 00:44:09,013 --> 00:44:15,248 Watchmen! Police! Police to protect the people! 452 00:44:19,823 --> 00:44:23,850 Attention, citizens. We are trying to maintain order. 453 00:44:24,028 --> 00:44:28,465 You must clear the streets until the police strike is over. 454 00:44:28,632 --> 00:44:31,829 lf you could- Please, there's no need for violence. 455 00:44:31,969 --> 00:44:35,063 Goddamn it. All right. That's how you wanna do it? 456 00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:48,442 There's no need for violence. 457 00:44:48,652 --> 00:44:51,746 Fuck you. Fuck you! 458 00:44:58,062 --> 00:44:59,757 oh, this is getting heavy. 459 00:45:23,620 --> 00:45:27,021 Goddamn, l love working on American soil, Dan. 460 00:45:27,224 --> 00:45:29,624 Ain't had this much fun since Woodward and Bernstein. 461 00:45:29,827 --> 00:45:31,419 How long can we keep this up? 462 00:45:31,628 --> 00:45:35,223 Congress is pushing through some new bill that's gonna outlaw masks. 463 00:45:35,365 --> 00:45:36,627 our days are numbered. 464 00:45:36,834 --> 00:45:41,066 Until then, it's like you always say: We're society's only protection. 465 00:45:41,238 --> 00:45:45,834 - From what? - Are you kidding me? From themselves. 466 00:45:45,976 --> 00:45:48,171 - Son of a bitch. No, Comedian, wait! 467 00:45:49,747 --> 00:45:51,647 Get your stinking hands off me. 468 00:45:53,851 --> 00:45:56,285 What the hell happened to us? 469 00:46:00,524 --> 00:46:02,890 What happened to the American dream? 470 00:46:03,694 --> 00:46:06,527 What happened to the American dream? 471 00:46:06,697 --> 00:46:08,824 lt came true! 472 00:46:08,999 --> 00:46:11,024 You're looking at it. 473 00:47:31,849 --> 00:47:33,339 Edgar William Jacobi. 474 00:47:33,517 --> 00:47:37,351 Also known as Edgar William Vaughn. Also known as Moloch. 475 00:47:41,425 --> 00:47:43,655 What are you talking about? 476 00:47:44,628 --> 00:47:46,027 l'm a retired businessman- 477 00:47:48,332 --> 00:47:51,165 Lie again, Moloch, l break another finger. 478 00:47:51,335 --> 00:47:53,360 l did my time. 479 00:47:53,537 --> 00:47:56,335 l'm not Moloch anymore. 480 00:47:56,940 --> 00:48:01,309 - What do you want from me? - Heard you attended Blake's funeral. Why? 481 00:48:01,478 --> 00:48:04,970 l just felt l should... 482 00:48:06,183 --> 00:48:09,084 ...pay my respects to the Comedian. 483 00:48:11,521 --> 00:48:16,288 - How'd you know he was the Comedian? - He broke in here. A week ago. 484 00:48:16,426 --> 00:48:18,792 He had his mask off. 485 00:48:19,229 --> 00:48:22,721 - He was drunk. - Enemies. For decades. 486 00:48:22,900 --> 00:48:25,926 - Why should he visit you? - l don't know. 487 00:48:26,103 --> 00:48:29,038 l woke up in my bedroom and there he was. 488 00:48:29,206 --> 00:48:31,197 He was upset. 489 00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:33,300 He was crying. 490 00:48:33,810 --> 00:48:36,108 Crying? The Comedian? 491 00:48:36,246 --> 00:48:39,238 He was babbling, not making any sense. 492 00:48:39,449 --> 00:48:42,418 l was pissing in my pants. 493 00:48:42,619 --> 00:48:44,917 l thought he was gonna kill me. 494 00:48:45,122 --> 00:48:47,352 What did he say? 495 00:48:48,659 --> 00:48:50,320 lt's a joke. 496 00:48:51,061 --> 00:48:53,621 lt's all a fucking joke. 497 00:48:55,666 --> 00:48:58,066 You know, l thought l knew how it was. 498 00:48:58,235 --> 00:49:01,204 l thought l knew how the world was. 499 00:49:02,372 --> 00:49:05,000 l've done some bad things. 500 00:49:05,676 --> 00:49:09,271 l did bad things to women. l shot kids. 501 00:49:09,479 --> 00:49:11,709 ln 'Nam, you know. 502 00:49:12,316 --> 00:49:13,715 But that was fucking war. 503 00:49:14,718 --> 00:49:16,083 This... 504 00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:19,382 l never done anything like this. 505 00:49:22,092 --> 00:49:24,993 God, here l am... 506 00:49:25,195 --> 00:49:27,288 ...spilling my guts... 507 00:49:27,731 --> 00:49:29,221 ...to one of my archenemies. 508 00:49:31,401 --> 00:49:33,733 But the truth is... 509 00:49:34,338 --> 00:49:38,934 ...you're the closest thing to a friend l got. What the fuck does that say? 510 00:49:42,846 --> 00:49:45,041 Shit. 511 00:49:46,616 --> 00:49:48,243 And your name... 512 00:49:48,452 --> 00:49:50,943 ...your name was on the list... 513 00:49:51,221 --> 00:49:55,521 ...along with Janey, you know, whatever the fuck her name is. 514 00:49:55,659 --> 00:49:58,127 Manhattan's old girl. 515 00:50:02,332 --> 00:50:04,459 Mother, forgive me. 516 00:50:05,635 --> 00:50:07,330 And then he left. 517 00:50:08,338 --> 00:50:12,934 l swear l don't know what the hell he was talking about. 518 00:50:19,683 --> 00:50:21,651 Funny story. 519 00:50:22,152 --> 00:50:24,450 Sounds unbelievable. 520 00:50:25,255 --> 00:50:27,155 Probably true. 521 00:50:27,357 --> 00:50:30,053 So that's it? 522 00:50:30,193 --> 00:50:34,357 - l'm clean? - You? 523 00:50:35,565 --> 00:50:36,862 Clean? 524 00:50:41,805 --> 00:50:42,897 Amygdalin. 525 00:50:43,073 --> 00:50:45,769 This phony medication made from apricot pits. 526 00:50:45,976 --> 00:50:49,173 - lt's illegal. - Come on. 527 00:50:51,081 --> 00:50:53,379 Please don't confiscate that. 528 00:50:54,284 --> 00:50:57,014 l'm trying anything. 529 00:50:58,522 --> 00:50:59,989 l have cancer. 530 00:51:00,957 --> 00:51:02,322 What kind of cancer? 531 00:51:04,227 --> 00:51:07,219 You know the kind you eventually get better from? 532 00:51:09,132 --> 00:51:11,123 That ain't the kind l got. 533 00:51:14,371 --> 00:51:18,330 Rorschach's journal. October 1 6th. 534 00:51:18,542 --> 00:51:21,340 Want some of this? Fifty bucks, l'll suck your cock. 535 00:51:21,545 --> 00:51:24,343 - Thought about Moloch's story. - Come on. 536 00:51:24,481 --> 00:51:26,449 Could all be lies. 537 00:51:26,650 --> 00:51:30,950 A revenge scheme planned during his years behind bars. 538 00:51:31,088 --> 00:51:36,185 Fuck you. l make more in a week than you make in a year, you fucking homo. 539 00:51:36,359 --> 00:51:37,951 But if it's true... 540 00:51:38,161 --> 00:51:40,391 ...what could have possibly scared the Comedian... 541 00:51:40,564 --> 00:51:42,464 ...enough to cry in front of Moloch? 542 00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:44,858 What was it he saw? 543 00:51:46,603 --> 00:51:48,264 And that list he mentioned. 544 00:51:52,476 --> 00:51:55,877 Edward Blake. The Comedian. 545 00:51:56,012 --> 00:51:58,412 Born 1 91 8. 546 00:51:58,582 --> 00:52:00,550 Buried in the rain. 547 00:52:00,750 --> 00:52:02,615 Murdered. 548 00:52:02,819 --> 00:52:06,812 ls that what happens to us? No time for friends? 549 00:52:07,757 --> 00:52:10,920 Only our enemies leave roses. 550 00:52:11,228 --> 00:52:14,129 Violent lives ending violently. 551 00:52:16,133 --> 00:52:21,161 Blake understood. Humans are savage in nature. 552 00:52:21,338 --> 00:52:24,034 No matter how much you try to dress it up... 553 00:52:24,241 --> 00:52:26,334 ...to disguise it... 554 00:52:26,543 --> 00:52:29,637 ...Blake saw society's true face. 555 00:52:29,846 --> 00:52:34,442 Chose to be a parody of it. A joke. 556 00:52:34,651 --> 00:52:36,278 l heard joke once. 557 00:52:37,487 --> 00:52:41,287 Man goes to doctor, says he's depressed. 558 00:52:41,458 --> 00:52:45,360 Life seems harsh and cruel. 559 00:52:45,495 --> 00:52:49,363 Says he feels all alone in threatening world. 560 00:52:49,566 --> 00:52:52,364 Doctor says treatment is simple. 561 00:52:52,769 --> 00:52:57,172 ''The great clown Pagliacci is in town. Go see him. 562 00:52:57,374 --> 00:52:59,365 That should pick you up. '' 563 00:52:59,876 --> 00:53:02,709 Man bursts into tears. 564 00:53:02,913 --> 00:53:07,213 ''But doctor, '' he says. ''l am Pagliacci. '' 565 00:53:09,252 --> 00:53:10,947 Good joke. 566 00:53:11,254 --> 00:53:13,154 Everybody laugh. 567 00:53:13,323 --> 00:53:15,518 Roll on snare drum. 568 00:53:16,026 --> 00:53:17,516 Curtains. 569 00:53:25,936 --> 00:53:28,234 What time do you have to be at your interview? 570 00:53:28,371 --> 00:53:30,032 Don't worry. 571 00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:33,131 We've got plenty of time. 572 00:53:40,250 --> 00:53:42,377 Your finger's like licking a battery. 573 00:54:02,706 --> 00:54:05,436 God, Jon, stop. What are you doing? 574 00:54:05,609 --> 00:54:06,940 Please don't be upset. 575 00:54:07,110 --> 00:54:10,807 l always thought you liked this. 576 00:54:10,947 --> 00:54:12,346 No. 577 00:54:13,917 --> 00:54:16,852 l don't- No. 578 00:54:17,721 --> 00:54:20,519 l don't want that. 579 00:54:20,824 --> 00:54:23,952 l don't know what stimulates you anymore. 580 00:54:26,129 --> 00:54:29,724 Look, l know you were just trying- 581 00:54:31,534 --> 00:54:34,025 Are you working in here while we're in bed together? 582 00:54:34,170 --> 00:54:37,628 My work with Adrian is at a critical stage right now. 583 00:54:38,074 --> 00:54:41,237 - l didn't think it was necessary to- - To what? 584 00:54:41,444 --> 00:54:44,936 To what? To tell me which one of you is giving me a pity fuck? 585 00:54:54,157 --> 00:54:56,557 My attention was completely focused on you. 586 00:54:57,160 --> 00:54:59,458 lf you think there's a problem with my attitude... 587 00:54:59,596 --> 00:55:01,791 ...l am prepared to discuss it. 588 00:55:03,533 --> 00:55:07,299 You know how everything in this world fits together except people. 589 00:55:07,437 --> 00:55:11,897 What am l to you? Another puzzle to be solved? 590 00:55:12,108 --> 00:55:15,805 Have your men stand back. l'm teleporting the reactor to Karnak now. 591 00:55:16,613 --> 00:55:19,548 You're my only remaining link to the world. 592 00:55:27,357 --> 00:55:29,951 l don't want that responsibility anymore. 593 00:55:35,832 --> 00:55:37,959 He's all yours. 594 00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:46,372 Don't worry, Jon. She'll be back. 595 00:55:47,844 --> 00:55:50,039 No, she won't. 596 00:56:04,094 --> 00:56:08,690 He's been called many things: Hero, weapon... 597 00:56:09,199 --> 00:56:11,633 ...linchpin of our national security... 598 00:56:11,801 --> 00:56:16,329 ...deterrent to nuclear war, or a man to end worlds. 599 00:56:16,706 --> 00:56:19,231 Later tonight, Dr. Manhattan... 600 00:56:19,409 --> 00:56:24,403 ...will answer my questions and yours in an exclusive interview... 601 00:56:24,547 --> 00:56:29,450 ...brought to you commercial-free by Veidt Enterprises. 602 00:56:44,334 --> 00:56:45,562 Who is it? 603 00:56:45,735 --> 00:56:47,726 lt's Laurie. 604 00:56:58,581 --> 00:57:01,778 Sorry. l just had this new lock installed. 605 00:57:01,985 --> 00:57:04,476 l didn't know where else to go. 606 00:57:04,621 --> 00:57:07,784 oh, it's okay. Come in. 607 00:57:15,231 --> 00:57:16,289 What's wrong? 608 00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:19,192 l left Jon. 609 00:57:19,903 --> 00:57:22,201 oh, God. 610 00:57:22,705 --> 00:57:24,400 l'm so sorry. 611 00:57:24,607 --> 00:57:27,405 l don't know why l'm here. l just... 612 00:57:28,945 --> 00:57:31,413 l don't know anybody else. 613 00:57:32,248 --> 00:57:35,547 l don't know anybody except for goddamn superheroes. 614 00:57:36,152 --> 00:57:37,813 That's okay. 615 00:57:38,021 --> 00:57:40,251 You probably just had an argument or something. 616 00:57:40,423 --> 00:57:41,822 No, Dan. 617 00:57:42,325 --> 00:57:45,021 You don't know what it's been like living with him. 618 00:57:45,228 --> 00:57:48,322 The way he looks at things now, it's like he doesn't... 619 00:57:48,531 --> 00:57:50,965 ...remember what they are. 620 00:57:51,334 --> 00:57:53,461 lt's like this world, this real world... 621 00:57:53,636 --> 00:57:57,436 ...to him, it's like walking through mist. 622 00:57:57,640 --> 00:58:01,098 And people are just shadows. 623 00:58:02,679 --> 00:58:05,170 Shadows in a fog. 624 00:58:06,316 --> 00:58:09,683 God, how did everything get so tangled up? 625 00:58:11,287 --> 00:58:13,278 l'm sorry, Dan. 626 00:58:14,023 --> 00:58:17,015 This is twice now l've ruined your evening. 627 00:58:17,494 --> 00:58:20,486 Come on. l'm glad you came over. 628 00:58:20,630 --> 00:58:24,191 l was just gonna see Hollis for our weekly beer session. 629 00:58:24,334 --> 00:58:26,325 You're more than welcome to join. 630 00:58:27,504 --> 00:58:30,803 ln fact, l insist. 631 00:59:03,273 --> 00:59:06,071 Terrific. Dr. Manhattan arrives and no one thinks to tell me. 632 00:59:06,276 --> 00:59:08,176 He just- - We don't have time for makeup. 633 00:59:08,311 --> 00:59:10,609 That blue is too light for television. 634 00:59:13,416 --> 00:59:15,384 ls that dark enough? 635 00:59:17,687 --> 00:59:21,020 Yeah, that's dark enough. 636 00:59:23,326 --> 00:59:25,886 Seymour. Bernie, how's tricks? 637 00:59:26,029 --> 00:59:29,430 See this guy behind me? Been bugging me all week. 638 00:59:41,444 --> 00:59:43,708 Girl. What we got here? 639 00:59:43,913 --> 00:59:46,746 Here's a list of Pentagon-approved no-go areas. 640 00:59:46,950 --> 00:59:49,714 Afghanistan will obviously come up, but just play it cool... 641 00:59:49,919 --> 00:59:52,319 ...and try not to get into any tight corners. 642 00:59:52,455 --> 00:59:56,152 - a renowned nuclear physicist, who, through a terrible accident... 643 00:59:56,326 --> 01:00:02,128 ...was gifted with extraordinary powers, capable of bending matter to his will. 644 01:00:02,265 --> 01:00:06,531 Today, the world knows him as Dr. Manhattan. 645 01:00:06,736 --> 01:00:08,033 Welcome. 646 01:00:13,042 --> 01:00:14,270 Thank you. 647 01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:16,378 That's right. 648 01:00:22,952 --> 01:00:25,750 Ms. Black, you have the first question. 649 01:00:25,955 --> 01:00:27,354 Dr. Manhattan, as you know... 650 01:00:27,557 --> 01:00:30,253 ...the Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock face... 651 01:00:30,393 --> 01:00:33,954 ...analogizing humankind's proximity to extinction... 652 01:00:34,297 --> 01:00:37,289 ...midnight representing the threat of nuclear war. 653 01:00:37,467 --> 01:00:40,664 As of now, it stands at four minutes to midnight. 654 01:00:41,270 --> 01:00:43,761 Would you agree that we're that close to annihilation? 655 01:00:44,173 --> 01:00:46,471 My father was a watchmaker. 656 01:00:47,310 --> 01:00:51,679 He abandoned it when Einstein discovered that time is relative. 657 01:00:52,815 --> 01:00:54,806 l would only agree that a symbolic clock... 658 01:00:55,018 --> 01:00:56,986 ...is as nourishing to the intellect... 659 01:00:57,186 --> 01:01:00,417 ...as a photograph of oxygen to a drowning man. 660 01:01:02,725 --> 01:01:04,454 So you're saying there is no danger. 661 01:01:04,627 --> 01:01:08,620 Even in a world without nuclear weapons, there would still be danger. 662 01:01:13,569 --> 01:01:16,470 And would you say, as so many claim... 663 01:01:16,639 --> 01:01:18,436 ...that you are, in fact, a god... 664 01:01:18,574 --> 01:01:21,441 ...given you see the past and future simultaneously? 665 01:01:21,577 --> 01:01:23,875 l can only see my own past... 666 01:01:24,347 --> 01:01:28,249 ...my own future. l am not omniscient. 667 01:01:28,851 --> 01:01:30,250 Doug Roth, your question? 668 01:01:30,386 --> 01:01:33,150 Speaking of your past, Dr. Manhattan... 669 01:01:33,289 --> 01:01:36,053 ...do you remember a man named Wally Weaver? 670 01:01:36,259 --> 01:01:41,356 Yes. We were both physicists together at the Gila Flats Research Base. 671 01:01:41,864 --> 01:01:43,456 He died of cancer. 672 01:01:44,300 --> 01:01:46,564 - He was a good man. RoTH: How about Edgar Jacobi... 673 01:01:46,769 --> 01:01:49,670 ...also known as the supervillain Moloch? 674 01:01:50,606 --> 01:01:54,702 You encountered him several times in the '60s: battles, conflicts. 675 01:01:54,911 --> 01:01:57,379 Did you know that he has cancer as well? 676 01:01:58,314 --> 01:01:59,576 l wasn't told. 677 01:01:59,716 --> 01:02:01,911 And what about General Anthony Randolph? 678 01:02:02,118 --> 01:02:05,519 He was your handler when you first started working for the government. 679 01:02:05,922 --> 01:02:06,911 Cancer. 680 01:02:07,123 --> 01:02:09,819 You're suggesting l was the cause. 681 01:02:10,226 --> 01:02:13,218 From where l'm standing, it's starting to look pretty conclusive. 682 01:02:13,362 --> 01:02:15,421 Even if that's the case, it's irrelevant. 683 01:02:15,565 --> 01:02:18,363 A live human body and a deceased human body... 684 01:02:18,534 --> 01:02:20,627 ...have the same number of particles. 685 01:02:23,372 --> 01:02:25,272 Structurally, there's no difference. 686 01:02:31,881 --> 01:02:34,042 All right. Let's settle down, please. 687 01:02:42,859 --> 01:02:44,087 What about Janey Slater? 688 01:02:44,861 --> 01:02:47,193 You think it makes a difference to her? 689 01:02:48,264 --> 01:02:49,595 Janey? 690 01:02:49,966 --> 01:02:51,490 Your ex-girlfriend? 691 01:02:51,667 --> 01:02:55,296 She was a physicist too. You saw each other for 1 1 years. 692 01:02:55,471 --> 01:02:56,995 Doug, one question at a time. 693 01:02:57,173 --> 01:03:00,506 She has cancer as well. Doctors have given her six months. 694 01:03:00,643 --> 01:03:02,508 lsn't that right, Miss Slater? 695 01:03:18,027 --> 01:03:19,824 You were the world to me, Jon. 696 01:03:20,429 --> 01:03:22,659 You were my whole life. 697 01:03:23,633 --> 01:03:26,227 Do you remember how many times you said you loved me? 698 01:03:26,369 --> 01:03:28,064 Janey, l wasn't told. 699 01:03:28,538 --> 01:03:33,942 l stuck by you after the accident. l gave you everything. 700 01:03:38,948 --> 01:03:40,643 This is how you repay me? 701 01:03:41,083 --> 01:03:45,986 - Janey, l wasn't told. l didn't know. - Damn you, Jon. Goddamn you. 702 01:03:46,155 --> 01:03:48,146 Janey, wait. 703 01:03:49,559 --> 01:03:51,993 - That's it. This interview is over. Get up there. 704 01:03:52,161 --> 01:03:54,561 Get those cameras off. Everybody back off. 705 01:03:54,697 --> 01:03:58,394 Everybody back off. l need some backup here. Leave him alone. 706 01:03:58,568 --> 01:04:04,598 Please, if everyone would just go away... 707 01:04:04,807 --> 01:04:07,708 ...and leave me alone... 708 01:04:07,844 --> 01:04:09,243 Do you care to comment? 709 01:04:09,412 --> 01:04:12,438 l said, leave me alone! 710 01:04:23,025 --> 01:04:25,220 l am looking at the stars. 711 01:04:25,728 --> 01:04:27,719 They're so far away... 712 01:04:28,130 --> 01:04:30,826 ...and their light takes so long to reach us... 713 01:04:33,536 --> 01:04:37,734 ...all we ever see of stars are their old photographs. 714 01:04:40,743 --> 01:04:44,577 lt is July, 1 959, and l am in love. 715 01:04:45,448 --> 01:04:47,075 That's great. 716 01:04:47,250 --> 01:04:48,877 - You can pick it up tomorrow. - okay. 717 01:04:49,051 --> 01:04:50,780 - Seventy-five cents. - okay, thank you. 718 01:04:50,953 --> 01:04:51,977 Thank you. 719 01:04:52,154 --> 01:04:56,352 Gosh, Jon, l wish he gave us a little notice. l'm sure l made a face. 720 01:04:56,559 --> 01:05:01,496 oh, no, no. l'm sure that you'll look beautiful. 721 01:05:05,401 --> 01:05:07,699 Her name is Janey Slater. 722 01:05:08,537 --> 01:05:11,199 She is a physicist, like me. 723 01:05:12,508 --> 01:05:14,237 l am 30 years old. 724 01:05:19,015 --> 01:05:22,917 We were introduced by a good friend of mine from college, Wally Weaver. 725 01:05:26,522 --> 01:05:29,116 lt is February 1 2th, 1 981 . 726 01:05:29,258 --> 01:05:33,024 Wally dies of cancer, of which they now say l am the cause. 727 01:05:50,579 --> 01:05:53,980 That night, Janey and l make love for the first time. 728 01:05:59,989 --> 01:06:02,924 A month from now, the accident awaits me. 729 01:06:10,099 --> 01:06:13,591 oh, l'll catch up with you guys. l think l left my watch inside. 730 01:06:14,303 --> 01:06:16,498 Hey. Let's just wait a second. 731 01:06:19,308 --> 01:06:23,711 l cross the room to the lntrinsic Field Center. l find my watch. 732 01:06:30,419 --> 01:06:31,545 When l get to the door... 733 01:06:33,322 --> 01:06:34,516 ...Wally is turning white. 734 01:06:34,724 --> 01:06:38,751 The program's locked in. We can't override the time lock. 735 01:06:40,129 --> 01:06:41,460 l am terrified. 736 01:06:41,630 --> 01:06:42,654 Jon? 737 01:06:48,637 --> 01:06:50,366 l'm sorry, Jon... 738 01:06:52,341 --> 01:06:53,831 ...but l can't- 739 01:06:56,145 --> 01:06:57,635 Janey, don't leave me! 740 01:06:58,247 --> 01:07:00,215 Don't leave me! 741 01:07:29,712 --> 01:07:34,308 lt is May 1 2th, 1 959, when l'm introduced to Janey. 742 01:07:34,717 --> 01:07:36,708 She buys me a beer... 743 01:07:36,852 --> 01:07:39,719 ...the first time a woman has done this for me. 744 01:07:40,423 --> 01:07:43,915 As she passes me the cold, perspiring glass... 745 01:07:44,226 --> 01:07:46,421 ...our fingers touch. 746 01:07:56,639 --> 01:07:58,732 Yes, Jon, good. 747 01:07:58,941 --> 01:08:04,379 Now it's just a question of reassembling the components in the correct sequence. 748 01:08:08,217 --> 01:08:09,309 l feel fear... 749 01:08:10,586 --> 01:08:12,679 ...for the last time. 750 01:08:28,938 --> 01:08:31,236 A token funeral is held. 751 01:08:31,607 --> 01:08:33,575 There is nothing to bury. 752 01:08:33,943 --> 01:08:36,309 Janey frames the snapshot. 753 01:08:36,612 --> 01:08:39,445 lt's the only photograph of me anyone has. 754 01:08:40,749 --> 01:08:45,618 A circulatory system is seen by the perimeter fence. 755 01:08:46,021 --> 01:08:47,511 A few days later... 756 01:08:47,656 --> 01:08:50,921 ...a partially muscled skeleton stands in a hallway... 757 01:08:51,060 --> 01:08:54,928 ...and screams for a moment before vanishing. 758 01:09:19,054 --> 01:09:21,079 oh, God. 759 01:09:21,290 --> 01:09:22,780 Jon? 760 01:09:23,826 --> 01:09:25,691 ls that you? 761 01:09:25,928 --> 01:09:29,056 Nations around the world reeling from this morning's announcement... 762 01:09:29,231 --> 01:09:31,893 ...possibly the most significant event in recent history. 763 01:09:32,034 --> 01:09:35,993 We repeat, the superman exists, and he is American. 764 01:09:42,511 --> 01:09:45,105 They call me Dr. Manhattan. 765 01:09:55,724 --> 01:09:57,624 They explain the name has been chosen... 766 01:09:57,826 --> 01:10:02,024 ...for the ominous associations it will raise in America's enemies. 767 01:10:04,033 --> 01:10:07,059 They are shaping me into something gaudy... 768 01:10:08,137 --> 01:10:10,264 ...something lethal. 769 01:10:14,076 --> 01:10:16,567 ln January, 1 97 1 ... 770 01:10:16,779 --> 01:10:20,738 ...President Nixon asks me to intervene in Vietnam... 771 01:10:20,950 --> 01:10:24,249 ...something that his predecessors would not ask. 772 01:10:25,487 --> 01:10:28,354 A week later, the conflict ends. 773 01:10:28,490 --> 01:10:32,950 Some of the Vietcong forces wanna surrender to me personally. 774 01:10:34,763 --> 01:10:38,358 Hollis Mason, a retired costume hero, writes a book. 775 01:10:38,567 --> 01:10:42,594 ln it, he calls my arrival the dawn of the superhero. 776 01:10:58,320 --> 01:11:01,016 l am not sure if l know what that means. 777 01:11:01,223 --> 01:11:04,317 You see, at the time, l was misquoted. 778 01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:07,620 l never said, ''The superman exists and he is American. '' 779 01:11:07,830 --> 01:11:13,769 What l said was, ''God exists, and he is American. '' 780 01:11:14,270 --> 01:11:16,761 Now, if you begin to feel an intense... 781 01:11:16,939 --> 01:11:20,841 ...and crushing feeling of religious terror at the concept... 782 01:11:21,277 --> 01:11:23,268 ...don't be alarmed. 783 01:11:23,946 --> 01:11:27,973 That indicates only that you are still sane. 784 01:11:29,618 --> 01:11:32,178 lt is Christmas, 1 963. 785 01:11:33,088 --> 01:11:35,852 Janey tells me she is afraid, and worried. 786 01:11:37,593 --> 01:11:39,754 She says l am like a god now. 787 01:11:40,963 --> 01:11:43,158 l tell her l don't think there is a God... 788 01:11:43,999 --> 01:11:46,763 ...and if there is, l'm nothing like him. 789 01:11:47,403 --> 01:11:49,871 l tell her l still want her... 790 01:11:50,639 --> 01:11:52,664 ...and that l always will. 791 01:11:53,709 --> 01:11:58,373 As l lie to her, it is September 4th, 1 970. 792 01:11:59,214 --> 01:12:02,706 l am in a room full of people wearing disguises. 793 01:12:03,519 --> 01:12:08,513 A very young girl looks at me and smiles. 794 01:12:09,258 --> 01:12:11,249 She's beautiful. 795 01:12:12,161 --> 01:12:18,157 After each long kiss, she plants a smaller, gentler one upon my lips... 796 01:12:18,334 --> 01:12:20,325 ...like a signature. 797 01:12:21,670 --> 01:12:24,833 Janey accuses me of chasing jailbait. 798 01:12:25,374 --> 01:12:30,641 She bursts into angry tears, asking if it's because she's getting older. 799 01:12:30,846 --> 01:12:32,643 lt's true. 800 01:12:34,750 --> 01:12:37,742 She's aging more noticeably every day... 801 01:12:44,360 --> 01:12:47,158 ...while l am standing still. 802 01:12:48,097 --> 01:12:50,759 l prefer the stillness here. 803 01:12:51,767 --> 01:12:53,860 l am tired of Earth. 804 01:12:54,002 --> 01:12:55,663 These people. 805 01:12:56,271 --> 01:12:59,968 l'm tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives. 806 01:13:22,731 --> 01:13:26,064 They claim their labors are to build a heaven... 807 01:13:26,635 --> 01:13:30,127 ...yet their heaven is populated with horrors. 808 01:13:30,639 --> 01:13:33,233 Perhaps the world is not made. 809 01:13:34,276 --> 01:13:36,244 Perhaps nothing is made. 810 01:13:37,146 --> 01:13:40,673 A clock without a craftsman. 811 01:13:41,650 --> 01:13:43,641 lt's too late. 812 01:13:44,052 --> 01:13:45,952 Always has been... 813 01:13:46,588 --> 01:13:48,783 ...always will be... 814 01:13:49,358 --> 01:13:50,985 ...too late. 815 01:13:56,498 --> 01:13:58,193 Mr. President... 816 01:13:58,567 --> 01:14:02,936 ...the Soviets have moved their tanks to just short of the Afghan border. 817 01:14:03,605 --> 01:14:04,799 They are testing us... 818 01:14:05,007 --> 01:14:09,410 ...to see if we manufactured Dr. Manhattan's disappearance... 819 01:14:09,611 --> 01:14:12,307 ...to coax a move out of them. 820 01:14:14,450 --> 01:14:17,817 How soon can we be ready for a preemptive strike? 821 01:14:19,321 --> 01:14:20,310 Two days. 822 01:14:20,722 --> 01:14:24,419 We have a 54 percent chance of wiping out the entire U.S.S.R... 823 01:14:24,560 --> 01:14:26,619 ...before they get their missiles airborne. 824 01:14:27,229 --> 01:14:28,856 Assuming conservative projections... 825 01:14:29,031 --> 01:14:31,727 ...of how many Soviet warheads we destroy beforehand... 826 01:14:32,534 --> 01:14:34,365 ...we'll lose all of the East Coast. 827 01:14:35,137 --> 01:14:36,661 The last gasp... 828 01:14:37,573 --> 01:14:40,041 ...of the Harvard establishment. 829 01:14:40,476 --> 01:14:43,741 Let's see them think their way out of fission. 830 01:14:43,946 --> 01:14:47,473 With anticipated wind patterns, the fallout drift would head south. 831 01:14:47,649 --> 01:14:49,879 Mexico would catch the worst of it. 832 01:14:50,052 --> 01:14:52,145 Most of the farm belt might remain unaffected. 833 01:14:52,287 --> 01:14:53,948 Not so bad... 834 01:14:54,556 --> 01:14:57,354 ...all things considered. 835 01:15:00,162 --> 01:15:01,891 Mr. President... 836 01:15:02,097 --> 01:15:03,689 ...what would you like to do? 837 01:15:12,107 --> 01:15:14,405 Take us to DEFCON two. 838 01:15:14,543 --> 01:15:16,511 Begin fueling the bombers. 839 01:15:17,145 --> 01:15:20,046 Dr. Manhattan has two days. 840 01:15:20,516 --> 01:15:22,313 After that... 841 01:15:22,451 --> 01:15:26,114 ...humanity is in the hands of a higher authority than mine. 842 01:15:26,722 --> 01:15:29,657 Let's just hope he's on our side. 843 01:15:30,926 --> 01:15:32,621 Without Dr. Manhattan around... 844 01:15:32,761 --> 01:15:35,662 ...to bully the Russians into peace, Mr. Veidt... 845 01:15:35,831 --> 01:15:40,234 ...people are going to need good, old-fashioned energy to rely on. 846 01:15:40,435 --> 01:15:42,062 You can understand. 847 01:15:42,271 --> 01:15:47,334 The world can't just quit on oil and nuclear power cold turkey. 848 01:15:47,543 --> 01:15:49,773 You'll dismantle our entire economy overnight. 849 01:15:49,945 --> 01:15:52,743 You're right, Lee. And why free energy? 850 01:15:52,881 --> 01:15:55,782 Well, ''free'' is just another word for ''socialist. '' 851 01:15:55,951 --> 01:15:57,942 We might have to make a public inquiry... 852 01:15:58,086 --> 01:16:01,283 ...into any past communist affiliations you might have had. 853 01:16:01,690 --> 01:16:04,591 Mr. lacocca, gentlemen... 854 01:16:05,727 --> 01:16:07,991 ...l respect your position... 855 01:16:08,130 --> 01:16:12,032 ...and what you've accomplished as captains of industry. l do. 856 01:16:12,434 --> 01:16:14,925 You wanna know my past? Hm? 857 01:16:15,737 --> 01:16:18,501 okay. Happily. 858 01:16:18,707 --> 01:16:22,108 lt's a matter of public record that by 1 7, both my parents were dead... 859 01:16:22,311 --> 01:16:24,142 ...leaving me alone. 860 01:16:25,147 --> 01:16:28,514 l guess you could say l've always been alone. 861 01:16:28,717 --> 01:16:33,620 They say l'm the smartest man in the world, but the truth is l've often felt stupid... 862 01:16:33,755 --> 01:16:37,247 ...at being unable to relate to anyone. 863 01:16:37,426 --> 01:16:40,827 Well, anyone living, that is. 864 01:16:41,029 --> 01:16:42,963 The only person with whom l felt kinship... 865 01:16:43,131 --> 01:16:46,259 ...died 300 years before the birth of Christ. 866 01:16:46,435 --> 01:16:51,839 Alexander of Macedonia, or Alexander the Great, as you know him. 867 01:16:52,040 --> 01:16:55,032 His vision of a united world was... 868 01:16:58,347 --> 01:17:00,042 Well, it was unprecedented. 869 01:17:00,215 --> 01:17:01,876 l wanted... 870 01:17:02,017 --> 01:17:04,315 ...needed to match his accomplishments... 871 01:17:04,486 --> 01:17:07,683 ...so l resolved to apply antiquity's teachings to our world today. 872 01:17:07,889 --> 01:17:11,381 And so began my path to conquest. 873 01:17:11,526 --> 01:17:14,791 Conquest not of men... 874 01:17:14,930 --> 01:17:17,797 ...but of the evils that beset them. 875 01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:22,903 Fossil fuels, oil, nuclear power... 876 01:17:23,105 --> 01:17:25,938 ...are like a drug, and you, along with foreign interests... 877 01:17:26,108 --> 01:17:27,700 - ... are the pushers. - Now, listen. 878 01:17:28,310 --> 01:17:29,902 No. 879 01:17:32,314 --> 01:17:34,111 You listen. 880 01:17:35,417 --> 01:17:37,908 The world will survive... 881 01:17:38,120 --> 01:17:41,556 ...and it deserves more than you've been able to provide. 882 01:17:41,723 --> 01:17:44,317 So let's cut to it, shall we? 883 01:17:44,626 --> 01:17:47,117 l'm worth more than all of your corporations combined. 884 01:17:47,262 --> 01:17:50,823 l could buy and sell you, something you should factor into your decision... 885 01:17:51,033 --> 01:17:57,336 ...should you choose to make our disagreement public. 886 01:17:58,840 --> 01:18:01,172 l think you know the way out. 887 01:18:02,911 --> 01:18:04,674 Gentlemen. 888 01:18:07,182 --> 01:18:10,674 The toy people wanna talk to you about new villains for the ozymandias line. 889 01:18:10,819 --> 01:18:14,277 - Seems all the old villains are dead. - Mr. Veidt? 890 01:18:14,489 --> 01:18:18,016 - l think l have some ideas. - Mr. Veidt? 891 01:18:18,226 --> 01:18:21,024 l think we got off on the wrong foot. 892 01:18:57,733 --> 01:18:59,428 He's got a poison capsule. 893 01:19:00,068 --> 01:19:04,471 Don't bite down, you son of a bitch. Who sent you? l want a name. 894 01:19:04,673 --> 01:19:05,765 Give me a name! 895 01:19:17,886 --> 01:19:19,183 Suicide pill. 896 01:19:20,288 --> 01:19:23,189 Potassium cyanide. Guy was dead before he hit the ground. 897 01:19:23,391 --> 01:19:25,188 Thanks, hon. 898 01:19:25,727 --> 01:19:27,718 Then Rorschach was right. 899 01:19:27,929 --> 01:19:30,090 This wasn't some lone nut. 900 01:19:30,298 --> 01:19:34,394 lt's an organization: well-funded, well-equipped. 901 01:19:35,403 --> 01:19:37,303 But who'd wanna kill us now? 902 01:19:38,607 --> 01:19:41,735 l don't know, but it's not safe out here. 903 01:19:47,315 --> 01:19:49,249 So no word from Jon? 904 01:19:50,218 --> 01:19:51,810 No. 905 01:19:52,220 --> 01:19:54,120 Well, listen... 906 01:19:54,623 --> 01:19:56,318 ...why don't you come stay with me? 907 01:19:57,659 --> 01:20:00,628 oh, no. That's sweet, but l wouldn't wanna impose. 908 01:20:01,129 --> 01:20:04,530 oh, no. No. Think of it as doing me a favor. 909 01:20:06,334 --> 01:20:08,666 l wouldn't have to worry about you being out there. 910 01:20:12,073 --> 01:20:13,335 okay. 911 01:20:16,378 --> 01:20:21,839 Rorschach's journal, October 21 st, 1 985. 912 01:20:21,983 --> 01:20:26,079 On 43rd and 7th, saw Dreiberg and Jupiter leaving diner. 913 01:20:26,755 --> 01:20:29,451 They didn't know me without my mask. 914 01:20:30,292 --> 01:20:31,953 An affair? 915 01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:36,062 Did she break Manhattan's heart to engineer his exile... 916 01:20:36,264 --> 01:20:38,164 ...make room for Dreiberg? 917 01:20:38,967 --> 01:20:42,164 Does Manhattan even have a heart to break? 918 01:20:46,675 --> 01:20:50,975 Veidt's assassin was a local lowlife named Roy Chess. 919 01:20:51,580 --> 01:20:54,310 At his apartment, l found clues. 920 01:20:55,483 --> 01:20:59,214 Seems he worked at Pyramid Transnational. 921 01:21:00,455 --> 01:21:01,752 l've seen the logo before... 922 01:21:03,058 --> 01:21:04,218 ...at Moloch's. 923 01:21:08,463 --> 01:21:11,432 Someone tried to shoot the world's smartest man today, Moloch. 924 01:21:12,234 --> 01:21:15,032 Guy worked for Pyramid Transnational. 925 01:21:15,237 --> 01:21:17,330 More than a just delivery service, l take it. 926 01:21:17,539 --> 01:21:21,441 Last time l was here, l saw a pension check written from the same company. 927 01:21:21,643 --> 01:21:25,135 l'm guessing it's a front set up by whoever wants us masks dead. 928 01:21:25,280 --> 01:21:28,875 Now, no more lies, Moloch. Who runs Pyramid? 929 01:21:33,755 --> 01:21:35,382 FlNE Rorschach. 930 01:21:35,557 --> 01:21:37,957 This is the police. We know you're in there. 931 01:21:38,159 --> 01:21:39,990 No. No! 932 01:21:40,161 --> 01:21:43,255 lf there's anybody in there with you, send them out unharmed. 933 01:21:43,465 --> 01:21:46,400 No. No, no, no! 934 01:21:46,568 --> 01:21:50,971 Framed. Walked right into it. Stupid, stupid, stupid! 935 01:21:51,172 --> 01:21:52,764 Never, never surrender. 936 01:21:52,974 --> 01:21:55,966 All right. l hope you're ready, hero. 937 01:21:56,111 --> 01:21:57,169 When you are. 938 01:22:19,834 --> 01:22:20,823 one... 939 01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:26,932 ...two... 940 01:22:30,946 --> 01:22:31,970 ...three. 941 01:23:23,965 --> 01:23:25,728 Come on. 942 01:23:36,544 --> 01:23:37,977 Son of a bitch. 943 01:23:38,947 --> 01:23:41,347 - Christ, he stinks. - Get that mask off him. 944 01:23:41,549 --> 01:23:44,347 - l got it. - No. No! 945 01:23:44,552 --> 01:23:47,248 My face! Give me back my face! 946 01:23:48,056 --> 01:23:50,684 The masked vigilante Rorschach was apprehended... 947 01:23:50,892 --> 01:23:54,760 ...and identified as Walter Kovacs, a 35-year-old white male. 948 01:23:54,896 --> 01:23:57,956 Little's known about Kovacs, but he was charged with the murder... 949 01:23:58,166 --> 01:24:01,897 ...of Edgar Jacobi, found shot in the head in his home in the Bronx. 950 01:24:02,103 --> 01:24:05,095 Police officers were injured and Jacobi's home was set ablaze... 951 01:24:05,306 --> 01:24:07,831 ...during the violent course of the capture. 952 01:24:11,646 --> 01:24:12,943 Rorschach! 953 01:24:13,114 --> 01:24:16,845 l'm gonna fuck you like l fucked your mother! 954 01:24:23,525 --> 01:24:26,460 Come on out, Rorschach! 955 01:24:26,628 --> 01:24:28,858 Walter Kovacs. 956 01:24:29,030 --> 01:24:31,931 ls that your name? Walter? 957 01:24:32,067 --> 01:24:36,128 Well, let me explain your situation here, Walter. 958 01:24:36,337 --> 01:24:37,861 You cooperate with me... 959 01:24:38,039 --> 01:24:42,533 ...and l may be able to convince them that you should be treated medically. 960 01:24:42,744 --> 01:24:46,271 ln a hospital. l believe that would be good for you. 961 01:24:46,448 --> 01:24:52,478 But the authorities wanna put you with the general population. 962 01:24:53,354 --> 01:24:56,448 - Prison's a prison. - Uh-huh. Yes. 963 01:24:57,058 --> 01:25:00,425 But the difference is, down there... 964 01:25:00,995 --> 01:25:02,394 ...you'd be eaten alive. 965 01:25:03,331 --> 01:25:07,597 You're responsible for a lot of them being in prison here, Walter. 966 01:25:10,638 --> 01:25:12,105 Tell me what you see. 967 01:25:17,312 --> 01:25:18,939 A pretty butterfly. 968 01:25:22,750 --> 01:25:24,615 What about now? What do you see here? 969 01:25:29,724 --> 01:25:30,748 Mom? 970 01:25:31,159 --> 01:25:32,524 ls he hurting you? 971 01:25:32,727 --> 01:25:35,560 You got a fucking kid in here. l get that at home. 972 01:25:35,730 --> 01:25:39,222 Bastard. l should have had that abortion. 973 01:25:48,943 --> 01:25:50,843 Some nice flowers. 974 01:25:56,551 --> 01:25:58,246 l heard this guy's mom's a whore. 975 01:26:00,488 --> 01:26:03,184 Did you catch any diseases from her? 976 01:26:03,391 --> 01:26:08,192 Huh? Whoreson. Listen to me, retard. 977 01:26:09,497 --> 01:26:12,728 Hey, you think she'd suck my dick for a dollar? 978 01:26:31,352 --> 01:26:32,512 Clouds. 979 01:26:37,458 --> 01:26:40,154 Tell me about Rorschach. Will you do that, Walter? 980 01:26:40,361 --> 01:26:43,853 You keep calling me Walter. l don't like you. 981 01:26:44,966 --> 01:26:49,164 You don't like me. All right, why is that, exactly? 982 01:26:49,337 --> 01:26:50,736 You're fat. 983 01:26:51,339 --> 01:26:54,433 Wealthy. Liberal sensibilities. 984 01:26:54,842 --> 01:26:57,538 You wanna know about Rorschach? 985 01:26:58,980 --> 01:27:01,073 l'll tell you about Rorschach. 986 01:27:02,917 --> 01:27:05,385 l was investigating a kidnap case. 987 01:27:07,088 --> 01:27:08,988 Blaire Roche. 988 01:27:09,123 --> 01:27:12,581 Six-year-old girl. l was young then. 989 01:27:13,494 --> 01:27:15,792 Too soft on criminals. 990 01:27:16,731 --> 01:27:18,392 l let them live. 991 01:27:19,634 --> 01:27:25,402 Broke a man's arm to get a tip. Led me to the missing girl's location. 992 01:27:33,014 --> 01:27:35,414 l knew the girl was here... 993 01:27:35,617 --> 01:27:39,109 ...but when l searched the place, l saw nothing. 994 01:27:40,021 --> 01:27:42,421 And then l found her. 995 01:28:34,042 --> 01:28:37,307 lt was dark when the murderer got back. 996 01:28:40,214 --> 01:28:42,512 As dark as it gets. 997 01:29:09,577 --> 01:29:14,412 oh, God. Who's out there? Who is it? 998 01:29:16,217 --> 01:29:17,377 Who is it? 999 01:29:28,096 --> 01:29:31,532 What? What the fuck? Who the fuck are you? 1000 01:29:31,699 --> 01:29:36,193 What the fuck do you want? You killed my dogs, man! 1001 01:29:41,209 --> 01:29:45,737 You think l had something to do with that girl? l found that. 1002 01:29:45,913 --> 01:29:48,404 What evidence have you got? That's nothing. 1003 01:29:56,324 --> 01:29:59,122 okay. l confess. 1004 01:30:00,328 --> 01:30:03,024 l kidnapped her. l killed her. 1005 01:30:03,831 --> 01:30:05,230 Arrest me. 1006 01:30:06,033 --> 01:30:07,728 What? Arrest me! 1007 01:30:09,337 --> 01:30:11,328 l did it! l said l did it! 1008 01:30:11,472 --> 01:30:12,939 Christ. 1009 01:30:13,074 --> 01:30:17,374 Look, l've got a problem, man. Fucking take me in. l need help. 1010 01:30:18,179 --> 01:30:24,948 No, don't. Don't do that. Take me in. Don't! No! 1011 01:30:29,891 --> 01:30:33,383 Men get arrested. 1012 01:30:34,862 --> 01:30:36,853 Dogs get put down. 1013 01:30:41,669 --> 01:30:43,864 Tremors of impact shook my arm. 1014 01:30:45,273 --> 01:30:47,571 Warm blood splashed my face. 1015 01:30:48,810 --> 01:30:52,906 Whatever was left of Walter Kovacs died that night with that little girl. 1016 01:30:53,915 --> 01:30:56,179 From then on, there was only Rorschach. 1017 01:30:57,685 --> 01:31:00,415 See, doctor, God didn't kill that little girl. 1018 01:31:00,855 --> 01:31:05,019 Fate didn't butcher her and destiny didn't feed her to those dogs. 1019 01:31:06,227 --> 01:31:09,663 lf God saw what any of us did that night, he didn't seem to mind. 1020 01:31:11,566 --> 01:31:13,431 From then on, l knew: 1021 01:31:14,735 --> 01:31:17,067 God doesn't make the world this way. 1022 01:31:19,073 --> 01:31:20,563 We do. 1023 01:31:21,242 --> 01:31:22,436 Hey, Rorschach. 1024 01:31:24,045 --> 01:31:26,036 Hey, you're pretty famous, right? 1025 01:31:26,781 --> 01:31:28,874 Rorschach, l heard your mother was a whore. 1026 01:31:29,050 --> 01:31:32,645 Hey, you know what? l'm pretty famous too. 1027 01:31:32,787 --> 01:31:35,347 - Ain't that right? That's right. That's right. 1028 01:31:36,991 --> 01:31:40,188 Maybe l can give you an autograph. What you say, big boy? 1029 01:31:55,476 --> 01:31:59,003 None of you seem to understand. l'm not locked in here with you. 1030 01:31:59,180 --> 01:32:01,205 All right, that's it! 1031 01:32:02,049 --> 01:32:04,517 You're locked in here with me. 1032 01:33:06,347 --> 01:33:07,405 Laurie! 1033 01:33:08,616 --> 01:33:09,947 Shit. 1034 01:33:10,952 --> 01:33:12,852 Hold on. - Fuck. 1035 01:33:16,123 --> 01:33:17,613 l got it, l got it, l got it. 1036 01:33:22,330 --> 01:33:25,731 l'm so sorry. l was snooping and must have hit the wrong button. 1037 01:33:25,933 --> 01:33:27,332 - Are you hurt? - No, no. 1038 01:33:27,535 --> 01:33:30,629 - okay. - l'm fine. l just feel so bad. 1039 01:33:30,771 --> 01:33:32,762 No, don't worry. 1040 01:33:32,940 --> 01:33:36,239 lt's happened before. Comedian did it back in '77. 1041 01:33:37,345 --> 01:33:39,176 Archie survived that. 1042 01:33:39,647 --> 01:33:40,944 Archie? 1043 01:33:41,682 --> 01:33:45,140 oh. Well, uh, short for Archimedes... 1044 01:33:45,353 --> 01:33:46,843 ...Merlin's pet owl. 1045 01:33:47,955 --> 01:33:49,650 Stupid nickname. 1046 01:33:50,691 --> 01:33:53,455 How did you ever afford all this stuff, anyway? 1047 01:33:53,661 --> 01:33:59,156 Well, my dad was in corporate banking and left me a lot of money when he died... 1048 01:33:59,900 --> 01:34:03,199 ...which always surprised me. l mean, he was... 1049 01:34:03,838 --> 01:34:06,500 l think he was disappointed l went into crime fighting... 1050 01:34:06,641 --> 01:34:08,336 ...instead of following him. 1051 01:34:09,110 --> 01:34:16,107 Guess l was just more interested in birds and airplanes, mythology and... 1052 01:34:17,518 --> 01:34:20,214 Must be nice having a secret identity. 1053 01:34:20,855 --> 01:34:23,016 A secret place that nobody knows about. 1054 01:34:23,224 --> 01:34:28,218 You can just come down here and hang out without anyone checking up on you. 1055 01:34:29,730 --> 01:34:32,062 Nobody watching you. 1056 01:34:35,436 --> 01:34:36,460 Wanna try those on? 1057 01:34:47,248 --> 01:34:48,943 There we go. 1058 01:34:52,086 --> 01:34:54,077 Wow, these rock. 1059 01:34:56,957 --> 01:34:59,255 They amplify the spectral range. 1060 01:34:59,460 --> 01:35:01,485 Thermal imaging. 1061 01:35:03,197 --> 01:35:05,131 They work even better in the dark. 1062 01:35:10,104 --> 01:35:11,833 You can see me, right? 1063 01:35:14,008 --> 01:35:16,704 l can see everything. 1064 01:35:19,413 --> 01:35:22,905 l remember, no matter how black it got... 1065 01:35:23,250 --> 01:35:27,414 ...whenever l looked through those goggles, everything was as clear as day. 1066 01:35:29,724 --> 01:35:32,022 This must be the way Jon sees the world. 1067 01:35:34,562 --> 01:35:37,429 We should probably head up. Food's getting cold. 1068 01:35:37,631 --> 01:35:39,724 Put those away when you're done. 1069 01:35:48,442 --> 01:35:50,535 Soviets are finding themselves bogged down... 1070 01:35:50,678 --> 01:35:52,441 ...in bloody house-to-house fighting. 1071 01:35:52,580 --> 01:35:55,140 Casualties on both sides are said to be in the hundreds. 1072 01:35:55,349 --> 01:35:58,375 Civilian deaths are also alarmingly high. 1073 01:35:58,552 --> 01:36:00,213 Dan. 1074 01:36:00,921 --> 01:36:02,684 Jon sees a lot of things... 1075 01:36:05,092 --> 01:36:07,390 ...but he doesn't see me. 1076 01:36:14,535 --> 01:36:16,093 Well, uh... 1077 01:37:09,690 --> 01:37:10,987 Sorry. 1078 01:37:13,027 --> 01:37:14,324 Come here. 1079 01:37:20,301 --> 01:37:21,598 What's the matter? 1080 01:37:21,735 --> 01:37:24,203 - lf you could just move a little... - okay. 1081 01:37:24,338 --> 01:37:25,396 Yeah. There you go. 1082 01:37:25,539 --> 01:37:27,700 Soviet ambassador to the U.N. had no comment... 1083 01:37:27,908 --> 01:37:30,138 ...when asked if Dr. Manhattan's disappearance... 1084 01:37:30,311 --> 01:37:32,905 ...has fueled Soviet aggression in Afghanistan. 1085 01:37:33,113 --> 01:37:35,707 Dan, what's wrong? 1086 01:37:37,418 --> 01:37:38,510 Sorry, l... 1087 01:37:40,654 --> 01:37:42,918 Yeah, l just need a couple minutes. 1088 01:37:45,125 --> 01:37:47,116 oh, hell. 1089 01:37:48,929 --> 01:37:51,261 lt's been a long time, Rorschach. 1090 01:37:51,932 --> 01:37:53,422 Big Figure. 1091 01:37:53,767 --> 01:37:55,632 Small world. 1092 01:37:56,937 --> 01:37:58,427 l like that. 1093 01:37:59,240 --> 01:38:01,572 But you know, it is a small world in here. 1094 01:38:01,976 --> 01:38:04,774 And l've been in it for, how long now, Lloyd? 1095 01:38:04,912 --> 01:38:07,073 Almost 1 5 years, Mr. Figure. 1096 01:38:07,381 --> 01:38:08,712 That's right. 1097 01:38:09,717 --> 01:38:13,209 Fifteen years since you and that owl fella put me away. 1098 01:38:16,223 --> 01:38:17,383 So... 1099 01:38:17,925 --> 01:38:22,692 ...Rorschach, that guy you burned is dying. Could go any minute. 1100 01:38:22,897 --> 01:38:28,096 You know, by my count, there are more than 50 people in here that you put away. 1101 01:38:28,235 --> 01:38:32,604 l been talking to every one of them and they're all dying to get a piece of you. 1102 01:38:32,740 --> 01:38:36,039 This place is gonna explode! 1103 01:38:37,611 --> 01:38:40,307 Then, you die by inches. 1104 01:38:41,215 --> 01:38:42,910 Tall order. 1105 01:38:43,117 --> 01:38:45,608 l'm gonna tear this guy a new hole. 1106 01:38:46,320 --> 01:38:49,312 Relax, Lawrence. Soon. 1107 01:38:50,124 --> 01:38:51,455 Come on. 1108 01:40:12,940 --> 01:40:14,237 Dan? 1109 01:40:21,081 --> 01:40:22,742 ls everything all right? 1110 01:40:25,085 --> 01:40:28,054 l'm tired of being afraid. 1111 01:40:29,089 --> 01:40:31,455 Afraid of war... 1112 01:40:32,292 --> 01:40:35,853 ...afraid of the mask killer... 1113 01:40:37,464 --> 01:40:40,661 ...and afraid of this goddamn suit... 1114 01:40:40,868 --> 01:40:42,802 ...and how much l need it. 1115 01:40:43,670 --> 01:40:45,297 Me too. 1116 01:40:46,807 --> 01:40:48,104 So to hell with it. 1117 01:40:48,976 --> 01:40:50,307 Let's take Archie out. 1118 01:40:56,283 --> 01:40:57,375 You're serious. 1119 01:40:57,584 --> 01:41:00,075 l used to be a masked avenger too, remember? 1120 01:41:00,254 --> 01:41:03,417 l'm used to going out at 3 in the morning and doing something stupid. 1121 01:42:05,419 --> 01:42:07,250 Rapid burner. Be advised, all units. 1122 01:42:07,421 --> 01:42:10,015 Tenement fire at 5th and Grand. Rapid burner. 1123 01:42:10,157 --> 01:42:11,522 Let's go. 1124 01:42:16,330 --> 01:42:18,662 l can see it. All right, hold on. 1125 01:42:29,643 --> 01:42:30,940 Dan, there are kids in there. 1126 01:42:31,145 --> 01:42:33,272 Everyone, stay where you are and remain calm. 1127 01:42:33,447 --> 01:42:35,642 We're gonna get you out of there. 1128 01:42:35,849 --> 01:42:37,976 The roof's starting to cave. Get me in there. 1129 01:42:38,152 --> 01:42:39,642 l'm gonna get you close. 1130 01:43:38,378 --> 01:43:39,743 Let's go. 1131 01:43:39,947 --> 01:43:42,040 Watch your step. All right. 1132 01:43:44,384 --> 01:43:45,442 We're all set. 1133 01:43:46,453 --> 01:43:48,148 ls that everyone? 1134 01:44:12,646 --> 01:44:14,944 Bye. Bye! 1135 01:44:18,552 --> 01:44:20,110 l can't believe we did that. 1136 01:44:22,122 --> 01:44:24,556 - They'll lock us up with Rorschach. - Who cares? 1137 01:44:24,758 --> 01:44:26,726 World War lll could start tomorrow. 1138 01:44:28,829 --> 01:44:30,160 Right? 1139 01:44:31,832 --> 01:44:33,163 Right. 1140 01:46:39,826 --> 01:46:41,726 Come back here! 1141 01:46:44,331 --> 01:46:46,026 He's dead, Rorschach. 1142 01:46:46,166 --> 01:46:50,364 While everyone's distracted, we thought we'd bring you a housewarming gift. 1143 01:46:50,537 --> 01:46:52,732 Something from the machine shop. 1144 01:46:54,341 --> 01:46:55,933 Hey, boss, you notice? 1145 01:46:56,143 --> 01:46:59,135 None of that ''small world, tall order'' crap. 1146 01:46:59,346 --> 01:47:02,474 He knows once we slice open his lock, he's next on the block. 1147 01:47:02,916 --> 01:47:04,076 Fat chance. 1148 01:47:04,785 --> 01:47:05,877 You're dead, Rorschach! 1149 01:47:06,086 --> 01:47:09,715 We got a prison full of killers out here. What do you got? 1150 01:47:12,692 --> 01:47:15,126 Your hands, my pleasure. 1151 01:47:17,130 --> 01:47:19,098 Can't reach the lock. Should l cut the bars? 1152 01:47:19,299 --> 01:47:22,598 This riot won't last. l been waiting 1 5 years for this. 1153 01:47:23,737 --> 01:47:27,104 l'm sorry, Lawrence, but you're in the way of my revenge. 1154 01:47:30,811 --> 01:47:32,540 Nothing personal, big guy. 1155 01:47:34,014 --> 01:47:36,005 Boss! Wait! 1156 01:47:49,329 --> 01:47:51,126 Now you find out what the score is. 1157 01:47:51,531 --> 01:47:54,659 one-nothing. Come and get me. 1158 01:48:00,674 --> 01:48:02,301 Come on. 1159 01:48:02,476 --> 01:48:04,103 So l've been thinking. 1160 01:48:04,978 --> 01:48:09,176 l feel that we have an obligation to our fraternity. 1161 01:48:09,983 --> 01:48:13,077 - l think we ought to spring Rorschach. What? 1162 01:48:13,220 --> 01:48:14,983 Someone set him up. 1163 01:48:15,822 --> 01:48:19,417 And this whole cancer thing with Jon, it just doesn't make sense. 1164 01:48:19,626 --> 01:48:21,594 You didn't get it. 1165 01:48:21,895 --> 01:48:24,295 Yeah, but breaking into a maximum-security prison... 1166 01:48:24,498 --> 01:48:28,127 - ... is a little different than putting out a fire. - Yeah, you're right. 1167 01:48:29,035 --> 01:48:30,900 lt'll be more fun. 1168 01:48:35,041 --> 01:48:38,033 Hurry, Lloyd. l wanna smell this son of a bitch cooking. 1169 01:48:43,316 --> 01:48:45,045 Yes. 1170 01:48:49,823 --> 01:48:50,812 No. 1171 01:49:04,704 --> 01:49:09,573 Never disposed of sewage with a toilet before. obvious, really. 1172 01:49:10,377 --> 01:49:13,676 Two-nothing. Your move. 1173 01:49:16,683 --> 01:49:17,775 Get out of the way! 1174 01:49:51,451 --> 01:49:53,009 No. No. 1175 01:49:53,653 --> 01:49:55,052 Where's my face? 1176 01:49:57,624 --> 01:49:59,319 Don't kill me. 1177 01:50:03,029 --> 01:50:04,428 Your turn, doctor. 1178 01:50:04,564 --> 01:50:07,761 Tell me, what do you see? 1179 01:51:33,953 --> 01:51:35,682 Don't move! 1180 01:51:43,963 --> 01:51:45,760 Rorschach. 1181 01:51:46,266 --> 01:51:49,064 Daniel. Miss Jupiter. 1182 01:51:49,202 --> 01:51:52,603 Excuse me. Have to visit men's room. 1183 01:51:53,173 --> 01:51:55,107 oh, for chrissake. 1184 01:52:55,969 --> 01:52:58,062 Are you all right? 1185 01:52:59,506 --> 01:53:01,633 Yeah. Just... 1186 01:53:02,108 --> 01:53:03,336 ...heavy, you know? 1187 01:53:04,144 --> 01:53:06,237 War, jailbreak. 1188 01:53:06,813 --> 01:53:11,716 Don't worry about it. okay? Everything's gonna be fine. 1189 01:53:16,723 --> 01:53:19,715 - Hello, Laurie. - Jon. 1190 01:53:19,926 --> 01:53:23,521 - TV said you were on Mars. - l am on Mars. 1191 01:53:24,130 --> 01:53:26,530 You and l are about to have a conversation there. 1192 01:53:26,666 --> 01:53:28,133 What are you talking about? 1193 01:53:28,334 --> 01:53:30,962 You're going to try to convince me to save the world. 1194 01:53:36,876 --> 01:53:39,868 - Laurie, don't. - Dan, trust me. 1195 01:53:40,046 --> 01:53:41,741 l have to go. 1196 01:53:47,453 --> 01:53:49,387 Beautiful, isn't it? 1197 01:53:54,260 --> 01:53:57,195 Forgive me. These things sometimes slip my mind. 1198 01:53:58,598 --> 01:54:00,395 lt won't happen again. 1199 01:54:02,035 --> 01:54:04,026 That's comforting. 1200 01:54:06,406 --> 01:54:08,033 oh, my God. 1201 01:54:08,708 --> 01:54:10,539 l'm on Mars. 1202 01:54:12,045 --> 01:54:16,414 We need to hit up underworld contacts, squeeze people. 1203 01:54:16,616 --> 01:54:19,312 Sure, why don't we just pick names out of a phone book? 1204 01:54:19,519 --> 01:54:21,612 You forgot how we do things, Daniel. 1205 01:54:21,821 --> 01:54:26,258 You've gone too soft. Too trusting. Especially with women. 1206 01:54:26,426 --> 01:54:28,519 okay, no. Listen, l've had it with that. 1207 01:54:28,728 --> 01:54:30,719 God, who do you think you are, Rorschach? 1208 01:54:30,930 --> 01:54:33,023 You live off people while insulting them... 1209 01:54:33,166 --> 01:54:36,966 ...and no one complains because they think you're a goddamn lunatic. 1210 01:54:48,982 --> 01:54:50,779 l'm sorry. 1211 01:54:53,486 --> 01:54:55,647 l shouldn't have said that, man. 1212 01:54:57,657 --> 01:54:58,988 Daniel... 1213 01:55:00,426 --> 01:55:02,894 ...you are a good friend. 1214 01:55:05,798 --> 01:55:08,926 l know it can be difficult with me sometimes. 1215 01:55:15,441 --> 01:55:16,931 Forget it. 1216 01:55:18,111 --> 01:55:19,806 lt's okay, man. 1217 01:55:21,047 --> 01:55:22,639 Let's do it your way. 1218 01:55:41,734 --> 01:55:43,031 oh, God. 1219 01:55:43,236 --> 01:55:47,570 Pyramid Transnational. Anyone heard of it? 1220 01:55:55,081 --> 01:55:56,548 oh, you bastards. 1221 01:55:56,749 --> 01:55:59,843 l buy everyone a round and you sell me out like this? 1222 01:56:00,987 --> 01:56:04,286 Back off, or l'll stick this glass in your squidgy face. 1223 01:56:05,992 --> 01:56:08,927 Everybody stay calm. We'll try to keep this brief. 1224 01:56:09,095 --> 01:56:11,393 Roy Chess. on Pyramid payroll. 1225 01:56:11,597 --> 01:56:16,091 Tried to kill Adrian Veidt. Dead now. Did you know him? 1226 01:56:16,235 --> 01:56:17,930 No. 1227 01:56:19,305 --> 01:56:20,533 Yeah, yeah! 1228 01:56:20,707 --> 01:56:23,642 - l hired him. l knew him from the inside. - You're a felon. 1229 01:56:23,810 --> 01:56:26,802 l was. l've been straight ever since l got out, l swear. 1230 01:56:26,946 --> 01:56:30,712 l barely knew Chess that well, but l was told to hire from the old life. 1231 01:56:30,917 --> 01:56:34,444 - Told by whom? - My contact, Miss Slater. 1232 01:56:34,654 --> 01:56:37,248 Janey Slater works for Pyramid too? 1233 01:56:37,423 --> 01:56:41,416 Yeah, she was real nice. She said hiring ex-cons was part of the company program. 1234 01:56:41,561 --> 01:56:45,258 Give people a second chance. God, please let go! l'm telling the truth! 1235 01:56:49,435 --> 01:56:52,632 Janey Slater, Manhattan's old girlfriend. 1236 01:56:52,839 --> 01:56:55,535 Adrian might help us find out who's underwriting Pyramid. 1237 01:56:55,675 --> 01:56:57,142 Follow the money. 1238 01:56:59,579 --> 01:57:02,673 This is where we hold our conversation. 1239 01:57:03,483 --> 01:57:08,477 ln it, you ask me to stop the imminent nuclear war. 1240 01:57:09,088 --> 01:57:11,716 But why would l save a world... 1241 01:57:11,891 --> 01:57:14,189 ...l no longer have any stake in? 1242 01:57:16,295 --> 01:57:18,320 Then do it for me. 1243 01:57:19,198 --> 01:57:20,597 lf you really care. 1244 01:57:20,800 --> 01:57:24,201 When you left me, l left Earth. 1245 01:57:24,404 --> 01:57:27,305 Does that not show you that l care? 1246 01:57:30,510 --> 01:57:33,411 My red world here, now... 1247 01:57:34,447 --> 01:57:37,348 ...means more to me than your blue one. 1248 01:57:38,117 --> 01:57:39,812 Let me show you. 1249 01:57:57,970 --> 01:58:00,871 Bombers are fueled and ready, sir. 1250 01:58:10,216 --> 01:58:12,411 lt's time, gentlemen. 1251 01:58:14,587 --> 01:58:16,987 Take us to DEFCoN one. 1252 01:58:22,328 --> 01:58:25,422 Not in penthouse. Not in office. 1253 01:58:25,598 --> 01:58:28,499 What nocturnal proclivities entice a man with everything... 1254 01:58:28,701 --> 01:58:30,430 ...out into the night at this hour? 1255 01:58:30,603 --> 01:58:32,400 l'm gonna look for Adrian's itinerary. 1256 01:58:32,538 --> 01:58:35,302 Maybe he keeps on file. 1257 01:58:40,012 --> 01:58:42,446 - Something's not right. - Agreed. 1258 01:58:42,648 --> 01:58:47,415 Janey Slater, Moloch, Roy Chess all work for Pyramid. 1259 01:58:47,620 --> 01:58:52,216 Moloch said the Comedian mentioned list with his and Slater's name on it. 1260 01:58:52,425 --> 01:58:55,724 Whoever owns Pyramid could be giving these people cancer. 1261 01:58:55,862 --> 01:58:58,330 Setting Manhattan up. 1262 01:59:12,411 --> 01:59:13,571 Funny. 1263 01:59:13,779 --> 01:59:17,271 Ancient pharaohs looked forward to the end of the world. 1264 01:59:17,483 --> 01:59:22,477 Believed cadavers would rise, reclaim hearts from golden jars. 1265 01:59:23,122 --> 01:59:25,784 Must currently be holding breath in anticipation. 1266 01:59:25,925 --> 01:59:27,187 Pharaohs? 1267 01:59:34,033 --> 01:59:36,092 Got a psych profile on Manhattan. 1268 01:59:36,702 --> 01:59:39,193 See what the corporate head-peepers say. 1269 01:59:41,207 --> 01:59:43,732 ''Subject continues to retreat emotionally. 1270 01:59:46,045 --> 01:59:49,105 lf the only remaining ties were to be severed... 1271 01:59:49,749 --> 01:59:53,708 ...we predict total detachment from the human condition. '' 1272 01:59:57,823 --> 01:59:59,620 l'm in. 1273 02:00:28,487 --> 02:00:29,852 No. 1274 02:00:31,991 --> 02:00:37,759 Congratulations, Mr. Veidt. Dr. Manhattan's energy reactor is online. 1275 02:00:37,964 --> 02:00:41,798 Your support and your enthusiasm... 1276 02:00:41,968 --> 02:00:44,266 ...is what has led to this triumph. 1277 02:00:44,470 --> 02:00:48,463 on behalf of the research team, we salute you. 1278 02:00:48,674 --> 02:00:51,074 - Cheers. - Cheers. 1279 02:00:51,877 --> 02:00:55,973 What in life does not deserve celebrating? 1280 02:00:56,983 --> 02:01:00,942 This is the new Karnak. 1281 02:01:01,153 --> 02:01:04,748 This represents the culmination of a dream more than 2000 years old... 1282 02:01:04,924 --> 02:01:11,227 ...a dream now assured because of your unquestioning assistance. 1283 02:01:13,332 --> 02:01:15,027 And for this... 1284 02:01:15,835 --> 02:01:18,167 ...l am ashamed... 1285 02:01:19,338 --> 02:01:23,672 ...ashamed that you must now share such inadequate a reward. 1286 02:01:25,344 --> 02:01:27,335 To the pharaohs... 1287 02:01:28,281 --> 02:01:31,273 ...their greatest secrets entrusted to their servants... 1288 02:01:31,951 --> 02:01:36,285 ...buried alive with them in sand-floored chambers. 1289 02:01:37,156 --> 02:01:39,556 Sleep well, gentlemen. 1290 02:01:40,259 --> 02:01:43,558 our new, peaceful world will be indebted... 1291 02:01:43,896 --> 02:01:46,456 ...to your great sacrifice. 1292 02:01:47,400 --> 02:01:49,595 Bubastis. 1293 02:01:53,773 --> 02:01:56,765 Rorschach's journal. Final entry. 1294 02:01:57,109 --> 02:01:59,600 Veidt's behind everything. 1295 02:01:59,779 --> 02:02:01,303 Why? 1296 02:02:01,514 --> 02:02:03,539 What's his endgame? 1297 02:02:03,749 --> 02:02:07,412 l cannot imagine a more dangerous opponent. 1298 02:02:07,620 --> 02:02:11,056 Used to joke he was fast enough to catch a bullet. 1299 02:02:11,223 --> 02:02:14,124 He could kill us both alone in the snow. 1300 02:02:14,327 --> 02:02:18,024 That's where we're going now: Antarctica. 1301 02:02:18,164 --> 02:02:20,928 Whether l'm alive or dead upon this reading... 1302 02:02:21,133 --> 02:02:25,365 ...l hope the world survives long enough for this journal to reach you. 1303 02:02:25,538 --> 02:02:28,132 l live my life free of compromise... 1304 02:02:28,274 --> 02:02:32,233 ...and step into the shadow without complaint or regret. 1305 02:02:32,845 --> 02:02:35,837 Rorschach, November 1 st. 1306 02:02:36,048 --> 02:02:39,540 Can't you just tell me how this ends and save us the trouble? 1307 02:02:40,553 --> 02:02:42,453 lt ends with you in tears. 1308 02:02:42,655 --> 02:02:46,250 Tears? So you don't come back to Earth. 1309 02:02:46,392 --> 02:02:49,850 At some point, yes. 1310 02:02:50,896 --> 02:02:53,865 The streets are filled with death. 1311 02:02:53,999 --> 02:02:56,058 Jon, please. 1312 02:02:56,268 --> 02:03:00,728 You have to stop this. Everyone will die. 1313 02:03:00,906 --> 02:03:05,240 And the universe will not even notice. 1314 02:03:07,713 --> 02:03:11,911 ln my opinion, the existence of life... 1315 02:03:12,818 --> 02:03:15,810 ...is a highly overrated phenomenon. 1316 02:03:17,723 --> 02:03:20,021 Just look around you. 1317 02:03:22,762 --> 02:03:27,131 Mars gets along perfectly well without so much as a microorganism. 1318 02:03:27,733 --> 02:03:32,329 Here, it's a constantly changing topographical map... 1319 02:03:32,471 --> 02:03:38,432 ...flowing and shifting around the pole in ripples 1 0,000 years wide. 1320 02:03:39,245 --> 02:03:40,735 So tell me... 1321 02:03:40,946 --> 02:03:45,349 ...how would all of this be greatly improved by an oil pipeline? 1322 02:03:45,785 --> 02:03:47,753 By a shopping mall? 1323 02:03:52,158 --> 02:03:56,458 So it's too much to ask for a miracle? 1324 02:03:56,595 --> 02:03:58,756 Miracles, by their definition, are meaningless. 1325 02:03:58,898 --> 02:04:00,331 oh, God, Jon! 1326 02:04:00,499 --> 02:04:05,596 - only what can happen does happen. - Just stop your bullshit. 1327 02:04:06,639 --> 02:04:09,199 Land this thing. Now. 1328 02:04:09,341 --> 02:04:11,901 JoN: As you wish. 1329 02:04:17,550 --> 02:04:18,608 You know what? 1330 02:04:18,818 --> 02:04:21,446 You can send me back to Earth to fry with Dan and my mom... 1331 02:04:21,654 --> 02:04:24,020 ...and all the other worthless humans. 1332 02:04:24,223 --> 02:04:27,624 But know that you were wrong. You said this ended with me in tears... 1333 02:04:27,827 --> 02:04:31,957 ...and look: nothing. Maybe you were wrong about everything. 1334 02:04:32,131 --> 02:04:37,433 You complain that l refuse to see life on life's terms... 1335 02:04:38,137 --> 02:04:41,937 ...yet you continuously refuse to see things from my perspective. 1336 02:04:42,074 --> 02:04:46,477 - You shut out what you're afraid of. - l'm not afraid. 1337 02:04:46,645 --> 02:04:51,673 You want me to see things your way? Go ahead, show me. Do that thing you do. 1338 02:04:58,858 --> 02:05:03,886 Magic. Dreams. That is what l had before. l was a hero, goddamn it! 1339 02:05:04,096 --> 02:05:07,122 lt's not my fault you got old. What do you have to complain about? 1340 02:05:07,299 --> 02:05:09,426 l put food on the table for you and your child. 1341 02:05:09,602 --> 02:05:12,400 Call your friend Eddie. Maybe he can give you a better life. 1342 02:05:13,138 --> 02:05:15,834 Even the grimy parts of it... 1343 02:05:16,208 --> 02:05:18,438 ...keep on getting brighter. 1344 02:05:18,811 --> 02:05:20,608 You're Sally Jupiter's kid. 1345 02:05:21,514 --> 02:05:23,311 You're the Comedian, right? 1346 02:05:24,116 --> 02:05:25,811 You were pretty cool in there. 1347 02:05:26,218 --> 02:05:29,813 You know, your mom, she was one of the all-time champion beauties. 1348 02:05:30,022 --> 02:05:34,425 - You got her eyes, you know. You got- - Take your hands off her. 1349 02:05:34,627 --> 02:05:36,720 Hey, doll. Long time no see. 1350 02:05:36,929 --> 02:05:39,659 Not long enough in my book, Eddie. Get in the car. 1351 02:05:40,165 --> 02:05:42,030 Now. 1352 02:05:43,035 --> 02:05:45,026 Are there no depths you won't sink to? 1353 02:05:45,170 --> 02:05:49,038 Jesus Christ, Sally. Can't a guy talk to his... 1354 02:05:49,742 --> 02:05:51,437 ...you know, old friend's daughter? 1355 02:05:53,746 --> 02:05:55,043 Drive. 1356 02:06:01,020 --> 02:06:03,818 lt was a mistake. One time. 1357 02:06:04,123 --> 02:06:07,286 Guy tries to rape you, and years later, you let him finish the job? 1358 02:06:07,526 --> 02:06:10,222 What? Were you drunk or just lonely? 1359 02:06:10,396 --> 02:06:13,331 Am l ever gonna live this down? 1360 02:06:16,702 --> 02:06:17,828 Laurie. 1361 02:06:22,708 --> 02:06:24,039 No. 1362 02:06:26,045 --> 02:06:28,536 No, not him. 1363 02:06:28,747 --> 02:06:30,806 The Comedian... 1364 02:06:31,250 --> 02:06:33,309 ...was your father. 1365 02:06:34,820 --> 02:06:36,515 No. 1366 02:06:39,825 --> 02:06:45,525 No! No! No! 1367 02:07:18,097 --> 02:07:20,088 My life is just... 1368 02:07:20,799 --> 02:07:22,892 ...one big joke. 1369 02:07:23,102 --> 02:07:25,627 l don't think your life is a joke. 1370 02:07:27,306 --> 02:07:29,297 Yeah, well... 1371 02:07:31,110 --> 02:07:35,308 ...l'm sorry if l don't trust your sense of humor. 1372 02:07:43,522 --> 02:07:45,149 Will you smile... 1373 02:07:46,825 --> 02:07:49,316 ...if l admit l was wrong? 1374 02:07:52,164 --> 02:07:54,155 About what? 1375 02:07:56,168 --> 02:07:57,658 Miracles. 1376 02:07:59,338 --> 02:08:02,466 Events with astronomical odds of occurring... 1377 02:08:03,275 --> 02:08:05,766 ...like oxygen turning into gold. 1378 02:08:05,978 --> 02:08:10,779 l've longed to witness such an event, and yet l neglect... 1379 02:08:11,483 --> 02:08:13,883 ...that in human coupling... 1380 02:08:14,687 --> 02:08:18,521 ...millions upon millions of cells compete to create life... 1381 02:08:18,991 --> 02:08:21,789 ...for generation after generation... 1382 02:08:22,695 --> 02:08:25,721 ...until finally, your mother... 1383 02:08:26,098 --> 02:08:27,292 ...loves a man... 1384 02:08:27,933 --> 02:08:31,528 ...Edward Blake, the Comedian, a man she has every reason to hate... 1385 02:08:31,704 --> 02:08:35,697 ...and out of that contradiction, against unfathomable odds... 1386 02:08:36,408 --> 02:08:38,308 ...it's you- 1387 02:08:40,012 --> 02:08:41,343 only... 1388 02:08:42,047 --> 02:08:43,514 ...you. 1389 02:08:44,416 --> 02:08:45,610 - that emerged. 1390 02:08:46,218 --> 02:08:50,712 To distill so specific a form... 1391 02:08:50,923 --> 02:08:53,153 ...from all that chaos... 1392 02:08:55,060 --> 02:08:58,029 ...is like turning air into gold. 1393 02:09:02,367 --> 02:09:04,358 A miracle. 1394 02:09:07,873 --> 02:09:09,363 And so... 1395 02:09:09,875 --> 02:09:11,672 ...l was wrong. 1396 02:09:13,679 --> 02:09:17,513 Now dry your eyes, and let's go home. 1397 02:09:45,110 --> 02:09:49,103 We got a bearing on that artificial structure. Heat signature's off the charts. 1398 02:09:50,115 --> 02:09:53,209 - Veidt. - l don't like the way Archie's kicking. 1399 02:10:01,627 --> 02:10:04,460 - The engines. - They're icing up. Hold onto something. 1400 02:10:05,230 --> 02:10:07,255 Daniel, you're coming in too low. 1401 02:10:10,135 --> 02:10:13,332 Don't wish to interfere, but perhaps should pull up sharply- 1402 02:10:13,472 --> 02:10:17,431 l know! l'm trying. l'm trying to pull him up, goddamn it! 1403 02:10:44,703 --> 02:10:48,366 l'm gonna redirect the heat from the flamethrower to speed up deicing... 1404 02:10:48,507 --> 02:10:51,374 ...but it's gonna take a while and we don't have time to wait. 1405 02:10:52,878 --> 02:10:54,368 You need something warmer. 1406 02:10:54,880 --> 02:10:57,075 Fine like this. 1407 02:11:26,545 --> 02:11:28,376 What is it, girl? 1408 02:11:30,749 --> 02:11:32,376 Mm. 1409 02:11:58,010 --> 02:12:00,240 Adrian's a pacifist. 1410 02:12:00,412 --> 02:12:05,042 He's a vegetarian, for chrissakes. He's never killed anyone in his life. 1411 02:12:05,250 --> 02:12:06,649 Hitler was vegetarian. 1412 02:12:06,818 --> 02:12:11,312 You're squeamish, leave him to me. We won't get second chance. 1413 02:13:22,627 --> 02:13:23,924 Gentlemen. 1414 02:13:24,429 --> 02:13:28,365 - Welcome. - Adrian, we know everything. 1415 02:13:28,533 --> 02:13:30,330 Then what's there to discuss, Dan? 1416 02:13:30,469 --> 02:13:33,461 Plenty. You killed Comedian. 1417 02:13:33,638 --> 02:13:35,162 May he rest in peace. 1418 02:13:35,674 --> 02:13:38,268 Blake figured it out first. 1419 02:13:38,443 --> 02:13:42,539 Nixon had him keeping tabs on us, making sure we weren't rocking the boat. 1420 02:13:43,482 --> 02:13:45,746 Blake found out what l was doing here in Karnak... 1421 02:13:45,951 --> 02:13:49,944 ...and by the time he visited poor Moloch, he was cracking badly. 1422 02:13:50,155 --> 02:13:53,454 Even l couldn't predict he'd be the one to have a change of heart. 1423 02:13:54,159 --> 02:13:55,683 So... 1424 02:13:56,762 --> 02:13:58,662 ...l had to kill him. 1425 02:13:59,264 --> 02:14:02,927 Then l neutralized Jon. No easy task. 1426 02:14:03,101 --> 02:14:05,592 l put roughly $2 billion into tachyon research... 1427 02:14:05,737 --> 02:14:07,796 ...to block Jon's vision of the future. 1428 02:14:07,939 --> 02:14:10,203 You used his psych profile to manipulate him. 1429 02:14:10,709 --> 02:14:12,199 Got him to leave the planet. 1430 02:14:12,344 --> 02:14:15,745 l've known Jon long enough to see he isn't devoid of emotion. 1431 02:14:15,947 --> 02:14:19,849 His subtle facial twitches wouldn't be noticed by the layman, but to me... 1432 02:14:20,018 --> 02:14:21,849 ...he might as well have been sobbing. 1433 02:14:22,220 --> 02:14:25,348 All l needed to do was tug on the thread. 1434 02:14:25,524 --> 02:14:27,424 The sudden flood of emotion Jon felt... 1435 02:14:27,626 --> 02:14:31,221 ...when he came to believe he'd given cancer to the people he loved... 1436 02:14:31,363 --> 02:14:33,524 ...was all the excuse he needed to leave Earth. 1437 02:14:33,665 --> 02:14:37,533 Your bullshit assassin. You paid him to throw us off. 1438 02:14:37,669 --> 02:14:42,333 Mr. Chess gave his life in the service of a higher cause, Dan. 1439 02:14:44,476 --> 02:14:47,570 l put a cyanide capsule in his mouth... 1440 02:14:47,746 --> 02:14:50,340 ...leaving only one loose end: 1441 02:14:50,982 --> 02:14:54,440 You, and your mask-killer theory... 1442 02:14:54,586 --> 02:14:57,680 ...one you followed with the tenacity of a true sociopath. 1443 02:14:57,889 --> 02:14:59,584 l tipped off the police. 1444 02:14:59,758 --> 02:15:02,090 once you were in prison, l was able to move forward. 1445 02:15:02,294 --> 02:15:04,888 Sorry to disappoint you. 1446 02:15:18,110 --> 02:15:20,544 We were supposed to make the world a better place. 1447 02:15:20,712 --> 02:15:22,441 Dan, that's exactly what l am doing. 1448 02:15:22,647 --> 02:15:23,944 Nuclear war? 1449 02:15:24,149 --> 02:15:26,310 Human extinction? 1450 02:15:35,961 --> 02:15:40,864 of course, my moral safeguards gave me pause at the necessary sacrifice. 1451 02:15:41,032 --> 02:15:44,024 A few key regions around the globe- 1452 02:15:44,169 --> 02:15:49,630 New York, Los Angeles, Moscow, Hong Kong. 1453 02:15:49,841 --> 02:15:51,468 - disintegrated in an instant. 1454 02:15:52,244 --> 02:15:55,543 Fifteen million people killed... 1455 02:15:55,747 --> 02:15:57,772 ...by Dr. Manhattan himself. 1456 02:15:59,050 --> 02:16:01,780 The world's punishment for flirting with World War lll. 1457 02:16:01,920 --> 02:16:03,012 Jon wouldn't do that. 1458 02:16:03,622 --> 02:16:06,318 A fact no one outside this room ever has to know. 1459 02:16:06,992 --> 02:16:10,792 The energy breakthrough l was working on just came to fruition. 1460 02:16:11,396 --> 02:16:15,389 All these years, Jon was helping me replicate his power... 1461 02:16:15,534 --> 02:16:18,094 ...unaware of how l planned to use it. 1462 02:16:18,236 --> 02:16:20,227 You see... 1463 02:16:21,139 --> 02:16:23,539 ...the Comedian was right. 1464 02:16:24,242 --> 02:16:29,236 Humanity's savage nature will inevitably lead to global annihilation. 1465 02:16:29,447 --> 02:16:32,211 So in order to save this planet... 1466 02:16:32,517 --> 02:16:34,542 ...l had to trick it... 1467 02:16:34,953 --> 02:16:38,946 ...with the greatest practical joke in human history. 1468 02:16:39,257 --> 02:16:42,658 - Killing millions. - To save billions. 1469 02:16:43,228 --> 02:16:45,162 A necessary crime. 1470 02:16:45,330 --> 02:16:47,491 You know we can't let you do that. 1471 02:16:48,934 --> 02:16:51,061 ''Do that,'' Rorschach? 1472 02:16:51,236 --> 02:16:52,863 l'm not a comic-book villain. 1473 02:16:53,738 --> 02:16:55,968 Do you think l'd explain my masterstroke to you... 1474 02:16:56,141 --> 02:17:00,271 ...if there were even the slightest possibility you could affect the outcome? 1475 02:17:03,014 --> 02:17:05,778 l triggered it 35 minutes ago. 1476 02:18:45,317 --> 02:18:48,309 Jesus Christ, Henry. 1477 02:18:48,486 --> 02:18:50,716 Why the hell didn't we get a launch detection? 1478 02:18:52,624 --> 02:18:57,027 lt's not the Soviets, sir. 1479 02:18:57,629 --> 02:19:00,689 lntel indicates the energy signature... 1480 02:19:00,865 --> 02:19:03,299 ...was generated by... 1481 02:19:04,269 --> 02:19:06,703 ...Dr. Manhattan. 1482 02:19:09,574 --> 02:19:11,098 Jon. 1483 02:19:14,112 --> 02:19:15,272 lnterference. 1484 02:19:15,880 --> 02:19:17,780 Cataclysmic interference. 1485 02:19:27,492 --> 02:19:30,290 l can't believe it happened. 1486 02:19:31,296 --> 02:19:34,788 This wasn't caused by nuclear warheads. 1487 02:19:38,837 --> 02:19:40,134 lt was me. 1488 02:19:42,207 --> 02:19:43,799 l... 1489 02:19:44,342 --> 02:19:45,400 ...did this. 1490 02:19:46,010 --> 02:19:49,468 - What do you mean, you did this? - Not directly. 1491 02:19:50,482 --> 02:19:53,144 lt was made to look like l did it. 1492 02:19:56,221 --> 02:19:57,654 Adrian. 1493 02:20:03,928 --> 02:20:05,919 Speak of the devil. 1494 02:20:09,067 --> 02:20:10,125 Jon- l know. 1495 02:20:10,268 --> 02:20:12,429 Must stop him. Killed Blake, killed millions. 1496 02:20:12,637 --> 02:20:13,934 Wait here. 1497 02:20:25,150 --> 02:20:27,482 Adrian, stop this. 1498 02:20:28,953 --> 02:20:30,853 The tachyons were clever... 1499 02:20:31,956 --> 02:20:36,290 ...but even if l can't predict where you are, l can turn the walls to glass. 1500 02:20:37,662 --> 02:20:40,096 l should thank you. 1501 02:20:41,266 --> 02:20:44,463 l'd almost forgotten the excitement of not knowing... 1502 02:20:45,470 --> 02:20:48,462 ...the delights of uncertainty. 1503 02:20:52,677 --> 02:20:54,304 Forgive me, girl. 1504 02:21:17,235 --> 02:21:18,930 You're such an asshole. 1505 02:21:52,904 --> 02:21:54,872 Veidt, you bastard. 1506 02:21:55,006 --> 02:21:57,474 - lf you've hurt her, l'll- - Dan... 1507 02:21:59,210 --> 02:22:03,738 ...grow up. My new world demands less obvious heroism. 1508 02:22:03,948 --> 02:22:05,916 Your... 1509 02:22:06,117 --> 02:22:11,054 ...schoolboy heroics are redundant. What have they achieved? 1510 02:22:12,724 --> 02:22:15,557 Failing to prevent Earth's salvation... 1511 02:22:16,528 --> 02:22:18,928 ...is your only triumph. 1512 02:22:19,130 --> 02:22:21,030 JoN: l'm disappointed in you, Adrian. 1513 02:22:21,833 --> 02:22:25,325 l'm very disappointed. 1514 02:22:37,749 --> 02:22:40,877 Reassembling myself was the first trick l learned. 1515 02:22:41,586 --> 02:22:43,986 lt didn't kill osterman. 1516 02:22:46,591 --> 02:22:48,957 Did you really think it would kill me? 1517 02:22:50,261 --> 02:22:53,458 l have walked across the surface of the sun. 1518 02:22:53,965 --> 02:22:57,093 l have witnessed events so tiny and so fast... 1519 02:22:57,268 --> 02:23:00,294 ...they can hardly be said to have occurred at all... 1520 02:23:00,438 --> 02:23:04,101 ...but you, Adrian, you're just a man. 1521 02:23:05,209 --> 02:23:07,700 The world's smartest man... 1522 02:23:07,912 --> 02:23:10,437 ...poses no more threat to me... 1523 02:23:10,648 --> 02:23:13,742 ...than does its smartest termite. 1524 02:23:16,054 --> 02:23:17,521 What's that? 1525 02:23:17,922 --> 02:23:19,822 Another ultimate weapon? 1526 02:23:20,425 --> 02:23:22,154 Yes. 1527 02:23:23,761 --> 02:23:25,228 You could say that. 1528 02:23:28,766 --> 02:23:30,734 - came under attack. 1529 02:23:31,536 --> 02:23:34,869 Millions of lives were suddenly ended... 1530 02:23:35,239 --> 02:23:40,438 ...in an act of evil perpetrated by Dr. Manhattan himself. 1531 02:23:42,246 --> 02:23:46,182 Since the attacks, l have been in constant contact... 1532 02:23:46,351 --> 02:23:49,343 ...with the premier of the U.S.S.R. 1533 02:23:49,754 --> 02:23:52,587 Putting aside our past differences... 1534 02:23:52,957 --> 02:23:55,084 ...we have both pledged to unite... 1535 02:23:55,460 --> 02:23:58,759 ...against this common enemy. 1536 02:23:59,263 --> 02:24:01,197 With the rest of the world... 1537 02:24:01,633 --> 02:24:03,692 ...we will prevail. 1538 02:24:06,204 --> 02:24:09,196 This is a day we shall never forget. 1539 02:24:09,407 --> 02:24:13,605 And yet we go forward to defend the human race... 1540 02:24:13,745 --> 02:24:18,409 ...and all that is good and just in our world. 1541 02:24:19,751 --> 02:24:23,983 Thank you. God bless us all. 1542 02:24:24,355 --> 02:24:26,152 Do you see? 1543 02:24:28,359 --> 02:24:30,827 Two superpowers retreating from war. 1544 02:24:32,430 --> 02:24:34,864 l've saved the earth from hell. 1545 02:24:35,033 --> 02:24:37,001 We both have. 1546 02:24:37,468 --> 02:24:39,663 This is as much your victory as it is mine. 1547 02:24:44,475 --> 02:24:45,965 Now we can return... 1548 02:24:47,445 --> 02:24:48,969 ...do what we were meant to. 1549 02:24:49,147 --> 02:24:52,139 We were meant to exact justice. 1550 02:24:52,483 --> 02:24:55,850 - Everyone's gonna know what you've done. - Will they? 1551 02:24:55,987 --> 02:25:00,720 By exposing me, you would sacrifice the peace so many died for today. 1552 02:25:00,892 --> 02:25:04,328 - Peace based on a lie. - But peace... 1553 02:25:04,495 --> 02:25:06,690 - ... nonetheless. - He's right. 1554 02:25:07,298 --> 02:25:11,234 Exposing Adrian would only doom the world to nuclear destruction again. 1555 02:25:11,402 --> 02:25:14,303 No. We can't do this. 1556 02:25:14,439 --> 02:25:16,202 on Mars... 1557 02:25:17,709 --> 02:25:19,540 ...you taught me the value of life. 1558 02:25:20,511 --> 02:25:22,945 lf we hope to preserve it here... 1559 02:25:23,815 --> 02:25:25,806 ...we must remain silent. 1560 02:25:29,654 --> 02:25:31,622 Keep your own secrets. 1561 02:25:38,463 --> 02:25:39,657 Don't even think about it. 1562 02:25:42,266 --> 02:25:44,029 Rorschach. 1563 02:25:45,770 --> 02:25:47,328 Wait. 1564 02:25:48,339 --> 02:25:50,432 Never compromise. 1565 02:25:50,842 --> 02:25:53,675 Not even in the face of armageddon. 1566 02:25:54,078 --> 02:25:57,070 That's always been the difference between us, Daniel. 1567 02:26:08,092 --> 02:26:11,619 l've made myself feel every death... 1568 02:26:13,097 --> 02:26:19,002 ...see every innocent face l've murdered to save humanity. 1569 02:26:24,609 --> 02:26:28,306 - You understand, don't you? JoN: Without condoning... 1570 02:26:29,947 --> 02:26:31,847 ...or condemning... 1571 02:26:36,320 --> 02:26:38,220 ...l understand. 1572 02:26:45,630 --> 02:26:48,758 out of my way. People have to be told. 1573 02:26:49,634 --> 02:26:51,568 You know l can't let you do that. 1574 02:26:52,837 --> 02:26:55,829 Suddenly you discover humanity? 1575 02:26:57,241 --> 02:26:59,072 Convenient. 1576 02:27:07,785 --> 02:27:12,313 lf you'd cared from the start, none of this would have happened. 1577 02:27:16,093 --> 02:27:19,085 l can change almost anything... 1578 02:27:23,634 --> 02:27:26,000 ...but l can't change human nature. 1579 02:27:27,305 --> 02:27:30,706 of course you must protect Veidt's new utopia. 1580 02:27:32,009 --> 02:27:35,308 What's one more body amongst foundations? 1581 02:27:41,519 --> 02:27:43,419 Well, what are you waiting for? 1582 02:27:46,858 --> 02:27:48,723 Do it. 1583 02:27:54,832 --> 02:27:55,821 Do it! 1584 02:27:58,536 --> 02:28:01,869 No! 1585 02:28:19,390 --> 02:28:25,124 l'm leaving this galaxy for one a little less complicated. 1586 02:28:25,296 --> 02:28:27,787 l thought you said you cared about life again. 1587 02:28:27,999 --> 02:28:29,398 l do. 1588 02:28:30,701 --> 02:28:33,602 l think maybe l'll create some. 1589 02:28:37,708 --> 02:28:40,040 Goodbye, Laurie. 1590 02:29:15,279 --> 02:29:16,405 Come on. 1591 02:29:18,916 --> 02:29:20,474 Come on! 1592 02:29:24,922 --> 02:29:26,287 Dan... 1593 02:29:26,724 --> 02:29:29,488 ...a world united and at peace. 1594 02:29:30,394 --> 02:29:31,588 There had to be sacrifice. 1595 02:29:31,729 --> 02:29:36,098 No! You haven't idealized mankind, you've deformed it. 1596 02:29:36,300 --> 02:29:38,029 You've mutilated it. 1597 02:29:38,402 --> 02:29:40,597 That's your legacy. 1598 02:29:49,113 --> 02:29:51,911 That's the real practical joke. 1599 02:30:44,568 --> 02:30:48,561 We repeat, there is nothing wrong with your television set. 1600 02:30:48,773 --> 02:30:52,209 You are about to participate in a great adventure. 1601 02:30:52,376 --> 02:30:55,573 You are about to experience the awe and mystery... 1602 02:30:55,713 --> 02:31:01,515 ...which reaches from the inner mind to the outer limits. 1603 02:31:02,720 --> 02:31:04,915 Sure you don't want a drink? 1604 02:31:05,923 --> 02:31:06,912 l'm okay. 1605 02:31:08,025 --> 02:31:09,219 Cheers. 1606 02:31:10,661 --> 02:31:13,824 There's something l need to get off my chest. 1607 02:31:15,066 --> 02:31:17,557 l know that Eddie Blake was my father. 1608 02:31:20,571 --> 02:31:22,334 Laurel. 1609 02:31:23,340 --> 02:31:25,672 What you must think of me. 1610 02:31:26,544 --> 02:31:29,035 l'm sorry l never told you. 1611 02:31:29,246 --> 02:31:31,043 l should have... 1612 02:31:31,248 --> 02:31:35,344 ...but l don't know, l just felt ashamed. l felt stupid. 1613 02:31:35,553 --> 02:31:37,453 lt doesn't matter. 1614 02:31:38,289 --> 02:31:43,556 People's lives take them strange places. They do strange things... 1615 02:31:44,161 --> 02:31:47,062 ...and, well, sometimes they can't talk about them. 1616 02:31:47,264 --> 02:31:49,562 l know how that is... 1617 02:31:50,301 --> 02:31:52,895 ...but l just want you to know... 1618 02:31:53,471 --> 02:31:56,304 ...that you never did anything wrong by me. 1619 02:32:00,411 --> 02:32:04,711 You asked me why l wasn't mad at him. 1620 02:32:06,317 --> 02:32:08,751 Because he gave me you. 1621 02:32:13,824 --> 02:32:14,916 Thanks, Mom. 1622 02:32:17,628 --> 02:32:19,425 l love you. 1623 02:32:26,971 --> 02:32:31,169 - Hello, Miss Jupiter. - oh, Sally, please. 1624 02:32:32,843 --> 02:32:37,439 Excuse me. Gotta go freshen up. l'll be right back. 1625 02:32:47,958 --> 02:32:52,156 - So how's it going up here? - Good. How's it going down there? 1626 02:32:52,296 --> 02:32:55,788 Good. l think l've got everything working. 1627 02:32:55,966 --> 02:33:00,528 All of Archie's systems are upgraded. Finished the tinkering for now... 1628 02:33:00,704 --> 02:33:02,934 ...so all we gotta do is take her out. 1629 02:33:03,107 --> 02:33:06,201 Well, that sounds like a date. 1630 02:33:17,521 --> 02:33:19,819 Are we gonna be all right? 1631 02:33:21,859 --> 02:33:26,159 Long as people think Jon's still watching us, we'll be all right... 1632 02:33:26,363 --> 02:33:28,228 ...in the end. 1633 02:33:29,867 --> 02:33:32,028 l know what Jon would say: 1634 02:33:32,236 --> 02:33:34,227 Nothing ends. 1635 02:33:36,140 --> 02:33:38,734 Nothing ever ends. 1636 02:34:26,123 --> 02:34:29,854 Seymour, we got nothing to write about anymore. 1637 02:34:30,027 --> 02:34:31,426 Everyone in the country... 1638 02:34:31,562 --> 02:34:33,826 ...every country in the world are holding hands... 1639 02:34:34,031 --> 02:34:37,262 ...and singing songs about peace and love. 1640 02:34:37,768 --> 02:34:40,635 lt's like living in a goddamn global hippie commune. 1641 02:34:40,838 --> 02:34:44,740 Well, Ronald Reagan says he's gonna be running for president in '88. 1642 02:34:44,942 --> 02:34:46,739 We could run a piece on that. 1643 02:34:46,944 --> 02:34:50,072 Seymour, we don't dignify absurdities with coverage. 1644 02:34:50,281 --> 02:34:54,149 This is still America, damn it. Who wants a cowboy in the White House? 1645 02:34:54,852 --> 02:34:59,084 okay. l could look for something in the crank file. 1646 02:34:59,256 --> 02:35:00,780 Crank file. 1647 02:35:00,991 --> 02:35:02,982 Whatever. Take some initiative. 1648 02:35:03,127 --> 02:35:05,789 Run whatever you like. l leave it entirely in your hands. 1649 02:35:12,303 --> 02:35:17,002 Rorschach's journal, October 1 2th, 1 985. 1650 02:35:17,141 --> 02:35:21,601 Tonight, a comedian died in New York.