Watchmen 1x8

1. What?

2. Would you have dinner

3. with me tomorrow night?

4. No.

5. I brought you a beer.

6. - You can see I'm a cop?

7. - Yes.

8. And I'm telling you to go,

9. and you're not going?

10. - Did you tell me to go?

11. - It was implied.

12. If I can guess why you're here

13. drinking all alone,

14. will you let me join you?

15. Sure.

16. Why am I drinking all alone?

17. You're commemorating the anniversary

18. of your parents' death.

19. Have a seat.

20. So, who at the precinct

21. told you to come over here?

22. I haven't spoken to anyone

23. at the precinct.

24. Then who told you about my parents?

25. - You did.

26. - I did not.

27. You will.

28. In about 20 minutes.

29. But I didn't tell you yet?

30. Correct.

31. Then how did you already know?

32. I'm Dr. Manhattan.

33. Obviously.

34. You're dubious.

35. Oh, I'm not dubious.

36. I'm just wondering why

37. the actual Dr. Manhattan is wearing

38. a Dr. Manhattan mask.

39. I don't want to be recognized.

40. Is this a Zeus thing?

41. A Zeus thing?

42. The Greek god?

43. In all the stories,

44. he came down from Olympus

45. trying to get laid,

46. but he turned himself into a swan

47. or something to blend in.

48. I'm guessing you popped down here

49. to Saigon from Mars

50. 20 years after you abandoned humanity.

51. That's not me on Mars.

52. It's a recording of me carrying out

53. a series of pre-determined patterns,

54. like a computer program.

55. It's a decoy so that people think

56. it's you on Mars?

57. Exactly.

58. Then where have you been

59. for the past 20 years?

60. On Europa.

61. It's a moon of Jupiter.

62. Oh, that Europa.

63. And what were you doing there?

64. Technically, "What am I doing there?"

65. I don't get it.

66. The way I experience time is unique.

67. And for you, particularly infuriating.

68. That said,

69. I am simultaneously in this bar,

70. having a conversation with you,

71. and on Europa, creating life.

72. And how does one "create life"?

73. I do it with a wave of my hand.

74. It's 1985.

75. A gossamer sheet of vapory atmosphere

76. thickens into an azure blanket.

77. Harsh tundra becomes fertile savanna,

78. vast swards of green spreading

79. across the moon's arid skin

80. like a verdant rash.

81. A primordial ocean transmutes

82. into a liquid creation engine.

83. I step out onto the amniotic lake,

84. a hatchery stocked with miracles,

85. finned, winged and hooved.

86. You walk on water?

87. Occasionally, yes.

88. Cool.

89. You take Sunday off when you're done?

90. No. The entire process is complete

91. in approximately 90 seconds.

92. Typical.

93. I'm sorry?

94. A man creating life

95. in under two minutes.

96. Oh, a sex joke.

97. That's funny.

98. Thanks.

99. So, what about Adam and Eve?

100. You create them, too?

101. Adam and Eve are fictional characters.

102. On Europa, I did it for real.

103. I knitted their bodies

104. from the microbes in the water,

105. two infants that, by virtue

106. of accelerated biomechanical maturation,

107. would soon become a man and a woman.

108. I give them higher brain function,

109. instantaneous speech, self-awareness,

110. and then I bring them a place

111. in which to live,

112. a manor house.

113. You brought them a manor house?

114. Yes. I teleported it—

115. To Jupiter.

116. Europa. It's a—

117. Moon of Jupiter. You mentioned that.

118. You're still dubious.

119. Just wondering why

120. you zapped a house across the galaxy

121. when you can make one yourself.

122. The manor is a special place,

123. a place I'm connected to

124. from my childhood.

125. I feel safe there.

126. Because you're a child right now?

127. Yes.

128. Right now.

129. All at the same time,

130. you're talking to me here,

131. and you're creating life

132. on a moon of Jupiter,

133. and you're growing up at a manor

134. in the English countryside?

135. Actually, I'm raised

136. in Heidelberg, Germany,

137. until my mother falls in love

138. with an officer of the SS and leaves us.

139. My father is of Jewish ancestry.

140. Fearing for our lives,

141. he and I flee for England.

142. There are rumors that

143. the lord and lady of the manor

144. will take in those in need of help

145. before we travel to the New World.

146. - When is this happening?

147. - 1936.

148. My father was repairing a watch.

149. At least it's something that he can fix.

150. I wander the hallways

151. of this strange place.

152. It will be years before I study

153. the electromagnetic spectrum

154. of infrared light,

155. but I can't help but wonder

156. if I've become invisible.

157. Something catches my eye.

158. A sealed atmosphere unto itself.

159. I don't realize it at the time,

160. but later this will inspire me

161. to create a jar of my own on Europa.

162. In 1936, parents do not talk

163. to their children about sex.

164. There, in the darkness of a closet,

165. I have no idea

166. what I'm seeing or hearing.

167. But whatever these two

168. are doing to one another,

169. it is overwhelmingly joyful.

170. This is the first time I know love.

171. Now, here are some new faces.

172. Welcome.

173. - My name is Hans Osterman.

174. - Hans.

175. Thank you deeply for opening your home.

176. Introduce yourself.

177. Jon.

178. Eyes up.

179. - Hello, Jon.

180. - Hello.

181. Hans, might we talk to Jon in private?

182. We like to get to know all the children

183. during their stay here.

184. We know you saw us in the bedroom.

185. And it's all right.

186. What we were doing...

187. Good Lord. Er...

188. What you witnessed was a good thing.

189. It was a beautiful thing.

190. We were creating a life.

191. You see, we, er... We had a son.

192. He would have been about your age,

193. but he, er... He fell ill and died.

194. Such was God's will.

195. And it is God's will

196. for us to try again.

197. Jon, this is for you.

198. Do you own a Bible?

199. No. Papa does not believe in this.

200. Oh, well, that's all right.

201. These are still very beautiful stories.

202. The first one is called Genesis,

203. and it's about

204. how God created the world.

205. You see, there was a time

206. when there was nothing at all,

207. and he made everything.

208. The sky, the seas.

209. He even made the people.

210. And they were called Adam and Eve.

211. What if we made a trade?

212. You could do us a favor

213. in return for the Bible.

214. When you leave this place,

215. long after,

216. when you grow into a man in America,

217. make it your purpose

218. to create something beautiful.

219. - Will you do that for us, Jon?

220. - All right.

221. Then say it, Jon.

222. I will create something beautiful.

223. Seven decades later

224. and 390 million miles away,

225. I fulfill my promise.

226. I'm creating something beautiful.

227. Within the pocket of atmosphere

228. I synthesized,

229. and before the very structures

230. they lived and died in decades earlier,

231. I made Adam and Eve,

232. not in my own image, but in theirs.

233. Wow. I gotta tell you, man,

234. you have a fantastic imagination.

235. What, you got something

236. caught in your throat?

237. Six months from now,

238. a friend is telling me

239. I have a profound lack of imagination.

240. You have friends?

241. Perhaps he's more of a colleague.

242. He tried to kill me once.

243. I wonder why.

244. So, tell me,

245. if you went through all this trouble

246. to create the Garden of Eden,

247. then why'd you leave?

248. So I could meet you.

249. Come on, man.

250. I love you.

251. We just met.

252. When the fuck

253. did you fall in love with me?

254. I was already in love with you.

255. Before you even saw me?

256. I don't experience

257. the concept of "before."

258. So there's no moment.

259. "Moment"?

260. A moment...

261. when you realize,

262. "Oh, shit, I'm in love."

263. For example, I'm looking at you

264. hiding behind your mask,

265. and I'm having the opposite

266. of that moment.

267. You might be pretty good-looking

268. if you didn't cover yourself

269. in blue makeup.

270. It's not makeup.

271. - You're naturally blue?

272. - That's right.

273. I thought Dr. Manhattan glows.

274. I could if I wanted to,

275. but it would attract too much attention.

276. Come on. Nobody in here's gonna notice.

277. Just glow a little bit.

278. I'd rather you remain unsure

279. before you agree

280. to have dinner with me tomorrow night.

281. My blue friend,

282. you think you may know all about me,

283. but you have made a critical error

284. in your approach.

285. I hate Dr. Manhattan.

286. Why?

287. Forty years ago, Nixon comes

288. to Big Blue, asks him to go to Vietnam.

289. Manhattan goes, 100 feet tall,

290. torches the Viet Cong

291. with lasers from his hands.

292. A little boy watches his village burn.

293. Boy grows up,

294. becomes a puppeteer

295. because he wants to hold the strings.

296. He makes a bomb.

297. That bomb kills my parents

298. 22 years ago tonight.

299. Tonight is the anniversary

300. of your parents' death?

301. You knew that.

302. You said it before you sat down.

303. Yes, but you just told me now.

304. As for Vietnam,

305. I was trying to be

306. what people wanted me to be.

307. A soldier, a superhero, a savior.

308. I tried to do the right thing,

309. and if it's any consolation,

310. I do regret it.

311. Aha.

312. Then you must've known that you would

313. end up regretting it before you did it.

314. So why do it anyway?

315. Haven't you ever done anything

316. you knew you were gonna regret?

317. Maybe.

318. Then will you have dinner with me

319. tomorrow night?

320. Well, you know everything

321. that's gonna happen.

322. Am I having dinner with you

323. tomorrow night?

324. Yes.

325. Incorrect.

326. Tonight you fit in with all the other

327. drunk Manhattan wannabes

328. stumbling around for VVN.

329. But tomorrow, you're gonna stick out

330. like a sore blue thumb.

331. If I walk into a restaurant with you,

332. people are gonna stare, man.

333. Why go to a restaurant

334. when I can teleport you anywhere?

335. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that sounds great.

336. But eventually, we're gonna

337. have to go out. In public.

338. So how are you gonna pull that off, Doc?

339. Actually, you've come up with

340. a rather elegant solution

341. to the problem of my appearance.

342. - Have I?

343. - Yes.

344. You're explaining it to me right now.

345. Actually, for you...

346. Two weeks from right now.

347. Dao Van Noi, 26.

348. Accidental gas leak.

349. No next of kin.

350. Michael Declan. Age 36.

351. Heroin overdose. No next of kin.

352. William Heath. Age 33.

353. Killed himself. No next of kin.

354. Lived alone, died alone and in 48 hours,

355. they're all gonna be cremated,

356. ashes floating over Saigon.

357. Pick one.

358. I could actually look like

359. anyone you want, Angela.

360. Why limit it to just these men?

361. Because they're real.

362. They have birth certificates,

363. Social Security numbers, passports,

364. everything that you need

365. to exist in this world.

366. So pick.

367. I don't care what I look like.

368. Whatever form I take is the one

369. you should be comfortable with.

370. Well, I don't care either.

371. Then you should have no problem

372. choosing one of these men.

373. Unless, for some reason,

374. you have yet to present

375. all of the options.

376. His name is Calvin Jelani.

377. He just dropped dead.

378. Probably a heart attack.

379. There's no family

380. to pay for an autopsy, so...

381. Ashes over Saigon.

382. I'd be comfortable with him.

383. I like the name, Calvin.

384. What do you think?

385. You sound different.

386. My vocal cords loosened

387. in the transformation.

388. - Shall I adjust them back?

389. - No. I'm good.

390. You... forgot your thing.

391. I'm going to forget so much more.

392. Conversation for another time.

393. - I have an elegant solution?

394. - Yes.

395. - Okay. What is it?

396. - I can't tell you.

397. - Why not?

398. - Because then it won't be your idea.

399. - Man, you have got this shit down.

400. - Thank you.

401. So you can see the future,

402. but you just won't tell me about it?

403. I'm not seeing the future,

404. I'm experiencing it.

405. And you're experiencing tomorrow night,

406. and you and me are having dinner?

407. - Right.

408. - Wrong.

409. But I'll play.

410. So, after dinner,

411. how long are we together?

412. Ten years.

413. That seems manageable.

414. I'll still be young.

415. I can fall in love again.

416. How does it end?

417. Tragically.

418. You want to be a little more specific?

419. I'd rather not.

420. So, ten years, tragic ending.

421. I can roll with that.

422. But I'm still not convinced.

423. Convinced of what?

424. That you know what's gonna happen next.

425. Your favorite song is about

426. to play on the jukebox.

427. Right now.

428. Oh, my God. Holy shit.

429. I have never even heard

430. this song before.

431. It's called Tunnel of Love,

432. and now it's your favorite.

433. You don't know shit about the future,

434. but you are funny.

435. You find it amusing now.

436. But in six months, it's the reason

437. you're telling me to leave.

438. - I thought we were together ten years.

439. - We are.

440. Then what happens in six months?

441. It's happening right now.

442. We're making love.

443. Hmm. Doesn't sound like

444. I'm telling you to leave.

445. Not yet.

446. Right now you're asking where I am.

447. Where are you?

448. I'm in the bar, the night we met.

449. Just before I create the egg.

450. I'm telling you about the fight

451. we're going to have.

452. Shut up.

453. That you're telling me to leave—

454. - Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.

455. - All right.

456. God damn it.

457. We're not gonna fight.

458. Because I'm not gonna tell you to leave.

459. We are, and you will.

460. I'm sorry, but it's already occurring.

461. Do you wanna fight?

462. No. But the fight will still happen

463. regardless of my intent.

464. Not if we don't let it.

465. You knew this about me,

466. who I am, how I perceive things.

467. I told you the very first night we met,

468. knowing that it would lead

469. to this argument.

470. - We are not in an argument.

471. - We're close.

472. And now you say,

473. - "Don't tell me..."

474. - Don't tell me

475. - what I'm gonna fucking say.

476. - "... what I'm gonna fucking say."

477. This is not fair.

478. If we're not gonna be together,

479. then why are we even fucking together?

480. It makes no sense.

481. Until now, my ability to know the future

482. was immensely reassuring to you.

483. It gave you a sense of safety

484. and stability that you never had

485. growing up in the orphanage.

486. Was your childhood

487. not filled with the constant fear

488. - that you would never have a family...

489. - Don't you dare.

490. because yours was taken away

491. from you?

492. Stop.

493. We're in the fight now.

494. Yeah, we fucking are.

495. What do you know about fear?

496. When was the last time

497. you were even afraid?

498. It's 1959.

499. I'm in Gila Flats, New Mexico.

500. I left my watch inside

501. the intrinsic field chamber,

502. and now I'm locked inside,

503. fully aware that when the countdown

504. ends, my skin will burn off of my body.

505. So 50 years?

506. The last time you were afraid

507. was 50 years ago?

508. No, Angela.

509. I'm being torn apart right now.

510. And then you put yourself back together,

511. piece by piece.

512. And then you were never scared again.

513. Because if you know everything

514. that's gonna happen,

515. what is there to be afraid of?

516. What is there to risk?

517. I'm taking a risk.

518. I've been taking a risk every day

519. since you walked up to me in that bar.

520. What the fuck are you doing?

521. I'm sorry.

522. Do you need me to say it?

523. Yes.

524. Leave.

525. Reactor meltdown. Idiots!

526. Gave them every opportunity.

527. Solar, wind,

528. wireless power transmission.

529. Why, oh, why do they need

530. to keep making their godforsaken bombs?

531. This may appear paradoxical,

532. but they make them feel safe.

533. Nice to see you again, Jon.

534. It's nice to see you too, Adrian.

535. How did you know it was me?

536. Because only Dr. Manhattan

537. would have the balls

538. to show up here

539. wearing nothing but his birthday suit.

540. Should I put something on?

541. Welcome back

542. to Antarctica, Jon.

543. I do appreciate this visit.

544. How long has it been?

545. For you, 24 years, 41 days and 13 hours.

546. For me, it's happening—

547. Right now. Yes, yes. I remember.

548. So, Jon, what am I saying to you,

549. 24 years, 41 days and 13 hours ago?

550. You've just attempted to destroy me.

551. I'm telling you

552. that I'm disappointed in you.

553. Right.

554. Sorry about that.

555. Now you're explaining that you've

556. just killed three million people.

557. "Morally, you're in checkmate,"

558. you're telling me.

559. I was gambling.

560. Gambling?

561. That you had morals.

562. Still fabricating alien incursions,

563. I see.

564. And maintaining world peace,

565. one cephalopod at a time.

566. That's quite an interesting form

567. you've decided to take.

568. Interesting?

569. It's not the '80s anymore, Jon.

570. This kind of appropriation is considered

571. quite problematic now.

572. It's 2009, Doctor.

573. A lot has changed

574. while you were on Europa.

575. How do you know I was on Europa?

576. A little elephant told me.

577. What I don't know is why a blue man

578. is masquerading as a human.

579. Though I might venture

580. an educated guess.

581. What's her name?

582. Angela.

583. Love.

584. Well, let me guess again.

585. You're wearing this face

586. because she has no idea

587. you're the most omnipotent being

588. in the history of civilization,

589. whereas you just want her

590. to love you for you.

591. I told her who I was

592. the moment I met her.

593. She knows who you are?

594. Yes.

595. That's the rub.

596. Because who in their right mind

597. would want to be

598. romantically linked to a god?

599. So you don't just want

600. to look like a mortal,

601. you want to be one.

602. Will you help me?

603. Why can't you do it yourself?

604. You tell me, Adrian.

605. Because you have

606. a profound lack of imagination.

607. I got to give it to you, man.

608. You have a fantastic imagination.

609. You laugh now?

610. This Angela must be quite something.

611. Six months ago she's telling me

612. I have a fantastic imagination.

613. Tell me something.

614. Do you have a brain?

615. I'm sorry?

616. Well, you seem to have replicated

617. basic human physiognomy,

618. but what about the physiology?

619. You do have a brain?

620. Internal organs? Blood?

621. - Yes.

622. - Yeah.

623. Why?

624. Well,

625. theoretically,

626. we could insert a device

627. into your prefrontal cortex

628. that would short-circuit your memory.

629. Without the awareness of your abilities,

630. you wouldn't know to use them,

631. except perhaps as a reflex

632. in life-threatening situations.

633. You could walk and talk

634. and live among the normals undetected.

635. You just wouldn't know

636. you were Dr. Manhattan.

637. And how long would it take

638. for you to make this device?

639. Oh, my dear, sweet Jon.

640. I made it 30 years ago.

641. As you reminded me earlier, Jon,

642. I did try to destroy you.

643. But the intrinsic field subtractor

644. that I lured you into

645. was, in fact, plan B.

646. "B" for "blowing you up."

647. Tell me, Jon,

648. do you know what is inside this?

649. Actually, I don't.

650. Because I irradiated it

651. with tachyon particles.

652. One small part of the universe

653. even you can't see.

654. A blind spot.

655. This, Jon,

656. is plan A.

657. "A" for "amnesia."

658. Now, you tell your Angela

659. to put this here.

660. The effect should be immediate.

661. You'll forget who you are,

662. what you can do

663. and everything

664. that's ever happened to you.

665. So if you have any business to finish,

666. now would be the time to finish it.

667. Angela has a grandfather

668. that she's not yet aware of.

669. He and I have matters to discuss.

670. Well, best discuss them now

671. while you still know you are you.

672. Thank you, Adrian.

673. I'll do that.

674. There's one thing

675. that I'd like in exchange.

676. I saved the world

677. from nuclear Armageddon, Jon.

678. Aside from you and a select few,

679. nobody knows.

680. My plans for a great future...

681. ignored.

682. I once asked you, Jon,

683. whether...

684. it was all worth it in the end.

685. You avoided answering

686. by saying,

687. "Nothing ever ends."

688. Tell me now, Jon.

689. Will I live to see my utopia?

690. Yes.

691. But not here.

692. I don't understand.

693. I sought to create a kind of life

694. that was...

695. superior to the life here on Earth.

696. Kinder.

697. Gentler.

698. Beings who are designed to care

699. for others, instead of themselves.

700. And I did it, Adrian.

701. I did it on Europa.

702. It's a beautiful place.

703. Verdant and untouched,

704. teeming with life,

705. completely devoid of conflict.

706. But all they want is to please me,

707. to adore me.

708. Their love is infinite,

709. which is the very reason

710. it's so unsatisfying.

711. Which means

712. I must leave my creations behind.

713. They're still there.

714. Just waiting for someone to worship.

715. Sounds like... paradise.

716. Would you like me

717. to send you there, Adrian?

718. Yes, Jon.

719. I would like that.

720. Godspeed.

721. I just push it into your head?

722. Yes.

723. I'll make myself intangible.

724. Be sure to withdraw your hand

725. very quickly.

726. How do you know it's gonna work?

727. I don't.

728. That's what makes it a risk.

729. Are you gonna forget

730. how to speak or walk?

731. No. My understanding is that

732. it will only affect my memory.

733. Perhaps you could tell me

734. I was in some kind of accident.

735. We should leave Vietnam.

736. Start over where nobody knows us.

737. I can be a cop anywhere.

738. How about Tulsa?

739. It's where my family's from.

740. I think that's a great idea.

741. Of course you do. It's yours.

742. Actually, it was yours.

743. What's wrong?

744. If you forget everything,

745. will you still be you?

746. My memories may be lost, Angela,

747. but you won't be losing me.

748. ['Tunnel Of Love" continues playing

749. on jukebox]

750. Okay, you're losing me, man.

751. And you're not giving me

752. a lot to work with here, Dr. Manhattan,

753. so dinner tomorrow night

754. is gonna be a hard no

755. unless I get some proof.

756. Do you have anything in mind?

757. You said you can create life.

758. Create some life right now.

759. All right.

760. That's it?

761. It is technically life.

762. A chicken would've been better.

763. But you will still have dinner with me?

764. No. But I am interested in hearing

765. more about these ten glorious years

766. we're together before tragedy strikes.

767. What would you like to know?

768. - Do we have any kids?

769. - Yes, three, a boy and two girls.

770. Hmm. Are they, like, half-gods?

771. I would never pass my abilities

772. on to someone without their consent.

773. So that's a thing you can do?

774. Give someone your powers?

775. I suppose I could transfer

776. my atomic components

777. into some sort of organic material.

778. If someone were to consume it,

779. they would inherit my powers.

780. So you can put them in this egg,

781. and if I ate it, I could walk on water?

782. Theoretically, yes.

783. Well, I don't want kids.

784. I've never wanted kids,

785. and I'm never gonna have kids.

786. So sorry, Doc,

787. you're gonna have to find

788. another egg to knock up.

789. They're not our biological children.

790. They're adopted.

791. - Where do we adopt them?

792. - Tulsa.

793. - What?

794. - Tulsa, Oklahoma.

795. It's where your family's from.

796. - Who told you that?

797. - You did.

798. Uh-uh. No, I didn't.

799. You will.

800. Six months from now,

801. when I give you the ring.

802. Ring?

803. Now we're getting engaged?

804. In a manner of speaking, yes.

805. But this is after the big fight,

806. - when I tell you to leave?

807. - Yes.

808. Okay. So then, these three kids,

809. how long are we living in Tulsa

810. before we adopt them?

811. That I don't know.

812. What do you mean, you don't know?

813. I thought you know everything.

814. There's a period of time I cannot see.

815. When I try to look,

816. there's only darkness.

817. All I know is that you're there

818. before it begins,

819. and you're there when it ends.

820. Why are you smiling?

821. Nothing.

822. It's just what you said.

823. Just sounds a lot like a tunnel.

824. The tunnel of love.

825. The tunnel of love.

826. Ten years, huh?

827. Then tragedy?

828. That's right.

829. But you're not gonna tell me

830. what happens.

831. I won't.

832. Maybe I should leave this thing

833. in your brain.

834. That way you won't know

835. how it all ends up.

836. I leave it entirely in your hands.

837. You wanna get down on one knee?

838. I do.

839. I love you.

840. I love you, too.

841. Hey, baby.

842. We're in fucking trouble.

843. Cal?

844. Jon?

845. Are you okay?

846. Jon.

847. Jon.

848. We're in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

849. It's 2019.

850. I had to wake you up...

851. because you're in danger.

852. The people here, they're bad people.

853. They know who you are,

854. and they're coming to hurt you.

855. Do you know who you are?

856. You still have his face.

857. Jon, the kids are upstairs.

858. You can't look like this, okay?

859. You need to change back.

860. No.

861. I need to move forward.

862. What do you mean?

863. - Jon, we don't have time for this—

864. - This clock is damaged.

865. Do you remember what happened?

866. How it broke?

867. It is Christmas.

868. A man in a mask kicks in the door.

869. - You push me down.

870. - The bullet hits the clock.

871. There were two of them.

872. One of them was about to shoot me

873. in the kitchen,

874. but you zapped him away.

875. Without the awareness

876. of your abilities,

877. you wouldn't know to use them,

878. except perhaps as a reflex

879. in life-threatening situations.

880. Thank you, Adrian.

881. Now I understand what happened.

882. Adrian?

883. Who were you talking to?

884. I'm sorry, Angela.

885. This must be frustrating for you.

886. I'm experiencing confusion

887. as a result of the device being removed,

888. and I'm not entirely sure when I am.

889. Would you excuse me for a moment,

890. please?

891. Motherfucker.

892. - Daddy!

893. - Daddy!

894. Oh, shit.

895. Daddy!

896. Daddy!

897. - Mom.

898. - Daddy!

899. It's okay. It's okay.

900. What's happening?

901. There's a blue man on our swimming pool.

902. Look.

903. He looks like Cal.

904. That's because he is.

905. Motherfucker.

906. Where are they?

907. Where did you send them?

908. It's all right.

909. - They're safe.

910. - No. Uh-uh.

911. Get the fuck up off the pool

912. and tell me where they are right now.

913. - You need to see me on the pool.

914. - Why?

915. - It's important for later.

916. - Okay.

917. I've seen it.

918. Now tell me where you sent our children.

919. They're with your grandfather.

920. What?

921. They're at the Dreamland Theater

922. in downtown Tulsa right now.

923. It's all right.

924. Your grandfather was expecting them.

925. When did you talk to my grandfather?

926. Ten years ago, I'm standing in Karnak.

927. Veidt is offering me the device,

928. and he's telling me...

929. So if you have any unfinished business,

930. now's the time to finish it.

931. And so I teleport to New York City.

932. I'm walking up to a mansion

933. once owned by Nelson Gardner...

934. also known as Captain Metropolis,

935. the leader of the Minutemen.

936. When he died years ago,

937. he bequeathed this property

938. to an old acquaintance.

939. Mr. Reeves. Hello.

940. My name is Jon Osterman.

941. Is that supposed

942. to mean something to me?

943. You may know me better as Dr. Manhattan.

944. May we talk for a moment?

945. Yeah.

946. All right.

947. Aren't you supposed to be blue?

948. I recently made some changes in my life.

949. I'm about to make a few more,

950. which is why I wanted to speak with you.

951. Mr. Reeves...

952. our lives have become entangled

953. in a most profound way

954. through someone known to both of us.

955. But the future is uncertain,

956. and my ability to influence events

957. is limited.

958. In order to ensure an optimal outcome,

959. I would like to form an alliance.

960. You want to team up with me?

961. You are Hooded Justice.

962. A hero.

963. Ah. That's what this is all about.

964. You want me to put on

965. a goddamn mask, huh?

966. No.

967. This is about Angela.

968. Angela?

969. Your granddaughter.

970. I don't have a granddaughter.

971. But you had a son.

972. He had a daughter.

973. Which makes her your granddaughter.

974. Oh. That's how it works out, huh?

975. I met her in Vietnam.

976. We are in love.

977. Soon we will marry and move to Tulsa,

978. where she'll be a police officer.

979. I don't know why the hell

980. she'd wanna go to Tulsa.

981. I'm not sure she knows yet,

982. but I suspect it's because she senses

983. it is where she comes from.

984. What the hell you want with me?

985. Nothing.

986. But Angela does. She wants your help.

987. She doesn't even know I exist.

988. That is because you choose to let her

989. be ignorant to your existence.

990. No. She don't want me in her life.

991. She does.

992. What the fuck do you know?

993. I know the moment I first see her,

994. I sense profound emptiness...

995. and loss.

996. I know because

997. she says over and over again

998. that she doesn't want a family,

999. yet it is clear through her actions

1000. that it is all that she wants.

1001. I know because

1002. I'm talking to her right now.

1003. You're talking with him right now?

1004. Relatively, yes.

1005. For you it's right now,

1006. but for him it's ten years ago.

1007. That's right.

1008. You talking to her right now?

1009. Relatively, yes.

1010. Can you ask him something?

1011. Of course.

1012. Ask him, how did he know Judd Crawford

1013. was a part of Cyclops?

1014. Ask him, how did he know

1015. there was a fucking Klan robe

1016. hidden in his closet?

1017. She wants to know how you knew

1018. Judd Crawford was a member of Cyclops,

1019. and how you knew

1020. he had a Klan robe hidden in his closet.

1021. Who's Judd Crawford?

1022. He said he doesn't know

1023. who Judd Crawford is.

1024. But he does now.

1025. No. No, no, no. Shit.

1026. Did I start all this?

1027. Did I send my grandfather here?

1028. Is this my fault?

1029. I'm confused.

1030. You're confused?

1031. Isn't it a good thing

1032. that Judd Crawford is dead?

1033. Does it matter where the idea came from?

1034. Yes, it matters.

1035. I only asked the old man about Crawford

1036. because he murdered him.

1037. The chicken or the egg.

1038. What?

1039. The paradox.

1040. Which came first,

1041. the chicken or the egg?

1042. The answer appears to be both.

1043. At exactly the same time.

1044. I'm hungry.

1045. Motherfucker!

1046. What the hell are you doing?

1047. Making waffles.

1048. Watch the eggs.

1049. God damn it, Jon.

1050. We don't have time for this.

1051. I woke you up

1052. because the Kavalry knows who you are,

1053. and they are coming for you.

1054. You might have an alliance

1055. with my grandfather,

1056. but he has one with Lady Trieu,

1057. and I'm pretty sure

1058. she knows who you are, too.

1059. - So stop fucking around—

1060. - They're already here.

1061. What?

1062. The Seventh Kavalry.

1063. They're in a truck

1064. parked across the street.

1065. On the back of the truck

1066. is a tachyonic cannon,

1067. which they will use

1068. to involuntarily teleport me,

1069. and then destroy me.

1070. They've been here all this time,

1071. and you're just now telling me?

1072. There were more important matters

1073. to discuss.

1074. They want to kill you.

1075. - Yes.

1076. - So then let's fucking stop them.

1077. We can't.

1078. - Why not?

1079. - We can't stop them.

1080. - There's nothing we can do.

1081. - There's something I can do.

1082. What?

1083. This is the moment.

1084. What moment?

1085. I just told you that you can't save me,

1086. and you're going to try to anyway.

1087. In the bar the night we met,

1088. you asked me about the moment

1089. I fell in love with you.

1090. This is the moment.

1091. Is that supposed to be romantic?

1092. - Sorry?

1093. - All this time we've been together,

1094. and you fall in love with me now?

1095. No. I've always been in love with you.

1096. My perception of time—

1097. Yeah. I get it.

1098. You stay here while I save your life.

1099. Fuck.

1100. We win.

1101. You were wrong.

1102. No, Angela.

1103. I wasn't.

1104. What?

1105. I'm sorry.

1106. Jon!

1107. I can't keep calling you Dr. Manhattan.

1108. What's your first name?

1109. It's Jon.

1110. No "H."

1111. Jon with no "H."

1112. I'm Angela.

1113. I know.

1114. Yes, of course you do.

1115. So, we spend ten years

1116. in the tunnel of love,

1117. and once we're out,

1118. something terrible happens?

1119. That's right.

1120. But you won't tell me what that is?

1121. I won't.

1122. Okay, Jon,

1123. it was really nice talking to you.

1124. Definitely one of the more

1125. interesting conversations I've had.

1126. But I cannot get serious with someone

1127. if I know

1128. it's just gonna end in tragedy.

1129. By definition,

1130. don't all relationships end in tragedy?

1131. Yeah. I guess you have a point.

1132. Then, will you have dinner with me

1133. tomorrow night?

1134. Fuck it.

1135. Why not?

1136. Will you stay, Master?

1137. No.

1138. Will you stay, Master?

1139. No.

1140. Will you stay, Master?

1141. No.

1142. Will you stay, Master?

1143. No.

1144. Will you stay, Master?

1145. No.

1146. If you sing

1147. "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow,"

1148. I'll vomit all over your boots.

1149. Philips and Crookshanks insisted

1150. on preparing this for you.

1151. Before or after they repeatedly

1152. smashed tomatoes in my face?

1153. An action they would

1154. certainly desist on performing

1155. if you agreed to stay.

1156. If I didn't know better,

1157. I'd assume you want to suffer.

1158. Do you know better?

1159. Would you like me

1160. to get you another book?

1161. No. I like this one.

1162. Why?

1163. You wouldn't understand.

1164. It's about loneliness.

1165. I understand loneliness.

1166. 'Cause your big blue daddy

1167. left to get a pack of cigarettes

1168. and never came back?

1169. I was here.

1170. The very first to emerge from the water.

1171. I was here when he put light in the sky

1172. and air in my lungs.

1173. I saw grass sprout from dead earth.

1174. And soon after I saw him

1175. bring the beasts forth to graze upon it.

1176. He made Heaven...

1177. before my very eyes.

1178. Why is Heaven not enough?

1179. This is not my home.

1180. My home is 390 million miles away.

1181. And my children,

1182. all eight billion of them,

1183. are undoubtedly standing in their cribs,

1184. crying out in desperation

1185. for me to return.

1186. Heaven is not enough because...

1187. Heaven doesn't need me.

1188. Enjoy your fucking cake.