On the November 1, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the third episode of HBO’s Watchmen, titled “She Was Killed By Space Junk.”

Opening Banter: Thanks to Kris Keochinda for the opening theme song and @sirzapz on Twitter for the logo

Episode Discussion:

• Who is Laurie Blake?

• Watchmen comic backstory

• Presidential hopeful. Crime is down 80% in Tulsa, other cities want to adopt the Defense of Police Act. Is he orchestrating these events to draw attention to him and his policies?

Introduction of Petey 

FBI Deputy Director seems resistant to Petey’s ideas to dive into the psychology of Rorschach - is there something else going on there?

Millennium Clock - who is Lady Trieu?  

On the plane with Laurie, Petey says the word “fan” with real contempt

Laurie interrogates Looking Glass, who reveals that Judd’s funeral is in a couple of hours

Seventh Kavalry suicide bomber interrupts the funeral. Laurie (who was hiding a weapon) shoots him, Angela throws the bomb into Judd’s grave

Face off between Laurie and Angela

• Adrian Veidt (confirmed)

• His “we’ll have a use for him before too long” quote appeared in the “previously on” segment - did we see that use in this episode?

Other Articles Mentioned:

• ‘Watchmen’ Brings Back Some Familiar Names With “She Was Killed by Space Junk”

All the other stuff you need to know:

• You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.