A circulatory system is seen by the perimeter fence.
A clock without a craftsman.
A fact no one outside this room ever has to know.
A few days later...
A few key regions around the globe...
A flabby failure who sits whimpering in his basement.
A group this size seems like a publicity stunt. I'm not in it for the ink.
A live human body and a deceased human body...
A maintenance hatch will let you out two blocks north.
A miracle.
A month from now, the accident awaits me.
A necessary crime.
A pretty butterfly.
A revenge scheme planned during his years behind bars.
A secret place that nobody knows about.
A token funeral is held.
A watchdog group of nuclear scientists has moved the Doomsday Clock...
A week later, the conflict ends.
About what?
Actually, the whole world knows yours.
Adrian might help us find out who's underwriting Pyramid.
Adrian, stop this.
Adrian.
Adrian's a pacifist.
Afghanistan will obviously come up, but just play it cooI...
Afraid of war...
After each long kiss, she plants a smaller, gentler one upon my lips...
After that...
Ah, I know. I know. You won't believe what happened.
Ah, you too.
Ain't had this much fun since Woodward and Bernstein.
Ain't nothing gonna matter once those nukes start flying. We'll all be dust.
Ain't nothing gonna matter once those nukes start flying. We'll all be dust.
Alexander of Macedonia, or Alexander the Great, as you know him.
All I needed to do was tug on the thread.
All of Archie's systems are upgraded. Finished the tinkering for now...
All right, let's move it, people.
All right, that's it!
All right. I hope you're ready, hero.
All right. Let's settle down, please.
All that tight latex? I mean, it was awfuI.
All these years, Jon was helping me replicate his power...
All this time you've had my number and you wait until our sunset years to use it?
All those liberals and intellectuals...
Almost 15 years, Mr. Figure.
Already warned Dreiberg. Came to warn you too.
Also known as Edgar William Vaughn. Also known as Moloch.
Always has been...
Am I ever gonna live this down?
Amygdalin.
An affair?
An ordinary burglar? Kill the Comedian? Ridiculous.
Ancient pharaohs looked forward to the end of the world.
And for this...
And he always thought he'd get the last laugh.
And I'll whisper, "No. "
And I've been in it for, how long now, Lloyd?
And if there is, I'm nothing like him.
And it seems he had a sexy woman with him.
And people are just shadows.
And so began my path to conquest.
And so was the Comedian. He was practically a Nazi.
And so...
And that list he mentioned.
And that'd be you, right, Ozzy?
And the universe will not even notice.
And then he left.
And then I found her.
And this whole cancer thing with Jon, it just doesn't make sense.
And what about General Anthony Randolph?
And what if you're wrong?
And what would that be?
And when the drains finally scab over...
And would you say, as so many claim...
And yet we go forward to defend the human race...
And you have no idea where he would've gone.
And you're just going through the motions.
And you've certainly profited greatly by it...
And your name...
Another ultimate weapon?
Any time.
Archie survived that.
Archie?
Are there no depths you won't sink to?
Are there no depths you won't sink to?
Are we gonna be all right?
Are you all right?
Are you working in here while we're in bed together?
Arrest me.
As a result of the Soviet activity...
As dark as it gets.
As I lie to her, it is September 4th, 1970.
As of now, it stands at four minutes to midnight.
As she passes me the cold, perspiring glass...
As soon as we'd arrest them, they'd be back on the street.
As you wish.
Assuming conservative projections...
At his apartment, I found clues.
At some point, yes.
Attempted ****.
Attention, citizens. We are trying to maintain order.
Back off, or I'll stick this glass in your squidgy face.
Badge belonged to the Comedian. Blood too. He's dead.
Barney.
Bastard. I should have had that abortion.
Be seeing you, Dan.
Be seeing you.
Beautiful, isn't it?
Because he gave me you.
Because it makes me insane.
Because it's inhuman.
Because there is good and evil, and evil must be punished.
Begin fueling the bombers.
Believed cadavers would rise, reclaim hearts from golden jars.
Beneath me, this awful city.
Big Figure.
Blaire Roche.
Blake figured it out first.
Blake found out what I was doing here in Karnak...
Blake understood. Humans are savage in nature.
Blake!
Blake. Don't.
Bold moves, Henry. That's what's needed right now.
Bombers are fueled and ready, sir.
Born 1918.
Boss! Wait!
Both share private quarters at Rockefeller Military Research Center.
Both.
Broke a man's arm to get a tip. Led me to the missing girl's location.
Bubastis.
Buried in the rain.
But didn't wanna disappoint Mother.
But I don't know what to think. I mean, it's all...
But if it's true...
But if we make resources infinite...
But in a few moments you're going to tell me.
But it takes a room of morons to think they're small enough for you to handle.
But know that you were wrong. You said this ended with me in tears...
But no movement yet. They're playing a wait and see.
But that was fucking war.
But that's probably just senility.
But the authorities wanna put you with the general population.
But the difference is, down there...
But the past...
But the truth is...
But we didn't, thanks to you.
But who'd wanna kill us now?
But you always say time is simultaneous.
But you know, it is a small world in here.
By : BackFire
By a shopping mall?
By exposing me, you would sacrifice the peace so many died for today.
Bye.
Bye.
Bye. Bye!
Call your friend Eddie. Maybe he can give you a better life.
Call your friend Eddie. Maybe he can give you a better life.
Came here often, when we were partners.
Came under attack.
Can't reach the lock. Should I cut the bars?
Can't you just tell me how this ends and save us the trouble?
Cancer.
Captain Carnage.
Cataclysmic interference.
Check the bedroom?
Cheers.
Chose to be a parody of it. A joke.
Christ.
Clean?
Clouds.
Come back here!
Come here.
Come on out, Rorschach!
Come on, baby.
Come on!
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on. I'm glad you came over.
Congratulations, Mr. Veidt. Dr. Manhattan's energy reactor is online.
Congress is pushing through some new bill that's gonna outlaw masks.
Conquest not of men...
Convenient.
Cops are out there hunting us. Unless you wanna go back to prison...
Could all be lies.
Cowering in cave, hiding from authorities.
Crank file.
CrawI back in your holes before you get hurt.
Crying? The Comedian?
Curtains.
Czechoslovakia, Poland and East Germany have mobilized their forces.
Dan Dreiberg's table.
Dan, that's exactly what I am doing.
Dan, there are kids in there.
Dan, what's wrong?
Dan.
Dan...
DanieI...
Daniel, not in front of the civilians.
Daniel, you're coming in too low.
Daniel?
Daniel. Miss Jupiter.
Daniel...
Destruction by nuclear war.
Did she break Manhattan's heart to engineer his exile...
Did that. Dead end.
Did you catch any diseases from her?
Did you know that he and H.J. were ? I had no idea.
Did you know that he has cancer as well?
Did you really think it would kill me?
Disintegrated in an instant.
Do it!
Do it.
Do you care to comment?
Do you remember how many times you said you loved me?
Do you see?
Do you think I'd explain my masterstroke to you...
Doctor says treatment is simple.
Does Manhattan even have a heart to break?
Does that not show you that I care?
Dogs get put down.
Dollar Bill got his cape stuck in a revolving door...
Don't bite down, you son of a bitch. Who sent you? I want a name.
Don't even think about it.
Don't kill me.
Don't leave me!
Don't move!
Don't wish to interfere, but perhaps should pull up sharply...
Don't worry about it. Okay? Everything's gonna be fine.
Don't worry, Jon. She'll be back.
Don't worry.
Don't you understand?
Doug Roth, your question?
Doug, one question at a time.
Down alley...
Dr. Manhattan has two days.
Dr. Manhattan just lost it on live TV.
Dr. Manhattan, as you know...
Dr. Manhattan, you know why I'm here.
Drive.
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes...
Eddie Blake's funeraI is today.
Eddie.
Eddie...
Edgar William Jacobi.
Edward Blake. Sixty seven years old. Six two, a solid 225.
Edward Blake. The Comedian.
Even Adrian Veidt, possible homosexual.
Even Dr. Manhattan can't be everywhere at once.
Even I couldn't predict he'd be the one to have a change of heart.
Even if I wanted to help...
Even if Jon stops 99 percent of them...
Even if that's the case, it's irrelevant.
Even in a world without nuclear weapons, there would still be danger.
Even in the face of armageddon...
Even my responses.
Even the grimy parts of it...
Events with astronomical odds of occurring...
Every day, the future looks a little bit darker.
Everybody back off. I need some backup here. Leave him alone.
Everybody laugh.
Everybody stay calm. We'll try to keep this brief.
Everyone in the country...
Everyone, stay where you are and remain calm.
Everyone.
Everything is preordained.
Excuse me. Gotta go freshen up. I'll be right back.
Excuse me. Have to visit men's room.
Excuse me. What?
Exposing Adrian would only doom the world to nuclear destruction again.
Failing to prevent Earth's salvation...
Fat chance.
Fate didn't butcher her and destiny didn't feed her to those dogs.
Feel slightly depressed.
Fifteen million people killed...
Fifteen years since you and that Owl fella put me away.
Finally got his punchline, I guess.
Fine like this.
Fine like this.
Fine, fine.
Fireworks. You gotta be kidding me.
First bubbling note of city's evening chorus.
First visit of evening fruitless.
Follow the money.
For a guy his age, he was in terrific shape.
For a guy who calls himself the Comedian, I can never tell when you're joking.
For as much as it hath pleased...
Forced everyone out except him.
Forget it.
Forgive me, girl.
Forgive me. These things sometimes slip my mind.
Former member of the Minutemen Hollis Mason found murdered...
FossiI fuels, oiI, nuclear power...
Framed. Walked right into it. Stupid, stupid, stupid!
Fred.
Free from fear or weakness...
From then on, I knew:
From then on, there was only Rorschach.
From where I'm standing, it's starting to look pretty conclusive.
Fuck you, pigs!
Fuck you. Fuck you!
Fuck you. I make more in a week than you make in a year, you fucking homo.
Fuck, no. I think it's hilarious.
Funny story.
Funny.
Gentlemen.
Gentlemen.
Get out of here, vigilantes!
Get out of the way!
Get the fuck out of here.
Get this shit off the screen.
Get those cameras off. Everybody back off.
Get tired of being patriotic, or someone put you up to it?
Get your stinking hands off me.
GirI. What we got here?
Give me a name!
Give people a second chance. God, please let go! I'm telling the truth!
God doesn't make the world this way.
God help us all.
God, here I am...
God, how did everything get so tangled up?
God, Jon, stop. What are you doing?
God, whatever happened to him?
God, who do you think you are, Rorschach?
Goddamn it. All right. That's how you wanna do it?
Goddamn, I love working on American soiI, Dan.
Good evening, Rorschach.
Good joke.
Good luck, Mr. Gorsky.
Good to see you in uniform, Daniel.
Good. I think I've got everything working.
Goodbye, Laurie.
Goodbye, Rorschach.
Gosh, Jon, I wish he gave us a little notice. I'm sure I made a face.
Got a psych profile on Manhattan.
Got him to leave the planet.
Government or black ops?
Guess I was just more interested in birds and airplanes, mythology and...
Guy tries to **** you, and years later, you let him finish the job?
Guy was built like a linebacker.
Guy worked for Pyramid Transnational.
Had to have been thrown.
Have your men stand back. I'm teleporting the reactor to Karnak now.
He abandoned it when Einstein discovered that time is relative.
He cometh up and is cut down, like a flower.
He could kill us both alone in the snow.
He died of cancer.
He had his mask off.
He just We don't have time for makeup.
He just keeps getting further away from me.
He knows once we slice open his lock, he's next on the block.
He sent me an item of memorabilia. It's a Tijuana bible.
He starts following me down the street in broad daylight...
He was babbling, not making any sense.
He was crying.
He was upset.
He was your handler when you first started working for the government.
He wrote that book. Said some bad things about the Comedian in it.
He's a vegetarian, for chrissakes. He's never killed anyone in his life.
He's all yours.
He's been called many things: Hero, weapon...
He's dead, Rorschach.
He's got a poison capsule.
Heard about you on the news.
Hello, DanieI.
Hello?
Helped myself to some beans. Hope you don't mind.
Her name is Janey Slater.
Here, it's a constantly changing topographical map...
Here's a list of Pentagon approved no go areas.
Hey, boss, you notice?
Hey, doll. Long time no see.
Hey, doll. Long time no see.
Hey, hey, hey. Yo.
Hey, it was him or the commies, right?
Hey, let's see if that comic book retard's up here.
Hey, Rorschach.
Hey, us retired guys have to stick together, right?
Hey, you know what? I'm pretty famous too.
Hey, you think she'd suck my dick for a dollar?
Hey, you're pretty famous, right?
Hey! Would you two stop? You can argue later.
Hey. Let's just wait a second.
Hey. Nice ass. Hey, asshole.
His subtle facial twitches wouldn't be noticed by the layman, but to me...
His vision of a united world was...
Hitler was vegetarian.
Hold on, I'll get the door.
Hold on. Fuck.
Hold up. Here they come.
Hollis Mason, a retired costume hero, writes a book.
How did you ever afford all this stuff, anyway?
How have you been keeping?
How long can we keep this up?
How soon can we be ready for a preemptive strike?
How would I know?
Huh? Whoreson. Listen to me, retard.
Huh.
Human extinction?
Humanity's savage nature will inevitably lead to global annihilation.
Hurry, Lloyd. I wanna smell this son of a bitch cooking.
I always thought you liked this.
I am 30 years old.
I am in a room full of people wearing disguises.
I am looking at the stars.
I am not sure if I know what that means.
I am terrified.
I am tired of Earth.
I barely knew Chess that well, but I was told to hire from the old life.
I been talking to every one of them and they're all dying to get a piece of you.
I buy everyone a round and you sell me out like this?
I can change almost anything...
I can only imagine.
I can only see my own past...
I can see everything.
I can see it. All right, hold on.
I can't believe it happened.
I can't believe we did that.
I can't even tell if he actually cares about me anymore...
I can't get over Laurie back in costume.
I can't help him.
I cannot imagine a more dangerous opponent.
I cross the room to the Intrinsic Field Center. I find my watch.
I did bad things to women. I shot kids.
I did it! I said I did it!
I did my time.
I didn't know where else to go.
I didn't wanna worry you prematurely.
I do.
I don't No.
I don't know anybody except for goddamn superheroes.
I don't know what stimulates you anymore.
I don't know why I'm here. I just...
I don't know, but it's not safe out here.
I don't like what you're implying, and I like being followed even less.
I don't think your life is a joke.
I don't want that responsibility anymore.
I don't want that.
I feel fear...
I feel that we have an obligation to our fraternity.
I got it, I got it, I got it.
I guess you could say I've always been alone.
I had to turn the screechers off, so we'll be drawing fire soon.
I have a reaI name I've been using.
I have cancer.
I have no choice.
I have to go.
I have walked across the surface of the sun.
I have witnessed events so tiny and so fast...
I heard he'd been working for the government since '77...
I heard this guy's mom's a whore.
I invite you out to dinner to catch up and have a few laughs...
I just felt I should...
I kidnapped her. I killed her.
I knew the girl was here...
I know how that is...
I know it can be difficult with me sometimes.
I know that Eddie Blake was my father.
I know what Jon would say:
I know what you need.
I know why you're here. I can still read, you know.
I know! I'm trying. I'm trying to pull him up, goddamn it!
I left Jon.
I let them live.
I like that.
I live my life free of compromise...
I love you.
I mean, hell, you're the smartest man on the planet.
I mean, what the hell do you think I am?
I must be drunk already, telling you this sob story again.
I must return to my work.
I need to use the restroom.
I never done anything like this.
I never even know what universe he's actually seeing.
I never said, "The superman exists and he is American. "
I prefer the stillness here.
I put a cyanide capsule in his mouth...
I put food on the table for you and your child.
I put roughly $2 billion into tachyon research...
I remember, no matter how black it got...
I said no, Eddie.
I said often...
I said, leave me alone!
I said, leave me alone!
I saw it in the paper.
I say when doomsday is approaching.
I shall go tell the indestructible man that someone plans to murder him.
I shall go to them.
I should have...
I should thank you.
I shouldn't have said that, man.
I stuck by you after the accident. I gave you everything.
I swear I don't know what the hell he was talking about.
I tell her I don't think there is a God.
I tell her I still want her...
I think he was disappointed I went into crime fighting...
I think I've had enough hero stuff for one night.
I think it's a front company for whoever's really behind it, but can't prove it.
I think it's kind of flattering.
I think maybe I'll create some.
I think the Keene Act was the best thing that ever happened to us.
I think we got off on the wrong foot.
I think you know the way out.
I think you were trying to make a point.
I think...
I thought he was gonna kill me.
I thought I knew how the world was.
I thought you said you cared about life again.
I tipped off the police.
I told you, this month's issue still hasn't arrived yet.
I told you, you wouldn't be the only one dressed up.
I triggered it 35 minutes ago.
I understand there's a movie in the works.
I used to be a masked avenger too, remember?
I wanted...
I was investigating a kidnap case.
I was just gonna see Hollis for our weekly beer session.
I was just with Laurie. She doesn't know.
I was pissing in my pants.
I was. I've been straight ever since I got out, I swear.
I was. I've been straight ever since I got out, I swear.
I wasn't told.
I woke up in my bedroom and there he was.
I would hope the other Watchmen understand that...
I would only agree that a symbolic clock...
I wouldn't have to worry about you being out there.
I...
I'd almost forgotten the excitement of not knowing...
I'll break your neck!
I'll tell you about Rorschach.
I'm 67 years old.
I'm a retired businessman
I'm disappointed in you, Adrian.
I'm glad I ordered the four legged chicken.
I'm gonna forget about you...
I'm gonna fuck you like I fucked your mother!
I'm gonna get you close.
I'm gonna look for Adrian's itinerary.
I'm gonna redirect the heat from the flamethrower to speed up deicing...
I'm gonna take out this entire rathole neighborhood.
I'm gonna tear this guy a new hole.
I'm guessing it's a front set up by whoever wants us masks dead.
I'm in.
I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.
I'm just saying, "No, get lost. "
I'm leaving this galaxy for one a little less complicated.
I'm not a comic book villain.
I'm not here because I miss him.
I'm not leaving
I'm not Moloch anymore.
I'm okay.
I'm on Mars.
I'm putting food on the table for you and your child.
I'm shaking.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry. I was snooping and must have hit the wrong button.
I'm sorry I never told you.
I'm sorry I slept with Dan.
I'm sorry, Dan.
I'm sorry, Jon...
I'm sorry, Lawrence, but you're in the way of my revenge.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm tired of being afraid.
I'm tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.
I'm trying anything.
I'm used to going out at 3 in the morning and doing something stupid.
I'm very disappointed.
I'm wiped. I'm just gonna call it a night.
I'm worth more than all of your corporations combined.
I've been a prisoner in my life long enough.
I've done some bad things.
I've got spots in my eyes.
I've known Jon long enough to see he isn't devoid of emotion.
I've longed to witness such an event, and yet I neglect...
I've made myself feel every death...
I've saved the earth from hell.
I've seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters...
I've seen the logo before...
If Adrian and I can solve the energy crisis, war may be averted.
If God saw what any of us did that night, he didn't seem to mind.
If he wants to find me, he will.
If he's pretending, it means he cares.
If I'm to have a symbol...
If only you could perceive time as I do.
If that's true, then how can you change the future?
If the only remaining ties were to be severed...
If the Russians do launch their nukes, can Jon really stop them?
If the United States and Soviet Union engage in all out war...
If there's anybody in there with you, send them out unharmed.
If they do, they'll have Afghanistan under controI in a matter of days.
If they realize it's not a hoax, they'll probably start with air strikes.
If we hope to preserve it here...
If you already know the future, then why were you surprised when I left you?
If you could Please, there's no need for violence.
If you got a hot date or something...
If you really care.
If you think there's a problem with my attitude...
If you'd cared from the start, none of this would have happened.
In 'Nam, you know.
In a hospital. I believe that would be good for you.
In all likelihood, nuclear holocaust.
In fact, I insist.
In it, he calls my arrival the dawn of the superhero.
In it, you reveal to me that you and Dreiberg have been sleeping together.
In January, 1971...
In my opinion, the existence of life...
In the midst of life, we are in death.
Intel indicates the energy signature...
Interference.
Is everything all right?
Is he hurting you?
Is it a compromise to want to make you well?
Is that dark enough?
Is that everyone?
Is that Jesus?
Is that what happens to us? No time for friends?
Is that you?
Is that your name? Walter?
Is this bean juice? Human bean juice.
Isn't that right, Miss Slater?
Issue: The Soviet Union continued its recent series of military exercises...
It all started with the gangs. You know, people tend to forget that.
It came true!
It could have been a burglary.
It didn't kill Osterman.
It didn't work 15 years ago, and it ain't gonna work now...
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't take a genius to see the world has problems.
It ends with you in tears.
It helped having you listen.
It is Christmas, 1963.
It is February 12th, 1981.
It is July, 1959, and I am in love.
It is May 12th, 1959, when I'm introduced to Janey.
It is when you're on government payroll and you're not doing your job.
It rains on the just and the unjust alike.
It screams like an abattoir full of retarded children...
It was a mistake. One time.
It was dark when the murderer got back.
It was made to look like I did it.
It was me, Dollar Bill, Mothman...
It was me.
It won't happen again.
It'll be more fun.
It's a fair question. Yes, it's crossed my mind...
It's a joke.
It's a joke. It's all a joke.
It's a matter of public record that by 17, both my parents were dead...
It's a rough world out there.
It's all a fucking joke.
It's an organization: Well funded, well equipped.
It's been a long time, Rorschach.
It's been too long.
It's great seeing you too.
It's happened before. Comedian did it back in '77.
It's Laurie.
It's like living in a goddamn global hippie commune.
It's like this world, this real world...
It's not my fault you got old. What do you have to complain about?
It's not my fault you got old. What do you have to complain about?
It's not the Soviets, sir.
It's occurred to Rorschach...
It's okay, man.
It's okay.
It's really good to see you again.
It's the only photograph of me anyone has.
It's time, gentlemen.
It's too late.
It's true.
Janey accuses me of chasing jailbait.
Janey frames the snapshot.
Janey Slater works for Pyramid too?
Janey Slater, Manhattan's old girlfriend.
Janey Slater, Moloch, Roy Chess all work for Pyramid.
Janey tells me she is afraid, and worried.
Janey, don't leave me!
Janey, I wasn't told.
Janey, wait.
Janey?
Jesus Christ, Henry.
Jesus Christ, Sally. Can't a guy talk to his...
Jesus Christ, Sally. Can't a guy talk to his...
Jesus.
Jon sees a lot of things...
Jon thinks, unless he can do something about it...
Jon wouldn't do that.
Jon, please.
Jon?
Jon?
Jon.
Jon... I know.
Just look around you.
Justice is coming to all of us.
Justice.
Keep your own secrets.
Land this thing. Now.
Last time I was here, I saw a pension check written from the same company.
Later tonight, Dr. Manhattan...
LaureI? LaureI Jane?
Laurel.
Laurie!
Laurie? Is that you?
Laurie? My daughter, Laurie?
Laurie.
Least I'm not the one still hiding behind a mask.
Let it be clear we maintain our strength...
Let me show you.
Let's do it your way.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Let's just hope he's on our side.
Let's see them think their way out of fission.
Let's take Archie out.
Let's talk downstairs.
Letting the Russians take the lead.
Lie again, Moloch, I break another finger.
Life seems harsh and cruel.
Like Hollis.
Little's known about Kovacs, but he was charged with the murder...
Long as people think Jon's still watching us, we'll be all right...
Look, Comedian made a lot of enemies over the years...
Look, I don't wanna fight.
Look, I know you were just trying
Look, I've got a problem, man. Fucking take me in. I need help.
Magic. Dreams. That is what I had before. I was a hero, goddamn it!
Magic. Dreams. That is what I had before. I was a hero, goddamn it!
Man bursts into tears.
Man goes to doctor, says he's depressed.
Man, I remember the first time that I met him...
Manhattan's old girI.
Margarita?
Mars gets along perfectly well without so much as a microorganism.
Mars.
Mattress flipped. Probably robbery.
May he rest in peace.
Maybe he keeps on file.
Maybe I can give you an autograph. What you say, big boy?
Maybe I was keeping an eye on you, in case someone's gunning for masks.
Maybe it was a politicaI killing or something.
Maybe she'll finally thank me for getting her started in the first place.
Maybe someone's picking off costumed heroes.
Maybe the killer didn't know who the Comedian was.
Maybe the reason why the Soviets...
Maybe the whole world feels like that.
Maybe we should agree on no drinking at meetings.
Maybe we should get a cab. These are bad neighborhoods.
Maybe we were just moving too fast.
Maybe.
Me too.
Me? Bitter?
Medic!
Meeting with Dreiberg left bad taste in mouth.
Men get arrested.
Mexico would catch the worst of it.
Millions of lives were suddenly ended...
Millions will perish in sickness and misery.
Minor wound. Won't need hospitalization.
Miracles, by their definition, are meaningless.
Miracles.
Miss Jupiter, did you and Dr. Manhattan have a fight today?
Mm.
Mm.
Moloch said the Comedian mentioned list with his and Slater's name on it.
Mom, is that guy in the space rocket...?
Mom?
More than a just delivery service, I take it.
Most holy and merciful savior.
Most of the farm belt might remain unaffected.
Mother, forgive me.
Mother, forgive me.
Mother, it's 2:00 in the afternoon.
Mother, this is gross.
Mothman's in an asylum in Maine.
Mr. Chess gave his life in the service of a higher cause, Dan.
Mr. lacocca, gentlemen...
Mr. Owl, you there?
Mr. President...
Mr. President...
Mr. Veidt...
Ms. Black, you have the first question.
Mugging.
Murdered.
Must be nice having a secret identity.
Must currently be holding breath in anticipation.
Must investigate further.
Must stop him. Killed Blake, killed millions.
My apologies, Miss Jupiter.
My attention was completely focused on you.
My coat, my shoes, my spotless gloves.
My face!
My face! Give me back my face!
My face.
My father was a watchmaker.
My life is just...
My red world here, now...
My son's a police officer, you fucking faggots!
My things were where I left them, waiting for me.
My work with Adrian is at a criticaI stage right now.
Nations around the world reeling from this morning's announcement...
Never compromise.
Never disposed of sewage with a toilet before. Obvious, really.
Never pretend, like you do...
Never, never surrender.
New York, Los Angeles, Moscow, Hong Kong.
News vendors always cope. They're the
Next week? Well...
Nice to see you too, Silk Spectre.
Nixon had him keeping tabs on us, making sure we weren't rocking the boat.
Nixon, oh, that prick. To think I voted for that prick five times.
No matter how much you try to dress it up...
No matter what the fuck we do.
No more vigilantes!
No, baby.
No, Dan.
No, don't worry.
No, don't. Don't do that. Take me in. Don't! No!
No, I definitely heard something.
No, no. Course not.
No, not him.
No, she won't.
No!
No!
No! No! No!
No! You haven't idealized mankind, you've deformed it.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No. No, no, no!
No. No!
No. No.
No. We can't do this.
No. You?
Nobody could pick them out of a lineup because of the damn masks.
Nobody knows who you are.
Nobody watching you.
None of that "small world, tall order" crap.
None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you.
None of your fucking business.
Not even in the face of armageddon.
Not in penthouse. Not in office.
Not long enough in my book, Eddie. Get in the car.
Not long enough in my book, Eddie. Get in the car.
Not so bad...
Nothing ends.
Nothing ever ends.
Nothing personal, big guy.
Nothing short of compromise.
Now dry your eyes, and let's go home.
Now it's just a question of reassembling the components in the correct sequence.
Now the whole world stands on the brink...
Now we can return...
Now we can start.
Now we finally have the power to finish the job.
Now you find out what the score is.
Now, if you begin to feeI an intense...
Now, it doesn't take a politicaI scientist...
Now, no more lies, Moloch. Who runs Pyramid?
Now, then.
Now.
Nuclear war?
Of course you must protect Veidt's new utopia.
Of course, my moral safeguards gave me pause at the necessary sacrifice.
Of course, they're not famous, are they?
Of whom may we seek succor, but of thee, O Lord?
Oh, are you sure you don't wanna come by Hollis' with me...
Oh, don't get me started on him.
Oh, for chrissake.
Oh, go ahead. I'll be there in five.
Oh, God, here comes that homeless guy again.
Oh, God, Jon!
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God. Who's out there? Who is it?
Oh, goddamn. Goddamn, Hollis.
Oh, he'll quit.
Oh, heck, no.
Oh, hell.
Oh, I'll catch up with you guys. I think I left my watch inside.
Oh, it's okay. Come in.
Oh, Jesus Christ.
Oh, Laurie, you're still young.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. That's not even funny.
Oh, no, no. I'm sure that you'll look beautifuI.
Oh, no. No. Think of it as doing me a favor.
Oh, no. That's sweet, but I wouldn't wanna impose.
Oh, this is getting heavy.
Oh, wow, it's almost midnight. Gotta go.
Oh, you bastards.
Oh.
Oh. Um... He pulled that on Rorschach...
Oh. Well, uh, short for Archimedes...
Oh. Why, bless you, Hollis.
Okay, no. Listen, I've had it with that.
Okay.
Okay. Happily.
Okay. I confess.
Okay. I could look for something in the crank file.
On 43rd and 7th, saw Dreiberg and Jupiter leaving diner.
On a scale of zero to 10, zero meaning impossibility...
On behalf of the research team, we salute you.
On Mars...
Once a man has seen society's black underbelly...
Once we've established a pattern...
Once you were in prison, I was able to move forward.
One nothing. Come and get me.
One...
Only our enemies leave roses.
Only two names remain on my list.
Only...
Or made to look like one.
Or when that reporter ambushed you?
Our days are numbered.
Our new, peaceful world will be indebted...
Our satellites have done a sweep of the planet.
Out of my way. People have to be told.
Out of prison.
Paranoid?
Pat Buchanan.
People's lives take them strange places. They do strange things...
Perhaps nothing is made.
Perhaps the world is not made.
Pharaohs?
Picked hell of a time to be unfaithful to Jon.
Pirate outfits, ghosts.
Please don't be upset.
Please don't confiscate that.
Please let me show you.
Please, if everyone would just go away...
Plenty. You killed Comedian.
Plus, there were enough other guys doing this so that I didn't feel ridiculous.
Police officers were injured and Jacobi's home was set ablaze...
Potassium cyanide. Guy was dead before he hit the ground.
President Richard Nixon issued this warning to the Soviets:
Pretty soon, the papers get wind of it. They ran with it...
Probably on the other side of the world studying molecules.
Probably true.
Put those away when you're done.
Putting aside our past differences...
Putting them on, I abandoned my disguise...
Pyramid Transnational. Anyone heard of it?
Question:
Radio transmission, space shuttles
Rapid burner. Be advised, all units.
Really?
Reassembling myself was the first trick I learned.
Relax, Lawrence. Soon.
Remember that guy that writes me letters?
Reporting live, Tiffany Burns...
Retribution.
Right?
Right.
Roll on snare drum.
Rorschach and I have made headway on the gang problem by working together.
Rorschach is on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list...
Rorschach reportedly incapacitated...
Rorschach wants me to look into my future...
Rorschach, I heard your mother was a whore.
Rorschach, November 1 st.
Rorschach!
Rorschach.
Rorschach.
Rorschach.
Rorschach.
Rorschach. You shouldn't be here. You're a wanted man.
Rorschach's a sociopath, Dan.
Rorschach's journal, October 12th, 1955.
Rorschach's journal, October 12th, 1985.
Rorschach's journal, October 13th, 1985...
Rorschach's journal, October 21 st, 1985.
Rorschach's journal.
Rorschach's journal. Final entry.
Rorschach's journal. October 16th.
Roy Chess. On Pyramid payroll.
Run whatever you like. I leave it entirely in your hands.
Sally?
Say you attacked a cop.
Says he feels all alone in threatening world.
Says me.
See this guy behind me? Been bugging me all week.
See this?
See what the corporate head peepers say.
See, doctor, God didn't kill that little girl.
Seems he worked at Pyramid Transnational.
Seems like there's a lot of things you don't tell me these days.
Setting Manhattan up.
Seymour, we don't dignify absurdities with coverage.
Seymour, we got nothing to write about anymore.
Shadows in a fog.
She bursts into angry tears, asking if it's because she's getting older.
She buys me a beer...
She has cancer as well. Doctors have given her six months.
She is a physicist, like me.
She says I am like a god now.
She was a physicist too. You saw each other for 11 years.
She was pregnant...
She's aging more noticeably every day...
She's beautiful.
She's gonna know soon enough. The whole world will know.
Shh.
Shit.
Shit.
Should've known all you needed was nice pair of legs to motivate you.
Shut not thy mercifuI ears to our prayers...
Silhouette, murdered...
Since the attacks, I have been in constant contact...
Six year old girl. I was young then.
Sleep well, gentlemen.
Small world.
Smoke?
So a few of us cops, we get together...
So I've been thinking.
So in order to save this planet...
So it's too much to ask for a miracle?
So let's cut to it, shall we?
So no word from Jon?
So Rorschach thinks someone's hunting the Watchmen, huh?
So tell me...
So that's it?
So to hell with it.
So we can't do anything to stop it?
So you'll call Dan...
So you're saying there is no danger.
So...
So...
Some nice flowers.
Some of the Vietcong forces wanna surrender to me personally.
Somebody knows why.
Somebody knows.
Someone set him up.
Someone tried to shoot the world's smartest man today, Moloch.
Something from the machine shop.
Sometimes the night is generous to me.
Son of a bitch.
Soon there will be war.
Soon.
Sorry to disappoint you.
Sorry, I...
Sorry.
Sorry. I just had this new lock installed.
Sounds unbelievable.
Soviet ambassador to the U.N. Had no comment...
Soviet ships have violated the territorial waters
Speak of the devil.
Speaking of friends, how's Hollis Mason?
Speaking of your past, Dr. Manhattan...
Statistically, one murder doesn't equaI a trend.
Stop it, Eddie.
Stop!
Stop! Stop or we will shoot!
Structurally, there's no difference.
Stupid nickname.
Suddenly you discover humanity?
Suffer us not at our last hour for any
Suicide pill.
Sure I did.
Sure you don't want a drink?
Sure, why don't we just pick names out of a phone book?
Take care, Dan.
Take us to DEFCON one.
Take us to DEFCON two.
Take your hands off her.
Tall order.
Tears? So you don't come back to Earth.
Tell me about Rorschach. Will you do that, Walter?
Tell me what you see.
Tell me, what do you see?
Tenement fire at 5th and Grand. Rapid burner.
Terrific. Dr. Manhattan arrives and no one thinks to tell me.
Thank you for coming. Acquaint yourselves with this map of high crime areas.
Thank you, Dan...
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you. God bless us all.
Thanks for your time.
Thanks, Dan.
Thanks, hon.
Thanks, Mom.
That ain't the kind I got.
That blue is too light for television.
That emerged.
That fool put my cousin in a wheelchair.
That indicates only that you are still sane.
That night, Janey and I make love for the first time.
That should pick you up. "
That what they say about me now?
That what you have now? A normaI life?
That's always been the difference between us, Daniel.
That's as close to the word "whore" as you're gonna get with me, Agent Forbes.
That's comforting.
That's great.
That's okay.
That's plate glass.
That's right.
That's right.
That's right...
That's the real practical joke.
That's where we're going now: Antarctica.
That's why I'm warning you first.
That's your legacy.
The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder...
The alley was cold, deserted.
The Comedian is dead.
The Comedian was a little bit of both.
The Comedian...
The energy breakthrough I was working on just came to fruition.
The first Nite Owl runs an auto repair shop.
The first Silk Spectre is a bloated, aging whore...
The last gasp...
The man turned...
The marketing boys say I need a logo.
The masked vigilante known as Rorschach...
The masked vigilante Rorschach was apprehended...
The merchandising arm of Veidt Industries is funding our work with Dr. Manhattan.
The most powerful thing in the universe is still just a puppet.
The only person with whom I felt kinship...
The only thing that can bring Jon back is Jon.
The program's locked in. We can't override the time lock.
The roof's starting to cave. Get me in there.
The Soviets have 51,000 warheads stockpiled.
The Soviets would never risk going to war...
The streets are filled with death.
The sudden flood of emotion Jon felt...
The tachyons were clever...
The toy people wanna talk to you about new villains for the Ozymandias line.
The TV is reporting there was a tenement fire last night.
The United States does not start fights.
The United States' lack of action in Eastern Europe...
The war is over now. We must talk about this baby.
The Watchmen resent me for prostituting their struggle?
The way he looks at things now, it's like he doesn't...
The weight of the world's on him, but does he quit? No.
The world can't just quit on oiI and nuclear power cold turkey.
The world will survive...
The world's punishment for flirting with World War III.
The world's smartest man...
Then do it for me.
Then I neutralized Jon. No easy task.
Then Ozymandias here...
Then Ozymandias here...
Then Rorschach was right.
Then what's there to discuss, Dan?
Then, you die by inches.
There are other men in here with behavior more extreme than mine, doctor.
There had to be sacrifice.
There is nothing to bury.
There must be a way to reach him. Excuse me.
There we go.
There were trapped people rescued by airship...
There's no trace of his energy signature anywhere.
There's nothing to talk about. See, I'm leaving.
There's something I need to get off my chest.
Thermal imaging.
These people.
They amplify the spectral range.
They are shaping me into something gaudy...
They are testing us...
They call me Dr. Manhattan.
They claim their labors are to build a heaven...
They didn't know me without my mask.
They explain the name has been chosen...
They say I'm the smartest man in the world, but the truth is I've often felt stupid...
They thought it was funny: dress up and pull heists.
They work even better in the dark.
They're making sure I don't do anything to upset the country's most powerfuI weapon.
They're so far away...
Things are tough all over, cupcake.
Things change.
Think Blake was a spook?
This city's afraid of me.
This is a day we shall never forget.
This is all bullshit.
This is as much your victory as it is mine.
This is how you repay me?
This is still America, damn it. Who wants a cowboy in the White House?
This is the left hook that floored Captain Axis, remember?
This is the new Karnak.
This is the police. We know you're in there.
This is twice now I've ruined your evening.
This is where we hold our conversation.
This little eight page porno comic they did in the '30s and '40s.
This must be the way Jon sees the world.
This phony medication made from apricot pits.
This place is gonna explode!
This represents the culmination of a dream more than 2000 years old...
This riot won't last. I been waiting 15 years for this.
This rotting society, what it calls rehabilitation.
This wasn't caused by nuclear warheads.
This wasn't some lone nut.
This what you like?
This...
Those were great times, huh, Rorschach?
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts.
Thou most worthy judge eternaI.
Thought you'd be used to traveling that way by now.
Till I've had my say.
To something that mattered.
To the pharaohs...
To what? To tell me which one of you is giving me a pity fuck?
Today, the world knows him as Dr. Manhattan.
Tomorrow, 3:00, my studio.
Tonight, a comedian died in New York.
Tonight, a comedian died in New York.
Too soft on criminals.
Took a lot of effort to get in here to see you.
Toys, lunchboxes, genetic engineering.
Tremors of impact shook my arm.
Trick or treat.
Tried to kill Adrian Veidt. Dead now. Did you know him?
Truth?
Try it.
Two days.
Two nothing. Your move.
Two superpowers retreating from war.
Uh... Yeah, yeah, awfuI.
UntiI then, it's like you always say: We're society's only protection.
Used to joke he was fast enough to catch a bullet.
Used to pretend he was a supervillain just so he could get beat up?
Veidt, you bastard.
Veidt's assassin was a local lowlife named Roy Chess.
Veidt's behind everything.
Violent lives ending violently.
Wait here.
Wait, what?
Wait.
Wally dies of cancer, of which they now say I am the cause.
Walter Kovacs.
Wanna try those on?
Want some of this? Fifty bucks, I'll suck your cock.
Wanted her little girI to be just like her and fight bad guys.
Wanting to protect and understand the guilty.
War, jailbreak.
Warm blood splashed my face.
Watch it with the language.
Watch the door.
Watch your step. All right.
Watchmen! Police! Police to protect the people!
Watchmen. That's the reaI joke.
We are all puppets, Laurie.
We are trying to retain order on the streets untiI the police strike is over.
We both have.
We can do so much more.
We can save this world...
We can't let these fuckers think we're weak.
We could run a piece on that.
We do it because we have to.
We do it because we're compelled.
We do.
We don't do this thing...
We found him!
We got a bearing on that artificial structure. Heat signature's off the charts.
We got a prison full of killers out here. What do you got?
We have a 54 percent chance of wiping out the entire U.S.S.R...
We might have to make a public inquiry...
We need to hit up underworld contacts, squeeze people.
We recently expanded our research facility in Antarctica...
We repeat, the superman exists, and he is American.
We repeat, there is nothing wrong with your television set.
We should probably head up. Food's getting cold.
We were introduced by a good friend of mine from college, Wally Weaver.
We were meant to exact justice.
We were supposed to make the world a better place.
We'll finish what the law couldn't.
We'll take it slow.
We're all set.
We're gonna get you out of there.
We're looking for Mr. Owl.
We're waiting for one more.
We've got all the time in the world.
We've got plenty of time.
Wealthy. Liberal sensibilities.
Welcome, doctor.
Welcome.
Welcome. We'll be starting shortly.
Well, anyone living, that is.
Well, don't get too misty eyed thinking about old times.
Well, I'm not. I hate it when Jon teleports me.
Well, it beats flying coach.
Well, it hasn't stopped the Soviet Union...
Well, it seemed like a special occasion, Sal.
Well, it was unprecedented.
Well, it's been great talking to you, Sal...
Well, let me explain your situation here, Walter.
Well, listen...
Well, my dad was in corporate banking and left me a lot of money when he died...
Well, my point is that we had it too easy. It wasn't fair what happened to you guys
Well, Ronald Reagan says he's gonna be running for president in '88.
Well, that sounds like a date.
Well, uh...
Well, we'll live longer anyway.
Well, what are you waiting for?
What about Janey Slater?
What about my civil rights? Just because I'm wearing...
What about now? What do you see here?
What about the rest of the Warsaw Pact countries?
What am I to you? Another puzzle to be solved?
What are you doing here?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What did he say?
What do you expect? The Comedian's dead.
What do you suggest we do about it?
What evidence have you got? That's nothing.
What happened happened 40 years ago.
What happened to the American dream?
What happened to the American dream?
What I said was, "God exists, and he is American. "
What if that's why someone wants us out of the way?
What in life does not deserve celebrating?
What is it, girl?
What kind of cancer?
What nocturnal proclivities entice a man with everything...
What the fuck do you want? You killed my dogs, man!
What the hell are you doing here? You knew I was changing.
What the hell happened to us?
What time do you have to be at your interview?
What was it he saw?
What would our losses be?
What you call compassion.
What you must think of me.
What?
What?
What? Arrest me!
What? Were you drunk or just lonely?
What? What the fuck? Who the fuck are you?
What's his endgame?
What's one more body amongst foundations?
What's that?
What's the matter?
What's wrong?
Whatever was left of Walter Kovacs died that night with that little girl.
Whatever you say, Laurie.
Whatever. Take some initiative.
When he's dead.
When I get to the door...
When you are.
When you left me, I left Earth.
When you walk down the street in a city dying of rabies...
Where's my face?
Whether I'm alive or dead upon this reading...
While everyone's distracted, we thought we'd bring you a housewarming gift.
Who are these assholes to say when doomsday approaches?
Who is it?
Who is it?
Who murdered Hollis Mason?
Who's gonna bark for Daddy?
Whoever owns Pyramid could be giving these people cancer.
Why are so few of us left active...
Why do you always call me Mother when you're mad?
Why do you care about that right wing rag? Those bastards don't give a damn.
Why does my perception of time distress you so?
Why does one death matter against so many?
Why even argue about it if you already know how this is gonna end?
Why the hell didn't we get a launch detection?
Why would I save a world...
Why?
Why'd we do it, Dan? Dress up like that?
Will you smile...
With anticipated wind patterns, the fallout drift would head south.
With the rest of the world...
Without Dr. Manhattan around...
Witnesses reported seeing members of a local gang known as the Knot Tops...
World War llI could start tomorrow.
Would you agree that we're that close to annihilation?
Wow, these rock.
Wrong, as usual.
Yeah, but breaking into a maximum security prison...
Yeah, he tried that on me once. I just walked away.
Yeah, he was my hero.
Yeah, I just need a couple minutes.
Yeah, I remember.
Yeah, I saw the body.
Yeah, she was real nice. She said hiring ex cons was part of the company program.
Yeah, that's dark enough.
Yeah, well, I'm in a bad mood.
Yeah, well...
Yeah, yeah!
Yeah.
Yeah. Drawers opened, tossed through.
Yeah. Hold your horses.
Yeah. Just...
Yeah. There you go.
Yes, Hollis Mason. Jesus.
Yes, Jon, good.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes. They must fear the madman Richard Nixon.
Yes. We were both physicists together at the Gila Flats Research Base.
Yes...
You all hear? Some super owl dude just busted Rorschach out of prison.
You always get a government escort to dinner?
You always say you wanna comfort me. Well, it isn't working.
You and I are about to have a conversation there.
You are about to experience the awe and mystery...
You are about to participate in a great adventure.
You asked me why I wasn't mad at him.
You can give it up, try and have a normaI life.
You can imagine our concern.
You can just come down here and hang out without anyone checking up on you.
You can see me, right?
You can send me back to Earth to fry with Dan and my mom...
You can understand.
You complain that I refuse to see life on life's terms...
You cooperate with me...
You could have turned the gun to steam, the bullets to mercury...
You could say that.
You deserve the comfort of an old friend.
You didn't get it.
You don't know what it's been like living with him.
You don't know what the fuck you're talking about!
You don't know.
You don't like me. All right, why is that, exactly?
You don't think it's just posturing?
You don't think that's a little paranoid?
You encountered him several times in the '60s: battles, conflicts.
You ever miss it?
You forgot how we do things, Daniel.
You got a fucking kid in here. I get that at home.
You got her eyes, you know. You even have that same funny little mole.
You gotta have some kind of reason for dressing in an outfit like this.
You guys who picked up where we left off. with Nixon forcing you out.
You have to stop this. Everyone will die.
You hear Moloch's back in town, get your panties all in a bunch.
You just said that you already knew about that.
You keep calling me Walter. I don't like you.
You know how everything in this world fits together except people.
You know how important Dr. Manhattan is to our nationaI security.
You know I can't let you do that.
You know I can't.
You know that better than anyone.
You know the kind you eventually get better from?
You know we can't let you do that.
You know what?
You know what?
You know, by my count, there are more than 50 people in here that you put away.
You know, he lives over a garage right near here.
You know, I thought I knew how it was.
You know, if we'd lost here in Vietnam...
You know, mankind's been trying to kill each other off since the beginning of time.
You know, Sal, by the sound of your voice...
You know, you'd think this goddamn country had had enough fireworks.
You know, your mom, she was one of the all time champion beauties.
You know, your mom, she was one of the all time champion beauties.
You listen.
You little bastard.
You live off people while insulting them...
You mean apart from being dead?
You mean Nite Owl. Him and Rorschach used to be partners.
You must clear the streets untiI the police strike is over.
You need something warmer.
You people.
You probably just had an argument or something.
You really don't give a damn about human beings.
You remember that crazy guy? What'd he call himself?
You see, at the time, I was misquoted.
You see...
You should've stayed retired, Owl.
You slept with Dan?
You sound bitter.
You take care now, Hollis.
You tell your friends they're dead.
You think I had something to do with that girl? I found that.
You think it makes a difference to her?
You think it's possible?
You used his psych profile to manipulate him.
You wanna ask me to go to dinner with you...
You wanna know about Rorschach?
You wanna know my past? Hm?
You want me to heat those up for you?
You want me to see things your way? Go ahead, show me. Do that thing you do.
You were a better Nite OwI than I ever was, Danny boy.
You were my whole life.
You were pretty cooI in there.
You were the world to me, Jon.
You will remember me and my country...
You will remember.
You with me?
You, and your mask killer theory...
You'd have to step on the gas just to put a crack in it.
You'll dismantle our entire economy overnight.
You're dead, Rorschach!
You're drifting out of touch, Doc.
You're fat.
You're going to try to convince me to save the world.
You're hiding in plain sight.
You're late.
You're locked in here with me.
You're looking at it.
You're more than welcome to join.
You're my only remaining link to the world.
You're referring, of course, to Dr. Manhattan...
You're responsible for a lot of them being in prison here, Walter.
You're right, Lee. And why free energy?
You're Sally Jupiter's kid.
You're serious.
You're squeamish, leave him to me. We won't get second chance.
You're such an asshole, Rorschach. Spare me indignation.
You're such an asshole.
You're suggesting I was the cause.
You're the Comedian, right?
You've gone too soft. Too trusting. Especially with women.
You've mutilated it.
Your bullshit assassin. You paid him to throw us off.
Your ex girlfriend?
Your finger's like licking a battery.
Your hands, my pleasure.
Your mind goes to dark places...
Your support and your enthusiasm...
Your turn, doctor.
Your...
Zero.
... are the pushers. Now, listen.
... with the right leadership. Yeah.
a renowned nuclear physicist, who, through a terrible accident...
Ain't that right? That's right. That's right.
All right? Come on, sweetheart.
Are you hurt? No, no.
Cheers. Cheers.
Christ, he stinks. Get that mask off him.
Didn't he write a book or something? Yeah.
Everyone's gonna know what you've done. Will they?
From what? Are you kidding me? From themselves.
Got it? Yeah.
He sent you this? Sure. They're very valuable, like antiques.
He was a good man. How about Edgar Jacobi...
He was drunk. Enemies. For decades.
Hello, Laurie. Jon.
Hello, Miss Jupiter. Oh, Sally, please.
Hollis, we both know that's bullshit. Hey.
Hollis? Yeah.
How'd you know he was the Comedian? He broke in here. A week ago.
I cannot see it clearly. Interference? Caused by what?
I didn't think it was necessary to To what?
I got it. No. No!
I got rubber bullets. I want my rights!
I hired him. I knew him from the inside. You're a felon.
I think I have some ideas. Mr. Veidt?
I think we ought to spring Rorschach. What?
I'm clean? You?
I'm not hearing a question, Mr. Roth. I'm sorry. Do you think
It was a mistake. One time. Man tries to **** you
It's a little funny. Yep.
It's illegaI. Come on.
Janey, I wasn't told. I didn't know. Damn you, Jon. Goddamn you.
Killing millions. To save billions.
Laurie, don't. Dan, trust me.
Lf you could just move a little... Okay.
Lf you've hurt her, I'll... Dan...
Little place on 21 st. Sounds good.
Mr. Eddie? Just what I fucking needed.
No one else would. Yeah, but do you remember my costume?
No spelled Y E S. No spelled N O.
No. Get the fuck out of here.
Okay. I'm fine. I just feel so bad.
Only what can happen does happen. Just stop your bullshit.
Peace based on a lie. But peace...
Poor Eddie. Poor Eddie? After what he did to you?
Prison's a prison. Uh huh. Yes.
Rorschach? Yeah.
Say hello to Dan for me. What?
Seems all the old villains are dead. Mr. Veidt?
Seventy five cents. Okay, thank you.
Seymour. Bernie, how's tricks?
Shaking hands with the president. Whoa.
So how's it going up here? Good. How's it going down there?
Son of a bitch. No, Comedian, wait!
Tell me who did it! A lot of people dress like this.
Thank you, Weegee. Thank you, Mr. OwI.
That's it. This interview is over. Get up there.
The engines. They're icing up. Hold onto something.
They'll lock us up with Rorschach. Who cares?
This what makes you hot? What?
Told by whom? My contact, Miss Slater.
TV said you were on Mars. I am on Mars.
Veidt. I don't like the way Archie's kicking.
Watchmen are over. Says Tricky Dick.
We found him. Where is he?
Welcome. Adrian, we know everything.
What do you mean, you did this? Not directly.
What do you want from me? Heard you attended Blake's funeraI. Why?
What happened? You quit.
Who did it? I knew you were gonna victimize me, man.
Why should he visit you? I don't know.
Yeah? Does he, now?
Yeah. Maybe he messed your cousin up too.
Yeah. Then what are you doing?
Yeah. This just in:
You are not the law! We want regular cops!
You can pick it up tomorrow. Okay.
You got her eyes, you know. You got... Take your hands off her.
You know about me and Dan? Not yet.
You look good, Adrian. Dan.
You shut out what you're afraid of. I'm not afraid.
You think catching him matters? Justice matters.
You understand, don't you? Without condoning...
You were never that sentimentaI. Attack on one is attack on all of us.
...10 meaning complete metaphysicaI certitude...
...8:30 p. m.
...a dream now assured because of your unquestioning assistance.
...a partially muscled skeleton stands in a hallway...
...a victim of her own indecent lifestyle.
...a world united and at peace.
...afraid of the mask killer...
...against this common enemy.
...ah...
...all the vermin will drown.
...all things considered.
...all we ever see of stars are their old photographs.
...almighty God to take onto himself the souI of our dear departed brother...
...along with Janey, you know, whatever the fuck her name is.
...also known as the supervillain Moloch?
...always will be...
...analogizing humankind's proximity to extinction...
...and afraid of this goddamn suit...
...and all of a sudden, nobody can think of anything to say.
...and all that is good and just in our world.
...and all the other worthless humans.
...and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, "Save us. "
...and by the time he visited poor Moloch, he was cracking badly.
...and crushing feeling of religious terror at the concept...
...and how much I need it.
...and I may be able to convince them that you should be treated medically.
...and identified as walter Kovacs, a 35 year old white male.
...and it deserves more than you've been able to provide.
...and leave me alone...
...and look: Nothing. Maybe you were wrong about everything.
...and no one complains because they think you're a goddamn lunatic.
...and oh, boy, we're a nationaI pastime.
...and out of that contradiction, against unfathomable odds...
...and Rorschach dropped him down an elevator shaft.
...and screams for a moment before vanishing.
...and shake off the adrenaline?
...and singing songs about peace and love.
...and smooth talkers...
...and step into the shadow without complaint or regret.
...and that I always will.
...and the gutters are full of blood.
...and the night reeks of fornication and bad consciences.
...and there was something rewarding in his eyes.
...and they say the pilot was dressed like an owl.
...and try not to get into any tight corners.
...and we figure, what the heck, we'll mask up, too.
...and what you've accomplished as captains of industry. I do.
...and you gunned her down.
...and you know what? You watched me.
...and you wonder why I keep the worst from you.
...and your horrible, sweaty, little piece of shit country.
...and, well, sometimes they can't talk about them.
...are doing these bomb tests...
...are like a drug, and you, along with foreign interests...
...as a photograph of oxygen to a drowning man.
...ashamed that you must now share such inadequate a reward.
...at being unable to relate to anyone.
...at Moloch's.
...became myself.
...because it's permitted.
...because you wanna play cowboys and Indians.
...before they get their missiles airborne.
...Blake saw society's true face.
...brought to you commercial free by Veidt Enterprises.
...buried alive with them in sand floored chambers.
...but does Dr. Manhattan's existence guarantee world peace? Eleanor Clift.
...but even if I can't predict where you are, I can turn the walls to glass.
...but he doesn't see me.
...but I can't
...but I can't change human nature.
...but I don't know, I just felt ashamed. I felt stupid.
...but I fear there's something much more reaI to worry about...
...but I just want you to know...
...but it's gonna take a while and we don't have time to wait.
...but someone's knocking.
...but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty...
...but there don't seem to be many laughs around these days.
...but when I searched the place, I saw nothing.
...but you won't.
...but you, Adrian, you're just a man.
...but you're going to leave disappointed.
...by Dr. Manhattan himself.
...Captain Metropolis, Hooded Justice...
...conducting a bomb test today in the Bering Sea...
...deterrent to nuclear war, or a man to end worlds.
...died 300 years before the birth of Christ.
...do what we were meant to.
...do you really feeI normaI?
...do you remember a man named Wally Weaver?
...Dr. Manhattan.
...during the violent course of the capture.
...dying in a California rest resort.
...Edward Blake, the Comedian, a man she has every reason to hate...
...enough to cry in front of Moloch?
...even among his friends.
...even the grimy parts of it...
...ever to reveaI their true identity to the world...
...every country in the world are holding hands...
...flowing and shifting around the pole in ripples 10,000 years wide.
...for generation after generation...
...for the last time.
...for the ominous associations it will raise in America's enemies.
...for violation of the Keene Act, which banned masked heroes six years ago.
...forever!
...from all that chaos...
...from stockpiling record amounts of nuclear weapons.
...getting mugged.
...given you see the past and future simultaneously?
...grow up. My new world demands less obvious heroism.
...has assaulted a police officer in the early morning hours.
...has fueled Soviet aggression in Afghanistan.
...have the same number of particles.
...he can never turn his back on it.
...he might as well have been sobbing.
...heard woman scream.
...heavy, you know?
...how would all of this be greatly improved by an oil pipeline?
...humanity is in the hands of a higher authority than mine.
...I am ashamed...
...I am prepared to discuss it.
...I had to kill him.
...I had to trick it...
...I hope the world survives long enough for this journal to reach you.
...I just felt so connected, you know?
...I no longer have any stake in?
...I respect your position...
...I think it might have driven us crazy. You know, as a country.
...I understand.
...I was wrong.
...I will not compromise in this.
...I'm sorry if I don't trust your sense of humor.
...if I admit I was wrong?
...if there were even the slightest possibility you could affect the outcome?
...in an act of evil perpetrated by Dr. Manhattan himself.
...in his apartment less than an hour ago.
...in order to maintain peace...
...in the end.
...in the hope of developing cheap, renewable sources of energy...
...instead of following him.
...is a highly overrated phenomenon.
...is a little different than putting out a fire. Yeah, you're right.
...is as nourishing to the intellect...
...is because they feeI threatened by Dr. Manhattan. Of course.
...is like turning air into gold.
...is what has led to this triumph.
...is your only triumph.
...it shall be one I respect.
...it's based upon fear. Fear of not having enough.
...it's you...
...just 1500 miles off the southern coast of Alaska.
...just as you're clearly aware that biased journalism...
...keep on getting brighter.
...keep on getting brighter.
...knocking over Marxist republics in South America.
...leaving me alone.
...leaving only one loose end:
...leaving the area right around the estimated time of death.
...let us therefore commit his body to the ground.
...like a signature.
...like oxygen turning into gold.
...like we used to...
...linchpin of our national security...
...look at this.
...loves a man...
...make room for Dreiberg?
...means more to me than your blue one.
...Merlin's pet owl.
...midnight representing the threat of nuclear war.
...millions upon millions of cells compete to create life...
...moved the Doomsday Clock up to five minutes until midnight:
...my future is blocked by some kind of temporaI interference.
...my own future. I am not omniscient.
...needed to match his accomplishments...
...nonetheless. He's right.
...O holy and mercifuI savior.
...of Edgar Jacobi, found shot in the head in his home in the Bronx.
...of how many Soviet warheads are destroyed beforehand...
...of the Harvard establishment.
...one big joke.
...one you followed with the tenacity of a true sociopath.
...or condemning...
...or if he's just pretending.
...or lust.
...our fingers touch.
...out into the night at this hour?
...outweigh the potentiaI benefits?"
...particles which traveI backward through what you perceive as time...
...past the human cockroaches...
...pay my respects to the Comedian.
...people are going to need good, old fashioned energy to rely on.
...poses no more threat to me...
...possibly the most significant event in recent history.
...President Nixon asks me to intervene in Vietnam...
...proves that the Soviet Union's aggression at the Afghan border...
...quantum mechanics and paralleI realities with him.
...remember what they are.
...Rorschach, that guy you burned is dying. Could go any minute.
...schoolboy heroics are redundant. What have they achieved?
...see every innocent face I've murdered to save humanity.
...see if the killer is ever publicly identified.
...sells more magazines.
...should you choose to make our disagreement public.
...Silk Spectre and the Comedian.
...so all we gotta do is take her out.
...so any adversary should ask themselves:
...so I resolved to apply antiquity's teachings to our world today.
...some of my old colleagues might see it that way...
...something lethal.
...something that his predecessors would not ask.
...spilling my guts...
...staring down into bloody hell.
...talking about their heroin and child pornography...
...than does its smartest termite.
...than Rorschach's mask killer.
...that in human coupling...
...that it doesn't exist, no matter who orders him to look the other way.
...that there's gonna be nuclear war.
...that violence and oppression is not the way to peace.
...that we might eliminate the world's reliance on fossiI fuels.
...that we're the only ones who know each other's identities.
...that you are, in fact, a god...
...that you never did anything wrong by me.
...that you were my only remaining link to humanity.
...the 1 percent that get through could still kill every living thing on Earth.
...the bottle into goddamn snowflakes, but you didn't, did you?
...the Comedian was right.
...the delights of uncertainty.
...the Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock face...
...the first being Hollis Mason.
...the first time a woman has done this for me.
...the Soviets have moved their tanks just short of the Afghan border.
...the watchdog group of nuclear scientists...
...their greatest secrets entrusted to their servants...
...therefore obscuring my vision of the present.
...they can hardly be said to have occurred at all...
...this is way bigger than both of us.
...three.
...to block Jon's vision of the future.
...to bully the Russians into peace, Mr. Veidt...
...to coax a move out of them.
...to date, you're one of only two Watchmen...
...to disguise it...
...to one of my archenemies.
...to see if we manufactured Dr. Manhattan's disappearance...
...to see that our Cold War with the Russians isn't ideologicaI...
...to two minutes untiI midnight.
...to your great sacrifice.
...too late.
...turning your superhero alter ego, Ozymandias, into a billion dollar industry:
...two...
...unaware of how I planned to use it.
...until finally, your mother...
...Wally is turning white.
...was all the excuse he needed to leave Earth.
...was generated by...
...was gifted with extraordinary powers, capable of bending matter to his will.
...was your father.
...we can break into Pyramid, see what we find.
...we have both pledged to unite...
...we make war obsolete.
...we must remain silent.
...we predict total detachment from the human condition. "
...we will prevail.
...we'd be stupid to expose ourselves without a plan.
...we'll lose all of the East Coast.
...what are the chances the Russians will actually attack the United States?
...what could have possibly scared the Comedian...
...what would you like to do?
...when asked if Dr. Manhattan's disappearance...
...when we have a walking nuclear deterrent on our side.
...whenever I looked through those goggles, everything was as clear as day.
...where he got gunned down.
...wherever they may be.
...which always surprised me. I mean, he was...
...which is only naturaI.
...which reaches from the inner mind to the outer limits.
...while I am standing still.
...why don't you come stay with me?
...will answer my questions and yours in an exclusive interview...
...will be the smartest man on the cinder.
...will be the smartest man on the cinder.
...will foam up around their waists...
...will not be opposed publicly by the United States.
...with the greatest practical joke in human history.
...yelling, "Punish me! Punish me!"
...yet their heaven is populated with horrors.
...yet you continuously refuse to see things from my perspective.
...you are a good friend.
...you know, old friend's daughter?
...you know, old friend's daughter?
...you taught me the value of life.
...you.
...you'd be eaten alive.
...you're sounding younger than ever.
...you're the closest thing to a friend I got. What the fuck does that say?
...your name was on the list...
"But doctor, " he says. "I am Pagliacci. "
"Do that," Rorschach?
"Do the consequences of attacking America...
"Subject continues to retreat emotionally.
"The great clown Pagliacci is in town. Go see him.