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1 00:00:03 [reporter on TV] There wasan announcement today
2 00:00:04 of a breakthrough
3 00:00:05 at the Institutefor Extraspatial Studies.
4 00:00:07 Researchers there have learned
5 00:00:08 of new energy sourcesfound in previously
6 00:00:10 - unknown dimensions.- [channel switches]
7 00:00:12 [interviewer] Tonight,on the Benny Anger Show.
8 00:00:14 Citing rising tensionswith the Soviet Union,
9 00:00:16 scientists have movedthe Doomsday Clock
10 00:00:18 to 60 seconds to midnight.
11 00:00:20 Are we truly so closeto nuclear annihilation?
12 00:00:23 But first, we askthe average citizen,
13 00:00:26 "Is America ready for war?"
14 00:00:27 [man] So The Gazette
15 00:00:29 has this nuclear-attackprocedure article.
16 00:00:31 It says dead family membersshould be wrapped
17 00:00:32 in garbage bags
18 00:00:34 and placed outsidefor collection.
19 00:00:36 It sounds likeAmerica getting ready for war
20 00:00:38 means Americansgetting ready to die.
21 00:00:40 [echoing] Getting ready to die.
22 00:00:43 [foreboding music playing]
23 00:02:04 [music crescendoes]
24 00:02:24 [music fades]
25 00:02:29 [waves splashing]
26 00:02:38 [Hira] It's beautiful work.
27 00:02:41 I hope that shipkeeps it properly refrigerated
28 00:02:44 on its voyage.
29 00:02:45 If it decays--
30 00:02:46 [Max] It's plenty coldwhere it's headed.
31 00:02:49 After two yearson this godforsaken island
32 00:02:51 creating the thing,he'll make sure
33 00:02:52 it doesn't spoilbefore the big reveal.
34 00:02:55 [inhales deeply]But, Ms. Manish,
35 00:02:57 I thought you'd be glad to seethe back of that damn thing,
36 00:03:00 - not sketching the front.- [chuckles softly]
37 00:03:02 Well, Mr. Shea,
38 00:03:03 I just wantedsome final sketches
39 00:03:05 of the facial assembly,
40 00:03:07 especially that amazingbeak structure.
41 00:03:10 "Amazing"?
42 00:03:11 You sound likethe scientists down there.
43 00:03:14 So caught upin their own accomplishment,
44 00:03:16 blind to the horrorof this monstrosity
45 00:03:19 we dreamed up,
46 00:03:21 this nightmare they made real.
47 00:03:24 For one man's vision,
48 00:03:26 we've all gone through helland back.
49 00:03:29 But can we go back?
50 00:03:33 Think he'll let us offthis island?
51 00:03:35 We signedthe non-disclosure agreement,
52 00:03:37 we've been well compensated.
53 00:03:39 And our ship to the mainlandwill be here in a few days.
54 00:03:42 Why such dark thoughts, Max?
55 00:03:45 Oh, well, yeah.I'm sure you're right.
56 00:03:47 I guess in all this business,
57 00:03:49 there are more than a fewuncomfortable parallels
58 00:03:51 to an old comic book storyI wrote.
59 00:03:55 A vile little yarn fromTales of The Black Freighter.
60 00:04:01 [narrator reading]Adrift and starving,
61 00:04:04 my darkest imaginingswelled up unchecked,
62 00:04:08 spilling from brain to heartlike black ink.
63 00:04:12 [man] Taxi!
64 00:04:13 - [air hisses]- [machine beeps]
65 00:04:14 [indistinct chatter]
66 00:04:16 [narrator reading]I imagine Davidstown
67 00:04:18 overrun by The Freighter'stattooed fiends.
68 00:04:22 My wife was almostcertainly dead.
69 00:04:25 I remembered herand my beautiful daughters
70 00:04:28 waving goodbyefrom the verandah.
71 00:04:30 [vendor] Glad my Rosaain't alive to see this.
72 00:04:32 [narrator reading]All now dead.
73 00:04:34 Everything's going to hell.
74 00:04:36 - Look at this. Look at this...- Mm.
75 00:04:38 [narrator reading]I imagined
76 00:04:40 my shipmates'bloated corpses...
77 00:04:41 [vendor] Doc Manhattanleaves the planet...
78 00:04:43 [narrator reading]...and the putrefying shark...
79 00:04:45 [vendor] Russianson the warpath.
80 00:04:47 [narrator reading] ...carryingmy raft to oblivion.
81 00:04:49 - Ozymandias attacked...- [narrator reading] All dead.
82 00:04:51 I tell ya.
83 00:04:53 It all reads like headlinesfrom ten years ago,
84 00:04:54 before they bannedall the masked avengers in '77.
85 00:04:57 Hey, speaking of,you see this Rorschach item?
86 00:05:00 They finally caught himlast week.
87 00:05:03 Turns outhe was a customer here, huh?
88 00:05:06 Ror-- I mean, Walter Kovacs?Interesting.
89 00:05:11 Incredible, right?
90 00:05:12 - Thank you.- Yeah.
91 00:05:13 Makes you wonder
92 00:05:14 what makes a guylike Rorschach tick?
93 00:05:18 Could probably go offat any second.
94 00:05:20 [narrator reading] Faced withhorrors both intolerable
95 00:05:24 and unavoidable,
96 00:05:26 I chose madness.
97 00:05:41 [spitting]
98 00:05:44 [sloshing]
99 00:05:51 [suspenseful music playing]
100 00:05:57 - [clattering]- [prisoners laughing]
101 00:05:58 Hey, settle it down.
102 00:06:02 Hey, Rorschach.
103 00:06:03 You're pretty famousaround here.
104 00:06:06 I'd sure liketo get your autograph.
105 00:06:10 I got a pen right here.
106 00:06:13 [screaming]
107 00:06:16 Get that asshole! Kill him!
108 00:06:18 Come here, you son of a...
109 00:06:20 [yelps]
110 00:06:21 - [prisoner] Get him!- [grunts]
111 00:06:23 - [clanking]- [yelps]
112 00:06:24 [yelps]
113 00:06:26 [prisoner 2]Rip this guy apart!
114 00:06:27 [prisoner 3] It's payback time,Rorschach.
115 00:06:28 - [clanging]- [yelps]
116 00:06:30 - [prisoner 4] Kill him!- [screams]
117 00:06:32 - [grunts]- [guard] Enough, Kovacs.
118 00:06:33 Down on the ground!
119 00:06:34 Got him pinned!Call for backup.
120 00:06:36 This place is about to explode.
121 00:06:38 [prisoner 5]Get that motherfucker!
122 00:06:39 [prisoner 6]You're dead, Rorschach. Dead!
123 00:06:40 None of you understand.
124 00:06:42 I'm not locked upin here with you.
125 00:06:44 You're locked upin here with me.
126 00:06:46 [screaming rings out]
127 00:06:54 [siren wails distantly]
128 00:06:56 [somber instrumental playing]
129 00:07:18 [Laurie] Dan?
130 00:07:21 Uh, Dan?
131 00:07:24 Dan, are you down here?
132 00:07:36 Oh, my...
133 00:07:38 Wow.
134 00:07:42 [sighs softly]
135 00:07:53 [sighs]
136 00:08:01 [clicks]
137 00:08:02 - [fire whooshes]- [gasps]
138 00:08:04 Whoa!
139 00:08:06 Shit!
140 00:08:07 [fire alarm beeping]
141 00:08:09 - Laurie? Laurie? Laurie!- [Laurie] Dan!
142 00:08:12 - Laurie?- Dan!
143 00:08:13 - Laurie!- Dan!
144 00:08:15 Jesus!
145 00:08:16 Hold on.
146 00:08:17 - [equipment whirring]- [alarm blaring]
147 00:08:19 [water splashing]
148 00:08:21 [panting] Laurie,are you okay?
149 00:08:23 I am so sorry.
150 00:08:25 I was looking for you,and... and...
151 00:08:26 No, no. I was...I was just in the...
152 00:08:27 Are you... are you okay?
153 00:08:29 I think I accidentallyhit a button in your...
154 00:08:30 I was... I was just tinkeringwith Archie earlier,
155 00:08:32 - and I left him on...- I'm sorry. Archie?
156 00:08:34 [sputtering] Yeah.The Owl Ship.
157 00:08:35 It doesn't... it doesn't--Are you hurt?
158 00:08:38 Really...
159 00:08:40 - Oh.- [softly] I'm fine.
160 00:08:42 Sorry. Um...
161 00:08:44 I've-- Well...I've been a little...
162 00:08:47 on edge lately.
163 00:08:49 I wasn't going to say it.
164 00:08:51 I mean, since you've beenletting me live here all week.
165 00:08:53 - [sighs]- But, yeah,
166 00:08:54 you've beenjumping at shadows.
167 00:08:56 I guess I didn't wantto talk about it.
168 00:08:58 It's just... [sighs]
169 00:09:01 After the Comedian died,
170 00:09:03 Jon, Adrian, and Rorschachwere attacked within days.
171 00:09:07 I'm starting to worry--
172 00:09:09 You're not taking Rorschach'smask-killer nonsense seriously,
173 00:09:11 - are you?- [sputtering] Well, um...
174 00:09:14 Oh, no.
175 00:09:23 Oh, Dan. I'm so sorry.
176 00:09:24 No, no. It's... it's fine.
177 00:09:28 Had some good timesin this suit, but...
178 00:09:32 those times went up in smokea long time ago.
179 00:09:35 You miss those times?
180 00:09:37 Nah.
181 00:09:38 Looking back, it was all justembarrassing, really.
182 00:09:42 A school kid's fantasy.
183 00:09:45 [locker creaking]
184 00:09:48 Well, at least you wereliving out your own fantasies.
185 00:09:52 I was living out my mother's.
186 00:09:54 Well, in a way, I mean,my dreams were kind of forged
187 00:09:58 by the adventuresof the Minutemen.
188 00:10:01 I idolized Hollis,
189 00:10:03 which defiedmy father's plans for me.
190 00:10:06 [gasps] Ooh! Do tell.
191 00:10:07 Well... Dad was pushing meto follow him into banking,
192 00:10:12 but I preferredkeeping scorecards
193 00:10:14 on crime fightersover currency.
194 00:10:16 Still, he kept me focused,and I made it into Harvard.
195 00:10:20 I was majoring in aeronauticsand zoology when he died.
196 00:10:25 And he left mewith a lot of money.
197 00:10:28 With no one aroundto talk me out of it,
198 00:10:30 this happened.
199 00:10:33 You made your dreams real.
200 00:10:35 [sighs] A dream made real
201 00:10:37 just becomes anothermessy reality, doesn't it?
202 00:10:40 [sputtering] But, yeah,
203 00:10:42 when I was in the moment,I made it my own.
204 00:10:45 I think we bothmade it our own.
205 00:10:53 - [clicks]- [powering down]
206 00:10:55 See that souvenir case?
207 00:10:57 I was keeping my own scorecard
208 00:10:59 separate from Hollis'Nite Owl adventures.
209 00:11:02 I was writingmy own future history.
210 00:11:09 Well, I couldn't wait to ditchall that stuff
211 00:11:10 from my adventuring days.
212 00:11:12 As you can probably tell,my two boxes of belongings
213 00:11:15 that just arrivedfrom the Rockefeller eviction.
214 00:11:18 Honestly, I'm surprisedthey bothered
215 00:11:20 to send me anythingafter... our separation.
216 00:11:24 - Do you miss Jon?- [sighs]
217 00:11:26 I keep thinking I should.
218 00:11:28 Even when I was with him,he was never really there
219 00:11:33 unlike allthe government agents
220 00:11:34 keeping tabs on us.
221 00:11:37 On how I kept Jon happy.
222 00:11:42 But, hey, I could only dreamabout what you've got here.
223 00:11:46 You're lucky to be on your ownwith your privacy intact.
224 00:11:49 Yeah... [chuckles softly]
225 00:11:51 Lucky.
226 00:11:53 Just anothermessy reality, huh?
227 00:11:55 Is there any other kind?
228 00:11:58 And these days it feels like
229 00:12:00 reality is crashing downaround us all.
230 00:12:03 Now you soundlike Rorschach again.
231 00:12:05 Dan, his mask-killer theorydoesn't hold up.
232 00:12:08 Jon left Earthof his own free will.
233 00:12:10 Rorschach was caught red-handedcommitting murder.
234 00:12:13 Where's the conspiracy?
235 00:12:14 It's not like Rorschachto just shoot someone.
236 00:12:17 Too easy.
237 00:12:18 And those eventstimed so closely
238 00:12:20 to the attack on Adrian
239 00:12:22 and the murder of the Comedian,too coincidental.
240 00:12:24 Rorschach was on to itfrom day one.
241 00:12:28 Look, I know that maskhas eaten his brains
242 00:12:31 over the years,
243 00:12:32 but we worked together.
244 00:12:33 Rorschach was always
245 00:12:35 a brilliant investigatorand tactician.
246 00:12:36 So, I can't help but wonder
247 00:12:38 if he found any evidencethat links all these events.
248 00:12:42 I just wish I could find outwhat's in his head.
249 00:12:48 [Malcolm] Okay, Walter.
250 00:12:49 Now, I guess you knowwhat this is?
251 00:12:51 I want you to look at itand tell me what you see.
252 00:12:56 Will you look at it, Walter?
253 00:12:58 Will you do that for me?
254 00:13:00 What can you see?
255 00:13:05 A pretty bird.
256 00:13:07 That's great.
257 00:13:09 Let's try another, shall we?
258 00:13:12 What do you see?
259 00:13:16 [dog whimpering]
260 00:13:20 - A pretty butterfly.- Wonderful, Walter.
261 00:13:22 This is going so wellfor our first session.
262 00:13:25 This really helps me to speak
263 00:13:27 to your psychological fitnessfor your trial.
264 00:13:30 Let's keep going.
265 00:13:32 What do you see on this card?
266 00:13:35 And feel free to describe
267 00:13:37 all the imagesthat come to mind.
268 00:13:39 [Sylvia moaning] Oh, yes!
269 00:13:42 Hey! Get lost, you little shit!
270 00:13:44 He ain't payingto see your ugly face.
271 00:13:47 Where are you going, whoreson?
272 00:13:49 Don't touch him!
273 00:13:50 Son of a bitchprobably got diseases.
274 00:13:52 That true, whoreson--
275 00:13:53 [grunts]
276 00:13:55 Get off! [screaming]
277 00:13:56 - [squelching]- [boy screaming]
278 00:13:59 [Malcolm] Well, Walter?
279 00:14:02 What do you make of it?
280 00:14:03 You keep calling me Walter.
281 00:14:05 I don't like you.
282 00:14:07 [sputtering] Uh...you don't like me?
283 00:14:10 Fat, wealthy.
284 00:14:11 Think you understand pain.
285 00:14:13 I'll tell youabout pain, Doctor.
286 00:14:15 I'll tell you about...
287 00:14:17 Rorschach.
288 00:14:19 Born by the mistakeof a whore,
289 00:14:21 ward of state by age ten.
290 00:14:23 After mother was murdered,only one childhood regret.
291 00:14:28 Not being thereto spit on her remains.
292 00:14:32 Became manual workerin garment industry,
293 00:14:35 received special orderfor a dress
294 00:14:37 in new Doctor Manhattanspin-off fabric.
295 00:14:40 Viscous fluidsbetween latex layers,
296 00:14:43 heat and pressure sensitive.
297 00:14:45 Customer, Kitty Genovese,never collected order.
298 00:14:49 Didn't know why.
299 00:14:51 Black and white,changing shape but not mixing.
300 00:14:54 No gray.
301 00:14:55 Very, very beautiful.
302 00:14:58 Next day, learnedKitty Genovese was murdered.
303 00:15:02 Raped and killedoutside her own apartment.
304 00:15:05 Nearly 40 neighborsheard screams.
305 00:15:07 Nobody did anything.Nobody called cops.
306 00:15:11 Some of them even watched.
307 00:15:13 They watched!
308 00:15:14 That's when I knewwhat people were
309 00:15:16 behind all the self-deception.
310 00:15:20 Ashamed for humanity,I went home.
311 00:15:24 Took Kitty's unwanted dress
312 00:15:26 and made a faceI could bear to look at
313 00:15:28 in the mirror.
314 00:15:31 1975, worked kidnap case.
315 00:15:34 Blair Roache. Six years old.
316 00:15:38 Questioned informants.
317 00:15:39 One bled answers.
318 00:15:41 An address.
319 00:15:43 Disused dressmaker'sin Brooklyn.
320 00:15:47 I was just Kovacs, then.Pretending to be Rorschach.
321 00:15:51 Naive. Soft.Didn't understand.
322 00:15:57 Until I found her.
323 00:16:00 Nothing left but pieces.Ashes in stove.
324 00:16:04 [dogs barking]
325 00:16:06 Blood on chopping block.Bones for dogs.
326 00:16:09 She was consumed by evil.
327 00:16:11 [dogs growling]
328 00:16:12 Never had a chance.Neither did Kovacs.
329 00:16:16 Finally understandingman's true capacity for horror,
330 00:16:19 Kovacs closed his eyes.
331 00:16:23 It was Rorschachwho opened them again.
332 00:16:31 Put dogs down easy.They didn't know better.
333 00:16:34 - [squelching]- [dogs whimpering]
334 00:16:36 [man yelping]
335 00:16:38 Gerald Grice did.
336 00:16:40 What-- No. Hey!
337 00:16:42 [Rorschach]Put him down hard.
338 00:16:43 I told you I didn'tdo nothing to that girl.
339 00:16:45 - [grunts]- [chains clanking]
340 00:16:46 You have nothing on me.
341 00:16:47 Come on, man.What are you doing?
342 00:16:49 What is this?
343 00:16:51 [Rorschach] Don't bothersawing through handcuffs.
344 00:16:52 - Never make it in time.- Oh, my God. You're crazy!
345 00:16:55 What... what,you're gonna burn me?
346 00:16:57 You can't do this.Stop! No! Oh, God! No!
347 00:17:00 [breathing heavily]
348 00:17:04 [screaming] No! No!
349 00:17:05 [screaming]
350 00:17:09 [Rorschach] Once a manhas seen,
351 00:17:11 he can neverturn his back on it,
352 00:17:13 never pretendit doesn't exist,
353 00:17:15 no matter who orders himto look away.
354 00:17:17 I do not do this thingbecause it is permitted.
355 00:17:20 I do it because I have to.
356 00:17:23 I do it because I am compelled.
357 00:17:27 I... I see.
358 00:17:31 No. You don't.
359 00:17:33 But have patience, Doctor.
360 00:17:36 You will.
361 00:17:40 [Dan] How does Adrian do it?
362 00:17:42 He's barely older than I am,but he's in better shape now
363 00:17:46 than I ever wasin my Nite Owl days.
364 00:17:49 [Laurie] Back when he retiredfrom being Ozymandias,
365 00:17:52 he had me and Jon up to visithis Grand Antarctic retreat.
366 00:17:56 Such a show-off.
367 00:17:58 You visited Karnak?Did... did you see Bubastis?
368 00:18:01 Yeah. He sent me off
369 00:18:02 to go play with hisovergrown house cat.
370 00:18:04 Genetically modified lynx, actually.
371 00:18:06 - [exhales] Fascinating.- [snickers]
372 00:18:08 The only fascination therewas between Jon and Adrian.
373 00:18:12 They talked endlessly.
374 00:18:16 [sighs] He useshis Veidt Enterprises fortune
375 00:18:19 to advance science.
376 00:18:20 - Nauseating.- And fund charities.
377 00:18:22 - He makes it seem so easy.- [sighs]
378 00:18:24 He retired from one fantasyand just... built another.
379 00:18:28 He was... just bornwith the answer
380 00:18:32 that no money or poweror a family can give you.
381 00:18:36 Answer to what?
382 00:18:37 After taking off the mask,
383 00:18:40 who are you?
384 00:18:44 Well, here's to Adrian,the man with the answers.
385 00:18:47 - Ugh.- [bottles clinking]
386 00:18:51 Hey, what...what's in your pocket?
387 00:18:53 [chuckles softly] Oh, I, uh...rescued these from the fire.
388 00:18:56 My spare Owl Goggles.Where were they?
389 00:18:59 In, uh... Archie.
390 00:19:01 - Archie?- Well, nice that you two
391 00:19:04 after teaming upto destroy my secret lair.
392 00:19:07 [chuckles]
393 00:19:09 Here. Try them on.Experience my Owl Vision.
394 00:19:12 No matter how black it gets,
395 00:19:14 when you look through these,everything is clear as day.
396 00:19:17 [laughs]Why, Mr. Dreiberg...
397 00:19:20 You're ravishing.
398 00:19:22 Oh, they must be broken.Let me look...
399 00:19:34 [Dan moaning]
400 00:19:38 [giggles]
401 00:19:41 [Dan] I can't get the-- No,[giggles] got it. Sorry.
402 00:19:45 - [gasps]- [giggles]
403 00:19:48 [both kissing, moaning]
404 00:19:52 [triumphant music playing]
405 00:19:56 I'm... so sorry. It's not you.
406 00:19:59 - It's just...- Hey, relax. It's okay.
407 00:20:01 - No, you deserve better.- Dan...
408 00:20:03 - I mean, I really want this.- It doesn't matter.
409 00:20:07 I know how it iswhen something's not right.
410 00:20:10 We'll just sleep now. Okay?
411 00:20:14 - [sighs]- Just sleep.
412 00:20:18 [female reporter] Coming upon the eleven o'clock news.
413 00:20:20 Russian forcespush further into Afghanistan.
414 00:20:22 And Pakistan calls on the USto intervene,
415 00:20:25 but Russia claims to bemerely securing her borders.
416 00:20:29 We also have a special reporton noted author Max Shea,
417 00:20:32 who mysteriously vanishedtwo years ago.
418 00:20:35 Hear why investigators'search for clues
419 00:20:37 has ended in failure.
420 00:20:40 [Dan shivering]
421 00:20:49 [gasps]
422 00:20:51 [sighs softly]
423 00:21:15 [gasping, panting]
424 00:21:20 [static]
425 00:21:26 [sighs]
426 00:21:39 [prison alarm buzzing]
427 00:21:44 [clanging]
428 00:21:48 Well, well, well.
429 00:21:50 Hey there, Rorschach.
430 00:21:52 It's been a long time.
431 00:21:54 Big Figure. Small world.
432 00:21:56 [laughs]
433 00:21:58 "Small world." I like that.
434 00:22:02 You know, after 20 years,
435 00:22:04 I guess you thoughtyou could forget about
436 00:22:05 what you did to me.
437 00:22:06 You and that fucking Owl guy.
438 00:22:09 Funny how these things
439 00:22:11 come back to haunt usthough, huh?
440 00:22:13 Speaking of, that guyyou burned is dying.
441 00:22:18 Maybe tomorrow,maybe the next day.
442 00:22:21 But see, he hadlots of friends around here.
443 00:22:25 And when he dies,
444 00:22:26 this place blowsand then you die...
445 00:22:30 by inches. [laughs wickedly]
446 00:22:32 Tall order.
447 00:22:33 Smart ass!
448 00:22:35 Gonna tear this guya new hole right now.
449 00:22:36 Hey, hey, hey. No hurry.
450 00:22:38 I've waited 20 years.
451 00:22:40 He'll get his soon enough.And nobody's gonna care.
452 00:22:45 I hear even his shrinkresigned today.
453 00:22:48 You're alone in the valleyof the shadow, Rorschach,
454 00:22:51 where your pasthas a long reach.
455 00:22:54 And the only thingbetween you and it
456 00:22:57 is one... crummy... lock.
457 00:23:01 Think about it.
458 00:23:03 [laughs wickedly]
459 00:23:13 [heavy sigh]
460 00:23:22 [Laurie] You okay?
461 00:23:23 [Dan] Bad dreams.Bad realities.
462 00:23:27 I hope it's notwhat happened earlier.
463 00:23:31 It's the mask-killer thing.
464 00:23:33 Four of us taken down,
465 00:23:36 war looming on the horizon,
466 00:23:38 I'm... terrifiedit's all connected
467 00:23:41 and the worstis yet to come.
468 00:23:42 And I can't do anythingto stop it.
469 00:23:46 It all justmakes me feel so...
470 00:23:49 so... impotent.[sighs wearily]
471 00:23:54 So, I ran down here.
472 00:23:56 For all the good that did.
473 00:23:58 It's not liketaking the ship out
474 00:23:59 can set things straight.
475 00:24:03 Why not?
476 00:24:05 You're serious?
477 00:24:07 I used to be a maskedavenger too, remember.
478 00:24:11 I'm used to going outat 3:00 in the morning
479 00:24:12 and doing something stupid.
480 00:24:18 [chuckles softly]
481 00:24:21 Wait, I... I burnedyour suit, remember?
482 00:24:26 Spare goggles,spare suit.
483 00:24:34 [clicking]
484 00:24:42 - Dan?- Mm-hm?
485 00:24:52 I'm ready.
486 00:24:55 [Nite Owl stammering]
487 00:24:58 [laughs]
488 00:25:02 Let's go.
489 00:25:04 Hope we don't get caught.
490 00:25:05 [whooshing]
491 00:25:17 [legendary music playing]
492 00:25:28 [rumbling]
493 00:25:30 Whoa!
494 00:25:57 [chuckling] This is great.Really great.
495 00:26:03 [equipment chirping]
496 00:26:04 Dan, trouble on your right.
497 00:26:08 Hold on!
498 00:26:16 - [explosion]- [shattering]
499 00:26:20 - Building looks clear.- [monitor chirruping]
500 00:26:22 No, wait.
501 00:26:23 - There!- Somebody, please!
502 00:26:24 [all coughing, yelling]
503 00:26:26 Looks like four adults.Can we pick them up?
504 00:26:28 Already on it!
505 00:26:30 - [whooshes]- [water splashing]
506 00:26:34 [Nite Owl] Please stay calm.
507 00:26:36 We're here to rescue you.
508 00:26:37 Step back from the window.
509 00:26:39 [woman gasping]
510 00:26:46 [in Spanish] Madre de Dios!
511 00:26:48 Mother of God is right.
512 00:26:50 Oh, I'm an entirelydifferent Spectre.
513 00:26:52 And certainlynobody's mother.
514 00:26:55 Vamonos, por favor.
515 00:26:56 Let's go.
516 00:26:58 - [woman] Gracias.- [man] Thanks.
517 00:27:06 - Welcome aboard.- [man] Hey!
518 00:27:07 You're that... Owl guy.
519 00:27:09 Who?
520 00:27:10 Dark Owl!
521 00:27:12 Who wants to hearsome music?
522 00:27:14 [upbeat jazz music playing]
523 00:27:28 [horn beeping]
524 00:27:30 [woman] Oh!
525 00:27:31 - Salud.- Thanks.
526 00:27:33 Gracias.
527 00:27:34 What the hell just happened?
528 00:27:39 Did that just happen?
529 00:27:41 You do knowthey might lock us up
530 00:27:43 with Rorschach for this.
531 00:27:44 Yeah.
532 00:27:45 And World War IIImight start tomorrow.
533 00:27:47 [jazz musiccontinues playing]
534 00:27:51 [both kissing, moaning]
535 00:27:56 [clicks]
536 00:28:01 [both tripping, falling]
537 00:28:03 [fire whooshes]
538 00:28:11 [music ends]
539 00:28:12 [Laurie sighs]
540 00:28:14 Dan!
541 00:28:16 - Tonight was good.- It was.
542 00:28:18 [Laurie chuckles]
543 00:28:20 I'd hoped tonight might wakesomething inside you.
544 00:28:22 Oh, it did.
545 00:28:23 [both chuckle]
546 00:28:26 Insatiable, huh?
547 00:28:29 So, what should we do next?
548 00:28:35 We... should spring Rorschach.
549 00:28:39 What?
550 00:28:44 [narrator reading]In my ravings,
551 00:28:46 desperate for company,
552 00:28:48 I conversedwith my perished shipmates.
553 00:28:52 Their voices spokefrom beneath the raft.
554 00:28:56 The conversationof the dead, dreary...
555 00:29:00 [woman] Oh, man.Ten days to nuclear war, Derf.
556 00:29:01 - ...bitter.- That's what they said on TV.
557 00:29:03 ...endlessly sad.
558 00:29:04 [woman] Oh, Jesus, Derf,just get me some Katies,
559 00:29:07 so I can get high, man.
560 00:29:09 [narrator reading] Interminablebad news from mouths
561 00:29:12 wherein the little fishes dart.
562 00:29:14 [Derf] It's that Manhattan guywho brought this down on us.
563 00:29:17 Oh! The new papersjust arrived.
564 00:29:19 There's a riot at the prison.
565 00:29:22 - Give me that!- Whoa! Hey!
566 00:29:23 We got friends there.
567 00:29:25 "Vigilante sparks prison riot.Five dead."
568 00:29:27 Rorschach again.
569 00:29:29 Making headlines
570 00:29:30 after some other heroesmade the news
571 00:29:32 for the tenement fire rescue.
572 00:29:33 [Derf] Goddamn masks!
573 00:29:35 Come on.Let's round up the guys.
574 00:29:36 There's gonna be hellto pay for this.
575 00:29:38 If I didn't know any better,I'd say it was all connected.
576 00:29:41 [narrator reading]We talked together,
577 00:29:43 my rotted fellows and I
578 00:29:45 of life...
579 00:29:47 [vendor] A news vendorsenses these things.
580 00:29:48 [narrator reading]...and endings...
581 00:29:50 [vendor] It all spells trouble.
582 00:29:52 [narrator reading]...of the terrible sentence
583 00:29:54 upon us all.
584 00:29:59 We'll get murdered in the chaosby cops or criminals.
585 00:30:02 - Either way--- No, wait. Look.
586 00:30:04 We'd already plannedon distracting the guards.
587 00:30:06 The prison riotdoes the job for us.
588 00:30:08 I can tune intopolice radio chatter,
589 00:30:10 and we'll getup-to-the-minute intel
590 00:30:12 on positions and strategies.
591 00:30:14 This is our ticket inside.
592 00:30:15 He is a homicidal maniac
593 00:30:17 you hope will validatethis long-shot theory of yours.
594 00:30:21 [sighs]
595 00:30:23 Is busting out Rorschachreally worth risking our butts?
596 00:30:26 Mm.
597 00:30:27 Your butt's in safe hands.
598 00:30:29 [sighs]
599 00:30:31 If not, I'll be kicking yours.
600 00:30:34 - [chuckles softly]- [monitor chirping]
601 00:30:37 [Dan] Hollis?
602 00:30:40 Oh, just thought I'd check inafter you missed
603 00:30:42 our beer sessionthe other night.
604 00:30:43 I'm sorry, Hollis.
605 00:30:45 I just got caught upin a book. Dozed off.
606 00:30:48 Coffee?
607 00:30:49 Sure.
608 00:30:53 So... seen the news lately?
609 00:30:56 Can't miss the headlines
610 00:30:57 about this warthey say is coming.
611 00:30:59 There was a smaller storyyesterday
612 00:31:01 about a tenement fire,
613 00:31:03 and a highly unusual rescue.
614 00:31:07 [smacks lips, sighs]
615 00:31:10 - [clacking]- [Laurie] Nope. Nope.
616 00:31:14 - Nope.- [Hollis] Now, wait.
617 00:31:15 - Ah-ha.- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
618 00:31:17 You're saying Dr. Manhattan
619 00:31:18 leaving the planetwas orchestrated?
620 00:31:21 Timed between the attacks
621 00:31:22 on Blake, Adrian,and Rorschach, yes.
622 00:31:24 It's too coincidental.
623 00:31:26 The cancer-scare media assaulton Jon had to be manufactured.
624 00:31:29 Laurie lived with him,
625 00:31:30 and she nevercontracted cancer.
626 00:31:32 But I did some digging.
627 00:31:33 The cancer victimsmentioned in Nova Express
628 00:31:36 were all employed at some pointby the same company.
629 00:31:38 Again, too coincidental.
630 00:31:40 I think somebody usedthese specific people
631 00:31:43 and the pressto prompt Jon's exile,
632 00:31:45 and I think it's part of a plan
633 00:31:47 to start World War III.
634 00:31:50 Whoa!That's a long-shot theory.
635 00:31:52 [sighing]Laurie said as much, too.
636 00:31:54 And this company,connecting the cancer victims,
637 00:31:56 who are they?
638 00:31:57 And how do they connect
639 00:31:58 to Blake, Adrian,and Rorschach?
640 00:32:00 The company's calledDimensional Developments.
641 00:32:02 Beyond the name,I've hit a wall
642 00:32:05 investigating their corporate structure.
643 00:32:07 [Hollis] What about Adrian?
644 00:32:09 He's connectedto the corporate world
645 00:32:11 and would certainlybe motivated to help.
646 00:32:12 Without stronger evidence,
647 00:32:14 sharing this conspiracy theorywith a man in his position
648 00:32:17 might put himin a compromising situation.
649 00:32:19 I mean, he... he mighthave to report us, but...
650 00:32:22 but I'm working another lead
651 00:32:24 that, uh, should break loosevery soon.
652 00:32:27 I'm sureyou'll crack the case, kid.
653 00:32:29 I believe in you.
654 00:32:32 And thanksfor sharing the details.
655 00:32:33 Mm.
656 00:32:35 It feels likethe old days again.
657 00:32:36 [both laugh]
658 00:32:37 Hey, we Nite Owlshave to stick together.
659 00:32:39 Well, that's whyI paid a visit, Dan.
660 00:32:42 If I can figure outwho made the rescue
661 00:32:44 at the tenement fire,
662 00:32:46 so can the police.
663 00:32:51 Crap. We're out of time.
664 00:32:54 [whooshing]
665 00:33:15 - [tires screeching]- [sirens blaring]
666 00:33:25 Well, no going back now.
667 00:33:27 If we don't crack this case,
668 00:33:29 there may be no going backfor any of us.
669 00:33:36 [officer 1] Go, go, go.We got shots fired.
670 00:33:39 [officer 2] Officer down!South-west corner!
671 00:33:40 [officer 3] Surrender,or you will be fired on!
672 00:33:42 [Big Figure] Aren't you gladthey keep you in solitary?
673 00:33:45 Now our reunionwon't be interrupted
674 00:33:47 by the mob out there.
675 00:33:49 Lawrence, hurry upwith the arc welder.
676 00:33:51 [chuckles]
677 00:33:54 What's the matter, Rorschach?Too warm in there?
678 00:33:57 Well, it's gonna getplenty warmer.
679 00:34:00 Yeah. You notice how,all of a sudden,
680 00:34:02 he ain't giving you no,"tall order, small world" shit?
681 00:34:05 Maybe he figured outonce we cut through these bars,
682 00:34:07 we're gonna make hima little shorter.
683 00:34:09 Fat chance.
684 00:34:10 Fat? You lousy bastard!
685 00:34:12 We got a jail full of guysout here who hate your guts.
686 00:34:15 What have you got?
687 00:34:16 - [gasps]- Your arms.
688 00:34:18 Hey! What the hell?
689 00:34:20 Lawrence, you stupidson of a bitch!
690 00:34:21 Now we can't get to the lock.
691 00:34:22 Sorry, Figure.
692 00:34:24 Michael can still cutthrough the bars.
693 00:34:25 [Big Figure]That'll take too long.
694 00:34:26 This riot won't last,
695 00:34:27 and I don't wantto be interrupted.
696 00:34:29 - Sorry, Lawrence...- [Lawrence] No!
697 00:34:30 ...but you're in the wayof my revenge.
698 00:34:32 - No, boss!- Michael, cut through him.
699 00:34:34 - No, no, wait!- Nothing personal, Larry.
700 00:34:36 Wait! Hey! [grunting]
701 00:34:38 - [screaming]- [squelching]
702 00:34:41 [Lawrence screaming]
703 00:34:46 One-nothing.
704 00:34:48 - Your move.- [thumps, squelching]
705 00:34:49 Come and get me.
706 00:34:56 [officer 1] That thingain't one of ours.
707 00:34:57 [officer 2] Open fire!
708 00:34:59 [officer 3] Land your aircraftor we will use deadly force.
709 00:35:01 Police radio says this areais controlled by prisoners.
710 00:35:03 Ear plugs in.Hitting the screechers.
711 00:35:06 [high-pitched chirping]
712 00:35:07 [all groaning]
713 00:35:09 - [bullets clattering]- Ugh!
714 00:35:13 [whooshes]
715 00:35:15 [officer 4]Shoot that thing down!
716 00:35:24 [Big Figure]Hurry up with that lock.
717 00:35:25 I wanna smellthis son of a bitch cooking.
718 00:35:28 Then I'm gonna carve him uplike a Thanksgiving turkey.
719 00:35:32 We're in.
720 00:35:35 Look at him
721 00:35:36 climbing up onto his bedlike a scared kid.
722 00:35:39 We got you now,you little bastard.
723 00:35:41 [laughs wickedly]
724 00:35:44 [grunting]
725 00:35:48 [electricity crackling]
726 00:35:49 [screaming]
727 00:35:59 Never disposed of sewagewith toilet before.
728 00:36:01 Obvious, really.
729 00:36:03 Two-nothing.
730 00:36:04 Your move.
731 00:36:05 [yelps]
732 00:36:08 [guard grunts]
733 00:36:13 - [both grunting]- [groans]
734 00:36:16 How will we find himin all of this?
735 00:36:18 Assuming he's not dead.
736 00:36:19 He attracts this horrorand madness.
737 00:36:21 This is where he lives.
738 00:36:22 Help! Somebodyget this guy! Help!
739 00:36:25 Hey, Rorschach!
740 00:36:29 Hey!
741 00:36:30 [Big Figure panting] Help!
742 00:36:37 [Nite Owl] Rorschach!
743 00:36:39 Hey, man.We came to bust you out.
744 00:36:40 Excuse me.I have to visit men's room.
745 00:36:42 Oh, for Christ's sake!
746 00:36:44 Well, when you gotta go,you gotta go.
747 00:36:46 [prisoner 1] Look,we got masks in here!
748 00:36:47 [prisoner 2]That's Nite Owl! Get 'em!
749 00:36:49 Hey! We are tryingto stop a war!
750 00:36:51 [groans]
751 00:36:52 - [grunts]- [groans]
752 00:36:55 [panting]
753 00:36:57 Um... guess I'm kindof bitter about...
754 00:37:01 losing the house.
755 00:37:02 - I better radio the ship.- [toilet flushing]
756 00:37:05 Did what had to be done.
757 00:37:07 Can leave now.
758 00:37:09 - Are you sure?- This way.
759 00:37:10 Did you wash your hands?
760 00:37:12 [Nite Owl] Archie'scovering our exit.
761 00:37:13 [Silk Spectre]Did you flush?
762 00:37:14 [Walter] Flushed twice.
763 00:37:16 A little clogged.
764 00:37:18 [officer 1]Don't let them escape!
765 00:37:19 [officer 2] Track themwith the lights!
766 00:37:21 [officer 3]Land your aircraft now!
767 00:37:22 I repeat!Land your aircraft!
768 00:37:27 [Nite Owl sighs] Everybodywill be looking for us up here.
769 00:37:30 I know a place to hideand plan our next move.
770 00:37:33 Good seeing youin uniform, Daniel.
771 00:37:35 Like old times.
772 00:37:38 Never liked your uniform,Ms. Juspeczyk.
773 00:37:40 - Nothing personal.- Ugh!
774 00:37:42 Can't believe we agreeon something.
775 00:37:43 - [energy whooshing]- [Silk Spectre gasps] Jesus.
776 00:37:46 - Hello.- [Silk Spectre] Jon.
777 00:37:48 They said you were on Mars.
778 00:37:50 I am on Mars.
779 00:37:52 We have a conversationscheduled there.
780 00:37:54 You're going to tryto convince me
781 00:37:56 to save this world.
782 00:37:58 To-- I have to convince you?
783 00:38:01 Jon, we really need your helphere on Earth.
784 00:38:04 [groans softly] This is allso deus ex machina.
785 00:38:07 The god out of the machine.Yes, I suppose it is.
786 00:38:11 Nevertheless,
787 00:38:12 an hour into the future,we are on Mars talking.
788 00:38:14 - Mars? We don't have time--- Dan.
789 00:38:17 I thinkI'd better go with him.
790 00:38:19 Maybe we'll finda way out of this mess.
791 00:38:21 I'll be okay.
792 00:38:23 [Nite Owl stammers]Laurie, wait.
793 00:38:24 Take care.
794 00:38:26 [energy crackling, whooshing]
795 00:38:30 [sighs wearily]
796 00:38:31 Pity they won't beworking with us.
797 00:38:34 Yeah. Yeah, it is.
798 00:38:42 [energy crackling, whooshing]
799 00:38:44 [Jon] Here we are.
800 00:38:45 What do you think?
801 00:38:46 [gags]
802 00:38:49 Oh, of course. Forgive me.
803 00:38:51 Sometimes these thingsslip my mind.
804 00:38:56 [breathing heavily]
805 00:38:57 - Are you okay?- [coughing]
806 00:39:01 Jesus! Jon,you stupid son of a...
807 00:39:07 [softly] Holy shit.
808 00:39:10 This is wherewe debate Earth's destiny.
809 00:39:19 [waves gurgling]
810 00:39:21 [narrator reading]Truly, life is hell...
811 00:39:26 And death's rough hand,our only deliverance.
812 00:39:30 I would endure no more bubblingdialogues from the dead.
813 00:39:34 No more ramblingsof damnation.
814 00:39:37 No more judgmentsof our sins.
815 00:39:39 [radio tuning]
816 00:39:41 [news reporter] ...vigilanteknown as Nite Owl,
817 00:39:43 entered the riotand freed suspected murderer,
818 00:39:44 Walter Kovacs,
819 00:39:45 also known as Rorschach.
820 00:39:47 Both escaped police captureby aircraft.
821 00:39:49 Argh!
822 00:39:51 [news reporter] More detailsare still coming in.
823 00:39:52 - Goddamn it!- Derf! What the hell?
824 00:39:54 Hey, hey, hey.
825 00:39:55 We don't want no troublearound here.
826 00:39:56 Shut up, old man.
827 00:39:58 These super bastardsget away with everything
828 00:39:59 while our guyscatch hell in that riot.
829 00:40:01 It ain't fair!
830 00:40:03 [narrator reading] Thoughdreading such a black,
831 00:40:04 breathless end, I leapt...
832 00:40:07 [woman] Hey, the news guymentioned Nite Owl.
833 00:40:08 [narrator reading]...feet first into cold,
834 00:40:11 dank mortality.
835 00:40:13 Derf, he's the guy who wrotethat book about the masks.
836 00:40:15 My dad takes his carto his repair shop.
837 00:40:17 - Do you know where that is?- Yeah.
838 00:40:19 It's just down the street...
839 00:40:20 [narrator reading]But the ocean's depths
840 00:40:22 refused to swallow me.
841 00:40:24 I lifted my uncomprehendingeyes to the heavens
842 00:40:27 and saw instead the earth.
843 00:40:30 This guy likesto play in riots...
844 00:40:32 [narrator reading]I had reached my destination.
845 00:40:33 ...so let's give him a riot.
846 00:40:35 [laughs maliciously] Yeah.Yeah. Let's mess this guy up!
847 00:40:37 - [man] Hell, yeah!- Bah!
848 00:40:39 [narrator reading]They'd left me for dead.
849 00:40:41 The fiends who'd doubtlessbutchered my kin.
850 00:40:44 But now I was returnedupon my corpse boat,
851 00:40:48 a spectre of revenge,
852 00:40:51 riding the flow tide home.
853 00:40:54 - [car alarm sounding]- Yeah! Yeah!
854 00:40:56 - This it?- Yeah. Upstairs.
855 00:41:01 [growls]
856 00:41:02 [banging at door]
857 00:41:05 Okay, okay.I hear you.
858 00:41:07 - [banging continues]- You can quit banging.
859 00:41:09 Just give me a second. [grunts]
860 00:41:10 - Get him!- Yeah!
861 00:41:11 - [barking]- [yelping]
862 00:41:12 Get that dog![groans]
863 00:41:15 - Worry about yourself, scumbag.- [Derf yelps]
864 00:41:17 - [screaming]- [whimpering]
865 00:41:19 - [yelps]- [groans]
866 00:41:20 [dramatic music playing]
867 00:41:22 [grunts]
868 00:41:27 [Hollis grunts]
869 00:41:30 No.
870 00:41:31 - [grunts]- [impacts]
871 00:41:33 - [man] Derf!- [woman] Oh, man.
872 00:41:34 [man] Derf! That's enough!
873 00:41:36 [woman] He's a goner.We gotta get out of here!
874 00:41:38 [footsteps running away]
875 00:41:40 [dramatic music fading]
876 00:41:47 [Jon] This is wherewe hold our conversation.
877 00:41:51 It commences when yousurprise me with the news
878 00:41:53 that you and Dreibergare sleeping together.
879 00:41:55 [exclaims softly, sputters]You... know about me and Dan?
880 00:41:58 No. But in a few moments,you're going to tell me.
881 00:42:02 Ugh! Jon, I can't takeyour predestination crap
882 00:42:05 right now.
883 00:42:06 It makes no sense
884 00:42:07 that you can be surprisedby anything
885 00:42:09 when you can see timein all directions.
886 00:42:12 Everything is preordained,even my responses.
887 00:42:15 So the most powerful beingin the universe
888 00:42:18 is just... a puppetfollowing a script?
889 00:42:21 We are all puppets, Laurie.
890 00:42:23 I am just a puppetwho can see the strings.
891 00:42:25 [sighs wearily]
892 00:42:26 There is no future.There is no past.
893 00:42:29 Time is simultaneous.
894 00:42:31 Ugh! Jon, how can I debateEarth's destiny
895 00:42:34 when you know the outcome?
896 00:42:36 Help me understand here.
897 00:42:41 What was yourearliest memory?
898 00:42:45 I don't know.
899 00:42:48 When my folks split,I guess.
900 00:42:50 [Sally's voice]He couldn't understand
901 00:42:51 why I'd hold a grudge...
902 00:42:53 I remember them arguing,but...
903 00:42:54 [Sally's voice]It's different for him.
904 00:42:57 And I just couldn'tsustain the anger anymore.
905 00:42:59 [Laurence's voice]God! You need therapy.
906 00:43:01 No. It's gone.
907 00:43:03 No. It is not.
908 00:43:06 It is still here.
909 00:43:07 Let yourself see it.
910 00:43:11 [Sally's voice]Look, for starters,
911 00:43:12 he was there, okay?
912 00:43:14 And he was actually gentle.
913 00:43:16 I was five, I think.
914 00:43:18 [Sally] Do you have any ideawhat gentleness means
915 00:43:22 for a guy like that?
916 00:43:23 [Silk Spectre's voice]I snuck downstairs
917 00:43:25 to play with a snow globe.
918 00:43:27 [Laurence] It meansa broken marriage
919 00:43:29 and an uncertain futurefor our child.
920 00:43:31 My child! That's what thisis all about, remember?
921 00:43:34 [Silk Spectre's voice]My dad was always
922 00:43:36 - yelling at me...- Laurel Jane!
923 00:43:37 ...because he knewI wasn't his.
924 00:43:38 What are you doing down here?
925 00:43:40 [snow globe shattering]
926 00:43:41 Pretty sure my real dadwas Hooded Justice,
927 00:43:44 my mom's old boyfriend.
928 00:43:47 Anyway, I...
929 00:43:48 My dadwas a domineering bully
930 00:43:51 like most of the menI've been...
931 00:43:53 [clears throat]
932 00:43:55 But Dan's... not like that.
933 00:43:58 He's gentle.
934 00:44:00 Someone you can pouryour troubles out to.
935 00:44:04 A receptive lover.
936 00:44:06 You mean...you're sleeping with Dreiberg?
937 00:44:10 But... you already know.
938 00:44:12 - You said--- I said many times
939 00:44:14 that you were my only link,
940 00:44:16 my only concernwith the world.
941 00:44:18 What does it saythat when you left me,
942 00:44:21 I left Earth?
943 00:44:22 Now that youhave replaced me,
944 00:44:25 that link is shattered.
945 00:44:27 [stammering]
946 00:44:29 Don't you see the futilityof asking me to save a world
947 00:44:31 I no longer haveany stake in?
948 00:44:33 [sighs wearily]Jon, don't be ridiculous.
949 00:44:36 Earth's too importantto hinge on one relationship.
950 00:44:39 Not to me.
951 00:44:40 My red world heremeans more to me
952 00:44:43 than your blue one.
953 00:44:44 I will show you.
954 00:44:46 - [rumbling]- [yelps]
955 00:44:51 [dramatic music playing]
956 00:45:11 [sirens wailing]
957 00:45:18 [Walter] Cowering down herein sludge
958 00:45:20 doing nothing but conjuringnames on screens.
959 00:45:23 Computer unnecessary.
960 00:45:25 This face is all I need.
961 00:45:28 Give me smallest fingeron man's hand.
962 00:45:30 I'll produce informationabout mask killer.
963 00:45:33 Hey, you neededyour spare costume,
964 00:45:35 I needed time for research.
965 00:45:37 And now we need to putour heads together on this.
966 00:45:39 You said the Comediantold Moloch about an island
967 00:45:42 and a plot against Jon,
968 00:45:43 and I think the plot
969 00:45:45 had to be the cancer-scaremedia attack
970 00:45:46 that sent Jon off the planet.
971 00:45:48 Now, check this out.
972 00:45:49 I finally got a breakthrough
973 00:45:51 investigatingDimensional Developments,
974 00:45:53 the company that employedJon's alleged cancer victims.
975 00:45:55 They also owned
976 00:45:57 the Institutefor Extraspatial Studies.
977 00:45:59 And look, Nova Expressis connected.
978 00:46:01 They publishedthe cancer list.
979 00:46:03 And all of these companiesappear to be funded
980 00:46:05 by Pyramid Deliveries.
981 00:46:07 Pyramid?
982 00:46:08 That meanssomething to you?
983 00:46:10 [Rorschach] Moloch's illegalcancer meds...
984 00:46:12 delivered by Pyramid.
985 00:46:14 God, Moloch was in deep.And probably didn't know it.
986 00:46:18 If his place was buggedby these companies...
987 00:46:20 They'd know aboutComedian's visit to Moloch.
988 00:46:22 And that Comedian discoveredthe plot against Jon.
989 00:46:24 Know of my investigation,
990 00:46:26 know how to frame me.
991 00:46:28 - But what about Veidt?- Hm.
992 00:46:30 The assassination attempton Adrian doesn't fit the--
993 00:46:32 Hold... hold on.
994 00:46:34 [dispatcher] Locationis Mason's Auto repairs.
995 00:46:36 Hollis?
996 00:46:38 [dispatcher]Additional units needed
997 00:46:39 to canvass the areafor Knot-Tops.
998 00:46:40 - Coroner en route.- No.
999 00:46:42 [dispatcher]Body ID-ed as...
1000 00:46:43 - No.- ...Hollis Mason.
1001 00:46:45 Oh, God! Hollis?
1002 00:46:46 Oh, Christ! No!
1003 00:46:49 Sorry.
1004 00:46:50 He was a good man.
1005 00:46:52 [voice shaking]I wasn't there.
1006 00:46:54 I should have...I should have been there.
1007 00:46:56 [Rorschach]It could be random killing.
1008 00:46:57 Could beanother mask killer.
1009 00:47:00 Squeeze underworld,find answers. Take revenge.
1010 00:47:03 [Nite Owl] No.We don't have time.
1011 00:47:05 We have to--
1012 00:47:06 - His own fault.- [gasps]
1013 00:47:08 Was lazing too long.Forgot how to do things.
1014 00:47:10 [yelling] Lazing? Lazing?
1015 00:47:13 Who the helldo you think you are?
1016 00:47:15 You live off peoplewhile insulting them.
1017 00:47:17 And the only reasonnobody complains
1018 00:47:19 is because they thinkyou're a goddamn lunatic!
1019 00:47:23 [Nite Owl breathing painfully]
1020 00:47:27 Do you know how hardit is being your friend?
1021 00:47:35 Daniel, you area good friend.
1022 00:47:39 I know that.
1023 00:47:41 I'm sorry thatit is sometimes difficult.
1024 00:47:46 [sighs]
1025 00:47:48 No. I'm the onewho should be sorry.
1026 00:47:51 Shouldn't havesaid all that.
1027 00:47:53 Let's forget it, huh?
1028 00:47:55 We don't have time for this.
1029 00:47:56 Agreed. The end is nigh.
1030 00:47:59 And Adrian's assassin
1031 00:48:00 is the next pieceof the puzzle.
1032 00:48:03 Let's hopethe world's smartest man
1033 00:48:04 can help usput it all together
1034 00:48:06 before it's too late.
1035 00:48:19 [General] Mr. President,
1036 00:48:21 Russian tanksare massing in East Germany
1037 00:48:22 in response to alleged"Western alarmism."
1038 00:48:24 CIA thinks this is genuine.
1039 00:48:26 Both our countries have beenon full alert this past week.
1040 00:48:28 One sparkand it could all go up.
1041 00:48:30 Our analysis of a first strikeagainst their nuclear silos
1042 00:48:33 shows a good chanceof success.
1043 00:48:35 Casualties on our sidecould be 10-20 million.
1044 00:48:37 Well, in the first wave, anyway.
1045 00:48:39 Our tactical and strategicforces worldwide
1046 00:48:41 are standing byon DEFCON 2.
1047 00:48:44 What are your instructions,Mr. President?
1048 00:48:45 Hm.
1049 00:48:48 We sit, and we wait.
1050 00:48:57 Look, Jon. We don't have timeto go sightseeing on Mars,
1051 00:49:02 and this debateis going nowhere fast.
1052 00:49:04 Can you pleasejust spare me the agony
1053 00:49:06 and tell mehow this conversation ends?
1054 00:49:08 It ends in tears.
1055 00:49:11 I return to Earthat some point in my future,
1056 00:49:14 and I find streetsfull of corpses.
1057 00:49:16 But the details are vague.
1058 00:49:19 What?
1059 00:49:20 What do you mean "vague"?
1060 00:49:22 There is some kind of staticobscuring the future,
1061 00:49:25 preventing any clearimpression.
1062 00:49:28 The electromagnetic pulseof mass warhead detonations
1063 00:49:31 could conceivably cause that.
1064 00:49:32 Oh, my God.
1065 00:49:34 Jon, we can't justfly around Mars
1066 00:49:36 if missiles are aboutto launch back home.
1067 00:49:38 Humanity might be onthe brink of extinction.
1068 00:49:41 Doesn't that bother you?
1069 00:49:44 No, Laurie.That does not bother me.
1070 00:49:46 Life is a highly overratedphenomenon.
1071 00:49:50 Mars gets along perfectlywithout a single microorganism.
1072 00:49:54 Its surface is a constantlychanging topographical map,
1073 00:49:58 flowing and shifting in ripples10,000 years wide.
1074 00:50:04 It is called chaotic terrain.
1075 00:50:06 Yeah, well, our liveshave chaotic terrain, too.
1076 00:50:10 I mean, think aboutwhen we first met
1077 00:50:12 at that Crimebusters thingin the '60s.
1078 00:50:13 ...banding togetheras the Crimebusters.
1079 00:50:14 [Comedian] It doesn't meansquat!
1080 00:50:16 [Silk Spectre] Rememberhow that all fell to pieces?
1081 00:50:19 It was even more chaoticafter you left.
1082 00:50:21 [whooshing overhead]
1083 00:50:25 Laurel Jane, right?Sally's kid?
1084 00:50:29 Uh... yeah.
1085 00:50:32 I caught your act in there.You were pretty cool.
1086 00:50:35 Hm. You didn't grow uptoo bad yourself.
1087 00:50:38 Thanks. [chuckles softly]
1088 00:50:40 Your, uh, momever talk about me much?
1089 00:50:43 Mm, not really.
1090 00:50:44 [scoffs] Figures.
1091 00:50:47 You got her eyes,
1092 00:50:49 even that little mole.
1093 00:50:51 Ain't got her hair,but otherwise you're like her.
1094 00:50:54 You're a looker.
1095 00:50:55 - [gasps]- Take your hands off her!
1096 00:50:57 Hey, Sal.Long time no see.
1097 00:50:59 Not long enoughin my book.
1098 00:51:01 Are there any depthsyou won't sink to?
1099 00:51:03 We were just talking.Can't a man talk to his...
1100 00:51:06 his old friend's daughter?
1101 00:51:08 What do you think I am?
1102 00:51:09 I know what you are,Edward Blake!
1103 00:51:10 I've known for 25 years.
1104 00:51:12 And don't youever forget that.
1105 00:51:14 I thought we'd settledall that a long time ago.
1106 00:51:17 Things like thatdon't get settled,
1107 00:51:19 and they're not gonna happento my daughter.
1108 00:51:21 Come on.We're leaving right now.
1109 00:51:27 [Silk Spectre] Of course,in the moment,
1110 00:51:29 I didn't knowwhat that bastard had done.
1111 00:51:31 - Mom drove us three blocks...- [sobbing]
1112 00:51:34 ...stopped the car,
1113 00:51:36 and then it all camepouring out.
1114 00:51:39 Her pain, her fears,
1115 00:51:43 and what Blake did to her.[inhales]
1116 00:51:46 I carried that with mefor years.
1117 00:51:50 At some point,I crossed paths with Blake
1118 00:51:54 and a few too many drinks.
1119 00:51:56 And I was a mean drunk.
1120 00:51:58 [Blake laughs]Juspeczyk, huh?
1121 00:52:00 Took your grandmother'sname over Jupiter?
1122 00:52:03 I see you didn't takeyour father's last name either.
1123 00:52:06 - What's that to you?- Nothing.
1124 00:52:08 [chuckles softly]Still see your mom in you.
1125 00:52:11 She was a peach.
1126 00:52:14 Is that what you told herbefore you beat her,
1127 00:52:16 before you tried to rape her?
1128 00:52:18 What kind of a manforces a woman into having sex
1129 00:52:20 against her will?
1130 00:52:21 [stammering] Only... once.
1131 00:52:25 [Silk Spectre]With seven scotches in me,
1132 00:52:27 and one in my hand,
1133 00:52:28 I let him have it.
1134 00:52:29 [gasps]
1135 00:52:31 [Silk Spectre] And then,you got angry,
1136 00:52:32 and teleported us out of there.
1137 00:52:34 [energy crackling, whooshes]
1138 00:52:37 At least thenyou seemed to understand
1139 00:52:39 the chaotic terrainof our lives.
1140 00:52:42 Why does it matter less now?
1141 00:52:44 I read atoms, Laurie.
1142 00:52:47 I see the ancient spectacle
1143 00:52:48 that birthed the worldbeneath us.
1144 00:52:51 Beside this, human lifeis brief and mundane.
1145 00:52:56 [sighs]
1146 00:53:07 I'm done.
1147 00:53:09 Land this thing.
1148 00:53:11 Take me home.
1149 00:53:14 As you wish.
1150 00:53:21 [rumbling]
1151 00:53:37 You said this would endin tears.
1152 00:53:39 You were wrong.
1153 00:53:41 Maybe you're wrong aboutstreets full of corpses, too.
1154 00:53:44 Laurie, you complainedthat I refused
1155 00:53:47 to see existencein human terms.
1156 00:53:49 But you are refusing to seethrough my viewpoint.
1157 00:53:52 If you wouldjust allow yourself
1158 00:53:54 to see the whole continuum,
1159 00:53:56 the patterns of life,then you would understand.
1160 00:54:00 Instead, you deliberatelyshut out understanding
1161 00:54:03 - as if you are afraid.- [scoffs]
1162 00:54:05 [Silk Spectre's voice]Her pain...
1163 00:54:06 I'm not afraid.
1164 00:54:07 And what Blake did to her.
1165 00:54:09 I'm just throughwith looking back
1166 00:54:11 on my stupid memories.
1167 00:54:12 I carried thatwith me for years.
1168 00:54:15 I'm know what you are,Edward Blake.
1169 00:54:17 I've known for 25 years.
1170 00:54:18 What kind of a manforces a woman into having sex
1171 00:54:20 against her will?
1172 00:54:21 What happenedwas 40 years ago.
1173 00:54:24 - It's history.- Only... once.
1174 00:54:27 I'm not afraid.
1175 00:54:29 [Sally's voice] Even the grimyparts of it...
1176 00:54:30 I'm not...
1177 00:54:32 [Sally's voice] ...keep gettingbrighter all the time.
1178 00:54:34 [Laurence's voice]God! You need therapy.
1179 00:54:35 [Sally] My child!
1180 00:54:36 [Silk Spectre's voice]My dad was always
1181 00:54:37 yelling at me...
1182 00:54:38 Laurel Jane!
1183 00:54:39 ...because he knewit wasn't his.
1184 00:54:41 Laurel Jane, right?Sally's kid?
1185 00:54:42 Can't a man talk to his...his old friend's daughter?
1186 00:54:46 He's...
1187 00:54:48 [Comedian] You didn't grow uptoo bad yourself.
1188 00:54:48 He's not my...
1189 00:54:49 Still see your mom in you.
1190 00:54:50 You got her eyes.
1191 00:54:52 Your, uh, mom evertalk about me much?
1192 00:54:55 [Silk Spectre] No.
1193 00:54:56 [Sally's voice]And I just couldn't sustain
1194 00:54:57 the anger anymore.
1195 00:54:58 And he was actually gentle.
1196 00:55:00 I thought we'd settledall that a long time ago.
1197 00:55:02 [Sally's voice] Getting old,
1198 00:55:03 you geta different perspective.
1199 00:55:05 [Comedian] Can't a mantalk to his...
1200 00:55:07 [voice echoes]...his old friend's daughter?
1201 00:55:13 [Silk Spectre softly] No.
1202 00:55:15 [crying hysterically] No!
1203 00:55:19 No, no, no.
1204 00:55:22 Blake, you bastard!
1205 00:55:24 [sobbing]
1206 00:55:26 I will never, evercall you my father!
1207 00:55:31 [crackling]
1208 00:55:33 [stirring music playing]
1209 00:56:03 You're right.
1210 00:56:06 My life's a joke.
1211 00:56:09 [voice shaking]My life... all life...
1212 00:56:13 meaningless.
1213 00:56:14 [Jon] I disagree.
1214 00:56:16 [sniffles] What?
1215 00:56:20 I do not thinkyour life is meaningless.
1216 00:56:24 But... why?
1217 00:56:27 You... changed my mind.
1218 00:56:31 For my entire existence,
1219 00:56:33 I have longed to seea thermodynamic miracle,
1220 00:56:37 an event with odds
1221 00:56:39 so great against itever happening,
1222 00:56:41 that it is effectivelyimpossible
1223 00:56:44 like oxygen spontaneouslyturning into gold.
1224 00:56:48 In every human coupling,
1225 00:56:51 a thousand-million spermsvie for a single egg.
1226 00:56:55 Multiply those oddsby countless generations,
1227 00:56:58 against the oddsof your ancestors being alive,
1228 00:57:02 meeting,
1229 00:57:03 siring this precise son,
1230 00:57:06 that exact daughter,
1231 00:57:08 until one day,your mother loves a man
1232 00:57:12 she has every reason to hate.
1233 00:57:14 And out of that union,
1234 00:57:17 of thethousand-million children
1235 00:57:19 competing for fertilization,
1236 00:57:22 it was you,
1237 00:57:24 only you that emerged.
1238 00:57:28 To distill so specific a form
1239 00:57:31 from that chaosof improbability,
1240 00:57:33 is like turning airinto gold.
1241 00:57:37 That isthe crowning unlikelihood,
1242 00:57:41 the thermodynamic miracle.
1243 00:57:44 [Silk Spectre]But, if I'm...
1244 00:57:47 if my birthis a thermodynamic miracle,
1245 00:57:51 you could say that aboutanyone else in the world.
1246 00:57:56 [Jon] Yes. The worldis so full of people,
1247 00:58:00 so crowdedwith these miracles,
1248 00:58:02 that they become commonplace.
1249 00:58:05 And we forget...
1250 00:58:06 I forget what they truly are.
1251 00:58:12 Now, from your vantage point,
1252 00:58:16 I see the Earth.
1253 00:58:19 Dry your eyes, Laurie,
1254 00:58:21 for you are life,rarer than a quark
1255 00:58:24 and unpredictable beyondthe dreams of Heisenberg,
1256 00:58:28 the clay in which the forcesthat shape all things
1257 00:58:31 leave their fingerprintsmost clearly.
1258 00:58:36 Dry your eyes,and let's go home.
1259 00:58:44 - [rain pattering]- [thunder rumbling]
1260 00:58:46 [Rorschach] Not like him.Building deserted.
1261 00:58:49 - Works here late every night.- Found his daily planner.
1262 00:58:52 Yesterday's entry..."Leave for Karnak."
1263 00:58:56 That's his private basein the Antarctic.
1264 00:58:59 So muchfor asking him for help.
1265 00:59:01 [Rorschach] This chart,analysis of global crises.
1266 00:59:05 War, famine,environmental decline.
1267 00:59:08 Crisis lines convergemid '90s.
1268 00:59:10 Optimistic.
1269 00:59:11 Crisis arrives decade early,
1270 00:59:13 unless we get leadon Pyramid Deliveries.
1271 00:59:15 [sighs]
1272 00:59:18 [suspenseful music playing]
1273 00:59:20 Oh, shit.
1274 00:59:21 [clanking]
1275 00:59:24 Veidt Enterprises holdingsincludes Pyramid Deliveries,
1276 00:59:28 Dimensional Developments,
1277 00:59:30 Nova Express,
1278 00:59:32 the Institutefor Extraspatial Studies.
1279 00:59:34 Adrian owns them, Rorschach.
1280 00:59:37 He owns and controlsall of them.
1281 00:59:41 But Veidt was targetof assassin.
1282 00:59:43 Maybe, maybe not.
1283 00:59:46 We need to find Adrian fast.
1284 00:59:49 [whooshing]
1285 00:59:54 [Rorschach]Rorschach's journal,
1286 00:59:56 November 1st, 1985.
1287 00:59:58 Final entry.
1288 01:00:00 Dreiberg convinced Veidtis behind everything.
1289 01:00:02 Cannot imaginemore dangerous opponent.
1290 01:00:04 Faster than either of us.
1291 01:00:06 Could kill us both therein Antarctic snow.
1292 01:00:08 Nobody would ever know.
1293 01:00:10 Return from missionseems unlikely.
1294 01:00:14 Hope the worldsurvives long enough
1295 01:00:15 for anyone to read this,
1296 01:00:17 so people will know the truthof this conspiracy
1297 01:00:20 that Adrian Veidtis responsible.
1298 01:00:22 For my own part,I regret nothing.
1299 01:00:25 I've lived lifefree from compromise.
1300 01:00:29 I step into the shadow now,without complaint.
1301 01:00:33 - [thunder rumbling]- [whooshes]
1302 01:00:37 [dramatic music playing]
1303 01:01:00 [Adrian] Not the sort of snowyou're used to in California,
1304 01:01:02 Mr. Roth.
1305 01:01:04 [chuckles] I am as pleasantlysurprised by a coke-joke
1306 01:01:07 from the world-famousAdrian Veidt,
1307 01:01:09 as I am your graciousinvitation to Karnak here.
1308 01:01:13 Your Antarctic retreatis breathtaking,
1309 01:01:15 to say the least.
1310 01:01:17 And the name, Karnak.
1311 01:01:18 Egyptian in origin, correct?
1312 01:01:20 Yes. You've doneyour homework.
1313 01:01:23 [Roth chuckling] Not enoughto keep up with you, I'm sure.
1314 01:01:26 Hello, Mr. Veidt.
1315 01:01:28 You'll be happy to knowthe delivery arrived
1316 01:01:30 in perfect condition.
1317 01:01:31 Excellent news, my friends.
1318 01:01:33 I've brought youan excellent wine to celebrate.
1319 01:01:36 [Roth] Ah. Ramses II,also known as Ozymandias,
1320 01:01:40 your namesake as a superhero.
1321 01:01:42 Tell us more about your pathto becoming Ozymandias.
1322 01:01:45 Oh, certainly.
1323 01:01:47 I'd say my journey beganafter my parents died.
1324 01:01:52 They left mewith a lot of money,
1325 01:01:53 but I gave it all to charitywhen I was 17.
1326 01:01:56 I wanted to prove that I couldaccomplish anything I wanted...
1327 01:01:59 - Shall we prepare your dinner?- [Adrian] No.
1328 01:02:02 Work comes first.
1329 01:02:04 ...only guidancewas inspiration
1330 01:02:06 from the one humanwith whom I felt any kinship,
1331 01:02:10 Alexander of Macedonia.
1332 01:02:12 As a brilliant,young army commander,
1333 01:02:15 Alexander swept throughmany countries,
1334 01:02:17 ruled without barbarism,
1335 01:02:19 and instituted the world'sgreatest center of learning
1336 01:02:21 in Egypt.
1337 01:02:22 Determined to measuremy success against his,
1338 01:02:24 I retraced my hero's steps...
1339 01:02:25 [attendant]Nova Express interview
1340 01:02:27 is ready for your reviewbefore broadcast.
1341 01:02:30 The planet is currentlyswarming in events,
1342 01:02:32 and I needto review them all.
1343 01:02:34 I need informationin its most concentrated form.
1344 01:02:37 [Roth] ...where some sayyou've even learned
1345 01:02:39 how to catch a bulletin your bare hands!
1346 01:02:41 We shall retireto enjoy your generous gift.
1347 01:02:44 We know that you preferto be alone down here.
1348 01:02:48 Yes.
1349 01:02:49 Alexander unitedthe civilized world...
1350 01:02:50 All alone.
1351 01:02:51 But only while he lived.
1352 01:02:52 Just me and the world.
1353 01:02:54 [Adrian] The wisdomof the pharaohs
1354 01:02:55 inspired the world
1355 01:02:56 for generationsbeyond their passing.
1356 01:02:58 Adopting Ramses II'sGreek name,
1357 01:03:00 and Alexander'sfree-booting style,
1358 01:03:01 I began my path...to conquest.
1359 01:03:04 Conquest not of men,
1360 01:03:07 but the evilsthat beset them.
1361 01:03:10 [tape whirring]
1362 01:03:13 [indistinct chatter]
1363 01:03:17 The channels changeevery 100 seconds
1364 01:03:19 creating random images,
1365 01:03:21 allowing subliminal hintsof the future
1366 01:03:23 to come through.
1367 01:03:24 A jigsaw puzzle modelof tomorrow.
1368 01:03:27 I see a juxtaposition
1369 01:03:28 of wish-fulfillment violenceand infantile imagery,
1370 01:03:31 evocative of desire to regress,be free of responsibility.
1371 01:03:37 I see increased sexual imagery,implying an erotic undercurrent
1372 01:03:41 not uncommonin times of conflict.
1373 01:03:43 This all says war.
1374 01:03:49 I will invest accordingly.
1375 01:03:54 Everybody's scared.You can feel it.
1376 01:03:56 [narrator reading] I estimated
1377 01:03:58 I was not farfrom Davidstown...
1378 01:03:59 Just waiting for the nukesto start dropping.
1379 01:04:01 [narrator reading]I was sure that by now
1380 01:04:03 the place had been overrun
1381 01:04:04 by the Freighter's brigands.
1382 01:04:06 At the end of my journey,
1383 01:04:08 all that remained to me nowwas revenge
1384 01:04:11 against those who had killedmy family, my crew,
1385 01:04:15 and left me for dead.
1386 01:04:19 [narrator reading] Davidstownslept,
1387 01:04:20 deserted save for silence.
1388 01:04:24 [Max] Hard to believewe're finally going home.
1389 01:04:26 I'll drink to that.
1390 01:04:28 [both chuckle]
1391 01:04:30 [narrator reading] I arrivedat my former residence,
1392 01:04:34 careful not to rouse thebutchers occupying it.
1393 01:04:37 [ticking]
1394 01:04:39 [beeping]
1395 01:04:44 [narrator reading] Unaware thatdeath was among them...
1396 01:04:48 They'd know its dark embracewithout ever understanding why.
1397 01:04:55 [glass shatters]
1398 01:04:57 [narrator reading]One, however, was awake.
1399 01:05:00 Frantic, lest he shouldraise alarms,
1400 01:05:02 I set upon him.
1401 01:05:03 In cataract darkness,
1402 01:05:05 - I bludgeoned him.- [screaming rings out]
1403 01:05:07 His screamsunnervingly shrill.
1404 01:05:10 No pirates came,but something worse.
1405 01:05:14 I looked upinto faces familiar,
1406 01:05:16 - save for their terror.- [children crying]
1407 01:05:18 The children wailed.
1408 01:05:21 [narrator reading] I lookeddown at the figure beneath me.
1409 01:05:23 Through puffed and bloodiedlips she mouthed my name.
1410 01:05:28 There came an understandingso large,
1411 01:05:31 it left no room for sanity.
1412 01:05:35 I ran, but the knowledgeof my damnation paced me,
1413 01:05:40 gloating, celebratingits awful victory.
1414 01:05:45 [narrator reading] Behind me,a Lynch mob howled.
1415 01:05:48 Eventually, I cameto an ash-colored shore,
1416 01:05:52 a dismal black oceanstretching before me.
1417 01:05:55 How had I reached thisappalling position,
1418 01:06:00 with love, only love, as myguide?
1419 01:06:04 How had my noble intentions,
1420 01:06:06 [tentacles squelching]
1421 01:06:07 led me to atrocity?
1422 01:06:09 [creature moaning]
1423 01:06:13 [energy crackling, whooshing]
1424 01:06:19 [narrator reading] Pausing,I stood, panting, sobbing,
1425 01:06:25 ...listening tothe windborne sound
1426 01:06:27 of my pursuers draw closer.
1427 01:06:30 Planning to resume my flight,I raised my head and saw her.
1428 01:06:36 The black freighter and itsaccursed inhabitants
1429 01:06:41 seemed to be waiting,waiting for me.
1430 01:06:44 They'd come to Davidstown
1431 01:06:46 to collect the only prizethey'd ever valued.
1432 01:06:49 Claim the only soulthey'd ever truly wanted.
1433 01:06:54 I was a horror,
1434 01:06:56 amongst horrors I must dwell.
1435 01:07:01 I swam towards theanchored freighter.
1436 01:07:05 A rope snaked down.
1437 01:07:07 Spluttering, I grabbed it.
1438 01:07:10 And from the decks above,a cheer went up,
1439 01:07:14 both gross and black.
1440 01:07:18 It's stenchaffronting heaven.
1441 01:07:26 [soft clattering]
1442 01:07:34 [clears throat]
1443 01:07:39 [grunting, groaning]
1444 01:07:41 Manners.
1445 01:07:42 [laser whooshes]
1446 01:07:43 - [yelps, groans]- [clattering]
1447 01:07:45 [crackling]
1448 01:07:48 Now.
1449 01:07:50 What can I do for you?
1450 01:07:52 We knowyou're behind everything.
1451 01:07:55 The Comedian's murder,Jon's exile.
1452 01:07:58 Christ! Adrian,
1453 01:07:59 we're on the brinkof World War III
1454 01:08:01 because of you.
1455 01:08:02 Well, Nixonand his attack dog, Blake,
1456 01:08:04 most certainly did morein that regard.
1457 01:08:06 Have you ever readthe last speech
1458 01:08:08 Kennedy was supposedto deliver?
1459 01:08:09 [Rorschach grunting]
1460 01:08:11 [grunts, groans]
1461 01:08:13 [yelps, groans]
1462 01:08:15 "We in this country,in this generation,
1463 01:08:18 are by destiny,rather than by choice,
1464 01:08:22 the watchmenon the walls of freedom."
1465 01:08:24 But in a world of tyranny,crosshairs watched him.
1466 01:08:29 Blake's, most probably.
1467 01:08:30 - [groans]- What the hell
1468 01:08:31 are you getting at, Adrian?
1469 01:08:32 It was thenthat I began to realize
1470 01:08:35 my adventuringwas a...
1471 01:08:37 hollow crusadeagainst such forces,
1472 01:08:39 a dark comedy clarifiedby the Comedian himself
1473 01:08:42 in '66.
1474 01:08:44 I'm sure you rememberthe Crimebusters fiasco,
1475 01:08:47 where he discussednuclear war's inevitability.
1476 01:08:51 He opened my eyesto the truth.
1477 01:08:53 Only the best comediansaccomplish that.
1478 01:08:55 That's when I understoodwhat I must do.
1479 01:08:59 Alexander's methods,unification by conquest
1480 01:09:02 would not halt the race
1481 01:09:03 toward mutually-assureddestruction
1482 01:09:05 between East and West.
1483 01:09:06 But Alexander was also known
1484 01:09:08 for untying the unsolvableGordian knot...
1485 01:09:12 by severing it with a sword.
1486 01:09:14 The sameunconventional solution
1487 01:09:15 would be required
1488 01:09:17 to untangleour global problems.
1489 01:09:19 And my sword
1490 01:09:20 would be history'sgreatest practical joke.
1491 01:09:23 A joke discoveredby Comedian.
1492 01:09:25 [growling]
1493 01:09:27 Blake was returningfrom Nicaragua by airship
1494 01:09:29 when he spottedmy private island.
1495 01:09:32 He investigated and discoveredmy artists and scientists
1496 01:09:35 creating a genetically-altered,monstrous new life-form
1497 01:09:38 and our researchin teleportation.
1498 01:09:41 Teleportation?
1499 01:09:42 But only Jon can teleport.
1500 01:09:44 Jon proved it possible,and certainly more desirable
1501 01:09:47 than the electric vehicleshe developed.
1502 01:09:49 So, I capitalizedon his endeavors
1503 01:09:52 by developing the basic patentfor the public spark-hydrants
1504 01:09:55 that power his vehicles.
1505 01:09:57 I financedDimensional Developments,
1506 01:09:59 and the Institutefor Extraspatial Studies
1507 01:10:01 with the proceeds.
1508 01:10:02 Both developed new technologies
1509 01:10:04 spun-off from Jon'sgovernment research.
1510 01:10:07 But without his guiding mind,
1511 01:10:09 teleportation proved...limited.
1512 01:10:12 Anything livingdied explosively on arrival.
1513 01:10:15 Talking in circles.
1514 01:10:17 You murdered Comedianto keep him quiet.
1515 01:10:19 Unfortunately for Blake,
1516 01:10:21 I was monitoringMoloch's residence
1517 01:10:23 when his practicedcynicism cracked,
1518 01:10:26 and he began to spill fragmentsof my plan.
1519 01:10:29 I regrethis accidental involvement.
1520 01:10:31 With the fate of the world,and all humanity at stake,
1521 01:10:35 I couldn't risk the possibilityof Blake revealing my plan
1522 01:10:37 - in its entirety to anyone...- [Blake screaming]
1523 01:10:40 ...especially to Jon.
1524 01:10:43 Being too powerful
1525 01:10:44 and unpredictableto fit my plans,
1526 01:10:46 I plotted his removalfor years.
1527 01:10:48 Thus his past associates
1528 01:10:50 were exposed to radiationand cultivated as weapons
1529 01:10:52 against Jon's increasinglyfragile attachment to mankind.
1530 01:10:56 With Jon and Blakeneutralized,
1531 01:10:59 your mask-killer investigationthen needed stopping.
1532 01:11:03 I stagedmy own assassination attempt
1533 01:11:05 to place me beyond suspicionand cast doubt on the theory.
1534 01:11:08 The unwitting assassin I hiredwas fed a cyanide capsule.
1535 01:11:12 And Rorschach was framedfor Moloch's murder
1536 01:11:14 to close the loose ends.
1537 01:11:16 [yelling]
1538 01:11:17 [Rorschach grunts softly]
1539 01:11:19 Adrian, you're talking aboutfaulty teleportation
1540 01:11:21 and genetic monstersand ending war.
1541 01:11:24 How does any of thismad science make sense?
1542 01:11:28 My plan is quite simple.
1543 01:11:30 Teleport my creatureto New York.
1544 01:11:32 The ensuing explosionwill wipe out half the city.
1545 01:11:35 The aftermath will convincethe governments of Earth
1546 01:11:37 that we are under attackby beings from another world.
1547 01:11:40 Instead of fightingeach other,
1548 01:11:42 for the first timethe human race will unite
1549 01:11:44 against a common foe
1550 01:11:46 and usher in a new ageof global peace.
1551 01:11:54 Adrian, listen to me.
1552 01:11:56 You're not well.
1553 01:11:58 You need help.
1554 01:11:59 I'm just glad we got here
1555 01:12:01 before you had a chanceto try and do it.
1556 01:12:04 Do it?
1557 01:12:05 Dan, I'm notsome comic book villain.
1558 01:12:08 Do you seriously thinkI'd explain my masterstroke
1559 01:12:11 if there was eventhe slightest chance of you
1560 01:12:12 affecting its outcome?
1561 01:12:15 I did it 35 minutes ago.
1562 01:12:17 [tense music playing]
1563 01:12:21 [ticking rings out]
1564 01:12:32 Oh, man.[groans softly]
1565 01:12:37 Hm.
1566 01:12:40 Well, it's 11:25.About time to close up, kid.
1567 01:12:44 Hey, how many timesyou gonna read that junk?
1568 01:12:47 [scoffs] This storydon't make sense, man.
1569 01:12:49 That's why I gotto read it over.
1570 01:12:51 And my name's Bernie,not "kid."
1571 01:12:54 Bernie?Short for Bernard?
1572 01:12:55 No kidding.
1573 01:12:57 - That's my name... too.- [energy whooshing]
1574 01:12:59 Whoa...
1575 01:13:04 [tires screeching]
1576 01:13:06 [siren chirps]
1577 01:13:08 What the...
1578 01:13:09 Ah, Jesus, Derf...
1579 01:13:17 [energy crackling]
1580 01:13:18 Holy...
1581 01:13:24 - [creature screeching]- [people groaning]
1582 01:13:27 [screaming]
1583 01:13:30 - [creature screeching]- [woman screaming]
1584 01:13:34 - [glass shattering]- [people screaming]
1585 01:13:36 - [creature screeching]- [people yelping]
1586 01:13:39 - [tires screeching]- [glass shattering]
1587 01:13:41 [energy whooshing]
1588 01:14:01 [creature growling]
1589 01:14:06 [energy crackling, whooshing]
1590 01:14:08 [coughs]
1591 01:14:16 [creature growling]
1592 01:14:19 [moaning, trilling]
1593 01:14:21 Oh, my God!
1594 01:14:24 - Oh, my God!- [creature bellows in pain]
1595 01:14:28 [dying bellows end]
1596 01:14:32 What... what the hell is that?
1597 01:14:35 I had expected us to returnto Earth much earlier.
1598 01:14:38 The interference I had noticed,
1599 01:14:40 it was not a warhead detonationafter all.
1600 01:14:43 So what...
1601 01:14:45 Tachyons.
1602 01:14:47 A squall of tachyons.
1603 01:14:48 But where can they becoming from?
1604 01:14:50 I had almost forgottenthe delights of uncertainty.
1605 01:14:54 [shuddering] Jon...
1606 01:14:56 I am picking up a strong pulsefrom the south-polar region.
1607 01:14:59 Jon, get me out of here, please.
1608 01:15:02 Of course.
1609 01:15:04 [energy crackling]
1610 01:15:07 [Adrian] No one will doubt
1611 01:15:08 the Earth has met a forceso dreadful
1612 01:15:11 that it must be repelled,
1613 01:15:14 all former enmities aside.
1614 01:15:18 No one must everknow the truth.
1615 01:15:21 Those who were involvedare dead.
1616 01:15:24 Killers killed by killerswho killed each other.
1617 01:15:28 A lethal pyramid.
1618 01:15:31 And what about us?
1619 01:15:38 - [energy crackling]- [Silk Spectre shivering]
1620 01:15:40 [Jon] Veidt, of course.
1621 01:15:42 Who else has the intelligencefor tachyon interference?
1622 01:15:45 He must have anticipated
1623 01:15:47 my possible discoveryof his plot for some time.
1624 01:15:49 All that stuff in New York,Adrian planned it?
1625 01:15:52 Yes. He killed Blakeand half of New York.
1626 01:15:56 Excuse me, Rorschach.
1627 01:15:57 I am informing Laurieten seconds ago.
1628 01:16:00 These tachyons are muddlingthings up.
1629 01:16:02 Jon, wait!
1630 01:16:06 - [Nite Owl] Jon!- [Rorschach] No!
1631 01:16:09 Have to stop him.
1632 01:16:10 Killed Blakeand half of New York.
1633 01:16:12 [Jon] Yes. He killed Blakeand half of New York.
1634 01:16:14 Excuse me, Rorschach.
1635 01:16:16 I am informing Laurieten seconds ago.
1636 01:16:18 These tachyonsare muddling things up.
1637 01:16:22 [clinking,electricity crackling]
1638 01:16:31 The static is stronger here.
1639 01:16:35 Hiding behind these tachyonswas clever, Veidt.
1640 01:16:38 But this game is stupid.
1641 01:16:44 Very well.
1642 01:16:45 If I must follow this throughto the bitter end...
1643 01:17:01 [shivering]
1644 01:17:06 Dan.
1645 01:17:13 [growling]
1646 01:17:19 Bubastis, forgive me.
1647 01:17:22 [growling]
1648 01:17:24 [energy crackling]
1649 01:17:27 Veidt, don't!
1650 01:17:37 [crackling]
1651 01:17:39 Huh. I wasn't actually surethat would work.
1652 01:17:42 [Silk Spectre] Veidt...
1653 01:17:45 you're an asshole.
1654 01:17:48 [clicking]
1655 01:17:49 [effort grunt]
1656 01:18:01 Oh, shit.
1657 01:18:02 - [both grunting]- [groaning]
1658 01:18:05 [Nite Owl] Laurie!
1659 01:18:10 Something else I wasn't sureI would--
1660 01:18:12 [energy crackling]
1661 01:18:17 I am disappointed, Veidt.
1662 01:18:20 Very disappointed.
1663 01:18:25 [grunts]
1664 01:18:35 Restructuring myselfwas the first trick I learned.
1665 01:18:39 Did you really thinkit would kill me?
1666 01:18:42 I have walked across the sun.
1667 01:18:45 I have seen eventsso tiny and so fast
1668 01:18:47 that they can hardly be saidto have occurred at all.
1669 01:18:50 But you?
1670 01:18:51 You are just a man.
1671 01:18:54 And this world's smartest man
1672 01:18:57 means nothing more to methan its smartest termite.
1673 01:19:02 What is that, Veidt?
1674 01:19:04 Another ultimate weapon?
1675 01:19:06 You could say that.
1676 01:19:08 [reporter 1 on TV]This just in...
1677 01:19:09 We have terrifying images...
1678 01:19:11 Oh, Christ...
1679 01:19:13 What you are about to seemay shock you.
1680 01:19:15 [reporter 2] ...it's an utterlyhorrible scene here.
1681 01:19:17 [reporter 3] ...an instituteresearching other dimensions.
1682 01:19:20 [reporter 4] ...millions havedied here this evening.
1683 01:19:22 [Rorschach] No! No!
1684 01:19:24 [reporter 5]Could it be alien contact?
1685 01:19:26 [reporter 6]Has the Earth been invaded?
1686 01:19:28 Global concern is growing...
1687 01:19:29 ...and world leadersare issuing
1688 01:19:31 statements of supportacross the globe.
1689 01:19:33 We're hearing nowthat Russian leader
1690 01:19:34 Gorbachev said,
1691 01:19:36 they're evaluating the newthreat in New York...
1692 01:19:38 ...increasing callsfor an immediate peace summit
1693 01:19:40 in Geneva from world leaders...
1694 01:19:42 in a globalconcerted effort...
1695 01:19:44 [reporter 7] Even Russiais suspending military action.
1696 01:19:46 [Nixon] Ladies and gentlemen,this is good news.
1697 01:19:48 The war is over.
1698 01:19:49 War is over.
1699 01:19:51 [reporter 8]The war is over.
1700 01:19:54 I did it. I did it!
1701 01:19:57 I saved Earth from hell!
1702 01:20:00 And next I will lift her uptoward utopia.
1703 01:20:04 [Silk Spectre]Wait. Next?
1704 01:20:05 You really thinkyou can get away with this?
1705 01:20:09 [sighs wearily]
1706 01:20:11 If you expose me,
1707 01:20:13 you will undo the peacethat millions died to achieve.
1708 01:20:17 If you kill me,
1709 01:20:18 you risk investigationsthat will reveal what happened.
1710 01:20:22 He is correct.
1711 01:20:25 Exposing this plot
1712 01:20:26 results in greater destructionon Earth.
1713 01:20:30 On Mars,you demonstrated life's value.
1714 01:20:34 If we would preserve life here,we must remain silent.
1715 01:20:38 - [gasps]- [sighs wearily]
1716 01:20:40 You're right. Jesus.
1717 01:20:50 Rorschach...
1718 01:20:52 we... we...
1719 01:20:57 We have to compromise on this.
1720 01:21:02 No.
1721 01:21:04 Not evenin the face of Armageddon.
1722 01:21:06 Never compromise.
1723 01:21:11 Well, in all likelihood,he is of no consequence.
1724 01:21:14 Rorschach is hardlya reliable witness.
1725 01:21:18 Still...
1726 01:21:22 I think I shall meditatein my orrery now.
1727 01:21:26 - [energy crackling, whooshing]- Jon?
1728 01:21:32 [wind blowing]
1729 01:21:37 [energy crackling, whooshing]
1730 01:21:39 [Jon] Where are you going?
1731 01:21:40 Back to America.
1732 01:21:41 People must be told.Evil must be punished.
1733 01:21:44 You know,I cannot let you do that.
1734 01:21:49 Of course.To protect Veidt's new utopia.
1735 01:21:53 One more bodyamongst foundations
1736 01:21:55 makes little difference.
1737 01:21:58 Well...
1738 01:22:01 what are you waiting for?
1739 01:22:03 Do it.
1740 01:22:07 Rorschach...
1741 01:22:14 Do it.
1742 01:22:19 Do it!
1743 01:22:20 [bursting splatter]
1744 01:22:25 No!
1745 01:22:27 - No, no.- Dan.
1746 01:22:30 God.
1747 01:22:30 I'm here, Dan.
1748 01:22:32 [sobbing] No.
1749 01:22:33 [Silk Spectre]I'm so sorry.
1750 01:22:37 [energy crackling, whooshing]
1751 01:22:40 [sobbing continues]
1752 01:22:48 Hello, Jon.
1753 01:22:52 I was hopingwe'd have a chance to talk.
1754 01:22:56 I know I've journeyedacross the backs
1755 01:22:58 of murdered innocentsto save humanity.
1756 01:23:02 But someonehad to take the weight
1757 01:23:04 of that awful necessary crime.
1758 01:23:07 Unlike Rorschach,I understand,
1759 01:23:12 without condoningor condemning.
1760 01:23:14 Human affairs cannotbe my concern any longer.
1761 01:23:19 I am leaving this galaxyfor one... less complicated.
1762 01:23:24 But you'd regained interestin human life.
1763 01:23:27 [Jon] Yes, I have.
1764 01:23:31 I think I would liketo create some.
1765 01:23:35 Goodbye, Adrian.
1766 01:23:36 Before you leave,
1767 01:23:39 I did the right thing,didn't I?
1768 01:23:43 It all worked out in the end.
1769 01:23:45 In the end?
1770 01:23:48 Nothing ends, Adrian.
1771 01:23:52 Nothing ever ends.
1772 01:24:14 [Sally chuckling] Well, despitenearly killing me
1773 01:24:16 with a heart attack,
1774 01:24:18 this is quite a Christmas gift.
1775 01:24:21 I'm just so happyto have my little Laurel back.
1776 01:24:25 - Hair color, aside.- Mother, remember?
1777 01:24:28 It's Sandraand Sam Hollis, now.
1778 01:24:30 Aw!
1779 01:24:32 And Hollis would be so proudthat you took his name.
1780 01:24:36 It was the least I could doto honor him.
1781 01:24:39 He was likea second father to me.
1782 01:24:41 And that's whyI wanted to visit.
1783 01:24:46 Mom, I found outwho my real dad was.
1784 01:24:52 Oh, Jesus.
1785 01:24:54 [sobbing] Oh, Laurel.I'm so sorry.
1786 01:24:57 Mom...
1787 01:24:59 - What you must think...- Mom, it doesn't matter.
1788 01:25:03 [Sally sighing sadly]
1789 01:25:04 People's livestake them strange places.
1790 01:25:07 They do strange things,
1791 01:25:09 and sometimesthey can't talk about them.
1792 01:25:13 I know how that is.
1793 01:25:14 [sniffles]
1794 01:25:17 I love you, Mom.
1795 01:25:20 You never did anythingwrong by me.
1796 01:25:27 Bye, Sam. Bye, Sandra.
1797 01:25:31 And don't wait too longto have children.
1798 01:25:32 - I'm an old woman.- [Sam chuckles]
1799 01:25:34 - Goodbye, Mom.- Bye, Ms. Jupiter.
1800 01:25:36 You know, maybe that wasn't
1801 01:25:38 such a bad ideaof your mother's-
1802 01:25:39 [chuckling] Forget it.
1803 01:25:41 Not yet.
1804 01:25:42 You've been talking aboutadventuring again,
1805 01:25:44 and I'm not staying homechanging diapers.
1806 01:25:46 [chuckles softly]
1807 01:25:47 Nite Owl and Silk Spectresounds pretty awesome.
1808 01:25:50 - I think I want a new name.- Mm?
1809 01:25:52 And a better costumefor protection.
1810 01:25:55 - Mm-hm.- Something leather.
1811 01:25:58 [Sam] Sure.
1812 01:25:59 [Sandra] And a mask.
1813 01:26:00 [Sam] Uh...
1814 01:26:02 - [Sandra] Maybe a gun.- [Sam] Mm...
1815 01:26:12 [Hector] Seymour,where have you been?
1816 01:26:13 Dimension X?
1817 01:26:14 [Seymour] I just got lunchfrom Burgers 'n' Borscht.
1818 01:26:16 [Hector] Don't say it!
1819 01:26:17 I won't have Russianspoken in this office,
1820 01:26:19 ass-kissing peace accordor not.
1821 01:26:21 - [paper rustling]- [Hector] What are you doing?
1822 01:26:22 [Seymour] Well, I was gonnaeat my lunch.
1823 01:26:24 [Hector sighs wearily]Three million New Yorkers died,
1824 01:26:25 and you weren't one of them.
1825 01:26:27 Seymour, damn it!
1826 01:26:28 You've got two more pagesto fill before you eat.
1827 01:26:31 [Seymour] I thoughtyour column--
1828 01:26:32 Well, you thought wrong.
1829 01:26:33 Nobody's allowedto say bad things
1830 01:26:35 about our "good old buddies,"the Russians anymore.
1831 01:26:37 So bang goesa two-page column.
1832 01:26:39 Get some filler somewhere.
1833 01:26:40 [Seymour] Robert Redford says
1834 01:26:41 he'll be running for presidentin '88.
1835 01:26:43 [Hector] Seymour,do not dignify absurdities
1836 01:26:45 with coverage.
1837 01:26:47 Nobody wants a cowboy actorin the White House.
1838 01:26:49 [Seymour] Then I guessit's something
1839 01:26:51 from the crank file?
1840 01:26:52 [Hector sighs wearily]Yes, yes.
1841 01:26:54 Whatever's withinyour limited abilities.
1842 01:26:56 Just take responsibilityfor once in your life.
1843 01:27:00 Run whatever you want.
1844 01:27:02 I leave it entirelyin your hands.
1845 01:27:06 [funky music playing]
1846 01:27:08 ♪ Can you containThe Mmeltdowns? ♪
1847 01:27:11 [announcer] The atomic agebite-sized snack
1848 01:27:13 that'll make you glowfrom head to toe.
1849 01:27:15 ♪ Can you containThe Mmeltdowns? ♪
1850 01:27:18 [announcer] A chain reactionof flavor satisfaction
1851 01:27:20 that'll makeyour taste buds explode.
1852 01:27:23 ♪ Can you containThe Mmeltdowns? ♪
1853 01:27:26 [announcer] Fruity falloutand a delicious molten center
1854 01:27:29 that'll blow youall the way to China.
1855 01:27:31 ♪ Can you containThe Mmeltdowns? ♪
1856 01:27:34 [announcer]Mm, Mmetldowns!
1857 01:27:37 [jazz music playing]
1858 01:28:34 [pensive music playing]