But I know for sure that if there was, I’d watch every episode. But I’m a bit of a comic book crank on this subject.Īusten Goslin: I don’t know if there should be more Watchmen. Any adaptation of Watchmen has to have something really important to say, if only to justify going against the firmly expressed wishes of one of its creators. Susana Polo: I think my rule here is the same as when the show was announced. “I don’t think there actually needs to be any more of it.” Karen Han: It’s that age-old conundrum of “I would watch this show forever” vs. Matt Patches: The minute Lube Man greased himself up and slid down a storm drain, I wanted 800 more episodes of Watchmen. So we convened a Polygon roundtable to ask: Do we want to watch more Watchmen? And should we?Īm I blue? Photo: Mark Hill/HBO Did you enjoy season 1 enough to want more of this show? But should he, given that he conceived of this as a one-and-done story? Fans always tend to push for more of what they love, and then they’re often disappointed when the sequels and prequels don’t give them the high of the original. It seems likely that HBO would push Lindelof (or other members of his team) to continue the story in some way. Watchmen has been a mild ratings success, but more significant for HBO, which needed a post- Game of Thrones conversation-starter to keep the network in the spotlight in an increasingly competitive streaming era, it’s been an appointment-viewing show in a time when those are rare. Creator Damon Lindelof has said that he doesn’t have plans for a second season, but the show’s success makes it hard to believe HBO won’t push for one.
Season 1 of HBO’s series Watchmen wrapped up on Sunday, December 15 with a finale that brought together its previously separated plotlines, clarified some important relationships, and as usual, repeatedly looped back to the Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons graphic novel that inspired the show.