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Who Is Hooded Justice? Watchmen Has a Stunning Answer.

 Watchmen writer Cord Jefferson talks Hooded Justice, generational trauma, and the show’s best episode yet. By Angelica Jade Bastién
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9 Big Questions From This Week’s Watchmen

 “This Extraordinary Being” gives us a big revelation about Hooded Justice and puts the series’ inciting mystery to bed. Sort of. By Keith Phipps
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Watchmen Beautifully Wrestles With Toxic Nostalgia

 “This Extraordinary Being” is a dizzying exploration of memory and the dangers of failing to see the past for what it was. By Jen Chaney

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  4. chat room
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  8. lingering questions
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    By Keith Phipps
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