I’ll quote myself.
Yes. That doesn’t mean that the individual scenes are taking place over a period of four years. It’s possible but it’s not necessary.
No, I don’t have confirmation, but it seemed very clear to me, especially after the last episode when he mentions 4 years. He didn’t build that catapult in a day.
That seems possible but also unlikely.
I think it does because in every(?) scene he has been eating his Anniversary cake.
As I said, I assumed that his quirky servants were celebrating the anniversary daily. I’m not arguing for that interpretation, but only that I don’t think we have a definitive answer yet one way or the other.
BTW, the first time we saw them serving cake to him, did he practically choke on how vile it was?
This was when they mentioned using the honeycomb he provided.
If it’s daily, then the show is screwing with us – the anniversary cake and “4 years” quote clearly point to 1 episode = 1 year (for the Veidt storyline). I suppose it could be something else, but IMO that would be dishonest storytelling.
Well, Veidt has the ability to rapidly accelerate the growth a human-like baby, why can’t Trieu?
I’m leaning toward Manhattan being responsible. The timing is too tight for Trieu to get all that done in time for Blake’s phone call. You could also say that it implicates Trieu too much, but it could be a decent reason to get Angela the info that Reeves is there.
That’s my assumption as well. Veidt reacts to the cakes as if he’s given one every day.
If he is not on Earth we don’t really know how long a year is to him.
But yeah, my take is they are not “real” yearly anniversaries as we would think of them. The bizarre, fawning behavior of his servants makes me think they might just be flattering him or it’s a made up occasion or something.
Besides, he kills off his servers so regularly (or so it seems), how do we expect them to remember when the anniversary is?
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Fishing for clones in a pond. Interesting system Dr. Manhattan has devised.
Laurie Blake, daughter of Edward Blake AKA The Comedian. I just made that connection.
I’m with Acsenray. I think the “anniversary” is just something programmed into the clones and it happens on a more or less daily basis. Even though Veidt may have been where he is for 4 years, I didn’t get a sense of 4 years worth of time progressing over the scenes.
My theory is Veidt is being held by Dr Manhattan (else why have the play?) but I can’t decide if Trieu is part of it (i.e. “clones”) or is trying to rescue Trieu and the big clock she’s building is somehow related.
And of course, who knows what all of this has to do with the Chief and Angela/Sister Night’s extended family?
One thing about the cakes hasn’t been mentioned yet. The number of candles changes in each episode: Episode 1 = one candle, Episode 2 = two candles, Episode 3 = three candles. We didn’t get to see how many candles were in the Episode 4 cake, but that’s also when Veidt said he had been there for four years.
Writers don’t put coincidences like the cakes, number of candles, and “4 years” line together unless it’s intentional. So it’s either 1 episode = 1 year for Veidt, or the writers want us to think 1 episode = 1 year.
I was wrong about the Episode 4 cake. We do, in fact, see it in the dining room where the massacre of the clones had taken place. It has a slice taken out (the same one that Veidt was eating earlier) and, guess what, it has four candles.
Friends of Nemo, lol!
Fantastic episode! Got to see the squid attack and fill in some of the aftermath (the Wade story was amazing). Some answers as well: verified that the Senator and Judd are in the Kalvary. Though the Senator wants Wade to believe it is for somewhat benevolent reasons. Of course having a recording of Veidt’s confession not leaking after being shown to every Senator seems a bit odd.
Veidt creating a “Save me” message for… Dr Manhattan (looked like the next word started with a D?) meaning maybe someone else put him on the moon?
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Wade has the ability to know if the Senator was lying and so was not expecting to be left alone after getting Angela out of the way. I’m wondering if Angela’s confession was staged.
Also like the raid on the compound … really Wade? Why go in until the back up you think you’ve called for arrived?
Veidt is on A moon, just not THE moon. What appeared to be Jupiter was filling the sky. Judging by the icy landscape, I’d say he’s on Europa.
Someone mentioned last night that the survivors of the squid landing on NYC suffered “psychic” trauma. Are they referring to PTSD from being at the site of an event that killed three million or is this something more? (I assume this was covered in the books.)