One of the most talked-about shows of 2019 was HBO's Watchmen. The limited series serves as a sequel to Alan Moore's groundbreaking graphic novel which is set in an alternate universe where superheroes operate as vigilantes.
Though the show featured masked crime-fighters, it explores the idea that being a hero is much more complicated than the comic books make it out to be. There are a lot of flawed people, evil people, and the rare good people in this world that make the series so complex and engrossing. Looking at the main characters of the show, there is a spectrum of evil and good and everything in between.
10 Joe Keene
Joe Keene is the son of a renowned politician who helped outlaw masked vigilantes. Keene follows in his father's footsteps and becomes a politician, but while he presents himself as a polite and heroic man, he is hiding some dark secrets.
Keene is actually the leader of a white supremacist group known as the Seventh Cavalry. Their goal is to take back the power they feel has been taken from the white men in America. In order to do this, Keene plans to transform himself into a real super-powered being so that no one can stop him.
9 Judd Crawford
Just as there are characters who hide their faces behind masks, there are many who are hiding their true intentions from the world. Like Joe Keene, Judd Crawford is someone who makes himself out to be a good person but is also a member of the Seventh Cavalry.
He likely helped organize the assassination of several of his own police, and he then befriends Angela Abar and her family in hopes of learning their hidden secret. Crawford says he stands for justice but is really just looking out for his own interests.
8 Adrian Veidt
Adrian Veidt is one of the most important characters from the graphic novel and his story continues here. Said to be the smartest man in the world, Veidt decided that the only way to prevent nuclear war was to fake an alien attack that killed millions of people and united the world.
Years later, Veidt has been exiled to a distant planet where he continues to be an egomaniac. He uses the cloned servants on the planet as disposable objects, killing them without remorse. Likewise, he doesn't seem to feel the least bit guilty about what he did all those years ago.
7 Lady Trieu
If Veidt is the smartest man in the world, then Lady Trieu is the smartest woman in the world. And that makes sense since she is Veidt's biological daughter. Like her father, Trieu uses her intelligence to help the world, but in her own way which could be quite harmful.
She finds a way to do what even Veidt could not — kill Doctor Manhattan and take his power. But as Veidt points out, that much power in the hands of someone with such self-importance could mean the end of the world.
6 Doctor Manhattan
Doctor Manhattan is like a real-life Superman in the Watchmen universe. He is an all-powerful being who is virtually indestructible, can vaporize enemies with a wave of his hand, and sees through time.
However, Doctor Manhattan has lost his touch with humanity. He wins the Vietnam War for America, but never questions if it was the right thing to do. He could have done so much good with his power but chooses not to because he just doesn't care about humanity anymore.
5 The Game Warden
It's tricky to determine if the Game Warden is a good guy or bad guy since he doesn't really have much thought of his own. He is one of the clones operating on Veidt's planet. Out of boredom, Veidt turned him into an adversary whose mission it is to keep Veidt imprisoned there.
He does what he is meant to do and nothing more really. He seems to take some honor in his position, but it doesn't seem like he really understands his purpose.
4 Will Reeves
One of the most intriguing characters explored in the series is Hooded Justice. He was a member of the original crime-fighting team known as the Minutemen. His true identity was never known, but the show reveals that Will Reeves, a Black police officer from Tulsa, was Hooded Justice all along.
Will joins the police force with the hopes of making a real difference. He is disillusioned by the corruption and racism he witnesses and becomes a vigilante. Though he murders bad people, he is someone who does want to see justice served.
3 Laurie Blake
Laurie Blake is another superhero featured in the original story. As a hero named Silk Spectre, she briefly did the crime-fighting thing before hanging up her costume after Veidt's "world-saving" plan is put into action.
Years later, Laurie is even more disillusioned with the idea of crime-fighters and works with the FBI to track them down. However, she still believes in doing the right thing, including taking down the Seventh Cavalry. She even finally decides to bring Veidt in for his crimes.
2 Wade Tillman
Wade Tillman is a member of the Tulsa police department and operates as a masked crime-fighter known as Looking Glass. He is a strong and reserved man hiding deep pain as he is a survivor of the fake alien attack years earlier.
Wade is a damaged man, but he is also willing to face his fears in order to save the day. He is resilient and stoic in the face of danger, which makes him an asset to the good guys.
1 Angela Abar
Angela is someone who knows she is a hero but comes to find that the world around her is much less heroic than she thought. Friends and people in power turn out to be quite evil, which rattles Angela but never causes her to stray from her heroic path.
Angela is a fighter and the causes she fights for are righteous. While others see the gray areas of the world, Angela doesn't bother with all that and is just concerned with doing the right thing. The final question the series asks is what someone like her could do with infinite power.
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