HBO s Watchmen Episode 7: Doctor Manhattan Unmasked But Questions Remain

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What's Cal's secret? 

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With each episode, [ Watchmen] raises lots of questions. That's not surprising, considering the original comic left readers with plenty of head-scratchers and that the writer and executive producer of the [/tags/hbo/ HBO] series is Damon Lindelof, who also worked on [ Lost] and [ The Leftovers]. 
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Sunday's episode, titled An Almost Religious Awe, had some big reveals as the season is coming to a close. 
Is Cal actually Doctor Manhattan? 
The big reveal in Sunday's episode is that Cal Abar, the husband of detective Angela Abar, may actually be Doctor Manhattan in disguise, as some [ online theories] correctly predicted. 

For background, Doctor Manhattan is the only true "superhero" in the [/news/watchmen-hbo-101-guide-to-the-comics-behind-the-series/ Watchmen comics]. Born as Jonathan Osterman, he was a son of a clockmaker who studied nuclear physics and was accidentally left in an "intrinsic field" device. The accident gave him god-like powers, and he eventually took on the hero name Doctor Manhattan. After the events of 11/2, Doctor Manhattan left Earth for Mars, or so everyone thought. 

In Sunday's episode, Angela takes a hammer to her husband Cal and appears to pull a small token in the shape of a hydrogen atom, which is Doctor Manhattan's symbol, out of his head. So, tour sapa từ hà nội Angela was keeping a secret. But it appears others may be aware as well. 

Lady Trieu knows, and going by her line of questioning in the episode, she also knew Angela was keeping that secret. Sen. Joe Keene and the Seventh Kavalry also seem to know Doctor Manhattan is in Tulsa, and may be planning to kill and replace him.