With programs like Succession and Game of Thrones, HBO has had a great year. As a so-called “remix,” showrunner Damon Lindelof and his team of writers set out to craft a tale that was not an adaptation of the foundational work but rather continued on its history.
Rather than the Cold War nuclear tensions of the comic, HBO’s Watchmen gathered together a star-studded ensemble to play both new and familiar characters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, nearly a century after the Black Wall Street murder. The nine episodes of Watchmen, despite Lindelof’s best efforts, did leave several things unsolved and set up a potential for further episodes. Let’s take a look at what we’ve heard regarding the possibility of a second season, even though it’s doubtful.
Watchmen Season 2 Renewed Or Canceled?
Although the show has received high accolades from reviewers, it is doubtful that it will return for a second season. As USA Today reported in early 2020, the HBO programming executive Casey Bloys stated that the network would consider the third season of Game of Thrones only if creator Damon Lindelof agreed to it — something he has not done thus far. As a result of Season 1, Lindelof stated that he had “no interest in a second season,” according to USA Today.
If Damon Lindelof isn’t participating, it’s hard to envision the show happening without him. HBO hasn’t officially canceled the project, but it looks like fans will have to put all of their trust in him if they want the network to give the show another go. They appear to be waiting for him to come up with a new plan before they can proceed. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bloys said, “As we left it with Damon, I’m following his lead and figuring out what he wants to accomplish. What excites me is his concept, and what excites me is his desire to do something different.”
In light of the series’ 11 Emmys, which went to actors Regina King and Yayha Abdul Mateen II as well as writers Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, HBO is likely to stay in the Watchmen business. For Outstanding Limited Series, it was also honored. But as far as we know, it’s only a one-off, so you’ll have to settle for a hand-washing PSA with the actors.
Bloys tweeted a link to a Decider piece declaring the renewal still a possibility because the news of the program may be not returning produced quite a deal of hype, which does say quite a bit coming from him. Season 2 hasn’t been ruled out by HBO’s head of programming, so hold your horses. Lindelof is the one we’ve all been waiting for.
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Watchmen Season 2 Plotline
The prospect of the second season of Watchmen may seem like a distant dream at this point, but we can’t rule it out just yet. When asked if he had “given [his] permission” to HBO for a second season, Lindelof told USA Today that he had. However, HBO claimed that it would not proceed with the project without Lindelof’s involvement. Season 2 might be an anthology, which would make sense because Lindelof/HBO completed the tale the showrunner had intended to with Season 1. Season 2 of a possible anthology series would be up in the air if that were the case, and Bloys actually mentioned the possibility.
Even if HBO doesn’t go back to the original Season 1 narrative, it may investigate if Angela Abar (Regina King) has inherited Dr. Manhattan’s abilities. This might give us a sense of her effect as a more active superhero if the discussion she and Would Reeve had about Dr. Manhattan’s ambivalence is any indication of what Season 2 will look like for her. In the event that she does not acquire his talents, we will watch a world coping with the death of Dr. Manhattan.
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Dan Dreiberg (Patrick Wilson), a former Nite Owl II and Laurie’s ex were also mentioned in passing. Dan went to prison when he and Laurie (Jean Smart) were caught undertaking vigilante work. Considering Laurie’s continued worry for Nite Owl, as well as the numerous allusions to Nite Owl throughout the series and the discovery of his spacecraft in the season finale, it’s very possible that Nite Owl may make an appearance in a future Season 2.
In the end, it appears that Adrian Veidt (Jeremy Irons) will be held accountable for his atrocities against mankind in some way. As Veidt is now in Laurie’s custody, Wade’s taped confession (the message to Robert Redford) may finally be brought to trial and held accountable here on Earth. Consequently, we may witness a world coping with the truth that the greatest threat it has ever faced is a fiction.
HBO doesn’t want anyone else touching the characters if Lindelof won’t, so don’t get carried away with the speculation. We’ll have to live with Season 1 of Watchmen’s near-perfect and confusing finale forever.
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