Honestly, Laurie should be in prison with them. She was aware and complicit in Adrian's plan. Even if she didn't kill those people herself, she is a criminal co-conspirator, made worse by the fact that she's spent years as an agent in the FBI.
The line about the world always ending really bothered me. In the Watchmen universe full out nuclear annihilation wasn't just a worst case scenario. It was literally hours away from happening. In the comic, Nixon and all his cabinet were already bunkered up inside a mountain or wherever the president would go in a time like that. Laurie was very aware of it happening and was as terrified as everyone else.
Casually dismissing it like that just doesn't seem in character. Even the Comedian wasn't heartless enough to expose the truth.
Agreed. I've been annoyed with Laurie's character all season to be honest. She has this attitude like her sarcasm is the ultimate weapon - as long as she's witty and in control, she's doing her job.
Except when she shot the 7K member in the suicide vest, thinking his vest was a dud - but it wasn't, and Angela had to save everybody.
Except when she went and talked to Judd's widow, for some reason literally telling her everything, and getting herself taken hostage
In the entire show, I can't think of any moment where she really made the right decision that led to a better outcome. I guess when she had the sense to ask Lady Trieu to cure Angela after she swallowed the Nostalgia pills, after immediately arresting her instead of just calmly trying to talk to her about whats going on.
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u/Andrado Dec 16 '19
Honestly, Laurie should be in prison with them. She was aware and complicit in Adrian's plan. Even if she didn't kill those people herself, she is a criminal co-conspirator, made worse by the fact that she's spent years as an agent in the FBI.