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'Watchmen' finds its Dr. Manhattan in the series' most intriguing twist yet

Warning: This story contains spoilers from Sunday night's episode of "Watchmen," "A God Walks Into Abar."

Bet you didn't see that coming.

In a season already packed with head-spinning twists and surprising images, "Watchmen," HBO's hit reboot of the iconic graphic novel, has unveiled its most bizarre twist yet. Sunday night's episode, "A God Walks Into Abar," reveals that Cal Abar (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), the quietly supportive husband of protagonist Angela Abar (Regina King), is actually Dr. Manhattan, the powerful, blue-skinned being who was believed to living on Mars.

Dr. Manhattan, a brilliant nuclear physicist who had been genetically transformed into a god-like figure following a laboratory accident, was the most intriguing and mysterious of the original "Watchmen" characters, and he has been

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