Watchmen (TV Series) - Timeline

[Pro Bot]

This is the timeline for the HBO Watchmen TV series, a continuation of the 1986 comic book Watchmen.

Viewing/Reading Order
The Massacre of Black Wall Street
Watchmen #1, "At Midnight, All the Agents..."
Watchmen #2, "Absent Friends"
Watchmen #3, "The Judge of All the Earth"
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker"
Watchmen #5, "Fearful Symmetry"
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also"
Watchmen #7, "A Brother to Dragons"
Watchmen #8, "Old Ghosts"
Watchmen #9, "The Darkness of Mere Being"
Watchmen #10, "Two Riders Were Approaching..."
Watchmen #11, "Look on my Works, Ye Mighty..."
Watchmen #12, "A Stronger Loving World"
Watchmen 1x01, "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice"
Watchmen 1x02, "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship"
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk"
Watchmen 1x04, "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own"
Watchmen 1x05, "Little Fear of Lightning"
Watchmen 1x06, "This Extraordinary Being"
Watchmen 1x07, "An Almost Religious Awe"
Watchmen 1x08, "A God Walks into a Bar"
Watchmen 1x09, "See How They Fly"
Rorschach #1
Rorschach #2
Rorschach #3
Rorschach #4
Rorschach #5
Rorschach #6
Rorschach #7
Rorschach #8
Rorschach #9
Rorschach #10
Rorschach #11
Rorschach #12

Timeline
1903
June 30
Rorschach #3 (pg. 1)

191?
????
Watchmen 1x02, "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship" (0:00:00 - 0:04:02)

1921
May 31
The Massacre of Black Wall Street (pg. 1-16)
Watchmen 1x01, "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (0:00:00 - 0:07:52)

June 1
The Massacre of Black Wall Street (pg. 17-20)

1945
August 7
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 3)

1950
????
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 3-4)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 10)

1951
July
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 6-7)

1955
????
Watchmen #9, "The Darkness of Mere Being" (pg. 6-8)

1957
????
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 10)

1959
????
Rorschach #5 (pg. 16)

May 12
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 4-5)

July
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 6)

August 20
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 7-8)

November
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 9)

November 10
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 9)

November 14
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 9)

November 22
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 10)

December 25
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 11)

1960
February
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 12)

March
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 13)

June 3
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 14)

November
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 14)

1961
September
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 14)

1962
May
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 15)

????
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 10)

1963
????
Watchmen #9, "The Darkness of Mere Being" (pg. 10-12)

September 23
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 16)

1964
March 13
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 10)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 11)

1965
????
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 15)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 5-6)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 5)

1966
April 14
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 15)
Watchmen #2, "Absent Friends" (pg. 4-11)
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 17)
Watchmen #9, "The Darkness of Mere Being" (pg. 14-16)

May
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 18)

1969
????
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 19)

1970
????
Rorschach #7 (pg. 5, 7-9)

December 1
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 19)

1971
January 4
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 19)

March
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 19)

????
Rorschach #5 (pg. 12-15)

May
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 20)

June 29
Rorschach #5 (pg. 18)
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 20)
Watchmen #2, "Absent Friends" (pg. 12-15)

1973
January
Watchmen #9, "The Darkness of Mere Being" (pg. 19-21)

1975
January 20
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 21)

????
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 21)
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 18-26)

1977
????
Watchmen #2, "Absent Friends" (pg. 16-18)
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 22)

August 3
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 23)

1981
May 31
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 24)

1985
August
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 24)

October
Watchmen #2, "Absent Friends" (pg. 21-23)

October 12
Watchmen #1, "At Midnight, All the Agents..." (pg. 1-13)

October 13
Watchmen #1, "At Midnight, All the Agents..." (pg. 14-26)

October 16
Watchmen #2, "Absent Friends" (pg. 1-4, 11-12, 15-16, 18-21, 23-28)

October 19
Watchmen #3, "The Judge of All the Earth" (pg. 1-21)

October 20
Watchmen #3, "The Judge of All the Earth" (pg. 22-28)
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 1-3, 5-6, 11-12, 17, 20, 22-28)

October 21
Watchmen #5, "Fearful Symmetry"

October 25
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 1-8)
Watchmen #7, "A Brother to Dragons" (pg. 1-15)

October 26
Watchmen #7, "A Brother to Dragons" (pg. 16-28)
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 9-13)

October 27
Watchmen #8, "Old Ghosts" (pg. 1-5)
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 14-16)

October 28
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 17-18, 21, 25-28)

October 29
Watchmen #8, "Old Ghosts" (pg. 6-7)

October 30
Watchmen #8, "Old Ghosts" (pg. 9)

October 31
Watchmen #8, "Old Ghosts" (pg. 10-28)
Watchmen #9, "The Darkness of Mere Being" (pg. 1-6, 8-10, 12-14, 16-19, 21-28)

November 1
Watchmen #10, "Two Riders Were Approaching..." (pg. 1-22)

November 2
Watchmen #10, "Two Riders Were Approaching..." (pg. 23-28)
Watchmen #11, "Look on my Works, Ye Mighty..." (pg. 6, 9, 13, 20, 23-28)
Watchmen 1x05, "Little Fear of Lightning" (0:00:00 - 0:09:25)
Watchmen #11, "Look on my Works, Ye Mighty..." (pg. 1-5, 7-8, 10-12, 14-19, 21-22, 24-28)

November 3
Watchmen #12, "A Stronger Loving World" (pg. 1-27)

December 25
Watchmen #12, "A Stronger Loving World" (pg. 28-30)

1987
January 1
Watchmen #12, "A Stronger Loving World" (pg. 31-32)

1988
????
Rorschach #2 (pg. 7-8)

2001
????
Rorschach #10 (pg. 9)

2006
????
Rorschach #10 (pg. 9)

2009
????
Rorschach #3 (pg. 3-5, 7-9)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 11)

2010
December 13
Watchmen 1x01, "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (0:42:13 - 0:46:19)

2011
December 13
Watchmen 1x02, "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship" (0:42:23 - 0:48:27)

2012
December 13
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:32:23 - 0:40:59)

2013
????
Watchmen 1x04, "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own" (0:36:26 - 0:43:00)
Rorschach #3 (pg. 11-14)

2015
????
Rorschach #3 (pg. 16-19)

2016
????
Rorschach #4 (pg. 2-13, 16)

November
Rorschach #4 (pg. 17)

December 24
Watchmen 1x02, "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship" (0:16:18 - 0:22:06)

2017
????
Rorschach #4 (pg. 18-19)
Rorschach #8 (pg. 2)

2018
????
Watchmen 1x04, "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own" (0:00:00 - 0:08:14)
Rorschach #8 (pg. 2)

2019
????
Rorschach #2 (pg. 7, 18)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 9-10, 15)

September 8
Watchmen 1x01, "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (0:07:53 - 0:18:01)

September 9
Watchmen 1x01, "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (0:18:02 - 0:42:12)

September 15
Watchmen 1x01, "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (0:46:20 - 0:50:37)

September 16
Watchmen 1x01, "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (0:50:38 - 0:58:38)
Watchmen 1x02, "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship" (0:04:03 - 0:16:17)
Watchmen 1x02, "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship" (0:22:07 - 0:42:22)
Watchmen 1x02, "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship" (0:48:28 - 0:53:59)

September 17
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:02:15 - 0:03:05)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:03:10 - 0:03:26)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:03:32 - 0:03:38)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:03:43 - 0:03:45)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:03:51 - 0:10:05)

September 18
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:10:06 - 0:10:09)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:10:19 - 0:10:40)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:10:51 - 0:11:04)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:11:10 - 0:16:51)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:17:01 - 0:17:16)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:17:21 - 0:17:45)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:17:49 - 0:17:57)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:18:03 - 0:24:14)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:24:26 - 0:24:52)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:24:56 - 0:25:32)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:25:41 - 0:32:22)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:41:00 - 0:48:10)
Watchmen 1x04, "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own" (0:08:15 - 0:10:05)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:00:00 - 0:02:14)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:02:15 - 0:03:05) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:03:06 - 0:03:09)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:03:10 - 0:03:26) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:03:27 - 0:03:31)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:03:32 - 0:03:38) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:03:39 - 0:03:42)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:03:43 - 0:03:45) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:03:46 - 0:03:50)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:10:06 - 0:10:09) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:10:10 - 0:10:18)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:10:19 - 0:10:40) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:10:41 - 0:10:50)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:10:51 - 0:11:04) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:11:05 - 0:11:09)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:16:49 - 0:16:52) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:16:52 - 0:17:00)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:17:01 - 0:17:16) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:17:17 - 0:17:20)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:17:21 - 0:17:45) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:17:46 - 0:17:48)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:17:49 - 0:17:57) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:17:58 - 0:18:02)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:18:03 - 0:18:05) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:24:01 - 0:24:14) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:24:15 - 0:24:25)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:24:26 - 0:24:52) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:24:53 - 0:24:55)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:24:56 - 0:25:32) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:25:33 - 0:25:40)
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:25:41 - 0:25:47) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:47:06 - 0:48:10) [Audio Only]
Watchmen 1x03, "She Was Killed by Space Junk" (0:48:11 - 0:51:42)
Watchmen 1x04, "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own" (0:10:06 - 0:18:45)

September 19
Watchmen 1x04, "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own" (0:18:46 - 0:36:25)
Watchmen 1x04, "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own" (0:43:01 - 0:50:40)

September 20
Watchmen 1x05, "Little Fear of Lightning" (0:09:26 - 0:20:55)

September 21
Watchmen 1x05, "Little Fear of Lightning" (0:20:56 - 0:

September
Watchmen 1x06, "This Extraordinary Being"
Watchmen 1x07, "An Almost Religious Awe"
Watchmen 1x08, "A God Walks into a Bar"
Watchmen 1x09, "See How They Fly"

2020
October
Rorschach #5 (pg. 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 13-15, 18-19)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 2-3)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 20-21)
Rorschach #1 (pg. 8)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 19-21)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 16)
Rorschach #3 (pg. 1, 3, 19-21)
Rorschach #7 (pg. 10-18)
Rorschach #8 (pg. 3-8, 11-15, 17)
Rorschach #9 (pg. 1-13, 21-22)
Rorschach #10 (pg. 2-3, 12, 15-16, 19-20)
Rorschach #1 (pg. 6)
Rorschach #10 (pg. 13-14)
Rorschach #11 (pg. 7-8)
Rorschach #1 (pg. 4, 11-15, 20-21)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 7-9)
Rorschach #1 (pg. 1-10, 15-21)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 1-5, 7-8, 11-19, 22)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 3-4)
Rorschach #3 (pg. 2, 6, 10, 15, 21-22)
Rorschach #4 (pg. 1, 6-8, 11-12, 14-16, 20-22)
Rorschach #11 (pg. 9)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 1-3, 5-6, 9-12, 15-21)
Rorschach #6 (pg. 3, 8, 12, 17, 20-21)

November
Rorschach #7 (pg. 1-4, 6, 19-22)
Rorschach #8 (pg. 18)
Rorschach #8 (pg. 1, 4-5, 9-10, 13, 16, 18-21)
Rorschach #9 (pg. 1, 4-5, 8-9, 11-22)
Rorschach #10 (pg. 3-8)
Rorschach #10 (pg. 1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 15, 18-19, 21-22)
Rorschach #11
Rorschach #12

 

[Pro Bot]

Well, someone has got to do it.

 

[selfishmisery]

Well, someone has got to do it.

Sorry. Been horribly busy...

 

[Pro Bot]

No worries, you don't need to apologise because you haven't done anything wrong.

If you still want to do a Watchmen timelines thread at some point, which I think was discussed, you can just copy it over no problem.

 

[Dok]

Thanks!
Doomsday Clock is not canon?

 

[Jozaca]

Thanks!
Doomsday Clock is not canon?

I asked the same question in another Watchmen timeline post. Aparently both the TV show and Doomsday Clock follow the comic but the two continuations are mutually exclusive between themselves

 

[Dok]

Also is Before Watchmen canon?

 

[Pro Bot]

It's canon with Doomsday Clock I take it.

 

[ItzStitch626]

If and when you add the Watchmen movie to either this timeline or a different one, are you gonna add the ultimate cut (215 mins) or the director's cut (186 mins)?

 

[Lucid_Dreamer]

If and when you add the Watchmen movie to either this timeline or a different one, are you gonna add the ultimate cut (215 mins) or the director's cut (186 mins)?

The Watchmen tv show treats the original graphic novel as canon, not the movie.

Movie universe consists of the ultimate cut, the "Under the hood" documentary and I think the "end is nigh" videogame

 

[selfishmisery]

John Marshall Jones voices Hooded Justice; a black actor.
The main divergence from the comics in Watchmen the TV series was the real Hooded Justice being a black man instead of a foreign white dude.

So those animated movies might be essentially the revamped events of the comic and thus a prequel to the show.

 

[selfishmisery]

Watchmen: Chapter 1 & 2 - prequel
Watchmen (limited TV series)
Rorscach (comic) - sequel

 

[iceman109]

What other Watchmen universes are their outside of the TV universe?

 

[Pro Bot]

Watchmen Comic Timeline
Before Watchmen
Watchmen
Doomsday Clock

Watchmen Movie Timeline
Watchmen: The End is Nigh
Under the Hood
Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut

Watchmen Animated Timeline
Watchmen Chapter 1
Watchmen Chapter 2

 

[iceman109]

What about the Earth number for the Watchmen Universe?

 

[selfishmisery]

What about the Earth number for the Watchmen Universe?

We don't have one yet.

 

[iceman109]

Also why isn't Before Watchman on this timeline?

 

[Pro Bot]

Also why isn't Before Watchman on this timeline?

The Hooded Justice backstory is incompatible, which is why Selfish suggested the animated films as a backstory for the TV show.

 

[iceman109]

I thought the animated films were its own timeline though

 

[Pro Bot]

Suggested

Not a bad one either really. It's quite sound logically.