Damon Lindelof Hopes There Will Be More WATCHMEN, He Just Won't Be Working on It

In case you missed the news, HBO’s Watchmen picked up an astounding 26 Emmy nominations! The series was a huge hit with audiences while it was running, and now the fruits of the labor of the talented people who worked on creating it are being rewarded.

Fans have been wondering if HBO would move forward with a second season; the thing is, if they do, they will be doing it without the writer and showrunner of the first season, Damon Lindeloff. He delivered one hell of a show and it is, in my opinion, the best thing he’s ever done. He has said several times already that he’s not coming back for a second season. But, just because he doesn’t want to be involved doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to see more Watchmen.

During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lindelof talks about how proud he is of the work that he and his team did on Season 1, and he hopes to see where someone else could take Watchmen:

"I'm so proud of the work that we all did. But this show only worked because other [writers] told the story and I got out of the way, and that was not easy for me. I'm not saying this because I'm being modest; I'm a narcissist, for sure, but in the case of Watchmen, the magic occurred and that could never be replicated. So many of those storytellers have now gone on to run their own shows and to other projects. Even Regina is directing and producing her own movie. So there's not going to be an Ocean's Twelve. 

“The big incentive for me would have been not to do more Watchmen but to work with that same group of artists, and they've all scattered to the wind. So I hope there's more Watchmen. It's one of those rare comic books that transcends what people think when you say 'comics.' The idea can hold real cultural conversations or deep dives into American history, or criticisms of, of law and order — those things are evergreen. I really feel like that space is now open for others to come and play in, and I really look forward to what they do with it.”

I’d be fine if we didn’t see another season of Watchmen. I thought that was a fantastic one-off story that doesn’t need to continue. If we did see another Watchmen series, I might be interested to see it set in a different time and/or a different place set in the same universe.

If there were going to be a Watchmen Season 2, what would you want to see from it?