The Watch (TV series)
The Watch is a 2021 BBC America television series "inspired by characters created by Terry Pratchett". It began as an attempt to make a fairly straightforward translation of the City Watch books characters into a procedural crime drama, but ended up somewhere quite different after many years in development. It has been quite divisive, with many fans - including celebrity ones - disowning it.
Blurb
Episodes
The Watch has had one season of eight episodes.
| # | Broadcast Date[1] | Episode Title | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021-01-03 | "A Near Vimes Experience" | Captain Sam Vimes of the Ank-Morpork City Watch has a near-Death experience when he tracks down Carcer Dun, a criminal from his past, who he saw die twenty years ago. |
| 2 | 2021-01-03 | "Ook" | Carcer uses a magical book to summon a Noble Dragon. The Watch investigate the Unseen University to find out who stole it for him, while confronting their fears of actively fighting actual crime. |
| 3 | 2021-01-10 | "The What?" | In order to infiltrate the Assassin's Guild, the Watch form a band. Meanwhile Lady Sybil goes in alone and finds the man who murdered her parents. |
| 4 | 2021-01-17 | "Twilight Canyons" | Carcer and the Watch both head to Twilight Canyons, a cursed retirement home, in search of an artefact which will allow its holder to control the dragon. |
| 5 | 2021-01-24 | "Not On My Watch" | Vimes decides to destroy the magical sword rather than let it fall into the wrong hands, leading him to clash with Sybil. |
| 6 | 2021-01-31 | "The Dark in the Dark" | The search for two more artefacts leads Cheery to return to her old mine - and to face "the Dark in the Dark". |
| 7 | 2021-02-07 | "Nowhere in the Multiverse" | Carcer and Wonse persuade the Observers to swap "the worst version of Sam Vimes" with the one they know as an alternate way to destroy the Watch. |
| 8 | 2021-02-14 | "Better to Light a Candle" | Carcer collects all three artefacts and calls the dragon, forcing the Watch to try a last-ditch plan to save the city. |
Podcast episodes
Major appearances
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this series.
Other appearances
Episodes where this series is discussed, but not as the main topic.
To be added.