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But Why did Will have Judd kill himself?


Will has been full of rage since the events of 1921. His rage was tempered or held in check by his dream of belief in The Law and of one day being a representative of The Law. Finally being able to protect those who needed protection, to even capturing those who felt themselves above the law and dispensing justice based on The Law.

When he found out that the roots of those who broke the law were deeply embedded within the very fabric of those who made laws and were sworn to protect, Will exploded. It was revenge that appeared and felt righteous to him but not satisfying as it never erased Tulsa 1921.

But why kill Judd? Why was Will seeking "Hooded Justice" against Judd in what appears to be Judd's only crime of just holding onto and honoring his own legacy? Did Judd spare Angela the night of the "White Night" just like the police department spared Officer Will from hanging to send a message? Were the "Refordations" used to make Angela forget the historical pain of racial injustice and she had moved on when Will could not?

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Judd and Senator Keene were in cahoots, and Judd may also (although it hasn't been definitively stated) have been a member of the 7th Kavalry. I thought about the possibility that Will had actually run into him in his younger days behind the mask of Hooded Justice but Judd Crawford isn't nearly old enough for that.

Did he kill the guy because he needed to get Angela's attention and, well, here was a racist hypocrite he could hang in the process? Remember he may well have known about the White Night in advance and deliberately not warned his officers, many of whom died. Or does breaking the peace between the 7K and Tulsa police figure into Lady Trieu and Will's plan in some way? You know, create enough chaos and the cops won't notice that energy buildup around your giant doomsday clock - until it's too late. Something like that.

Who knows? It's still not completely clear why Will went out of his way to kill Angela's boss. We need more information.

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what was judds legacy? if someone had a relative in the black panthers would you call it holding onto and honoring their legacy?

the officers spared will from hanging? by hanging him and then cutting him down? by engineering the entire event?

was angela even aware of her connection to the historical pain of racial injustice until will? why would "redfordations" make her forget like its all or nothing?

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I have to say, it feels that Will is hurting people just because he can using his own and his people's history as a justification.

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Well, I was wrong. Apparently all white people are racist and the chief was faking his affection for Angela's family for several years.

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I'd say you are wrong now also.


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Don't believe Judd was faking for one instant which is why it's mind boggling to learn of his involvement in all of this & that he was one of the higher ups. But that's how Damon Lindelof probably wanted it. For us to tear ourselves apart trying to reconcile it all. Knowing is only half the battle, trying to understand it is the real struggle.

You have on one hand, a caring decent man who was honestly distraught when one his African American officers got shot & put in a coma, who had a genuine respect & friendship with one of his black officers. Then on the other hand you find out he's associated with the presidential candidate & could be part of a insidious conspiracy with a radical white supremacist group.

It's part of the brilliance of the show, we're left to figure out what side we are going to come down on regarding all of this.

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I think we can take Keene at his word that the group evolved into something else, white supremacy no longer being their platform.


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What Judd was faking was his concern for Angela

During the white night, he and Keane learned that Cal was Dr. Manhattan

That's why he got so close to her

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