As for the heaven's gate part of the joke, Laurie is directly referencing the lives and actions of three key players from the Watchmen comics: Dan Dreiberg, Adrian Veidt, and Doctor Manhattan himself.

Watchmen': Damon Lindelof brings Doctor Manhattan ... Manhattan duplicates himself and subsequently alienates girlfriend Laurie, set to appear in the HBO drama as played by Jean Smart: Before ...

Narrator: In episode three of HBO's "Watchmen," we saw the return of a ... The episode opens with FBI agent Laurie Blake inside a special phone booth that can communicate with Dr. Manhattan ...

But the more Smart learned about the cynical, no-nonsense FBI Special Agent Laurie Blake, who brings a dose of hardened reality to the fantastic “Watchmen” world, the more she was intrigued.

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It’s a great deal of effort to discourage an annoying Jesus-freak, and culminates in the great psychic squid attack orchestrated by Veidt at the end of the Watchmen comic. The slow ...

The fourth chapter of HBO's Watchmen finally introduces the elusive ... She tells Angela and Laurie that she acquired Veidt Enterprises in 2017, not long after its namesake's disappearance.