Watchmen, a new HBO series created by Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers ), is set about three decades after the 1986 comic book series in an alternate reality where Robert Redford is president and baby cephalopods fall from the sky. Though based on the comic, the TV show remixes the superhero saga to explore racial injustice, policing, politics and family.

Some characters do return, including Agent Laurie Blake (Jean Smart), the former second Silk Spectre , and Adrian Veidt (Jeremy Irons), aka Ozymandias, once one of the richest people in the world and also the person who secretly sent a giant squid to kill half of New York in the 80s in order to avert nuclear war. (We know, its a lot to untangle; heres a deeper explainer if youre confused .) However, the first four episodes of Watchmen focus mostly on a twisty story about new characters in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

A war is brewing in Tulsa between the mask-wearing white supremacist group known as the Seventh Kavalry and the also-mask-wearing cops trying to keep the peace. With everyone wearing masks, detective Angela Abar (Regina King), aka Sister Night, finds it nearly impossible to tell the good guys from the bad. The arrival of Will Reeves (Louis Gossett Jr.), a mysterious figure in a wheelchair who is tied to Abars past, complicates things even more. Theres also a trillionaire, Lady Trieu (Hong Chau), who seems to be able to predict the future and is building a giant clock for reasons yet unknown.

With so much going on, HuffPosts Bill Bradley and Erin Evans decided to unmask some of the storylines on Watchmen so you could decide the ultimate question: Should you watch it?