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One theory could explainWatchmen ’s " Lube Man " . The special vigilance man was introduced in episode 4 " If You Do n’t Like My Story , spell Your Own , " and has since become a bailiwick of enthrallment for many . Lube Manis just one of several mysteries HBO’sWatchmenTV series has yet to tease out fully , but there may be clues to Lube Man ’s true nature - and motivations - in the episode .
Lube Man is first seen on the face of it spying on Sister Night , who is dispose of grounds tie her to a slaying suspect -Will Reeves ' wheelchair . Sister Night chases down the cryptical figure , who escapes by squirting lubricant all over his physical structure and slide into the sewer . The sequence is a bizarre reminder that although mask law-breaking - fighting has been outlawed in the macrocosm ofWatchmen , there are always those willing to bust the rule .
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While Lube Man has yet to resurface onWatchmen , and his role in the larger plot is still unclear , the show has hint at the figure ’s true identity . The skin - tight suit uncover the character ’s slender , gangly build , while its minimalist habitation - made appearance is a stark contrast to the elaborated and professional character of Sister Night ’s costume , or even that worn by the illegal vigilance man from episode 3 , Mr. Shadow . Lube Man ’s clumsy demeanor suggests he is unaccustomed to confrontation , and his motivation has something to do with gather selective information . At this point in the serial , there is one character who gibe this description : Dale Petey .
Dale Petey is the young F.B.I. agentive role opt byLaurie Blaketo assist her investigating into the death of Judd Crawford . Petey is a mild - mannered academic specialize in masked vigilante history ( he ’s behind the many viral info dumps of what ’s happened to the macrocosm since theWatchmencomic ) . He have the same build and body - nomenclature as Lube Man , and , as theplane ride setting inWatchmenepisode 3reveals , Petey regards Blake ’s past as the Silk Spectre with a romanticism she does not share . It is very likely that Petey either already gathers intelligence using a home - made costumed designed for fly , or that he would be all - too - willing to do so if Blake , who he deeply admires , asked him to .
While the truth has yet to be revealed , the most likely scenario is that Blake asked Petey to spy on Sister Night , and he did so as Lube Man .
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