Lanterns Season 1 Episode 3 - OutKast

Lanterns just told John Stewart's origin story — and it might be the show's best episode yet. Chanel, Brandon & Sharmane break down Episode 3. 🟢Welcome back to We Was Watching, the podcast where Chanel, Brandon & Sharmane break down the shows everyone's talking about. This week we're recapping Lanterns Season 1 Episode 3 — the HBO Max flashback episode that reveals how John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) became a Green Lantern.We get into ALL of it: the nonlinear jump back to the '80s and '90s, young John's intense upbringing by his parents John Sr. (J. Alphonse Nicholson) and Bernadette (Nicole Ari Parker) — role models and tyrants in equal measure — and how the show throws out the usual superhero-origin playbook. We dig into Bernadette's powerful take on the show's racial themes, the darkness of John's super-soldier childhood, his doomed military career, and his recruitment into the Green Lantern Corps. Plus the introduction of Laura Linney as a Guardian of Oa in human form, and what the Guardians really want with John. Full spoiler-filled review and breakdown.Hit play and watch along with us. ▶️👍 Enjoyed this recap? LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and tap the bell 🔔 so you never miss an episode.💬 Drop your Lanterns theories in the comments — we read them all.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🧡 SUPPORT THE SHOWPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/WeWasWatching📲 FOLLOW THE SHOW📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wewaswatching🧵 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@wewaswatching✉️ Email the show: wewaswatchingpodcast@gmail.com🎙️ YOUR HOSTSBrandon🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/thatcoolblknerdChanel🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/chanelcreating🧵 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@chanelcreatingSharmane📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yorimichitr...📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharmanefury▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sharmanefury━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔎 KEYWORDSLanterns, Lanterns HBO, Lanterns episode 3, Lanterns season 1 episode 3, Lanterns recap, Lanterns review, Lanterns S1E3, Lanterns breakdown, Lanterns explained, John Stewart origin, John Stewart Green Lantern, John Stewart parents, Bernadette Stewart, the Guardians, Guardians of Oa, Laura Linney Lanterns, Green Lantern Corps, Aaron Pierre, Hal Jordan, Green Lantern HBO, DC, DCU, HBO Max, superhero TV recap, TV recap podcast, We Was Watching, We Was Watching podcast#Lanterns #WeWasWatching #GreenLanternWe Was Watching