Lanterns (HBO)
This episode, we fly into the first two episodes of Lanterns, HBO’s ambitious new DC mystery series that takes one of comics’ oldest cosmic institutions and creates the construct of: “What if intergalactic space cops were dropped into the middle of True Detective?”
Starring Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan and Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, Lanterns follows the veteran Green Lantern and his new recruit partner as they investigate a mystery that may be bigger, stranger, and more alien than it first appears. Whether the series is destined to join the ranks of great comic book adaptations or end up floating through deep space with abandoned storylines, you’ll have to wait week by week and find out like the rest of us.
The Green Lantern mythos stretches back to 1940, has spawned multiple Lantern Corps, plenty of emotional-spectrum chaos, and enough continuity rewrites to power a ring for centuries. Naturally, we take the scenic route through that history while unpacking what the show’s opening episodes are building toward.
Along the way, Jill brings her DC insight, Dion attempts to keep one foot grounded on Earth, and Quinny disappears down several glowing rabbit holes of really goddamn obscure Green Lantern lore. Expect discussions about Hal Jordan, John Stewart, JLU, the wider DC Universe, Lantern history, cosmic conspiracies, and probably a few tangents that even the Guardians of the Universe couldn’t predict.
So charge your power rings, recite your oath of choice, and join us for a spoiler-filled exploration of whether this new DC saga is burning bright or flickering in the dark.
Official Synopsis (IMDb):
Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
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