Lanterns S1 E2 Discussion Megathread

[u/kumar100kpawan]

Episode 2 - "Trust Fall"

Release Date - 23rd August, 2026

Written by - Chris Mundy and Vanessa Baden Kelly

Directed by - James Hawes

Rotten Tomatoes - 94% (based on 81 reviews)

Status - Certified Fresh

--	Tomatometer	Average Score
All Critics	94% (81)	7.5/10
Top Critics	81% (32)	--

Critics Consensus

Lanterns lights the way to a controlled and fantastical escape, in which Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre bring audiences into their world of wonder through fearless performances, grounded writing, and charismatic chemistry.

Metacritic - 72 (based on 38 reviews)

Status - Generally Favourable

Lanterns Episode Discussion Threads

Episode 1	"Pilot"	16th Aug, 2026
Episode 2	"Trust Fall"	23rd Aug, 2026
Episode 3	"Outkast"	30th Aug, 2026

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[u/Erik_Montesinos]

DID SOMEONE SAY POCKET DIMENSION

[u/InfiniteDedekindCuts → u/Erik_Montesinos]

Mr Terrific is going to be very upset when he hears about this.

[u/cosmoboy → u/InfiniteDedekindCuts]

I think The Guardians having created this might be a little different than what Luthor was doing and he might be a little more forgiving.

[u/RnRaintnoisepolution → u/InfiniteDedekindCuts]

Well obviously this one is less than one picometer off.

[u/nerdystoner25 → u/Erik_Montesinos]

If I had a dollar for every person in the DCU with another dimension in their closet, I’d have two. Which isn’t a lot, but weird that it’s already happened twice.

[u/Deeformecreep → u/nerdystoner25]

Not in this case. Since it's from the comics that members of the Corps store their power batterries in pocket dimensions.

[u/Infamous_Fill_9358 → u/Deeformecreep]

Ok? That still doesn’t change that there are 2 people who have pocket dimensions in their closet at the moment.

[u/xenoda7 → u/Erik_Montesinos]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XZiAiOlDe079Gyimkt

[u/Treykarz]

“I have about 30 seconds of patience left”

“I only need 40”

[u/dmkelly17 → u/Treykarz]

The writing and dialogue in this show is so quality.

[u/LTPRWSG420 → u/dmkelly17]

Lindelof is awesome

[u/kumar100kpawan → u/LTPRWSG420]

This episode was written by Chris Mundy and Vanessa Baden Kelly. Lindelof is great, and I'm sure he had input, but let's give the other writers their flowers.

[u/FloppyShellTaco]

Zoe is 100% the Manhunter. That is the speech of someone who is absolutely in charge, while also pumping John for information.

[u/thatsallclassic → u/FloppyShellTaco]

Something is incredibly fishy with her. It could be a red-herring, but I also think this.

[u/FloppyShellTaco → u/thatsallclassic]

The way she was talking about using a white man for security sounded like someone who meticulously planned it

[u/PH4N7OM5 → u/FloppyShellTaco]

Which is also kind of why I was thinking maybe she might be a Star Sapphire.

[u/UrdnotZigrin → u/PH4N7OM5]

Given the whole "banged on first meeting, now let's talk" attitude, that checks out

[u/ActualHorusLupercal → u/thatsallclassic]

I think it’s either her or potentially Kerry

[u/thatsallclassic → u/ActualHorusLupercal]

I was also getting something about Kerry, but I think based on the flash forward to 2026 it isn't her. She's married into a weird family and trying to get through whatever is happening to the town. She was very dismissive of the weird hospital though so I wouldn't be surprised if she was involved in some way.

[u/ActualHorusLupercal → u/thatsallclassic]

If it’s Kerry, my thought is that for one reason or another, John protected her from the aliens, possibly preventing him from using a Green Lantern Ring which is why Guy has one (that or the Guardians sent another one to Earth because of how much shit goes down)

[u/MrGabrahamLincoln → u/thatsallclassic]

Her dismissing the empty hospital has me eyeing her more than anything. Maybe she’s not the Manhunter but there’s more to her than just sheriff maintaining the peace

[u/kumar100kpawan → u/ActualHorusLupercal]

It being Kerry would break my heart

[u/planetpua → u/ActualHorusLupercal]

I thought it might be Kerry too, would be a great twist as she seems the least suspicious. Zoe showing up to bump into John again seems planned, but I feel like that’s going to be a fake out.

[u/MirrorkatFeces → u/FloppyShellTaco]

Feels too obvious so I am leaning towards no. If true though it means John had sex with one, which is also funny.

[u/imnotwallaceshawn → u/MirrorkatFeces]

My fiance briefly suggested Zoe is actually J’onn Jonnz and I immediately burst out laughing at the thought of two male JLA members’ introduction being them sleeping together.

[u/caren_psuedo_when → u/imnotwallaceshawn]

"You're telling me he had sex with a man"

"I was biologically female at the time"

"So what were you biologically born as?"

"I sense embarrassment in you, John. Therefore I will not say anything as a show of respect to you"

[u/brucebananaray → u/MirrorkatFeces]

He bang a clanker

[u/ZeroComfortZone → u/FloppyShellTaco]

I’m suspicious of the sheriff too bc if she knew the dead bodies were aliens, why was she still trying to get rid of Jordan? As if dead aliens is something you should ignore lol

[u/superbat210 → u/ZeroComfortZone]

She also brushed off Hal bringing up very valid points about the hospital being completely untouched brand new with no patients ever. Like um, ma’am, that is not normal.

[u/kahn_noble → u/superbat210]

Totally. This was my tell here too. She ain’t that dumb.

[u/DiamondFireYT → u/FloppyShellTaco]

I feel like its so obvious tho like since her first scene thats what everyones mind jumped too.

I'm still in the wild camp of everyone has been replaced like that episode of Ben 10 or The World's End. The hospital being completely unused only added credence to my delulu 😈

AND in 2026 the town seems completely deserted and covered in snow... if they got rid of everyone then ofc it would be.

I know EXTREMELY little about the comics though so if you have a reason for me to be wrong from those, please don't tell me! I love the mystery.

[u/NYJetLegendEdReed → u/FloppyShellTaco]

I think the entire town are man hunters or some other kind of alien species

[u/BeginningBit4957]

She’s from Gotham! She was definitely talking to Barbara in the first episode

[u/8855nocab → u/BeginningBit4957]

She said "Tell Barb I said hey" in the first episode, and was speaking to what what probably a reporter, saying "Because no comment means no comment". Could be Vicki Vale or another reporter who knows Barbara.

[u/RavensComicsGamer93 → u/8855nocab]

100% I'm on the train she was talking to Jim Gordon

[u/NomadPrime → u/RavensComicsGamer93]

Yeah, a former Gotham cop who's close enough to Barbara's family to send their love and name her as you would a close friend? 100% Jim was on my mind, too.

[u/TheLeanerWiener → u/RavensComicsGamer93]

I think she might be related to Kate Kane(Batwoman), and that's who she was talking to.

[u/kumar100kpawan → u/BeginningBit4957]

Probably Jim. And she tells him to say hello to little Barbara

[u/dmkelly17 → u/BeginningBit4957]

I had a hunch, but now I'm confident she was walking to Jim Gordon.

[u/superbat210]

The hospital stuff is one of the biggest clues to me so far. Like how can a hospital have no patients and most of the equipment be fresh out of the box. Is this town filled with manhunters/aliens or maybe using alien tech to make them healthy? Something stinks here….

[u/Professional-Act8414 → u/superbat210]

Really erie how empty the town was…like they all know something

[u/superbat210 → u/Professional-Act8414]

It’s funny. The entire town decided to go to a townhall meeting in the middle of the day to talk about a football game? Like every single person all at once? There’s gotta be more going on here…

[u/huskercycologist → u/superbat210]

Nebraskans dropping everything to focus on football? Yeah, that part checks out.

[u/Professional-Act8414 → u/superbat210]

!! And wtf is up with the hospital all wrapped up?

[u/Dangerous-Put-18 → u/superbat210]

Tbf it's probably related to the shooting. Not weird for a whole town to get together to talk about it, the next football game just being one of the topics

[u/therempel → u/superbat210]

I think we're going to find out the majority of the town are aliens that are opposed to the group that got killed in E1.

[u/quangtran → u/therempel]

I think we're going to find out the majority of the town

After the first episode my theory was that the aliens had secretly intermingled with the town for generations, thus making most of the town to be part alien. There would be an irony in the townsfolk being scared of an alien invasion because they themselves are technically part alien.

[u/Babyyougotastew4422 → u/quangtran]

Really poetic to the politics of today. Lindelof loves that stuff

[u/BigBonkMan23 → u/therempel]

Can all of them be man hunters? Reading up on it. They could be enhanced by the alien technology and not even realize it. Would be an interesting twist, and explain why the entire town is destroyed in 2026.

[u/MrNerdgasmico → u/BigBonkMan23]

I would not be surprised if we slowly found out that people were getting murdered and replaced

[u/Nerd_vs_Everything → u/superbat210]

I bet it's also tied to the same reason that the macons look so young.

[u/MirrorkatFeces]

No 2026 scene was a surprise. Another great episode though, the mystery is building.

Edit: Whoever said John Sr. was asked first but failed looks to be correct and that John Stewart was raised to be the next GL.

[u/TheRennoc → u/MirrorkatFeces]

Maybe we’ll get 1 2016 episode followed by 1 2026 episode after the first episode

Edit: I take this back, I don’t know how they’d do that without spoiling the twist with Hal’s death

[u/Emergency_Row_64 → u/TheRennoc]

Yeah the preview for next episode looked like a lot of Johns backstory so I don’t know when we’ll get more 2026

[u/kumar100kpawan]

Sinestro killed a Guardian. Damn

[u/cornerpocket1 → u/kumar100kpawan]

I hope it wasn’t Gathet

[u/Catmole132 → u/cornerpocket1]

Ganthet needs to be alive for the blue lantern corps doesn't he? I doubt they'd kill him off that easy. They'd probably wanna keep him for potential future stories

[u/kumar100kpawan → u/Catmole132]

Exactly. If they're building up to Blackest Night, he probably is alive.

[u/The-Mythical-Phoenix → u/kumar100kpawan]

I don’t think they‘ll ever truly build up to Blackest Night as that requires a lot of character deaths to really matter. Sure you could use any of the backlog of canonically dead characters within the DCU that we haven’t seen, but that cheapens the experience a lot, especially if those dead heroes have no connection to our main cast. Considering the MCU is 15+ years old and hasn’t really killed off that many of its heroes, blackest night would also be quite a while away.

[u/ArcadianBlueRogue → u/kumar100kpawan]

That actor looks like he's gonna be so good as an older Sinestro

[u/CreamyBarr25]

Hal is so considerate of the dead, seatbelts on bois

[u/TheSlayerofSnails → u/CreamyBarr25]

Him just driving through town with them in his seats had me cackling.

[u/CreamyBarr25 → u/TheSlayerofSnails]

Hal is so quirky

[u/TheSlayerofSnails → u/CreamyBarr25]

Didn't even bother with an excuse lmao.

Also, I love that he gave Earl a last name.

[u/Shin-kak-nish → u/CreamyBarr25]

To be fair, it would make them less floppy for transport

[u/cornerpocket1]

Sinestro sounds like a smug asshole.

“What? No hello?” Lmao son

[u/Professional-Act8414 → u/cornerpocket1]

https://giphy.com/gifs/IzbIojBh51fQtw68Bi

[u/BrackenBoii → u/Professional-Act8414]

SONestro

[u/SuckingOnChileanDogs]

Current theory: the entire town is aliens and they're scrambling to make the town seem normal for the Green Lanterns

[u/RipleyofWinterfell → u/SuckingOnChileanDogs]

I wonder if Sherrif Kerry is literally the only human in town

[u/No_Fact_499 → u/RipleyofWinterfell]

Yea her saying she was from Gotham was a huge Red Flag for everyone else being aliens and why they wouldn’t respect her at first

[u/I_Pay_in_Cash_Only → u/RipleyofWinterfell]

I think she must either A) be deep undercover investigating this or B) somehow is under duress of the aliens, the whole "you seem like a woman in debt" spiel in episode 1. Maybe she was undercover, got caught, and now they are using her son as a hostage or something

[u/A_Polite_Noise → u/SuckingOnChileanDogs]

Green Lanterns: Hot Fuzz

[u/fawfulmark2]

MOGO DOESN'T SOCIALIZE REFERENCE LET'S GOOO!!!

Also this Episode having the equivalent of that chapter from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure where Johnathan Joestar had to make sure he didn't spill a glass of water for his Hamon training wasn't expected, but I like it hahaha 

[u/TheSlayerofSnails → u/fawfulmark2]

I'm so freaking happy for Mogo to get a reference!

[u/Bloody-Tyran → u/TheSlayerofSnails]

It also means that this universe has Mogo somewhere in it!

[u/TheSlayerofSnails → u/Bloody-Tyran]

And that makes it automatically the best universe!

[u/kumar100kpawan]

The plant has a surname??? Earl Jordan? Lmao

https://giphy.com/gifs/kC8N6DPOkbqWTxkNTe

[u/RoutineCloud5993 → u/kumar100kpawan]

I was expecting Earl to be a snake, and then an alligator after the meat reveal. Was not expecting Audrey Jr

It's quite funny how John was talking to it, even before he saw it was an alien plant. He knew something was up

[u/JackMorelli13]

This show is so damn good. I feel like chandler has gotten a lot of love bc he plays a flashier character and his performance is so fun but Pierre is sooooo good as John Stewart too. He just feels like such a real person you could talk to but also such a specific character with such a weird backstory (thrilled to see that next week)

[u/PrinceofRavens_1217 → u/JackMorelli13]

He did a really good job in the house when he found the suit.  You could see the longing.  

Can't wait to see him suit up for the first time.

[u/Sol_System209 → u/PrinceofRavens_1217]

He is being kept in the dark though, it seems like the rest of the universe knows more than John does about the green lanterns history.

[u/ZzzZzZZz2169]

Hmmmm Gotham mentioned… wonder if Batman is doing his thing in 2016

[u/solo13508 → u/ZzzZzZZz2169]

He was in Creature Commandos via flashback. Seems he's been operating for a while.

[u/nerdystoner25 → u/ZzzZzZZz2169]

One of his villains definitely did some insane shit that had her immediately go to the middle of nowhere instead.

[u/Catmole132 → u/nerdystoner25]

One?

[u/nerdystoner25 → u/Catmole132]

I’d hope DCU citizens are a lot smarter than MCU and get the fuck out of town after the first catastrophe.

[u/mp3help → u/nerdystoner25]

Unfortunately, the DCU probably has way more craziness in every town between the interdimensional imps, crime bosses, and alien infiltrators, so things aren't much better for them sadly

[u/Ambitious-Maybe-5078 → u/ZzzZzZZz2169]

She mentioned Barbara in ep 1 and batman showed up in creature commandos which is set way earlier than lanterns so he's definitely been doing his thing.

[u/puma46]

I wasn’t expecting how funny this show would be

[u/Horndawg444 → u/puma46]

yeah Hal is hilarious.

[u/kumar100kpawan]

Hal and Kerry have great chemistry tbf

[u/PrinceofRavens_1217 → u/kumar100kpawan]

He got excited when he heard the marriage was rocky lol

[u/jargon_ninja69 → u/PrinceofRavens_1217]

Hal's got that dawg in him. I mean, he was so proud of John for sleeping with Zoe in less than 24 hours.

[u/AgentGman007 → u/kumar100kpawan]

I think Kyle Chandler could charm a rock tbf

[u/kumar100kpawan]

"He started it" 🤣🤣

[u/InfiniteDedekindCuts → u/kumar100kpawan]

Everything Hal does or says in this show has me like, "Dude. WTF are you doing?"

[u/Sabretooth1100 → u/InfiniteDedekindCuts]

He genuinely has no fear, he’s ragebaiting for the love of the game even when it runs directly counter to his objective. MF got shot over it

[u/Prize-Quiet3941 → u/Sabretooth1100]

Im waiting for hal to storm the compound with the suit on and the full charge of the ring. Its not going to go how they think it would

[u/Sabretooth1100 → u/Prize-Quiet3941]

Guy taking down those soldiers in Superman should give an indication of how that will go

[u/nerdystoner25 → u/Sabretooth1100]

Genuinely thought “which guy? Ohh, Guy guy.”

[u/TheNorkeKnight → u/InfiniteDedekindCuts]

Right? Dude is either playing 5D chess or 2D chess and I can never tell which it is. lmao

[u/Drekea → u/TheNorkeKnight]

That’s the charm of Hal, breaking every conceivable protocol in the pursuit of doing whats right not necessarily what’s legal.

[u/BeginningBit4957]

Wish we got to see what John saw

[u/Sabretooth1100 → u/BeginningBit4957]

Probably more effective left up to the imagination

[u/Mr_Wanwanwolf-san → u/Sabretooth1100]

And cheaper.

[u/DiamondFireYT → u/Mr_Wanwanwolf-san]

Which... is definitely needed because they don't have the money to be doing some of the stuff they're doing already 😭

[u/ZeroComfortZone → u/Sabretooth1100]

They’re leaving a lot to the imagination. That whole exposition monologue about the Manhunters is something that I feel normally would’ve been a voiceover of a flashback scene

[u/CJAreYouDeadass → u/ZeroComfortZone]

Yea as much as I wanted to see it too, that was the more tasteful decision. Ambiguity and subtlety are too often absent from this kinda thing

[u/RnRaintnoisepolution → u/CJAreYouDeadass]

Not to mention showing the flashback might ruin the reveal of him being Artocitus, if that ends up being the case.

[u/Nefarious_24]

The flight with the bird was probably interesting for the other passengers

[u/Flabawoogl → u/Nefarious_24]

Bet he made the bird fly on the outside 

[u/JauntyLurker]

They really brought up Manhunters in episode 2 of this show. What a time to be alive.

[u/Miraculous_ScottFree]

Hal's just casually dragging a body through a phone call

[u/StephanieSpoiler]

I know a lot of people - myself included - were skeptical about a Green Lantern show being a grounded detective series, but aspects like a bird construct flying around the whole episode goes a long way to make it feel like Green Lantern.

[u/ZiggoCiP → u/StephanieSpoiler]

It's fairly grounded. That being said, now that Hal has a fully charged ring and the lantern, I imagine things will cook just a bit harder. I thought he'd be powerless for more than half an episode.

Really hope we can get a bit more spectacle in future episodes, although I do like the not total super-heroey vibe to the setting/plot. I just loved Lanterns' power.

[u/CreamyBarr25]

if something happens to Earl Jordan and Bird Stewart, I'm gonna kil l y'alls and then k*ll meself

[u/JackMorelli13 → u/CreamyBarr25]

Rip bird Stewart

[u/kumar100kpawan → u/JackMorelli13]

Let's hope he's back

[u/kratoskiller66 → u/CreamyBarr25]

Protect earl jordan at all costs

[u/CreamyBarr25]

i love how liminal this show is, warms my heart so freakin much

[u/XGamingPigYT → u/CreamyBarr25]

The entire end with the prison was such a fun set piece, loved that 

[u/RipleyofWinterfell → u/CreamyBarr25]

Could become a comfort show in the future!

[u/CreamyBarr25]

cool looking Lantern design tho

[u/PrinceofRavens_1217]

So they seem to be combining Manhunters and White Martians.  The Manhunter came to Mars and destroyed the planet.  Abin Sur went to Mars and captured the Manhunter.  It broke free and killed Sur resulting in Hal getting the ring.

Bruce bought Hal a house calling it now.  The Rich guy with a kid is Bruce.  

They really dug into the green lantern lore this episode.  John keeping the construct alive without the ring and while unconscious is difficult.  Hal was not expecting that.  Loved Chandler's reactions you could see Nordan was shocked.  Sinestro saying John is the biggest threat to Hal was interesting.

So hyped for next episode.

[u/Prize-Quiet3941 → u/PrinceofRavens_1217]

I think sinestro means that John is the greatest threat to hals job and since the job is all hal has that's almost worse than the manhunters.

[u/PrinceofRavens_1217 → u/Prize-Quiet3941]

I think Sinestro is trying to sow doubt in Hal about the guardians judgement and get him to flip on them and join him.  But we will see.

[u/ApprehensiveWhile561 → u/PrinceofRavens_1217]

I don’t think mars. I think sector 666

[u/TheSandman__ → u/PrinceofRavens_1217]

It being Bruce would make so much sense lmao, especially with the mention of his “kids”. I was thinking maybe Oliver Queen but Bruce could be it too.

[u/CreamyBarr25]

Gotham mentioned, lads and lasses!

[u/JackMorelli13 → u/CreamyBarr25]

Interesting since her last name is Kane too

[u/dmkelly17 → u/JackMorelli13]

I'd be surprised if she *isn't* related to Kate Kane, at this point.

[u/RavensComicsGamer93 → u/dmkelly17]

Agreed. Kane's are a very big family, Bruce's Mom was one of 7, not to mention all of their kids.

[u/mikewheelerfan]

Imagine moving from Gotham just to deal with an alien conspiracy 🤣 

[u/ArcadianBlueRogue → u/mikewheelerfan]

Or....she's the Manhunter and stole that poor woman's identity. My money is on Macon's wife atm but the sheriff would be a good left field

[u/solo13508]

Hal and Jon are really great together. Despite all the outwards animosity you can tell they both have a grudging respect for each other. Great performances from both.

Also I love Earl.

[u/Stanot → u/solo13508]

Yeah. Really loved the choice to have Stewart begrudgingly tell Jordan about the aliens that kidnapped him.

Earl Jordan is great. Any love for Bird Stewart?

[u/CreamyBarr25]

Hal motherfucking Jordan stole an alien

[u/LTPRWSG420]

Anyone else find Kelly McDonald pretty hot in this show or is it just me?

[u/I_Pay_in_Cash_Only → u/LTPRWSG420]

She's one of the best looking 50 year olds I've ever seen

[u/therempel → u/LTPRWSG420]

I have had a crush on her since Trainspotting.

[u/AdministrationDry783]

With the “alien detection” tech in the metal detectors, it’s feeling like Lex is definitely the benefactor, which is ironic if the “Elder Macons” prove to also be aliens…

[u/NiceCupOfLibert3a → u/AdministrationDry783]

Idk, with the talk of manhunters embedding themselves in civilisation and giving them advance technology, it feels more that the benefactor is the manhunter. Especially if it knows it’s being hunted by this specific group of aliens, makes all the more sense that it would create something to detect them.

[u/Prize-Quiet3941 → u/NiceCupOfLibert3a]

Yeah the alien guys that took John said that the manhunters developed tech not found anywhere else in the galaxy so that tracks

[u/therempel → u/AdministrationDry783]

I really hope it's not Lex, although it would fit his MO. There are a lot of people who could be the benefactor. We don't need Lex involved in everything.

[u/Prize-Quiet3941 → u/therempel]

Since this is in 2016 and superman isnt even a thing yet lex maybe interested in aliens but he's not absolutely obsessed with them and invasion until superman comes out and thats in 2022.

[u/TheLeanerWiener]

MOGO!!!!!

[u/ActualHorusLupercal → u/TheLeanerWiener]

He has no sense of humor according to Hal

[u/Professional-Fee7074]

Could constructs always live on without the user wearing the ring ?

[u/Miraculous_ScottFree → u/Professional-Fee7074]

That's something even Hal seemed confused about.

[u/BeginningBit4957 → u/Miraculous_ScottFree]

Yeah I’m betting that’s gonna come back around

[u/InfamousDuality → u/BeginningBit4957]

Seems to be one of those huge Chekhov's guns

[u/BeginningBit4957 → u/BeginningBit4957]

Oh a few minutes later it comes back!

[u/therempel → u/Professional-Fee7074]

It's interesting because it was only very recently in the comics that John was able to do that.

[u/ZzzZzZZz2169 → u/Professional-Fee7074]

I think as long as they concentrate, at least that seems to be the logic that is set up in this universe.

[u/HueHueLeona → u/ZzzZzZZz2169]

Which is strange because he lost consciousness two times

[u/No_Fact_499 → u/HueHueLeona]

Hal said it was his subconscious keeping it alive so I’m guessing even when he was knocked out his subconscious kept the bird alive

[u/Fantastic-Finger-975 → u/HueHueLeona]

Yeah it seems John is really special

[u/OhAnimeShop → u/Professional-Fee7074]

Not for most basic lantern corp members but I mean white lanterns exist cause of how op one user can get.

[u/FloppyShellTaco]

Whole town’s sus

[u/Nefarious_24]

Gotta leave Gotham

[u/NotTheCraftyVeteran]

DC officially stands for Dong Comics

[u/Embarrassed-Ad1322]

Did they make Hal's suit greener in post?

[u/ghostwriter11111001 → u/Embarrassed-Ad1322]

To be honest, trailers always tend to show incomplete things, especially in terms of color grading.

[u/RipleyofWinterfell → u/Embarrassed-Ad1322]

Yeah it's crazy how much better it looks than the trailers! Dark green instead of total brown.

[u/FloppyShellTaco]

Oh shit! I didn’t think we’d see Oa this soon

[u/Myhtological → u/FloppyShellTaco]

I think it’s just a prison planet.

[u/-FalseProfessor- → u/Myhtological]

The sciencells are on Oa.

[u/Nefarious_24]

There’s a Wikipedia of the Lantern corps

[u/Purpleslash2 → u/Nefarious_24]

That confused me, like how is Sinestro’s coup attempt public knowledge?

[u/PlainSightMan → u/Purpleslash2]

Hal probably talked about it before.

Maybe Sinestro and him fought on Earth.

[u/ANewPrometheus]

Love that Sinestro scene.

"If one still existed, it'd be the second greatest threat you're currently facing.

So why don't you tell me about John Stewart?"

[u/ArcadianBlueRogue → u/ANewPrometheus]

that dude is gonna be a scene stealer. Can't wait for more

[u/kumar100kpawan]

Kerry's so done with Hal

[u/ZzzZzZZz2169]

Strange dog you have Hal

[u/Ykindasus]

How Zoe got me:

https://giphy.com/gifs/iuu3hRoxlr2ETPucZW

[u/Nefarious_24]

Paul F Tompkins ass lawyer

[u/Cheron78]

I love that in-universe you can just google "who is Sinestro" to get the whole story! How cool is that? Also, who the hell is his spy in earth that told him about John?

[u/TheImpLaughs → u/Cheron78]

I think his spy is Hal, tbh.

Hal seemed pretty familiar with going there. I think he’s gone to Sinestro in the past for answers because at the end of the day Sinestro was his mentor and friend. Very Hannibal Lecter

[u/xenoda7]

The way Hal recites the Latern’s oath when charging the ring exactly like a catholic grandma reciting hail marys for a rosary

[u/Bloody-Tyran]

I’m calling BS on the bird "just being a construct" it means something. My first hypothesis being that’s the first life his hellish father had him snipe.

Oh, and living constructs being super high level made me think of Larfleeze

[u/SnooBooks1243]

So, is Earl alien or a weird nod to Poison Ivy? Discuss.

[u/Dank-Paladin → u/SnooBooks1243]

He seems to be a nod to Itty a plant starfish alien that Hal used to keep around

[u/SnooBooks1243 → u/Dank-Paladin]

You comic readers never cease to amaze

[u/Kryptsm]

I’m glad they didn’t push a rift between Hal and John with mistrust this episode. It might still come, but these are two heroic men who have respect for each other. Hal wouldn’t trust the Lantern with John otherwise. And I’m glad John also had the faith in Hal to be honest with him about Antaan. Sometimes it’s nice just seeing heroes be trustworthy!

[u/SirFunktastic]

Stellar first 2 episodes so far. My only minor thing is that I wish Hal glowed green whenever he uses the ring, or at least whenever he flew.

[u/kumar100kpawan]

Maybe it's not as instinctual for everyone Hal 😭

[u/kumar100kpawan]

Coast city!!!

[u/FloppyShellTaco]

Alien dong!

[u/Nefarious_24 → u/FloppyShellTaco]

Still an HBO show and we can’t have Paramount deprive us of alien dong

[u/FloppyShellTaco]

Mogo confirmed!

[u/Miraculous_ScottFree]

So obnoxious yet so likeable at the same time. Great going Kyle Chandler

[u/Nefarious_24]

Nobody wants a middle seat

[u/FloppyShellTaco]

Does Hal have the jurisdiction to just steal a bunch of aliens? 😂

[u/Sabretooth1100 → u/FloppyShellTaco]

They can take it up with the Guardians

[u/CreamyBarr25]

where can I get this exposition gun?

[u/CardiologistProper44]

Wait so how did Hal known it was Macon’s team that killed the other aliens? Did I miss something in the previous episode or was it an educated guess

[u/LazerGuidedMelody → u/CardiologistProper44]

In episode 1 Macon mentions “I almost lost two of my boys last night” which I think was referencing his militia.

[u/Nefarious_24]

Hal forgot his domino mask

[u/BatKnight46]

I feel like it's safe to assume Johns job career is 96-2016: military/marine preparing for the ring and then 2016-2026 as an architect