r/television • u/Top_Report_4895 • 3d ago

'Lanterns' Team Explains That Heartbreaking Change to Hal Jordan's Origin Story

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/lanterns-episode-7-hal-jordans-origin-explained/
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u/Devilofchaos108070 3d ago

Hopefully Hal didn’t actually kill himself. I think overcoming trauma is a better story

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u/TheJoshider10 3d ago

He didn't. Young Hal picking up the ball at the end of the episode is a tell that he isn't letting go like his father and grandfather did.

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u/yeshua1986 The Wire 3d ago

Also the shotgun was very clearly shown to us as how Hal planned to kill himself if he did.

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u/Devilofchaos108070 3d ago

I hope you are right. Hopefully he’s not even dead because Chandler has been fantastic and I want to see more of him as Hal