The following blog will discuss spoilers from the pilot episode of Lanterns on HBO Max.
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| Green Lantern; credit: DC Comics |
The pilot episode of Lanterns did not get off to a great start. The show has a gloomy and darker tone, and we don't see Hal Jordan get into his suit one time. Instead, we meet a kid who is in training from a young age to seek out Hal Jordan (to be his trainee) and a pessimistic and alcoholic Hal Jordan, who is jaded about the world. Hal Jordan's identity is revealed.
In my opinion, it's not a great start for one of Earth's greatest superheroes.
Spoilers coming...
The show fast-forwards to 2016, and the boy is now an adult John Stewart, played by Aaron Pierre and he is now learning from Hal Jordan, who tests him in various ways. Most of the tests involve leaving the ring in plain sight to see what John Stewart will do. One of those times, John Stewart leaves the ring on the dashboard of a car and drives it off a cliff, leaving John to figure out how to survive in deadly situations.
Hal Jordan is Found Dead at the end of the Lanterns Pilot Episode
What's even crazier is that we find the titular hero (played by Kyle Chandler) dead by the end of the episode, with a gunshot to his head (see image below).
Who killed Hal Jordan in Lanterns TV show on HBO Max?
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Hal Jordan in pilot episode of Lanterns on HBO Max
What Happens in the Pilot Episode
In the pilot episode, Hal Jordan goes to investigate murders at a football game and suspects that aliens were murdered because there is no one making a fuss. Hal and John investigate. Hal gets to interrogate one of the aliens and postulates that since he has no clue who Harry Potter is, he must be an alien. The alien is only able to recite facts about events in sports and history, but has no real knowledge of pop culture.
Therefore, he must be an alien!
Meanwhile, Hal and John are invited to a cookout at the sheriff's home, and her husband reveals that he is aware that John had slept with his wife.
The episode finally moves to 2026, where the sheriff and John go back to the football bleachers to find Hal with a gunshot to his head.
What a way to end the episode with a bang.
The action was not spectacular in this pilot episode, and I wasn't very impressed.
The placement of a dead Hal Jordan 10 years into the future suggests that he upset a powerful alien, or that he died at the hands of someone connected to the alien he questions earlier in the episode.
What did you think of the pilot episode?
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