[00:02] just introduced the big bad for the entire series. Hey, welcome back to all of the Easter eggs, references, and little things you might have missed in the second episode of Lanterns. Now, episode 1 introduced us to Howal, Jon,
[00:16] investigating in Rushville. But episode two goes all in on Lantern's comic down. But before we get into that, we have to address something about that Howal's apparent death and the ring missing. Many speculated that this maybe
[00:32] wasn't Howal, that it was an alien, or that maybe Jon's father had taken the ring for Jon. However, Tom King did confirm on the Lantern's follow-up >> Guy has the ring. >> Guy Starllet. No, the ring sought him
[00:45] breakdown, Guy Gardner was the second Green Lantern in the comics, but he mean? Well, when Hal's predecessor, Abanor, crashed on Earth, he had to pick someone to replace him as the Green Lantern of Sector 2814. His ring chose
[01:00] both Howal Jordan and Guy Gardner as the two men most worthy to hold the title. Ultimately, Howal was closest to the crash site, and so he became the first happen to Hal, as we saw at the end of last episode, the ring would then seek
[01:13] out Guy to fulfill the lantern duties. Now, since this show is focusing on Howal and Jon, I wanted to see how they would address the supposed change in continuity of lanterns. But we have our answer. There is no change. While Jon
[01:25] and trained under Howal, the ring follows the chain of command. So, it Gardner. And we know that he's going to show up in the show cuz we've seen him in the trailers. I imagine that Jon is going to track him down next as Guy is
[01:39] universe by 2026. >> Sorry, kid. Superman couldn't make it, >> Now, when they first met back in Green Lantern 196, Guy immediately challenged
[01:51] Jon to a fight as he had been given his own ring from the Guardians and wanted Lantern. I could definitely see this version of Guy doing something similar. Maybe using his experience with the Justice Gang to outrank Jon. Now,
[02:04] episode that at first we thought was a throwaway, but with what we know now, it might imply something a lot larger for the current state of the DCU. But we're going to touch on Sheriff Kane's past in just a bit. Now, on to the episode. So,
[02:17] we start back in the 2016 timeline, the morning after the alien explosion at the asks Howal what the Guardian said about the aliens, he says, >> "Man, I'm not calling the Guardians." >> Then, what the are you doing here, Hal?
[02:29] >> Again, Howal keeps showing a distrust of the Guardians. While he's sworn to the Green Lantern oath and abides by that oath the majority of the time, he does leaders. Actually, in the comics, that's a major understatement. During Emerald
[02:42] Twilight, after his hometown was destroyed, how killed not only the lanterns as well. So, it's safe to say that they're not always on the best of an alien entity at the time. It's a long story. Comics are weird. Now, they're
[02:56] stayed at a motel in Rushville, which we saw get attacked by these red lasers in the preview for this season. And I think we met exactly who's sending out those be right back. I got to go out to the big tree to use the internet.
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[04:38] for more details. Now, back to what I was saying. So, Howal finally trains Jon to fly. Now, this is fitting as it was also the first lesson that Jon learned in the comics. Howal even compliments him on how quickly he caught on. But we
[04:50] Jon struggles to start, how says, >> "Look, it's supposed to be instinctual. >> But that's not actually the case for all lanterns. While House's constructs are fact that he's a fast-thinking test pilot, that's not how Jon or Guy or any
[05:05] rings. Jon has a background in the military and architecture. He's So, when Jon tries to fly, the ring glows, but nothing happens. However, notice that Howal steps back. Last episode, when Hal flew to Nebraska, he
[05:19] off. Here, though, he makes sure to take a further step back from Jon. I think that Howal is showing just how uncertain he is about Jon's power. Sure, he could mess up somehow, but I think it's more likely that Hal already knows that Jon
[05:34] is too powerful. He may even be afraid of how powerful he is. Yeah, but person, Well, that's complicated. Even more complicated with Howal. See, they've uncertainty that Howal has regarding Jon. An uncertainty that can eventually
[05:48] morph into fear. And we've seen how succumb to fear before during the previously. But instead of soaring off into the sky, Jon constructs a bird. constructs are all personal to their own experiences and abilities. While Howal
[06:03] can easily imagine himself flying, Jon has an easier time imagining something familiar flying, like a bird. The ring then says, >> "Ring nearing depletion." >> Following up on the lack of a charge
[06:15] >> you've been here 48 hours. Did you bring the lantern to recharge your ring? every Green Lantern needs to charge their ring. Over the years, this has slightly changed. The fourth lantern, Kyle Rener, only had to charge his ring
[06:29] once it was depleted instead of every 24 hours, which is closer to what we see must touch the power battery and recite their lantern oath, as we see later in from Jon, but the construct doesn't
[06:42] when the ring is completely dead, the bird continues to live on. Notice how even Hal is surprised. And this makes sense because canonically Jon is the only lantern that can do this. The hardlight constructs are often tethered
[06:55] to the wearer of the ring. And when the charge runs out, so does the construct. However, in the comics, Jon has the human power ring physiology, meaning that he can make energy constructs without needing a ring or a battery. It
[07:07] route that they were taking with Jon. It's actually a fairly recent addition to his lore as well, so it's nice to see that they're pulling from all decades of him off to Coast City, his hometown from the comics, he tells Jon to bring the
[07:20] bird back alive, which was an interesting choice of words. Not many GL constructs have been sentient in the way that Jon's bird is. The closest made Chiller Diller. What? Chiller
[07:32] Hal needed a way to distract Carol Ferris from proposing to the Green monster named Chiller Diller. Afterwards, Howal accidentally gets airplane, but the construct stays intact. Now, while Howal is unconscious,
[07:46] by destroying the city until Howal similar to how Jon was able to keep the bird intact even when he was out cold. wonder if we're going to see more yellow take over the light as the series goes
[08:00] >> Or then wouldn't it be a green light? >> Well, no, cuz the show is called go into more than one spectrum of the lantern core. We already know that the Green Lantern Core is established in this universe, but there are several
[08:12] the yellow lantern corps are an exact opposition to the Green Lanterns. Their collar is representative of fear with members of that core ruling by instilling fear in others. They were formed by Thal Sinestra, who we finally
[08:25] said, Hal is a character who has fallen to fear before. So, as Jon is moving wonder if we're going to see more of the yellow come out in Hal. Now, when Hal notice how we linger on the red blood stained grass. Now, another lantern cord
[08:41] that's rumored to be showing up in the show is the Red Lanterns. Those fueled by rage and anger. In the comics, the Red Lanterns were spurred by vengeance, led by Atrocitus and the Five Inversions, who we may have met in this
[08:53] episode. The Red Lanterns held from sector 666, which was destroyed by rogue manhunters, leaving only six of them. This quest for vengeance would tie in with what the aliens said last episode. >> Why are you here?
[09:05] >> My vengeance. Hal is also wearing the same outfit from last episode, which we've seen him wear frequently during the '9s run of the Green Lantern comics. When he learns the metal detectors are anything but, how goes into town to find
[09:17] into the sky to get a bird's eye view is also visually similar to when he did so his reconstruction of Ghost City, which was also his own deserted town. Now, falls to the ground. And this is another visual taken straight out of the comics,
[09:33] visual taken straight out of the comics, like in Green Lantern number 28. earlier when he told Jon, >> "When I think fly, it's automatic." There's no break in his pace from getting out of the car, walking to
[09:47] soaring in the air. He thinks fly and he flies. The whole town is gathered at the American Legion Hall. Now, in the last breakdown, we pointed out how the Legion could reference the Green Lantern villain of the same name, or it could
[09:59] just be an American Legion Hall. Same with the post number here. So 161 is the Rushville, but it also matches Green Lantern issue 161. That comic is subtitled Passing the Torch, which is what we're seeing Howal reluctantly do
[10:13] sees more of the same alien detecting tech that we saw at the field. And this opens up a lot of questions for the DC universe. Now, we're still in the 2016 timeline, 9 years before the events of Superman and Peacemaker season 2. In
[10:27] technology used specifically for the detection of extraterrestrial presences like the Meridol radar. >> Meridol detects known extraterrestrial and ectopplasmic energies. >> Argus invented that technology after
[10:40] years of research and knowledge of non-aterrestrial life. If these Makin, like we hear later, then it really makes me believe that either he speaking of Min Senior, he and the misses are sitting in the front row
[10:54] during the town meeting, giving credence to Carrie's fears later in the episode. >> If you don't follow my lead, you're legitimizing this idea that Min is the >> Min can supply not only the high school, but also the town hall with these
[11:07] detectors, showing how much trust the people of Rushville already have in him. have been dropped, he says, >> "You're free to go back to Coast City or anywhere else you feel like going." And we'll see that again later in this
[11:20] episode with Megan Senior echoing the same sentiment. Now that the problem was scrutiny from a Green Lantern. Carrie interrupts the two saying, >> "Yes." >> A reminder of the shared past that Howal
[11:34] >> Something incredible in >> Now when we cut to Jon, he's at Howal's house, which he himself admits was a gift. Now, this checks out for Howal. If regardless of continuity, it's that he's sort of a nomad. The relatable thing
[11:48] he's just a working-class guy. He usually doesn't have some big mansion like Wayne Manor or a fortress like Superman. Now, despite how saying he's house is barely furnished. There's only a TV and a folding chair in the living
[12:02] him. And this also adds to House characterization as someone who never house that he could decorate and live in, it's clear that he'd rather be anywhere but here. Don asked how how much lanterns get paid and he says
[12:16] >> which is fair to be quite honest in nine out of 10 runs how is dead broke. There people for money so I don't hold it against him for having a gripe. Although in the 2005 Green Lantern run how and discuss some alien currency and how says
[12:31] course this could be how using a common expression but who knows. In the house John looks at pictures on the floor. One is how with the cast of Harry Potter which I guess he's a fan of. Harry Potter went to Hogwarts, you ignorant
[12:44] >> And then the other is Howal sitting next to the Pope. Now, this is Pope John Paul II. He served as Pope from 1978 until the early 2000s, so he would have been scene. I wonder if this meeting took place during his earliest days as a
[12:58] Green Lantern. Maybe as a way to calm any fears about aliens. We hear it people are still terrified of the idea of an alien invasion. When Howal became sense for him to meet with the head of the church to show that they come in
[13:11] peace and they aren't a threat to any believed higher power on earth. Now, in the same state as the rest of the house. The bed is lived in, but the top of each other, and the lamp doesn't even have a lampshade. Now, regardless
[13:25] a house, it's clear he doesn't actually want it. In House Closet, we see a couple of his old uniforms. It's the same Earth One design style that we saw during the flashback, except they're all more faded. now a brownish yellow
[13:37] the interview. Not only is this more evidence that it's been a while since Howal wore the suit, but it also metaphorically shows how's commitment to the oath might be fading. Howal keeps the power battery in a voice activated
[13:49] In the early days, he would keep it in his dressing room at the Ferris aircraft base. And in the Earth One universe, he keeps it on him as a backpack. House >> Moo doesn't socialize, >> which is the title of the second story
[14:03] in Green Lantern 188. In that story, the two lanterns, Arzia and Tomar Ray are talking about some of the lanterns that are unable to attend the core meetings. Tomar Ray tells her about one lantern, Mo, who is a sentient planet. If Moo
[14:16] gravitational pool would destroy the two worlds. In later years, though, Moo does the core during the Blackest Night Run. Inside the box is a pocket dimension Now, in the comics, he learned this pocket dimension trick from his old
[14:32] later. And this also isn't the first time we've seen a pocket dimension or universe in the DCU. Visually, the black void calls to mind the pocket dimension that Lex found in Superman, but it acts more like the quantum unfolding chamber
[14:45] that we saw in Peacemaker, which makes me curious if it is the same type of cells, that's the detention center on OA, flashing the same colors as the doorway in the Q. So, I wonder if the QU access device is of Owen origin since
[15:00] alien. Behind Jon on the dresser is the wears in the comics to keep his identity a secret. It's a secret, but everybody at the taco place knew who he was. Ooh, tacos. Yeah. In the comics, how chose to
[15:13] keep his identity a secret with only a couple of people knowing like Jon or Justice League, the core, or found out by accident like Tom Kamaku. Here facing Howal Jordan, which as I said is uncommon. It is rumored that we'll see
[15:27] season, maybe in a flashback before his first public appearance. Now, the lantern design is unique to the series. If anything, it looks closest to the Alan Scott. And notice that there's even
[15:40] ring to charge. Jon goes to feel Earl. And in the fridge, we see Howal has marked Earl's food as Earl Jordan. Despite Earl being an alien carnivorous plant, Howal obviously cares for him. He gave him his name. He did have a little
[15:53] alien companion named Eddie that he took everywhere with him before Crisis on continuity. So, it's not unlike how to form a weird attachment to some alien says, >> "Kind of ready to be done with this
[16:06] >> A reminder that he is now a vegan. However, he then says, >> Which is a call back to his tradition with his dad. >> Let's go get a burger. Like I said, Earl was created for the
[16:18] show, but we have seen sentient plant green lanterns before, like Medfill of Sector 586. As Jon leaves House Place, he's attacked by a group of men. We also through, even though he doesn't have a ring and hold his own until they tase
[16:31] escape again, and we get a hint at just how strong these kidnappers are. The guy in the back with Jon lifts him with one hand, showing off some true superhuman, or in this case, alien strength. Now, notice that his bird tries to help Jon
[16:45] own business this entire time, the second his lantern is in trouble, a During the chase, we can also see these red dots on the bad guy's head from where Jon's bird attacked him earlier. We also see two road signs, one for Co
[16:59] City and one for Westport. Now, Co City is where Jon just was. It's like the LA of the DC universe. And Westport is an actual place in California where Co City is all happening, Howal and Carrie finally touch base about the alien
[17:13] going on. >> And Carrie is becoming a very clear to Howal that despite their past, she has no allegiance to him or to the Min family, and she gives him a similar warning as she did last episode.
[17:27] >> You can just fly on home, spare yourself the moment not too long from now when you wish you'd never come to this place. >> We also get some good old classic Howal >> And then they head back to the Mon farm. Now, as we know from the 2026 timeline,
[17:41] something big goes down here, leaving the property in ruins. And notice that when the two approach the gate, Hal immediately tres forward while Kane stays behind the gate. Despite both parties wanting justice, Hal is far more
[17:53] ego coming from the fact that he is an intergalactic space cop. As expressed in the last episode, his jurisdiction covers Sector 2814, which includes all technically under his watch. When William M senior meets with Howal, he
[18:08] >> But I confess I'm confused as to why you're still in town. that Min isn't as friendly as he originally seemed. So, there's a lot of speculation online about who Min actually is. And his actor, Garrett
[18:21] the show Deadwood, may have even given us a clue. During an interview with Sci-Fi, Dillah Hunt said, "I don't want to rule out the possibility that maybe William Min is just a secret identity that had to be created. It was fun to be
[18:34] able to create him from scratch, at least that facet of his character. Now, character has led many to believe that he is playing another William from the comics, William Hand, aka the Blackhand.
[18:46] Now, this does have some precedent, specifically in the 2005 Green Lanterns run by Jeff Johns. In that run, the Black Hand's origin is altered and tied closely to the overarching plot that we think Lanterns is leading toward. In
[18:58] those books, William is hunted down by Atrocidus, the red lantern we mentioned earlier. Atrocidus gives him the cosmic diving rod which can drain and reuse the original continuity hand creates this device himself which I could see Mak
[19:12] doing giving how wellversed he seems to be in alien technology. This would also explain why he's such a fan of Jordan and has a personal interest in Jon. When how asked about Min's employer he says >> is he even real or is just some Kaiser
[19:24] >> And that is a reference to the classic film The Usual Suspects. Kaiser Sosi was the crime lord that was hiding in sight for the entire film. Here, how is asking if there is any boss at all or if he's just hiding right under his nose. Howal
[19:37] reference to the famous cowboy advertisement campaign from Marboro in >> "Well, even that other guy, he was didn't let those lawyers stop him from saying whatever the hell he wanted."
[19:51] movie about this called Thank You for Smoking. Two faces in it. You should threatens Howal with a sniper, Howal threatens him back with the ring despite ends up getting shot. But I wonder if this is also what happened to him in
[20:05] 2026. Maybe Howal got caught with a dead ring or he was in the middle of waiting for a charge. Or, as the alien theorized in episode 1, maybe he didn't bother charging the ring on purpose. >> It almost seems like you want to die,
[20:18] greeted by a mysterious character who is named Anton according to the DCU wiki, and he is played by actor Paul Ben Ben Victor will be playing the Red Lantern Atrocitus, with Anton being a
[20:32] with Jon, the comparisons to the Red Lanterns are beyond similar. Before he even gets to his backstory, the blocking almost gives it away. Anton is in the center, leading the other five people with him. Just like how Atrocidus leads
[20:45] the five inversions in their quest for vengeance against the Guardians. Now, Anton first asks about the bird. >> It's a wildly impressive construct, but it from such a great distance? >> And he's not wrong. As we touched on
[20:58] are based on the imagination, willpower, wearing the ring. For a construct to be this far untethered from the ring and still this powerful is incredibly impressive. and he finds it even more
[21:11] constructing the bird. But then we get into the meat of the series, the villains we've been waiting for. >> I tied you up to ask about manhunters. >> And this whole scene was lore galore when Anton begins to ask about how. Jon
[21:25] is. >> I see human is in your first language >> Like howal was able to spot it in Wayan last episode. >> Holy [ __ ] you are an alien. Last episode, Howal mentioned how there are
[21:37] at least 14 different species that can take the form of humans, organs and all. And I wonder if Anton is one of those 14, or if his existence will bump that list up a notch. Anton says, >> "You think the Green Lanterns came
[21:49] >> Which again is true to the comics. Before the Green Lantern Corps was formed, the Guardians had employed the Android Manhunters as the protectors of the universe. However, as Anton is about to tell Jon, that quickly went south.
[22:01] mirroring their arrival in the comics. On both Atrocius's home planet of Root and in other areas of Sector 666, the Manhunters randomly started eradicating everyone in sight. He describes the Manhunters as synthetic and says
[22:15] meant they could take the form of any species and in bed undetected. >> Again, exactly like their comic counterparts. After the Guardians found they destroyed the androids. However, a few evaded destruction and went off in
[22:28] search of planets to hide on. There they disguised themselves among the living as we see in the trailers and they tried to convert others to their ways. He says called justice which was the big problem with the manhunters from the start after
[22:41] their invention and Owen scientist realized how easily the manhunters code was to exploit and then he manipulated them to slaughtering a sector just to prove his point. We even see in the comics how the slaughter initially began
[22:53] after someone made a minor traffic violation. The manhunters saw any ounce of rulebreaking as deserving of death and eventually it unraveled into everyone being a target cuz after all >> no man escapes the manhunters.
[23:06] >> After he explains the slaughter of his sector, he asked Jon, you love?" >> Who says yes and I wonder if he's talking about his father? Now, despite the two still having a seemingly close
[23:18] betrayed by his father. He spent his entire life training for something that ultimately he may never even get the chance to achieve. And yet his father made it seem as though being a lantern was already promised to him.
[23:31] yours. >> So they hold Jon down and imbue him with the memory of their holocaust. Now I'm genuinely unsure of what this device is, but the colors are very interesting. The light displayed on the memory gun is
[23:44] orange. And while there is an orange lantern, it doesn't fit the story here. The Orange Lantern Corps consists of a single member, Larles. Now, while his story in the comics does involve the Manhunters, his backstory doesn't
[23:56] like the Red Lanterns do. I think symbolically, though, its orange coloring is showing a mixture of two lantern core, yellow and red, which would be fear and rage. The device also acts similarly to the power ring,
[24:09] showing Jon an environmental playback of the day of the slaughter. This is also the only time we've seen Jon in visible fear and pain so far. Even when he was a child facing down a gun, he was stone cold. But now he's crying out. Anton
[24:23] then explains how >> the lantern guaranteed he'd be executed. >> And here I believe they're swapping Atrocidus and the Manhunters in an updated story of why Avanor landed on
[24:36] Earth. In Jeff J's Green Lantern run, Avansor is transporting Atrocidus to Earth to investigate the Blackest Night Prophecy. That's the story arc I mentioned earlier. During transport, Atrocidus breaks free of confinement and
[24:48] attacks Avenur. This not only causes the crash, but allows the Red Lantern to escape, similar to what happens here with the Manhunters. This also explains why Rushville has been such a hot spot for alien activity, and it confirms
[25:00] Howal's theory about Absaurus's crash. >> That crash is no accident. Anton also >> "Because it took a human form, it could be killed as a human." questions regarding Howal's supposed death. A lot of you guys in the comments
[25:13] were theorizing that that wasn't Howal at the end of the episode, but instead it was an alien in his place, which would explain why he doesn't have the ring. Honestly though, as much as I love Kyle Chandler as Hal, I would hate for
[25:25] has come back to lifeish in the comics, so that wouldn't be unheard of. But man, that was such a strong start for this show. I'd like to see them keep up that wakes up in the hospital, the first thing he does is check that the ring is
[25:39] still on him. Again, foreshadowing his untimely demise. Carrie asks, >> "What's with Sinestro?" >> And finally, we get a mention of him. Now, Sinestro is crucial to Howal's backstory and just the lanterns in
[25:51] general. As Carrie says, Sinestro was originally one of the strongest Green Lanterns and depending on the universe, How Jordan's mentor. During their time training together, How and Sinestro became close friends. However, this soon
[26:03] changed when Howal visited Sinestro's sector and found that the lantern was ruling over his people through fear and not through will. And as she reads from kills the guardians with how stopping him just like in the comics. Sinestro's
[26:16] betrayal must have cut Howal very deep as even after all these years, he still >> You kept saying his name in your sleep. >> This betrayal also could be a part of How's Jadeness. Perhaps within those 10 years between now and the hologram that
[26:30] we saw last episode, that could have been when Sinestro enacted his plan. And the core. When House says that he's handcuffed, he says, it is that you worship, >> a reference to the former Nebraska Corn
[26:43] Huskers football coach. Remember last episode he quized the alien on Corn >> When did Nebraska win its first national championship?" Now, when Carrie and Hal she mentions how >> I just didn't want Billy's dad and
[26:56] invasion. >> And this is a theme that keeps popping up, not just in lanterns, but in the DCU as a whole. Those super aabled people general public has only known about them for 20 years or so at this point. And
[27:10] like Megan said last episode, the very existence of the lantern core confirms that there's other life out there. And that terrifies some people. This is a fear that we've seen fester to a boiling point with people like Lex Luthther
[27:22] single alien. >> I'm scared. I will admit that. I am >> Now, when how goes to sign out, he realizes that he's the only patient in this entire medical center. This felt very Plurbian, but also it reminded me
[27:37] of a scene in the Woman of Tomorrow comic. In that book, Cara realizes that something is arai when she notices a lack of signatures in a town's visitor are all the patients? >> And then we get the line of the episode.
[27:51] man, I could not stop thinking of the possibilities. When Hal asked Carrie >> "I'm from Gotham." >> Which makes this line from last episode, >> "Tell Barb I said hey." >> Mean so much more than we originally
[28:05] thought. In that scene, Carrie is talking to what I assume is another law >> "I'm not going to provide an active investigation. You know that." meaning the other person is familiar with the job and who works in law enforcement
[28:18] that knows someone named Barb aka Barbara. That's right, Jim Gordon. So, with Carrie being from Gotham as well, it's even more likely that the person on the other line was Gordon. Carrie may have been working at the GCPD under
[28:31] Rushville. But with her being from Gotham, we do have to address the obvious, her last name. Last episode, we said that she was named after Howal Jordan co-creator Gil Kaine, which could still be true. However, in the Batman
[28:44] mythos, the Cain family is notoriously wealthy in Gotham and connected to Batman himself. Bruce Wayne's mother, Martha, was a cane. So is his cousin, Catherine, aka Batwoman. Now, this could all be a coincidence, but regardless, I
[28:57] love the way that the DCU has been very slowly building up towards Batman. Now, Rushville. He stops in the local diner and once again runs into Mon's wife, Zoe. Their conversation is interesting. at hints at who Zoe may actually be.
[29:12] says, >> "White men have the privilege of being >> which brings up an important part of why John Stewart exists in the first place. Stuart first appeared in the early 1970s when many black superheroes were making
[29:27] their debuts. Co-creator Neil Adams came up with the idea of Stuart being black, saying, "We ought to have a black Green Lantern, not because we're liberals, but this new age of Green Lantern to reflect the society around them. His origin
[29:40] comic is titled Beware My Power, in which on his first mission as a Green Lantern, he is met with two racist politicians. Jon has been facing these eccentric white men since the dawn of his existence in the comics. So on some
[29:53] level, he's able to relate to Zoe's statement. Now, as for Zoe, she may be a star sapphire. I just say right now, a star sapphire, specifically Senreal. The star sapphires are another branch of the lantern core represented by violet
[30:06] comics, Era and Jon have a very interconnected history. Ara's entire backstory hinges on a miscalculation that Jon made which destroyed her home planet. From then on, she became
[30:18] eventually learning forgiveness and becoming a Star Sapphire. Now, that is a The point is, she and Jon have a connection in the comics. And the way >> a lot to deal with, I know, but but it's worth it, I think,
[30:32] Sapphire. Jon says, >> "I'm trying to figure out if I can trust Anton earlier regarding his closeness to Howal. Despite training under him for 2 months, Jon still isn't even sure if he can trust Hal, which from his
[30:46] perspective is fair. Howal has not been honest with him about much. Jon episode. >> It's above your pay grade, Junior. >> Now, back at the hotel, we see that they do have HBO, which makes sense since
[30:59] tells Jon that Min >> sicked one of you sniper types on me. >> A reminder that Jon was a sniper in the Marines before his lantern training. Jon he couldn't bring himself to disrespect it. In a preview for the upcoming
[31:13] season, we do see a young Jon Stewart looking at an older version of the suit. Now, we don't yet know how Jon Senior managed to get his hands on one, but regardless, Jon has been ingrained to respect all aspects of the Lantern Corps
[31:25] since his youth, and that includes the suit. Howal then charges the ring in the same way we've seen it done in the comics hundreds of times before except >> Brightest day and blackest night. No evil shall escape my sight.
[31:37] required to say the oath to charge the ring. However, doing so reaffirms that rushed repetition of the oath makes it feel disingenuous again showing that
[31:49] aspects of his lantern duties. After Jon fills Howal in on the manhunters, he asks Howal for more information and he pulls rank. But this time, Jon has proof Hal. >> To create a living thing is so advanced
[32:04] >> This is an idea that even Sinestro brings up later. Jon's sheer power outmatches Howal and it's clear that by the time he takes the ring, he will no Howal asks about the bird, to which Jon says,
[32:18] >> And this can be taken one of two ways. One, Jon's constructing a bird for that long, even while passed out. It does show how deeply ingrained this construct is within him. Now, I wonder if he had a bird in his youth that died and this was
[32:32] the first time he faced that childhood boogeyman of grief. Or maybe it really is just a bird and anything Jon creates would be just as strong. And then we get our first suit up from Howal. And I got to say, it is so nice getting a casual
[32:44] super suit up rather than having to surf Dracula it out for nine episodes. It really emphasizes how normal these gods and monsters are in the DCU. It's not a dramatic build. It's just a costume change. Now, when Hal travels to OA, we
[32:57] see that he is encased by this glowing outline, almost like a shooting star. flying in space, although I do wish it was just a touch greener. OA looks identical to how it's often described in the comics, dull and barren. OA is
[33:10] predominantly a desert planet, save for Lantern Headquarters. On the planet, Howal goes to the science cells, the prison area of OA, but it looks much comics. Here, it's more like the Q from Peacemaker, not only having the same
[33:23] colors, but also the angular shapes making up the doors and ongoing hallways. Then we finally meet him, Sinestro, played by Danish actor Olrich the comics with pink skin and the same black mustache. Their interaction is
[33:37] similar to their meetup in Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns. In that comic, how goes to see Sinestro in the science cells to ask him a final question before his execution, but they are quickly interrupted. Here, however, Howal is
[33:49] able to ask him about the Manhunters, but receives a less than helpful answer. you're currently facing. >> Sinestro already knows that Howal feels threatened by Jon, but for him to say it is a way for Sinestro to instill fear in
[34:02] Howal, which pushes him even further away from the Green Lantern light. Now, the band, pretty sick. The lyrics express what the title says, The Human Condition, but it's the last part of the
[34:14] characters in this scene. The song ends with I don't have time being repeated over and over again. Almost like we're listening to Howal's inner monologue every time he is faced with the reality of Jon being his replacement. As
[34:28] Sinestro said, aside from the manhunters, Jon is his biggest threat episode, but I want to give a huge shout out to Mike Yams on our Discord server who actually worked on the show. In the last episode, you can spot him here as
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