Lanterns Episode 5 appeared to shut the door on the primary a part of the seasonal storyline, as Inexperienced Lanterns Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) moved to cease the Manhunter, Zoe Macon (Poorna Jagannathan), who had embedded herself within the city of Rushville. Zoe didn’t go quietly: she sacrificed her devoted flock of townspeople to battle Hal and the alien terrorist Antaan (Paul Ben-Victor) earlier than John took her out. Nonetheless, lots of followers don’t consider what their eyes had been seeing, and now it seems they might have additionally missed one other trick pulled off proper in entrance of our eyes.
Within the midst of the battle towards the Manhunter, Hal Jordan and John Stewart see their respective tensions boil over into an all-out brawl, which almost acquired them each killed. However did that battle go down precisely as we noticed it? We’re not so certain…
Did John Stewart Truly Struggle the Halogram?
After John and Hal have their battle, Hal is left overwhelmed up badly on the bottom. Zoe approaches Hal to complete him off, just for each of them to understand that John has set a lure for Zoe, utilizing Hal as bait. John snipes Zoe after which takes her coronary heart as a trophy for the Guardians, and Hal’s Energy Ring and battery as a trophy for himself. Final we noticed Hal, he was nonetheless mendacity within the rubble of the motel, and a few viewers at the moment are speculating that it wasn’t Hal mendacity there in any respect
Lanterns Episode 1 launched us to the “Halogram,” an AI backup for Jordan’s consciousness that’s saved within the ring and is meant to be routinely up to date. In Episode 5, Hal performs the curious act of chipping off a small piece of his ring’s emerald to manifest Halogram and use him as a tactical and recon assistant within the battle. However, in accordance with a possible huge spoiler that HBO Max let slip by the cracks, the fan idea that Halogram took the beating from John Stewart is now heating up in a serious approach.
After John Stewart beats Hal Jordan down and takes his ring and battery, Hal admonishes him for being naive that the Guardians gained’t sooner or later substitute him too (John), identical to they did the Manhunters and Hal. What’s extremely curious is that the Spanish-language model of Lanterns Episode 5’s subtitles listing Hal’s monologue to John as being spoken by “Clone de Hal,” or “Hal’s Clone.” It appears to be a screw-up by the manufacturing division, and one that would show to be one of many solely huge spoilers Lanterns has leaked early.
This lends huge credit score to the rumor that Hal faked John and Zoe out throughout the battle and was pursuing another mission goal that’s but to be seen. It’s the form of shrewd tactic that Hal Jordan has demonstrated since Episode 1 (manifesting counterfeit cash to play a jukebox repeatedly in a bar), and may clarify why he doesn’t ever replace Halogram, preferring to make use of the AI’s dumbed-down model as his personal private device. And if poor Halogram takes a couple of arduous hits? So be it…
This Idea Might Be The Key to Lanterns‘ Largest Thriller
If it will get confirmed that it was Halogram (or another form of copy) that John battled within the motel, it’s not only a huge twist for Episode 5, however for all the present. Realizing that it’s even doable for Hal Jordan to drag off such deception makes us instantly look again on the premiere episode’s cliffhanger ending in an entire totally different approach.
All of the sudden, Hal Jordan’s “dying” doesn’t look so tragic and everlasting anymore. Actually, it appears like the largest tragedy within the present could find yourself being the best way poor Halogram will get handled.
Lanterns airs on HBO and streams on HBO Max.