A lot of the occasions of Lanterns have been about two main plot threads. The primary, who’s the Manhunter hiding in Rushville, Nebraska, and what are they planning? This turned one of many greatest items of actual property within the DCU’s newest TV present, culminating in an explosive episode that not solely noticed the Manhunter recognized but additionally killed, and revealed why John Stewart wasn’t the Inexperienced Lantern through the occasions of Superman. Stewart’s function within the bigger DCU was the second main storyline that captured the main target of Lanterns in addition to DC followers, however there was nonetheless demand to know the reply to its greatest query: Who killed Hal Jordan?
DC followers had been shocked when the primary episode of Lanterns revealed that Kyle Chandler’s model of the character was lifeless. This was partially as a result of the watch for a brand new live-action model of the character had stretched to over a decade now (and the one one so far was Ryan Reynolds’ model), but additionally as a result of it appeared to kneecap the character’s place within the bigger DCU earlier than he’d even gotten began. With the Season 1 finale formally out on the planet, although, now we all know the reply to the query “Who killed Hal Jordan?” and it’s a solution nobody predicted. Naturally, Spoilers comply with.
Hal Jordan’s Killer and Motive Revealed
Lanterns has been nice at giving followers the possibility to develop fan theories throughout its storytelling, with the id of Hal Jordan’s killer being only one. Forward of the Season 1 finale, followers thought that the one that took Hal’s life is likely to be Noah Macon, or perhaps his father, and even the Guardians of the Universe. There was even a principle that Hal wasn’t lifeless and it was a clone or alien taking over his look that was lifeless, however no, Lanterns confirmed this week that Hal Jordan was killed by Kelly Macdonald’s Sheriff Kerry Kane.
The circumstances round this require some rationalization, however it’s price nothing that Kerry taking out her gun and firing a single shot into Hal’s head wasn’t one thing she was planning on doing at the beginning of the scene. As an alternative, it occurs as a result of she’s having a fairly visceral response to realizing that Hal has found out that her son, Noah, isn’t a gifted younger man in any respect, however a Manhunter. This reveal, although, reveals that the 2 characters are on completely different sides.
Hal, to his credit score, is satisfied that they should flee and get away, both to guard Noah or everybody else, whereas Kerry continues to be making an attempt to cling to the life they’ve constructed. In a match of emotional rage, abruptly dealing with a actuality the place her little one, whom she’s grown to like, could have his greatest secret uncovered and their lives ruined, she attracts her gun and shoots Hal. Much more tragic is that the gunfire drowns out his closing phrases, “I like you.”
This naturally brings up the query that even followers at dwelling are going to marvel: Why would Kerry name John about Hal’s demise, figuring out that he could be the one who may put all of the items collectively? The reality isn’t that she was relying on John determining what occurred to Hal, however that he would determine what’s occurring with Noah’s standing as a Manhunter, and whether or not there was some a part of him that was redeemable in the long run.
With the thriller solved, although, followers might very properly assume that Hal Jordan’s place within the DCU is formally performed, however that stated, the episode teases a means out. In an early scene, Sinestro hints that he can carry Hal again to life, and all he wants is his ring, occurring to inform John that if he costs Hal’s ring and claims it for his personal, the possibility disappears. Comics and their diversifications are a humorous factor, although, and regardless that Stewart does simply that by the episode’s finish, it’s powerful to say if Hal Jordan won’t ever, ever return within the DCU (regardless of James Gunn’s rule about demise).
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