Lanterns has efficiently turned one in every of DC’s most fantastical superheroes and lore right into a grounded detective thriller present, and you may inform by the best way followers have been left buzzing after each episode. The premiere threw some fairly huge questions on the desk (who killed Hal Jordan? Why doesn’t John Stewart have the Energy Ring ten years after being skilled? What is de facto occurring within the city of Rushville?). Loads of viewers thought Lanterns Episode 2 would dig into these huge questions, not double down by throwing even deeper questions onto the desk.
Nevertheless, after the occasions of Episode 2, “Belief Fall”, DC Universe followers have many new questions concerning the story that Lanterns is telling, and it doesn’t even matter in case you had been a diehard fan of DC comedian books: the present is creating some daring new lore that has everyone developing with their finest theories and guesses. These are the highest 3 theories we expect it’s best to take note of earlier than you sit down for Lanterns Episode 3.
3. Rushville Is An Alien City
Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) got here to Rushville, Nebraska, to research a mass taking pictures involving alien suspects. They (and the viewers) assume Rushville is a human city being infiltrated by aliens, however what if that premise is completely backwards?
THEORY: After Hal found the alien detection know-how getting used round Rushville, some followers began to theorize that the steel detector-style machines had been getting used for the other of what most followers assumed: As an alternative of attempting to display screen for alien infiltrators, the machines are there to substantiate that each individual passing by is an alien. The idea splits from there: some folks assume that Rushville’s inhabitants are alien survivors of the Manhunters’ bloodbath, who took refuge on Earth, and are actually being focused for destruction. Different followers assume the city turned a secret refuge for a complete cabal of surviving Manhunters, who’re attempting to consolidate weapons and manpower to put siege to the Guardians and their homeworld of Oa.
2. John Stewart Can Channel the Inexperienced Instantly
Episode 2 had Hal give John a sensei-style problem. John unintentionally creates a chicken assemble with the Energy Ring, as an alternative of flying himself. Hal assigns John to make use of his willpower to take care of the chicken assemble for all the time he’s on an errand to retrieve Hal’s Energy Battery to recharge the ring. John does this, even whereas being attacked, kidnapped, and knocked unconscious. Each he and Hal be taught (independently) that the chicken’s existence means one thing important about John’s connection to the facility of the Inexperienced Lantern’s ring.
THEORY: The idea that’s going round now could be that John Stewart is the proverbial “chosen one” who represents a milestone shift nobody anticipated from a human: the flexibility to channel the power of the emotional spectrum immediately. If John doesn’t want the ring, he doesn’t want Hal Jordan, which might clarify how he’s working in 2026 with out it. John proving that people (or any being) can channel the facility with out the rings would additionally break the controlling leash the Guardians have on the facility, by way of the rings, and will arguably open the door for others to additionally channel powers (or entities) from different components of the emotional spectrum (worry, love, hope, and so forth.). That will be a large improvement for the DCU, presumably resulting in a giant crossover (the “Blackest Night time” prophecy).
1. Sinestro Discovered Out The Guardians’ Worst Secret
Thaal Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen) was as soon as one of many biggest Inexperienced Lanterns and served as Hal Jordan’s mentor. To this point, we’ve heard that Sinestro “went rogue” and “killed one of many bosses” (a Guardian), however we don’t know why.
THEORY: The preferred idea proper now could be that Sinestro isn’t a villain who betrayed the Inexperienced Lantern Corps out of corruption. It’s theorized that DCU Sinestro was an idealistic cop who came upon that not solely was his police power constructed on a darkish previous and a lie, however that the powers behind all the justice system (the Guardians) had been hiding darkish secrets and techniques of their failures and misdeeds, and possibly additionally hiding truths concerning the emotional spectrum and its energy that would result in calamity (once more, the Blackest Night time prophecy). Sinestro’s important thoughts would’ve investigated any hints he had concerning the Guardians’ deceptions, and being the cop he was, he would’ve uncovered the solutions. It might not solely make sense that the Guardians tossed him in a cell – particularly if he began in search of out an alternate energy that would oppose the Inexperienced Lanterns.
For sure, followers are on the sting of their collective seat to see Hal and Sinestro’s full dialog happen in Episode 3.
Lanterns airs new episodes Sunday nights on HBO, earlier than they stream on HBO Max.