What a season it has been for Lanterns. The DC Studios series has been thrilling fans of the legendary Green Lantern throughout its run on both HBO and HBO Max with a mystery that none of us saw coming. Throwing the fate of one of the most famous DC Comics superheroes into question while also adding some unexpectedly heavy lore to the relatively light-hearted superhero. That's HBO and that's the DC Universe franchise for you!
The question is: Will the upcoming penultimate episode answer the question we have all been asking. You know the question: Who killed Hal Jordan? Is he really dead? And what does it all mean for the DC Universe? Let's hope it's time for answers, because John Stewart, Sheriff Kerry Kane, and everyone else who knew about the Manhunter debacle in Rushville needs answers.
Is Sinestro the one who can provide them? We'll have to wait and see. In the meantime, let's recap the events of Lanterns episode 7 "The Jordan Boys Legacy". Beware of MAJOR SPOILERS ahead.
The Jordan Boys Legacy
The episode takes us back to 1975 as a young Hal gets into trouble at school for not giving the ball to the kid who punched him. Instead of questioning him, his father Marty Jordan supported him - getting into a fight with the teacher, which resulted in both Jordan boys sporting a black eye. Hal's father shares a popsicle with him, and the two talk about the importance of the Jordan legacy. Hal throws the ball away after being told by his father to let go. We then flash forward to Marty Jordan's funeral and, eventually, the present when the holographic Hal demands answers from John as to why he is dead.
The two embark on a journey to get to the bottom of what happened to the real Hal. Although they don't get along, they get along better than John and the real Hal did. An easy example of that is the fact that the Hal hologram is amazed at the fact that John can summon ideas, people, and birds without actually needing to use the ring. John actually tells him that the real Hal never told him that and he responded: "It's f*cking amazing".
Hal insists that he meet the sheriff as he couldn't believe that he had fallen in love with someone. John reluctantly obliges and Kerry is momentarily stunned at the man before her. She tearfully tells him all about their life together, and Hal has one question: Did he talk about his father... and what happened to him? She nods, revealing that she knows all about it. This surprises the Hal hologram.
Hal and John then return to the real Hal's technologically-advanced lockbox. The hologram finally agrees to speak, resulting in it opening up upon hearing his voice. And what they find changes just about everything.
John finds a gun, a poncho, and an odd ball-shaped item. Holographic Hal lifts the ball and places it on the floor, where it opens out to form an interdimensional gateway. Upon travelling to the old water tower, they open the gateway again and enter it: It's a desert-like planet. Although John has never been to space, he recognizes it.
There is a city above the planet, up in the sky. John projects Hal's consciousness up into it as he searches the sand, finding bodies buried beneath it. Hal returns and reveals that the city is empty; a ghost town. John remembers why he knows this place: It's the planet that Antaan and his people lived on before they all died out due to the Manhunters.
They take what appears to be Hal's boat across the water to what appears to be an alien-like tower. John nearly falls victim to the gas in the atmosphere, with visions of his father and younger self almost resulting in him shooting himself. The holographic Hal manages to save him, telling him to wear the poncho. Hal then reveals the truth about his father: He killed himself after leaving Hal a note, just like his grandfather. The reason that the hologram was so curious about Hal's death, the lockbox, and who killed him was that he thought he might have done the same. But there was no note; Hal didn't take his own life. Someone killed him.
This is a genuinely meaningful moment between Hal and John, resulting in John actually calling him "Hal". They share a smile, on the same page for the first time ever. And, with that, they arrive at the island in the water with the strange tower. Upon entering they are confronted by a hooded figure who threatens to kill the Hal hologram. Hal tells John to remember their song, which gets a smile from Mr. Stewart. With that, the hologram disappears - just as it did whenever John sung him out of existence in the car - and John is able to land a right hook on the assailant.
It's... Sinestro!
And, as the episode ends, we flash back to young Hal lifting the ball that he threw back up on the day of his father's funeral. It's his again.
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