Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Lanterns Season 1.
After eight excellent episodes, Lanterns Season 1 has finally come to a close, confirming the twist it laid out all the way back in the series premiere: unfortunately, Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) is definitely dead. The season finale, “Dirt and Stars,” however, hints at the possibility of him coming back in a not-so-distant future, when Thaal Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen) tells the “Hal-o-gram” and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) that he knows a way to use Hal’s ring to bring him “back to life, for real.” There has since been a lot of speculation about whether Sinestro was telling the truth or only bluffing, but, regardless, Hal shouldn't be brought back to life in the upcoming Season 2. As great a character as he is and as perfect as Chandler’s portrayal is, it’s time for us all to let Hal go.
Hal Jordan Comes Back Many Times in the Comics, but the DCU Should Follow Its Own Path
Before Lanterns premiered, one of the main bets among Green Lantern fans was that Hal’s character would somehow either become Parallax, or at least that the series would introduce this concept for further seasons or movies. Lanterns did neither, but Sinestro’s line about potentially bringing Hal back has some fans hopeful that this might be how Parallax shows up, considering that Hal has been resurrected many times in the comics. So, it isn’t a stretch to imagine the DCU doing the same, right?
A The same thing I have watched a hundred times.
B Something long, slow and beautiful.
C Something big and loud with a great score.
D One clever episode of something hopeful.
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The greatest issue around this whole “bringing Hal back” debacle is that Sinestro doesn’t usually lie and is more of a “brutal truth” kind of guy, so if he says he can do it, he probably can. There are indeed plenty of ways for that to happen, from digging out Hal’s body from the grave to making the Hal-o-gram a living thing, but to do any of that, he must go through John first, so if anything, Sinestro’s line should set him up as John’s next big confrontation. Right now, he seems at the cusp of establishing his own Sinestro Corps in the DCU, and that’s the way to go.
In the comics, Hal really is the closest character to Sinestro, so it might feel weird at first to see John going against him instead. But it’s already been established that the DCU is a “remix,” not a faithful adaptation of the comics, so John being Hal’s successor may imply more than becoming a Lantern too. His yellow-streaked lantern might hint at him becoming Parallax in the future for example, and right now that wouldn’t feel out of place in the DCU at all. This would make way for more Lanterns to be introduced too, which is definitely more urgent than bringing anyone back from the dead unnecessarily.
Lanterns is available to stream on HBO Max.
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