Lanterns: on Gotham TV Podcast

A bit of a change of pace for Lanterns Episode 6 "Bad Optics" as the show returns to the big mystery in 2026. We discuss it all and the huge cameo in full spoiler filled detail. Lanterns Episode 6 “Bad Optics” Synopsis Episode Written by: Justin Britt-Gibson and Damon Lindeloff Episode Directed By: Stephen Williams In 2026, John Stewart has become an architect and works with his brother Marcus. His mother tells him that the other former Green Lantern Hal Jordan, who has been living in Rushville to make amends for the 2016 incident, wants to apologise to him. John meets Hal at a café, but they fail to reconcile, and John breaks his nose after Hal goads him about being too afraid to take the ring. After returning home, John learns from Sheriff Kerry Kane, who began a relationship with Hal, that Hal has been murdered. John uses a beacon set up by Guy Gardner to summon him to Rushville, where he is met with hostility from Billy Macon Jnr. and the townspeople. A fight breaks out, forcing Kerry to arrest John. The next day, Guy visits John, who asks him to retrieve Hal's suit and ring for his funeral. Guy also reveals that Sinestro has escaped from prison. After leaving the station, John encounters Maggie, a waitress from the café, who demands compensation for the damage he caused her family in 2016 or she will tell Kerry that he was the one who broke Hal's nose. After Hal's funeral, John digs up his grave, takes his ring, and with a small top up of power, summons the "Hal-o-gram". Lanterns Episode 6 Cast Aaron Pierre as John Stewart Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly Jason Ritter as Billy Macon J. Alphonse Nicholson as John Stewart Sr. Shea Pritchard as Noah Macon Jasmine Cephas Jones as Bernadette Stewart with Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner Rushville Redneck Bar Quiz During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our Lantern's Redneck Bar Quiz. You can send in your answers each week to [email protected] At the end of the eight episode series the fellow Lantern with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some Lanterns goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com Question 6: What's the name of the nursing home where John Stewart's father is? Contact us and subscribe to the podcast Thank you so much for listening to our Lanterns Podcast. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast through our website TV Podcast Industries. Join Us On On Facebook or Discord We want to hear your thoughts on the show and you can email us to [email protected] join us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries or join us on our brand new Discord server at https://discord.gg/DyVtkuuWZP we'd love to see you wherever you want to join us. Join us on TV Podcast Industries If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love. Next time on The Lanterns Podcast The penultimate episode will be released on the 28th of September so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 7 on our next podcast. Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe. Derek and John TV Podcast Industries All images and audio clips are copyright of Warner Bros. and their respective copyright owners. The music for the episode is a clip of How to Train Your Dragnet by Ezra Lipp.

For an explosive episode we have Chris back to join Derek and John to discuss Lanterns Episode 5 "Lights Out" in full spoiler filled detail. Lanterns Episode 5 “Lights Out” Synopsis Episode Written by: Justin Britt-Gibson Episode Directed By: Geeta Vasant Patel Kerry Kane arrived in Rushville in 2007 chased by criminals from Gotham looking to kill her for father's crimes. Faced with an impossible situation, she is saved by Zoe who steps in to snap neck take a pinky and make a deal that some day Kerry will have to stand up and defend Zoe in a similar way. Back in 2016, John Stewart is unable to get out of his rental car that Hal Jordan crashed into a pole. Zoe finds John but as the car explodes she lets him burn up inside. In hospital, Zoe uses her technology to repair John's burnt skin and makes a similar deal with him, as she did with Kerry, that in return for her help she will need his protection. Meanwhile Hal meets with Antaan and his group. He tells them William Macon is the Manhunter they are searching for, while he goes after the real Manhunter, Zoe. Antaan's aliens destroy the Macon compound and Antaan faces off with Macon testing him with his alien language and their previous relationship to see if he is actually the Manhunter. Eventually, his resignation of being captured betrays Macon and Antaan removes his heart to confirm he's just a regular human and not his former partner Zoe. He manages to track her down and goes into self destruct mode but Hal uses his lantern ring to contain Antaan's explosive power killing him. After recovering from his burns, John gets the drop on Hal at his hotel. The two fight until Hal is beaten and broken, but the motel is destroyed by the satellite lasers. Hal protects them both with the ring but John escapes from the rubble only to leave Hal as bait to draw out Zoe and takes her out with a sniper shot to the head. John takes the crystalline heart of the Manhunter, the lantern and Hal's Green Lantern ring to the Guardian Lianna. She expects him to take over Hal's role but John tells her that it just made him feel empty and leaves them all behind. Lanterns Episode 5 Cast Aaron Pierre as John Stewart Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly Garrett Delahunt as William Macon Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe Paul Ben-Victor as Antaan with Laura Linney as Lianna Rushville Redneck Bar Quiz During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our Lantern's Redneck Bar Quiz. You can send in your answers each week to [email protected] At the end of the eight episode series the fellow Lantern with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some Lanterns goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com Question 5: According to the town sign what year was Rushville established? Contact us and subscribe to the podcast Thank you so much for listening to our Lanterns Podcast. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast through our website TV Podcast Industries. Join Us On On Facebook or Discord We want to hear your thoughts on the show and you can email us to [email protected] join us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries or join us on our brand new Discord server at https://discord.gg/DyVtkuuWZP we'd love to see you wherever you want to join us. Join us on TV Podcast Industries If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love. Next time on The Lanterns Podcast The next episode will be released on the 21st of September so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 6 on our next podcast. Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe. Derek and John TV Podcast Industries All images and audio clips are copyright of Warner Bros. and their respective copyright owners. The music for the episode is a clip of How to Train Your Dragnet by Ezra Lipp.

Derek and John chat all about the very twisty Lanterns Episode 4 "The Weenie" in full spoiler filled detail. Do we know who the Manhunter is or just get even more candidates for the list? Lanterns Episode 4 “The Weenie” Synopsis Episode Written by: Breannah Gibson Episode Directed By: Geeta Vasant Patel In 2016, Sinestro gives Hal Jordan information about the Manhunters physiology and also suggests delivering the Manhunter to the Guardians to undermine John Stewart, proving he is unfit to replace him as Earth's Green Lantern. Meanwhile back on Earth, as John and Hal continue to hang around Rushville, John is visited by the Guardian, Lianna, at his motel room who tells him the time in now right for him to replace Hal and urges him to take the ring. With the Alien Antaan's, 48 hour deadline to identify the Manhunter rapidly approaching, Hal and John's stakeout of the Macon ranch identifies a hidden structure or "Weenie" being guarded by several lookout towers. Suspecting William's benefactor is at his ranch, Hal and John infiltrate the property, after looping in Sheriff Kerry Kane, and discover an armoury of high-tech weapons. After triggering an alarm they are captured and brought in front of William Macon. John is asked to draw William in the nude, while his wife, Zoe is present. During this unusual capture, William reveals quite a lot to Hal and John and also tells them he is protecting the benefactor's identity in exchange for ensuring Rushville's safety. Half and John are saved by the intervention of Sheriff Kane who takes them into custody. Later, Zoe secretly visits John at his motel room to convince him to leave town but fails and in so doing also reveals a lot more as she extends her stay with John in his room. Leaving the motel with a bounce in her step, Zoe's truck is destroyed by an orbital strike and she apparently dies. Hal and John, with the help from Kerry Kane who has been gathering evidence from her husband's files, traces the attack to Atlas, Inc. A company involved in high-tech abattoirs and owned by Hector Hammond. When Hal pushes his bluff he owns up to being a decoy and identifies William as the real Manhunter. However, Hal later deduces that Zoe is the Manhunter and that John already knew it. After he gets John to call Antaan to arrange a meeting, Hal jumps from their car and causes it to crash, leaving John inside. Lanterns Episode 4 Cast Aaron Pierre as John Stewart Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly Garrett Delahunt as William Macon Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro Paul Ben-Victor as Antaan with Laura Linney as Lianna Rushville Redneck Bar Quiz During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our Lantern's Redneck Bar Quiz. You can send in your answers each week to [email protected] At the end of the eight episode series the fellow Lantern with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some Lanterns goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com Question 4: What are the coordinates of the satellite that targets and blows up Zoe's truck? Contact us and subscribe to the podcast Thank you so much for listening to our Lanterns Podcast. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast through our website TV Podcast Industries. Join Us On On Facebook or Discord We want to hear your thoughts on the show and you can email us to [email protected] join us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries or join us on our brand new Discord server at https://discord.gg/DyVtkuuWZP we'd love to see you wherever you want to join us. Join us on TV Podcast Industries If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love. Next time on The Lanterns Podcast The next episode will be released on the 14th of September so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 5 on our next podcast. Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe. Derek and John TV Podcast Industries All images and audio clips are copyright of Warner Bros. and their respective copyright owners. The music for the episode is a clip of How to Train Your Dragnet by Ezra Lipp.

John and Derek are back to discuss a different kind of origin story in Lanterns Episode 3 "OutKast" in full spoiler filled detail. Lanterns Episode 3 “OutKast” Synopsis Episode Written by: Vanessa Baden Episode Directed By: Steven Williams In the past, John's father, John Sr., fails a test to become a Green Lantern, leaving him traumatised. Later, Lianna, a member of the Guardians of the Universe, visits John's mother, Bernadette, and offers the family recompense by giving John a chance to join the Green Lantern Corps in the future. When John is 5 years old, his parents train him to be fearless. Years later, John joins the United States Marine Corps and is assigned an assassination mission, but Hal's intervention causes it to fail. John is dishonourably discharged, and Bernadette enrols him in art school so he can pursue his passion. In 2016, a Guardians recruiter approaches John, who successfully passes his test. He is sent to the next stage of the interview. She offers him the role as the new Green Lantern, but he must not reveal this to Hal Jordan and has to pretend to accept his guidance as his apprentice. John returns home to tell his parents he finds Hal Jordan has told them his news and, privately tells John he does not need a sidekick and he'll only get the Green Lantern ring over his dead body. Lanterns Episode 3 Cast Aaron Pierre as John Stewart Jasmine Cephas Jones as Bernadette Stewart J. Alphonse Nicholson as John Stewart Snr. Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan with Laura Linney as Lianna Rushville Redneck Bar Quiz During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our Lantern's Redneck Bar Quiz. You can send in your answers each week to [email protected] At the end of the eight episode series the fellow Lantern with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some Lanterns goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com Question 3: How long does John Stewart stake out the compound of the Grey Wolf before he's taken by Hal Jordan? Contact us and subscribe to the podcast Thank you so much for listening to our Lanterns Podcast. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast through our website TV Podcast Industries. Join Us On On Facebook or Discord We want to hear your thoughts on the show and you can email us to [email protected] join us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries or join us on our brand new Discord server at https://discord.gg/DyVtkuuWZP we'd love to see you wherever you want to join us. Join us on TV Podcast Industries If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love. Next time on The Lanterns Podcast The next episode will be released on the 7th of September so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 4 on our next podcast. Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe. Derek and John TV Podcast Industries All images and audio clips are copyright of Warner Bros. and their respective copyright owners. The music for the episode is a clip of How to Train Your Dragnet by Ezra Lipp.

Welcome back fellow guardians, this week Derek and John are joined by Chris to chat all about Lanterns Episode 2 "Trust Fall" as Hal and John go on separate journeys in 2016. Lanterns Episode 2 “Trust Fall” Synopsis Episode Written by: Vanessa Baden and Chris Mundy Episode Directed By: James Hawes Back in Rushville in 2016, Hal tries to give John Stewart his first flying lesson. But when John creates an actual bird and drains the Power Ring, Hal tasks him to go to Coast City to retrieve his charging lantern and keeping the created bird alive throughout the trip. While John is on his journey, Hal continues his investigation into the alien shoot-out in Rushville. Using the bodies of the dead aliens, he learns that William Macon had set up alien detectors at the football stadium. Hal tries to force William to reveal his boss but a warning shot from his army sends Hal to the mysteriously empty medical centre to heal his wounds. Meanwhile, in Coast City, John retrieves the Lantern from Hal's mansion and feeds his carnivorous plant, Earl. As soon as he leaves he's ambushed and kidnapped by aliens who are convinced a shape-shifting being called a Manhunter is in Rushville. If John doesn't find the Manhunter they will blow themselves up destroying most of Nebraska. John returns to town and asks Hal for information on the Manhunters. But Hal tells him it's above his pay grade. When John leaves Hal puts on his Green Lantern suit and flies to a prison planet where he confronts another lantern Sinestro. He will provide Hal with the info on Manhunters if he shares details about John Stewart. Lanterns Episode 2 Cast Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan Aaron Pierre as John Stewart Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly Garrett Delahunt as William Macon Jason Ritter as Billy Macon Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro Paul Ben-Victor as Antaan Rushville Redneck Bar Quiz During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our Lantern's Redneck Bar Quiz. You can send in your answers each week to [email protected] At the end of the eight episode series the fellow Lantern with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some Lanterns goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com Question 2: What two types of meat does John Stewart to the carnivorous plant named Earl? Contact us and subscribe to the podcast Thank you so much for listening to our Lanterns Podcast. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast through our website TV Podcast Industries. Join Us On On Facebook or Discord We want to hear your thoughts on the show and you can email us to [email protected] join us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries or join us on our brand new Discord server at https://discord.gg/DyVtkuuWZP we'd love to see you wherever you want to join us. Join us on TV Podcast Industries If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love. Next time on The Lanterns Podcast The next episode will be released on the 31st of August so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 3 on our next podcast. Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe. Derek and John TV Podcast Industries All images and audio clips are copyright of Warner Bros. and their respective copyright owners. The music for the episode is a clip of How to Train Your Dragnet by Ezra Lipp.