Lanterns Episode 1 “Pilot” Synopsis
Episode Written by: Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King
Episode Directed By: James Hawes
In 1996, the young John Stewart and his brothers watch on as Earth's only ever Green Lantern reveals his identity to the world. He is Hal Jordan and he was chosen as the successor of Green Lantern Abin Sur after he crashed his ship and died. He just had to answer one question "Is he afraid?". When John's father arrives home he asks the same question of his son while shooting an apple off his head.
Twenty years later, in 2016, John Stewart is now supposedly being mentored by Hal Jordan to become the next Green Lantern. When John received a cryptic message from a holographic projection of a kinder, younger Hal from inside the Green Lantern ring, it sends the duo to Rushville, Nebraska.
With little support from Hal, John helps the town's Sheriff, Kerry Kane to capture a suspect involved in a mass shooting at their town's football stadium. But Sheriff Kane forbids Hal from joining the investigation, believing the case has no extraterrestrial connection.
Trying to get close to the suspect, Hal gets himself arrested for a bar fight, but the Sheriff keeps him separated in jail until he is bailed out by lawyer, and Kerry's husband, Billy Macon. In return, Hal agrees to meet Kerry's father-in-law William Macon Senior, who arranges for Hal to interrogate the suspect, Waylon Sanders.
During the interrogation, Hal exposes Sanders as an alien; In retaliation the alien detonates a bomb in his body but Hal uses the last of his ring's power to contain the damage.
Ten years further on, in 2026, John Stewart returns to Rushville, where the Macon farm has fallen to rack and ruin. Back at the town's football station, Sheriff Kerry Kane shows him a dead and frozen Hal and John notices he's missing his Green Lantern ring.
Lanterns Episode 1 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 ZoeJosie's 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 feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com (mailto:feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com) 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 (https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com/)
Question 1: What song does Hal Jordan play multiple times to get the attention of the local pub patrons?
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Next time on The Lanterns Podcast
The next episode will be released on the 24th of August so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 2 on our next podcast.
Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe.
Derek and John
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The music for the episode is a clip of How to Train Your Dragnet by Ezra Lipp.