Lanterns Episode 6 brings us back to 2026 Rushville.
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Episode → bring → Rushville
It’s ten years after the horrific events of Episode 5 and most of the town doesn’t see what happened as a miracle — you know, that they all survived — but a catastrophe orchestrated by the Green Lanterns.
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they → ’ → Lanterns
This means that not only is John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) not welcome in the small town, but neither is current Green Lantern Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion).
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Gardner → mean → town
But that doesn’t stop either man for stopping by the latest episode of the HBO hit…
**Spoilers for Lanterns Episode 6, now streaming on HBO Max**
Lanterns Episode 6 follows John Stewart as he works with Sheriff Kerry Kane (Kelly Macdonald) to investigate the murder of Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler).
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he → stop → Jordan
It turns out that after John walked away from being the Green Lantern, Hal was thrown in jail, while the Guardians settled on giving a ring to gym teacher Guy Gardner.
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Guardians → turn → Gardner
Hence, why it’s Guy (and not John or Hal) who is the Green Lantern in recent DC live action hits like Superman and Peacemaker.
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who → ’ → Superman
It’s also why John feels Guy owes him one big favor in this week’s episode.
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Guy → ’ → episode
(And it’s a favor that has very unexpected consequences…)
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that → ’ → consequences
Besides looking into who killed Hal Jordan this week, John and Kerry also have to attend his funeral.
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John → look → funeral
It becomes clear when John reads Hal’s eulogy — written by Hal himself — that Earth’s first Green Lantern assumed his passing would be a monumental affair.
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passing → become → Hal
Instead, it’s a small occasion only marked by John, Kerry, and a woman named Carol Ferris (Amie Mackenzie).
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it → ’ → John
John pushes Guy to sneak to Oa to retrieve Hal’s old suit and ring so he can be buried in it.
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he → push → it
While John swears he wants Hal to be buried in his suit and ring as a sign of respect, as soon as the other mourners leave, he gets to work, digging up Hal Jordan’s grave so he can finally take his ring.
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he → swear → ring
However, it’s not that John suddenly wants to be Green Lantern.
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John → ’ → ?
Rather, in order to gain access to Hal’s safe, he needs Hal’s voice.
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he → gain → voice
He needs Hal’s Halogram.
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He → need → Halogram
Confused by what just went down?
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what → confuse → ?
Don’t understand why that woman at Hal’s funeral was such a big deal?
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woman → understand → funeral
Here’s what you need to know about the end of Lanterns Episode 6 on HBO and HBO Max…
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you → ’ → HBO
Lanterns Episode 6 Ending Explained:
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Ending → explain → ?
Why Did John Stewart Steal Hal Jordan’s Ring?
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Stewart → steal → Ring
So why did John Stewart go to all the trouble of summoning Guy Gardner to Rushville to convince him to bring back Hal’s suit and ring if he doesn’t still want to be Green Lantern after all of these years?
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he → go → years
Well, it’s because John really is more interested in finding out what’s going on in Rushville and to discover that, he needs access to Hal’s vault.
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he → ’ → vault
And Hal’s vault can only be opened with Hal’s real voice; not a recording.
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vault → open → voice
We know that this is why John dug up Hal’s grave because the very first thing he uses the ring for isn’t to fly or bring back his bird.
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he → know → bird
Rather, he summons the Halogram, who promptly sums up the situation: “God damn it.”
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who → summon → it
Now the question is which version of Hal is backed up in this Halogram.
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version → back → Halogram
Will he be a helpful Halogram or an echo of the combative Hal we met in 2016?
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we → meet → 2016
Lanterns snuck in a poignant Easter egg at Hal Jordan’s funeral, by having none other than Carol Ferris show up.
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none → sneak → Ferris
Before he was Green Lantern, Hal was a test pilot for Ferris Aircraft, a company owned by Carol’s father that she eventually takes over.
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she → own → that
While Hal kept his superhero status a secret from Carol at first, she is soon pulled into his cosmic adventures.
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she → keep → adventures
In the past, Carol Ferris has been played by Blake Lively in the 2011 Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern film and voiced by actresses Kari Wahlgren, Jennifer Hale, and Olivia d’Abo in animation.
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Ferris → play → animation
In Lanterns, Carol is played by Denver-based actress Amie Mackenzie.
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Carol → play → Mackenzie
The 60-something Mackenzie has an incredible personal story, having been a fixture of Colorado theater for decades.
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Mackenzie → have → decades
After surviving cancer, she booked her first onscreen part in Better Call Saul at the tender age of 53.
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she → survive → 53
Since then, she’s appeared in everything from The Madison to Mountainhead.
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she → appear → Mountainhead
When DECIDER spoke to Lanterns star Kelly Macdonald, we asked about the missed opportunity to see Carol Ferris and Kerry Kane interact at Hal’s funeral.
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Ferris → speak → funeral
“Would have been lovely, wouldn’t it?” Macdonald said.
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Macdonald → say → ?
“I wanted a moment with Guy Gardner as well.
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I → want → Gardner
How Did Guy Gardner Become Green Lantern?
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Gardner → become → ?
…and 10 more, not listed.
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