The ‘Lanterns’ Mid-Season Trailer Shines a Light on Its 2026 Murder Mystery
Despite the big-finale feel of its fifth episode, DC Studios’ HBO Max series Lanterns still has three episodes in the hopper. So the streamer dropped a midseason trailer to remind folks of the shocking premiere twist the True Detective-flavored superhero show still has to unravel. In its premiere, Lanterns set the pace, establishing that the show takes place in 2016 and 2026.
- ▪Despite the big-finale feel of its fifth episode, DC Studios’ HBO Max series Lanterns still has three episodes in the hopper.
- ▪So the streamer dropped a midseason trailer to remind folks of the shocking premiere twist the True Detective-flavored superhero show still has to unravel.
- ▪In its premiere, Lanterns set the pace, establishing that the show takes place in 2016 and 2026.
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Despite the big-finale feel of its fifth episode, DC Studios’ HBO Max series Lanterns still has three episodes in the hopper. So the streamer dropped a midseason trailer to remind folks of the shocking premiere twist the True Detective-flavored superhero show still has to unravel. In its premiere, Lanterns set the pace, establishing that the show takes place in 2016 and 2026. In 2016, we followed Aaron Pierre’s John Stewart and Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan as they navigated their tumultuous mentor-mentee relationship while searching for a Manhunter hiding in a rural Nebraska town. Flashing forward to 2026, we discover… Hal Jordan’s dead body. Evidently, he’d been shot in the head. We also learn that Stewart never usurps his mentor by taking his Lantern ring by force.
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