'Lanterns' Season 1 Finale: Halograms and Secrets Revealed

Podcast: Needs Some Introduction · Needs Some Introduction

Opublikowano: 2026-10-06

Victor welcomes Alan as guest co-host on Needs Some Introduction to discuss the Season 1 finale of HBO Max’s Lanterns, while noting Darren is on vacation and previewing upcoming coverage of Last Seen, War, and eventually Dark Matter and Netflix’s East of Eden adaptation. They agree Lanterns has been uneven, citing a clunky John Stewart backstory episode and a placeholder-feeling later episode, and discuss reports that HBO reordered episodes. On the finale, Alan finds it exposition-heavy with little Green Lantern action and questions the killer reveal and emotional beats, while Victor likes many individual scenes, especially Kyle Chandler’s work...