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Lanterns episode 5: the death, the ring, and John Stewart
A death, a decision, and the ring question: what the fifth hour of Lanterns actually leaves on the table.
In brief
A death, a decision, and the ring question: what the fifth hour of Lanterns actually leaves on the table. Episode 5 turns on a death and on John Stewart's choice, and both point at the same thing: who wears the ring next. Originally reported by TechRadar.
Episode 5 lands hard
Lanterns reaches the point where the ending needs unpacking. A death, a move from John Stewart, and a question about who carries the ring from here.
Who dies
The loudest question coming out of the hour is who does not make it. Everything else in the ending hangs off that one turn.
John Stewart's big move
The second question is what John does and why he does it. His choice is the hinge of the episode, not a side beat on the way to the credits.
Is the ring changing hands
Hal Jordan has been Earth's Lantern the whole way. Episode 5 finally puts the succession question on the table instead of hinting at it.
“Does John Stewart finally succeed Hal Jordan as Earth's next Green Lantern?”
The Macons stay in frame
Will and Zoe Macon keep the case on the ground. The cosmic stakes land in a diner and on a dirt road, not in deep space.
What it sets up
Every answer here feeds one setup for the rest of season 1: whether Earth finishes the run with a different Green Lantern.
At a glance
Episode 5 turns on a death and on John Stewart's choice, and both point at the same thing: who wears the ring next.
