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Lanterns – Season 1, Episode 3

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Aired Aug 30, 2026

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John's parents train him to become the perfect candidate for the next Green Lantern. However, as John trains under Hal, he is disillusioned by Hal's teachings.

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Kyle Chandler

Hal Jordan

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Kerry Kane

J. Alphonse Nicholson

John Stewart Sr.

Jason Ritter

Billy Macon

Jasmine Cephas Jones

Bernadette Stewart

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Ben Travers

IndieWire

Sep 1, 2026

A-

Ultimately, the exceptional, engrossing third entry of “Lanterns” paints a striking portrait of what separates our two heroes, while putting a spotlight on the one whose perspective goes historically overlooked -- on Earth and, it turns out, in space.

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Dennis Perkins

AV Club

Aug 31, 2026

B+

...“OutKast,” Lanterns third episode, leaps purposefully off into the series’ prestige drama side, showing just how one Black family’s encounter with the superhuman nearly destroyed them all.

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Emmet Asher-Perrin

Reactor

Sep 1, 2026

It results in a fascinating character, of course: John Stewart is a man who doesn’t know how to truly have desires that are his alone.

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Jesse Schedeen

IGN

Sep 1, 2026

9/10

Anyone bored with the typical tropes when it comes to superhero origin stories definitely needs to give Lanterns Episode 3 a watch. This installment succeeds in crafting a very different and extremely compelling take on John Stewart's formative years.

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Denis Kimathi

TV Fanatic

Sep 1, 2026

4/5

“OutKast” speed-runs decades of a character’s backstory to try to build an interesting character. It succeeds, but it also risks becoming a convoluted story that is hard to keep track of.

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Mike BC

But Why Tho?

Sep 1, 2026

7.5/10

Lanterns Episode 3 does something that DC has never attempted: giving John Stewart a proper origin story.

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Synopsis

John's parents train him to become the perfect candidate for the next Green Lantern. However, as John trains under Hal, he is disillusioned by Hal's teachings.

Director: Geeta Vasant Patel, Stephen Williams
Screenwriter: Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, Tom King
Network: HBO Max
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date: Aug 30, 2026

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