Jason Gaston

LANTERNS Episode 4 — “THE WEENIE” | Thoughts & Review

Lanterns may have just delivered its strongest episode yet — and somehow it’s called “The Weenie.” Because HBO apparently looked at an increasingly dark Green Lantern conspiracy thriller and thought, You know what this needs? A title that makes everyone giggle like twelve-year-olds.

In this episode, the increasingly bizarre frenemy relationship between Hal Jordan and John Stewart finally becomes one of the best things about the series. Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre have fantastic chemistry here: they don’t exactly like each other, they definitely don’t trust each other, but there’s a strange camaraderie developing between them that makes watching these two bounce off one another enormously entertaining.

And then everything starts going to hell.

🟢 In this review:

Hal and John’s wonderfully dysfunctional partnership

Why I’m becoming VERY suspicious of the Guardians

John suddenly having one gigantic advantage over Hal

Macon making things uncomfortable because… well, HBO

John Stewart’s occasionally selective moral compass

The return of Hector Hammond to Green Lantern mythology

One extremely unfortunate cow

Kyle Chandler absolutely killing it as Hal Jordan

Aaron Pierre finally getting some serious dramatic material

And why the final ten minutes completely restored my excitement for this series

I’m keeping the biggest developments from the ending spoiler-free, because this is one of those episodes where you really should experience the insanity for yourself.

After the previous episode slowed down the momentum, “The Weenie” slams its foot back onto the accelerator and leaves us with some genuinely sinister questions about Hal, John, the Guardians, and exactly what the hell is really happening.

And yes.

We also need to discuss that title.

THE WEENIE.

Really, HBO?

Really?

👇 Let me know in the comments:
Do you trust the Guardians?
Is Hal Jordan actually starting to redeem himself?
Whose side are you on — Hal or John?
And did HBO know exactly what it was doing with that episode title?

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