Last week’s episode of Lanterns went way off course, but this week’s is back on track. No heavy-handed flashbacks that needlessly complicate the relationship between Hal Jordan and John Stewart. No awkwardly shoehorning vital points about race in America into a level of emotional abuse that would normally qualify as a supervillain origin story, not a superhero’s. (An early scene in this episode in which John is forced to smile his way through a nasty interaction with a couple of rednecks at a gun shop makes a similar point more effectively than turning his mother into Mommie Dearest.)
I reviewed this week’s Lanterns for Decider.
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