(series review) [STREAMING] - Lanterns - Episode 1

If you have been alive long enough, or have followed these comic book movies since the late '90s—or, better yet, since just before Christopher Nolan decided to take on Batman Begins—you would know that Warner Bros. has attempted to kick off a DC universe since Marvel started doing it successfully. DC had to wait until Nolan completed his trilogy before they finally started with Zack Snyder.

If you have been following me for any measure of time and have read what I have said regarding DC, you would know that Warner Bros. fumbled the bag trying to play catch-up to Marvel and completely messed up the DCEU. Now that James Gunn is running this new DCU, he seems to have a plan in place and, so far, so good.
He has split it into live-action and animated. Superman was good, Supergirl was OK, Clayface looks interesting, and do not forget Peacemaker. They fumbled the bag with the second-season theme song, I think, but the season itself was actually decent.
So, other than another season of Creature Commandos, Lanterns is now here and, honestly, it's actually very good.
We're told this show is going to be something along the lines of True Detective. After watching this first episode, I can already see why. This isn't simply a comic book show; it's a True Detective murder mystery wrapped in DC mythology, coming from the people behind Watchmen. Meaning... this is GOOD!!!


We start with a flashback of John Stewart as a child, watching TV with his brothers before his father gets home. What initially seems like a reprimand is actually John being taught not to fear.
Flash forward 20 years, and John is met by Hal Jordan, who is training him to become a Green Lantern. When news breaks about something going down in Nebraska, the two come across a school's football field with several dead bodies.
Trying to figure out what is going on, they start looking for answers and discover that a man on a ranch in the town seems to be preparing for something. He also knows just a little too much, while saying very little.
Then we jump another 10 years into the future.
John is back in Nebraska. Back at the school.
And there is another dead body.
And this is where Lanterns gets very interesting.