HBO's Near-Perfect Sci-Fi Mystery Still Has One of the Best Endings in TV History

Lanterns has finally landed on HBO, inviting audiences into a spiraling mystery that begins with murder in the American heartland. Veteran Green Lantern Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and his new recruit, John Stewart (Aaron Pierre), investigate what initially appears to have little to do with the galactic jurisdiction. But, as anyone familiar with True Detective might expect, the deeper they dig, the stranger things get.

The comparison isn't accidental, either. Lanterns leans heavily into the idea of a grounded crime story that slowly unravels into something far weirder.