Lanterns Finale Easter Eggs: Sinestro Corps, Manhunter, DCU Ties

Sinestro Corps Teased

Screen Rant reports that the finale includes a line from Sinestro about fear being "the most powerful force in the universe" when harnessed correctly. The article notes this directly sets up the potential rise of the Sinestro Corps and their yellow power rings, should a second season be ordered.

The lantern John takes from Noah has golden cracks along its surface, which Screen Rant says is a nod to the original "yellow impurity" in all power rings from the comics, caused by the fear entity Parallax once held in Oa's Central Power Battery.

Noah's Manhunter Reveal

Screen Rant details the revelation that Kerry Kane's son Noah is a second secret Manhunter, like his grandfather Zoe Macon. Noah saved Hal from a house fire using alien technology to give him new skin, mirroring what Zoe did for John a decade earlier. Both Hal and John received the same injection after severe burns.

Noah talks about his Manhunter programming as thoughts that aren't his own, and John helps him overcome it by appealing to will and upbringing, a conversation that echoes John's earlier interview with the Guardian Lianna.

Mirroring the First Episode

Screen Rant observes that Noah places the power ring on the dashboard of a car before asking John to kill him after his final football game. This mirrors the very first episode, where Hal placed his ring on the dash to test his new trainee. Now John finally accepts the ring ten years after he originally turned it down.

Gotham Monster and Emotional Spectrum

The article notes Sheriff Kerry Kane mentions the "monster in Gotham" she escaped, but the season ends without specifying which one. Screen Rant suggests possibilities include The Penguin, Rupert Thorne (seen in Creature Commandos), or Black Mask, whose company Janus Cosmetics appeared in an earlier episode.

John speaks to Kerry about love and fear as motivating forces. Screen Rant points out that love is one of the colors on the Emotional Spectrum in the comics, the violet light wielded by the Star Sapphires.

Additional Callbacks

Screen Rant flags the high school marching band playing "When the Saints Go Marching In" during Noah's final game. Also, Noah's plans to use a football career to enter politics tie back to Kerry's earlier comments about him becoming president one day.

Sinestro remains stranded on his island prison after failing to resurrect Hal, though Screen Rant notes Hal has been brought back in the comics, most famously in Geoff Johns' Green Lantern run.

• DCU
• Easter eggs
• Hal Jordan
• John Stewart
• Lanterns
• Sinestro