John and Derek are back to discuss a different kind of origin story in Lanterns Episode 3 "OutKast" in full spoiler filled detail.

Episode Written by: Vanessa Baden

Episode Directed By: Steven Williams

In the past, John's father, John Sr., fails a test to become a Green Lantern, leaving him traumatised. Later, Lianna, a member of the Guardians of the Universe, visits John's mother, Bernadette, and offers the family recompense by giving John a chance to join the Green Lantern Corps in the future. When John is 5 years old, his parents train him to be fearless. Years later, John joins the United States Marine Corps and is assigned an assassination mission, but Hal's intervention causes it to fail. John is dishonourably discharged, and Bernadette enrols him in art school so he can pursue his passion. In 2016, a Guardians recruiter approaches John, who successfully passes his test. He is sent to the next stage of the interview. She offers him the role as the new Green Lantern, but he must not reveal this to Hal Jordan and has to pretend to accept his guidance as his apprentice.

John returns home to tell his parents he finds Hal Jordan has told them his news and, privately tells John he does not need a sidekick and he'll only get the Green Lantern ring over his dead body.

Lanterns Episode 3 Cast

• Aaron Pierre as John Stewart
• Jasmine Cephas Jones as Bernadette Stewart
• J. Alphonse Nicholson as John Stewart Snr.
• Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan
• with Laura Linney as Lianna

During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our Lantern's Redneck Bar Quiz. You can send in your answers each week to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com At the end of the eight episode series the fellow Lantern with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some Lanterns goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com

Thank you so much for listening to our Lanterns Podcast. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast through our website TV Podcast Industries.

We want to hear your thoughts on the show and you can email us to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com join us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries or join us on our brand new Discord server at https://discord.gg/DyVtkuuWZP we'd love to see you wherever you want to join us.

If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love.

The next episode will be released on the 7th of September so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 4 on our next podcast.

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe.

Derek and John

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The music for the episode is a clip of How to Train Your Dragnet by Ezra Lipp.

Welcome back fellow guardians, this week Derek and John are joined by Chris to chat all about Lanterns Episode 2 "Trust Fall" as Hal and John go on separate journeys in 2016.

Episode Written by: Vanessa Baden and Chris Mundy

Episode Directed By: James Hawes

Back in Rushville in 2016, Hal tries to give John Stewart his first flying lesson. But when John creates an actual bird and drains the Power Ring, Hal tasks him to go to Coast City to retrieve his charging lantern and keeping the created bird alive throughout the trip.

While John is on his journey, Hal continues his investigation into the alien shoot-out in Rushville. Using the bodies of the dead aliens, he learns that William Macon had set up alien detectors at the football stadium. Hal tries to force William to reveal his boss but a warning shot from his army sends Hal to the mysteriously empty medical centre to heal his wounds.

Meanwhile, in Coast City, John retrieves the Lantern from Hal's mansion and feeds his carnivorous plant, Earl. As soon as he leaves he's ambushed and kidnapped by aliens who are convinced a shape-shifting being called a Manhunter is in Rushville. If John doesn't find the Manhunter they will blow themselves up destroying most of Nebraska.

John returns to town and asks Hal for information on the Manhunters. But Hal tells him it's above his pay grade. When John leaves Hal puts on his Green Lantern suit and flies to a prison planet where he confronts another lantern Sinestro. He will provide Hal with the info on Manhunters if he shares details about John Stewart.

Lanterns Episode 2 Cast

• Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan
• Aaron Pierre as John Stewart
• Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly
• Garrett Delahunt as William Macon
• Jason Ritter as Billy Macon
• Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe
• Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro
• Paul Ben-Victor as Antaan

During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our Lantern's Redneck Bar Quiz. You can send in your answers each week to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com At the end of the eight episode series the fellow Lantern with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some Lanterns goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com

Thank you so much for listening to our Lanterns Podcast. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast through our website TV Podcast Industries.

We want to hear your thoughts on the show and you can email us to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com join us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries or join us on our brand new Discord server at https://discord.gg/DyVtkuuWZP we'd love to see you wherever you want to join us.

If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love.

The next episode will be released on the 31st of August so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 3 on our next podcast.

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe.

Derek and John

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The music for the episode is a clip of How to Train Your Dragnet by Ezra Lipp.

Welcome to the podcast fellow guardians, we are finally back in the DC TV universe with Lanterns Episode 1 "Pilot". The brand new DC series on HBO Max.

Episode Written by: Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King

Episode Directed By: James Hawes

In 1996, the young John Stewart and his brothers watch on as Earth's only ever Green Lantern reveals his identity to the world. He is Hal Jordan and he was chosen as the successor of Green Lantern Abin Sur after he crashed his ship and died. He just had to answer one question "Is he afraid?". When John's father arrives home he asks the same question of his son while shooting an apple off his head.

Twenty years later, in 2016, John Stewart is now supposedly being mentored by Hal Jordan to become the next Green Lantern. When John received a cryptic message from a holographic projection of a kinder, younger Hal from inside the Green Lantern ring, it sends the duo to Rushville, Nebraska.

With little support from Hal, John helps the town's Sheriff, Kerry Kane to capture a suspect involved in a mass shooting at their town's football stadium. But Sheriff Kane forbids Hal from joining the investigation, believing the case has no extraterrestrial connection.

Trying to get close to the suspect, Hal gets himself arrested for a bar fight, but the Sheriff keeps him separated in jail until he is bailed out by lawyer, and Kerry's husband, Billy Macon. In return, Hal agrees to meet Kerry's father-in-law William Macon Senior, who arranges for Hal to interrogate the suspect, Waylon Sanders.

During the interrogation, Hal exposes Sanders as an alien; In retaliation the alien detonates a bomb in his body but Hal uses the last of his ring's power to contain the damage.

Ten years further on, in 2026, John Stewart returns to Rushville, where the Macon farm has fallen to rack and ruin. Back at the town's football station, Sheriff Kerry Kane shows him a dead and frozen Hal and John notices he's missing his Green Lantern ring.

Lanterns Episode 1 Cast

• Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan
• Aaron Pierre as John Stewart
• Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly
• Garrett Delahunt as William Macon
• Jason Ritter as Billy Macon
• Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe

During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our Lantern's Redneck Bar Quiz. You can send in your answers each week to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com At the end of the eight episode series the fellow Lantern with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some Lanterns goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com

Thank you so much for listening to our Lanterns Podcast. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast through our website TV Podcast Industries.

We want to hear your thoughts on the show and you can email us to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com join us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries or join us on our brand new Discord server at https://discord.gg/DyVtkuuWZP we'd love to see you wherever you want to join us.

If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love.

The next episode will be released on the 24th of August so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 2 on our next podcast.

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe.

Derek and John

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All images and audio clips are copyright of Warner Bros. and their respective copyright owners.

The music for the episode is a clip of How to Train Your Dragnet by Ezra Lipp.

Derek and John are back one final time to discuss The Penguin, announce our winner of The Iceberg Lounge Pub quiz and chat about the Making of documentary released by Max.

Featuring contributions from many of the main people behind the making of the show including the cast. Watch at this link on YouTube https://youtu.be/lvf4awkT1KE?si=E-1IrUp6sURhMfRH

We also chatted about the reaction video from Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti https://youtu.be/p82YOv-5EOM?si=oC-SVdrgTc_G74zv

Showrunner: Lauren LeFranc

The Batman Director: Matt Reeves

Costume Designer: Helen Huang

Music Composition: Mick Giacchino

Special Stunt Effects: Stephen Pope

Visual Effects: Jonny Hann

We also announce the winner of our Iceberg Lounge Quiz.

Here are the questions and answers for the 8 questions asked throughout our podcasts.

Episode 1 Question: What drink does Sophie Falcone order at the meal with Oz Cobb and with how many olives?

ANSWER 1: A Dirty Martini with Three Olives

Episode 2 Question: What herb does the Penguin not like and gets Victor to pick out of the tacos that he’s ordered?

ANSWER 2: Cilantro (or Coriander to us non Americans)

Episode 3 Question: What does Oz order from the menu when out for dinner with Victor?

ANSWER 3: Coq Au Vin

Episode 4 Question: What food does Sophia Falcone use to tempt Mia into the greenhouse for the sleepover?

ANSWER 4: Cake (Lots of frosting)

Episode 5 Question: What are the two line numbers shown on the Trolley carriages in the station that Oz and Victor make as their base of operations at Crown Point?

ANSWER 5: North Line 58 (also Line 23)

Episode 6 Question: What is the dish that Sal Maroni cooks for Sofia Falcone? What did his son add to it to make it better?

ANSWER 6: Khoresh Bademjan (a Persian stew with aubergine, tomatoes, meat); Yoghurt

Episode 7 Question: What movie did Oz say his brothers, Jack and Benny, were going to see?

ANSWER 7: Beetlejuice (Which of course starred former Batman Michael Keaton)

Episode 8 Question: Where does Sophia meet Mr. Zhao to exchange Oz Cobb?

ANSWER 8: Goodwin International Airport, Hanger 5

THE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED ON OUR WRAP UP PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW.

If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love including Marvel's Agatha All Along and Prime Video's Rings of Power.

We'll be wrapping up our Agatha All Along Podcast and then moving on to the third and final season of Marvel's What If? on Disney Plus.

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and stay safe.

Derek and John

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Put on your top hat, tie up your white tie, brush off your tails and join Derek and John as we chat all about The Penguin Episode 7 "Top Hat" in spoiler filled detail.

Based on characters created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane for Detective Comics.

Spinning out of Matt Reeves The Batman under showrunner Lauren LeFranc

Episode Written by: Vladimir Cvetko

Episode Directed By: Kevin Bray

When he was a boy, Oz Cobb was resentful of the attention that his mother gave to his brothers, Jack and Benny. He wanted all of her focus to himself. After they play a joke on him during a game of flashlight hide and seek, Oz leaves his brothers trapped inside an overflowing sewer tunnel where they drown.

In the present, Oz returns to his apartment and finds an injured Victor, who reveals that Sofia Gigante has kidnapped his mother Francis.

Oz sends Vic to find an army for him right before Salvatore Maroni arrives with his men; Maroni beats Oz and makes Oz take him to his underground lair, where he intends to seize Oz’s base of operations, but Oz and his men stage an ambush, and Maroni dies of a heart attack while fighting Oz.

Meanwhile, Sofia has Dr Rush interrogate Francis Cobb about Oz's weaknesses. While Sofia goes to visit the last surviving member of the Falcone family Gia Vitti. The young orphaned girl intends to cooperate with the police.

Disillusioned after seeing the pain she has caused Gia, Sofia considers accepting Oz's ultimatum to trade Francis for his Bliss supply, but Rush convinces her to go through with her desire to see Oz suffer.

During the trade, Sofia sends in a bomb, instead of his mother, that destroys Oz's base and kills his entire crew. Oz survives and resurfaces, only to be knocked out by GCPD Detective William Kenzie to be brought to Sofia Gigante at the Monroe Metropol where she is holding Frances hostage.

During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our Penguin Iceberg Lounge Quiz. You can send in your answers each week to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com At the end of the eight episode series the Gothamite with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some Penguin goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com

Question 7: What movie did Oz say his brothers, Jackie and Ben, were going to see?

If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love including Marvel's Agatha All Along and Prime Video's Rings of Power.

The final episode will be released on the 10th of November and we'll chat all about The Penguin Episode 8 "Great or Little Thing" on our next podcast.

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and stay safe.

Derek and John

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The new Gigante Maroni Alliance takes steps to get to Oz Cobb but he's not taking it lying down. Derek and John chat all about The Penguin Episode 6 "Gold Summit" in spoiler filled detail.

Episode Written by: Nick Towne

Episode Directed By: Kevin Bray

It’s winter in Gotham and in the weeks since he set up his underground base under the city, Oswald Cobb has been growing his empire significantly. He employed most of Crown Point’s residents to reproduce and distribute the drug Bliss throughout the city to as many gangs as will take it.

Sofia Gigante and Sal Maroni are irritated by other gangs dealing with Oz. They string up three members of The Sullivan gang as a warning to the rest to stop dealing with him.

Oz makes a decision to give Bliss away for free, for one night only, to anyone who wants it. This seeds the drug into all the boroughs of Gotham. He sets a meeting with the leaders of all other gangs in the city, calling it the “Gold Summit”. At the meeting, Oz convinces the gangs to work together against the Gigantes, Maronis, and upper elite. Together they will take back Gotham.

Meanwhile back in Crown Point, Victor is confronted by Squid, an acquaintance and drug dealer, who asks Victor to let him join the operation. But given their past Victor is reluctant to bring him in. He tries to pay off Squid but when he threatens to expose Oz’s operation, Victor kills him and flees the scene.

Oz learns that the Gotham City council have been redirecting power away from Crown Point to richer neighbourhoods so he threatens a corrupt councilman to return the power back to Crown Point, so his mother, Francis, can feel more comfortable. But Francis’ condition deteriorates further, and she forces Oz to promise to kill her if she becomes severely ill.

Elsewhere, as Sofia and Sal try to uncover someone close to Oz, Sofia discovers Eve. Visiting the Gotham red light district Sofia finds Eve, initially threatening to kill her to get to Oz, but Eve gives up his location after Sofia reveals Oz was aware that she was framed for the murders of Eve’s girls by her father.

As power is restored to Crown Point, Oz’s flat buzzes into life with music and lights, Francis takes advantage of it and both her and Victor dance to the music, unaware that Sofia Gigante is looking on from the doorway with a crowbar in hand.

During each podcast we'll ask a question about each episode in our Penguin Iceberg Lounge Quiz. You can send in your answers each week to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com At the end of the eight episode series the Gothamite with the most correct answers will be in with the chance of getting their hands on some Penguin goodies. All questions will be updated on: https://www.tvpodcastindustries.com

Question 6: What is the dish that Sal Maroni cooks for Sofia Falcone? What did his son add to it to make it better?

If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts, please subscribe over at https://tvpodcastindustries.com. Where we continue to podcast about multiple TV shows we hope you'll love including Marvel's Agatha All Along and Prime Video's Rings of Power.

The next episode will be released on the 3rd of November and we'll chat all about The Penguin Episode 7 "Top Hat" on our next podcast.

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and stay safe.

Derek and John

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