DC Studios’ Lanterns is described as an adult, HBO-style Green Lantern drama in which Hal Jordan and trainee John Stewart investigate unexplained deaths in rural Nebraska that may be linked to a larger extraterrestrial threat. The review finds its opening episode funny, gripping and full of twists, and says the series stands apart from James Gunn’s more recognisable DC tone by treating superhero material as a grounded crime story.

Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre lead the show as an argumentative odd-couple pairing, with Kelly Macdonald also in the cast; it is streaming on HBO Max. The reviewer compares its atmosphere to True Detective and HBO’s Watchmen, while noting that its mixture of gritty procedural drama and stranger alien elements, plus frequent shifts through time, can make the first seven episodes feel disjointed.