Lanterns finally reveal the true identity of the secret Manhunter holed up in Rushville?
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Lanterns → reveal → Rushville
And is it the person you thought it would be??
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it → think → ?
**Spoilers for Lanterns Episode 4 “The Weenie,” now streaming on HBO Max**
We’ve known for a few weeks now that a Manhunter has been laying low in the middle of America since the night that Ebin Sur’s ship crashed and the Lantern ring chose Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler).
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ring → stream → Jordan
Manhunters are synthetic beings who were created by the Guardians to protect the innocents of the universe.
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who → create → universe
However, when these shapeshifting, super-powered protectors decided to get violent, the Guardians eliminated them in favor of creating the Lantern Corps.
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Guardians → decide → Corps
Well, they thought they eliminated all of the Manhunters.
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they → think → Manhunters
One Manhunter slipped through their fingers and that Manhunter has been living life as… Poorna Jagannathan‘s Zoe???
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Manhunter → slip → Zoe
Wait, how can the Manhunter be Zoe if Zoe literally blows up in front of John Stewart’s (Aaron Pierre) eyes after they have an illicit rendezvous?
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they → wait → rendezvous
And how does the arrival of “Hector Hammond,” a Green Lantern villain from the comics complicate the Manhunter “man hunt” on Lanterns Episode 4?
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arrival → complicate → Episode
Here’s what you need to know about the Manhunter reveal in Lanterns Episode 4 “The Weenie”…
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you → ’ → Episode
Lanterns Episode 4 Ending Explained: Is Zoe the Manhunter?
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Zoe → explain → ?
Yes, DECIDER can confirm that Zoe, the beguiling character played by Poorna Jagannathan, has been the Manhunter on Lanterns the whole time!
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Zoe → confirm → Lanterns
We can also reveal that Poorna Jagannathan didn’t know she was playing the Manhunter until she got the Episode 4 script!
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she → reveal → script
“Did I know that was happening?” Jagannathan asked aloud.
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Jagannathan → know → ?
“I don’t think when I was shooting Episode 1, I don’t think we had the writing for Episode 4.”
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we → think → Episode
“I’m shocked that I never knew that she didn’t know she was the Manhunter until episode 4 or something,” he said.
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he → ’m → episode
“Until I read it, I had no idea!” Jagannathan said.
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Jagannathan → read → idea
“No, no one told me they kept it from her,” Dillahunt said.
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Dillahunt → tell → her
“Yeah, they kept it from me,” she said.
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she → keep → me
“I mean, you know, those kind of scenes are…”
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kind → mean → scenes
“They don’t trust you,” Dillahunt teased.
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Dillahunt → trust → you
But, yes, Zoe is the Manhunter, and we will learn way more about her history with the other characters in Rushville — and with the aliens on her tail — in next week’s Lanterns.
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we → learn → Lanterns
Naturally, though, Lanterns went out of its way to make the reveal that Zoe is the Manhunter as complicated as possible, going so far as to throw in a Hector Hammond red herring!
Who is Hector Hammond in HBO’s Lanterns?
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Hammond → go → Lanterns
After Zoe’s car is destroyed by a space laser, Hal and John track down the owner of the satellite and discover he is a major cattle rancher named Hector Hammond.
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he → destroy → satellite
They go to his creepy cattle ranch and discover it’s powered by all sorts of insane alien technology.
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it → go → technology
When they finally confront the guy, he plays it cool.
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he → confront → it
However, they soon figure out he’s just a front for the Manhunter.
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he → figure → Manhunter
“Hector Hammond” reveals he’s just a guy named Hector Guiterrez.
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he → reveal → ?
William Macon (Garret Dillahunt) offered him the tech to pretend he was the Manhunter.
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he → offer → tech
Why did William Macon do that?
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Macon → do → that
To protect his wife, Zoe, the real Manhunter — who did NOT die in the car explosion! (Dun-dun-dun!!!)
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who → protect → explosion
Hector Hammond is one of the original Green Lantern villains from the comics, known for his mental powers.
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Hammond → know → powers
He’s a genius with telepathic and telekinetic powers.
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He → ’ → powers
Oh, and Peter Sarsgaard played him in the Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern movie.
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Sarsgaard → play → movie
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