Lanterns Season 1 Episode 3 - OutKast

Lanterns just told John Stewart's origin story — and it might be the show's best episode yet. Chanel, Brandon & Sharmane break down Episode 3. 🟢Welcome back to We Was Watching, the podcast where Chanel, Brandon & Sharmane break down the shows everyone's talking about. This week we're recapping Lanterns Season 1 Episode 3 — the HBO Max flashback episode that reveals how John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) became a Green Lantern.We get into ALL of it: the nonlinear jump back to the '80s and '90s, young John's intense upbringing by his parents John Sr. (J. Alphonse Nicholson) and Bernadette (Nicole Ari Parker) — role models and tyrants in equal measure — and how the show throws out the usual superhero-origin playbook. We dig into Bernadette's powerful take on the show's racial themes, the darkness of John's super-soldier childhood, his doomed military career, and his recruitment into the Green Lantern Corps. Plus the introduction of Laura Linney as a Guardian of Oa in human form, and what the Guardians really want with John. Full spoiler-filled review and breakdown.Hit play and watch along with us. ▶️👍 Enjoyed this recap? LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and tap the bell 🔔 so you never miss an episode.💬 Drop your Lanterns theories in the comments — we read them all.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🧡 SUPPORT THE SHOWPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/WeWasWatching📲 FOLLOW THE SHOW📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wewaswatching🧵 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@wewaswatching✉️ Email the show: wewaswatchingpodcast@gmail.com🎙️ YOUR HOSTSBrandon🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/thatcoolblknerdChanel🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/chanelcreating🧵 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@chanelcreatingSharmane📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yorimichitr...📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharmanefury▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sharmanefury━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔎 KEYWORDSLanterns, Lanterns HBO, Lanterns episode 3, Lanterns season 1 episode 3, Lanterns recap, Lanterns review, Lanterns S1E3, Lanterns breakdown, Lanterns explained, John Stewart origin, John Stewart Green Lantern, John Stewart paren