Who shot Hal? AngryJoe's Lanterns finale review turns into a case file
The video drew an ordinary crowd, but its comment section kept busy with the sheriff's gun, John Stewart's choices and Guy Gardner's surprising retreat.
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Story of Why this story? The video drew 1,979 comments in its first day, 5.6 times a normal first day on this channel (355).
Lanterns Episode 8 - The Finale! - Angry Review
Joe Vargas closed out his episode-by-episode run on HBO's Lanterns with "Lanterns Episode 8 - The Finale! - Angry Review," and his viewers treated it less like a review than a trial. The description asks whether the DC series stuck the landing and teases the answer to the season's big mystery: who shot Hal Jordan.
That answer is what the comments keep circling. Viewers keep going back to the moment Sheriff Kerry pulls the trigger. Many find it hard to believe as an accident, and others ask why there are no consequences afterward. A second thread turns on John Stewart. Several people argue that the hero lets too much slide in this very episode, and one points out the irony of the line about evil that is famously left out of his oath.
Guy Gardner gets his own debate. Viewers remember him standing up to Superman, and they cannot square that with how quickly he backs down to John here. A side plot involving a character called Maggie comes in for rougher treatment still.
The video's views landed close to a normal first day for the channel, a little over 115,000. The conversation did not: comments arrived more than five times faster than on a usual new review. The description promises a rating for the whole series, and one viewer asks for co-host Alex to post his own verdict. The Lanterns review went up the same day as the crew's take on Tom Cruise's Digger.
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What viewers say
Guy didn't back down to SUPERMAN... yet he backs down to John???
@OGMegaMcQueenSee it on YouTubeAnyone else waiting for John to jump out the car and crash it with Noah in like Hal did to him 😂
@StardustAvengerSee it on YouTubeIdk I felt like the actors were so good in this but the writing was pretty rough. She was like, I'm super upset, whoops I shot you 😂 Officer Butterfingers
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- Channel
- AngryJoeShow
- Subscribers
- 3,220,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,423,333
- Channel views, pace per day
- 464,992 (on a normal day: 274,756)
- Video published
- October 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 118,546 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 114,374
The numbers
The audience was a normal size for an AngryJoe review, but the comment section was anything but.
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One viewer brings up the Justice League animated series. Who voiced John Stewart in that show?
Phil LaMarr voiced John Stewart across Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, a performance many fans still treat as the definitive version of the character.
