I do wonder what Hal’s alert system looks like. Is he monitoring the police radio? Does he have someone in the town that activates his alert system? I forget who says it but “hail” meant alien, but we see a shooting; how did the shooting activate the ring? The answer might just be “Green Lantern Magic” and that’s fine I suppose, but I feel like we might learn more.
Also the message is coded. Why is Hal hiding coded messages in his ring? Does he think someone else is going to get his ring/message? Training John is a relatively new thing, this was setup back in 2006 or so.
The Green Lantern magic does seem like a good hand wavey tool in terms of solving plot issues. Just hope it doesn’t turn into Lantern ex machina, especially since they’re going with a detective theme.
It was John who explained about the “hail”.
My only guess on the codedness is that Hologram didn’t really trust John (guess he doesn’t trust the job hiring criteria). The halogram was explained to be a failsafe so if Hal had died, I presume the message wouldn’t be so cryptic.
To your point, I’m also mildly perturbed by the coincidence that the Halogram/Alert got activated exactly on the day the shooting/something fishy happened 10 years after. Feels like the rat scene in Avengers Endgame haha.
I rewatched the episode today and something I noticed is that when the Halogram is activated it’s looking away. It says “Shit. Am I dead?” But I think the “Shit” is the end of another conversation.
I think someone is explaining the backups to Hal who says “Shit” and then destroys/stops uploading.
I also don’t think the “hail” is a predetermined catchphrase.
I think the Halogram just (from its point of view) got finished talking about trust and now immediately is confronted with a stranger it doesn’t trust.
Also we don’t know that it’s been exactly 10 years, the Halogram asks what year it is and just knows it’s been about 10 years. But there is also a theme of repetition, every 10 years and/or years ending in 6. Although we can guess that it probably isn’t always exact since 2016 Nebraska is fall (weather plus football season) and 2026 Nebraska is winter.
I do wonder what Hal’s alert system looks like. Is he monitoring the police radio? Does he have someone in the town that activates his alert system? I forget who says it but “hail” meant alien, but we see a shooting; how did the shooting activate the ring? The answer might just be “Green Lantern Magic” and that’s fine I suppose, but I feel like we might learn more.
Also the message is coded. Why is Hal hiding coded messages in his ring? Does he think someone else is going to get his ring/message? Training John is a relatively new thing, this was setup back in 2006 or so.
The Green Lantern magic does seem like a good hand wavey tool in terms of solving plot issues. Just hope it doesn’t turn into Lantern ex machina, especially since they’re going with a detective theme.
It was John who explained about the “hail”.
My only guess on the codedness is that Hologram didn’t really trust John (guess he doesn’t trust the job hiring criteria). The halogram was explained to be a failsafe so if Hal had died, I presume the message wouldn’t be so cryptic.
To your point, I’m also mildly perturbed by the coincidence that the Halogram/Alert got activated exactly on the day the shooting/something fishy happened 10 years after. Feels like the rat scene in Avengers Endgame haha.
Find out next week in Lantern Ball Z!
I rewatched the episode today and something I noticed is that when the Halogram is activated it’s looking away. It says “Shit. Am I dead?” But I think the “Shit” is the end of another conversation.
I think someone is explaining the backups to Hal who says “Shit” and then destroys/stops uploading.
I also don’t think the “hail” is a predetermined catchphrase.
I think the Halogram just (from its point of view) got finished talking about trust and now immediately is confronted with a stranger it doesn’t trust.
Also we don’t know that it’s been exactly 10 years, the Halogram asks what year it is and just knows it’s been about 10 years. But there is also a theme of repetition, every 10 years and/or years ending in 6. Although we can guess that it probably isn’t always exact since 2016 Nebraska is fall (weather plus football season) and 2026 Nebraska is winter.