The Guardians’ larger strategy for training John Stewart as a Green Lantern begins to come into focus. The episode also explores his past, offering more insight into the family tensions that had been hinted at in earlier episodes.

Hal Jordan remains in Nebraska, determined to uncover the truth behind the aliens' arrival and their connection to William Macon’s farm. Meanwhile, John Stewart heads back to Coast City to retrieve Hal’s real lantern, where he discovers that the Guardians of Oa may be concealing the truth about a troubling event on the aliens’ homeworld. 

The DC Universe returns to the small screen in the new HBO Max original series, Lanterns. Its premiere moves between three points in John Stewart’s life: his childhood in the 1990s, a Nebraska mystery he investigates alongside Hal Jordan during the 2010s, and the 2020s, where Stewart is left to uncover the truth following a shocking discovery involving Hal Jordan.

ARGUS goes looking through the alternate dimensions while the 11th Street Kids work on getting Peacemaker out of prison. Meanwhile, Rick Flag continues his descent into villainy.

Peacemaker begins to pay for his actions as the rest of the 11th Street Kids work to rescue him from Earth X. And a secret about his family is revealed.

The 11th Street Kids find a way into the alternate dimension to find Peacemaker and make some disturbing discoveries about what he thinks is a better place for him.

Peacemaker springs the trap set for him by ARGUS. Harcourt makes a decision about helping ARGUS or helping Peacemaker. And Peacemaker makes a life-altering decision.

ARGUS decides to bring Peacemaker into custody. Meanwhile, Rick Flag Sr. makes an offer to Harcourt to get her off the bench.

Peacemaker spends time in the alternate dimension and he sees what his life could be like if he had grown up with his brother and was respected by the public.

The 11th Street Kids reunite for a party where they finally get to let loose and have fun since all of their lives have gone to Hell since the events of season one. Meanwhile, A.R.G.U.S., knowing about unusual activity at Peacemaker’s house goes to investigate where they are met with the series most underrated character.

Peacemaker and his team are back after saving the world from the butterflies, but they’ve essentially been disbanded. Now, they are all looking for ways to recover from their lowest points.

In July 2025, a new Superman film will hit theaters marking the cinematic reboot of DC’s shared universe. While Superman will be kicking off the DCU, it leaves behind the remnants of the DCEU. This first attempt at a shared universe began with Man of Steel in 2013. Over that time, DC released 16 films that can be considered as part of the DCEU. However, because of comments from current DC head James Gunn, it’s unclear where one of these films falls. Let’s look at my rankings for the DCEU.