01x05 - In Blackest Night: Part II

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Previously on justice league...

Green lantern: stop!

You are the green lantern

Known as john stewart?

I am. Your ring.

Manhunter: welcome to
adjouris 5, john stewart.

There.

That's where he is.

What is this,
some kind of trial?

I was on my way to sell
weapons on adjouris 4.

I figured he was gonna try
to stop me, but his aim was off,

Way off.

3 Billion.

That's how many
were on that planet.

Hawkgirl: that scum's
an obvious liar.

Nobody's lying.

I did it.

I'm guilty.

3 Billion gone.

I can't believe it.

Neither can i.

I want to take a closer
look at what happened.

Why? John admits he's guilty.

No one's disputing the facts.

Maybe I am. J'onn, I need
you to come with me.

Flash, hawkgirl, can you
buy us some time in court?

You're asking the world's
fastest man to slow things down?

Won't be easy.

J'onn: so what do you
expect to find on this moon?

I don't know. There's
something bothering me.

Just call it...

An intuition?

Exactly.

John stewart, you may
now question your accuser.

No questions.

None? Don't you intend
to defend yourself?

No, I don't.

Flash: I object. You
call this a trial?

I say it's a joke.

Are you out of your mind?
What do you think you're doing?

Prepare to be dazzled.

Remove him.

Listen to me.

With something this important,
you got to hear both sides.

Flash, I told you
not to get involved.

They're railroading you, pal.

Hey!

Female judge: wait.

This being may have a point.

We don't want any
lingering doubts

About our final judgment, do we?

Of course not. But who
would speak for john stewart?

Don't you have any lawyers here?

We solved our lawyer
problem a long time ago.

However, you could
speak for him, if you wish.

But be aware, if you lose,

You'll share the same
penalty as the accused.

The same penalty?

You mean...

That's crazy.

No, that's how we solved
our lawyer problem.

What's your answer?

Don't do it.

What, you think I'm
gonna sit back and watch

While you play martyr?

I'll defend him.

Very well. Proceed.

Ahem.

Right, sure.

But first I'd like to
say a few words about...

About habeas corpus.

Yeah, habeas corpus.

And ipso facto and...

Phi beta kappa.

Waiter. Another round.

Why aren't you at the trial?

Heh. We couldn't
stand it anymore.

John stewart's
made us all look bad.

So much for the vaunted
loyalty of the lantern corps.

Oh, don't get so
high and mighty, lady.

If you're smart, you'll
stay away from him, too.

Otherwise, you'll wind up
reeking of his stench yourself.

Cowards!

My friends, please!

No weapons! No weapons!

You think I need this
mace to take you down?

Grrr.

Raah!

Unh!

Hah!

Aah!

Aah!

No more.

Hawkgirl's right.

John stewart's one of us.

And I'm going to help him.

Flash: have you asked yourself,

Why this rush to judgment?

If the ring wasn't lit,

You must acquit.
And furthermore...

Enough! You're
just wasting time.

Who? Me?

Killowog: out of my way.

Now what?

Looks like we've got
a surprise witness.

Surprise witness? He was
nowhere near the crime.

What kind of witness can he be?

A big scary one.

See anything wrong
with this picture?

Where do I start?

The loss of life, the
echoes of our own pasts.

No, not up there. Down here.

It can't be.

But it is.

This moon is still orbiting
a planet which doesn't exist.

It should have
flown off into space

The moment the
planet was destroyed.

But it didn't, did it?

Killowog: and the nethorians
would have gotten me for sure

If it hadn't been
for john stewart.

He saved my life, and
risked his own to do it.

That's the kind of guy he is.

Flash: thank you, killowog.

John couldn't have asked for
a better character witness.

Your turn.

Killowog, can you tell me

Exactly what a
green lantern does?

Oh, that's easy.
We catch bad guys.

Commendable.

But how do you know
who the bad guys are?

How? Uh, I just know.

Oh, so, you're saying

You use your obviously
superior intellect

To routinely sort out
matters of life and death?

I didn't say... I mean...

Well, yeah. Kind of.

And then you and the
other green lanterns

Enforce these decisions

With those incredibly
deadly rings.

I guess you could
put it that way.

Who said you could do this?

Who gave you the right?

Man: we did.

J'onn, I hope you're
doing better than I am.

All I see are craters.

Well, I have found something,
but I'm not sure what.

Superman: any idea
what this thing does?

When I was a child on mars,

We had small toys
called illusitrons.

They could project crude images

Over objects and
even empty space.

And you think this
is a larger version.

The engineering principles
appear to be the same.

So, it's an illusion.

It would explain
why this moon's orbit

Has remained intact.

But who... Aah!

The secret will
stay buried with them.

Aah!

This moon is filled
with surprises.

I followed him here
from adjouris 5.

I had to, uh, borrow

One of the defense
forces' fighters.

So, he's behind all this?

Not exactly.

Manhunter: it is time, brothers,

Time to avenge 1,000
years of grievances.

Time to regain our
power and dignity.

Our plan has worked
flawlessly so far.

We've sown dissension
among the lantern corps

And stained their
reputation forever.

But beyond that, we've succeeded

In luring the leaders
of our most hated enemy

Away from their
home planet of oa.

Yes, they're here...

The guardians.

All: destroy them!

Destroy them all!

No, my brothers.
Not here, not now.

Our destiny lies elsewhere.

But rest assured, the
guardians will burn,

For we are the manhunters!

All: no man escapes
the manhunters!

It's true that we
guardians control

The lantern corps' power source.

But the individual lanterns

Have complete autonomy.

So, if one of them
does something wrong,

It's not your fault.

You misunderstand.

We give them autonomy

Because we trust
their experience and...

No other questions!

How much more must we hear?

We demand an immediate judgment!

I object!

Judges: overruled.

Chief judge: having
heard all the facts,

We will now consider.

I did everything I could.

I wish you hadn't.

That was fast.

Chief judge: the
facts are clear.

John stewart is guilty.

Female judge: do you
wish to make a statement

Before we pass sentence?

No.

Very well.

The sentence is termination

For you and your advocate.

Whoa. Time out!

I want an appeal.

Will you show some
dignity for once in your life?

This isn't right. We
can't just sit here.

We have to. Think
of the others like us.

We all need to be
held accountable.

We have too much
power not to be.

Uhh! Unh!

Superman: stop!

How dare you!

John's innocent!

That's your cue, hawkgirl.
Hope you can hear me.

Loud and clear.

Superman: adjouris 4
was never destroyed.

It's right where it always was.

It was all an illusion,

A frame-up, as they
say on my planet.

You!

Aah!

Why did you do this to me? Why?!

For... For money.

Whose money?

The manhunters'.

Come on!

G.l.!

We're too late.

We have to go back immediately.

Not so fast.

What's going on?

We don't have time for this.

Where are the manhunters?

Headed back to oa.

Back to oa? They've
been there before?

Yes. We created them there.

Say what?

It was before the lantern corps.

We thought robots would
make good peacekeepers,

But they were flawed.

They couldn't understand
the subtle gradations

Between good and evil.

Why didn't you
decommission them?

We reprogrammed
them for lesser duties...

Tracking, hunting, guarding.

They didn't seem to object.

Not out loud, anyway.

Don't let up, brothers!
They're weakening!

They can't hide in there
forever. Rip it open!

Rip them to...

They can't stop us, brothers.

No one can!

Got your back.

Look out!

Use the g*n! The g*n!

You three take the north tower.

Killowog and I
will take the south.

Aah!

Manhunter, stop!

Not till we've regained
what is rightfully ours.

Yours?

The power that the
guardians stole from us.

It was never yours.

It was always the guardians'.

And they betrayed us,

Just as they betrayed you.

Aah!

This power's our destiny.

No!

Aah!

Aah!

Now I am the power!

All is lost.

Not while I'm standing.

In brightest day,
in blackest night,

No evil shall escape my sight.

Let those who
worship evil's might...

Beware my power...

Green lantern's light!

No!

We chose wisely when
we offered you the ring.

Thank you, john stewart.

You're some fighter, lady.

But we already
knew that, didn't we?

John, good work.

I guess we were
wrong about you, john.

We should have known better.

Yeah, you should have.

Are you all right, john?

You believed in me,

Even when I didn't
believe in myself.

Hey, what are friends for?

Green lantern: let's go home.