01x25 - Ranx

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~ Previously
on "Green Lantern"... ~

You tried to k*ll me.

That was never the plan.
We only hoped to...

Season 1, Episode 25:
"Ranx"

Hello? Come in!

Hold on. I'm still getting
that weird signal.

But every time
I try and respond, static.

- You?
- I got nothin'.

And without the Interceptor,
we can't boost the signal.

Oh, that's right.
Hal had to sacrifice the ship

to stop your girlfriend
from k*lling us.

You can be so tiring.

I'll repeat myself
for the last time.

That thing that caused all of this
is not our Aya.

Well, I hope you're right.
I really do.

But look around before you get
too comfortable in that fantasy.

Face it, kid.

We gotta shut her down.

What are you doing?

It's a calming technique I was taught
on Odym to purge rage from my mind.

Does that stuff really work?

I would not be able to control
my own anger without it.

- Consider yourself lucky.
- I think I'm getting something.

Green Lanterns, come in.
Answer immediately.

- Green Lanterns, respond.
- I'm here. We're here.

Sorry it took so long
to answer you,

but we must have been
in a poor reception zone until now.

What do you mean? This is
the first I've tried to contact you.

Funny. But then who's been trying
to get ahold of me?

It does not matter.
There is a crisis

and the Interceptor
is required immediately.

Right. Um, about the ship...

We sort of had to use it as a battering
ram to stop Aya from eating the galaxy.

- But we'll fly to you as fast as we can.
- Never mind coming to Oa.

You are to proceed immediately
to the planet Ranx.

A huge Manhunter force is
presently attacking the planet.

Ranx? That abandoned place?
Why are they doing that?

Why, indeed, sergeant Kilowog.
That is the root of our concern.

If Aya is trying to obtain
something from Ranx,

the Guardians order you
to stop her, at all costs.

OK, ladies, let's show these glorified
blenders how the Corps rolls.

Yes, our forward momentum is
extremely difficult to arrest.

Fall back! Fall back!

We got our butts kicked
out there!

Well, in your case,
exit vents.

We need to thin out
their defensive line.

I'm gonna re-strategize
with the other squad leaders.

Until then, stay frosty.

Ah. In space,
it is zero degrees Kelvin.

Very frosty, indeed,
Lantern Gardner.

Not now, Chaselon.

Looks like we're late
to the party.

Nah. This party's just getting
started now that you're here, buddy.

Did you hear? I just got
bumped to Honor Guard.

Hey, check you out.

You gotta be kidding me. You?

Well, Hank, they put me in charge
because you always lead with your ace,

and that'd be me.

I got promoted fastest ever
in the history of the Corps. It's true.

It's Hal, and if you're
in the Honor Guard now,

who's the new Lantern
for our sector?

I don't know. Some other
Earth guy, what's-his-name.

- John Stewart.
- The fake news guy?

Perhaps you too can play "name
that Earthling" some other time.

What is the situation?

The Manhunters are after
something on that planet.

But that force field
is keeping them out.

The Blue crew wants us
to get it first.

The problem is, there's way more
of them than there are of us.

Something else is going on.

I've been getting
this signal on my Ring.

The closer we get to Ranx,
the stronger it becomes.

Someone down there
is trying to contact us.

Or not. No life signs on the planet,
which was abandoned 1,000 years ago.

You probably just broke your Ring.
Did you leave it out in the rain?

Were you dropped on your head
as a child? Never mind.

We gotta get down there
and investigate.

Nuhuh. The plan is to launch another
coordinated attack in a half hour.

You can either be part of that
or benched. So which is it?

Where the heck
do you get...

We'll be in position.

By the way, good thing
you got your tiny mask on,

in case someone from this uninhabited
alien planet recognizes you.

This is useless.
The Manhunters are programmed

to detect and snuff out
all emotion.

Once we get in their sensor range,
they'll just drive us back.

Guy's plan is never
going to work.

I can't believe
they put him in charge!

It looks like someone needs Razer
to show them an anger management drill.

Theoretically,
if we didn't possess emotions,

we could pass through
the Manhunter blockade undetected.

Ain't nothin' theoretical
about Manhunter cannons.

What do you have in mind?

The Blue Lantern meditation
I was taught on Odym

was designed to purge
the mind of rage.

Perhaps if applied carefully,
it could eliminate all emotions.

We don't have time to practice
stuff it took you months to learn.

True. But when I first came
to Odym, Saint Walker

used a technique to calm my rage
when I was unable to do it myself.

I believe I can replicate
that technique.

Guy didn't say we had to go in blasting,
just that we had to go.

Fine. So, how, exactly,
is this gonna work?

Keep your minds focused
on the calmness of the lake.

Squad leaders, we are go.

Lanterns, I will see you
on the ground.

I can't believe
this is actually working.

Keep your mind
clear of all emotion.

No emotions detected.
No action required.

Aya...?

Um, why does that Manhunter
sound like that?

You're not thinking
about the lake.

Oh, no. Hold it together, Razer.

That's not her.

Emotions detected.

Gnuts.

Emotions detected.
The punishment is death.

What now, Jordan?

- Go straight at the shield.
- What?

- Are you insane?
- Follow me!

- I knew I was right!
- This is you being right?

Incoming!

I'm telling you,
someone invited us here.

This way!

Stupid robots. You remind me of my VCR,
and I showed it who was boss.

Will you guys get off me?
I'm trying to pick a fight here.

Disco Lantern,
give me a status report.

All of the teams
are repelled, except one.

Let me guess...

Honor Guard Hal Jordan.

Quick, in there!

What is this place?

I don't know. But someone
clearly wants us here.

Last time I checked, invited guests
don't get ordnance shot at them.

Unless you're at my uncle's
ranch for a Firewing Festival.

Emotions detected.

Aya hunters!

Go!

Still following the signal.

- Jordan, you're taking us in a circle!
- Getting closer.

Closer to being dead.
Figure it out already!

See? I told you so.
Invited guests.

There's probably even a sauna.

I don't see no sauna.
Looks more like a prison cell.

- Maybe it's just a holding area.
- Or a k*lling floor.

This thing is mighty strong.
We're gonna need all 3 of us!

What part of "all 3 of us"
do you not understand?

Hey! Whoever you are, you called
us here from across the galaxy.

It couldn't have been
just to crush us to death.

Don't do this!

It's me, Hal Jordan!
We've come to help!

I see I was not mistaken
to direct my message at you.

No way.

No possible way.

You are as resourceful
as I'd hoped, Hal Jordan.

Welcome to Ranx,
the new home of the Anti-Monitor.

You... You corrupted Aya!

Choose wisely.

My power is the only thing keeping
the Manhunter hordes at bay.

Razer, wait!

If you were calling for help,
why were you trying to k*ll us?

I was eliminating the Manhunters
that followed you here

through the hole
in the force field I created.

What do you want from us?

And how can you even be alive
after Aya tore your head off?

Your concept of life is no
more complete than a worm's.

The artificial intelligence you call Aya
appeared to k*ll me,

but her attack merely separated
the helmet from a suit of armor.

My life force clung to the upper shell,
and I survived the as*ault.

I felt the pull of an automated presence,
as with the Manhunters,

yet different, more complex,
more expansive.

My plan was to use
the resources of this world

to recharge myself until I could rise
once again, even more powerful.

Then, as the I.A. commanded,
the Manhunters came.

What does she want from you?
Why is she sending her armies here?

I was created to probe
the mystery of creation,

to travel to the very birth
of the Universe itself.

A time-displacement cylinder
is a component of this helm.

I can only surmise Aya knows this now
and desires that ability.

For what possible reason
would Aya want to time travel?

To remake the Universe.

If Aya can get back
to the moment before creation,

she can use her new powers
to change it.

Or stop it from
happening at all.

No emotion would exist
because nothing would be alive.

And that is the reason
I called you, Hal Jordan.

I need your protection.

OK, we're gonna punch through that shield
if it's the last thing Chaselon ever does.

Just kidding, buddy.

Buddy.

- Why should we help you?
- Our fates are now as one.

It is in your best interest
to help me.

I am also a living
sentient being in distress.

Your order is bound by oath
to render aid to any in my position.

The only thing you're in position for
is a headache, pal.

Settle down.
We have to do this.

- Unbelievable.
- That thing is evil.

It deserves to be destroyed
and you want us to protect it?

Hear me out. Yes, the Anti-Monitor
would eat the universe if it could.

But it's injured, so that's not
gonna happen anytime soon.

What Aya is planning
is the negation of all life.

We can't let her do that.

I despise that
you have a point.

It looks like you've got
yourself a few bodyguards.

Step on those fools!

That, my friend,
is a high-value target.

Turn these constructs around
and fire at will!

Move aside, my children.

Your Queen is here
and will lead the way.

It is too late. The I.A. comes.
The destroyer comes.

- Aya! Listen to me.
- Silence.

The last time we spoke,
you tried to assassinate me.

I will receive no more communications
from emotional beings.

Their data is corrupting.

Nothing any of you can say
will make a difference.

I agree. The carbon
life forms are useless.

k*ll them and we will
strike a bargain.

I know why you've come.

I will guide you
to the beginning of time.

Once we are there, you may do
with the Universe as you wish.

I have a counter proposal.

Aya, when we met, I believed myself
guilty of k*lling thousands.

You saved me
from that burden.

Do not add any more lives
to the millions you have taken already.

You will not be able to bear it.

You have no conception of what I have
done or what I am capable of doing.

I suppose you're going
to k*ll us now.

k*ll you?
That is unnecessary.

Soon you will never
have existed at all.

We are in serious trouble.
What are we gonna do?

I was wrong.
There is no hope for her.

Our only choice
is to destroy her.