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Lanterns S01E02 Confirms Character's Batman/Gotham City Connection

Tonight's episode of HBO's Lanterns confirmed Sheriff Kerry Kane's direct connection to the DCU's Batman universe via Gotham City.

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  • Lanterns Episode 2 strengthens Sheriff Kerry Kane’s Batman connection with a direct reveal that she’s from Gotham City.
  • The Lanterns premiere already fueled DCU speculation when Kerry mentioned “Barb” during a call with a police commissioner.
  • Fans quickly linked that Lanterns moment to Gotham’s James Gordon, pointing to a deeper Batman universe tie-in.
  • Kerry Kane’s surname echoes one of Gotham’s oldest families, adding major weight to the Lanterns Batman theory.

One of the rumblings coming out of the series premiere of Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King's Aaron Pierre (John Stewart) and Kyle Chandler (Hal Jordan)-starring Lanterns had to do with Rushville Sheriff Kerry (Kelly MacDonald) possibly having a connection to the DCU's Batman Universe via a Gotham City connection. After Hal provokes a fight at the bar to get himself arrested so he can grab some jail time with the suspect/alien that Sheriff Kerry has in custody, John shows up at the station to bail him out. We see that Sheriff Kerry is on the phone with a police commissioner/law enforcement person, ending the call by saying, "Tell Barb I said, Hey.'" That became a red flag for a lot of fans, who are making the connection that the police commissioner was Gotham's James Gordon, and that "Barb" is a reference to his wife (some believe it's a Barbara Gordon/Batgirl reference, but there are timeline issues with that).

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Doing a deeper dive into the moment, some have also noted that Sheriff Kerry's full and original name is "Kerry Kane," with that last name having some serious roots in Gotham City. Along with the Waynes, the Kanes are one of Gotham's foundational families – and also one of the city's wealthiest and oldest families. Over in the comic book universe, we have a family connection between the Waynes and Kanes via Bruce Wayne's mother, Martha Wayne (aka Kane) – which would make Bruce Wayne and Batwoman (Kate Kane) first cousins. Well, tonight's episode, S01E02: "Trust Fall," featured a moment between Hal and Sheriff Kerry in which Hal says he doesn't believe she's from Rushville. After prodding her for more of her backstory, Sheriff Kerry admits that she was originally from Gotham City. Yup! Let the speculation begin!

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Ray FlookAbout Ray Flook

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.
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