Lanterns writers preach patience over that shock episode 1 death and are "willing to absorb the boos" until the finale

Lanterns writer Damon Lindelof is no stranger to bringing out our emotions as part of Lost, The Leftovers, and Watchmen – but even we didn't see the first episode's narrative gambit coming. Kyle Chandler's Hal Jordan is dead and, as Lindelof told Collider , it's a story beat he initially wasn't on b…