-Batman telling him his kid is beautiful after bringing Martin Jordan II to the Watchtower/Hall of Justice
-Sinestro taking the Bookkeeper's job on Oa and admitting Hal is the greatest ever
-Thaal allowing Parallax to enter him (no homo) and being the possessor and not the possessee (I called this one a while back; Sinestro is above possession by Parallax)
-Hal and Carol still wearing their rings into old age
-Sinestro telling Hal they never stopped being friends
-Ganthet and Sayd being spared while the other Gs got their asses blown off
-"Secrets don't taste as good as ratwaffle cheese." (c) Fleezy F. Baby

just so much good character work there, that made the book for me
The First Lantern stuff I didn't care about really, but there was some good stuff even there