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You have to stop.

I can't keep letting you
put yourself or me
through this.

I promise, no more.

It has been
nine years since I've even come
close to using my powers.

Do you remember
why you became
Black Lightning?

You wanted to give
the people hope.

Look, somebody
has to do something,
because all of this policing

and marching and praying,
it hasn't changed anything.

It is time that people know
that Black Lightning...

is back.

Previously
on Black Lightning...

Lynn and I
are making room

for a possibility
of a reconciliation.

All you guys want me to do
is go to school, run track,

and "set a good example
for the other girls."

When did that become
a bad thing?

Don't think just 'cause
I'm a little stoned

that means
you're gonna get some.

I think
your girl should start
putting in some work

over at the Seahorse Motel.

-I'm not afraid
of The One Hundred.
-Bitch, you should be!

Jeff, where are you going?

To get our girls.

Bring them home.

There's no doubt
that Black Lightning
is back.

-But the question
is why? Why now?

If Brother Lightning is back
because he's committed
to helping the people,

-then I'm all for it.

But if he's back
just for some
personal vendetta,

I can't condone that.

Giving the people of Freeland
false hope

-is selfish, and it's cruel.

-The people of Freeland
have been victimized.

I believe he is the answer
to our prayers...

Oh, Jeff.

I got you. Okay?

-I got you.

Black Lightning is getting
too old for these streets.

You're not lying about that.

You remember
when we were young...

when I first saw
your superpowers,
I thought you were so cool.

That my man was a superhero.

Not many girls could say that.

Then the reality hit.

And what I thought was cool...
almost destroyed us.

When I see you like this, I...

I feel really selfish.

Hold on.

I did this.

No, I know.
I feel like a hypocrite.

I told you to go get the girls.
I put you back out there...

Lynn, Black Lightning
is not back.

The girls are safe. I'm done.

I love you, Lynn.

I miss you.

I miss you, too.

I, um...

-I should go.
-Uh, wait. Wait.

I think it's important for you
to be here for the girls.

So I will sleep on the couch,
you take the bed.

Okay.

Good night.

Good night.

Now they running up in schools,
taking girls?

What they gonna do next?
Start taking girls
out of church?

If there's a war
for the streets,
a war for the city,

The One Hundred is winning.

You know, I heard someone say

that if there's a war
for the streets of Freeland,

The One Hundred are winning.

But here at Garfield,
we are not fighting
for the streets.

No, we are fighting
for the minds, the hopes
and the dreams of our children.

Them some real pretty words,
Mr. Pierce.

But pretty words
ain't gonna stop
The One Hundred.

Dr. King said, "The arc
of the moral universe is long,

-but it bends toward justice."
And I believe

And they shot Dr. King
in the head, Mr. Pierce!

Well, The One Hundred
got my little girl.

And the police say
they can't do anything

because supposedly,
there ain't no evidence

she's bein' held
against her will.

-That's messed up, man.
-LaWanda. LaWanda White?

Yeah, it's me, Mr. Pierce.

It's good to see you, LaWanda.

First, I'm sorry to hear
about your daughter.
I really am.

Well, maybe now
since the Seahorse Motel
is shut down,

you can take that time
to reconnect.

The Seahorse ain't shut down.

They opened back up
for business the day after
all this mess went down.

And they gonna stay open
as long as they got
those girls in there.

-Is that true?

I'm sorry, I didn't know.

Clearly. But, Mr. Pierce,
what I wanna know is,

why Black Lightning
rescued your girls
and nobody else's?

I don't know, LaWanda.

When I was a student here,
you used to like to use quotes
to teach us.

Well, I got one.

"Unless all of us are free,
none of us will be free."

Somebody knows
who this bootleg
Black Lightning is.

I want you to raise
the protection amount 50%
on every church and business,

every crap game,
massage parlor.

Even rib shack.
Squeeze these darkies
till they crack.

Damn, boss.
You really do hate
black people.

No, I love black people.

I hate incompetent,
thick-lipped,

scratch-where-it-don't-itch
Negroes like you.

Y'all keep us acting
like newly-freed slaves.

Boss,
I got a plan for that.

Perception and fear, Lala.

If the people of Freeland
start to perceive

we are no longer in control,
then they won't fear us.

Maybe they'll start to think
that this fool

pretending to be
Black Lightning
will actually protect them.

And I surely can't have that.

Hmm.

Yeah, I remember I'd have
to tell you to let go
of each other and get to class.

You were always
holding hands.

Darnell was
the love of my life.

When he was killed,
all they did was give us
a folded flag,

thanked us for his service,
and shot some guns
over his casket.

He deserved more.

Yeah, he did.

After that,
our lives just fell apart.

Shaquandalyn loved her daddy
more than anything
in this world.

I did everything I could
to try to keep her safe,

but she just got caught up
in looking for her daddy
in all the wrong men.

What can I do to help?

You can go in there
and get her.

Take her out of there.

I can't do that.
-Yes, you can.

You just won't.

Man, everybody knows
Mr. Pierce can do
whatever he wants in Freeland.

We used to call you
Black Jesus, thought you could
walk on water.

-Yeah, look, LaWanda--
-No.

No, it's okay, Mr. Pierce.

Everybody say they praying
for me, but ain't nobody
willing to fight for me.

You got your own girls
to worry about, to fight for.

Well, I got to find a way
to fight for mine.

But in less than 48 hours,
Henderson?

Aw, come on, man.
You guys have to do
better than that.

It's a crime scene, Jefferson.

Once we're through
cleaning it up,
there's nothing else we can do.

No, no, no.
My girls were kidnapped.
Kidnapped!

Lala's responsible,
you know this.
They gave you the statement.

Your girls say he was there.
He says he wasn't.

And he has 15 people
who will swear
he was at a party

when all of this
was taking place.

Okay, well, you can at least
bring him in for pimping
these girls out.

I mean, he at
the Seahorse right now,
being forced to turn tricks.

-Don't you think
we tried that, Jefferson?

You arrest these guys,
the girls say they weren't
forced to do anything.

You arrest the girls,
they get out and run
right back to these guys.

It's not only their bodies
that are slaves to these fools,
it's their minds.

Okay, what about that kid
who came into school?

Can you get him
to flip on Lala?

Yeah, maybe,
if we can find him.

Wait, what?

-What do you mean
"if you can find him"?

Now you telling me he just
got up and walked away
from a two-story fall?

How did you hear about that?

My girls. My girls told me.

While they were transporting
him to the hospital,
he jumped out the ambulance,

all hyped up on painkillers
and adrenaline.

He ran like a jackrabbit.
My boys couldn't catch him.

You're telling me
the two men responsible
for kidnapping my girls

-are still out there somewhere?
-Not for long.

No, my girls
are witnesses, Henderson.

Now, you know
what that means
on the streets.

I do. I got a patrol car
sitting outside your house.

The key is, we find Will,
then we get Lala.

I promise.

Okay.

Okay.

-We're all worried
about you. You good?
-Yeah, I'm good.

Look, it's like Fort Knox
at school.

There's security everywhere.

When you coming back?

I don't really know.

-Hey, there.
-Hey.

Look, I really
want to see you.
Can I come by after?

Uh, maybe tomorrow.

It's a little bit
crazy right now.

All right.

Y'all want to buy some candy?

Yo, I gotta go.

Yo, what you got, little man?

Lala says hi!

Oh, my...

Are you okay?

Are you hurt?

Mr. Pierce, you came
to watch the ghetto
Cirque du Soleil, huh?

I hired the 12 O 'Clock Boys
to get the kids
a little entertainment.

Man, you better stay away
from my family.

-Or what?
-"Or what?"

You lucky it was just
a water gun.

All right, look here,
we had a deal.

You stay away from the school
and my girls.

Things changed.

Your daughters been
running their mouths
to the police.

Look, Mr. Pierce,
I'm trying to be nice

'cause you was cool with me
when I went to your school,

but they better keep my name
out of their mouths.

Matter of fact, if I was you,

I'd send your daughters
on a long vacation
before I do.

Don't mistake my patience
for weakness, boy.

"Boy"?

Hey, man,
it's been a long minute
since I've been a boy, man.

Hey, man, fire the bikes
back up, man.
You know what it is.

They went to my house!

I get it, I understand.

But if they had killed you,

then where is the hope
for this city?

Gambi, I'm not trying to save
the city. I'm trying
to protect my family.

Okay, so get back in the suit,
and let's take these guys down.

Jeff, I can access
any database,
including Freeland PD.

Let's just see
what information they have.

If we help them find Will,
he'll tell them all he knows
about Lala.

Then Lala is arrested,
and he'll flip on whoever
his boss is,

and we can get closer
to the source of all of this.

"The source"?

Gambi, you're not hearing me.

After I take down Lala,
I'm done.

Damn, I needed that.

Mmm.

Hey, what's up? You okay?

I'm fine.

Oh, believe me, I know.

You so fine,
you bring sight
to the blind, girl.

-That was so corny.
-Whatever.

You sound like an old man
at the club.

"Hey, girl, you so fine,

-you bring sight
to the blind, girl."
-I did not sound like that.

-Yes, you did.

You sure you okay?

I should be asking you that.
All that you've been through.

Now is not a good time.

It's never a good time.

Tell me.

-Our sex is mind-blowing,
you know that.
-Mmm.

But I need more, Anissa.

I feel like
I'm just a distraction
for you.

We've been dating a year
and you haven't met my parents,

you don't know
any of my friends.

I mean, babe,
you know I'm busy,

between school and teaching,
and trying to help organize
the community--

I'm not asking you
to give up any of that.

Well, that's what
it sounds like.

Look, I'm sorry.

Like I said,
now's not a good time,

and you've been through
a lot. So, sorry.

It's okay.

How are you coping
with all this?

I don't know.
It just feels weird.

It all feels like a dream
or a nightmare.

I don't know,
I just want everything
to be back to normal,

but all this strange stuff
keeps happening.

Babe, you know
I broke the sink
in my bathroom?

You what?

Yeah. The other night.

So I get up to pee,

and I have some kind of...
panic attack.

So, I grabbed the sink
to brace myself,
and it just...

I don't know,
it just crumbled in my hands,
like it was nothing.

We'll get you
a good therapist.

You know my mother.
She's seen them all.

No, babe, but the sink...
I'm just trying to--

Probably just some
old-ass porcelain sink
that was gonna break anyway.

Look, the important thing is,

we find you someone
that is gonna help you
get through this.

It'll be okay. Hey.

-Evening, neighbor.

You're working late.

And it don't stop.

Yeah, said every hype man
ever stood on a stage.

Exactly. Besides,
I was walking Monk,

and he suggested we check in
to make sure you guys are okay.

Yeah, well, Anissa's, uh,
with her girlfriend, uh...

Jennifer's upstairs, asleep.

They're more resilient
than I thought.

People usually are.

Oh, thanks.

Oh, you're welcome.

Hey, uh...

Lynn still here?

Yes, Henderson,
she is still here.

She's upstairs,
asleep with Jennifer.

Negro, don't act
all stoic on me.

-I know you.

You probably
in there tap-dancing,
you so happy she's back.

Yeah, well, well,
she's not back completely...

but I think
we're getting close.

Yeah, I'm happy
to hear that, man.
You all deserve some happiness.

And we gonna get
these guys, Jefferson.

Will, Lala, we'll get 'em.

Yeah, I know.

Oh, by the way,
you might wanna talk
to your girl LaWanda.

She posted herself up
outside the Seahorse
with a camera,

recording johns

-and taking down
license plate numbers.

I tried to talk to her,
but she just called me
an Uncle Tom

and walked away.
She gonna get herself killed.

What are you
gonna do about it?

There's nothing I can do.
She got rights.

Come on, boy.

This is why
I don't like hiring family.

They never appreciate nothing
you try and do for 'em.

You got me in a world
of confusion, cuzo.

-But at the end of the day...

I'll straighten it out.

Thanks for getting
the word out.

-Sure. Okay, you're welcome.
-LaWanda.

LaWanda, you gotta stop this.
-No, I don't.

This is suicide.

Now, as soon as
all these reporters leave,
when this story gets old,

The One Hundred will kill you.

Would you die
for your daughters,
Mr. Pierce?

Would you just walk away
if Black Lightning
hadn't saved 'em?

Huh?

That's what I thought.

LaWanda, no,
don't do this. Okay?
Forty-eight hours.

-Just give me 48 hours.

I promise you,
I will get your daughter back.

I have connections
at the police department.

No. Didn't you hear me?
They ain't trying to listen!

No, they will listen to me,
I promise.

We will find a way.

But none of that
is gonna matter

if your daughter
comes home safe
and her mother's dead.

I love my daughter,
Mr. Pierce.

She's all I got.

I know how you feel.

Believe me.

So, let me help you.

Okay. I'll stop.

But I ain't leaving.
I'll just sit in my car.

I ain't taking my eyes
off this place,

just in case they try
to take her somewhere
I can't find her.

Okay, fair enough.
Thank you.

And I promise you,
I won't let you down.

Thank you.

Ooh. I'm sorry.

Damn.

-Well, it is good
to see you, girl.

-It's good to see you, too.

Thanks for coming.

Aight, so...
so Black Lightning, huh?

I mean,
you saw Black Lightning?

Girl, that...
Yo, that is pretty cool.

Yeah.

I was kind of scared

because when you try and look
at his face, it hurts.

I don't know,
it's like looking
into a spotlight.

There's something
that's out of focus.

J...

Look, when all this went down,
I realized something.

What's that?

I mean, you know
that we've been friends
for a long time.

And, uh...

Thought I'd maybe--

I've been wanting to ask you
to be my girl.

And, you know,
I realized...

That if they had killed you,
I mean, I never would've
had the chance and...

Well, now I'm doing it.

Do you, maybe, wanna...

You want to be my girlfriend?

-Yeah.
-Yeah?

Yeah. Cool. I'd like that.

All right. Cool. Thanks.

Uh... Well, look, I kinda
got you something.

It's not fancy, but I saw it
and thought about you, so...

That looks good on you.

Thank you.

Oh. Hey.
I didn't hear you come in.

-Huh.
-You want me to make
you something to eat?

No, no, I'm fine. Thank you.

So, uh, how are the girls?

Good. Jennifer is on the roof
in her favorite place
with Khalil.

-So, she's happy.
-Mmm.

And Anissa's still
at her girlfriend's house.

And I can never remember
that girl's name.

-Cheena, I think.

What? Nothing like that. No.

Well, it feels good
to have you here.

It feels good to be here.

Yeah.

Mmm.

That feels good.

Well, there's one, uh, fact
that I lean on.

Yeah?

That I love you and those girls
more than anything
in the world.

I need to take
things slow, Jeff.

As a neuroscientist, I know
everything there is to know
about the brain,

but not so much
about the heart.

Oh, that's a smooth line,
lady. Yeah.

Sorry, Mr. Pierce.

Lala.

You better take that camera
out of my face.

LaWanda, take your ass
home now. I'm not playing
no games with you.

-I want my daughter.
-Hey!

I want my daughter.
No, get your hands off me!

Man! Come on, babe.
I ain't got time for this, man.

Hey, man, what's up?

Jeff, um...

I didn't want you
to hear it on the news.

LaWanda's dead.

I just got the call
a few minutes ago.

Sorry, man.

A local woman was found dead...

What good did it do, Lynn?

She was my student.

I had a fantasy
that when they leave me,
their lives are better.

That they could transcend

this neighborhood,
this city, world.

Yeah, I saved more lives
as the principal
of Garfield High

than I ever did
as Black Lightning.

-It's true.
-It's a lie!

-LaWanda is dead.
-She is.

I know. I know.

And it hurts,
and I understand.
I feel it, too--

But I could have saved her.

I could save so many.

I've been living a lie.

Living in the hopes that you
and me and the girls

could somehow live
behind a white picket fence,

a normal life!

I'm not normal.
Never have been.
Never will be.

Jeff, listen to me.
This is the addiction talking--

What? There is
no damn addiction!

Do you remember what you said

when we discovered my powers?

You said it was a gift.

A blessing from God.

It's still a gift.

It's still a blessing from God.

And I intend to use it.

Not just for the girls,

but for all
the other people out there
who need me.

Jefferson, please,
we are so close

to putting
the pieces of our lives
back together.

Yeah, we are.

Maybe.

No more maybes for me, Lynn.

It is time that people know
that Black Lightning is back.

-Morning.

Welcome back. I mean,
let's be honest, you never
kept your eyes off this place,

but just making it official.

Thank you.

-How are
the girls holding up?
-As best they can.

Yeah, I think getting back
into the school routine
will help.

Mmm. How are you holding up?

I'm good.

Look, I see you
keeping everything
and everyone together.

I just hope someone
is doing the same for you.

I mean, if you need to talk
or whatever, I'm here.

-Thank you, Kara.
I appreciate it.

Yeah.

-Hey.
-Good news.

I found Will.

Bad news, he's dead.

I got here before the police,
and whoever killed him
didn't take his cell phone.

Mobile phones are
the enemy of bad guys.
When are they gonna learn?

Lala's still out there
on the loose,

and he's getting
desperate, Gambi.
He killed LaWanda.

He's gonna come
after my girls next
if we don't get to him first.

We will.

-Give me some more.
Give me some more.
-Okay, okay, okay.

Hey, YOLO.

It's the truth,
you only live once.

Yeah, 'cause one minute
your ass can be here,
everything's cool,

and then the next minute,
your ass is kidnapped.

Yeah, but they should have
different terms for it.
I'm not a kid anymore.

They should
call it teen-napped.

-And Anissa
would be adult-napped.

Okay, did they hit you
hard in the head
or something,

-because you tripping
a little bit.

You trippin'.

-Really?
-Yeah, you need
some more of that.

No. Right.

-It's strong, it's good.

Hi.

Oh, what you doing here?

YOLO.

What?

You only live once.

What, so you drinking now?

At school?

It's not cool, J.

Khalil, calm down.
I just wanted
to ask you something.

Look, I'm not gonna calm down.

[sighs] Look, you saw
and went through
some craziness. I get it.

But that is not the way
to deal with it.

I've seen it all, J.

My brother shot and killed,

father in jail,
Mama working her damn ass off
just to provide.

Yeah, I live the life
that rappers talk about,

and ain't none of it cute.
None of it.

But you know what?
God gave me a gift.

I can run fast.

So I'm gonna run my black ass
straight up out of here,

and I ain't looking back.

But I want you
to come with me,
but not like this.

No, that is going backwards
and I can't do that.

I just see the world
completely different now.

Oh, I got you.

-Really, I do.

It's just growing up.

Come here, J.

I forgot how warm
and beautiful
this place is.

You know how this ends, right?

The same way it always ends
for everyone, Lynn.

None of us get out
of here alive.

-He was happy.
-But what kind of happy?

Happy like a lion in a cage?

King of the zoo,
not of the jungle?

Happy like a man
who was at peace
just being Jefferson Pierce.

But he isn't
just Jefferson Pierce,
he is so much more than that.

And you know that
better than anyone.

I do, and that's why
I want you to stop him
before he gets addicted again.

We have a difference
of opinion on that.

I don't believe Jefferson
was ever addicted
to his powers.

He was in a war
to save this city
and its people,

and he was winning.

Then he suddenly stopped
because he was addicted to you.

And now look at the condition
of this city and its people.
It's... it's complete chaos.

-Sounds like you're
blaming me for the chaos.
-A little.

Just like you blame me,
then and now.

But ultimately,
it is Jefferson's choice
what he does with his powers.

Hey.

Will's phone
had Lala's address on it.
I ve got him on my GPS.

Ooh, he is fine.

Black Lightning, my man.

-Lala, what floor?
-Penthouse.

Thanks, bro.

I got you.

No. I'm gonna take the stairs.

I'm just getting
back into this.

A brother needs
all the exercise
he can get.

Stop! Put your hands
high above your head!

Uh,
there's some kinda disturbance,
we need additional back-up...

It's been a while, Inspector.

I don't want to spend
a lot of time on this,

so I'll make it plain.

LaWanda is telling her story
from the dead, buddy.

Her cell phone was recording,
so we got you on tape
shooting her.

Your boy is flipping on you.

How you think we found you?

Mmm-hmm.

Your world
is falling apart, Lala.

It's over.
The girls are safe.

And the Seahorse
has been shut down.

And Black Lightning?

Look,
things are different now.

The girls are older.

Maybe we can find a way
to live with it.

On the counter!
Hurry! Come on!
Come on, hurry up!

Put it on the counter!
Come on, hurry!

Hurry up!
On the ground, bitch!

You stay! You keep doing
what you were doing.

I said on the ground.
Are you deaf, bitch?

-Okay.
-I will shoot you!

Get down!

Yeah, we were close, Lynn.

What's up?

Have fun.

Lala.

You shot somebody's mama?

Any man that'd do that
has no morals.

-No principles to live by.

Which means there's nothing
you are not capable of,

including becoming a rat.