1 00:00:02,127 --> 00:00:03,688 [Jefferson] Previously on Black Lightning... 2 00:00:03,712 --> 00:00:06,215 [Lynn] I left the formula for the meta-boost serum in Markovia. 3 00:00:06,298 --> 00:00:10,177 What happens if Gravedigger can have any meta power he wants? 4 00:00:10,260 --> 00:00:11,345 He'd be unstoppable. 5 00:00:11,428 --> 00:00:13,013 War is coming to Freeland. 6 00:00:13,096 --> 00:00:14,515 Take this peace offering. 7 00:00:14,598 --> 00:00:18,977 Use it to burn down the ASA for what they did to my city. 8 00:00:19,061 --> 00:00:21,188 Gravedigger is en route with a battalion of troops. 9 00:00:21,271 --> 00:00:22,814 The powers that be have decided that 10 00:00:22,898 --> 00:00:25,275 they would rather nuke Freeland than let Gravedigger win. 11 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:28,278 The government is gonna bomb Freeland if we don't beat Gravedigger? 12 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:31,573 [Lynn] The DNA sample I took from Gra vedigger matches your DNA. 13 00:00:32,074 --> 00:00:33,314 Gravedigger's your great-uncle. 14 00:00:34,743 --> 00:00:36,078 Gravedigger's at the perimeter. 15 00:00:36,161 --> 00:00:37,287 Where's Jennifer? 16 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:38,413 Jen? 17 00:00:46,797 --> 00:00:48,549 I got a bogie at nine o'clock. What is that? 18 00:00:48,757 --> 00:00:49,883 [Gambi] That's Jen! 19 00:00:51,218 --> 00:00:52,612 [Black Lightning] Gambi, she's alive! 20 00:00:52,636 --> 00:00:53,845 Good for her. 21 00:01:28,046 --> 00:01:31,049 Hold on. What has gotten into you? 22 00:01:31,133 --> 00:01:32,759 You coming all hard. 23 00:01:34,052 --> 00:01:35,052 Hold up. 24 00:01:35,762 --> 00:01:37,097 Electrical powers... 25 00:01:38,223 --> 00:01:39,641 young enough to be your daughter... 26 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:43,979 That's Baby Lightning! 27 00:01:45,647 --> 00:01:46,940 That's why you mad. 28 00:01:47,524 --> 00:01:48,524 Come on. 29 00:02:00,037 --> 00:02:01,955 [shoufing] 30 00:02:06,376 --> 00:02:08,712 Whew! I can't believe you got up. 31 00:02:09,004 --> 00:02:10,297 [exhales] 32 00:02:10,380 --> 00:02:13,216 What you can do... you do for blood, right? 33 00:02:14,301 --> 00:02:16,678 - You and I are blood. - That's funny. 34 00:02:18,180 --> 00:02:20,491 [Jamillah] Black Lightning continues to fight for the city for Freeland, 35 00:02:20,515 --> 00:02:23,727 which is suffering from a full-scale invasion from Markovian forces. 36 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:27,522 Police and fire stations have been blown up. 37 00:02:27,773 --> 00:02:29,900 Citizens are being shot down in the street... 38 00:02:30,901 --> 00:02:33,111 and the ASA is nowhere to be found. 39 00:02:33,195 --> 00:02:35,322 Is Black Lightning the only line of defense? 40 00:02:35,614 --> 00:02:37,699 Has the government abandoned Freeland? 41 00:02:38,492 --> 00:02:41,161 I'm Jamillah Olsen reporting live from Mark... 42 00:02:49,586 --> 00:02:50,586 Now. 43 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,133 - Come on, pick her up. - Yeah. 44 00:02:59,262 --> 00:03:00,862 [Black Lightning] Let's stop the madness. 45 00:03:01,181 --> 00:03:03,475 All right, we're family. We can work it out. 46 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,936 Man, stop. We ain't related. 47 00:03:06,228 --> 00:03:07,228 No? 48 00:03:08,146 --> 00:03:09,981 Why am I a stable meta like you? 49 00:03:10,857 --> 00:03:12,693 I know you were born out of wedlock. 50 00:03:13,110 --> 00:03:14,986 You father's name was Cassius. 51 00:03:15,070 --> 00:03:16,488 You got that from the ASA. 52 00:03:16,571 --> 00:03:19,116 I know you only met your half-brother twice. 53 00:03:19,991 --> 00:03:23,912 Once when you were young and once right before you both went off to war. 54 00:03:25,914 --> 00:03:29,292 His name was Ben. He's my grandfather. 55 00:03:34,131 --> 00:03:37,926 Look here, kinfolk, you ain't gonna talk your way out of this one. 56 00:03:39,553 --> 00:03:42,389 I'm on a mission... and I'm gonna complete it. 57 00:03:43,348 --> 00:03:44,599 So you can surrender now. 58 00:03:45,726 --> 00:03:49,521 You'll be treated nicely, just like your baby girl. 59 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,108 - Hmm? - Where is she? 60 00:03:53,316 --> 00:03:55,861 Uh-uh. She's a prisoner of war. 61 00:03:56,695 --> 00:03:57,696 Where is she? 62 00:03:57,779 --> 00:03:59,990 I'm giving you one last chance to surrender, boy. 63 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:03,033 [grunting] 64 00:04:04,661 --> 00:04:05,661 [grunting] 65 00:04:06,788 --> 00:04:09,791 Yeah, you feel that? Those are microwaves... 66 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:12,335 cooking you from the inside. 67 00:04:13,003 --> 00:04:14,003 That's it. 68 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:16,590 Nothing to be ashamed about. 69 00:04:16,673 --> 00:04:17,716 Ugh! 70 00:04:17,799 --> 00:04:18,967 You fought well. 71 00:04:19,593 --> 00:04:20,594 Now, stay down. 72 00:04:29,686 --> 00:04:30,686 [straining] 73 00:04:45,619 --> 00:04:46,619 [grunting] 74 00:04:50,415 --> 00:04:52,000 [gasping] 75 00:04:56,922 --> 00:04:58,590 [chuckles] 76 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:05,555 Rangers... prepare for glory. 77 00:05:06,765 --> 00:05:08,642 Last night, I saw a superhero He was black. 78 00:05:08,725 --> 00:05:10,925 He said, "This is for the street Black Lightning's back" 79 00:05:13,104 --> 00:05:14,731 [old school hip hop playing] 80 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:19,027 Grayle, Gambi. 81 00:05:19,402 --> 00:05:22,614 We have to move the meta kids to The Pit to keep them away from Gravedigger. 82 00:05:22,697 --> 00:05:24,908 It's the most secure place in all of Freeland. 83 00:05:24,991 --> 00:05:28,036 Thunder's on her way to help you escort them. Have them ready to travel. 84 00:05:28,703 --> 00:05:30,247 - Copy. - Grayle, what's up? 85 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:32,165 We have to prep to move. 86 00:05:33,041 --> 00:05:34,125 Okay, let's do it. 87 00:05:40,799 --> 00:05:43,677 Katie, are you still jamming all transmissions? 88 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,012 [Katie] Yes. This video will go unseen. 89 00:05:46,096 --> 00:05:50,517 Sir, without our perimeter barrier, Markovian forces will overrun the city. 90 00:05:50,767 --> 00:05:53,520 First will come a shock and awe strike to disrupt everything, 91 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:55,660 then they'll secure an exfiltration route. 92 00:05:55,730 --> 00:05:59,484 While the elite Markovian Rangers recon the city to locate Freeland's metas. 93 00:05:59,568 --> 00:06:01,903 No longer our problem. We're pulling out of Freeland. 94 00:06:03,905 --> 00:06:08,368 Commander, leave nothing classified behind. I want total closure. 95 00:06:09,119 --> 00:06:10,036 Yes, sir. 96 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:14,457 Major, find the briefcase, bring it to me or destroy it. 97 00:06:15,083 --> 00:06:16,083 Yes, sir. 98 00:06:22,841 --> 00:06:25,302 Did I stutter? 99 00:06:50,368 --> 00:06:51,453 Gambi, I need you. 100 00:06:52,412 --> 00:06:54,831 - I'm here. - The Markovians took Jen. 101 00:06:55,206 --> 00:06:56,886 I need you to find out where they took her. 102 00:06:57,751 --> 00:06:58,751 I'm on it. 103 00:07:03,632 --> 00:07:06,968 Odell isn't at The Pit. He must be at a safe house somewhere. 104 00:07:07,636 --> 00:07:11,890 Okay. Okay, I'll start talking to the cameras around the city. 105 00:07:11,973 --> 00:07:13,600 - I'll find him. - Thanks. 106 00:07:13,683 --> 00:07:15,727 I need to concentrate on using the ASA's system 107 00:07:15,810 --> 00:07:17,490 to search for Lightning's energy signature. 108 00:07:18,063 --> 00:07:19,606 - Copy you. - Come on. 109 00:07:27,364 --> 00:07:28,364 [gasps] 110 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:37,874 [man] It's not gonna work. 111 00:07:41,753 --> 00:07:45,048 My name is Tyson Sykes. I'm in command here. 112 00:07:45,131 --> 00:07:47,634 And the first thing you need to understand 113 00:07:47,717 --> 00:07:48,802 is I'm not your enemy. 114 00:07:48,885 --> 00:07:51,721 You could have fooled me with the whole kidnapping and invasion thing. 115 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:52,973 [scoffs] 116 00:07:53,056 --> 00:07:57,310 Actions made necessary by the continuing treachery of the US government. 117 00:07:57,769 --> 00:08:00,814 I have been empowered by the nation of Markovia 118 00:08:00,897 --> 00:08:05,568 to establish an independent metahuman state inside their borders. 119 00:08:05,819 --> 00:08:10,115 A place where metahumans can be free, live normal lives. 120 00:08:10,198 --> 00:08:13,201 Uh-uh. You need to sell that trash somewhere else. 121 00:08:15,537 --> 00:08:16,788 Trash? 122 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:23,586 Little girl, you don't know a damn thing about this country. 123 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:29,718 This country was built by and for rich white men. 124 00:08:30,593 --> 00:08:31,928 That's never gonna change. 125 00:08:32,012 --> 00:08:33,239 [Thunder] There's been plenty of change. 126 00:08:33,263 --> 00:08:35,432 And not enough, sure, but it's disrespectful 127 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:37,976 to the sacrifices of our ancestors to say there's been none. 128 00:08:38,059 --> 00:08:42,313 "Change." You mean Obama and Martin Luther King? 129 00:08:43,189 --> 00:08:46,943 Well, seems to me that Obama was bought and paid for 130 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:50,155 by rich liberals and multi-national corporations. 131 00:08:50,238 --> 00:08:52,949 And Martin Luther King, well, he was a coward 132 00:08:53,033 --> 00:08:55,160 who lacked the courage to fight for his own freedom. 133 00:08:55,243 --> 00:08:56,243 [Thunder] Are you insane? 134 00:08:56,286 --> 00:08:58,163 MLK was one of the most courageous people 135 00:08:58,246 --> 00:08:59,497 to walk the face of this earth. 136 00:08:59,581 --> 00:09:03,251 Not by fighting but by purposefully putting himself in harm's way. 137 00:09:03,835 --> 00:09:06,004 The moral authority of his cause couldn't be debated. 138 00:09:06,087 --> 00:09:07,327 Yeah, they debated that plenty. 139 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:08,980 But he was on the right side of history. 140 00:09:09,007 --> 00:09:13,344 Metas are with you or else? That's not independence or peace. 141 00:09:13,428 --> 00:09:15,430 Who are you to judge me? Huh? 142 00:09:16,681 --> 00:09:19,517 You've been on this planet for the blink of an eye. 143 00:09:20,268 --> 00:09:22,979 I'm 100 years old. 144 00:09:23,438 --> 00:09:25,690 Maybe that's why you're so negative and grouchy. 145 00:09:26,691 --> 00:09:28,777 I ought to kill you where you stand. 146 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,322 Well, why don't you let me out of here? Try it. 147 00:09:34,991 --> 00:09:36,159 Maybe later. 148 00:09:36,493 --> 00:09:37,994 [scoffs] 149 00:09:39,370 --> 00:09:41,414 Is this moment in black history over? 150 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:43,582 [chuckles] 151 00:09:58,515 --> 00:10:00,517 [hip hop song playing] 152 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:03,268 [shouts] 153 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:47,564 What assurance do I have that the ASA will honor its side of the deal? 154 00:10:48,064 --> 00:10:49,149 Above my paygrade. 155 00:10:50,024 --> 00:10:51,693 Do you have something for me or not? 156 00:10:51,776 --> 00:10:54,195 Suppose I'll have to trust you. 157 00:10:56,156 --> 00:11:00,869 Or I could wash my hands in your blood if you double-cross me. 158 00:11:04,539 --> 00:11:07,584 The briefcase is at Gambi's tailor shop. 159 00:11:08,209 --> 00:11:10,044 The tailor who came back from the dead? 160 00:11:10,128 --> 00:11:12,338 - Mmm. - Who does he work for? 161 00:11:13,006 --> 00:11:14,006 No one. 162 00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:16,968 Piece of cake. We'll be in touch. 163 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:19,220 Prepare for relocation to Gotham City. 164 00:11:20,471 --> 00:11:22,515 You'll receive your seat on the Shadow Board there. 165 00:11:22,599 --> 00:11:26,853 Gotham? Wait a minute, you're going to nuke Freeland... 166 00:11:27,604 --> 00:11:33,401 if the Markovians take it, and I just became a loose end. 167 00:11:42,285 --> 00:11:43,703 You'll never get out of here alive! 168 00:11:43,995 --> 00:11:45,914 [Lady Eve] I'm already gone, bitch! 169 00:11:50,251 --> 00:11:55,173 Des... Destiny? Call... Lala. 170 00:11:55,256 --> 00:12:00,136 Call Lala, tell him that I just got from the ASA 171 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:05,850 that we won't have a Freeland if the Markovians succeed. 172 00:12:12,023 --> 00:12:13,733 Good morning, Nurse Judas. 173 00:12:17,737 --> 00:12:20,490 - [clicking] - [chuckling] 174 00:12:25,453 --> 00:12:27,223 Of course a loser like you is still living at home 175 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:28,998 with his parents in his 40s. 176 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:31,060 Oh, my God, what did you do with them? 177 00:12:31,084 --> 00:12:32,710 Your mom will be just fine... 178 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:37,090 as long as you take me to where they're keeping the Markovian metas. 179 00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:42,136 - What about my father? - Ahh, yes. 180 00:12:42,220 --> 00:12:43,513 The Blackovian. 181 00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:46,766 I assure you he died well. 182 00:12:58,236 --> 00:12:59,445 We sure this is where Jen is? 183 00:12:59,529 --> 00:13:01,823 Not completely. Her energy signature's vanished. 184 00:13:01,906 --> 00:13:05,076 But I've picked up an energy signature similar to the ASA's meta collars. 185 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:08,788 It's there, in the middle of where the Markovian battalion has made camp. 186 00:13:08,871 --> 00:13:10,915 - That has to be it. - What has to be it? 187 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:12,959 You need him. 188 00:13:13,042 --> 00:13:15,522 You'll never get Jen out alive past a hundred Markovian troops. 189 00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:19,465 I know what I said before, but if Jen needs help, then I'm there. 190 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:21,342 What's the plan? 191 00:13:23,845 --> 00:13:25,805 "[$ighs] - [Gambi] TC!" 192 00:13:28,891 --> 00:13:29,809 [Brandon] What's wrong with him? 193 00:13:29,892 --> 00:13:33,021 Probably ASA countermeasures. We were trying to trace Odell. 194 00:13:33,104 --> 00:13:34,814 Well, the ASA had him in a pod. 195 00:13:34,897 --> 00:13:37,191 You best believe Odell knows how to deal with his powers. 196 00:13:37,275 --> 00:13:39,610 - Is he gonna be okay? - I think so. 197 00:13:39,694 --> 00:13:40,694 [phone chimes] 198 00:13:45,908 --> 00:13:48,703 - Everything okay? - Yeah, just a glitch. 199 00:13:48,911 --> 00:13:51,873 Thought someone was opening up my front door. All good. 200 00:13:53,291 --> 00:13:54,459 Let's go get Jen. 201 00:13:59,422 --> 00:14:01,549 [grunting] 202 00:14:05,053 --> 00:14:06,262 [Dr. Jace] Oh, thank God. 203 00:14:07,472 --> 00:14:11,517 I presume I'm being tracked and Odell wants you to break me out? 204 00:14:11,601 --> 00:14:14,896 My orders are to clean out the classified information in Freeland. 205 00:14:16,981 --> 00:14:17,981 [gunshofl. 206 00:14:36,167 --> 00:14:37,627 All right, keep moving, everybody. 207 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:39,545 Go, go, go. You'll be safe inside. 208 00:14:39,629 --> 00:14:42,924 - Go. Keep moving. - Hey, Henderson. 209 00:14:43,007 --> 00:14:45,968 That's a lot of bad guys, bro. What are we gonna do? 210 00:14:48,262 --> 00:14:50,681 We're gonna fight through this. Everybody, fight! 211 00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:53,601 [man] Everybody under cover! 212 00:14:53,768 --> 00:14:55,895 [hip hop song playing] 213 00:15:16,958 --> 00:15:18,209 Get off my block. 214 00:15:52,743 --> 00:15:54,787 [rumbling] 215 00:15:58,875 --> 00:16:00,460 [grunting] 216 00:16:14,015 --> 00:16:15,015 [beeping] 217 00:16:17,894 --> 00:16:20,104 - Hey, I appreciate you. - Always. 218 00:16:20,521 --> 00:16:22,773 Could still use your help. You wanna meet us at The Pit? 219 00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:24,859 Yeah. I got you. 220 00:16:24,942 --> 00:16:26,235 Gambi will direct you. 221 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:27,361 Can you fly? 222 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:32,408 [powering away] 223 00:16:36,704 --> 00:16:37,704 That's dope. 224 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:44,295 [door opening] 225 00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:55,181 You shouldn't be here. 226 00:16:55,264 --> 00:16:56,950 If we're gonna have any chance of beating Gravedigger, 227 00:16:56,974 --> 00:16:58,643 we have to strip him of his extra powers. 228 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:00,560 Can you do that? 229 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:02,355 I think so. 230 00:17:04,023 --> 00:17:06,400 My orders are to destroy all classified information. 231 00:17:07,151 --> 00:17:08,631 That includes the files you're using. 232 00:17:10,488 --> 00:17:12,698 And I imagine the information inside my head. 233 00:17:13,407 --> 00:17:14,408 Yes. 234 00:17:15,785 --> 00:17:17,453 Dr. Jace has already been dealt with. 235 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:21,873 And I'm next. 236 00:17:27,129 --> 00:17:29,674 Commander Williams, you're obviously dedicated to your duty. 237 00:17:30,508 --> 00:17:31,676 But if you try and stop me, 238 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:34,220 Markovians will kill and kidnap Americans. 239 00:17:35,096 --> 00:17:36,138 Children. 240 00:17:38,349 --> 00:17:39,642 Children like you were. 241 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:45,106 - Me? - Because you're a meta. 242 00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:48,776 I'm not a damn meta. 243 00:17:51,529 --> 00:17:52,697 I'm a soldier. 244 00:17:55,283 --> 00:17:56,283 [grunts] 245 00:18:19,056 --> 00:18:20,683 [man on radio] First Citizen Gravedigger, 246 00:18:20,766 --> 00:18:22,935 we've located an underground complex 247 00:18:23,019 --> 00:18:26,230 with an above-ground entrance that is heavily guarded. 248 00:18:26,731 --> 00:18:32,737 Excellent. That's it. That's where they're hiding my metas. 249 00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:39,845 [Lynn over radio] I'm working on the anti-booster. 250 00:18:39,869 --> 00:18:41,621 I need five minutes to render the solution. 251 00:18:41,704 --> 00:18:42,984 [Black Lightning] I'm on my way. 252 00:18:52,715 --> 00:18:54,508 I'm here to take back control. 253 00:18:54,592 --> 00:18:57,678 Maybe after I finish my last mission and kill the Pierce family. 254 00:18:58,721 --> 00:19:01,140 Starting with that pain in the ass you love so much. 255 00:19:03,184 --> 00:19:04,185 Jennifer. 256 00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:07,145 [grunting] 257 00:19:21,077 --> 00:19:22,203 Are you serious right now? 258 00:19:22,370 --> 00:19:24,580 [hip hop song playing] 259 00:20:36,193 --> 00:20:37,193 Ahhh! 260 00:20:51,876 --> 00:20:53,196 You ever hear of the rope-a-dope? 261 00:20:58,215 --> 00:20:59,300 You're the dope. 262 00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:07,600 [gasping] 263 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:12,229 [exhales] 264 00:21:27,661 --> 00:21:29,330 Why has it gotta be in the woods? 265 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:32,875 These damn bugs are eating me alive. 266 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:46,430 Hey, wait. I see resistance members guarding something. 267 00:21:46,514 --> 00:21:48,724 -Doesn't look like much- -It's not supposed to. 268 00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:51,060 - Who the hell is this? - I don't know. 269 00:21:55,564 --> 00:21:57,316 I just saw a man float down from the sky, 270 00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:59,610 land into the woods about 40 yards away. 271 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:01,320 Delta Three, you in position? 272 00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:04,156 Affirmative. Suppressive fire, sir? 273 00:22:04,448 --> 00:22:05,448 Negative. 274 00:22:05,741 --> 00:22:07,243 Looks like he's giving orders. 275 00:22:07,535 --> 00:22:10,079 That would be Gravedigger, Chief. Do not engage him. 276 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,997 Leave him for Black Lightning and Lightning. 277 00:22:12,498 --> 00:22:13,498 They're on their way. 278 00:22:13,624 --> 00:22:14,959 Arm the meta weapons. 279 00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:17,670 Engage with Black Lightning when he arrives to follow. 280 00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:23,425 What's this about? 281 00:22:27,388 --> 00:22:28,556 Light him up. 282 00:22:32,476 --> 00:22:33,602 He's still coming! 283 00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:35,020 You think we can't see that? 284 00:22:36,772 --> 00:22:39,567 - Reload! - I already have. 285 00:22:40,150 --> 00:22:41,318 Move, now! 286 00:22:45,906 --> 00:22:46,907 Sleep. 287 00:22:56,417 --> 00:22:58,777 [Gambi] It's just around the corner. I've already opened it. 288 00:22:59,253 --> 00:23:01,714 Okay, I see it. I see it. Everybody, listen to me. 289 00:23:01,797 --> 00:23:04,758 There is a safe room right through this door and I need everybody in it. 290 00:23:04,842 --> 00:23:06,176 Now. Let's go, come on. 291 00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:08,846 [Gambi] Gravedigger is on level one. He's headed to level two. 292 00:23:09,471 --> 00:23:12,224 The safe room can withstand a thermo-nuclear war, 293 00:23:12,308 --> 00:23:14,143 so hopefully it can keep Gravedigger out. 294 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:15,269 Come on. 295 00:23:15,936 --> 00:23:17,021 Let's hurry. 296 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:24,320 Wait! 297 00:23:25,988 --> 00:23:30,534 This is unnecessary. I'm here on your behalf. Trust me. 298 00:23:31,368 --> 00:23:33,913 Okay. And this ass whooping that we brought 299 00:23:33,996 --> 00:23:35,289 is for your own good, too. 300 00:23:35,623 --> 00:23:37,207 Yeah, trust us. 301 00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:43,213 You know what? Kill her. 302 00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:45,841 [yelling] 303 00:23:45,925 --> 00:23:47,343 What the hell is wrong with you? 304 00:23:48,510 --> 00:23:50,030 What the hell is wrong with you? Stop! 305 00:23:55,059 --> 00:23:56,101 Are they dead? 306 00:24:00,314 --> 00:24:03,275 They're asleep. Gravedigger's here. 307 00:24:04,985 --> 00:24:08,322 First Citizen Gravedigger, I have Black Lightning in my sights. 308 00:24:08,822 --> 00:24:09,942 Permission to take the shot? 309 00:24:11,075 --> 00:24:12,955 - [Grave Digger] Permission granted. - Drop 'em. 310 00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:20,584 [grunting] 311 00:24:25,047 --> 00:24:30,010 Been travelling these wide roads For so long. 312 00:24:30,719 --> 00:24:34,723 My heart's been far from you. 313 00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:39,895 Ten thousand miles gone. 314 00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:45,317 Oh, I wanna come near and give you... No. 315 00:24:46,694 --> 00:24:50,781 No, no, no! Henderson! 316 00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:52,366 What are you doing here, man? 317 00:24:55,244 --> 00:24:56,870 Saving your black ass. 318 00:24:59,289 --> 00:25:00,833 Get me out of here, man. 319 00:25:03,794 --> 00:25:04,878 I can't. 320 00:25:07,089 --> 00:25:08,340 What do you mean, you can't? 321 00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:11,760 Henderson, you got a hole in your chest. 322 00:25:13,554 --> 00:25:14,805 If I move you... 323 00:25:16,724 --> 00:25:20,477 Damn, I'm not ready, man. 324 00:25:30,821 --> 00:25:32,698 Thank you for saving my life, man. 325 00:25:37,411 --> 00:25:39,496 Seemed like a good idea at the time. 326 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:49,506 I can't feel my legs, man. 327 00:25:54,511 --> 00:25:56,805 Henderson, you were my best friend. 328 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:01,101 I'm sorry I let you down. 329 00:26:04,605 --> 00:26:05,731 Never. 330 00:26:07,441 --> 00:26:08,692 Never. 331 00:26:14,865 --> 00:26:16,992 Don't letdown Freeland. 332 00:26:26,085 --> 00:26:28,462 Take me to your river. 333 00:26:29,296 --> 00:26:32,716 I wanna go. 334 00:26:35,969 --> 00:26:40,933 Lord, oh, please let me know. 335 00:26:41,016 --> 00:26:43,685 Take me to your river. 336 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:47,815 I wanna know. 337 00:26:56,990 --> 00:26:58,200 Grace! 338 00:27:00,661 --> 00:27:03,163 Come on, Grace, stop. Grace, stop! 339 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:23,641 [grunting] 340 00:27:26,895 --> 00:27:30,858 Grace, come on. Oh, my God, I didn't mean to. 341 00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:35,779 - Gambi! - [Gambi] I'm here. 342 00:27:36,238 --> 00:27:39,783 We're in The Pit, and Grace, she's hurt. She's hurt bad. I don't know what to do. 343 00:27:40,701 --> 00:27:44,037 You need to stay on mission. We'll get her out when we're done. 344 00:27:50,085 --> 00:27:52,588 I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. 345 00:28:00,888 --> 00:28:03,140 - You need to lay back down. - There's no time. 346 00:28:03,974 --> 00:28:06,476 I figured out how the ASA's countermeasure kicked me out. 347 00:28:07,561 --> 00:28:09,104 I'm going to find Odell. 348 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:24,828 - Is that the anti-booster? - Yeah. 349 00:28:25,454 --> 00:28:28,457 - |'m gonna deliver it with this. - What? No, give it to me. 350 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:30,417 Jeff, he's not just gonna let you shoot him. 351 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:31,728 You concentrate on staying alive, 352 00:28:31,752 --> 00:28:33,462 and while he's busy with you, I'll do it. 353 00:28:35,923 --> 00:28:37,341 I hate to say it, but you're right. 354 00:28:39,134 --> 00:28:41,637 Jeff, I heard what happened with Henderson over the comms. 355 00:28:47,351 --> 00:28:48,518 I'm so sorry. 356 00:28:52,898 --> 00:28:54,066 What happened here? 357 00:28:56,652 --> 00:28:57,945 I don't wanna talk about it. 358 00:29:00,239 --> 00:29:04,785 Okay. Hey... you ready? 359 00:29:06,161 --> 00:29:09,081 Yeah. Let's go. 360 00:29:24,846 --> 00:29:27,391 - You again. - Well, this time, I brought a friend. 361 00:29:28,725 --> 00:29:30,811 - What's up? - You wanna know a secret? 362 00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:35,232 Volcanic lightning beats magnetic field. 363 00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:46,451 Dad, Brandon and I have Gravedigger, 364 00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:48,175 but I'm not sure how long we can hold him. 365 00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:50,872 He'll kill her. You go ahead, I'll catch up. 366 00:30:27,326 --> 00:30:28,326 Katie... 367 00:30:30,412 --> 00:30:31,913 activate self-destruct. 368 00:30:32,539 --> 00:30:35,417 - Password, please? - Rosebud. 369 00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:37,753 Self-destruct activated. 370 00:30:38,003 --> 00:30:42,007 Then put this safe house on a ten-minute fuse. 371 00:30:44,092 --> 00:30:46,386 - Then blow it. - Understood. 372 00:30:56,772 --> 00:30:59,358 You back? You gonna run again? 373 00:31:18,919 --> 00:31:19,920 Damn. 374 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,424 - You all right? - Yeah, I'm good. Are you good? 375 00:31:25,509 --> 00:31:27,928 - Mom! - Sweetie, are you okay? 376 00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:29,554 - Yeah, no, I'm good. - You okay? 377 00:31:30,806 --> 00:31:33,058 [Gambi] Lynn, Black Lightning is fighting Gravedigger. 378 00:31:33,141 --> 00:31:34,393 He needs that anti-booster. 379 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:37,104 Mom, go. Go, we're fine. Go. 380 00:31:48,824 --> 00:31:50,117 I ain't got time for this. 381 00:31:56,331 --> 00:31:58,625 What were you thinking, hmm? 382 00:32:03,713 --> 00:32:05,424 A|'1h! 383 00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,177 [scoffs] You should have gone for the head. 384 00:32:09,511 --> 00:32:10,511 [grunts] 385 00:32:13,682 --> 00:32:14,682 [grunts] 386 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:19,688 You know what I was thinking? 387 00:32:21,148 --> 00:32:23,442 You ain't too tough without those extra powers. 388 00:32:35,704 --> 00:32:37,414 You have nothing to be ashamed of. 389 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:40,500 You fought well. 390 00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:45,672 Something's wrong. The ASA system is really upset. 391 00:32:46,047 --> 00:32:47,299 It's on self-destruct. 392 00:32:48,425 --> 00:32:50,552 - Override. - Saying it can't be. 393 00:32:51,386 --> 00:32:53,180 They have 60 seconds to get out. 394 00:32:53,763 --> 00:32:57,058 Jeff, you need to get out of there. Right now. There's a self-destruct. 395 00:32:57,142 --> 00:32:59,478 The safe room will survive, but it's already been sealed. 396 00:33:00,020 --> 00:33:02,981 Everyone, you've got less than a minute to get away from The Pit. 397 00:33:03,064 --> 00:33:04,625 Okay, I'll pick him up. You get on my back. 398 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:06,610 - No, we have to go. - What? 399 00:33:06,693 --> 00:33:08,153 Well, he lives, we die. 400 00:33:08,695 --> 00:33:12,699 - Lynn, he's family. We can't leave him. - No, Jeff, we have to go, now! Come on! 401 00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:14,241 Come on. 402 00:33:41,895 --> 00:33:45,190 Now, you didn't really think I was gonna let you get away... 403 00:33:46,775 --> 00:33:49,110 Not after making me kill my own mother, did you? 404 00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:55,492 Caveat emptor. 405 00:33:58,828 --> 00:34:01,039 That shutdown only works for Painkiller. 406 00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:04,750 I'm Khalil. 407 00:34:07,003 --> 00:34:08,463 We haven't officially met. 408 00:34:19,099 --> 00:34:22,602 - Don't try to stop me. - No, you're gonna stop yourself. 409 00:34:22,936 --> 00:34:24,604 'Cause you're smart enough to realize 410 00:34:24,688 --> 00:34:26,731 that a bullet to the head is too good for him. 411 00:34:26,815 --> 00:34:30,777 He needs to be shackled, caged, humiliated... 412 00:34:31,945 --> 00:34:33,280 and then die alone. 413 00:34:37,158 --> 00:34:38,410 [gunshots] 414 00:34:38,493 --> 00:34:39,661 Khalil! 415 00:34:48,587 --> 00:34:52,090 I shot him through the spleen. Don't need it, anyway. 416 00:34:53,883 --> 00:34:58,138 He'll be all right. Unless he has internal bleeding or gets an infection. 417 00:34:58,221 --> 00:35:00,974 And if that's the case, it's God's will. 418 00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:04,936 He's all yours. 419 00:35:16,156 --> 00:35:17,616 Team two, position! 420 00:35:17,699 --> 00:35:19,451 [woman on radio] Team three in position. 421 00:35:21,494 --> 00:35:22,787 Charlie three on point. 422 00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:26,833 Fire in the hole. 423 00:35:34,549 --> 00:35:35,549 [man] Clear! 424 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:37,218 Cover this area. 425 00:35:54,027 --> 00:35:59,199 Mr. Gambi, we know you're in here. We know you have the briefcase. 426 00:35:59,282 --> 00:36:02,369 [Gambi] Can't help but notice you have your most trusted commandos with you. 427 00:36:02,452 --> 00:36:06,581 Showing off that you're in our personnel files, tailor? Brag much? 428 00:36:06,665 --> 00:36:09,668 [Gambi] Thanking you for bringing me the last ASA personnel 429 00:36:09,751 --> 00:36:11,461 that know the Pierce family secrets. 430 00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:16,591 You're welcome. They all know you very well. 431 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:20,553 - You're not gonna get out of here. - [Gambi] I've seen worse. 432 00:36:28,978 --> 00:36:31,378 - [man] Visual! Visual! - [man 2] Negative. He's on the move. 433 00:36:32,482 --> 00:36:33,650 [man] We have visual. 434 00:36:33,733 --> 00:36:36,444 [device beeping] 435 00:36:37,737 --> 00:36:38,737 Flash out! 436 00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:40,240 [man] Flashing! 437 00:36:42,992 --> 00:36:44,035 [man 2] Go! 438 00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:50,834 North side clear! 439 00:36:55,171 --> 00:36:56,214 [man] Nothing here, sir! 440 00:36:57,340 --> 00:36:58,442 [man 2] He's here somewhere. 441 00:36:58,466 --> 00:36:59,968 - On me. - Okay. 442 00:37:03,596 --> 00:37:04,681 All clear. 443 00:37:06,266 --> 00:37:07,267 We're left. 444 00:37:09,436 --> 00:37:10,437 Pulling. 445 00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:27,870 TC? 446 00:37:30,415 --> 00:37:31,541 You Okay? 447 00:37:32,709 --> 00:37:33,709 Come on. 448 00:37:34,502 --> 00:37:35,587 | QOt you. 449 00:37:38,381 --> 00:37:39,381 Come on. 450 00:37:40,425 --> 00:37:42,761 - You're doing good. - Okay. 451 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:48,975 Look, so, what's your assessment? 452 00:37:51,895 --> 00:37:56,107 She's in a coma. I'm sorry, honey, but you know how this goes. 453 00:37:56,691 --> 00:37:58,902 It could be ten minutes. It could be ten years. 454 00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:04,574 And there's no data to determine how the shapeshifting might affect it. 455 00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:08,036 No... Come on, there's gotta be something that you can do. 456 00:38:10,413 --> 00:38:13,625 She needs to be some place where she can have constant care. 457 00:38:16,795 --> 00:38:18,004 And we can pray. 458 00:38:25,678 --> 00:38:28,115 [man on TV] The last of our troops are returning from Freeland. 459 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:30,266 The Americans have declined to keep prisoners of war, 460 00:38:30,350 --> 00:38:32,602 but demanded reparations for the damage to Freeland. 461 00:38:32,685 --> 00:38:34,896 The Prime Minister has flatly refused. 462 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:36,940 Meanwhile, the Americans are conducting hearings 463 00:38:37,023 --> 00:38:39,984 to investigate the provocation that made our raid necessary. 464 00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:41,945 Thanks, Ma. 465 00:38:42,028 --> 00:38:44,256 [woman on TV] The commission has been convened by Congress 466 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,907 to look into the Freeland conflict. 467 00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:48,910 A heinous and brutal attack on American soil. 468 00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:52,288 Among others, the vigilante known as Black Lightning 469 00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:53,957 is expected to testify. 470 00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:58,044 The neon Negro's about to get his 15 minutes of fame. 471 00:38:59,921 --> 00:39:02,966 He ain't nothing but a snitch, just like you. 472 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:10,181 Well, my brother, looks like it's time for me to pack my bags. 473 00:39:11,099 --> 00:39:12,767 Things seem copacetic back home. 474 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:16,271 Plus, I got a date with a beautiful divorcée doctor. 475 00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:21,234 She's gonna help me get the crown of Freeland that I am destined to wear. 476 00:39:22,944 --> 00:39:24,988 [Lynn] I'm pleased to report that every metahuman 477 00:39:25,071 --> 00:39:26,698 in Freeland has been stabilized. 478 00:39:28,491 --> 00:39:30,785 And though I was able to fix their bodies, 479 00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:32,662 their lives remain shattered. 480 00:39:32,745 --> 00:39:36,291 They are outsiders in need of reassimilation into society, 481 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:38,418 an education, a place to live. 482 00:39:38,918 --> 00:39:42,130 [woman] I have your recommendations here for a boarding school 483 00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:44,591 keyed to the needs of Freeland's metahumans. 484 00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:47,218 This congressional commission hereby ratifies your plan. 485 00:39:48,261 --> 00:39:50,722 - Thank you. - The commission calls Black Lightning. 486 00:39:53,641 --> 00:39:55,852 So, what happened in Freeland was not random. 487 00:39:56,686 --> 00:40:00,023 It was the latest in a long, reprehensible history 488 00:40:00,106 --> 00:40:01,649 of experimenting on black people. 489 00:40:02,025 --> 00:40:04,736 From trial-and-error surgeries on women in bondage 490 00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:07,697 to giving men syphilis at Tuskegee, 491 00:40:08,197 --> 00:40:12,285 and now, to decades of illegal human experimentation 492 00:40:12,952 --> 00:40:14,287 to create metahumans. 493 00:40:19,834 --> 00:40:21,628 All the evidence is in this briefcase. 494 00:40:23,004 --> 00:40:24,714 The chair recognizes Judge Isabella. 495 00:40:25,131 --> 00:40:28,718 Black Lightning, where did you get that briefcase? 496 00:40:29,218 --> 00:40:30,511 From the ASA. 497 00:40:30,595 --> 00:40:33,431 Now, what you're looking at is the master control 498 00:40:33,514 --> 00:40:36,517 for the ASA's operation on metahumans. 499 00:40:37,894 --> 00:40:39,854 The chair recognizes Judge Von Eeden. 500 00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:41,856 Black Lightning, I assume the information 501 00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:44,108 in there is encrypted, is it not? 502 00:40:44,692 --> 00:40:46,986 It was, but it's been cracked. 503 00:40:47,570 --> 00:40:50,657 And it will reveal a crime against humanity 504 00:40:50,740 --> 00:40:52,533 orchestrated by the ASA. 505 00:40:52,617 --> 00:40:55,954 And brought to its height with Agent Odell in Freeland. 506 00:40:56,412 --> 00:40:58,957 As chair of the commission on the Freeland conflict, 507 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:00,166 I promise you this. 508 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:02,502 Agent Odell is being detained, 509 00:41:02,585 --> 00:41:04,785 and he will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 510 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:08,424 Furthermore, the ASA will be disbanded, effective tomorrow. 511 00:41:11,135 --> 00:41:13,429 For security reasons, everyone will remain where they are 512 00:41:13,513 --> 00:41:16,391 until Black Lightning, Thunder, and Lightning have left the building. 513 00:41:17,517 --> 00:41:19,185 The lobby has been cleared for your exit. 514 00:41:30,989 --> 00:41:34,409 I don't know what I'm missing. 515 00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:39,122 I don't know what I'm missing 516 00:41:39,205 --> 00:41:44,168 I just want to believe in something 517 00:41:44,252 --> 00:41:48,214 I don't care if right or wrong. 518 00:41:51,050 --> 00:41:55,596 I just want to believe in something 519 00:41:55,680 --> 00:42:00,143 I cannot make it on my own 520 00:42:03,312 --> 00:42:05,314 [closing theme music playing]