All language subtitles for Black.Lightning.S03E16

Previously
Black Lightning...

[Lynn] I left the formula
for the meta-boost serum
in Markovia.

What happens
if Gravedigger can have
any meta power he wants?

He'd be unstoppable.

War is coming to Freeland.

Take this peace offering.

Use it to burn down
the ASA for what they
did to my city.

Gravedigger is en route
with a battalion of troops.

The powers that be
have decided that

they would rather nuke Freeland
than let Gravedigger win.

The government
is gonna bomb Freeland
if we don't beat Gravedigger?

The DNA sample
I took from Gravedigger
matches your DNA.

Gravedigger's your great-uncle.

Gravedigger's at the perimeter.

Where's Jennifer? Jen?

[Lightning screams]

We got a bogie at 9 o'clock.
What is that?

That's Jen.

[Black Lightning]
Gambi, she's alive!

Good for her.

[grunts]

[R&B song playing]

[both grunting]

Hold it.
What has gotten into you?

You're coming on hard.
[chuckles]

Hold up.

Electrical powers...

Young enough
to be your daughter.

[chuckles]

That's baby Lightning.

Mmm, that's why you mad, huh?

Come on.

[grunts]

[shouting]

[exclaims]
Can't believe
you got up.

[exhales]

What you can't do,
you'll do for blood, right?

You and I are blood.

That's funny.

Black Lightning
continues to fight
for the city of Freeland,

which is suffering from
a full-scale invasion
from Markovian forces.

Police [sighs]

and fire stations
have been blown up.

Citizens are being shot down
in the street.

And the ASA's
nowhere to be found.

Is Black Lightning
the only line of defense?

Has the government
abandoned Freeland?

I'm Jamillah Olsen,
reporting live from Mark...

[exclaims]

[gasping]

-[earpiece beeps]
-Now.

[Black Lightning]
Let's stop the madness.

We're family.
We can work it out.

Man, stop.
We ain't related.

No?

Why am I
a stable meta like you?

I know you were born
out of wedlock.

Your father's name
was Cassius.

You got that from the ASA.

I know you only met
your half-brother twice.

Once when you were young,

and once right before
you both went off to war.

His name was Ben.

My grandfather.

[chuckles]

Look here, kinfolk.

You ain't gonna
talk your way
out of this one.

I'm on a mission.

And I'm gonna complete it.

So you can surrender now.

You'll be treated nicely.

Just like your baby girl.

Where is she?

Ah!

She's a prisoner of war.

-Where is she?
-I'm giving you one last chance
to surrender, boy.

[electricity crackling]

[grunts]

[exclaims]

Yeah, you feel that?

-[groans]
-Those are microwaves.

Cooking you from the inside.

That's it.

Nothing to be ashamed about.

[grunts]

[Gravedigger] You fought well.

Now stay down.

[groans]

[Gravedigger screams]

[panting]

Rangers.

Prepare for glory.

♪ Last night
I saw a superhero
He was black ♪

♪ He said
"This is for the street
Black Lightning's back" ♪

[rap song playing
on headphones]

Grayle, Gambi.

We have to move
the meta kids to the Pit

to keep them away
from Gravedigger.

It's the most secure place
in all of Freeland.

Thunder's on her way
to help you escort them.

Have them ready to travel.

Copy you.

Grayle, what's up?

We have to prep to move.

Okay, let's do it.

Katie, are you still jamming
all transmissions?

[Katie]
Yes, this video
will go unseen.

Sir, without our
perimeter barrier,

Markovian forces
will overrun the city.

First will come
a shock-and-awe strike
to disrupt everything.

Then they'll secure
an exfiltration route.

While the elite
Markovian Rangers

recon the city
to locate Freeland's metas.

No longer our problem.
We're pulling out of Freeland.

Commander, leave nothing
classified behind.
I want total closure.

Yes, sir.

Major, find the briefcase
and bring it to me, or...

Destroy it.

Yes, sir.

Did I stutter?

Gambi, I need you.

I'm here.

The Markovians took Jen.

I need you to find out
where they took her.

I'm on it.

Odell isn't at the Pit.

He must be at
a safehouse somewhere.

Okay.

Okay, well, uh,
I'll start talking to
the cameras around the city.

-I'll find him.
-Thanks.

I need to concentrate on using
the ASA's system to search for
Lightning's energy signature.

Copy you.

Come on.

[Gravedigger]
It's not gonna work.

My name is Tyson Sykes.

I'm in command here.

And the first thing
you need to understand is,
I'm not your enemy.

You could've fooled me
with the whole kidnapping
and invasion thing.

[scoffs]

Actions made necessary
by the continuing treachery
of the US government.

I have been empowered
by the nation of Markovia

to establish an independent
meta-human state
inside their borders.

A place where
meta-humans can be free.

Live normal lives.

Mmm-mmm. You need to sell
that trash somewhere else.

Trash?

Little girl,

you don't know
a damn thing
about this country.

This country was built
by and for rich white men.

That's never gonna change.

There's been plenty of change.

Not enough, sure,
but it's disrespectful to
the sacrifices of our ancestors

to say there's been none.

Change. Oh, you mean Obama?

And Martin Luther King?

Well, seems to me

that Obama was
bought and paid for

by rich liberals and
multinational corporations,

and Martin Luther King,
well, he was a coward

who lacked the courage
to fight for his own freedom.

Are you insane?

MLK was one of
the most courageous people
to walk the face of this Earth.

Not by fighting,
but by purposefully putting
himself in harm's way.

The moral authority
of his cause
couldn't be debated.

Yeah, they debated
that plenty.

But he was on
the right side of history.

"Metas are with you,
or else."

That's not independence
or peace.

Who are you
to judge me, huh?

You've been on this planet
for the blink of an eye.

I'm 100 years old.

Maybe that's why
you're so negative and grouchy.

I ought to kill you
where you stand.

Why don't you let me
out of here?

Try it.

Maybe later.

[scoffs]

Is this moment
in black history over?

[chuckles]

[indistinct conversation]

[rap song playing]

[exclaims]

[screams]

What assurance do I have
that the ASA will honor
its side of the deal?

Above my paygrade.

You have something
for me or not?

Suppose I'll have to
trust you.

Or I could wash my hands
in your blood
if you double cross me.

The briefcase is at
Gambi's tailor shop.

The tailor who came back
from the dead?

Mmm.

Who does he work for?

No one.

Piece of cake.
We'll be in touch.

Prepare for relocation
to Gotham City.

You'll receive your seat
on the Shadow Board there.

Gotham? Wait a minute.

You're gonna nuke Freeland

if the Markovians take it.

And I just became a loose end.

[groans]

[grunts]

You'll never get
out of here alive.

[Lady Eve]
I'm already gone, bitch.

[breathing heavily]

-[earpiece beeps]
-Des... Destiny.

[groans] Call...

Call Lala.

Call Lala, tell him that
I just got from the ASA

that we won't have Freeland
if the Markovians succeed.

Good morning, Nurse Judas.

[clicking]

Of course, a loser like you
is still living at home
with his parents in his 40s.

Oh, my God.
What'd you do with them?

Your mom will be just fine,

as long as you take me
to where they're keeping
the Markovian metas.

What about my father?

Ah, yes.

The Blackovian.

I assure you he died well.

[computers beeping]

You sure this is
where Jen is?

Not completely.

Her energy signature's vanished

but I picked up
an energy signature
similar to ASA's meta collars.

It's there, in the middle of
where the Markovian battalion
has made camp.

That has to be it.

What has to be it?

You need him.

You'll never get Jen out alive
past a hundred
Markovian troops.

I know what I said before,
but if Jen needs help,
then I'm there.

What's the plan?

[Gambi] TC!

[Brandon]
What's wrong with him?

Probably ASA countermeasures.

We were trying
to trace Odell.

The ASA had him in a pod.

You best believe Odell knows
how to deal with his powers.

Is he gonna be okay?

I think so.

Everything okay?

Yeah. Just a glitch.

Thought someone was
opening up my front door.

All good.

Let's go get Jen.

[Dr. Jace grunting]

[Dr. Jace] Oh, thank God.

I presume I'm being tracked,
and Odell wants you
to break me out?

My orders are to clean out
the classified information
in Freeland.

[grunts]

All right,
keep moving, everybody.

Go, go, go.
You'll be safe inside. Go.

Keep moving!

Hey, Henderson.
That's a lot of...
That's a lot of bad guys, bro.

What we gonna do?

-We're gonna fight, Two-Bits.
Everybody fight!
-Huh?

[screams]

Get off my block.

[loud rumbling]

[mouthing] Daddy.

-Hey, I appreciate you.
-Always.

We could still use
your help.

You wanna meet us
at the Pit?

Yeah. I got you.

Gambi will direct you.

Can you fly?

[electricity crackling]

Shh.

That's dope.

You shouldn't be here.

If we're gonna have any chance
of beating Gravedigger,

we have to strip him
of his extra powers.

Can you do that?

I think so.

My orders are to destroy
all classified information.

That includes
the files you're using.

And, I imagine,
the information inside my head.

Yes.

Dr. Jace has already
been dealt with.

[breath trembling]

And I'm next.

Commander Williams,
you're obviously dedicated
to your duty.

But if you try and stop me,
Markovians will kill
and kidnap Americans.

Children.

Children, like you were.

Me?

Because you're a meta.

I'm not a damn meta.

I'm a soldier.

[grunts]

[Markovian Ranger]
First Citizen, Gravedigger.

We've located
an underground complex

with an above-ground entrance
that is heavily guarded.

Excellent.

That's it.

That's where
they're hiding my metas.

I'm working on
the anti-booster.

I need five minutes
to render the solution.

[Black Lightning]
I'm on my way.

[upbeat hip-hop song playing]

I'm here to
take back control.

Maybe after I finish
my last mission
and kill the Pierce family.

Starting with that
pain in the ass
you love so much.

Jennifer.

[song continues playing]

[both grunting]

[groans]

Are you serious right now?

[grunts]

[exclaims]

[shouts]

[grunting]

[screams]

[screams]

You ever hear of
the rope a dope?

You're the dope.

[groaning]

[exhales deeply]

[sighs] Why's it gotta be
in the woods?

These damn bugs
are eating me alive.

Hey, wait.

I see Resistance members
guarding something.

Doesn't look like much.

It's not supposed to.

-Who the hell is this?
-I don't know.

I just saw a man float down
from the sky and land into
the woods about 40 yards away.

[Gravedigger] Delta three,
you in position?

Affirmative.
Suppressive fire, sir?

Negative.

Looks like he's giving orders.

That would be Gravedigger,
Chief, do not engage him.

Leave him for
Black Lightning
and Lightning.

They're on their way.

[Gravedigger]
Arm the meta weapons.

Engage with Black Lightning
when he arrives to follow.

[Inspector Henderson]
What's this about?

Light him up!

He's still coming.

You think we can't see that?

Reload!

I already have.

Sleep.

It's just
around the corner.
I've already opened it.

Okay, I see it, I see it.

Everybody listen to me.
There is a safe room
right through this door,

and I need everybody
in it now.

Let's go. Come on.

[Gambi]
Gravedigger's on level one.
He's headed to level two.

-Go, go, go.
-The safe room can withstand
a thermonuclear war.

So hopefully,
it can keep Gravedigger out.

Come on, come on, come on.

Hurry.

Wait.

This is unnecessary.

I'm here on your behalf,

trust me.

Okay.

And this ass-whooping
that we brought,
it's for your own good, too.

Yeah, trust us.

You know what?

Kill her.

[Grace grunts]

What the hell
is wrong with you?

What the hell
is wrong with you? Stop!

Are they dead?

They're asleep.

Gravedigger's here.

[Markovian Ranger]
First Citizen, Gravedigger.

I have Black Lightning
in my sight.

Permission to take the shot?

[Gravedigger]
Permission granted.

[Inspector Henderson]
Drop them.

[gunshots]

[grunts]

No.

No, no.

No, no. No!
No, Henderson!

What are you
doing here, man?

[groans]

Saving your black ass.

Get me out of here, man.

I can't.

What you mean you can't?

Henderson, you got
a hole in your chest.

-[groans]
-If I move you...

Damn.

Damn, I'm not ready, man.

[sniffles]

Thank you for
saving my life, man.

Seemed like a good idea
at the time.

[gasps softly]

I can't feel my legs, man.

Henderson, man,
you're my best friend.

I'm sorry I let you down.

Never, man.

Never.

Now, you don't
let down Freeland.

[gasps softly]

[crying]

[both grunting]

[groaning]

Grace.

[straining]

No, Grace. Stop.

Grace, stop!

[breathing heavily]

[Grace shouting]

[grunts]

Grace. Grace. Come on.

[sniffles] Oh, my God.
I didn't mean to...

[breathing heavily]

Gambi. Gambi. Gambi.

I'm here.

We're in the Pit.
And Grace, she's hurt.
She's hurt bad.

I don't know what to do.

You need to stay on mission.

We'll get her out
when we're done.

[crying]

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

Whoa, you need to
lay back down.

There's no time.

I figured out how the ASA's
countermeasure kicked me out.

I'm going to find Odell.

[computers beeping]

Is that the anti-booster?

Yeah.

I'm gonna deliver it
with this.

No. No. Give it to me.

Jeff, he's not just gonna
let you shoot him.

You concentrate
on staying alive.

And while he's busy
with you, I'll do it.

[sighs]

I hate to say it,
but you're right.

Jeff, I heard what happened
with Henderson over the comms.

I'm so sorry.

What happened here?

I don't wanna talk about it.

Okay.

Hey.

You ready?

Yeah.

Let's go.

[Gravedigger scoffs]

You again.

Well, this time
I brought a friend.

What's up?

Wanna know a secret?

Volcanic lightning
beats magnetic field.

[all grunting]

[straining]

[Lightning]
Dad, Brandon and I
have Gravedigger.

But I'm not sure
how long we can hold him.

He'll kill her.

You go ahead.
I'll catch up.

[grunts]

[panting]

Katie.

Activate self-destruct.

Password, please.

Rosebud.

Self-destruct activated.

And put this safehouse
on a ten-minute fuse,

then blow it.

Understood.

[grunts]

Oh, you're back, huh?

You gonna run again?

[both grunting]

[groans]

Damn.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm good.
Are you good?

Mom.

-Sweetie, are you okay?
-Yeah, Mom, I'm good.

-You okay?
-Yeah, I'm good.

Lynn, Black Lightning
is fighting Gravedigger.

He needs that anti-booster.

Mom, go.

Go, we're fine. Go.

[both grunting]

I ain't got time for this.

-[grunts]
-[groans]

What were you thinking, hmm?

-[gunshot]
-[grunts]

[scoffs] You should've
gone for the head.

[straining]

[exclaims]

You know what I was thinking?

You ain't too tough
without those extra powers.

[screams]

[gasping]

You have nothing
to be ashamed of.

You fought well.

Something's wrong.

The ASA system
is really, really upset.

It's on self-destruct.

Override.

Saying it can't be.

They have 60 seconds
to get out.

Jeff, you need to get
out of there, right now.
There's a self-destruct.

The safe room will survive,
but it's already been sealed.

Everyone, you've got
less than a minute
to get away from the Pit.

Okay, I'll pick him up.
You get on my back.

No, we have to go.

-What?
-He lives, we die.

Lynn, he's family.
We can't leave him.

No, Jeff.
We have to go now.
Come on!

Come on.

[sighs]

Now, you didn't really think
I was gonna let you get away?

Not after making me kill
my own mother, did you?

Caveat emptor.

That shut-down
only works for Painkiller.

I'm Khalil.

We haven't officially met.

Don't try to stop me.

No, you're gonna stop yourself.

Because you're smart enough
to realize

that a bullet to the head
is too good for him.

He needs to be shackled,

caged, humiliated,

and then die alone.

-[gunshots]
-[gasps]

[Black Lightning] Khalil!

I shot him
through the spleen.

Don't need it, anyway.

He'll be all right.

No. Unless he has
internal bleeding
or gets an infection.

And if that's the case,

it's God's will.

He's all yours.

[indistinct
radio conversations]

[Commando 1] Fire in the hole.

[Commando 2] Clear!

[Commando 1]
Cover this area.

[Major Grey] Mr. Gambi.

We know you're in here.

We know you have
the briefcase.

[Gambi] Can't help but notice
you have your most trusted
Commandos with you.

Showing off that you're in
our personnel files, tailor?

Brag much?

[Gambi] Thanking you.

For bringing me the last
ASA personnel to know
the Pierce family's secrets.

You're welcome.

They all know you very well.

You're not gonna
get out of here.

[Gambi] I've seen worse.

[gunshots]

[Commando 1]
Visual. Visual.

[Commando 2]
He's on the move.

[keypad beeps]

Flash out.

-[grenade clatters]
-[Commando]
Flash in.

Go, go.

All sides clear.

[Commando]
Nothing here, sir.

He's here somewhere.

-Help me.
-Okay.

All clear.

My left.

Pulling.

TC!

You okay?

[coughs]

Come on.

-[coughing]
-I got you.

Come on.

You're doing good.

-[groans]
-You're doing good.

Look, so what's
your assessment?

She's in a coma.

I'm sorry, honey,
but you know
how this goes.

It could be ten minutes,
it could be ten years.

And there's no data

to determine
how the shape-shifting
might affect it.

No.

Come on, come on, come on.
There's gotta be something
that you can do.

She needs to be someplace
where she can have
constant care.

And we can pray.

The last of our troops are
returning from Freeland.

The Americans have declined
to keep prisoners of war,

but demanded reparations
for the damage to Freeland.

The Prime Minister
has flatly refused.

Meanwhile, the Americans
are conducting hearings
to investigate

the provocation that
made our raid necessary...

Thanks, Ma.

[female reporter on TV]
The Commission has been
convened by Congress

to look into
the Freeland conflict.

A heinous and brutal attack
on American soil.

Among others, the vigilante
known as Black Lightning

is expected to testify.

[scoffs] The Neon Negro's about
to get his 15 minutes of fame.

He ain't nothing but a snitch.

Just like you.

Well, my brother,

looks like it's time for me
to pack my bags.

Things seem copacetic
back home.

Plus, I got a date with
a beautiful divorcee doctor.

She's gonna help me
get the crown of Freeland
that I am destined to wear.

I am pleased to report
that every meta-human in
Freeland has been stabilized.

And though I was able
to fix their bodies,

their lives remain shattered.

They're outsiders,
in need of reassimilation
into society,

and education,
a place to live.

I have
your recommendations here
for a boarding school

keyed to the needs of
Freeland's meta-humans.

This Congressional Commission
hereby ratifies your plan.

Thank you.

The Commission calls
Black Lightning.

So what happened
in Freeland
was not random.

It was the latest
in a long,
reprehensible history

of experimenting
on black people.

From trial-and-error surgeries
on women in bondage,

to giving men syphilis
at Tuskegee,

and now to decades of
illegal human experimentation

to create meta-humans.

All the evidence
is in this briefcase.

The Chair recognizes
Judge Isabella.

Black Lightning,
where did you get
that briefcase?

[Black Lightning]
From the ASA.

Now, what you're looking at
is the master control
for the ASA's operation

on meta-humans.

The Chair recognizes
Judge von Eeden.

Black Lightning, I assume
the information in there
is encrypted, is it not?

It was.

But it's been cracked.

And it will reveal
a crime against humanity

orchestrated by the ASA,

and brought to its height
with Agent Odell and Freeland.

As Chair of the Commission
on the Freeland conflict,
I promise you this,

Agent Odell is being detained,
and he will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law.

Furthermore, the ASA
will be disbanded,
effective tomorrow.

For security reasons,
everyone will remain
where they are

until Black Lightning,
Thunder, and Lightning
have left the building.

The lobby has been cleared
for your exit.

[closing theme music playing]
-Hey.
-Gravedigger
just made landfall.

He's 30 klicks outside
of Freeland and headed
towards the perimeter.

All right. If anyone asks,
you don't know where I am.

-Are you sure
you wanna do this?
-Yes, TC, I have to.

If I don't, I might lose
everyone I care about.

♪ Feelin' just don't
Stop it now ♪

♪ Baby, yeah, we can go up ♪

♪ Baby, yeah, we can go up ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ This time I know
It's the real thing ♪

♪ And I can't explain
What I'm feeling ♪

♪ I'm lost for words
I'm in a daze... ♪

[cell phones chiming]

Gravedigger's at the perimeter.

It's go time.

Wait, where's Jennifer? Jen?

[gasps]

-She's not here.
-Oh, damn it.

Gambi, send me Jennifer's 20.

Grace, Anissa,
meet me at the perimeter.

You two, you're on standby.

If you tell me
where Tobias will be

when he comes
back to Freeland,

then Devonte won't hit you
no more, Dr. Blair.

-Does that work for you?
-[groaning]

[exhales sharply]

I don't know where Tobias is.

I swear, I don't.

I would tell you.

[shushing softly]

[crying]

I almost believe you.

Make sure.

[Breathing shakily]

-[Dr. Blair whimpering]
-[blows landing]

[Devonte] Where he at?

Jennifer?
-TC.

Yeah. I don't really
know you that well,

but this seems
really dangerous.

That's 'cause it is.
That's how this works.

-Sometimes you have
to do dangerous stuff.
-Okay.

Well, be careful. Be safe.

Thanks.

And hey,
if things don't work out,

just tell my family I love 'em.

All right, little girl,
I'm gonna say this one time.

[chuckles]
"Little girl."

This little girl's
about to kick your ass.

I didn't come here
to fight you.

I came here to liberate
all the metas in Freeland.

No, you didn't.
You're here to kidnap metas,

whether they want
to go with you or not,

and I'm not gonna
let that happen.

You don't understand
what's happening here.

They have...
experimented on us.

They've held us
in captivity for decades.

They've stolen our lives.

How can you stay here--

[groaning]

[laughing]

Okay.

I guess we're gonna fight.

[Lightning grunts]

[Gravedigger grunts]

Gambi, perimeter's going down.

We got a bogie at nine o'clock.
What is that?

-I'm checking now.
-What is it, a missile?

Hold on.

Oh, my God, Jeff... that's Jen!

I got you, baby girl.
I got you.

Are you getting anything?

No. No, I got nothing.

You have to restart her heart.

Shock her!

Come on, baby girl.
You gotta fight! Fight!

All right, I got a pulse.
I got a pulse.

Gambi, she's alive!
She's alive.

Good for her.

[closing theme music playing]

in one man.

Me.

[closing theme music playing]