All language subtitles for Black Lightning s04e07_English

[Khalil] Previously on
Black Lightning...

I love you.
You're the best thing
that has ever happened to me.

[Agent Odell] Painkiller,
this is your target.
Terminate with prejudice.

Yes, sir.

We're going to kill
the Pierces.
Each and every one.

We have the Painkiller
operating system firewalled.

You're nothing without me.

[Jefferson] It's always
going to be inside you.

-Hey!
-[Khalil]
You're not even real.

We'll see after I finish
my last mission
and kill the Pierce family.

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

Jennifer.

[Khalil] Promise me
you won't tell her
where I am.

Painkiller is still
inside of me.

The kill order
is still inside of him.

I want you to watch her die.

-[Jennifer gasps]
-No!

[screaming]

[coughing]

Does Jen know
you're leaving?

I'm not too good with goodbyes.

-Where are you gonna go?
-I don't know.

But I got to get
out of Freeland.

I had your name removed
from the ASA register

so you'll have a chance
at somewhat of a normal life.

["The Other Lover" playing]

[Khalil] "There's one.

The path has been corrected.

Go forth and conquer."

These words came to me
in meditation

and led me here,

to Akashic Valley,

a place where I came to find
peace of mind and body.

A place where
I pieced together a family
and built a new life,

so that I can conquer
my own duality.

Me, Khalil, who wants
peace and vengeance.

And Painkiller...

who just wants a bloody war.

♪ Understand
That we're strumming ♪

♪ Why understand
Where we're going ♪

♪ I understand life
Be flowing ♪

♪ Dreaming as you be
Talking to me ♪

♪ About where we'll be

♪ I'm wearing your gold You whispering that it's over ♪

♪ To yourself It's creeping up my shoulder ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ I understand where
We're coming from ♪

♪ Understand my devotion

♪ Don't understand
What you're doing ♪

♪ I understand that
It's plain to see ♪

♪ See

♪ But not clear to me

♪ Where the river flow
That's where I wanna go ♪

♪ With you, with you
With you ♪

♪ I just know that we are...

Welcome, Anissa
and Grace Pierce.
My name is Imani.

I will be your concierge
for your stay with us.

We are so pleased that
you have chosen
the Black Velvet

as the place to celebrate
your honeymoon.

If there is anything
that you need,
just say my name

and I will be here
to assist you. Enjoy.

♪ Last night
I saw a superhero
He was black ♪

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

[R&B music playing]

♪ There's a treacherous man
Living inside of me ♪

♪ He don't need your eyes
Or your sympathy ♪

♪ He don't wanna be loved
Unless it's for free ♪

♪ He cuts down his friends
Like Amazon trees ♪

♪ In the jungle of love
He's Dr. Freeze ♪

♪ He got a nasty habit
Yes, he got a disease ♪

♪ That he gave to a lovely girl Named Tessa ♪

♪ She was his
Therapist girlfriend ♪

♪ She said, "Let 'em in
Ooh, let 'em in" ♪

Whoa! Damn, bruh.

Give a warning before you shine
the sun in our eyes.
All right?

Apologies.

-You good, babe.
-Yeah, I'm good.

Sheesh.

I'm going to the bathroom.

-Hey, man,
can I have the bill?
-Yeah, of course.

[groans]

Come on. Come on.

You gonna help me
or are you just
gonna stand there?

Come on. Come on. [grunting]

Have a good one.

[audience applauding]

[men groaning]

[groans]

[gasps]

Give her to me.

I'm not letting
that Pierce bitch
get away this time.

That's one. But you don't
really want to kill Anissa.

That's Odell.
He put that in your head.

I know that.
But what you don't seem
to understand

is that until I kill
every damn Pierce,

I'm in a constant
state of pain,
a constant rage.

And I've told you
the war is over.

For you, bruh! Not for me.
You know, as soon as
I'm done with that bitch,

-I'm coming after you.
-Two.

And why me?
Odell's the one who
created you this way.

[laughs]

Odell didn't create me.

There is no light
without shadow...

no sun without moon.

I was already buried
deep inside of you, Khalil.

Odell, he just weaponized
all that ghetto pedigree anger,

Black boy horror movie rage
that you tried to hide

by being the good running boy
with the pretty smile.

I said give her to me.

Nah, that bitch is dead.

[sighs]

Well...

She's not a bitch.

["Parade" playing]

[exhales sharply]

♪ Well, well, well, well

That's three.

♪ Is it the way I move?

♪ That's why you think
I'm bulletproof ♪

♪ Or is it in my cool?

♪ You think I'll put
A spell on you ♪

♪ Oh, let it rain

[vocalizing]

♪ It won't rain on my parade

♪ Black girl, Black girl
Don't lie to me ♪

♪ Tell me where did you sleep
Last night? ♪

♪ In the pines, in the pines

♪ Where the sun don't shine

♪ I shiver
The whole night through ♪

♪ Black girl, Black girl
Where will you go? ♪

♪ To the place
Where the cold wind blows ♪

Freeze-frame.

What happened?

I think you can see
what happened.

What are you really asking me?

How did he get out?

He almost killed her.

The logic bomb
I put in your head
gives you control.

It works even better
with your meditation practice.

But he's always looking
for ways to override it.

I'm assuming
she's one of the targets
Odell implanted in Painkiller?

-Yeah, that's right.
-Yeah.

Logic bomb wasn't built
to override a kill order.

A kill order
is like a GPS.

If the Pierces are anywhere
near him, he can sense them.

That's why you being
all the way out here
was such a good thing,

so you'd never see
the Pierces again.

How the hell
did she end up here?

I guess the creator
had other plans.

[scoffs] Yeah.

Hell of a coincidence.

There's no such thing
as coincidences, Philk.

Synchronicity,
energy and intent
combined to create

a spontaneous manifestation
of one's thoughts.

Hell, all Painkiller thinks
about is the kill order.

And he's even more intent
on killing Anissa because...

Because he failed his mission
in that previous encounter.

He bought her here.

[sighs] Look,
when the ASA was brought down,
you were out on your ass.

No one wanted anything
to do with anyone
who worked for 'em.

I found you here, damn near
homeless and an alcoholic.

And I appreciate that.

Back then, I asked you
one simple question.

Can you fix what's in my brain?
And what was your answer?

-Yes.
-So I bought this building,

built this lab
to your specification.

Look, all I'm saying
is you got what you wanted
out of the deal,

the lab, the bar, so you could
look in the face of your demons

and overcome them everyday,
you said.

Well, bruh, I still have
a demon in my head

and he almost
killed Jennifer's sister.

Look, I understand
why you're upset

and I'm working on it.
You know that.

Now that we have some data
and we've seen what this thing
does when he sees a target,

it gives me something
different to work with.

But Khalil,
this is the first time

Painkiller has shown up
in a year...

so give me some credit.

And yeah, you did buy
all of this stuff.

But you wouldn't have know
about the ASA's hidden millions
if it weren't for me.

[laughs]

I think I was pretty generous
with your cut considering
I took all the risk.

Yeah, man.
I'm not debating that,
but I need you to hear this.

I'm not your damn
Asian tech savior, man.

You need to also realize that
as much as you saved me,

I've done the same for you.

So back up a bit, bro.

[coughs]

Khalil, she's waking up!

Hey.

Happy to see you awake.

I believe you're going
to be all right.

I'm Donald.
I'm here to make sure
you keep breathing.

[groans]

Hey, that's not Painkiller,
that's Khalil.

He's not going to hurt you,
I promise.

[breathing heavily]

There were a few
good candidates.

Uh, the bad ones
we tranquilized
and we left on the strip.

I mean, they won't remember
anything happened.

They'll think they just had
a few extra drinks
and a good time.

You talk too much.
Where's Nick?

Uh, Nick.
Well, Nick is kinda dead.

[sighs]

-You can't be this dumb.
-Uh...

How?

Well, we were dragging
a subject into the van
when a fight broke out.

And some big Black guy
came out of nowhere

and he poisoned Nick
with one blow to the chest.

He sent him flying backward.

Poisoned?
Did you get a picture of him?

My camera doesn't take photos
of faces, it scans brains.

That's how we find
the smart subjects.

-Bring Nick's body to the lab.-[line disconnects]

Re-engage.

What do you want?

Uh, just one more thing.
I took a pic of one subject

and her brain was abnormal
but amazing.

I mean, I told Nick
and he had me
take another pic--

Please get to the point.

When I opened the van
to sort the subjects,

one of them had shape-shifted
into a large sleeping leopard.

-You captured a meta?
-Yes.

That's rare.
I want to see her now.

[line disconnects]

I thought I had him
under control,
but he found a way out.

I don't give a damn
how it happened.
But you're gonna fix this.

Especially after all the times
my family saved your ass.

Anissa, I'm not like you
and your family.

I don't go out there
trying to be
some kind of superhero.

Painkiller could end up killing
a lot of innocent people.

And Grace is more than capable
of taking care of herself.

You coward. You know I could
have saved her myself,

but I can barely move
because of you.

They drugged her.
She's probably somewhere
still drugged.

And the longer your punk ass
stands here making excuses,

it's gonna be harder
for us to find her.

Now, I almost lost her once,
and I will not lose her again.

[groans]

No such thing
as coincidences, huh?

No such things as coincidences.

If she wakes, tell her
I went to go find Grace.

Freeze-frame.

Rewind.

Now stop.

See right there.
It's subtle, but he gave
that guy right there a signal.

Watch. Continue.

Stop.

Those are the two guys
we need to find.

[Philky] I'll use the
facial recognition
to track down their location.

Listen, I don't know anything.

They pay me to take the photos
and I wirelessly upload them

to a different
email account every time.

You setting these women up
for sex trafficking?

No. No, I would never do
anything as terrible as that.

Because you have morals.

Right.

Some of these people are weird.
They're in some sort
of mind cult.

[groaning] Jeez.

Dude, I can't believe
you ran me over with your car.
Who does that?

Whoa. Come on, dude.
I didn't run you over.
If I did, you'd be dead.

Anyway, I don't think
you're telling me everything
I wanna know, so...

I'mma finish the job.

No. No, no. Come on, dude.
I don't even know
the people that I work for.

The money just shows up
in my account.

They're just interested
in people's minds.

And how they work.

[sobbing] No,
don't shut the door.

[tires screeching]

I put a tracker on him
and his car.

He's an idiot,
so it won't take long.

Don't need it.
Hacked the car's GPS.

He made a face-to-face
booth call on the strip

and then headed immediately
to a warehouse

on the outskirts
of the Valley.

-I'm sending you
the address now.
-Nice work.

Smart guy's not so smart. I'll hit you when you're close to the warehouse.

I'll try and hack
into the security cameras.

-Thank you.
-Yeah.

What was that, anyway?

Just some herbs I put together.

It'll help with
the healing process.

Hmm.

[groans]

You really know a lot about
healing and medicine, huh?

I was a medic in the Marines.

Some years ago.

You don't seem like
the kinda guy
who would work for a murderer.

Khalil is not a murderer.

Yeah, well, that was
the second time
he almost killed me.

Khalil didn't try to kill you.
Painkiller did.

[scoffs]

-He's at war with himself.
-[sighs]

Khalil's been through a lot,
but you already know that.

[sighs]

When I left the military,
things weren't so good for me.

I suffered from PTSD.
Got pretty bad.

When I was finally able to see
the shrink at the VA, he just

gave me some meds to take
and sent me on my way.

One night my mind was hurting
so bad, I took more meds
than I should have.

Did you try to kill yourself?

I don't know.

But I'm a pretty big guy,
so they didn't take
effect right away.

So I came here,
thought I'd help
the healing process

by adding quite a few
whiskeys to the mix.

You're a budding doctor,
so you can guess
what happened next.

How did you know that?

Khalil told me.
He told me
all about the Pierces.

He really admires
and loves you guys.

Hmm.

Anyway, when I woke up.
I was laying
right where you are.

Khalil found me in that alley
pretty much dead.

Brought me here,
put me back together somehow.

He saved my life.

It's a wonderful story,

but I'm not gonna be convinced
unless he saves Grace's life.

I know what's it's like
to be one person
on the inside

and have to pretend to be
someone else on the outside.

To lead a double life.
Struggle with identity.

Khalil's struggle is different,
but that's what
he's dealing with.

Hmm.

You should understand that.

I never really had to hide
who I was.
I've always been out.

Well, then, you're one
of the lucky ones, Anissa.

Or do you prefer Thunder?

Isolate the compound
that killed him.

I want the results
in an hour.

Keep her sedated until we find
a proper, more secure
environment for her to wake in.

I have special plans
for this one.

There's two guards,
one at the top of the stairs

and one guarding
the entrance to the room.

Got it.

[whistles]

[grunting]

Man, I don't know
what the hell this is

but it is way deeper
than we thought.

These people...
I can't even describe it.

A bunch of kids with computers
connected to their brains.

But Grace is definitely
not one of them.

[Philky] Wait,
how many laptops?

About six. Looks like
one for each person.

Okay. I'll put in
a call to the police
for the people,

you grab the laptops.

Maybe there's some information about why they're abducting
these people.

[grunting]

Who are you working for...

and where can I find them?

I want a name.

[grunting]

[groans]

-Name?
-Maya.

And where?

Damn it.

Coincidentally, the nanotech
in their brains resembles
the tech in your brain.

Philky, there's no such thing
as coincidences.

Well, the victims' brains
have been partitioned,

effectively cordoning off
a large section of their brain
like a computer.

They're being crypto-jacked
to harness the computing power
of the brain

for criminal enterprises
like unravelling Bitcoins.

Okay, but what's
the other part
of the brain doing?

Well, it ain't dead.
Sort of in
a non-thinking state.

So the brain is meditating.

Don't you need to know
that you're meditating
in order to meditate?

Okay, well, can this technology
help with Painkiller?

-It might.
-Good.

All the more reason for us to
find this Maya woman.

Kill two birds with one stone.
Save Grace and fix my brain.

I think I know someone
who can help us find out
who Maya is.

[Philky] This is the closest
we've been to finding a way
to get rid of Painkiller.

[Khalil] You really think
she can help?

[Philky] She seems to know
everyone in the Valley.

Everything that went down
or is about to go down.

People say she can tap
into the Akashic records,

a place where the past, present
and the future exist.

-And you believe that?
-I do.

And a lot more.

[R&B music playing]

Philky.

What up, Wo?

What up?

Khalil, this is Wo Man,
Wo, this is Khalil.

-Pleasure.
-Mine, too.

You said it was an emergency.
What's up?

We were wondering
if you've heard of a woman
named Maya?

Apparently she's into
some real high-tech
mind-bending stuff.

Tech that usually
only the government
can get their hands on.

Yeah, I know who she is.

But there ain't
no kind of future
in even saying her name.

I know that sounds dramatic,

but you could say it
to the wrong person
and end up dead, Philk.

Come on, Wo.

This is personal.
It's family stuff.

And plus,
we've got some debts
between us.

-That we do, but...
-[Khalil] It's real personal.

And we're short on time.

I'll secure email you
the schematics and location
of her retreat

thirty minutes after you leave.

I'm going to say this
and then leave it alone.

If you insist on going there,
you'd better bring
an army, okay?

'Cause that bitch don't play.

I just need guns.
Lots of guns.

You got lots of money?

Impressive.

Right?

[grunting]

[panting]

[roaring]

[grunting]

[groans]

Hey, man,
what kind of game
are you playing?

I have a message
for Ms. Maya.

You walk in here
strapped to the nines,
with a long-ass butcher knife

saying you have a message
for someone?

[Painkiller] I know you don't
trust me.

Maybe for good reason.

But like you said,
I didn't make me like this.
Odell did.

If you die...

I die.

Come on, Khalil.
Deep down inside,
your survival instinct...

in all of us.

You need me on this.

That's why you're here.

This technology
is too important.

It could set us both free.

I can't take the risk of you
killing the wrong person.

What does that even mean, bruh?

"Set us free"?

But what you're really saying
is to set you free from me.

I'm not stupid.

I think it means we can stop
warring with each other

and finally live in peace.

No more kill orders
causing you pain.

No more fear or worry of Odell
or anyone else controlling you.

You'll always be a part of me.

It's just a matter of how.

Then trust me.

I don't want Grace dead
as a result
of collateral damage.

We'll go in, save Grace
and then get the technology,

and if things get real bad,
then you'll finish.

Understood?

I'll be on my best behavior.

[guard] Wake up, boy.
We got a message for you.

[grunting]

[rock music playing]

[screaming]

PK, you're up.

'Bout damn time.

[grunting]

[grunting]

Everyone back down.

Delay him,
but I don't want him killed.

Katie, activate self-destruct.

-[Katie] Password, please.
-Rosebud.

Self-destruct activated.

Put this safe house
on a ten-minute fuse,
then blow it.

[Katie] Understood.

[alarm blaring]

[grunting]

[Donald clears throat]

Whoa, whoa, woman.
Where in the hell
do you think you're going?

Where the hell do you think?

Let Khalil and Philky
handle this. Okay?

They will bring Grace back.

Listen to me.

I've known many women
in my life,
but I have only loved one.

Now you done good,
cousin Donald.

You got me up, back on my feet.

Now I'm going to use
that strength that you gave me
to go save Grace.

Okay, I feel you, let's go.
I'm driving, though.

[roars]

You're not Khalil.

You're the one
who almost killed my wife.

You're right. I'm not Khalil.

I'm Painkiller.
But he sent me
to get you, not kill you.

-Then let's go.
-You go ahead.

I have unfinished business.

-Oh, my God. I love you.
-I love you more.

-Where's Khalil?
-Painkiller. He's inside.

Yo, the building's gonna blow
in, like, five minutes.

Whoa, whoa.
They're never gonna make it.

We have to try.

[Philky] Painkiller,
Grace made it out

and the building
is gonna blow up
in five minutes.

You don't have time
to find the tech.
You've got to get out.

[hip-hop music playing]

Get the hell out of here right now, PK! You're going to get Khalil killed, I mean it!

Get the hell out of here.

We gotta go.

I'm tired, man.

I know.

Me, too.

No, you don't understand.
My mind doesn't like me.

It's constantly attacking,

pressing me
with negative thoughts.

Always wanting to hurt someone.

She was my mother, too.

We are one.

It's just that they split us up
with all of their stuff.

But I will find a way
to put it all back together.

But we have to go now.

If I die, you die.

We could be done
with all of this.

I don't want to die.

I want to live.

The part of you that is me
will live if I live.

I'm not your enemy.
And I will save us...

by any means necessary.

But you got to trust me.

[footsteps approaching]

[R&B music playing]

-Hey.
-Hey.

Okay, yeah. I'm gonna
go downstairs and check
on cousin Donald.

Yeah.

So, how are you, Khalil?

Well...

I'm about the same as I was
when I left Freeland.

Yeah, well, look, you made
some good friends here.

Yeah.

They're about
the only family I have.

-Hey, if you don't
mind me asking--
-She's great, Khalil.

-[chuckles]
-Yeah.

You know Jen's being herself.
She's changed...

quite a bit in other ways,
but we talk
about you often.

-Yeah?
-Mmm-hmm.

I mean, that's besides--

[laughing]

Promise me
you won't tell her
where I am.

Painkiller is still
inside of me.

The kill order
is still inside of him.

Most times I have control,
but that's just most times.

It seems like anything
that brings me joy just brings
the dark side out of me.

It's something I gotta work on
before I see her again,
you know?

Yeah, I know. Yeah, I promise.

Listen, I really just wanted
to thank you, for real.
For everything.

No. Thank you.

For trusting me
with what you love the most.

And for encouraging me
to do something good, Harriet.

[chuckles]

-You tried it.
-[both chuckle]

You just keep doing it.

You're good at it, kid.

Hey. Maybe.

Maybe.

["The Healing Song" playing]

Anything worth knowing?

There's a lot there

but nothing that's going
to help you with Painkiller
just yet.

You got plenty
to get us on the right path.

Man, if we got the tech
from the building,
it might have been different.

That's in the past. Thanks.

So what do we got?

It's all in these laptops, man.

Each individual brain scan
tells a different story,

but, you know,
at the end of the day,

these crypto-jack victims,
they'll all live,

but most
will have some serious
brain defects.

-It's a damn shame.
-But it's bigger, man.

They're ramping up abductions
of tourists on the strip.

This Maya, she's got
her hands all over it
but she's also like a ghost.

You have to go through
the seven layers of hell
just to find a last name.

[scoffs] She got
everyone in her pockets.

Politicians, police
even the damn meter-maids.

It's like party pic dude said,

it's like a mind cult thing.

-Cults usually have
a means to an end.
-[Khalil] Mmm.

And a charismatic leader,
like Maya.

I'm telling you, man,
it's bigger than just
Bitcoin hacking, bruh.

Something much bigger.

They're really out here
ruining people's lives

and everyone just
looks the other way.

Everyone except us.

♪ Everything will be okay

♪ Everything, everything
Will be fine ♪

♪ Breath with me

♪ Fine

-♪ Breath with me
-♪ Fine

-Katie, call him.
-[Katie] Calling him.

Hi, Dad.

-How are you?
-I'm fine, beautiful.

How are you?

I'm excellent.

-Happy to hear.
-Dad, guess who's here.

Hmm.

Well, what a coincidence.

No such thing as
coincidences, Dad.

♪ Everything will be fine

♪ Everything will be fine

[closing theme music playing]