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Previously
on Black Lightning...

Thirty years ago,
I came to Freeland

as an agent for a government
organization called the A S A.

They were conducting
an experiment in Freeland,

giving the people a vaccine
to make them docile.

But their vaccine inadvertently
created metahumans.

People with special powers.

And it was my job
to find them.

I leaked the information
to your father,

and his investigation
got him killed.

You stay away from me.

Sources say s he
was killed by electrocution,

making Black Lightning t heir prime suspect.

And just like that,

Freeland's protector just
became its biggest threat.

I can't let
someone trying to frame me

distract me from my mission.

So how are we
going to stop them?

Go after Green Light.

Tell the board that it's my
decision and my decision alone.

And I'm the vice principal,
not your secretary.

So if you want the board
to know something,

you should tell them yourself.

When Black Lightning returned,

you said you would figure out
who he was and take care of him.

You didn't,

so I'm bringing ASA operatives
into town to kill him,

plain and simple.

I used to work
as a sort of a scout.

And I just saw the body
of one of the boys

that I helped find
30 years ago.

I can't get out of my head
what I saw at that lab.

Black Lightning's the only one
who can expose what's been done

and bring these people
to justice.

DVDs, baby clothes.

Hey, I got what you want.
I got what you need.

What the hell?

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, they're alive.

Dad. Dad.

Dad, there's a bunch of kids in
trouble and they need our help.

What?

Uncle Gambi discovered
the bodies of a bunch of kids

who disappeared
30 years ago.

And since you guys
weren't talkin',

he asked me to let you know
so maybe you could help.

Okay, slow down.

Look, Dad, I knew you wouldn't trust
anything that came from Uncle Gambi,

so I decided to check it out
on my own.

Gambi sent you
to check on dead bodies?

No, Dad. I was supposed to tell
you and I didn't. And I'm sorry.

Look, Uncle Gambi,
he thought they were dead,

but they're alive, and they're kept
in some kind of suspended state,

and, Dad,
I was going to get them,

but I didn't want to make a
mistake and hurt them even more.

Are you talking about the kids
that disappeared 30 years ago?

Yes.

I don't know.
I think so, yes.

They're not dead?

No. They're alive.

Ain't no such thing as death,

not no more, Vill.

Look at you.

I'm here, you're here.

Yeah, but you killed me, cuz.

I want to be on your side of life.

Who says you ain't?

Aw. Damn.

What you gonna do
when Tobias come back?

You know damn well
he ain't gonna be too happy

about you taking over
The One Hundred.

If Tobias comes back...

I'm gonna kill him.

What, like you killed me?

Yeah.

Truth be told,
you had it coming.

Your lack of discipline
was hurting us.

What about your goons
over there?

Do they got it coming, too?

Man, why y'all ain't out there
on them corners?

Since Black Lightning
lit up the warehouse,

there ain't
no Green Light to move.

You act like Green Light
is the only drug in town.

You can smoke it,
but you can't sell it?

Get your asses back
out on them corners, man.

And get creative.

Man,
I'm tired of this, man.

Don't nobody want these old-ass
drugs after they've had Green Light.

You slippin', Lala.

Man, you walking around here
talking to yourself.

Man, we all see you.

Maybe you ain't built
for this no more, man.

Anybody else think
I ain't built for this?

If anybody got a problem with selling good,
old-fashioned, regular drugs,

you should tell me now.

We sell whatever
you want us to sell, boss.

Good.

Hey.

Handle that.

Damn. You always
merking somebody.

Just like how you killed me.

I didn't do nothing to you,
but give you a job.

Everything after that,
you did to yourself.

How's my moms?

She ain't been the same
since you disappeared.

Disappeared?
What you mean?

She don't know I'm dead.

Dead bodies bring up
too many questions.

Right.

Damn.

Over here.

Oh, wait a minute. What?

No. No, they were here.

Dad, I swear to God there
were a bunch of kids in here.

Looks like, uh...

some large objects
were dragged out the door.

Someone knew you were here.

Okay, nobody
was in here when I...

Thirty years ago,

Gambi worked for a clandestine
government agency called the ASA.

Hmm.

With that secret
room of his,

it had to be
something like that.

Yeah.

And after all the political
uprisings around the country,

the ASA put Gambi here

to report on their
illegal human experiments

that were supposed to make black
folks in neighborhoods like Freeland

docile so they could
control them.

See so they put something
in the water supply.

And then the vaccines.

And they called us paranoid.

But the vaccines inadvertently
gave a few kids powers.

Gambi reported kids
who displayed abilities

and those kids were kidnapped.

Look, Dad, I know.
He told me.

And he also told me
that he was extremely naive.

He thought he was being
a good soldier,

but when he realized
what was actually happening,

he leveraged his knowledge of
the program to make them stop.

So that makes
everything he did okay?

No, it doesn't make it okay,
but, Dad, he saved you

and he protected you all those years.

He cares. Come on,
you know he does.

And he did everything
he could to make things right.

Yeah, well,
there are some things you can't make right.

Well, look,

we need to find those kids.

And with the bounty
on your head,

that's gonna make things
that much harder to get done.

- Just get some sleep.
- Dad, look.

I know Gambi was wrong, but
don't we need his help?

No, I can't work
with Gambi anymore!

I don't trust him.

Okay.

Look, I'm sorry.

- Two-Bits?
- Hey. What's up, J?

Hey, I'm sorry to bother you so
early this morning like this,

but, um, I needed to talk, man.
You got a minute?

Yeah, come on in.

Oh, okay, thank you.

I done a lot of things
I ain't proud of, J.

Stealing, selling drugs,

but there's wrong
and then there's wrong, man.

What's on your mind,
Two-Bits?

I saw one of your
students get snatched last night.

Wait, what?

Look, at least I think
it was one of your students.

I mean, she was wearing
one of them ugly-ass uniforms

y'all be making them wear,
you know.

Okay, okay, what happened?

I saw her get some Green Light from one
of them corner boys, and then, um...

This gonna sound crazy,
but after she took it,

for a second, it looked
like she caught on fire.

What do you mean
"caught on fire"?

J, I mean, it looked like she was
on fire from inside her body, man.

I know it sounds crazy,
but that's what I saw.

Look, it only lasted a second,

and after that,
two men wearing black

jumped out of this van
and they grabbed her.

- Where did this happen?
- Uh, 34th and Oglethorpe.

Okay, start over.

Tell me exactly what happened.
Don't leave anything out.

Heard you were dead.

I was.

Welcome back.

I'm gonna need you to front
me two million in coke

and $400,000 in chronic.

Ever since Green Light hit,

my business in Freeland has
shrunken to almost nothing,

so believe me when I tell you,
your offer is tempting...

- But?
- How do I know I can trust you?

You disappear,
then come back wanting to do business

in much larger quantities
than ever before,

on commission, for a product
that people no longer buy.

It sounds like a setup
and it feels like a setup.

I'm not setting you up.
I just wanna do business.

Like I said, all people
want is Green Light.

They can't get it.
One supplier, and he's out.

One thing I know is,
folks got to do something to get by.

Yeah.

That's a lot of product
to be selling on commission.

What is that?

My mother's address.

You're putting up your
mother's life as collateral?

How do I know
it's really her address?

Have your people check it out.

I'll wait.

It appears you returned from the
dead with a sense of purpose.

As long as everything checks out,
we got a deal.

You really gonna put your moms up like that,
man?

Hey, Daddy.

Morning.

I heard voices earlier.

Yeah, a friend came by.

He had something to talk about
that couldn't wait.

- I need you to stay home from school today.
- What? Why?

I'm sorry. I can't
explain why right now.

Dad, the results from the student
government race come in today.

Yeah, I just need you
to stay home.

Hey. Morning.

Dad wants me to
stay home from school today.

Usually, parents have to beg their
kids to go to school, but not mine.

Huh? What's going on?

It may not be safe for
Jennifer to be out and about.

Now, it might be nothing,

but I'd like you to stay with
her until I can make sure.

Does this have anything
to do with last night?

I don't know.

Look, I have to go.
I'll call you when I find out more.

All right. Dad...

be safe.

Yeah.

Excuse me? Have you seen
my friend, Neema?

No, sorry.

Excuse me,
can I put this up?

What is this?

My friend, Neema,
didn't come home last night.

Oh?

I knew something was wrong
when she didn't call me.

We talk, like,
four times a day, every day.

And then her parents called
looking for her.

Nobody knew where she was.

- Maybe she ran away.
- Neema would never run away from me.

Have you been to the police?

What?

She was on Green Light.

So, the police don't think
it's worth their time?

I'm sorry.

I'll put your flier up.

Thanks.

This is all just too much.

Being like this has already
ruined my life.

Are you... You need
to calm down. Seriously.

Vhy is nobody listening to me?
I don't wanna have powers.

I don't wanna
save the world. Okay?

Okay, I hear you,

but you're rejecting something that
you don't fully understand, Jen.

Like I told you, this is a gift,
a blessing from God.

In your opinion.

That doesn't
make it the truth.

What if it's a curse
from the Devil?

You don't even know
what you can do.

I mean,
you could be out here...

You know what, I don't want to know.
I don't want to know.

- O h, so, you're just gonna walk away?
- Yes.

That's what you do when things
get tough, you walk away.

Go ahead, quit.

Girl, bye.

Jennifer, look at me.

This is real. Okay?

It's real.

People are out there dying,
and we have powers,

powers that we have a responsibility
to help save people...

No, you have a responsibility
to help save people.

I don't have a responsibility
to do anything.

Okay, yep.
You're right, you don't.

And you know what,
it's probably best

that you don't find out
what you can do

because you just might quit.

Just like you quit track.

You'll probably quit on me, Mom,
and Dad when we need you the most.

And let's not forget
that you quit on Khalil, too.

Yup, I said it.

Whoa, Jen.

Wait, Jennifer.
Oh, my God, Jen.

What just happened?

Oh, my God.
You're just like Dad.

So, Anissa
is watching Jennifer.

She'll keep her safe.

And you think those
were the same kids

that disappeared
30 years ago?

Yeah, I do.

And I think
it's happening again.

The A S A made Green Light to replicate
the accident they made with the vaccine,

but most of the people that take Green Light,
they don't develop powers.

- They just destroy their lives.
- Yeah.

You need to go see Gambi.

Gambi and I
are through. Period.

You need his help, Jeff.

Not gonna happen.

So, the pods Anissa described
would draw a huge amount of power.

I might be able to use my
electric vision to find them.

Well, also, powered
containers that big

don't just disappear without
someone seeing something.

- Okay.
- I'll talk to Two-Bits,

see if he knows anything
about the pods moving.

Vhy would Two-Bits
know anything about the pods?

Two-Bits has been
tracking the comings and goings

of all delivery trucks in
Freeland since we were teenagers.

Of course, he has.

And what is electric vision?

Well, I can see the current of
anything with an electrical signal.

Huh. I didn't know
you could do that.

I couldn't.
I mean, I could only feel electricity before,

but Gambi fixed it
so I can see it, too.

Can you see through
people's clothes?

- Are you...
- Hmm.

- Maybe.
- ...undressing me with your eyes,

Jefferson Pierce?

I'll go scan the city.

I'll see if I can see
anything that looks strange.

- Uh-huh. Okay, you do that.
- Mmm-hmm.

Will you stop it?
I can see you.

I can see you, too.

Mmm.

Hello, Peter.

I need you to come with us.

I thought that might
be your response.

Look out the window.

If you don't come out
with us in two minutes,

our man on the street will
begin shooting pedestrians.

What do I care about some
random people on the street?

Oh, I think you care.

As a matter of fact, I think you'd
rather kill one of your fellow agents

than see one
of those people hurt.

What you think doesn't matter.

One way or another,

we're going to know how you
really feel about those people.

Thirty seconds.

Hmm.

A small part of me was hoping that
you'd let him start shooting.

Oh, well.

Come on, let's go.

Anissa told me what happened.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

No.

Look, I promise you,
you will be.

Okay? You will live the life
that you want to live,

not the one Anissa,
or me, or your mother,

or anyone else,
wants you to live.

The life you want.

But you have to learn
to control your powers.

Someone could get hurt.

I didn't ask for this.

I know.

Believe me, I know.

But you still have
to deal with it.

Dad?

Yeah?

How do you use the bathroom
in your suit?

What...

We had a deal.

I'm following our deal.

I said I wouldn't sell no more drugs,
and I'm not.

You ain't supposed
to smoke no drugs either.

It's legal, man.
I got a card.

Uh-uh. You ain't got
a card from me.

- I hate you.
- No, you don't.

I'm making you a better man.

- I don't want to be a better man.
- Yeah, you do.

- S o to, uh, reciprocate my generosity...
- Precipitate your what?

There was some large
electrical equipment

that was moved from a warehouse
on 12th Street last night.

Look, word is, man,
some military vehicles

were moving large items on
that side of town last night.

Trucks never left Freeland,
but no one's sure where they went.

- What the hell?
- Damn! I almost got you.

I'm sorry, Black Lightning,
but you worth a lot of money.

They doubled the reward they put
on you for killin' Lady Eve.

I'd take you in myself if I
thought I could take you.

- I didn't kill her.
- Okay, I believe you.

But what I think
don't matter.

Man, you're doing too much.

Maybe you should try keeping a lower profile,
you know?

I don't do low profile.

Yeah, I see that.

S top smoking them drugs, all right?
You need to do better.

Damn it!

What is wrong with you?

You got people trying to drop
microwaves on your head,

and you're telling me
to do better?

He killed no one,
but I need my bills paid.

What's your name?

Rent. Car-no-electric.

Man.

Where he go?

We know you broke into our facility
and found our test subjects.

Shortly after that, Black Lightning
shows up at the same facility.

I don't think
that was a coincidence.

The only reasonable
explanation...

is that you told Black
Lightning about the warehouse,

which means...

that you know how
to contact Black Lightning.

I don't.

Now, why don't I
believe that?

Because you're an ass.

Let's see how tough
you really are.

No.

Hey, come on.
Hey.

What's up, man?
I've got it.

Yeah.

Hello, Malik.

Mr. Pierce, what are you
doing out here?

I came here to see you.

Look, Malik,
I've seen this before.

You're gonna die
out here on the streets.

Or you're gonna spend your whole
life in and out of prison.

Here you come
with these speeches.

No, no, here I come
with a solution.

I want you to attend
Freeland's mentorship program

I hold on the weekends
at Garfield.

- Yeah, like, that's gonna happen.
- You owe me.

Man, look.
I got to put in work,

and if I don't
bring in no money,

me and my grandma won't have nowhere to live.

Okay, I'll make
a deal with you.

You commit to the program,

and I promise you, I'll find a way to
help you and your grandmother out.

Okay, look, you don't
have to answer me tonight.

Classes are ten o'clock tomorrow morning
at Garfield, in the science building.

If you decide to come, just ask for me,
security will let you in.

I'm good, Mr. Pierce.

I'll be there...

in case you change your mind.

I gotta admit it.
You're a tough old man, Gambi.

You know what
I find confusing?

You quit the ASA because you could no
longer stomach what we were doing,

yet you stayed in Freeland.

Not only did you stay,

you helped raise
Jefferson Pierce,

the son of the man
who was investigating us,

as if he were your own son.

Now, why is that?

I...

I wonder if Gambi's surrogate
son is as tough as he is.

- Please invite Mr. Pierce to join us.
- Yes, sir.

After Anissa told me
what happened,

I wanted to make sure everything
was okay with you internally.

Whoa! What was that?

- The machine's malfunctioning.
- That's weird.

Switch places
with your sister, please.

Hey.

Jen, look,

I apologize for earlier.

You know I didn't
mean what I said.

Yes, you did, Harriet.

But it's cool,
I can take it.

Whoa.

That's so cool.
I can see inside of her.

Everything looks normal.

Switch back, please.

All right, what you see?

No, it's not a malfunction.

Okay, so, do Dad's scans
look like this?

No, they don't.

Jefferson's like a battery.

He takes electricity from the source
and channels it through his body.

According to this MRI,

Jennifer's a generator.

What are you saying?

Her cells are creating
pure energy.

Where's everyone else at?

- Behind that preposition.
- What?

It is bad English to end a
sentence with a preposition.

Oh. Where's everyone
else at, bruh?

Good. That's good.

There is no one else.
You're it.

I'll be personally
mentoring you.

How'd you know
I was going to come?

Uh... I didn't,
but I'm glad you did.

Okay, this is a mantra.

- Do you know what a mantra is?
- No.

A mantra is a motivating or calming
word or phrase that's repeated.

You see, some people
believe that, uh,

if you repeat something frequently,
it becomes real.

- And you believe that?
- I believe that whatever you say or do repeatedly

becomes your reality. Yeah.

You know,
Henry Ford once said,

"Whether you think you can
or you think you can't,

"you're right."

Okay, now I want you to read aloud
the words under "student," all right?

- "Where is the future?"
- "Right here."

- "Whose life is this?"
- "Mine."

"What are you going
to do with it?"

"Live it by any means necessary."
I like that.

Now we can actually begin.

Mr. Pierce?

Yes?

I'm sorry for shooting
your daughter with fake blood.

I know you are.

I know you are.

All right.

Uh, can I help you?

If you ever want to see
Peter Gambi again,

you'll come with us
and you'll come quietly.

Um, okay,
these are poems by Langston Hughes.

Your assignment,
read one poem a day,

- and we'll discuss them next Saturday.
- Let's go.

Gambi didn't
tell us anything...

even though we asked nice.

So, we were wondering...

This man's
like a son to you.

Do you want to tell us who
Black Lightning is now?

Or do we blow
his head clean off?

That's why you did this?

I'll count to three.

One...

two...

You didn't tell 'em
about me.

I don't think it's a good
idea for you to be here.

The ASA doesn't know
about this place.

You and your family are the only
ones who've ever been down here.

No, no, no, no.

You need to rest.

Jefferson...

I'm sorry.

- I know.
- About everything.

I know.

I know.

Jeff...

It's happening again.
They're kidnapping kids.

Yeah, I know.

We can talk about that later,
but right now you need to rest.

- I need to check on Lynn and the girls.
- No.

You gotta get 'em
out of the house.

- They're in danger.
- I'm already ahead of it.

You gotta find the spotter.

"The spotter"?

Someone...

like I used to be.

There must be someone
embedded in the community

who identifies the kids who've
acquired abilities from Green Light.

If you find that person,

then you can find Neema
and the others.

You rest.

Green Light
only has one supplier.

And that's bad for business.

We can get cocaine and weed
from multiple sources.

I got customers who are
all types of crackhead.

But they only want Green Light,
so that's what I want.

Okay, if that's
what you want,

then you should leave.

Comin' in here
with all that ra-ra.

You ain't really running
The One Hundred, no how.

You just holding the chair
for Tobias,

and when Tobias gets back,
you're gonna get dealt with.

You must be crazy
if you think

I'm just gonna let you
walk up on me like that.

Better chill before I bust
a cap in your ass.

Go ahead.

Do it.

If I ever catch you
in Freeland again...

I'mma kill you
with my bare hands.

Y'all got two weeks
to move those packages.

Now go.

How'd you know the gun
was going to misfire?

I didn't.

Mmm, what's that smell?

Neglect.

This is the house
where your father grew up.

It seemed so much bigger
when I was a kid.

Wait, you kept this house
all these years?

It was in a trust
until I was, uh, 21.

After that,
a property manager looked after it.

And why didn't you
just sell it?

The paperwork's
not in my name.

No one knows I own it.
We'll be safe.

- And how long do we have to stay here?
- I don't know.

This dust is older
than I am.

Wait, is this where
Granddad was murdered?

Yeah.

Lots of other memories.

- Ghosts is more like it.
- Jen, this is not the time.

You all get comfortable.
We'll be here a while.

The pods should be safe here.

Thank you
for my latest addition.

Have any more subjects
demonstrated abilities?

No, not yet.

I'm sure more will show up.

Keep your eyes open,

and do a better job.

What do you mean?

Jefferson Pierce
is Black Lightning.

What?

Uh, no, he's not.

He's been hiding
in plain sight all this time.

Right under your nose.

Why do you think
he's Black Lightning?

Because the second he was brought in,
there was a power failure,

which allowed Peter Gambi
to murder two of my agents.

It's him.

You've worked very closely
with Pierce for several years.

Do you think
you can take him down?

Yes.

Ve'll see.