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Previously on
Black Lightning...

Black Lightning's the
reason you're lying here paralyzed.

If you'd like,
I can show you how to kill your pain.

- Maybe we should take a break.
- Until what?

I walk?

You slippin', Lala.

You walking around here
talking to yourself.

Man, we all see you.

Anybody else think
I ain't built for this?

Uncle Gambi discovered the
bodies of a bunch of kids

who disappeared 30 years ago.

He thought they were dead,
but they're alive,

and they're kept in some
kind of suspended state.

No, they were here.

Some large
objects were dragged out the door.

Are they all stable
after the move?

Thank you
for my latest addition.

I don't wanna have powers.
I don't wanna save the world.

You're just like Dad.

You gotta be kidding me.

Tobias!

Tori!

Stay with me.

We're glad to have
you back, Mr. Whale.

How are you feeling?

Recovered from your injuries, I see.
They were pretty bad.

Black Lightning really tried to barbecue you,
huh?

You people.

I appreciate the excellent
medical care you provided.

You're important to us,
especially now that Lady Eve is gone.

Her death is a tragedy
to everyone.

Yes.

And now there's a vacancy.

How much do you know
about her operations?

Well, let's just say she helped
the citizens of Freeland

find happiness by muting
the pain of their deprivation.

Is that what drug dealers tell themselves?

You and I have never
worked together directly,

so being cautious with my words
seemed wise.

Years ago, in a very

racially and politically-charged
environment,

we developed a chemical
we hoped would make

the citizens
of Freeland docile,

so we could, for lack of a better word,
control them.

It didn't work.

Instead,
it gave some of them meta-human abilities.

- A side effect with strategic implications.
- Hmm.

Yeah. Meaning
in a dangerous situation,

a few local folks
fight and die,

saving the lives
of some fancy white boys.

Only, it turns out,

all our subjects began dying before
they were fully operational.

Some flaw in the syrup.

We kept working at it and...

You created Green Light.

The users I saw had super strength,
high pain tolerance,

no flight instinct.

And if that doesn't
say Marine...

O ur yields are higher now than
they were with the vaccine,

but the survival rate
is no better.

So I need you
to find Black Lightning.

Excuse me?

I have come to believe he is
a product of the vaccine.

And yet, he lives,

has lived.

I need him
for research purposes,

before all of my subjects die
and the experiment fails.

So bring him to me.

- Alive.
- Hmm.

And you're going to need some help.

I finished the project you were
working on before you got hurt.

Hello, Khalil.

Mr. Whale.

Alive, Mr. Whale!

I need Black Lightning alive!

- Hey. Yeah.
- Jeff?

I need your help.

Everything okay?

- Yeah. Just come over, please.
- Okay.

Hello?

Everything... okay?

Yeah.

I just came out of the shower,
and there was a spider.

Ah.

A spider?

Yeah. Somewhere.

Mmm.

Damn.

I like it when you do that.

Yeah?

Yeah.

What happened?

After everything we've been
through these last few months,

you returning to the suit,

Anissa's powers,
Jennifer's powers,

Gambi's confession...

Is this supposed to be sexy?

'Cause, if so, I have some notes.

No. I...
I realized that if my issue

with Black Lightning
was the stress,

everything that's happened
should have sent me running

as far away from you
as possible.

I feel closer to you
than ever.

Hmm.

Who'd have thought I just needed to
make things worse to get you back?

I love you.

I've loved you
a long time.

Ignoring that seems stupid.

I love you, too.

- But...
- Oh.

No, uh...

I don't think we should
say anything to the girls.

They're dealing
with so much.

I want us to be sure
before we tell them.

We just keep it a secret.

Like we're having an affair.

I'm in.

Dwayne.

Mr. Whale.

I just wanted to thank you
for savin' my life.

Mmm.

In the chaos of the night,

you were brave enough
to pull me to safety.

And I can appreciate that.

You're welcome, sir.

But you left my sister.

And left Tori to die.

If I went back,
they would've gotten you, too.

Look, and...

You left her to die.

You're so impulsive.

It feels good
to be back.

Khalil?

You're...

Walking.

Yeah, I know.

It's amazing.

A miracle, actually.

- Really happy for you.
- Ah.

It seems like you have
yourself a new look.

So, uh, I guess this means you'll be
coming back to school soon, right?

Nah, man.

Nah, snakes treated me like dirt
when I was in that chair, so...

I don't think so.

Okay, look. I know
you've had a hard time,

but that doesn't mean you
should abandon your education.

Man, are you, uh...

You're really gonna do the whole
education pitch right now?

Really?

Good talk, Mr. P.

- I hope you change your mind.
- I won't.

Look, let me
ask you something.

Um...

What kind of procedure
got you back on your feet?

Why you wanna know?

Well, because while I'm very
happy that you're walking,

we both know that someone pulled
the strings to make that happen.

And I wanna make sure you're
not being taken advantage of.

Man, you really are
in your own little world, huh?

I'm walking, bruh.

How is that takin'
advantage of me?

And you know what? Stop.

Stop with that
surrogate daddy act.

You don't care about me.

I was just another little,
poor kid from Freeland

for you to parade around
in front of everybody

to make you and Garfield
look good.

- That is so not true.
- Yes, it is!

As soon as my black ass
couldn't run no more,

where were you?

You wouldn't even
let your daughter near me.

Where is the future, Mr. P?

It's right here.

- Walking?
- Yes.

With no kind of assistance.
No cane, no braces.

I've read about implants in
rats with severed spines,

but I thought we were a long way
from putting those in a human being,

let alone a poor teenager
from Freeland.

It's a billion-dollar
technology, right?

At least.

It stinks of Proctor
and the ASA.

Just another experiment being
run on some young black kid.

I found one more
in the newspaper archive.

Okay, that's a total
of 42 kids missing.

Plus Neema.

Wait, you only saw
three dozen pods, right?

Does that mean
seven are dead?

I have no way
to know that, Jefferson.

It can't be easy
keeping them stable,

especially if they have
to move them.

We need to find these kids
before the ASA

- decides to relocate them again.
- Yeah.

Catching Proctor is the best
way for us to shut this down.

Well,
if we're right about Khalil,

he might lead me to Proctor.

- I mean, he might not know enough not to.
- Hmm.

And I've got one more lead
to follow up on.

Hidalgo, the weapons maker.

What? The guy
who lied to you?

My mistake.
I won't make it again.

Now, Proctor won't have given
up on finding Black Lightning.

And even if he thinks you're not him,
I bet he thinks you know him.

He'll be watching.

And he'll be looking for Thunder,
too, Anissa, so be careful.

Oh, Gambi?

- Proctor'll be looking for you, too.
- Yeah.

But this old man's
not gonna save the world,

so if he catches me,
it's not as big a deal.

Having enhanced abilities
doesn't have to change anything.

Oh, really?

So I should join a team
but not try too hard,

because the competition
might set me on fire.

Okay, maybe not a team.

Well, what about Debate?

'Cause nothing is more calming
than alternative views

on abortion
and social services.

Well, there's always
needlepoint.

Hey, you're right. I can make a pillow
that says, "My parents had sex,

and all I got was superpowers."

- It's not funny.
- It's a little bit funny.

Look, we just need to figure out
how to help you to control them.

And if it makes you feel any better,
I have made a little progress

in isolating the gene that I think is
responsible for your enhanced abilities.

Suppressing it
is the first step.

Thank God I was born
to such a smart woman

and not some slacker
who would just...

try and make me feel better
by making me a cake.

Do you want me
to bake you a cake?

Yes, please.
Chocolate with cream cheese frosting.

Chocolate it is.

Mrs. Payne.

- Mr. Jefferson. How are you?
- I'm good.

I'm good. Is Khalil home?

No. He's in California.

What?

I saw him this morning.

Oh.

I didn't know.

How was he?

Walking.

Come in.

I'm sorry.

Uh, do you mind me asking
how it happened?

The spinal implant?

Uh, yeah. Yes.

A hospital administrator
came by.

He said Khalil was chosen,
uh, for a pilot program.

Do you remember his name?

A Mr. Martin.

He said there was a risk
of infection,

and I couldn't be with Khalil
while he was being treated.

And that I should
stay in Freeland.

I didn't want my boy
to go by himself,

but our doctor
signed off and I...

- Khalil wanted to.
- Yeah.

He hasn't talked to me
since he's been there.

And now he's back?

Well, I think the injury
was a lot for him to deal with.

But he never would've
gotten through it without you.

Can I have
Mr. Martin's number?

Of course. I'll get it.

Hey, Tommy.
Come on in.

That's far enough.

I like this.

It's got a retro feel you don't
usually get in a high-capacity weapon.

I'm impressed you got in.

I had to beef up the security
system after our last meeting.

All right,
so you're smart enough to know I'd be back,

but you're not smart enough
to know how to stop me.

Look, I didn't
lie to you last time.

True. But you didn't
tell me what I wanted to know.

I still can't.

So, if you want to kill me,
just kill me.

Talking about it
doesn't make it easier.

I'm not gonna kill you, Tommy.

But I am gonna
put a target on your back,

so every person you've ever
double-crossed can find you.

I'll let one of them
torture you in ways

I just don't have
the stomach for anymore.

Come on, Gambi.

Honestly, I don't know who bought
the weapon that killed Lady Eve.

I want Proctor.

Don't play dumb.

You work for the government all the time.
I wanna know how to find him.

You want to get to him
before he gets to you?

I heard you were on the outs.

You got 48 hours.

Move.

The music helps me study,
I swear.

I saw Khalil today.

And he's walking again.

What?

Dad, the doctors
said it wasn't possible.

Yeah, I know.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God,
I gotta find him and talk to him.

No. No, no, no.

No. You need to stay away.

From Khalil? Why?

He is not the same person.

Dad, look. I understand you're mad
because of the way he treated me.

No, no, no.
He looks different.

He acts different.

And I think he's gotten
himself involved with...

With people who are looking
for kids like you.

Why do you think that?

The medical technology
he's gotten,

it's not easy to come by.

- Does it matter?
- Yes. It matters.

Dad, I get what you're sayin',
but Khalil wouldn't hurt me.

Okay, look.
This is not just about Khalil.

It's about the decisions
he's made

and the people
he is possibly involved with.

Stay away.

I can't wait until Mom
figures out how to fix me.

I'm sick of this powers' drama.

Your mother... what?

She's isolating this
meta-gene so she can stop it.

I can finally be me again.

Khalil?

Are you trying to isolate
Jennifer's meta-gene?

I've done some preliminary research
to understand what's happening.

So you could
suppress the mutation?

She's conflicted
about her powers.

I don't see any reason not
to explore all the options.

It's who she is!

Jeff, I'm not the enemy.

You're trying to change her

and treating her
like she's sick.

Okay, so is Anissa sick?

Am I?

No. That's not what I...

I mean, how could you do this
without talking to me?

You know,
I think it's really good

that we didn't tell the girls
that we're getting back together.

You know, I've been waiting about an hour...

thinking that you'd come home.

Girl, where've you been?

We've actually
been staying someplace else.

Vermin.

Gross.

Well, look.
I wanted you to be first...

to see that
I'm finally walking again.

Oh, my God!

This is crazy.

I'm... I'm happy for you.

Look. I've been
feelin' really bad

about the way
things ended between us.

Yeah. Me, too.

J, I know
it's not an excuse,

but when I couldn't walk or run no more,
I didn't know who I was.

But look...

Cool, isn't it?

I mean... And look,
I'm the first person to ever get this.

Wow.

- Really the first?
- Yeah.

You know, it hurt like hell
in the beginning.

I mean, it felt like my legs
were, like, electrified.

You weren't scared?

Like, yeah. I mean,
at the beginning.

I mean, I had doctors
poking at me,

making all these
scrunched up faces.

Hell, I didn't know if it was working or not.
But...

But it worked.

It worked, man.
It really did.

And the dreads,
was this part of the deal?

Oh. Nah. Nah,
they gave me some pills

uh, to help
with the regeneration.

And, uh, it just made my hair
grow really fast.

I figured I'd just
do something new.

Well, um...

it looks very mature.

Um...

So, how'd they pick you
for the procedure?

Uh...

Does that really matter?

Oh, I don't know.

It might.

Oh.

Okay.

I get it.

Now this is coming
from your pops, huh?

Oh. No. Hey, Khalil.

Damn it, man.

J, I came here first to see
if we could get back together

now that I got
everything straight.

But all I'm getting
is shade from you

about who did what and why.

Forget it.

You know what?

I'm better
without your ass anyway.

Khalil.

O kay, look, why the hell would I
wanna go back to Garfield High?

I know you got a lot of feelings
about Garfield, but this is business,

and you need to put your
feelings aside for the moment.

Our job is to catch
Black Lightning.

Not kill him, catch him.

Okay, but why Garfield?

Think, Khalil.

What does Black Lightning do?

- Beats people's asses.
- Hmm.

Whose asses?

Bad guys' asses.

Okay, and why?

To stop them...

To stop them
from hurting people.

Exactly.

So danger at Garfield,

the crown jewel of Freeland,
is like catnip.

You're gonna go in there and draw
Black Lightning out. Got it?

Got it.

There's a part of you, I know,
that wants his old life back.

I even heard you tried to get
your old girlfriend back.

But you made a deal, son.

Legs for loyalty.

So, Garfield,

that girl...

They belong to the past now.

I want you to remember
what they did to you.

Hold on to that anger,
then go do what I need.

All right, yeah.

What was that?

Yes, sir.

Screw up...

and I'll rip that spinal implant
out and shove it down your throat.

Would you buy
drugs from him?

No.

Me either,

which means you can't
put him on the corner,

which means you one man down.

No disrespect, Lala,
but he should've kept his damn mouth shut.

Okay.

Maybe moving him to a less lucrative
spot would have delivered the message.

I get to beat people up.

But when you do it,

it destroys the morale.

And it endangers loyalty.

And that's...

What?

The Devil
deals the cards.

Endangers loyal what?

Hey, Lala, you all right?

Endangers loyalty, how?

Peter, it's Thomas.
I've got what we discussed.

Use the door this time.

And when we're done,
I'd like to never see you again.

Does the force of the closure indicate
that you're ready for your exam?

No. That's just
enough precalc.

I swear, I hate to sound like a cliche,
but it's useless.

So tell me about this procedure
you're developing.

Did you tell your father I was tryin'
to fix you?

- Isn't that what you're tryin' to do?
- No.

Because there's nothing
wrong with you.

I just wanna understand what's
happening and give you the options.

The procedures and the treatments
I've been talking about,

they're all theory
and hypothesis.

There's no telling how long it would take
to develop them or even if they'd be safe.

Mom, you can stop frosting.

Could you please
just cut me a piece?

'Cause all my options
are horrible.

Okay.

So,
our conversation earlier got me thinking.

These pods need
a lot of electricity.

And if this isn't the first time
the ASA's tried to move them,

we might be able to track the
electrical spikes in the facilities

where they'd been
and then left,

which means we might
be able to find them.

So it turns out,
Marcus Roberts,

who graduated at Garfield a year ahead of me,
works at FGE.

I called him up, said I was
into energy efficiency

and new economic
development, and he...

Didn't he have
a crush on you?

Dad!
I did not flirt with him, okay?

Look, he's just interested in
helping the community, guys.

Okay.

Anyway. So he found
these up and down spikes

at various locations
until about three years ago.

And then, nothing.

That coincides with the development
of high-output mobile solar power.

Could be they realized that being
on the grid was a vulnerability.

I got a call from Hidalgo.
He must know Proctor's location.

I'll show you guys how to search the
satellites for rooftop solar panels.

- Attention all units...
- And then

- I'll go find that guy.
- An unidentified male at Garfield High...

Wait, uh, turn that up.

All units in the vicinity,
the facility is under assault.

This is a tactical operation,
and SWAT is en route.

Do not attempt to enter the building.
Repeat, do not.

Exams are starting.

Everyone will be in their
classrooms. I need to go.

Black Lightning hasn't been totally
cleared in Lady Eve's murder yet.

You'll still be
a police target.

But I'm not gonna lay in the shadows
and watch my students get attacked.

Anissa, if you want...

Gambi, tap into the cameras,
see what you can find.

I never
could stand your ass.

What're you doing, Khalil?

Hey, hey, stop! Stop.

- I'm just getting started.
- This is not you.

This is not the Khalil
I was friends with.

Please, you don't
have to do this.

Jennifer, this is me.

And, yes,
I do have to do this.

Now, look. I won't hurt her,
but you need to get out of here.

Girl, did I stutter?
I said go!

Come on, slow down.
Let's go, let's go.

Exit the classroom.
Slow down.

Come on.
I know, I know. Just go.

Get these kids outta here.

- Hey.
- That way.

- Wait.
- Go.

I'm blind inside the school,
but I'm working on it.

And SWAT's about five minutes
from coming in.

We should split up.

Come on. Go, go, go.

Slow down.

Go.

Oh, yeah.

I thought you'd run off after
I kicked your ass at the club.

It's gonna take more than a clown
in a shiny suit to take me down.

Is that all
you've got?

You think I'd come unprepared?

I've waited
a long time for this.

Looks like he's wearing
some kind of undersuit.

You gonna have to fight me like a man.
Not a little lightning bug.

Don't do it, Jeff.

Tactically, hand-to-hand combat
makes no sense.

Anissa, your dad needs your help.
Get over there, quick.

Like I said,

I didn't come unprepared.

Zap the kid hard.

It'll short-out his implant.
He'll be paralyzed again.

Look, Jeff, I know how you feel about
the kid, but this is not the time.

SWAT's about to come in,
the bullets are gonna start flying.

What was that?

What was that?

Now! Move. Now!

I'm not
looking to go backwards.

I pray that's true.

'Cause I don't ever wanna see
you like that again, ever.

What happened, Dad?

Jeff?

We took this super-negro out.

Oh, no!

He's dead, you idiot.

What about "alive"
didn't you understand?

Not so hot, now, huh?

At least I can finally see
who this clown is.

Go, go.

All right, come on, Dad.
We gotta get up.

Dad.

Dad.

Dad.

Dad. Dad, wake up.

No, Dad, wake up!

Dad, wake up.

Do something!
Dad, wake up!

What was that?

It was Jennifer.

Whatever Jennifer did,
tell her to do it again.

Hard.

Come on, Jen.
One more time.

Shock him.
Shock him one more time.

Oh, thank God.

You did it, Jen.
He's back.

Anissa, take your dad
through there to the back room.

Lynn, let me have your phone.
Jen, you too.

- Watch out, watch out.
- Listen.

There's a hammer
under the sink in there

I want you to use it
to smash these phones

and then run them
under the water. Okay?

The ASA can track us
through those phones.

Put him down gently.

Where are the
medical supplies?

- They're in the closet.
- Okay.

I'm gonna cloak this place against all
surveillance, satellite, you name it.

We're safe inside the house for now.
We just need to stay inside.

- All right, phones are toast.
- All right, cool. What's next?

Just help me get your father
out of this suit, right now.

Dead?

Some of the students heard
someone say he was dead.

Another student claimed to
have seen the other meta,

Thunder, carrying his body
from the school.

Find Black Lightning's body.

Bring me Thunder,
dead or alive.

I don't care if you have to
burn down Freeland to do it.

This experiment...

cannot fail!

Latavious.

Now do you believe
in the Resurrection?

I will blow your head off,
you mother...

The Devil deals the cards.

Sit your ass down.

I really hate loose ends,

so I wanna thank you for taking
care of the weapons maker.

You're welcome.

We killed Lady Eve
to get a seat.

Now we just have to take care of Proctor
and we'll own the whole damn table.

So, Latavious...

shall we begin?

Yes, sir.