All language subtitles for BLACK LIGHTNING - S02 E04 - Translucent Freak (1080p - BluRay).eng

[Jefferson] Previously
on Black Lightning...

Don't make me rip that
mask off your face. You say it.

After all these years, huh, man?

[reporter] According to
Reverend Jeremiah Holt,

his church's Rebecca
Lee Crumpler Free Clinic

is in danger of shutting down.

The clinic is
running out of time.

If I don't help, then I'll just be
wasting the gifts that God gave me.

That's what your father
always used to say.

God bless you, sister.

I'm gonna set up a meeting

so that you can convince
Dr. Jace to come on board.

I'd like to include you in a team
working to save the children.

- The pod kids.
- Yes.

Now, the purpose
of Black Lightning

was to kill Tobias,
who killed my father.

[9 roans]

[Inspector Henderson] I
wanted you to hear it from me.

We caught Tobias.

She needs help.

She needs a
therapist to talk to.

Can I help you?

My name is Perenna.

Where the hell are we?

[Perenna] A place
inside you that will

eventually allow you
to control your powers.

Before you can stuff
your feelings into anything,

we need to know
what those feelings are.

[screaming]

[camera shutter clicking]

- [What do you guys
think? {chuckHng]

- Baby, you look beautiful.
- Thank you, Mom.

Gorgeous.

All right, come on.
Come on. Get together.

[Anissa] Yeah. Yeah, right.

Got to love pictures.

[laughs]

Oh, come on, Dad.
You are old school.

Hey. Not all cameras
are used for selfies now.

[camera shutter clicks]

- You really do look beautiful.
- Thanks.

[knocking on door]

Really, J?

This dude?

[9 runts]

[gasps]

J, we need to talk.

[both grunting]

[both grunting]

[weapon powering UP]

[Jennifer panting]

[Khalil groans]

[gasping]

[electricity crackling]

'[Ql'unts]
- [yells]

[Jennifer] I can't stop it!

You can. You are the storm,
so you can control the storm.

Don't fear it. Own it. Pull
the energy back into you.

Take a minute, and know
that you are this power.

Now... put it in the box.

[9Unshofl

[monitor beeping]

Hey, hang in
there. I'm right here.

[breathing heavily]

I can't. I tried.

- I tried. I...
- I know.

But you're making progress.

[Jennifer sighs]

Who is this Khalil?

[sighs]

N' Last night I saw a
superhero He was black N'.

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

I've been in here two days
and haven't changed or nothin'.

How is it you never seem to age?

[chuckles] Well,
a vegan lifestyle

mixed with a little
yoga really does work.

I keep saying black
folks got to get off of that

fried chicken and
watermelon Kool-Aid diet.

Plus, I do my best
to stay out of the sun.

I'mma ask you a few questions.

I know you gonna lie to me,

but do you happen to know

your whereabouts
last Thursday night?

I'm pretty sure
that's domino night.

Have you seen
Marsellus White recently?

[scoffs] Man, now you
digging in the crates.

It's been years.

How's that brother doing?

Great. Up until the moment
somebody snapped his neck.

Damn.

All this violence in Freeland...

- is disturbing.
- Mm-hmm.

Conveniently, all this
happened the very same week

that the DNA evidence
in Alvin Pierce's murder

went missing from
our evidence room

and one of my cops
who had access

to that evidence room
got himself set on fire.

My condolences.

I'm sure his kids will be happy

to know that you're concerned.

[chuckles]

You forgot something,
you translucent freak.

You are not going
to get away with this.

Deputy Chief Henderson.

"Translucent."

That's a very interesting
choice of words.

It means you can
see right through me.

And if you can see
right through me,

then you know what I'm thinking.

[indistinct chatter]

He orchestrated
this whole thing.

He killed his former lieutenant,

he got rid of our DNA evidence,

got himself arrested

knowing we would
have to let him go,

all while rehabilitating his
reputation with one stroke.

Well, the judge will
call that a theory.

I need hard evidence
of something.

Murder, obstruction,

conspiracy to
commit obstruction.

Without that, we're
gonna have to let him walk.

You got about 48 hours, if that.

As always, Ms. Montez,

you're a regular
ray of sunshine.

- [keyboard keys clacking]
- [beeping]

She gave that money
to Reverend Holt?

Yes.

Who'd she steal it from?

Mobsters from some
break-away republic.

They were laundering money

for that redevelopment
project downtown.

And you knew about this?

I did.

But you didn't come to me first?

If I'd done that, I would
have lost Anissa's trust.

I don't care about that.

I do. Listen, Jeff,
Tobias is still out there,

and he's got the briefcase.

And some faction of the ASA

is almost certainly
still hunting metas,

which means that
you and the girls

continue to be in danger.

If I had let Anissa go out there

by herself that night, she
might be dead right now.

And I wasn't about
to let that happen.

I told her I was going
to tell you after the fact.

I have.

What you do now is up to you.

[Jefferson] Not
only was it illegal,

but you could've been hurt.

Bullets literally
bounce off of me.

Only if you're ready for 'em.

And you think you saved
the clinic with that money?

No, you just made it a target.

- Dad, Freeland is already a target.
- [Jefferson scoffs]

This is way
bigger than a clinic.

They have a reason for
buying all this property.

And whatever that reason is,

it means way worse things

than the clinic being a target.

Yes, because they're not just

gangbangers on a corner, Anissa.

These are
professional criminals.

Aren't we supposed
to be helping people?

We are helping people.

But unlike criminals,

we have rules that
we need to follow.

- Rules made by who?
- Rules made by me.

Guess what? I have
a different set of rules.

Because I'm not
gonna watch my people

get taken advantage of.

They are not your
people, Anissa.

And as long as
you're under my roof,

you will follow my rules.

[scoffs] Wow.

Okay. So you're going there?

No, we're not going
there. We're already there.

0K3'!

If you're gonna use this house
to try and tell me what to do,

I'll make it easy for you.

I'll be out of here by morning.

[voice trembles] So you
leaving the rest for me, or what?

Oh, come on, Jen.
Would you stop that?

Or you gonna get me crying, too.

Come here.

[Anissa sighs]

Look, I'm not dying,
okay? I'll still be around.

I just cannot have Dad thinking

he can control me.

You act like he doesn't
do the same thing to me.

You're 16. Your fast ass

could use a bit of controlling.

Oh, I'm fast? What
are you, then?

Grown. And what I do is
my own damn business.

[chuckles]

Anissa...

I know I'm doing a
lot, but I don't know

how I'm gonna get though
all this stuff without you.

Really. I can't talk to
Mom. I can't talk to Dad.

Listen.

You know I'm
always here for you,

right?

[cell phone vibrating]

Give me that.

[scoffs]

Khalil? Have you lost your
damn mind? He killed Dad.

Anissa, he killed
Black Lightning.

Oh, so now you're
sticking up for him?

When did he start texting you?

Awhile ago. But I never
hit him back. I swear.

Not once. I swear.

Yo, you've gotta shut this down.

Now, I know y'all
used to be tight,

but he is not who he was.

You don't think I
know that? I know.

Jennifer...

whatever you are
going through...

this boy is not the answer.

I know.

Here.

And you better
stay away from him.

0K3'!

Look, even if I'm
not in this house,

I will always be there for you.

Come here, little girl.

[sighs] I love you, girl.

I love you.

I think we've put so
much attention on Jennifer,

we've forgotten this is all new

for Anissa as well.

This path she's taking...

Stealing.

It only leads to blood...

Hey, it's the same path you
took early on, remember?

No, I never stole.

Well, you may not
have stolen or killed,

but how close to
the edge did you get?

I'm sorry...

that you have to
go through all this.

That you had to
pull that trigger.

It was a live-or-die situation.

I chose to live.

I've come to terms with it.

[cell phone vibrating]

[Jefferson groans]

[sighs]

Mr. Pierce?

[indistinct chatter]

You're letting Tobias walk?

First of all, I'm not
letting him do anything.

Unlike Black Lightning,
I'm not a vigilante.

I just can't go around
breaking the law. I am the law.

And secondly, where are you
getting your information from?

I can't say.

[scoffs] Of course you can't.

Well, whoever
pulled your coattail

should've told you the
evidence against him is...

- It's all gone.
- Wait, what? But...

the newspapers? What... the DNA?

What about the
guy he worked with?

He was murdered last week.

So he's just been playing
you the whole time?

Right now, that's
what it looks like, yeah.

No, no, there's gotta
be something else.

And I'm confident he
made some sort of mistake,

and I will find
it. But in the...

Put me on the stand.

[chuckles] Why? To say what?

That I was there. That I
saw Tobias kill my father.

You gonna perjure yourself now?

That's not how I
roll. You know that.

I'm not lying. I was there.

What?

I was there.

I saw Tobias murder my father.

Gambi didn't let me say anything

because he thought it was
the best way to keep me safe.

Damn, bro. Any
more lies or half-truths

you want to clear up?

Come on, man. Look, we
gotta squash this beef, all right?

So that you and I
can work together

and take down Tobias.

You really don't understand
what position you've put me in

as a deputy chief
or as a friend.

I got work to do.

[beeping]

[Kara exhales]

[Kara grunting]

[monitor beeping]

Please try not to move.
Nobody knows you're here.

The straps are for
your own protection.

I don't want you
to hurt yourself.

Whatever it is
you were shot with,

it went straight through.

Tobias.

With a harpoon.

[9 roans]

You've lost a lot of blood.

You've gotta help me. Please.

Kara, you need to
make your peace.

No, there's gotta be something.

Kara, you've got sepsis.

And it's only
going to get worse.

You're trying to play me.
You lying old hypocrite.

You ain't no better than I am.

No, I'm not. But I've
had time to atone.

You don't.

At least tell me what you know.

I'm not telling
you a damn thing.

I'm hoping you might reconsider.

This is for the pain.

[indistinct shouting]

[grunting]

- Come on, man!
- Hey! Hey!

Hey, hey, hey! No, no! Enough!

Enough, both of you.

Everybody, back
to class. Go. Go on.

Go. Now, look, I don't
know what this all about,

but at Garfield, we do not

settle disputes with our fists.

- Yeah, no, but I...
- No, wait. No, no.

No. "Hate is too
great a burden to bear.

It injures the hater more
than it injures the hated."

Who said that? Hmm?

[sighs]

- Coretta Scott King.
- That's right. That's right.

Now, look each other in the eye.

In the eye.

Shake hands and
squash this beef. Come on.

- Yes.
- [Principal Lowry] What's going on?

I heard there was fighting.

No, no, Principal Lowry,
I got it. Everything's okay.

Had I wanted your opinion,
Mr. Pierce, I would've asked.

Now, which one of you
threw the first punch?

It doesn't matter.
These young men have...

- Answer the question.
- His punk ass did.

Hey, man, he was
talking all that mess, dog,

and you know what?

Calm... Calm down, okay?

So it was you? What's your name?

[sighs] Sekou Hamilton.

Congratulations, Mr. Hamilton,
you've just been expelled.

What? Hey, Mr. Pierce, what's...

And you are
suspended for a week.

What?

Look, Principal Lowry,
these two are good kids.

They just made a mistake.

And this school has
a zero-tolerance policy

when it comes to fighting.

Now get back to class.

No, this school was
built on the understanding

that no one is
beyond redemption.

Times change, Mr. Pierce.

And if you feel you're
unable to properly enforce

the school's new
rules and policies,

well, you're free
to leave as well.

Let's go.

- Expelled? What...
- No. Come on.

Go back to class.
Everything's fine.

Go back to class. It's fine.

Don't you ever
talk to me like that.

Not here or anywhere else.

Are you threatening
me, Mr. Pierce?

Oh, for the record, yes.

As I've said, if you
don't like my methods

or find you're unable
to support them,

feel free to go.

No... To hell with
that. Let's be clear.

I am only here
to give you cover,

to give your presence
at Garfield legitimacy.

So we both know I'm
not going anywhere.

No, no. You're here to give
cover to the board, not me.

Now, I understand

why they need their
Black Jesus, but I don't.

Because no child will
be shot, kidnapped,

or overdose on Green
Light on my watch, period.

Look, if you give that
kid another chance,

he will become a person
that we can all be proud of.

But you throw him
out on the street,

odds are, he's gonna
become someone to be feared.

Zero tolerance.

The rule offers no
room for interpretation,

which is why it will be easy
for all of us to understand.

Yeah.

[bell dings]

[sighs]

I take it it didn't go so
well with your father.

[scoffs]

You mind if I crash
for a few days?

Of course. You're
always welcome.

You stay as long as you like.

Thank you, Uncle Gambi.

But I'm gonna have to let
your parents know you're here.

[sighs] I know.

Come on, let's
get you settled in.

Five. Four. Three. Two. One.

That's odd.

[beeps]

Are you expecting
something to happen?

- [alarm blaring]
- Yes.

No. No, no, no,
no. This is not right.

This... What's happening?
What's happening?

Guess we know
what his powers were.

If you knew he
was gonna wake up,

why didn't you say something?

- We could've saved him.
- We couldn't.

The subject was experiencing

rapid mitochondrial
deterioration.

- Death was imminent.
- No! He's not a subject!

He's a person, and his
name is Sean Phillips.

And now he's dead.

Indeed. And now
we have more data.

I'll input this.

No.

[indistinct talking on TV]

Hey, sweetheart.

[Jefferson exhales deeply]

So how'd it go yesterday?

[sighs]

I see you're ignoring me.

- Wonderful.
- [TV turns off]

You know, I didn't think
there was anything else

you could take away from me,
and then you threw Anissa out.

I did not throw her out.

I confronted her.

She made a choice.

You know what, Dad? I get it.

It's cool. You never
make any mistakes, right?

You're perfect.

Uh...

[chains clinking]

[guard] All right, Tobias.
Here's your lawyer.

How about a little music?

[jazz playing over headphones]

If you want, I can
make a couple calls,

have you home by dinner.

[chuckles]

It never ceases to amaze me

how all you white folks

feel this need to be the savior.

Makes me want to laugh
and at the same time,

punch you in the face.

Now, before my smile fades,

how about you tell
me why you're here.

[sighs]

A, uh... [exhales] significant
sum of money was stolen

from us by some
bitch with powers.

Ah, so that's
how the free clinic

got its miraculous donation.

Mmm.

Out of respect,
we've come to you.

Before we spill blood
on the streets of Freeland,

your streets...

we're here to ask
for permission.

You want to kill her?

We have ideas on
how to make our point.

[sighs]

Permission granted,
under one condition.

I want facial and body
recognition monitors

set up outside the clinic,

just in case Black
Lightning shows up.

He's been walking
around Freeland every day,

and no one knows
who his black ass is.

But I'm going to
burn this city down

and everyone in
it until I find him.

He's taken everything from me.

Tori, Joey Toledo, Syonide.

He's got to die.

And he's got to die soon.

We're on the same page.

[hip-hop music playing]

[laptop chimes]

[scoffs]

[gasps]

[groans in frustration]

[footsteps approaching]

[Lynn sighs]

You okay?

I lost another kid.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Yeah.

Did Jennifer tell you that
she fried another laptop?

What? [Jefferson sighs]

That girl is costing
me a fortune.

I thought she was
making progress.

She is. But this is
why I don't feel like

she's ready to go back
to school, you know?

I mean, it only
takes one mistake.

Yeah, true.

Uh. Besides, lwouldn't
want her there.

Garfield is not
Garfield right now.

- Lowry?
- Mmm.

Yes, Lowry.

You know what? I want
to take my school back.

I mean, this guy, he's...

He's just a pencil pusher

trying to get to another raise.

He doesn't care about the kids.

So, then, take it back.

If there's one thing I know
about Jefferson Pierce,

when he puts his
mind to something,

there aren't enough
Lowrys in the world

that can stop him.

Everything happens for a reason.

My father would have loved you.

[chuckles] Good taste.

- Great taste.
- [laughs]

[both laughing]

Oh, hey, sweetheart.

Hey.

You mind if I have
a second with Dad?

Yeah.

Just...

Just remember you were
sad when she left yesterday.

It's good to see you.

Look, Dad, Gambi thinks
the free clinic's in trouble

and that someone's
gonna attack it.

Just go ahead and
say, "| you told you so."

- I know you're dying to.
- No.

I wish I weren't right.

Dad, I think I need your help.

Well, I'm here to do
what needs to be done.

And I accept your apology.

[chuckles] Well, that's... That's
funny, because I didn't give one.

But I'll definitely take yours.

Yep. Let's go.

All right, Henderson's
up to speed.

But since there's no
definite time or threat,

he couldn't get the
clinic to shut down.

All they'll do is beef up
security for a week or so.

Okay, so what should we do?

Though there are no known
photos of Vladislav Zlovac,

the guy in charge of this
redevelopment project.

He just transferred $50,000

from one of his
business accounts.

- To who?
- Don't know.

After being rerouted
several times,

I traced it to a
company in Chicago.

But it turns out, other
than a bank account

and a digital profile,

the company doesn't even exist.

Chatter on the Dark Web tells me

that the money was for
some sort of hired gun.

Now, the clinic only
has two points of entry...

- [Anissa clears throat]
- The front door on the street

and this service
door off the alley.

And Henderson says he'll
limit traffic on both sides.

0K3'!
- Now, based on what I'm hearing,

and knowing that
they're gonna want to

inflict the maximum
amount of damage,

an explosive device

seems the most
likely method of attack.

So if they can't deliver
a blast by car or truck,

well, that just leaves us...

With every person who
may walk through that door.

Took long enough for
Popsicle Boy here to thaw out.

I need you to run some
sims on a new chemical chain.

I reverse engineered
the ones you used...

Why would you do that?
Those calculations were off.

Yeah, but only by ten seconds.

Eight.

Look, I've run this
simulation several times,

taking into account both
corrosion and energy storage,

and even with the added
ten seconds it doesn't add up.

It was eight.

And what you're
doing isn't working

because you're trying
to predict improvement

and I designed it
to predict failure.

- Yeah, okay...
- I told you, Dr. Stewart,

they're all gonna die.

It's only a matter
of how quickly.

- I refuse to accept that.
- I know.

I know. Your optimism amuses me.

But death catches
us all, Dr. Stewart.

None of us gets out alive.

I'm here because I'm one
of three people in the world

who can do what I do.

And the other two
aren't nearly as nice.

Oh, by the way, I came
across some samples

of stable metahuman DNA.

Do you know where
these samples came from?

Uh, the ASA acquired them.

One is a vaccine subject
that is actually stable.

The other two show no sign
of the vaccine or Green Light.

Had you noticed
that both samples

have the exact same
set of protein markers,

each sequencing at a
previously uncategorized fashion?

They'd have to be related.

It's Genetics 101, right?

What if the metagene
could be inherited?

Let's stay focused, okay?

Uh, run the simulation
on the chemical chain

and see if it doesn't lead
to a serum of some sort.

Just imagine an entire
family of metas, though.

Once the ASA found them,
we'd be able to poke, prod,

and scrutinize every detail
of their genetic makeup.

Now, that would be excellent.

[sirens wailing]

[Gambi] The Dark
Web's gone quiet.

And when people stop talking,
it usually means one thing.

That they're ready.

Well, we just
have to be careful,

stay on our toes.

These guys don't play by
the same rules that we do.

[scoffs] You just couldn't
help yourself, could you?

Look, I'm just saying,

if we don't have a code,

we're no better
than the criminals.

No, we'll always
be better than them.

We're fighting for the people,
for Freeland, not for money

or trying to make some
young girl a sex slave.

If we aren't using our
powers to help people,

then what good are they?

You had to steal to
help those people.

I don't consider

taking money back from
people like that stealing.

I consider doing it... Hang on.

You see this guy
by the dumpster?

[Black Lightning] Oh,
Gambi, you seeing this?

Just a guy trying
to kill hunger pains.

So your mother and
I were wondering...

if you want your own place...

maybe you'd want to move
into my father's old house.

Wait a second. Wasn't that woman

pregnant a few minutes ago?

[Gambi] It's the same woman.

Whatever she gave
birth to ain't good.

You guys better get in
there. I'll take care of her.

[both grunting]

[car horn blares]

Guys, I need everybody
out of here. Let's go.

Everybody out. Come on.

We gotta get out
here. We gotta get out.

Guys, I need
everybody out of here.

Go, guys, we need to be safe.

Get out here. Let's
go. We gotta get out.

Come on, we're not
moving fast enough. Let's go!

You, out.

Got a bomb.

[bomb beeping]

- [bomb beeping]
- I've got one in here, too.

[9 runts]

[both grunting]

[tires screeching]

Hey, what's going on
here? Are you okay?

[grunting]

So I saw in the file

that you were
interviewed as a child,

but there's no mention
of you being there.

So were you lying then,
or are you lying now?

- Wait a minute...
- I mean, it doesn't really matter.

Once the defense asks
the question, which he will,

the jury won't believe
anything that you say.

I've lived my whole
life in Freeland.

My word usually means
something around here.

I'm sure it does.

But let's say that I actually
allowed you on the stand.

The defense cross-examination
would go something like,

"Mr. Pierce, have you ever lied

to investigators
regarding this case?"

Yes, but...

"So, besides your word,
do you have any proof

"that you were a witness

to this alleged
crime by my client?"

No, but I...

"Mr. Pierce, did you
love your father?"

Of course.

"Would you say that you
would do anything for him?"

Now, of course, at this point,

I would object to
leading the witness.

The defense would
withdraw his question

and ask some version of,

"Do you think my client
being released from custody

"after decades of
being wrongly accused

has anything to do with
you coming forward now?"

"Wrongly accused"?

Tobias Whale has gotten
away with this for 30 years,

while my father has
rotted in his grave.

"No further questions,
Your Honor."

Oh.

Mr. Pierce, I believe you. I do.

But right now, the
truth does not help us.

The only thing that helps
us make a case is proof.

So there's nothing, then?

Nothing to prove that
I was actually there?

I destroyed anything
that could have

even remotely linked
you to that crime scene.

I did whatever I
could to protect you.

So Tobias is gonna be
free to walk the streets?

I can't accept that.

If you hurt Tobias after they
drop the charges against him,

then you're the
bad guy, not him.

[Jefferson sighs]

We will find something, Jeff.
We will. I won't ever give up.

- Jennifer!
- Yeah.

Could you come
down here, please?

Do you think we're overreacting?

No. No, we were leaning
in this direction already.

I mean, yes, I thought
she was improving.

But then, after the laptop,

now this thing with Dr. Jace...

Oh, she's gonna be mad.

And you know what?
I can't say I blame her.

Hey, what's up?

Sweetheart, there is something

we need to talk
through with you.

Your mother and I have decided

it's not safe for you
to go back to Garfield.

What?

We're gonna homeschool you.

No, Dad...

Wait, I don't understand.

I've done everything
you guys asked me to do.

Yes, you have.

But you still can't
control your powers.

I mean, not yet.

And there are people out
there looking for metas.

The police. The government.

Even my work helping
to save the pod children

is a threat to you.

- This isn't fair.
- We're sorry.

Yeah, we are really sorry.

I can't believe after
everything you guys

have put me through, that...

[Jennifer sighs]

Wow.

[Lynn sighs]

[monitor beeping]

[Kara grunting]

[breathing heavily] I
really am dying, aren't I?

I'm afraid so.

I swear I didn't know
Proctor was bent.

I was just trying to
serve my country.

You still can.

Help me. I need to
find Proctor's case.

Is it as powerful
as I think it is?

Burn me.

Don't put me in the ground.

Burn my body.

I will. I promise.

Tobias...

Tobias has the case?

Does he know how to use
it? Kara, where can I find him?

[exhales]

[reporters clamoring]

Tobias, how's it feel
to be exonerated?

Oh, I've always
had a strong belief

in our justice system.

And knowing I've been
wrongly accused all these years,

to see that system
work firsthand,

[exhales] only
solidified my belief.

So what's next for Tobias Whale?

Well, much more than anything,

I want to once again become

an active member in society

and, most importantly,
a pillar of this community.

And let me just say this.

I can only hope and offer
up my prayers that, one day,

after 30 years, they
finally find the person

who really killed Alvin Pierce.

If for no other
reason than to allow.

Jefferson Pierce and his family

to finally find peace.

Now if you'll
kindly excuse me...

[reporter] Thank
you for your time.

[electricity crackling]

Hey.

I didn't expect you
to text me back.

Yeah, well...

[indistinct chatter]

I'm back.

[crowd chanting] Yeah!
One Hundred! One Hundred!

One Hundred! One
Hundred! One Hundred!

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