All language subtitles for BLACK LIGHTNING - S02 E15 - The Alpha (1080p - BluRay).eng

[Jefferson] Previously
on Black Lightning...

She's here to realize her full
potential for the benefit of all of us.

Wendy could prove to
be more revolutionary

than the tank or
the machine gun.

[Lynn] You let me in right now!

She's powering up too
fast! Can't you all see that?

[Anissa] Grace?
Grace, are you in here?

[Grace as old man] You
should not have come here.

I already know there's
meta-humans in the clinic.

But no one but me
knows where they are.

[Todd] Those Leavenworth
subjects turned covert assets?

They're the exact same people

inside those pods we took
out of that clinic basement.

[Tobias] So, who
do we wake up first?

Marcus Bishop. He can
control and emit vibrations.

[Marcus grunts]

Jeff, the facility
is under attack.

[muted gunshots]

[Tobias] How soon before all
my metas are at full strength?

Four days if I push it.

Since I'll be renting these super
freaks out to the highest bidder,

the more there are,

the merrier my
bank account will be.

You're about to be the most powerful
meta-human arms dealer in the world.

I'm gonna make him pay, Khalil.

I'm gonna put Tobias
Whale in the ground.

Revenge is not the
right thing, justice is.

Revenge is justice.

[Lala] Why won't you let me die?

Because you still
have work to do yet.

[male police officer 1]
Freeze! Hold it right there!

- [police sirens wailing]
- [indistinct chatter]

[male police officer 2]
Get on the ground, now!

[male police officer 3] Put
your hands up! Hands up!

Hey! Hey! Hey!
I'm on y'all's side!

Don't shoot me!

[male police officer 4]
Get down on the ground!

You gonna shoot me?

I'm on y'all's side, man!

We on the same...
What you all doin'?

Don't shoot me,
I'm on y'all's side!

I'm tr yin' to help
you! Don't shoot!

Please, don't
shoot! Please, plea...

[gunshots]

[Jefferson] I love
these potatoes.

[Lynn] Jennifer made them.

And she has promised to help
me prepare dinner twice a week.

Huh.

Well, these are delicious.

[Jennifer giggles] Thanks.

Yeah, I bought them... at that
new shop on Williams Street.

I threw them in a pan
and heated them up.

[all laughing]

- [Anissa] Sorry I'm late.
- [Lynn] Hey.

Everything okay, honey?

Yeah, I think so.

Look, it's not me, it's a
friend, okay? It'll be fine.

So, a family meeting?
Seems very official.

I just... thought
we needed to talk.

I mean, a lot has happened.

I mean, Khalil had...

A new meta showed up in Freeland

and helped kidnap
the vaccine kids.

Now, look, I know

that you are eager to
just jump into the fight.

And I know that you are
eager to take revenge.

And everything
in my fatherly body

wants to tell both of
you to stay out of it,

but your mother
has helped me see

that I need to father
in a different way.

- Go Mom.
- [chuckles]

Your father wants
to protect you.

That's a good thing.

But I need to be
able to trust you.

Okay, I need to know that we
are all rowing in the same direction.

So, I've come up with a code,

three rules that we will follow.

- Rule number one.
- [clears throat]

We don't tell
anybody who we are.

[Anissa] Hmm.

Well, that's for you
two blabbermouths.

Mom and I are good
on that front. [Chuckles]

Rule number two. You
always have backup.

Gambi counts?

Gambi counts.

Your mother and her
best friend "Shotgun" count.

[Anissa and Jennifer laughing]

Hey, but no going it alone doing
anything power-related, okay?

0K3'!

Mm-hmm.

Rule number three,

we don't kill, ever.

Uh-uh, Dad,
Tobias killed Khalil.

And he tried to kill you.

I have not forgotten anything that
Tobias has done to me, believe me.

But killing him won't
change a damn thing.

Okay, no telling folks,
no going all Robin Hood...

I understand those.

This doesn't make
sense. Tobias needs to go.

- And you know that.
- This is not open for discussion.

If either one of you
doesn't go along,

I will tell Gambi to lock up
your suit and throw away the key.

Okay, whoa. I am a
grown woman, so...

I can't... I can't keep you
from wearing a hoodie

and going out stealing
money from gangsters,

but I can keep
you from pretending

that the suit gives you
license to make bad choices.

Do you agree to these rules?

- You mean your rules?
- And?

Don't look at me. You
guys have to figure this out.

[Jennifer and Anissa] Fine.

[Jennifer] Could you
pass me the potatoes?

Yeah.

[Qasps] Damn it.

- [sighs] Can I borrow something from you?
- Yeah.

[sighs] Okay.

- We need to clean it up.
- [sighs] I got it. I got it.

[R&B music playing]

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

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

We're ready.

Then wake them up.

Three,

two,

one.

[monitor beeping]

[monitor beeping faster]

[gasps]

- [grunts]
- [chuckles]

.[coughing]

[Joe grunting]

[9 runts]

- Calm down, ladies.
- [groaning]

[Joe screams]

[all groaning]

[meta-humans gasping]

[9 runts]

[chuckles]

Let them up.

[machine beeps]

[9 runts]

- [coughing]
- [breathing heavily]

Darryl. [Chuckles]

Joe.

Rebecca.

[breathing heavily] Kiss my ass.

Hmm. [Chuckles]

I know this is disorienting.

You've been in those
pods for 30 years

and the whole world has changed.

Who the hell are you?

All you need to know
is that I'm Tobias Whale.

Tobias... [clears
throat] Tobias who?

Your new boss.

- [grunts lightly]
- Now, sit your ass down

while I educate you on
what's about to happen.

[sighs]

[sniffs]

Let's get started.

[female reporter] The rest of
this is just too graphic to show.

Bystanders say the
young man, affectionately

known as Cape Guy
in the neighborhood,

was caught in a magnetic storm.

[woman] Cape Guy
wasn't trying to hurt nobody.

He was one of those
Green Light babies,

I mean, high as a kite,
wanting to be a superhero.

But all that metal
flying around...

I mean, he was more
scared than the police

about everything
that was happening.

[female reporter] A hero and veteran
for his country who suffered from PTSD.

News sources reveal
that his wife believed

that he may have been
self-medicating with the drug Green Light.

And, while we haven't
been able to confirm

that Cape Guy was
a Green Light meta,

it is increasingly clear

that Freeland police are now
willing to shoot first and find out later.

[Agent Odell] What a shame.

It proves that Freeland
is a dangerous place

for young people with powers.

Did you get any leads on
the kidnapped vaccine kids?

No, the trail has, as
they say, gone cold.

How long can they
live without treatments?

They were stable,

I'm not sure how the move
might have affected them.

I doubt the kidnappers
were careful.

They might all be dead.

Hmm.

That would be a shame, too.

[Tobias] How are they?

[Dr. Jace] Dr. Stewart did a
wonderful job of taking care of them.

They're actually better than
they've ever been before.

[Tobias] Good.

How long until they can be
awakened and join the prison metas?

A week or two.

What then?

My army of metas will make me richer
and more powerful than I ever dreamed.

And I plan to cram my victory
down the throats of everyone

who tried to stand in my way.

Spoken like a true gentleman.

[Jefferson] Okay,
look, it's a tragic fact,

black men die every
day in Freeland.

So, why have you
focused on this one?

Todd Green was near the free
clinic the night it was broken into.

I think the radiation we
found near the break-in site

was from the power supply sustaining
a pod which held a meta-human.

The same meta that showed
up to steal the vaccine kids?

Yes.

You think Todd Green
was involved in the theft?

Unemployed academic?

Not exactly the résumé
of a master criminal.

According to his cell phone,

the day he was fired, the kid was
in the neighborhood of Club 100.

You think he was
working for Tobias?

It was just a theory, until
he was found blown up.

And we both know
that's Tobias's MO.

So Tobias has the vaccine kids

and a meta from the free clinic?

Or metas. We don't know
how many there were.

Great. One or worse than one.

Your lead is dead.
How do we find him?

The radiation from
the power supply

sustaining the pod, or
pods, is very low-level,

so it can't be
tracked by satellite.

But I've installed Geiger
counters around Freeland,

hoping to
triangulate a location.

The pods aren't moving.

Radiation flies with the wind.

Wind speed and direction will
be my measurable elements.

[Jefferson sighs]

Do I have this on right?

[sighs] That's for your arm.

Oh.

Okay, got it.

[Jefferson sighs]

Floating radiation
leading to lethal metas...

Just when I thought being a parent
couldn't get any more stressful.

Jeff, there isn't
a parenting book

for what you and
Lynn are trying to do,

but you're doing a
hell of a job anyway.

Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

They gonna add it up
and they gonna eat it down.

Who's that?

No. Not "Who is that,".

"What's that."

Roadkill possum. [Chuckles]

You know,

sometimes I try to bring something
back that's particularly pustulent.

[sniffs] Just a little

[breathes deeply] pungent.

Why?

I don't know.

To push myself,
you know, Latavious.

Just trying to get
better at what I do.

[stammers] What's
on your mind, son?

I thought I was supposed to kill
Jefferson Pierce because he killed Earl,

but, it turns out
that I killed Earl.

There's nothing but
pain for me in this life.

And who do you blame for that?

Tobias Whale.

Tobias Whale.

You know...

he killed Lady Eve, too.

[exhales]

She brought me
here to Blackbird,

taught me how to use my gifts,

and to love...

Love her...

[stammers] and
the work that I do.

But now

there's a hole in my heart...

and it cannot be filled.

Where Tobias goes,

heartache is sure to follow.

That's why I was thinking...

that maybe he's better off dead.

I wholeheartedly agree.

[Gambi] Okay, Jen. I'm going to direct
an electric charge toward the sleeve.

Now, if the material
does what it's supposed to,

it will absorb that
charge, then disperse it,

so that it doesn't add
to your energy load.

[through speakers] Okay.

Now, I can't control the amount
of power that you generate,

so you still need to work
on controlling your emotions,

but I'm hoping this will prevent
anyone else from overloading you.

Sounds like a plan.

Now, if you get at
all uncomfortable,

just signal me,
and I'll shut it down.

-Qkay_ -Ready?

You sure she's going to be okay?

I've taken every precaution.

But, if you're worried,
I've got these gloves.

What are those?

They're viscoelastic,
so they absorb energy.

I developed them when you
were a kid, in case you overloaded.

When she was a baby, I
never imagined we end up here.

I hear you.

The material's working.

Okay, Jen, you can power down,

I'm gonna let you out.

So you didn't feel anything?

- Nope.
- Awesome.

Okay, when will the
full suit be ready?

Well, not until I
finish the insulation.

Until then, it's probably
more harmful than it is helpful.

But come on, I'll show you
how the whole thing fits together.

[Jennifer] Okay.

[piano music playing]

[giggling]

[indistinct chatter]

Why are you bleeding so much?

Dad! You don't
want to see the suit?

No. I'll wait.

I recognize that look.

What?

The look on your face. You're
thinking sappy thoughts, aren't you?

No, I'm not.

What are you thinking about?

Lunch. You pick.

Okay, I'ma go get
changed. Starving.

Do you ever get
a static problem?

You mean with the electricity?

Mm-hmm.

No.

Good, because I don't want
the powers to mess up my hair.

[laughs]

That's better.

You're getting way too serious.

So, this code...

YES?

Look, I know you want us to
make good choices, all right?

Somebody throws me shade
at school, do not power up.

-[chuckles] -There's
a cat caught in a tree,

call the fire department.

Freeland gets attacked
by a giant marshmallow...

Uh, sf mores for everyone?

[laughing]

But Tobias, he's a totally
different category, Dad.

Think about it. All of our
problems come from him.

It doesn't matter.

Freeland would be better off
if he were permanently gone.

You don't mean
"permanently gone,"

you mean "dead."

And, it's not about
whether he deserves it,

though the Good Book says
it is not our decision to make.

It also says "an
eye for an eye."

Which is an idea older
than the Bible, Jen.

Hammurabi's Code.

It was meant to limit
vengeance, not justify it.

Khalil died because you put
him out front. Doesn't that matter?

[sighs]

You know, I have had a long time
to think about my powers, Jennifer.

Some days if eel like
I have it all figured out,

but most of the
time, I have no idea...

No idea why God saw fit
to put this burden on me.

The only thing I know for sure

is that those with
the greatest power

should not be able to
decide who lives or dies.

No, that is a path

that can only lead to darkness.

You hear me?

Yeah, Dad, I hear you.

- [Anissa] Hey.
- [Gambi] Hey.

Ooh, she's going to like that.

I hope so.

But more importantly,
when it's finished,

- I hope it will keep her safe.
- Keep her safe?

[chuckles softly]

- I'm nothing if not predictable.
- [chuckles softly]

What do you need, sweetheart?

So, I've been looking for Grace,

but, Uncle Gambi,
what I'm finding

is raising more
questions than answers.

So, an elderly Asian man
with wicked martial arts skills

almost kicked my ass,

a half-eaten horse
is just... [sighs]

I could have guessed all
day and never gotten to those.

- And his eyes. They...
- What about them?

They changed at some point.

It was like he morphed, I guess.

He might be a shapeshifter.

Metas come in
many different forms.

- Is that what it sounds like?
- Yes.

And it could also explain the horse,
if his true form is that of an animal.

Did his eyes look human?

Yeah. Well, I... I don't know.

If he was a meta,
the real question is,

what did he want with Grace?

You didn't tell her about
your powers, did you?

Because if she
told someone else...

No, no. I definitely didn't.

Sweetheart, if she loves you
the way you say you love her,

she will find her
way back to you.

I've arranged for you to meet
a woman named Perenna.

She's a therapist and a healer.

She's gonna help you
understand your powers

and hopefully be
at peace with them.

Perenna, that's a pretty name.

You'll like her.

Do I have to go to her?

I think, to start off with,
we'll have her come to you.

Okay, good.

You nervous?

About going back into Freeland?

It's been 30 years.

Everything I knew is gone.

I'm not nervous,
I'm just sad, I guess.

It feels lonely.

It's hard to think about
going back into a world

that's moved on without you,

especially given that
you have rare gifts,

but you have a choice about
what to do with your powers.

Once you can control them,
you can use them or not.

You'll always be a meta, Wendy,

but that doesn't mean you
can't be a teacher or a doctor.

I can't remember
what I wanted to be.

I'll make sure you
have time to remember.

I'm here for you, okay?

Anything you need.

I know you don't like
working with Agent Odell.

I appreciate that you stay.

Come.

It'll be okay.

[Lazarus] Look, I know
it's only a semi-automatic.

I'm sorry, but I ain't never
had much use for guns.

It'll do.

I can understand why you'd
want to be armed, I mean...

Everybody's
armed, but know this,

no gun is more
powerful than you are.

You see, your real
weapon, Latavious,

is that while you can die, you can
always be brought back to life again.

And I know, it'll be painful.

[stammers] The dying, the
returning, the returning, the dying...

But it'll be worth it.

It will allow you
to do great things.

I don't want to do great things.

I'm tired.

I know.

I just want to rest.

Lala, if you kill Tobias,

you'll feel much better.

[Tobias] Negro, you
think this is funny?

[Marcus] I've taken out
an entire village by myself.

I'm not about to practice
fighting with this fool.

I'm no damn dog.

Black Lightning
and this banana girl

represent the only metas in Freeland
that have ever gotten the better of me.

As much as I hate them,

right now it seems
like you aren't fit

to kiss the bottom of
their stupid-looking boots.

So, if you can't get yourself
together and show some discipline,

I'm gonna kill your black ass.

[9 runts]

This idiot's worth
millions of dollars.

What the hell are you doing?

Saving you.

Suture his neck, please.

Don't worry, the
blade isn't poisoned.

And a little blood loss will teach
him a lesson. [Clicks tongue]

[chuckles softly]

You gonna shoot me?

[male police officer 3]
Get down on the ground!

You gonna shoot me?

[male police officer 3] Now!

[cape guy] Don't shoot
me! I'm on your side.

I'm trying to help you!

[male police officer
3] Down on the ground!

[Jennifer] Hey, Mom.

[sighs] I just wanted to
make sure you're okay.

Yeah, I mean, the world

is about to blow up
because of Cape Guy.

But, just a normal
day in Freeland, right?

- I'm sure...
- Black Lightning and Thunder

will take care of it. I know.

It's what they do.

We help.

Is there something else?
'Cause I really am fine.

[sighs] I was also gonna ask if
you'd be willing to talk to Wendy.

You mean Wind Girl?

That's not what
we call her, but yes.

About what? [Sighs]

Her wardrobe is 30 years out of
date, but Pinterest can help with that.

It's not about clothes.

It's about how you
feel about having...

What?

[sighs] It's probably not a
conversation for the phone.

Oh. You want me to talk to her
about all the juice and the feelings

that come along
with having the juice.

Yes. She's having a
hard time adjusting.

From one weirdo to another.

You're not a weirdo.

You're the same wonderful, sensitive,
smart, loving person you've always been.

[Jennifer] But if you had
known how all this was gonna go,

I bet you would've considered
a more vigorous birth control.

[chuckles softly] I
wouldn't change a thing.

All right, yeah.

I don't have a problem talking to
Windy Wendy, but what about the code?

Rule number one is don't share.

I'm confident we can
figure something out.

Masks and voice synthesizers?

We will go full on
Mission Impossible.

Yeah, all right.

Oh, Mom...

Yeah?

Thank you for saying
that I'm not a weirdo.

I know that's
what you think, but

it's still really nice to hear.

I love you.

Love you.

[Cutter] So, who
should we choose?

Marcus is too
weak, thanks to you.

He's an ass anyway.

I like Rebecca,

but I don't think sending a woman
would appeal to your target audience.

Hmm... Men can
be stupid that way.

I vote for Joe.

His powers will look good
on camera, that's for sure.

Joe it is.

What are they doing here?

- Training Wendy.
- No.

She has powers, but she
needs to know how to use them.

You almost killed her
when you activated her.

- I'll be careful.
- I don't trust you to be anything.

Wendy's been stuck
in a pod for 30 years.

And she's lost everything, except
these powers that she didn't ask for.

And I'm not letting
you anywhere near her

until she can figure
out how to handle that.

Dr. Stewart, whether
she chose them or not,

she has skills that
could be of use... No!

She is gonna have therapy, okay?

She's gonna finish high school.

She's gonna learn how
to balance a checkbook

or do pottery or
whatever she wants to do.

And then, only then, can she
become one of your soldiers.

0K3'!

I hear you.

I'll wait.

[Jennifer] A half-eaten horse?

I assumed.

I suppose it could
have been half-rotten.

I know you're upset because
you can't find Grace, and I get it.

It's totally understandable,

but were you stoned
when you went over there?

Tell the truth,

'cause a fighting Asian man and
a half-eaten horse sound crazy.

No, I wasn't stoned. That's you.

- Yeah...
- That's what I saw. And I...

Hey. Your eyes,
they change color?

Uh... [coughs]

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Oh, no, they're the same. Thought
they were lighter for a second.

Where's Grace Chow?

[Jennifer] Anissa?

| Slot to go.

Where are you going?

Uh-uh, you can't just
go. I tell you everything.

[sighs]

Look, Gambi said something
about a shapeshifter,

someone who could
be a danger to Grace.

Jen, I think the
shapeshifter was Grace.

Grace is a meta.

And she ran because she
thought I would reject her.

If I'd just told her
who I was, then...

Find her. Screw the rules.

Anissa, find her and
tell her who you are.

[sighs]

The world is unfair.

Governments control
the police, the armies,

and those with great
dreams are left on the outside,

lacking the tools to bend
the world to their own will.

So imagine a single soldier
strong as an entire army.

Imagine soldiers trained by
the best military in the world.

I'm sending you a
video from the dark web.

Tobias just unleashed a
different kind of meta on Freeland

for some kind of demonstration.

[Gambi] I think he's
created a mercenary army.

But with weapons no
money can buy. [Chuckles]

Meta-human soldiers, now
available to those who can afford them.

Where's Fire Boy headed?

He's headed down Wilson Street,

but there's not much over there.

Well, there has to be something.

Tobias wants more
chaos, not less.

[Councilman Parker
talking indistinctly]

Councilman Parker is
showing off a new mall project.

He's giving a speech.
Dignitaries and press.

What did Parker
ever do to Tobias?

I have no idea.

Five hundred jobs is
just for the construction.

Once this project is finished and
these offices are filled with people,

there will be more jobs.
Jobs in the dining industry...

[audience screaming]

Don't just stand
there, stop him!

[Joe grunts]

[screams]

Everyone, get out!

- Get out!
- [grunts]

[screams]

Whoa'.!

[Gambi] The meta's
moving inside the mall.

You gotta give me something.

He's heating up some pipes.

[Joe grunting]

- [Jefferson] For what?
- I don't know.

They're gas Pipes-

He's superheating them.

[female dispatcher
talking indistinctly]

Houses in west Freeland
are catching on fire.

West Freeland?
Jen is home alone.

I'm on it.

[laughing]

[9 runts]

[JOe groans]

[both grunting]

["Fire" playing]

- You should tell him to retreat.
- No.

You said yourself, Black Lightning
and Thunder are formidable.

One meta might not
be enough to beat them.

- Let him try.
- And if he fails?

Tobias, you can't
sell a dead meta.

[Black Lightning] Stay back.

Fine.

Joe, get out of there.

Let him go.

[9 runts]

We have to figure out
how to cool these gas lines,

keep Freehand from burning down.

How long do I have to stay here?

I don't know.

There's a fridge
under the stairs

and you have Internet access.

Yeah, I just have
a ton of math to do,

and this isn't my
usual studying vibe.

Well, your dad and sister are
working to put out those fires

and I don't think
it'll be long until...

[Jefferson] Where's Jennifer?

Here. Safe.

Thanks. Any news?

The radiation algorithm
has generated an address.

You know where Tobias is.

I know where the pods are.

We haven't finished
cooling the pipes yet.

All right. Well, I'll go
watch over that location

until you can get there.

- I'm sending you the address.
- Okay.

Jen, stay here and make
yourself comfortable.

- I'll be back as soon as I can.
- Okay.

I wouldn't have said retreat if
I didn't think it was necessary.

I did what you suggested.

No good can come
from rubbing it in my face.

I'm not.

And I appreciate you
meeting with me in private.

I think that Cutter is
a little too possessive.

A long time ago, I was
too proud to retreat,

and I ended up
indentured to a rogue nation

and then the worst people
in the US government.

I've lost everything because I
didn't have the good sense to stop.

That sucks for you.

I'm smarter than you are.

It's not an insult. It's a fact.

I'm smarter than
virtually everyone I meet.

It's annoying, but I've
learned to live with it.

What I lack is your
genius for survival.

I think we'd make a good team.

I can't kill people
with a whisk,

but my big brain can solve
a whole lot of problems.

So far, I'm not impressed.

And I actually appreciate
Cutter's possessiveness.

We had to open a hole in the
gas line to release the pressure,

the gas company
is on the way to fix it.

Shouldn't have any
more fires downstream.

Have you seen anything?

Nothing.

Okay, I'm on my way.

Where is Tobias?

Who are you?

It doesn't matter.

[Cutter] How did
you get in here?

Where's Tobias?

He's, uh...

- [grunts]
- [screams]

[breathing heavily]

[9 runts]

[coughing]

[breathing heavily]

Death is knocking,
but ain't nobody home.

I can't really die,
sweetheart. How about you?

[groaning]

[screaming]

All the time I put into this,

and that Black
Lightning and banana girl

somehow show up
and ruin it! [Grunts]

[alarm buzzing]

For a guy so focused
on getting rich,

you're very cavalier
with your assets.

Only thing worse than a loud-mouthed
Negro is a loud-mouthed white woman.

Todd would still be with us
if he'd kept his mouth shut.

- [Cutter panting]
- I suggest you keep yours shut.

- Someone's here looking for you.
- Whoever it is, kill him.

Tried. Didn't work. Let's go.

Rebecca, get everyone
to the rendezvous spot.

Ichecked.

Your neighborhood is now safe.

Thank you.

Freeland's lucky to have them.

- Who?
- Black Lightning and Thunder.

Don't you agree?

Yes, they're... They're
quite something.

Hmm... [sniffs]

Have a good night.

Tobias just exited the building.

Can you hold them?

- Oh, no.
- [Jefferson] What is it?

It's Jen. She's here...

She's wearing the
suit. It's not ready.

Damn!

- [Tobias] What the hell is that?
- Don't know, don't care.

[panting]

You can't get away!

I will find you,
and I'll... I'll kill...

[screaming]

[closing theme music playing]