All language subtitles for BLACK LIGHTNING - S03 E01 - Birth of Blackbird (1080p - BluRay).eng

[Jefferson] Last season
on Black Lightning...

[man] You've been classified

a clear and present meta-human
threat to national security.

The Pit is a black site
which exists on no map

and from which
there is no escape.

[Lynn] I've been studying
Green Light for some time now.

And I understand its components
and neurological effects

better than anyone.

[lssa] Ever since I came back
alive and when I'm around people

and when I look at them,
it makes them tell the truth.

I don't want anything
to do with you.

Mom.

I'm sorry.

Oh, my God. Stand back!

Those meta-humans
are out of the pods.

Odell's gonna wanna claim them.

[Agent Odell] You
are close to stabilizing

the pod kids, the
Markovians know it.

And if they can obtain you

and force you to do the same
for their meta-human army...

They'd be the most
powerful country in the world.

I'm swearing in Black
Lightning, Thunder,

and whatever you're
calling yourself.

The Markovian War is coming.
And Freeland is ground zero.

[siren blaring]

[helicopter hovering]

[female automated voice] Name.

Maryam Luqman.

[female automated
voice] Date of birth.

April 16th, 2004.

[female automated
voice] Confirm.

[machine beeping]

[female automated
voice] Your enhancement?

I don't know the
technical name for it,

but I can blend into
any environment,

basically making me invisible.

Like a chameleon.

[female automated voice] When
did you start using Green Light?

I didn't.

I've been here almost a month

and you ask me
the same questions.

I go...

I went to a private
school, Chatters.

Most of the kids
there were white,

so everything
about me stood out.

Kids learn about
Muslims on social media

and the news, and
they make comments.

"Is that a bomb
in your backpack?"

They filled my
locker with pork ribs,

and they would call me
names like "Bacon Slice."

AnwNay, I...

The school, they were
having a gym party,

and I wanted to go
and, for the first time,

my parents said that I could.

My friends and some boys,

they thought it would be funny
to put Green Light in my food.

Of course, I flipped out,

they accused me of using
drugs, kicked me out of school,

and by the time that the girls
could confess what they did,

it was already too late.

They had already
put me in a pod.

- [female automated voice] Name.
- You know my name.

Devonte.

Devonte Jones.

[female automated
voice] Date of birth.

June 28th, 1992.

[female automated
voice] Confirm.

[machine beeping]

[female automated
voice] Your enhancement?

I don't have no
enhancements, man.

I don't got powers, I
don't got none of that, man.

Look at me. Do I look
like I got enhancements?

Only enhancements I got is
hypertension and type 2 diabetes.

[female automated voice] When
did you start using Green Light?

You gotta be...

Yo, when y'all gonna
let me out of here, man?

[female automated voice] Name.

Jefferson

Pierce.

[female automated
voice] Date of birth.

September 12th,

1974.

[machine beeping]

[female automated
voice] Confirm.

Confirmed.

[grunting]

No.

I'm not answering another damn
question until I speak to my family.

My father took me to the clinic

to get the vaccine and...

[groaning]

[grunting]

[female automated voice]
Please return to your niche

and you will be emancipated.

Last night, I saw a
superhero He was black.

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

It's been precisely 37
days since the children

escaped from their pods and
most of them have not been located.

The government's reaction?

Separating any suspected
child from their parents

and putting them into detainment
facilities like the one behind me

until they've been
cleared of the meta gene.

Just moments ago we
were told by a source

that Deputy Chief Henderson will be
holding a press conference later today

regarding the government's
quarantine of Freeland.

We hit the streets of Freeland to
see how its residents are reacting.

Where is Black Lightning?

I don't see him.

I blame his black
ass, that's right.

Soon as he come back,

got all these soldiers
rolling up in these streets,

arresting anybody they want,

they don't care nothing
about our community.

People just gonna have to face
the fact that Black Lightning is dead.

And that Blackbird
has taken his place.

She cares more about
the people anyway.

And that's the overriding
question in the streets.

Has Black Lightning, who appears
to have abandoned the city again,

been replaced by the woman
people are calling Blackbird.

I'm Jamillah Olsen,
for Clap Back News.

[sighs]

[girl] I'm scared.

- [man] Easy now.
- [girl] I'm scared.

[man] Back up.

[Reverend Holt] This right here

is an abomination.

Really is.

[electricity crackling]

[rumbling]

[glass shattering]

[alarm blaring]

[soldier 1] Freeze. Stay
where you are. Stop now.

Get on the ground.
We will shoot you.

[soldier 2] Light his ass up.

[gunshots]

[groaning]

[groaning]

[Williams] Ned?

Ned Creegan?

I prefer Cyclotronic.

Cyclotronic?

[chuckles]

That's funny.

Ned.

Why all you metas gotta come up with
these corny ass names for yourselves?

You about to give me another
one of your speeches, Commander?

You abandoned your sisters,
your brothers, and your country...

The only time my country
ever cared about me

was when they found
out I had powers.

Did they try and cure me?

Help me?

No.

They put me in every
war zone on this planet,

killing over and
over and over again.

- You were a soldier.
- Come on.

I was a petty criminal.

Doing time for
stealing a minivan.

Not a murderer, an assassin.

You made me that.

That's true.

I did.

And I have to take
full responsibility.

Uh, no.

[groaning]

No! No!

[bones crackle]

[Williams] Markovians
breached the compound

with a special ops
strike team and one meta.

All dead.

- The children?
- All accounted for.

[Agent Odell] Put
Freeland on lock down.

COPY-[device beeps]

I'm Commander Carson Williams.

Welcome.

[crackling]

[gasping]

[grunts]

You know those children aren't
getting out of that place anytime soon.

And maybe you guys are used to
seeing this kind of stuff, but I'm not.

That was a war zone back there.

That Cylophonic, tronick,
whatever the hell his name was,

he was trying to
get to those kids.

And we're just riding back
like nothing happened?

Some of those children
came from the clinic.

Is that a coincidence?

Betty, you are a nurse.

Just do your job.

How they got there,
what happens to them

is up to the government,
not you and not me.

Has the clinic become one
more place to identify metas,

then turn them over
to the government?

We were there with the good
Reverend and the Congresswoman

to make sure the government
is treating those children

humanely and
according to the law.

You think that's humane,

collars on their
necks like dogs?

Anissa, you're okay with this?

Of course not.

- Stop the van.
- Betty, wait.

I'm not gonna be a part
of this, it's wrong, Anissa.

It's wrong, that thing attacked
the facility for a reason,

and these idiots,
including this bitch

sitting in the front seat of this van,
know more than she's telling us.

Those are children being
separated from their families.

And ain't no telling what
happened to their parents.

Betty, don't. Betty, what,
are you gonna walk? Betty.

Betty, come back.

The door is open if
you wanna follow her.

I don't give two shakes of a lamb's
ass what you need or what you want.

There's no way I'm going on
television and letting myself

or this department become the
face of your experiment gone wrong.

You will follow
orders, Deputy Chief.

I'm not a part of
your damn army.

You and everything,

from the heavens to the
smallest crawling thing

in this stain on the
map you call a city,

is under my command.

And either you
will follow orders,

or I will find the next person
in line for your job do it,

fire your black ass, and make
sure you don't find another job

until you've defaulted
on your mortgage,

your daughter's
school tuition dries up,

and your wife leaves you.

[soldier] Hey.

[all grunting]

Hey, enough.

Get off of me.

I'm guessing you don't understand
the situation, Deputy Chief.

This ain't no damn street fight,

this country is on
the brink of war.

How we handle this crisis in Freeland
will determine the future of warfare.

Now you either with
us, or you with them.

News conference
before the day is out.

[both moan and giggle]

Wait, what are you
doing, they're watching?

I don't care. I missed you.

Besides, I'm horny as hell.

- I missed you too. Okay.
- [Lynn giggles]

Can we go home?

Well, you gotta get out
of this suit, don't you?

- Yes.
- So then let me help you.

[both giggling]

Sorry to interrupt.

What the hell is your problem?

There was a Markovian attack
on one of our facilities today.

They sent in a strike team and
a meta to try to take the children.

Well, sounds like a
personal problem to me.

[Agent Odell] Not
really, Mr. Pierce.

There is a clear and
present Markovian threat,

and until that is eliminated,

we cannot allow you to leave.

- Or you, Dr. Stewart.
- What?

Law, you don't get to say a damn
thing about what my wife can do.

The only person more
valuable than Black Lightning

at this point in
time is your wife.

They already have Dr. Jace.

So consider this protective
custody for your good

and the greater
good of the country.

Agent Odell, now
I only came here

because we agreed that my
girls, my wife, would be left alone.

And you made the best
decision for you and your family.

Yeah, well, my
patience is running thin.

Believe me, you don't want to
see me when I lose my patience.

I'd like to see
that, just not now.

But as a gesture of good faith,

go ahead, you can
take that off now.

[collar beeping]

Have a, um...

good night.

An 8:30 pm curfew
begins immediately.

Anyone found on the streets of
Freeland without the proper paperwork

will be subject to
arrest or prosecution.

Freeland PD is working
closely with the ASA

to help Freeland get through
these extreme circumstances.

So, we ask the public
to please cooperate.

If you see anything
or hear anything

that you feel will lead
to meta engagement,

please call our
hotline at 1-800-55...

It's getting worse.

God, I'm so glad
Dad's coming home.

Me too.

Man, this is all so bizarre.

Code word "bizarre" confirmed.

Call Gambi.

- Calling Gambi. Call secured.
- [chuckles]

Girl, Gambi pimped
your ride out.

[both chuckle]

- [Gambi] I'm here.
- [Anissa] All the kids are in cages.

Metas everywhere,
military everywhere.

Yo, it had to be
at least 50 of them.

Betty's face and Ms.
Reeks' smug, satisfied face...

Oh, I swear it took everything
I had not to go off up in there.

We need you in
that clinic, Anissa.

It's a hot spot for identifying
metas, so you did the right thing.

Soon as your father gets
home we'll come up with a plan

for the facility to
get those kids out.

[Anissa] Oh, and there was
a new meta there as well.

He said his name
was Cyclotronic?

He can make things
disintegrate into nothingness.

It was just like this
weird black ash,

then this Commander
Carson Williams

called the meta by his
real name, Ned Creegan?

All of it was crazy.

I gotta go, Anissa.

I may have found a weakness
in the ASA's perimeter.

Talk soon.

[Shonda] Anissa,
good to see you.

Would you like for me
to turn on the lights?

Yes, please.

- Shonda.
- What's up?

- Play Chaka Khan.
- Of course.

["Sweet Thing" stars playing]

I will love you anyway.

Even if you cannot stay.

I think you are the one for me.

Here is where you ought to be

I just want to satisfy ya.

Though you're not
mine I can't deny ya.

Don't you hear me talking, baby?

Love me now or I'll go crazy.

Oh, sweet thing [sighs]

- Shonda.
- What's up?

- Mirror, mirror.
- Of course.

Oh, sweet thing.

Don't you know
you're my everything?

[computer beeping]

- Hey.
- [Anissa] Hey, Uncle Gambi.

We don't have much time.

Okay. But listen, Dad was
supposed to come home today.

Odell stopped by the house

and said that Mom and Dad
have to stay with the ASA,

something about helping
fight the Markovians.

Your mother's
research is important

to understanding and
controlling these metas

and your father is
biologically priceless.

Odell is protecting his assets.

Okay, so what do we do?

We follow the plan.

Your father can
take care of himself,

and your mother
certainly can hold her own.

We have to continue to destabilize
the ASA's presence in Freeland.

The soldier you saw at the
facility is Commander Williams.

He's like your father
in that he is a product

of the original vaccine trials.

He's a meta that
can mimic the powers

of any other meta that
he comes in contact with.

Sheesh!

That's a hell of
a power to have.

He needs a special
serum to keep him healthy.

He's basically got
sickle cell for metas.

The other meta you saw is
exactly who Williams said he was,

Ned Creegan, Cyclotronic man.

He was a part of the
government's meta force project

that was run by Williams.

I found an ASA convoy with metas
heading to the detention center.

I need you to intercept it.

The window of opportunity
is small, but will be fruitful.

[Anissa] Okay.

Everything you need is
on your computer screen.

- Jennifer all set?
- Yep, she's at the house.

Excellent.

- Be careful out there.
- Got it.

HI be watching.

[rock music playing]

- [grunts]
- [tires screeching]

[all grunting]

[soldier 1] Down
on the ground...

[soldier 2] Freeze.

[groaning]

[all gasping]

[distorted] I hope
you all don't mind.

We gonna take us a small detour.

These days,

everything's live...

in HD.

And we're watching it like
it's a form of entertainment.

Like it's a reality show.

We see kids in cages.

We see children taken
from their parents.

Some of them may never
ever see their parents again.

Now, does that
sound familiar to you?

But the president and his administration
say they're breaking the law.

What laws are these
children breaking?

They say the parents
are breaking the law.

How? All the parents
are trying to do

is get their children
out of Freeland,

so that they won't be taken away
because they might be a meta.

Not long ago, Jim Crow
was the law of the land.

Laws are not infallible,
my dear. Remember that.

Listen, I gotta stop now.

Just one more question.

Blackbird stole a bus
transporting people.

No one knows what
happened to those people,

and several soldiers
are near death.

What do you think
about her actions?

We don't know what happened
to Black Lightning, if he's dead.

We don't know what
happened to Thunder.

But it is good to know that we
have somebody out in them streets

fighting for the people.

Even though she's
breaking the law?

See, there you go
with that "|aw" again.

[chuckles]

I'mma pray for you, sister.

[Jamillah] Thank
you, Reverend Holt.

[Reverend Holt]
It's good to see you.

I was just talking about you.

You're a celebrity
now, young lady.

[distorted] Everybody's a
celebrity nowadays, Rev.

[Naughs]

I don't know about that.

- [distorted] Listen.
- Yeah.

[distorted] Be ready, we'll get
them through and across soon.

[Reverend Holt]
It's gotta be soon.

Room is getting crowded,

and a room full of scared meta
children ain't a good combination.

[distorted] I hear you.

["Bold Soul Sister"
starts playing]

Things and stuff.

And stuff and things and stuff.

Grease me!

I'm a bold soul sister.

People are saying
Black Lightning's dead.

Feels like he is in here.

[electrical pulsing and buzzing]

[gasps]

Excellent work. How's
everyone holding up?

Oh, we gotta get them
out of Holt's church, ASAP.

It's getting crowded,
and a lot of them

are losing their faith
and their patience.

The hole in the perimeter should
be big enough by tomorrow night.

All right, good.

Wait. You had something
you wanted to show me?

I picked this up a
few moments ago.

[soldier] Cap,
I... what the hell?

[captain] Spit it out, Barnes.

[Barnes] Cap, a leopard
just ate Sergeant Thomas.

- [captain] A what?
- [Barnes] A leopard.

- It just ate, Sergeant...
- [roaring]

- [gunshots]
- [Barnes screaming] No!

It was a little odd to say the
least, so I took a look around.

[growling]

[sighs]

That's Grace.

["Zora" playing]

None of us are free
But some of us are brave

I dare you to shrink my wave...

[bartender] Another one?

Yeah.

To give, yeah Fear
ain't no way to live...

Thank you.

Hey-

Hi.

You were at the detention center
today with the clinic delegation.

Sorry, I'm... I'm
Jamillah Olsen.

I'm a reporter for
Clap Back News.

In town, I thought,
for a couple of days,

but now that no one can
go in or out, kind of stuck.

You always come to
bars looking for stories?

No.

I come to bars looking for a
beautiful woman like you to talk to.

[chuckles] Talk?

- Yeah, talk.
- Okay, so you shooting your shot.

Maybe.

[both laughing]

You're a reporter?

Indeed.

[inhales deeply]

So, if you're trying to find somebody
who doesn't want to be found,

how do you go about that?

Depends on the person.

You trying to find someone?

[Naughs]

I am.

["Rescue Me" playing]

Rescue me Or take
me in your arms.

Rescue me I want
your tender charms.

Cause I 'ma lonely and...

I don't usually do
this kind of thing.

I'm not judging.

- I don't do it that often.
- Okay.

I mean... I'm
just saying that...

Damn it, woman, this is
not an interview. Okay?

Just nervous, I guess.

Don't be. Come here.

Cause I need you, by my side.

Can't you see that
I'm lonely? Rescue me.

C'mon and take my heart.

Take your love and
conquer every part.

You Okay?

Yeah. [Sighs]

That didn't sound
very convincing.

When I went to the bar...

I was hoping to... Run
into your ex, Grace?

Right, I told you.

[both chuckle]

Now I'm here with you,

and it's like, what am
I even doing? Like...

[Jamillah] It's
called loneliness.

That's why you're here.

I suffer from it as well,

and you shouldn't feel bad for
wanting a cure, because it hurts.

No pressure, but...

I'm here if you ever want
to get another drink or talk.

'Cause whatever this is...

it's good.

I've been talking to some of
the people in the community.

They think

the clinic is being turned into a place
where they identify possible metas

for the government.

[Anissa] Hmm?

You know people think a lot.

Like I thought...

I thought that reporters
dealt in facts, not rumors?

Ouch.

"[8coffs] {phone buzzing]"

Hey-

Where is she?

All right.

This damn girl.

[electrical buzzing]

[female automated
voice] Please step in.

You winning or losing?

Excuse me?

You winning or losing?

I always win.

[chuckles] You
mind if I sit down?

Yeah, go for it.

What's your name?

Jennifer.

Jennifer, it's nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

I guess if there's a bright side

to all these police and
soldiers being around,

it's at least we can walk the streets
without worrying about The One Hundred.

There is that,

but you aren't afraid they may pick
you up one day, put you in a camp?

Nah.

Okay, real talk? I'm like
crazy paranoid about it.

- [both chuckle]
- [car honks]

Get in.

I said get in.

It's over, buddy. Good night.

[sighs] Man...

Turn that damn thing off.

What the hell is wrong with you?

Uncle Gambi did not
make that cloaking device

so you could be
running the streets.

You do know that
there's a curfew?

Okay, so you just gonna not,
you ain't gonna say anything.

- [Jennifer] It hurts, Anissa.
- What?

It hurts.

My powers, they're
growing inside of me.

And if I don't
use them, it hurts.

Who was that boy?

He was nobody.

I met him at the
pizza joint, okay?

He was walking me
to the metro, that's it.

[sighs] Look, I know
all of this is hard for you.

You can't be just
a regular teenager.

All that drama since
we was in that motel

has robbed you of
any kind of normalcy.

You don't deserve this.

We don't always
get what we deserve.

That's true.

But, Jen, you can't
be out here like this.

You don't know if that
boy's a spotter or what.

We don't know when Odell
plans on letting Mom and Dad out.

All we got is us.

It's way too dangerous.

I'm telling you right now if I lose
you, I'm gonna lose my mind, girl.

- [scoffs]
- Seriously. So please, Jen, for real.

If you need to go out
again, just let me know.

Promise me that.

I promise.

- I promise.
- All right.

[Anissa chuckles] Come here.

- Sorry.
- It's cool.

You know, the test...

the experiments they did on me,

must have opened a door
in me in some kind of way.

Well, you've always
been able to see through...

Yeah, but not without the suit.

Gambi's tech was always
interfacing with my powers.

This... This vision
comes from within.

Like, naturally clearer.

Tobias?

In a bad shape.

Doesn't look like
he's gonna make it.

Issa?

He looked fine.

I need to talk to Odell.

I need to see lssa.

[clears throat] Lynn,
you can't do that.

The first thing he's gonna want
to know is how you found out.

Well, I'll lie.

And if he uses lssa
to make you answer?

[crackling]

You Okay?

[Tobias] |'rT1 dying-

[U888] How?

Old age.

Time catching up to me.

[Agent Odell over radio]
Where is the briefcase?

[crackling]

Where's the briefcase?

Hidden.

[Agent Odell over radio] Where?

[crackling]

Where?

I don't know.

Ask him again.

- [clears throat]
- [crackling]

Where's the briefcase?

I don't know.

[coughing]

[Agent Odell over radio]
When's the last time

he saw the briefcase?

When's the last time
you saw the briefcase?

When that bitch Lightning
came flying through my window.

What's in the briefcase?

What's in the briefcase?

I don't think you wanna know.

Why?

Because what's in it can...

Ask him again.

[crackling]

What's in the briefcase?

[grunts]

[crackling]

Proctor wasn't a rogue agent.

He was always meant
to be a scapegoat.

Proctor was working directly
under orders from Odell,

who received his
orders from POTUS.

Odell was sent to Freeland
to follow three orders.

Obtain all meta subjects.

Turn the metas into weapons.

And clean the Freeland
project of anything and anyone

who could link
POTUS to the program.

[Tobias coughing]

You're gonna kill me.

[scoffs]

So you can read minds now, huh?

No. Snakes bite.

A lot of wisdom
for a kid like you.

I stopped being a kid ever
since I got these powers.

Wish I had a choice.

Your powers are
simple but devastating,

and the truth is so rare

and so dangerous.

I thought you came to kill me?

I did.

I want to know what
lssa is doing here.

He's here because the Markovians
have no more use for him.

Markovians?

Yes, Mrs. Pierce,
the Markovians.

The people I told you
we were at war with,

the people who are trying
to destroy our country,

the people who want to either enslave
or murder your children, Mrs. Pierce.

Yes, the damn Markovians.

Apologies.

It's been, as they say,

one of those days.

They kidnapped him
from his sister's home,

tortured him for information that
he didn't have, and left him for dead.

What?

I know this is hard.

You cared deeply for him.

If you would like, you
can say your goodbyes

before we turn him
over to his family.

I'd like that.

Thank you.

I'll make it happen.

Where the hell are we?

[Anissa] Quiet! I told
you, people are listening.

Don't be shushing me.

I'm a grown-ass man,

and I want to know where
the hell are we going?

[Anissa] There are voice-activated
sensors in these woods.

If you value your daughter's
life, you'll shut the hell up.

This could be some
kind of setup, y'all.

We don't know who's behind this
mask and who she could be working for.

[Anissa] Sorry.

Come on. Let's
go, let's go, let's go!

Guys, come on. Let's go, quick.

Come on, come on, come
on. Come on, come on.

[Gambi] Jen?

Yeah, we're still clear.

[computer beeping]

Oh, damn!

Hey. You got them coming
from all sides and fast.

[Anissa gasps]

[baby crying]

[soldier] Stand down.

[baby cries]

[groans]

Is she all right?

Not the right move, Jen.

- Jen!
- What?

The Markovians are hunting down
any metas they can get their hands on.

Uncle Gambi, you saw them
blow Anissa through that hole.

- She could be dead.
- She could be.

She could be.

But we just have to
wait, do this the right way,

so we don't endanger
her, you, or your parents.

What's the point of having
powers if I can't use them?

I know this is tough, but
this is part of your training,

probably the toughest part.

Pafience.

[sighs]

What do we need to do?

You go home, we wait.

If we don't hear from
Anissa by tomorrow,

we come up with a plan
to bring her back across.

Mrs. Pierce... Dr. Stewart,

I know what you
must think of me,

and to be honest,
it's probably all true.

But what is also true

that your chances of
dying a natural death

are not good.

You come from a family of metas
and the Markovians are hunting you.

So, believe me when I say

that you and your family are
in the best hands possible.

["This Time I'm Gone
for Good" playing]

Mine.

When I left before.

Cause you do me wrong
When we're together.

But I keep coming back

[gasps]

When I leave this time.

Damn.

This time, I'm gone for good

[closing theme music playing]