All language subtitles for BLACK LIGHTNING - S03 E08 - The Battle of Franklin Terrace (1080p - BluRay).eng

[Jefferson] Previously
on Black Lightning...

[Agent Odell] The Markovians
are on the outskirts of Freeland,

and they're
marshalling their forces.

[in Russian]

[Agent Odell speaking English]
The Markovians want to capture or kill

as many metas as possible.

[Black Lightning] Markovians
breached the compound.

- [Agent Odell] Put Freeland on lockdown.
- [man] Copy.

[Jennifer] I need to know what
happens when our powers merge, okay?

[Brandon] Now, tell me
what you know about Jace.

[Jennifer] Just do it one
more time and I'ma tell you.

And I ain't got time for
your games right now.

So here, get out.

Wake up, Freeland. The
insurgents are not your enemy.

They're fighting to protect us

against the tyranny of our
so-called protectors, the ASA.

Khalil. How is that
possible? We buried him.

[gunfire]

[grunting]

Look, Lynn. VVhatlseeis you
spending more time at The Pit

than with your own
family. Why is that?

- Talk to me.
- Why talk, Jeff?

I talk, you don't listen,
history repeats itself.

I'm done.

Come on. Lynn!

[Katie] Name?

Tobias Whale.

[Katie] Date of birth?

April 20th, 1946.

[Katie] Confirmed.

[Tobias] You're doing
this with the others.

You are, aren't you?

Have they figured it out yet?

What you're doing to them?

What you're making them?

[laughing]

Truth in silence, my dear.

I know all about your
plan for Freeland.

But you aren't going to

turn me into one of
Odell's slaves. No.

I'm not a meta.

I'm something different.

[exhales deeply]

I ride the pale horse...

and hell follows with me.

[maniacal laughter]

[alarm beeping]

[Lynn] I don't need your
permission to talk to anyone.

[Jefferson] No, you
don't talk about me.

[Lynn] Why talk, Jeff?

I talk, you don't listen,
history repeats itself.

[Jefferson] You think everything about
me, including my powers, is strange.

[Lynn] This is not
about Freeland.

It's not about
Tavon, it's about you.

It's always about you.

[Jefferson] Tell them
exactly how my powers work.

[Lynn] I would
never give you up.

[phone line ringing]

[on voicemail] Hi, you've
reached Dr. Lynn Stewart.

I'm unavailable at the moment,

so please leave your name
and phone number, and HI...

Okay. Now,

take a deep
breath in and hold it.

[inhales deeply]

Let me know if you feel
anything other than pressure.

Ready? Anything?

[grunts]

[laughing]

Well, it looks like your
powers are back to normal.

Thank God.

Are you feeling any residual
effects from the poison at all?

No, just this.

It looks much better.

Just keep using the
antivenom until it clears up.

And in the meantime,
you should continue to rest.

You need to give
yourself time to heal.

Please. We both know
that's not gonna happen.

Look, I gotta get back
to work, Uncle Gambi.

Freeland needs me.

I figured you might say that.

Well, in that case, there's
something I want to show you.

I found this when I was
going through the system

that I mirrored in The Pit.

This aired in Jacksonville
a few days ago.

[female news anchor] Freeland
continues to be on lockdown.

Officials say they're still
no closer to eradicating

the SARS epidemic which
forced the government

to quarantine the city

more than a month ago.

What the hell?

SARS?

What about the metas? Markovia?

No mention of any of that.

Apparently, the ASA doesn't want

the world to know what's
really going on here.

So, that's why no
one's come near us,

because they think
it's an outbreak?

[Gambi sighs]

Uncle Gambi, look. We got
to get the message out there.

We have to tell
the people the truth.

I tried uploading the video

of your father getting
beaten by the ASA.

I figured that a
community/Olympic hero

being assaulted would
get the world's attention,

but my equipment is too limited.

I can get a signal out, but
only as far as South Freeland.

Okay, so what else can we use?

[sighs] I'm looking.

But I need more evidence.

Photos, videos,
something that will prove

what happened to your dad wasn't just
another black man getting beaten down.

Something that will show the
world what's really going on here.

I think I know somebody
who can help us.

Where did you go, Khalil?

Excuse me, Dr. Stewart.

Patient 49 is here
for his blood test.

Thank you, Nurse
Allen. Put him over there.

Okay. Right over here, guys.

Ah... Dr. Stewart.

How is that super
family of yours?

I need to test your blood

to see if your antibodies are
regenerating for the stabilization cure.

You know, Dr. Stewart,
I'm jealous of you.

Yes. Jealous because
you're going to be famous.

Come, come, now.
Don't be modest.

I can see you on the cover
of Ebony and Essence now.

"Dr. Lynn Stewart,

the strong, sexy,
intelligent black woman

who saved Freeland and the world

by enslaving black youth."

What're you rambling about?

Fame, my dear.

Fame for the cure.

I asked you a question.

Don't be naive, Dr. Stewart.

You know exactly what the
ASA is gonna do with those metas

once you stabilize them.

Just look at the
roster you gave me.

Super strength,
accelerated healing,

and my favorite... camouflage.

Seem like weapons to me.

I've heard it all before.

Oh, really? From who?

Wait. You don't
mean Black Lightning?

How interesting.

I guess he's smarter
than I thought.

Then again, that suit.

Tell me. I've
always been curious.

Is he a big fan of
Earth, Wind & Fire?

Or is it Parliament?

Perhaps Bootsy Collins.

I'm not being naive.

I know the ASA wants to
use the metas as weapons

and once they're stabilized,

they might decide
they want that too,

but at least this way
I'm giving them a choice.

Is that what they're
calling slavery

these politically correct days?

I've worked with
the ASA for decades,

with you about a month
and some change.

Does it look like these
kids have a "choice"

to make of their own?

No, Dr. Stewart,

the choice has already
been made for them.

Those kids will be weapons
whether they like it or not.

And not just them.

But everyone in Freeland
with the meta-gene.

Now that the ASA knows
what Green Light can do,

they'll flood the city until they
get as many metas as they can.

It's not possible.

How would they even
get that much Green Light?

I don't know.

But what I do know is,

it'll be all because of you.

The great, smart,
talented, and beautiful.

Dr. Lynn Stewart.

Last night, I saw a
superhero He was black.

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

[knock on door]

Okay.

[knock on door]

All right, all right.
Okay, I'm coming.

[exclaims]

[groans]

What the hell was that for?

Oh, that was for kicking
me out the last time.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Look, I invited you
over to apologize.

All right? I was wrong.

You were right. I'm sorry.

You should be.

If you try something
like that again,

I'm gonna barbeque your
Pantene-commercial-looking ass.

All right, all right. It
won't happen again.

- I promise.
- Good.

Okay, I'm sorry, too.

I wasn't trying to stress you.

It's just, I really wanna know what's
happening when our powers merge.

Me, I've felt like a
freak for a long time,

but this just takes things to
a whole new level, you know.

Maybe.

Maybe it has something to do

with your powers
being electrical

and mine being earth-based.

[scoffs] You lost me.

All right, look...

You know when
there's a lightning strike,

the earth grounds the energy?

Yeah. So?

Okay, well, maybe that's
what's happening here.

You know, you being
able to control lightning,

and I can control the earth.

Maybe I... Maybe I ground you.

So, if you ground me,
that means I can use

my powers on you
and not hurt you?

Like I don't have to hold back?

Well,

theoretically, I mean, yeah.

Okay, chill out!
It's just a theory.

- It's just a theory.
- [laughing]

Damn.

That's the truth, people.

And we won't stop telling it

until Freeland is free.

That was a nice speech.

I wish I had known
you were here,

I would have had
you say a few words.

Mmm-mm. Actually, I came to
talk about a different audience.

Jamillah, what if I told
you I can get a message

outside the perimeter?

Really?

We just figured out how to
broadcast to the rest of Freeland.

Now you're saying that you can
get a transmission out beyond that?

Mmm-hmm.

What about the firewall?
The media blackout?

Leave that to me.

What we need now is footage.

What tapes do you
have on the ASA?

Um... Beatings, riots...

- Camps.
- Good.

- I've got it all.
- Good, good.

Round up your best material.

I'll notify you when the
plan's in place. Okay?

What should I do
in the meantime?

Keep the cameras rolling.

[knock on door]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jefferson sighs]

Okay, what did I do now?

Diffuse another
one of your bombs?

Hey, look, Jeff.

I'm sorry for barging in on
you like that the other day.

But you were right. We do
need to get on the same page.

Whoa, whoa. What happened to,

"You handle the ASA your
way, I'll handle 'em my way"?

Well, I assumed
all that had changed

when Black Lightning helped
those meta refugees escape.

Face it, man, you're
on our side now,

whether you like it or not.

No. No. Not if you're putting
innocent people in danger.

Look, I already told you, man, I
don't get down with your methods.

Whatever, bruh.

That's not why I'm here.

This is about Mrs. Shepard.

She needs our help.

Wait, Mrs. Shepard?

- Our third-grade teacher?
- Mmm-hmm.

What's going on?

Well, apparently, when you
were getting those metas out,

you injured the acting
ASA Director, Major Grey.

And now that bastard,
Williams, is taking over

and stepping up the occupation.

Now, he's taken over
your old apartment building

and using it as a
barracks for new troops.

Franklin Terrace?

Man, they don't know
what they're messing with.

No, they don't know
and they don't care.

They've evicted all the tenants,

and Mrs. Shepard
is refusing to leave.

Now, I sent some officers
over there to lock the place down

until we could talk to her.
But we don't have a lot of time.

Williams has given us
until nightfall to get her out.

Otherwise, they're gonna
throw her out on the street.

Let's go.

Drink you some agua.

- Thank you. Here.
- Uh-huh.

[groans] Some good stuff.

Yeah, it's really what helps
keep my powers in check.

Medicinal, as the
old folks like to say.

[chuckles]

Okay. So, how did
you get your powers?

Um, I went to a party,

and some guy slipped
Green Light in my drink.

Damn. That's messed up.

It is what it is.

How about you?

You remember when I told
you Dr. Jace killed my mom?

Well, what I didn't tell you was

that Dr. Jace was
experimenting on her

while she was pregnant with me.

One of Jace's assistants felt
bad and helped her escape,

but the damage had
already been done.

I watched my mother
slowly break down and die.

She passed two days
before my tenth birthday.

I'm really sorry, Brandon.

It's cool. You didn't know.

After that, they threw
me in foster care.

But it was something Jace
did in those experiments

that, like, helped
me with my powers.

So, as soon as I found out
that I could make diamonds,

I ran away. [Chuckles]

I've been looking for
Dr. Jace ever since.

And now you've come
to Freeland to kill her?

Probably sound like
a terrible person, huh?

No. No, actually, I get it.

You do?

Yeah.

Look, when Khalil was murdered,

all I could think
about was revenge.

I wanted to kill the
person who did that to him.

Make them suffer
the way he suffered,

and to be honest,

I still do.

Wow.

You know, I haven't forgotten
about helping you find Jace.

Don't worry about it.

I don't think there is
anything you can do, anyway.

[chuckles] Yeah,
you're probably right.

I guess I shouldn't tell you her
last known whereabouts then.

[overlapping chatter]

- [officer] Nothing's changed.
- [Commander Williams] Unlock the door.

- Let's go.
- I can't let you do that, sir.

Fine. You don't want to unlock
the door, we'll break it down.

- Wait, wait, wait.
- Battering ram.

- Stat.
- Wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait.

Wait, wait, wait.

Stop!

Why is this building locked?

I told you to have that woman
out of there by sundown.

Just give us ten minutes to
talk to her. That's all, ten minutes.

- You have five.
- You can't do this.

You can't just evict
people out of their houses.

Sacrifices must be
made during war.

These people are serving
their country, and it is about time.

This isn't a war!

It's an occupation.

And the people are
getting sick and tired,

and they're gonna rise up.

I'd like to see them try...

meta.

Open the door.

You have five minutes.

[knocking at door]

[Jefferson] Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Mrs. Shepard, it's
Jefferson Pierce.

- Jefferson Pierce.
- [both laughing]

Give me some sugar, baby.

[exclaiming excitedly]

- Come on in.
- Okay.

It's good to see
you, Mrs. Shepard.

This place hasn't changed a bit.

Okay, I see you're
still selling this here.

What? On a teacher's salary?

Gotta earn a living somehow.

Right.

Hey, you remember when I
hit my ball through your window

and broke one of your plants?

Lucky. I should've
kicked your little ass.

Yeah, okay.

[helicopter whirring]

Look, Mrs. Shepard... Uh, uh...

I've lived here for 45 years.

This is my home.

I'm not going anywhere.

I understand that, but
it's just an apartment.

It's not worth it.

You disappoint me, Jefferson.

You know better than
anyone what this means,

what this place means.

Look. Come.

You see that street down there?

That's where we had
the sit-in to get the right

for colored folks to live here.

You see that old hickory tree,

the one you used
to love to play under?

That's where I met Obama
when he came to Freeland.

He was so tall.

This is more than
just an apartment.

This is... part of me.

Part of our people.

Have you forgotten that?

No. No.

They're gonna throw you out.

They'll hurt you.

Mrs. Shepard, please.
This is not a wise decision.

I know that they hurt you.

I saw the video.

You chose not to fight back.

This is my decision.

- I'm staying.
- Lhearyou, ldo.

But I just...

Things don't always happen
the way you want them to.

Sometimes, you just have
to do what you know is right.

And trust that you're
in God's hands.

Good-bye, Mrs. Shepard.

[cellphone buzzing]

- Yeah. Any luck?
- No.

You need to rally your troops.

We're making our stand.

What do you mean, making our
stand? What're you talking about?

- [line disconnects]
- What... Hello? Hello?

Time's up. We're going in.

Hey, wait. Hold on.

Get that damn battering
ram up there now.

Get back!

What's going on?

There's somebody else in there.

[officer] On the count of three!

One... Two...

[all screaming]

[screams]

Good news.

I may have footage.

Any luck with the signal?

Maybe, but it's
gonna be a long shot.

You see, the only thing capable
of generating a signal that strong

is a radio tower.

The ASA controls all the
towers currently in operation.

But I found an old
abandoned facility

in Baker Hills.

All right, cool.
I'll go with you.

[police woman on radio]
All units, be advised...

10-33 in progress at the
corner of 8th and Lewis,

Franklin Terrace Apartments.

The fugitive known
as Black Lightning

is preventing ASA forces
from entering the building.

Subject is considered
armed and dangerous...

You go. I'll handle the tower.

Wait, Anissa.

Aren't you forgetting something?

I think Thunder would go
better with Black Lightning.

Don't you?

[officer on radio] Alpha
Four. Do you copy?

COPY-

[officer on radio]
Got the flank?

Affirmative. Alpha
Four in position.

[officer on radio]
On my signal...

Sir, we really doing this?

I mean, the old lady just
wants to stay in her apartment.

Orders are orders.

[officer on radio]
Engage target!

[all screaming]

[Commander Williams] Get
back! Fall back! Fall back!

Fall back!

Took you long enough.

Sorry for the delay.

I had to pick up some friends.

[Commander Williams]
You out of your mind?

Stand down! That's an order.

I'm done taking orders from you.

All right. Let's secure the
building, no one goes in or out.

Henderson, check
on Mrs. Shepard,

make sure she's all right.

This meta...

just kicked your ass, bruh.

Hello?

Anyone there?

Hello?

[gun clicks]

Show yourself!

Baron?

How do you know my name?

I used to work with
Dr. Lynn Stewart.

You're one of the pod kids.

Oh, so you're ASA.

Then get comfortable.

You're gonna rot in there.

Wait!

Hold on. Baron, I'm not ASA.

In fact, I'm trying to
get a message out,

so people will know what the
ASA is doing here and send help.

Hey, here. Look, look.

I'm trying to connect
to the old antennae.

If I was ASA, I'd just
use their system, right?

Baron, please.

We're on the same side.

I promise.

You really think
people will help?

I don't know.

But if we don't do something,

there's no telling how many more
kids the ASA will stick into pods.

[beeping]

Dr. Stewart...

Thought you'd be back.

Finally come to your
senses about the ASA?

Yes, and you're gonna help me

find a workaround,
so they can't force

the metas to be weapons.

"Am |'.> 'Yes!"

You said so yourself.

You've been working
with the ASA for decades,

no one knows
them better than you.

There must be a
way to stop them.

There is one way, but
you're not gonna like it.

What is it?

You can break me out.

Why in the world
would I do that?

You need my antibodies to
stabilize the metas, don't you?

If the metas aren't stabilized,

then the ASA can't
weaponize them.

So, you see, Dr. Stewart,

I'm your golden goose.

- I don't have access.
- You don't need access.

The security, you wouldn't
be able to get through.

Everything you need is
on that roster you gave me.

I can't get out of here
with just my strength,

but with camouflage,
now that's a different story.

You're talking about Maryam.

She can only camouflage herself.

Exactly.

That's why you're gonna
give me her powers.

I know you've been
doing gene editing.

There has to be a
way to isolate her genes

and splice them into my DNA.

Jace isn't in Freeland?

She got snatched
by the Markovians.

[sighs]

I came all this way,

and she's not even here.

[rattling]

Brandon.

I'm stuck inside the
perimeter with no way out.

Brandon. Calm down.

Brandon.

Brandon.

Brandon! Brandon! Oh, my God!

Brandon, stop!

Brandon!

- No way out!
- Oh, God.

Brandon. You're
scaring me. Stop.

Brandon, calm down.

[breathing heavily]

Brandon!

Brandon! Brandon!

Brandon. Brandon, get up.

What happened?

Oh, God.

You had a power flare.

A power what?

A power flare, Brandon.

It's... Our powers are
connected to our emotions.

So, when you get upset,

it gets really hard
to control them.

Oh, my God.

You Okay?

I'm fine. I'm just
happy you are all right.

Honestly, this kind of thing
happens to me all the time.

So...

To watch it happen to
you makes me feel like...

a little less of a freak.

Oh, you're still a freak.

Now we're just
two freaks together.

[both chuckle]

So, Baron, tell me...

what's a young man like you
doing up here all by himself?

It's my powers.

I don't know how to
describe them. I can...

I can talk to computers,

machines.

I can feel them...

hear their voices.

So, you're a technopath.

It started after I
took that vaccine.

That was 30 years ago.

But when I came out of the pod,

things had changed.

All of these smart devices,

they never, ever,
ever stop talking.

The noise was deafening.

So, I came up here
away from it all.

So much had happened.

I couldn't relate to anyone,
so I stayed in this tower

with my machines.

They're the only ones
that understand me.

ASA called me a technocrat.

Only thing I don't
mind about them.

I 90 by TC.

Okay, TC it is then.

What're you doing?

They don't like it
when you do that.

You're hurting it.

Here.

All right. Now,
you take this floor.

Remember, watch the windows.

Come on, come on.

Go, go.

Hmm.

You remember me?

You killed my friend,
you son of a bitch.

You again.

Cute suit.

[grunts]

["Ki||a Shit Funk" playing]

Sub track on the sub
track I 'ma sub you.

Subs in my ring deep
When I pull through.

Sub wet when I make drip.

Angel I drop on, I was
up too Y'all sister at?

Y'all ain't really nothing knew

I'm into that Kick
clap in the boom.

Now bitches whack
Step back, any room.

Sub, got 'em subhuman
Sub in your subconscious.

Sub hot, sub lava
Sub hot, sub obnoxious

I get even, begin my artist Not
a novice, not my not obnoxious.

Y'all just sub
Substitute with your shit.

My shit raw shit
That make you all shit

I said it all, I said it all I'm
pretty sure you did it though.

Deep in the sub I'm sending
you Sub, sub, sub, subliminal

808 bump Killer shit funk.

Popping them trunks
Shit is like drugs

808 bump Killer shit funk.

Popping them trunks
Shit is like drugs.

My sub sub zero My
sub got substance.

Come on.

I get even, begin my artist Not
a novice, not my not obnoxious

I said it all, I said it all I'm
pretty sure you did it though.

Deep in the sub I'm sending
you Sub, sub, sub, subliminal

Khalil?

[grunting]

[officer on radio]
Sir, the asset is down.

What? How?

[officer on radio] Not sure.
We're scanning his vitals.

It will take some time...

To hell with this.

Sir...

This ends now.

Okay, we're almost ready.

[Thunder] Hey, I'm here.

It's okay, she's a friend.

Did you get it?

Everything is on here.

Great. Thunder,

this is TC. He's been helping
me get the signal up and running.

I'll fill you in later.

Right now, we have
to get this message out.

[Baron] All right,
we're all set.

Okay. Now, as soon
as we start broadcasting,

the ASA is going to be
able to lock on to our signal.

So, even though I'm bouncing
it off of the other towers,

we don't have much time.

- Ready?
- Ready.

All right.

This is Jamillah Olsen.

Here's what you need to know.

There's no SARS
outbreak in Freeland.

Government experiments

have turned residents
into meta-humans.

And the ASA has rounded
up any suspected metas

and put them in a
detainment facility.

Please share these images,

call your representatives.

[computer beeps]

[Thunder] What?

VVaH, no, no, no. No, no, no
What happened? Why'd it stop?

The signal's jammed,
there's a second firewall.

Move, move, move, move.

[Gambi] You better hurry.
They're about to get a lock on us.

[Baron] Almost there.

There's no time, We're
gonna have to abort.

Wait, got it.

- This is Jamillah...
- Oh, my God.

Sorry. We were so close.

[computer beeps]

Wait, wait, wait.
Look. Wait, look.

- It went through.
- Look, it went through.

It went through.
It went through.

- Yes, it went through.
- [all laughing]

All right. It went through.

Good job.

Good job, Thunder.

Oh, my God.

Wow!

[computer beeping]

[alarms blaring]

[cellphone beeping]

- Gambi.
- Lynn.

They're trying to lock you in.

You have to get
out of there, now.

The Pit! Step on it!

Wait, I'll just talk to
Commander Williams.

You can't.

Black Lightning just
joined the Resistance.

The deal with the Pierce
family is officially off.

If they can't throw
Jefferson in The Pit,

the ASA will just
keep you there.

Use you as a bargaining chip.

Damn it, Jeff!

You have to go. I'll guide you.

Okay, wait, wait. I
need to get the cure.

Ready.

All right, there's a
room across the hall. Go!

Good. Now, go down
the hallway and stay low.

Someone's coming.
Quick, take cover.

All right, it's all
clear. Keep going.

Almost there. Take
the next hallway,

and then there's an
elevator on your right.

Wait! Go left, into the office.

Hold your position,

and get ready to make
a run for the elevator.

Wait, Lynn, I said
hold your position.

Wait! Stop her!

She has access.

It was rescinded. Go!

[officer] Hey, stop that
elevator immediately.

[sighs]

[Gambi] Come
on, quickly. Get in.

- No! My bag!
- Leave it, leave it.

- Gambi, I need my bag! Get my bag!
- There's no time. No!

- My bag!
- Drive!

Oh, damn it.

I need my bag.

You'll be all right.

[crackling]

This is nice.

This is your final warning.

Step down, meta-freak.

This building belongs
to the people of Freeland.

We ain't leaving.

Fine.

Then just die.

You don't wanna dance with me.

I have your powers

and the finest tactical
training on Earth.

Yeah, right.

The thing is,

you've got a lot of electricity coursing
through your nervous system right now.

I've got this suit to protect
me. You don't, meta.

I see your point.

[people cheering]

Thank you, Black Lightning,

for saving our home.

My pleasure, ma'am.

Now, if you'd excuse me,

I think I'm gonna go
check on my plants.

There's been so
much going on that...

I hope they're okay.

Thank you.

Same old Mrs. Shepard.

Hey, thanks for
your help back there.

Now, those are
methods I can get behind.

Welcome to the
Resistance, Black Lightning.

We took back the building.

Now, let's take back our city.

[people cheering]

[closing theme music playing]