All language subtitles for BLACK LIGHTNING - S03 E14 - Homecoming (1080p - BluRay).eng

[Jefferson] Previously
on Black Lightning...

I unraveled that bitcoin chain.

This is who had you killed.

I like this little hustle
that you got goin' on here.

As of right now,
you work for me.

The case belongs
to Tobias Whale.

I can't turn it on.

He'll find me if I got his.

So, there's a chip in him.
Why don't we just take it out?

[Gambi] The chip is
connected to Khalil's brain.

Removing it would kill him.

- [crackling]
- Firewall.

He's still in my head, Jen.

- I can't be trusted.
- I trust you.

[Jefferson] We're
going on to foreign soil

to engage a ruthless enemy
who knows we're coming.

We're gonna be
outnumbered and outgunned.

I'm looking for Dr. Jace.
Jace killed my mother.

[Sergeant Grayle] Stop!

[grunts]

[screams]

Nobody touches my wife!

- I love you.
- I love you.

[helicopter whirring]

Let's go home.

[Gambi] You know me...

by another name
from another life.

I go by Peter Gambi now...

but no matter how hard I try to escape,
my past is determined to haunt me.

This war between the ASA and Markovia
should've... could've been prevented...

if I had only
disobeyed one order.

[gun cocks]

I should've killed you
40 years ago, Dr. Jace.

But you didn't, did you?

I was forced to work for
both sides, and let me tell you,

if Markovia wins
this meta arms race,

we and everything we
know will cease to exist.

So, whether you understand that or
not, we're fighting on the same side now.

You were their
prisoner for months.

Tell me about their leader.

I believe you've met him.

He answers to the
name "Gravedigger."

And what does Gravedigger
want here in Freeland?

Your stable metas.

All of them.

The mission was a success.

My team managed to retrieve
Dr. Stewart and Dr. Jace from Markovia.

Hmm.

Dr. Jace, how fortunate.

I do look forward
to debriefing her.

No, not a chance.

I'm holding you to our deal.

All members of my team are to
be erased from the ASA records,

including Dr. Jace.

Under whose authority?

I noticed you failed to mention
you let Tobias Whale escape.

There was an
audible on the play.

This was supposed
to be a covert mission.

Your team botched
it so completely

the Markovians now
have Freeland surrounded.

Sounds like an
ASA problem to me.

Major Grey... you are dismissed.

Erica Moran's been
returned to her family.

Her identity, as well as those
of every member of your team...

will be excised,
including that of Dr. Jace.

There's more.

We came across an
American meta in Markovia.

Now, my intel says
he's heading to Freeland,

leading the Markovian invasion.

Calls himself... "Gravedigger"?

I'm not familiar
with that name...

but rest assured... I will
perform the due diligence.

Am I to assume I can count
on you in the coming war?

No.

Freeland can.

Okay, here...

Okay, okay, that's
enough, Anissa. It's cold.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I know.

[Jennifer groans]

Dad said it'll help after
the fight in Markovia.

I really wish I had
your abilities right now.

[exhales] God, who thought ice
would hurt more than a punch?

Maybe you can ask Painkiller
to take your pain away.

Please don't call him that.

His name's Khalil.

Plus, we're not
talkin' about him.

You lost those privileges

when you conveniently
forgot to tell me he's alive.

Yeah, well, he has an assassin
trapped in that chip in his head.

He's a ticking time bomb.

He still needs my help.

No one should have to face what
he went through by themselves.

You know that.

Jen, what happens if Painkiller
gets loose? He is a killer.

He helped protect
all of us in Markovia.

He seems like he's
in control to me.

Look“.

I know you love him, Jen,

but the two of you are not
the same people you were

when you fell in love.

You have never met Painkiller.

I'm telling you,
he is a wild animal.

- He's a wild animal?
- Yes.

Whose girlfriend
spends most of their time

roaming Freeland as a leopard?

That was a low blow.

[chuckles] It's true.

The difference?

Grace knows who I am in all of
her forms and she never hurt me.

Can you say the
same about Khalil?

That looks light.

You're not holdin' out on
Lala, are you, Lady Eve?

Now, you know you gotta kick out
30% to keep operating in Freeland.

That's exactly what
Lala and I agreed upon.

Count it.

Devonte, isn't it?

We're gonna be seeing
a lot of each other.

I'd prefer our
interactions be pleasant.

Did any of my girls
happen to catch your eye?

You know you can take your pick.

This is about business.

I ain't here for pleasure.

Lala and I are
business partners,

and he should know
the quality of our product.

And since he feels
it beneath him,

that duty falls squarely
upon his lieutenant.

Hmm?

It's just different.

Right here.

Excellent choice.

Charlotte will fulfill
your every desire.

Your firewall's
holding up, Khalil.

Is there anything
else I can do for you?

No, thanks, TC.

I don't need anything.

Yes, you do.

Okay, what am I
supposed to do with that?

Idle hands are the
devil's playground.

Jen told me that you are
an accomplished artist.

The world needs more artists.

No, the world doesn't need me.

Listen, Khalil, I've had my
own struggles with PTSD.

What helped me was finding
a safe emotional structure.

I found that in tailoring.

I'd lose myself for hours
in the stitching and fabrics.

And seeing that I could
create something of value

helped me get out of the dark
places my mind would get trapped in.

Thanks, but I'll be okay.

I can take care of myself.

You're one tough cookie,
kid, no doubt about that,

but PTSD is not an enemy anyone
should handle by themselves.

Would you be willing to
talk with someone about it?

Right, and what therapist is gonna take
a patient who murdered his own mother?

Once this occupation's over, I'm
gonna get you the help you need.

I have a friend, Perenna.

She's used to tough cases.

She helped Jennifer
through a rough patch.

But until then...

express yourself.

Last night, I saw a
superhero He was black.

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

[soul music playing]

[gasps]

Whoa, whoa.

| QOt you.

I got you. Come on.

Baby... baby, you're
sweating, but you're cold as ice.

It's the withdrawals.

I'm surprised it's taken
this long to manifest.

Is there anything
else I can do for you?

Jeff...

I'm an addict.

I never truly knew, all those
years, what it was like for you...

being Black Lightning.

The weight of the
world on your shoulders.

Knowing you could fix it.

I understand that lure...

and why you couldn't stop.

I should've seen that I was forcing
you to be something that you weren't,

and I am sorry.

No, no, no. I'm sorry.

If I'd gone after you instead
of helping Henderson,

then the Markovians
wouldn't have gotten you.

[Qulping]

Withdrawals. I'm sorry.

I love you.

I love you, too.

[sighing]

Brandon, please, just sit
down and chill for one second.

Not until you take
me to Dr. Jace.

Have you ever taken a life?

It changes you forever.

Look at Khalil.

I know you wanna even the
score with Jace for killing your morn,

I get that, but we're
in Freeland now.

It seems more like an
execution than justice.

Is that really what you want?

Just let me talk to her.

Please.

I've heard the rumors
about your boss, Lala.

Is it true he's a meta?

No.

I think it got something
to do with this briefcase.

[Charlotte] What briefcase?

He say it belong
to Tobias Whale.

As soon as he
comes to collect...

[imitates gun firing]

It's over with.

Set up a sit-down with Lala.

[water draining]

[breathing heavily]

Mom, how you feelin'?

This too shall pass.

I wanna thank you for
coming for family dinner.

I appreciate it.

I'm looking forward to
getting to know Grace.

Next time.

Yeah.

After Markovia, she
really needed some rest.

Turns out that
shapeshifting is quite taxing.

- Here...
- [shouting] Hey, I got it!

Okay.

I can do it myself. I'm
an adult. Thank you.

Okay.

Forgive me.

It's the withdrawals.

I'm so ashamed.

I know. Come here.

You have nothing
to be ashamed of.

Addiction is a disease and
it can happen to anybody.

We're here to support you
and we will get through this.

You'll see.

Thank you, sweetheart.

You never have to thank me, Mom.

All right, well, I'll
let you freshen up.

- Dinner's ready.
- Okay.

It's hard to take
all of this haze.

It's hard to take
all of this haze

[Jefferson] That's
exactly why I told Odell

that I would lead the
defense of Freeland

if the Markovians attack.

Someone has to keep
an eye on them, yeah?

Well, Dad, I don't understand
why it has to be you.

Well, actually, I was
hoping it would be all of us.

Okay, look, I understand
your hesitation,

but if anyone has a
better idea, I'm listening.

Well, yeah, Odell
needs to go. Like, for real.

Yeah. I'm with Jen on this one.

Well, sometimes it's easier to
work with the devil you know.

Odell fractured us and nearly
destroyed our family, so...

Your mother and I discussed
that we need a reset.

A do-over. But in order
for that to happen...

We need a clean slate.

No more secrets.

I, um...

I found my last hidden
stash of Glimmer.

I tried to flush it, but...

I couldn't.

Look“.

No one survives addiction
without support, okay?

We're here for you.

Yeah.

I got you, Mom.

Okay, I guess it's my turn.

All right, guys, I think...

I think Grace might be the one.

We see that in your eyes
every time you look at her.

- You still owe us a secret.
- What you mean?

I ain't got nothin' to
say! I'm open book!

What about you?

Like I said, clean slate, honey.

No judgement.

All right, um.

Dad already knows, but
I've been working with Odell.

He groomed me as an ASA asset

and he tricked me into
killin' a bunch of Markovians.

He didn't tell me that there
were Markovian soldiers

in the data farm he had me nuke.

I'm so sorry.

Odell tricked me into using Glimmer
without my knowledge as well.

Look at me.

You did what you
thought was right.

But it wasn't, though.

[clears throat] Well, I witnessed
the erasing of multiple universes.

And I helped save the
universe that we all live in now,

so, you know, I just
had that... little tidbit.

Oh, come on, Dad. Why
you always gotta one-up us?

I mean...

Yeah.

Okay, on that note, you
wanna bless this mess?

- [Jefferson] Yes. Yes.
- [all laughing]

This food we're about to receive,
we are truly, truly thankful, Lord.

- Amen.
- [all] Amen.

All right, let's eat.

- Please.
- [Anissa laughs]

Fall back.

I'm not changin' our terms of agreement,
if this is what this is about, Lady Eve.

Our agreement is
quite satisfactory.

I've asked you here
for a personal matter.

[scoffs]

Well, look at you
gettin' all familiar.

Maybe I'll raise the fee
for you wastin' my time.

Say another 5%?

[guns cocking]

[laughing]

I understand you have a certain
briefcase in your possession.

One you can't open.

I don't know nothin'
about no briefcase.

Oh, Lala...

you know these
streets, they talk.

And you know what
a good listener I am.

If I had such a thing...

why would I hand it over to you?

Because I can give
you what you truly want.

That briefcase is the only thing
that will bring Tobias Whale to me.

And when he comes to collect,

I'll have my revenge
come hell or high water.

[chuckles]

Oh...

Lala...

what will you do when
you catch the white whale?

Oh, right.

You can't harm him.

Tobias programmed you.

How you know that?

E pluribus unum.

[Lala gasping]

Sit your ass down!

[breathing heavily]

You never worked
for Tobias Whale.

You worked for me.

I ran the Shadow Board.

Tobias used my technology
to keep you on his leash.

[grunting]

I can undo that for you, baby.

Imperium in lmperio.

[Lala groans]

[Lala grunting]

Now, does that
sound like something

the Godfather of Freeland
would be interested in?

Babe, Jen is so stubborn and infuriating
sometimes that it makes me wanna...

[groans]

Can't imagine what that's like.

You joke.

But she refuses to believe
that Painkiller is dangerous.

It's like, he'll never be Khalil,
right? Why can't she see that?

Isn't it obvious?

It's her first love. She'll
fight tooth and nail for him.

It's like the more I push, the
more she just rushes to him.

With everything that's going on,
your sister has a lot to process.

I mean, cut her some slack.

So, that's what you would do?

I would help my girlfriend
paint her nails, you know?

Share a romantic
moment together.

Come on, sit down already.

Fine.

But if he hurts her, I'mma
put his ass in the ground

and I'mma make
sure it sticks this time.

From what I can see, Jen
can take care of herself.

[bell rings]

[Shonda] Anissa, you have an
urgent call from the Perdi farm.

Shonda, put it through.

Blackbird, are you there?

It's Anaya. Please, come in.

Oh, my God.

Anaya, it's Blackbird.
What's goin' on?

The Markovians found
us. It's a massacre.

I'm leading what's left of the Perdi to
make a run for the safety of Freeland.

Meet us at the ASA
checkpoint, but hurry.

Shonda, call Black Lightning.

Have him meet me at the
ASA Checkpoint Charlie.

Suit up.

Dr. Jace!

Hey! We're here to talk.

She wants to
talk? Then let's talk.

Start by ea yin' why you
experimented on my mom

while she was pregnant with me.

A-ha! The child with
the earth-based powers.

Your mother... Helen, wasn't it?

Yes, she was lovely.
I was very fond of her.

Say her name again.

- [rumbling]
- [objects clattering]

Brandon! Brandon! Stop!
Brandon, stop. You promised.

I promised you
|wouldn't kill her.

My mother will.

Justice is balance.

A life for a life.

You used your powers to
crystallize your mother's ashes

and wore her your entire
life waiting for this moment?

Hey, stop talkin'.

Those powers you're
flaunting, I gave you those.

Cursed me.

You took away my life.

And gave you this one!

A "thank you" would suffice.

Brandon... No!

[groans]

Back up.

When I helped your
mother escape Markovia,

your father tried to kill me
with very similar powers.

Guess the apple doesn't fall
far. Maybe you and he should talk.

All right, it's time to go.

She knew my pops. I
thought he was dead.

Kill me and you'll
never find out the truth.

Brandon, stop!

Let's go!

You're lucky!

Markovian forces are advancing.

Form a line and
protect the refugees.

[guns firing]

[people groaning]

Looks like you
could use the assist.

[screaming]

Let's go! Get behind me.

[all clamoring]

Team, get behind
Black Lightning!

[man] Boys, let's go!

[Thunder] How about we give
'em a little Lightning and Thunder?

[Lightning] With
a touch of Grace.

[Black Lightning] All right,
I'll take care of the Perdi.

[all yelling]

[grunting]

- [Uhuds] .

- That's all I can remember.
- Thank you.

They say the Markovmns
swarmed the Perch farm.

- Took Anaya and Thierry.
- Damn.

Look, I forced the Perdi
to help, so this is on me.

Anaya and Thierry took
me in when I needed help.

We can't leave them
in Markovian hands.

What's gonna happen
to these refugees?

ASA doesn't have
enough supplies to help...

but I think I can.

I know a guy.

All right.

We'll go get Anaya and Thierry.

[men shouting instructions]

Now that I have
your full attention,

I trust you'll take this message
to your boss, Lady Eve.

You tell her the Tailor
sends his regards.

And next time you plan
to assassinate someone...

[Yelps]

Don't miss.

Get out of here!

If anyone can find out the
truth about your father, it's TC.

So, go ask him or I will.

Didn't you want me
to think things through?

Let me think, then. Damn.

You know, you're just
as stubborn as my father.

You and your pops got
the same powers, right?

I mean, I guess.

I'm kind of an upgrade, though.

Black Lightning 2.0.

Mmm-hmm.

What if Jace is right?

What if I take after my
pops like you do yours?

Earth-based powers?

Well, if that's true,
it makes sense.

But if you kill Jace,
you'll never find out.

She's not gonna tell
you the truth anyway,

just her own
twisted version of it.

So, go talk to TC and
stop being stubborn.

TC, got a sec?

Yeah.

What you doin'?

You know, keepin' busy.

It helps with, well...

[sighs] you know.

Yeah, I do know.

If you need anyone
to talk to, I'm here.

Everybody keeps saying you're
dangerous, but I don't believe any of that.

I know you'd never hurt me.

Thanks.

But can you turn to the right?

I wanna grab that profile.

[clears throat]

I need a favor, man.

To help you find your pops
because Dr. Jace is a liar, right?

[both chuckle]

Hey... sound travels
pretty well in here, man.

Yeah, you might want
to be a little bit quieter.

Appreciate you, man.

Khalil?

Khalil?

- Oh, no. Hey, Khalil!
- TC, I think he's glitchin' again.

Khalil?

Yeah, he's definitely glitching.

What are you waiting
for, an invitation?

- Go in there and save him.
- Yeah, come on!

Didn't I tell you? You
can't keep me here forever.

I still have my mission.

Kill the Pierce family.

And when I get out of here...

I'm gonna make you
watch and listen...

as they scream, as they beg.

[grunts]

[groans]

I want you to watch her die.

Khalil, you're hurting me.

Khalil, you're hurting me.

Khalil, please.

No.

[groans]

[gasping]

Khalil, please.

Khalil, you're hurting me.

[both grunting]

[shouting indistinctly]

[yells]

- Jen.
- [coughing]

[groans]

Don't take another step.

Yo, it's me, Jen.

Khalil.

For how long?

You know, my sister
was right about you.

I don't know how I was so blind.

I came to apologize.

Look, L“.

I'm not myself anymore.

I don't know who I am.

But I do know that Painkiller is a
part of me and he's not goin' away.

And I have to learn
to live with him.

I don't.

I know you can't see him...

but when I look into Painkiller's
eyes, there's nothin' there but death.

Odell made me a
weapon, but I know...

I know deep down that
I still have a soul, Jen.

And I need you more
than anyone to believe that.

What Odell did
to you was evil...

but I can't love a weapon
that's pointed at my family,

even if it does have a soul.

What good it would do.

If I decide to face the truth.

It could've been
right but I was wrong.

Only think 'bout
you when I'm alone.

See you around, Khalil.

No.

You won't.

[bell over door rings]

[gun cocks]

[gun cocks]

I received your message.

You know, Gambi, an
e-mail would've sufficed.

An old friend like you
deserves a personal touch.

"An eye for an eye."

You're getting
literal in your old age.

Well, at least I can
tell my twins apart now.

Speak your piece, Evelyn.

One way or another,
our feud ends now.

Okay. [Sighs]

I did set a contract
for your life, true.

But after you took out Joey
Toledo, Tobias had me killed.

I got better, so...

bygones?

What do you want?

Hm. Same old Gambi.

Don't fret.

I come bearing gifts.

We both worked
for the ASA, so...

I don't need to tell
you what this is, do I?

Where did you get it?

Let's say it fell off a truck.

I can't open it.

You always were more capable
when it came to things like this.

I taught you better
than that, Evelyn.

"Never give
something for nothing."

I was gonna get to that part.

In my absence, the
ASA shattered Freeland.

Take this peace offering.

Use it to burn down the ASA
for what they did to my city.

Or not.

Either way, my quarrel
with the Tailor is over.

[bell over door rings]

Good. You're here.

I have to tell you about Khalil.

He left, didn't he?

Yes, but that's not all.

It'll have to wait.

This is our top
priority as of right now.

[beeps]

Wow.

Would you look at that.

I appreciate you both coming.

This simply couldn't wait.

Looks like the nuclear football.

Might be worse.

This briefcase...
contains the genome

of every meta the ASA has
ever come in contact with.

It self-updates every
time the ASA inputs

new data into their systems.

But this goes far
deeper than just the ASA.

What are you saying, Gambi?

The United States is responsible

for starting and funding the
Markovian meta research program

decades before they brought
that research to the States.

And it all began with an American
soldier named Tyson Sykes,

or as we all know him...

Gravedigger.

And like many soldiers of the
period, he suffered daily abuse

at the hands of
those that felt that

people with his skin
color didn't belong.

[soldiers laughing]

Look at that, somebody threw
away a perfectly good coon.

[soldier] Hey, get off of him.

[grunts]

[groans]

[soldiers clamoring]

[yells]

[Gambi] The government
gave Sykes a choice,

court martial or volunteer for
their enhanced soldier program.

Sykes chose lab rat.

[groaning]

[Gambi] The program
killed hundreds of soldiers...

but not Sykes. He was different.

Their experiments activated
his dormant meta gene...

[gasps loudly]

Giving him superhuman
strength, slowing the aging process,

and the power to push
his will on to others...

which we've all experienced.

[gasping]

[Gambi] The US military sent
Sykes on countless secret missions,

earning him the moniker that he
answers to today, Gravedigger.

[soldier shouting]

[grunts]

[screams]

[soldier shouting in German]

- [bomb explodes]
- [screams]

[both grunting]

[groans, yells]

Tyson Sykes is the first
meta-human in recorded history.

Meta-prime.

If the US government had the serum
to unlock meta powers this entire time,

where is their meta army?

The only part of the
program that survived...

was Gravedigger himself.

And for the past 70-plus
years, the US has spent billions...

trying to recreate
the original serum.

First in Markovia...
then here in Freeland.

What is so special
about Markovia?

During the Cold War, it was
the perfect strategic location.

Close to Russia and lacking laws
against human experimentation.

That is until the Markovian
government was overthrown

and the US was kicked out.

You were stationed in Markovia.

No.

I was sent there after the coup.

My covert mission...

was to extract the lead
scientist of their meta program.

Dr. Jace.

Which led to the
start of the ASA,

and the beginning of the
vaccine program here in Freeland.

Every US president since FDR has
known about and funded this program.

And now we're
holding the only proof.

[Jefferson] This is insane.

The US government has operated
this program around the world

with no one's knowledge
for nearly a century.

The world needs to know.

I don't understand how
Gravedigger landed in Markovia.

Odell claims he's
never heard of him.

[Gambi] I don't think he has.

You have to have direct
access to this briefcase

in order to know those secrets.

Even in my ASA days, I
never learned about him.

It seems that after the war,

Gravedigger refused
to live in a country

that never wanted
him in the first place.

He was a key factor
in the Markovian coup.

He's been there ever
since, living like a king.

And now he's in charge
of the Markovian military.

And he has a serious grudge
against the ASA, the United States,

and probably us.

Beat him once,
we'll do it again.

No, you don't understand.

I left the formula for the
meta-boost serum in Markovia.

What happens if Gravedigger
can have any meta power he wants?

He'd be unstoppable.

[moans]

Transport to Freeland
has been secured.

However, we were unable
to track down the albino.

He is lost to us.

What would you have me do?

Colonel Mosin...

Markovia thanks
you for your service.

But, unfortunately, your
services are no longer needed.

[in Russian]

[in English]

And vengeance, doctor.

Ultimate vengeance...

in one man.

Me.

[closing theme music playing]