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Previously, on Black Lightning...

You went too far this time.

And our search for Black Lightning

has expanded to include
another five officers.

This act of trying to frame me, I'm
guessing it's about green light.

And we are getting close
to shutting it down.

Yo, Henderson.

Hampton woods,
you'll find a shallow grave,

and the weapon that
actually killed Lady Eve.

Something weird is
definitely going on.

I did that.
With my hands.

When Black Lightning returned, you said
you would take care of him. You didn't.

I'm bringing ASA
operatives to kill him.

That sample Anissa brought over
from your father's investigation,

it's a vaccine.

Components of the vaccine are the same
active ingredients in green light.

Are you saying someone's been working
on green light for 30 years?

You moved here around the time
the vaccine came to freeland.

When I realized that the Asa's
vaccine was killing children,

I leaked the information
to your father,

and his investigation
got him killed.

All these years,
I've kept secrets from you.

I leaked the information
to your father,

and his investigation
got him killed.

My father was murdered.

Martin proctor, the head of the ASA
for this area, is looking for you.

If you use your powers or you go
out in the suit, he will find you,

and they will kill you.

And they will find Anissa,
and they will kill her, too.

I'm sorry, Jefferson, but you have
to stop being Black Lightning.

== Synced & corrected by MaxPayne ==

Yeah?

Man, I thought you and I were supposed
to shoot straight with each other.

When have I ever shot crooked?

Yeah, I gave you a lead that would
help find Lady Eve's real killer.

And I passed that lead along.

Then why did some fool
destroy the evidence

instead of collecting it?

I don't know what
you want me to say.

Yo...

Yo, you strike me as a good man.

A good man who knows

that a lot of the men
he's working with ain't.

You know, it's so easy
for someone like you.

There's no rules.
No one to answer to.

Yeah, well...
it ain't always easy, brother.

But neither one of us
signed up for easy.

Now, this green light, it's destroying
everything and everyone in its path.

I know.

So there's a connect between
the jokers behind green light

and somebody who's more dangerous to
freeland than you could possibly imagine.

Now, I ain't going to sit around,

and watch something worse than
crack destroy another generation.

Now, I'm going to take out
green light.

And if I have to do it alone...

So be it.

What do you need from me?

Well, you know
I didn't kill Lady Eve.

Yeah. You were set up.

Do you know who it was?

Yeah, I've got some leads.

But you and I both know there are dudes
in your department looking the other way.

Hmm.

I've got some vacation
days stored up.

I'll use them to do
some investigating.

Just do me one favor.

And, what's that?

If I end up dead in
some alley somewhere,

and they say I was dirty,

make sure my wife and my
family know the truth.

I'm not gonna let that happen.

Hey, what's wrong?

I don't know.

Okay. Well, can I help?

Not unless you have some Prozac.

Prozac? Stop. Prozac for what?

I don't know, Anissa. I just
feel like I'm going crazy.

That thing with the phone,
it couldn't have been real.

But it felt real, so...

I think there's something
wrong with me.

Maybe I'm smoking too much weed.

No, it's not.
You're not going crazy.

Though, you do need to stop that.

Okay?

Look, I knew
you weren't going crazy

when you first told me
about the phone, and...

I should've said something,
and I didn't,

and I'm saying it now.

What are you sayin'?

The reason I know you're not crazy is
because I thought I was going crazy...

Well, you are crazy.

Stop playing right now.

I didn't catch anything on fire,
but do you remember the sink?

- You remember how I broke it?
- So?

I have powers.

And it sounds like
you probably do, too.

- "Powers"?
- Yes.

Anissa, what do you mean,
"powers"?

I mean, I have superpowers.

Look, I'm thunder.

All right.

Okay, look. Jennifer, I know
this is a lot for you right now.

- You're messing with me.
- I understand.

- I'm not in the mood.
- I understand.

- I'm not screwing with you.
- You're upsetting my mood

so I'm going back to bed.

Jennifer! I'm not messing with you!

- Stop!
- You stop!

Okay, fine.
I'll show you I'm thunder.

Oh, my god!

Oh, my god! Put me down!

Put me down! Put me down!
Put me down!

- Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
- See, you're not crazy.

Listen, we're just like dad.

- Dad?
- Yes. He has powers, too.

He's Black Lightning.

Come here.

- Get away from me.
- Listen to me.

- Stay away from me!
- Would you listen to me?

- What's going on?
- Dad!

Dad, Anissa said...

Well, she just lifted up my bed
and said you're Black Lightning

and she...

Well, we have powers!

Oh, my god.

- Oh, my god.
- Look, honey, honey, let me explain...

"Explain"? How you've been
lying to me my whole life?

- You said I could trust you.
- And you can.

Is that supposed to be a joke?
Why should I believe anything you say?

Jen, come here.

Really?

- What were you thinking?
- What was I supposed to do?

Just let her think she was going crazy?
She needed to know.

Well, that was not
your decision to make.

I am the only one in this family who
knows exactly what she's going through.

No, I think I have
a pretty good idea.

Oh, really? What major lies did
your parents tell you, dad?

Hey.

Your father and I
never lied to you.

We may have withheld certain pieces
of information to protect you,

but that is what parents do.

Santa claus, the tooth fairy.

Half of being a parent is protecting
your kids, so they can stay kids.

Well, we're not kids anymore.

Listen, even when I am in a nursing
home, I will still be your mother,

and he will still be your father.

What you did,
talking to my child...

Our child.

Our child, about something so
serious, without consulting me first,

not only was it reckless, Anissa,
it was extremely disrespectful.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

You know I would never do anything
to intentionally disrespect you.

Yes, it was wrong,
but I felt like I owed it to her.

Okay...

Well, we're here now, so...

We just have to help her get
through this the best we can.

Mom, she will be all right.
Look at me, I survived.

Jennifer is not the only one
I am worried about, here, Anissa.

Have you forgotten your father,

Black Lightning, is being framed
for a crime he didn't commit?

And that there are people out
there looking to kill him?

And both of you are in
danger, and now this? This?

Mom, mom, mom, I'm sorry.

Hey.

I will never let anything happen to
those girls. You know that, right?

Is that a promise
you can really make?

You know I will lay down my life for them.
For all three of you.

You really think the thought of you

having to lay your life down
makes me feel any better?

Maybe Anissa was right.

Maybe we could've done
things differently.

Yeah. We could've been better.
At all of this.

Hey. Hey.

Even with all of our mistakes...

At least they'll have a chance...

To be a little better at
this with our grandkids.

I mean, Black Lightning has always
been accused of wrongdoing.

But, I can't let someone
trying to frame me,

distract me from my mission.

No, that's what they want.
They can't have it.

No, they can't, so how are
we going to stop them?

Go after green light.

Where do we start?

Okay, we know there's a
connection between green light

and the vaccine that my
father was looking into.

Lynn, you proved that.

So, if we could just pinpoint who,

or what is at the heart of
that connection,

we can kill two birds
with one stone.

Take down green light and take
on who's ever behind this.

Okay, so, is uncle gambi going
to be helping us? Because...

No. No. No!

- What?
- He can't be trusted with this.

Okay, now, my father was clearly
getting close to something.

I mean, that's why he was killed.

So we start there.

Okay.

Besides the powder,
what else was in his file?

Research...

And a reference to a bribery case,

and a politician.

Tobias whale?

- Yes.
- Good.

Okay.

Tomorrow, I need to get my
hands on those court records.

Okay. I'll go with you.

Wait, no. Your sister needs you now.
Stay here and keep an eye on her.

Okay, look...

I know the both of you
are worried about me,

but we have two options.

We could pretend that I'm going to lay
low and make me sneak behind your backs,

or you let me help.

Just be safe.

Both of you.

We will.

Can I come in?

I know exactly what
you're going through.

Well, not unless you came in
here to tell me you're ViXen.

You didn't, right?

Busted.

No. I'm kidding.

- It's not funny.
- I'm sorry.

No, I'm not ViXen.
Or Supergirl.

Just mom.

And you're right.

I can't know what
you're going through.

But I can be here for you,
and I am.

So when you're ready to talk,
you know where to find me, okay?

Hey.

I love you.

What is it?

This.

Bendscorp.

What about them?

Well, look,

they're making monthly
payments to onshore inc.

- You see that?
- Yes.

Okay, dad, there, uh...

There was a check from bendscorp
made out to grandpa in his files.

- Are you sure?
- Positive.

And I only remember because it
wasn't a small amount of money.

And the name of the
corporation was circled,

and gtc was written in big
letters on the check.

What?

Okay, well, instead of saying,
uh, "gotcha,"

my father would say, "gtc."

Now, I don't know.
He thought it was funny.

Hmm.

- Okay, so, bendscorp, whatever it is...
- Right.

Tried to bribe your
grandfather to kill the story

about what they were doing
to the people of freeland.

But the check was the corroboration
he wanted to run his story.

All right.
So, what now?

Well, we need to find out about who
was behind incorporating bendscorp.

Those records are public. Should
be filed here with the state.

All right.
I'll be back.

- We're close.
- Yup.

Close.

Ow! What the...?

I need to know
who made a directed-energy weapon

that mimics the powers of Black
Lightning, and could frame him.

Peter, what did you give me?

In Africa, they refer to the black
mamba venom as the kiss of death.

You just got a neck full of it.

Now, I happen to have some
anti-venom right here.

So it seems that
I have something you want.

You got something I want.

- I have a family.
- Me, too.

Hey, it's a fast-acting poison, man.
We ain't got all day.

I only have a name.

Write it down.
And how to find him.

Follow the instructions,
you'll be fine.

Give my best to your family.

Dad, you're the one who said it wasn't
safe to use our superhero look,

so I improvised.

Yeah, I just don't know about this.

You look great. Relax.

Yo.

I got questions that need answers.

I'm sorry to hear that, Barack.

That's president Obama.

It's disrespectful to call him
by his first name.

The a to z of bendscorp.
Go.

Okay, um, as a law firm of record,

any information I have on bendscorp is
privileged and therefore I can't give...

what are you doing?
What is she doing?

Well, before coming here,

I pulled your birthday,
your kid's birthday,

your wife's birthday, and all of
your social security numbers.

I even managed to get
your family pet's name,

your wife's maiden name, so I'm
pretty confident that eventually,

I can figure out your passwords.

And, guess what?
I have all night.

But here's the thing...

She's patient.

I ain't.

So while she's typing and hacking...

See, I'm trying to decide
whether I want to...

Rare, medium-rare, or well-done.

You know what?

I think I can help you two out.

Oh, okay.

- There you go.
- Thought you might.

For the record, I voted for you.

Both times.

Hey.

Look, I know you're upset,
but you're lucky.

Lucky?

Yeah.

Look, do you know how I found out
the truth about our special family?

Girl, dad and I got into a fight.

Or rather, Black Lightning and
thunder got into a fight...

- who won?
- That's not important, okay.

Okay, obviously, you didn't.

I still don't know how I feel
about that name, thunder.

Anissa, do you have a point?

Yes, I have a point.

Look...

I'm not gonna lie. I was
freaked out at first, too.

And then I thought about all
the people I could help.

Of course you did, Harriet. But,
you know, that's not really my thing.

Because the last march I went
to, to try and help people,

my boyfriend's spine got
severed by a bullet.

So, I'm good.

God, I just want to be normal.

Yeah, well, "normal" is overrated.

That's something you hear
in an after-school special.

I'm serious.

Anissa, I don't want to be
like this.

This is who you are, Jennifer.

This is who we are.

And, listen, you can think
of this as a burden,

or you can think of it as
a gift, a blessing from god.

Choice is yours.
We are who we are.

But that's the point.
The choice is not ours.

We don't have a choice.

Doesn't that...
you off just a little bit?

Not as much as the thought of
a woman getting raped or beaten down

because thunder wasn't
there to protect her.

What's that?

Oh, nothing.

What do you mean, it's nothing?
You're watching something.

Well, that thunder...
she is fine!

Look, she can save me any
day of the week, all right?

I mean...

That... though! Right?

Boys, look.
You know what, though?

No, it's not funny. Even
still, saving all these lives,

all guys want to do is talk about my...
like, really?

Well, I just searched "Black Lightning
and thunder" to see what came up, but...

By the way, you know you have
more fans online than dad does?

What? I do?

Someone actually just started
a new fan page about you,

and it doesn't mention your...

It talks about how
you're challenging

the patriarchy's narrative
of female heroes.

Really?

You want me to show you?

Yeah, I kind of do.
Let me see.

Yeah, I know you wanna see.

Let's see what you've been watching.

Who referred you?

Thomas Hidalgo.

It's in regards to special weapons that
are meant to kill Black Lightning.

He's not permitted to refer anyone.

I think you're going to want
to make an exception for me.

You're going to hurt yourself, old man.

I think you should take up another hobby.
Like golf.

I always hated golf, Caleb.

You're thinking of
hanging up on me,

but that wouldn't be smart since
I know your full name, Caleb Scott,

also your current address,
1245 Goff Avenue.

I also happen to know

that there's a patrol car
about a block away from you,

and that you have a stash of
unregistered assault weapons

that you're selling on
the dark web.

- So...
- What do you want?

I just need to know where someone
got a particular weapon.

You give me that name and address,
I lose your name and address.

Detective Cayman.

Let's see what you got for us.

These are the guns that Carter wanted.
The ones to kill Black Lightning.

Yeah, Cayman.
I always knew you were dirty.

This is good.

Let's go! Let's go!

Let's go!

Martin. I've found another one.

Give me some time.
I'll find out where he lives.

- Thanks for coming.
- You said it was an emergency.

It is.

- Your father know you're here?
- No. He said we can't trust you.

That's fair.

So, why'd you come?

Because I wanted to
determine that for myself.

What happened between you two?

I did something very
bad a long time ago.

And there was stuff I should've
told your father before now.

He doesn't trust me because
I held out on him for so long.

I can't blame him.

But I just want to make things
right, not just with him, but...

With your conscience?

But also, because
people are in danger.

I used to work as
a sort of a scout.

A scout? A scout for who?

For some people
I now know are very bad.

I helped them find
young people with abilities.

You mean, young people
like me with powers?

Yes.

And I just saw the body of one of the
boys that I helped find 30 years ago.

Oh, my god!

Along with several others.

Please. Don't tell
your father just yet.

Listen... Anissa.

I told your father that the people I used
to work for are hunting Black Lightning.

I don't think it's safe for
either of you to be out.

I have seen and done some
terrible things in my life,

but I can't get out of my
head what I saw at that lab.

Black Lightning's the only one
who can expose what's been done

and bring these
people to justice.

Will you please tell him?

Yes.

Anissa...

Regardless of what you all may think
of me, I will always care about you,

and your family.

And I would do anything
to protect you.

This is for you.

Be safe.

Dad.

It's about time.

I'm sorry I'm late.

Uncle gambi gave it to me.

Yeah, I know.

Dad, look, I know you said
we can't trust him,

but he gave me this because
he wants me to be safe.

He cares. About all of us.

Anissa, this is
between him and me.

Now if you knew
the whole story...

Look, I know enough.

He didn't tell you something he should
have, and that... it was wrong.

But Jennifer feels like
you did the same thing.

No. It's completely different.

Is it?

It's not important.

Now, Anissa, you need to know...

The guys we're going after are not just
gangbangers or dealers breaking the law,

they are beyond the law.

So, if we take down their lab...

You mean, when we take down
their lab.

When we take down their lab,
it's like declaring war.

Things could go south. Big time.

If they do, don't worry about me.
I want you to save yourself.

Run. Live for another day.
Do you understand?

Yes. I understand how
serious this moment is.

Let's take your new outfit
out for a test drive.

Hey.

Stop right there.

You said when I was
ready to talk, I could.

Hey. I don't know what goes on in your
friends' families, but in this family,

young ladies who roll their eyes or
give their parents the silent treatment

are young ladies who can start
paying their own phone bills.

Sit down.

Look, there was no right
time to tell you.

And I am sorry that we hurt you.

But you need to know,
that being a parent,

sometimes, we have to make
decisions without consulting you,

and hope and pray that
they're the right ones.

You didn't this time.

You and dad always tell
me that you trust me.

I know where this is going.
Look, honey...

We couldn't have you blurt out the
wrong thing when you were little.

Later, it wasn't worth you knowing

because your father had stopped
being Black Lightning.

The only reason he came back was to get
you and your sister out of that motel.

Why didn't you tell me that I
was going to get powers, too?

We didn't know, baby.

We didn't know
how Jeff got his powers,

but we did know he didn't inherit them.
So why would you?

I feel like a freak.

No. No. No, you're not.

Who's going to want
to be with me?

Hey.

I fell in love with your father.

That's why you broke up, isn't it?

Mom, tell me the truth.

Is that why
you and dad got divorced?

Yes.

But your father has
always been there for us.

If he didn't have powers, you
two would still be together.

So would Anissa and Chenoa.

Mom, I'm not Anissa.

I don't want to save the world.

I want to go to prom, and college,

and get married, and have babies.

Can I even have kids?

I don't...

You don't know.

Do you?

Oh, baby, no.
I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

All right, so what if
he doesn't show up?

No, we scared the... out
of that crooked lawyer.

We did.

Yeah, he knows that we'll pay
him another visit if he lied.

So if he said Martin proctor will
be here tonight, he'll be here.

All right.

There he is.

Okay.

Hello. Yeah.

I wish we knew
what he was saying.

No, no, no, I got it.
He said,

"something's wrong.
I can't reach Teddy.

We need to move the lab tonight.
Get the last batch out."

Come on. We got to go.
Let's go follow him.

How did you hear that?

I didn't.

So a bunch of us, we took a
lip-reading class, so we could know

what the police were saying about
us while we were protesting.

Hmm.

You know, you're not bad at this.

Really?

Don't get a big head.
I said "not bad," not "good."

- Dad, okay. All right.
- Not bad. Let's go.

Yeah, got you now.

Yo, I was just about to...

Yeah, I'm on Cayman.

He's got his bent boys with him,
and they're with a bunch of guys.

Men in black type.

My gut tells me
they're up to something.

'Cause they got enough
firepower to start a war.

So stop following them. I'm all caught up.
I can't back you up.

No, I got to. This is bad.
I can feel it.

Henderson. Henderson!

Hurry up!

Come on, come on!

Black Lightning's here!

- Get out of here!
- Leave now!

It's Black Lightning!
Let's get out of here!

Get out of here!

What was that?

How should I know?

Because I pay you to know.
Go see what it is.

Hey!

Where are you guys?

We're close. Moving in now.

Our friend's about to
make an appearance.

And also, prepare for evac.

What are you doing?
Don't shoot.

Move and I'll kill the doc.

You'd be doing us a favor.

I'm not a bad guy! I'm a doctor.
I just...

Kill thousands of people every day
with this poison you're making?

You're welcome.

Thank you.
Now get him out of here.

Things are about to get
a little messy.

Remember, orders are to
take the target alive.

And it works.
Switch to standard ammo.

We got body armor,
so headshots to finish.

Hey.

Hey.

Where's your mom?

Uh, she's upstairs.
On the phone.

Listen...

I understand why
you've been upset with me,

but I just want to say,

all these years, I've kept
these secrets to protect you.

And you're right.

Powers aren't always a blessing,
they can be a burden.

I don't want that for you.

But I understand you're not
a little girl anymore,

and I can't treat you like one.

And that means
bein' honest with you.

And I will.

Okay?

From here on out.

I know.

Sometimes I just forget to know.

But mom reminded me.

You want to watch a movie?

Hey, when was the last time
we did that?

I think when I had the flu.

Right.

You got me sick.

Yeah.

The Princess and the frog?

Perfect.

You want me to make some popcorn?