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[JENNIFER] "Justice, like
lightning should ever appear
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To some men hope and to other men fear."
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My father taught me that poem
when I was just a little girl.
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[MAN ON TV] My son wasn't in no gang.
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He had a job with the
city and a little boy.
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Our children are dying in
these streets and no one cares.
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No one is in control. Not even the police.
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- This city has really lost its damn mind.
- [SNIFFLES]
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This incident marks 125 shootings
in Freeland in just one weekend,
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proof The One Hundred keeps
growing even stronger in power.
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Freeland activists took to the streets
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to protest the notorious gang,
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but it turned violent
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when One Hundred gang members
tried to break up the march.
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We understand the community is
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frustrated with the violence in our city.
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Freeland PD is frustrated, too.
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But I want to be clear,
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we will not tolerate any rioting,
looting, or violence. Excuse me.
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[REPORTER] But what about... One
more question for you, Inspector...
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[NEWS ANCHOR] Many residents say they
have lost faith in the Freeland PD
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and Inspector Henderson,
a 23-year veteran
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who came up through the ranks
fighting Black Lightning,
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who mysteriously
disappeared nine years ago.
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One day, I wish these
idiots would give us credit
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for all the lives
we've saved in Freeland.
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[JENNIFER] I didn't
fully understand the poem
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until I grew to know the truth
about my family and myself.
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The signs were always there, but
this is how the journey began.
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Dad?
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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That's my dress.
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Oh, yeah.
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So is this one. Now,
hurry up and put it on
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before Dad gives birth
to a small farm animal.
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[SIGHS]
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Oh, so you looked at your
schedule for tonight...
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and you had a choice.
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Protest The One Hundred, or
attend Garfield High's fundraiser,
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and you chose the path that
led you to getting arrested.
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It wasn't a choice, Dad.
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No, it was a choice, Anissa.
Everything is a choice.
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It was a peaceful protest.
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Oh. Oh, yeah, burning police
cars? Breaking windows?
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You know, that's actually the
very definition of "peaceful."
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Well, I guess it depends on what
your definition of "peace" is.
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Because the people in Freeland, they
haven't had peace in generations.
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"Returning violence for
violence multiplies violence,
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adding deeper darkness to a
night already devoid of stars."
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Dr. King.
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"And I'm sick and tired
of being sick and tired."
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- Fannie Lou Hamer.
- Yep.
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- But that is not the point I'm making.
- [POLICE SIREN BLARING]
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[SIGHS]
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This night just keeps
getting better and better.
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[DISPATCHER] To be advised,
the suspect is armed.
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[ANISSA] Dad, what's going on?
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- Copy that, Dispatch...
- [JEFFERSON] Just be calm.
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- Ugh!
- [JEFFERSON] Let me handle this.
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Yeah, this doesn't
feel so good, does it?
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[JEFFERSON] Jennifer.
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Step out of the car.
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Look, Officer, my name
is Jefferson Pierce...
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Get out, please.
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Okay, okay, look, this
is getting out of hand.
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Now, this is the third time this month!
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- [JENNIFER] Hey!
- What are you doing?
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Get your hands off my dad!
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- Hey!
- Leave him alone!
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- Let me see your hands! Now!
- [JEFFERSON] Stop!
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Don't shoot, all right?
Everybody, just calm down!
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Okay.
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[OFFICER] Ma'am, put
'em up on the dashboard.
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Anissa, put your hands on the dashboard!
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Dad, I have the right to
videotape if I want to!
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Damn it, Anissa, just do it now!
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[OFFICER] Is this the guy?
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[OFFICER SIGHS]
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You're not gonna tell me
what this is all about?
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You have a good night, sir.
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I asked you a question.
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Her liquor store just got robbed.
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[STUTTERS] And I'm sure
the description is what,
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"a black man dressed in a suit and tie.
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Getaway car, a mid-sized Volvo wagon"?
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[SCOFFS] You have a good night, sir.
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[SIREN CHIRPS]
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[STATIC ON RADIO]
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[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
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[PANTS AND EXHALES]
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[JENNIFER] This was the night, in the rain,
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with thunder and
lightning as a witness,
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that Black Lightning was born again.
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We all know that this
city is in a crisis.
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But under the leadership of
Principal Jefferson Pierce,
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Garfield High is an oasis of hope.
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This Olympic gold
medal-winner came back
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to his old neighborhood of
Freeland to turn it around.
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And with graduation
rates now in the nineties,
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Jefferson does it all with the help
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of an outstanding
faculty and his family.
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His oldest daughter, Anissa,
is a medical school student,
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and teaches three days a week at
the school as a health educator.
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His younger daughter, Jennifer,
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is a standout scholar-athlete
just like her father.
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- Girl, I was about to leave your ass.
- [SCOFFS] Okay.
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No. Ain't nobody got time to be
waiting on the Queen Of Garfield High.
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Kiesha, stop calling me that.
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What? Girl, embrace it. It's true.
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Yeah, but when people say it,
they're just low-key hating on me
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for something I can't control. Like,
my dad's the principal, I get it.
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Girl, here you are. Where
do y'all think y'all going?
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[GROANS] Okay, okay.
Damn, we're busted. Um...
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Listen, Khalil and a few of his friends,
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we're having a small house party,
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and Kiesha and I were gonna go.
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So why are your fast asses
in the bathroom, half naked?
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Thank you.
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Listen, I promise to be
home before Dad gets home.
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Come on, Harriet, help a
sister get some freedom.
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- Mmm-mmm.
- You know what it's
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like to live in that house.
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Please?
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[SIGHS]
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Listen, Jennifer, this
fundraiser is over at ten o'clock.
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You better have your behind in
the house no later than 10:15.
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- I'm not playing.
- [GIGGLES] Yep.
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No, seriously.
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- 10:15.
- Don't play with me.
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I'm not playing, I promise.
I'll be at home in the bed.
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Thank you. Thank you,
thank you, thank you.
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Love you! [CHUCKLES]
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And stop calling me "Harriet Tubman."
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Oh, sorry...
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[BOTH] Harriet. [LAUGHING]
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Okay, come on, come on, hurry up.
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Ladies and gentlemen, join me
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and welcome to the stage,
Principal Jefferson Pierce.
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING AND CHEERING]
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Thank you, Senator Turner.
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[CLEARS THROAT]
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Where is the future?
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[STUDENTS] Right here.
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- And whose life is this?
- [STUDENTS] Mine!
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And what are you gonna do with it?
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[STUDENTS] Live it by
any means necessary.
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[RAPPING] ♪ 'Bout 'bout 'bout now ♪
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♪ This is my intuition listen ♪
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♪ I shouldn't be pushing hard ♪
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♪ They said that be difficult ♪
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♪ To make it I needed a miracle ♪
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♪ But I did it I did it without you ♪
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♪ What'd you think I would amount to ♪
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♪ What'd you think I would
go Prowlin' n the city ♪
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♪ I will be a legend now ♪
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♪ Come on, think about it ♪
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♪ I got loads of muscle ♪
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[VOCALIZING]
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Yeah! [LAUGHS]
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You wanna go over there? Come on.
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- What do you say?
- Are you serious?
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Listen, don't think just
'cause I'm a little stoned
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that means you're gonna get some.
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Because I'm not having
sex in a club bathroom
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with somebody I just met. Or ever.
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I was just playing.
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No, you weren't. Because if I'd said
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yes, you would have been all over this.
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- Okay, all right, I'll give you that.
- [BOTH LAUGH]
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- That's wonderful.
- [MAN] That's great.
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Excuse me.
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You got a state senator introducing you?
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N't let all this high-class
ass-kissing go to your head.
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[LAUGHS] Henderson, uh, my students
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would define your comments as "hatin'."
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[LAUGHS]
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Thank you for your support.
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And more importantly, for, uh, pulling
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the strings to get Anissa released.
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Of course. It's getting
crazy out there, Jefferson.
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The rules of the streets
don't apply anymore.
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[CHUCKLES] You protest the police,
we'll tear gas you, arrest you,
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maybe even put a knot on your head.
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But protest The One Hundred
and they will kill you.
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You tell Anissa she's needed
more in emergency rooms
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than in those streets.
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Got to get back to work.
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And I'll check on those
guys who pulled you over.
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- I don't think they're mine.
- Thank you.
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Thank you.
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[LAUGHING]
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Nice monkey suit.
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You should start a church, Jefferson.
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At least you would make more money.
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[JEFFERSON] Uh-huh.
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- [CLEARS THROAT]
- Enjoying yourself, Mr. Pierce?
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I will if we hit our goal tonight.
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- Well, turn on the charm.
- [CHUCKLES]
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- [CLEARS THROAT]
- I have someone you should meet.
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Ms. Lady Eve from Black
Bird Funeral Parlor.
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Deep, deep pockets.
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- Yeah, I met her once or twice.
- Oh!
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Okay, I will be over.
Uh, just give me a minute.
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- Hi.
- Hey.
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Heard your daughter got arrested
tonight. It's not a good look, Jeff.
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- My daughter? Oh, you're funny.
- [CHUCKLES]
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Yeah, we have joint custody,
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which means half of her
attitude is your responsibility.
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Jeff, Anissa has not been in "our
custody" for quite some time now.
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Now, I know it's hard for you to
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swallow, but she's not a child anymore.
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She's a grown woman.
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Yeah, legally true, but
emotionally and financially,
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she is still in my care and
always in my wallet.
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You know, I'm actually
kind of proud of her.
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She's a lot like you, Jeff.
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Always wanting to help,
always fighting for change.
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You are beautiful.
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Don't do that.
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What?
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You know what.
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Besides, Ms. Fowdy's waiting on you.
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[GASPS] Oh. Mmm-hmm.
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You know, you actually look
really good in this suit.
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[SIGHS]
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Hey, hey!
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Hey, it's me.
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No, I thought you
said Jennifer was home.
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What?
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Absolutely ridiculous!
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No, you should know better.
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Yeah, I will talk to you later.
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No, Afropunk over Coachella
any day of the week.
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- No way.
- Are you serious?
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SZA, Solange, Childish Gambino?
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All right, all right,
I'll give you that one.
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So, you one of them
alternative black girls?
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[CHUCKLES] All right, I'll take it.
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- No, for real, how old are you?
- I'm serious, I'm 18.
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What's good, bruh?
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What up?
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Uh, I'm gonna run to the restroom
while you talk to your friends.
244
00:12:13,409 --> 00:12:15,376
- Excuse me.
- No.
245
00:12:15,378 --> 00:12:18,646
- I'm sorry?
- Chill. Chill.
246
00:12:21,751 --> 00:12:24,018
[RAPPING] ♪ This rap you Step aside ♪
247
00:12:24,020 --> 00:12:25,853
♪ I am richer than That some guy ♪
248
00:12:25,855 --> 00:12:27,730
♪ On my homepage And my phone is ♪
249
00:12:27,733 --> 00:12:30,526
♪ You both Just keep going hard ♪
250
00:12:37,133 --> 00:12:38,900
[GRUNTS]
251
00:12:48,036 --> 00:12:49,703
[LALA] Will, Will, Will, Will.
252
00:12:49,706 --> 00:12:52,246
Why I gotta chase you down
to have a conversation?
253
00:12:52,248 --> 00:12:54,366
You ain't got to chase me down, Lala.
254
00:12:54,369 --> 00:12:57,285
I'm just hustling, just trying to
make the money you say I owe you.
255
00:12:57,287 --> 00:12:59,280
Oh, look, the money I say you owe me?
256
00:12:59,283 --> 00:13:01,721
Bruh, did the Freeland PD
257
00:13:01,724 --> 00:13:03,146
not steal 100 grand worth of
258
00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:04,741
product from you when you got popped?
259
00:13:04,744 --> 00:13:06,738
See, none of this is my
business. I'm gonna go...
260
00:13:06,741 --> 00:13:09,991
I'm talking, sweetheart.
Just stand there and be cute.
261
00:13:09,994 --> 00:13:12,562
'Cause I want to make sure
that we clear on this point.
262
00:13:13,203 --> 00:13:15,270
Did you not have commissary money?
263
00:13:15,273 --> 00:13:17,772
Did you not have the
best lawyer in Freeland?
264
00:13:18,437 --> 00:13:20,771
The money I say you owe me?
265
00:13:21,978 --> 00:13:23,506
- [GRUNTS]
- [GROANS]
266
00:13:23,509 --> 00:13:25,379
- I'm talking to you, man.
- [GRUNTS]
267
00:13:25,381 --> 00:13:27,248
Why you got to do that
in front of my girl?
268
00:13:27,250 --> 00:13:28,849
You know I'm good for it.
I'm gonna get you your money.
269
00:13:28,851 --> 00:13:31,452
Don't say that. I'm not his girl.
I just met him tonight, I swear...
270
00:13:31,454 --> 00:13:34,123
Hey, shut up. As a matter of fact,
271
00:13:34,126 --> 00:13:37,258
I think your girl should
start putting in some work
272
00:13:37,260 --> 00:13:41,862
over at the Seahorse Motel
to pay down some of that debt.
273
00:13:41,864 --> 00:13:43,331
We good?
274
00:13:44,193 --> 00:13:46,660
Yeah. Yeah, we're good.
275
00:13:46,663 --> 00:13:49,537
We're good. [CHUCKLES]
Shut your proper ass, man.
276
00:13:49,539 --> 00:13:51,077
No! No! The hell, we're not good.
277
00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:52,761
I'm not ho-ing for nobody!
278
00:13:52,764 --> 00:13:54,976
- I don't even know this dude!
- Jen, Jen, I'm sorry. Wait.
279
00:13:54,978 --> 00:13:56,744
You know what? I thought
you were kind of cute
280
00:13:56,746 --> 00:13:58,913
until I found out you
were somebody's bitch.
281
00:13:58,915 --> 00:14:00,848
- [GROANING]
- [LAUGHS]
282
00:14:00,850 --> 00:14:03,217
Hey, man, I like this girl, man.
283
00:14:04,967 --> 00:14:07,342
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Where you
think you going, Bojangles?
284
00:14:07,345 --> 00:14:09,991
No, please, let's not do this. I
just need to get through that door.
285
00:14:09,993 --> 00:14:11,025
You ain't getting up in here.
286
00:14:11,027 --> 00:14:12,493
[GRUNTING]
287
00:14:14,697 --> 00:14:16,130
[SIGHS]
288
00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,386
I tried to do it the right way.
289
00:14:19,389 --> 00:14:21,802
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
290
00:14:21,804 --> 00:14:23,704
- [GUNSHOTS]
- [CROWD CLAMORING]
291
00:14:26,493 --> 00:14:27,792
Do you see him?
292
00:14:29,420 --> 00:14:31,287
- Where'd he go?
- Move! Move!
293
00:14:33,650 --> 00:14:35,182
Right there!
294
00:14:40,100 --> 00:14:41,867
Where'd he go?
295
00:14:41,870 --> 00:14:43,503
[GROANS]
296
00:14:48,698 --> 00:14:49,764
Where he at?
297
00:14:49,766 --> 00:14:51,032
[GRUNTING]
298
00:14:53,297 --> 00:14:54,730
[GROANS]
299
00:15:07,417 --> 00:15:09,016
[SNIFFLING]
300
00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:19,794
[MAN] Come on! Come on! Hurry!
301
00:15:21,064 --> 00:15:22,763
[POLICE SIREN WAILING]
302
00:15:22,766 --> 00:15:24,799
[OFFICER ON MEGAPHONE] You, in the suit,
303
00:15:24,801 --> 00:15:26,901
stay right where you are.
304
00:15:26,903 --> 00:15:29,437
Put your hands where we can see 'em!
305
00:15:29,439 --> 00:15:31,381
Do not move.
306
00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,182
[SLOW ECHOING] Get on the ground!
307
00:15:41,184 --> 00:15:43,663
He said, "Get on the ground!"
308
00:15:43,666 --> 00:15:47,303
You get your black ass on the ground.
309
00:15:49,492 --> 00:15:50,991
[GRUNTS]
310
00:15:51,690 --> 00:15:54,824
- [GRUNTING]
- [TASERS CRACKLING]
311
00:16:05,007 --> 00:16:08,075
- [GRUNTS]
- [OFFICERS GROANING]
312
00:16:22,492 --> 00:16:25,839
♪ Stand up for something
Or fall for anything ♪
313
00:16:25,842 --> 00:16:27,828
♪ Lightning came with no rain ♪
314
00:16:27,830 --> 00:16:29,697
♪ I saw a superhero Last night ♪
315
00:16:29,699 --> 00:16:30,765
♪ He was black ♪
316
00:16:30,767 --> 00:16:32,133
♪ He said This is for the hood ♪
317
00:16:32,135 --> 00:16:33,434
♪ Black Lightning's back ♪
318
00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:09,293
You are lucky you didn't get shot
319
00:17:09,296 --> 00:17:10,947
or end up in some motel room right now,
320
00:17:10,950 --> 00:17:12,808
all drugged up and being passed around!
321
00:17:12,811 --> 00:17:14,210
All right, you're going too far with it.
322
00:17:14,212 --> 00:17:16,562
No, I'm not. It's happening every day.
323
00:17:16,565 --> 00:17:17,750
Plus, you lied to me.
324
00:17:17,753 --> 00:17:21,016
You said you were going to a
small house party, not Club 100.
325
00:17:21,019 --> 00:17:23,313
Well, if I'd said Club 100,
would you have still let me go?
326
00:17:23,315 --> 00:17:24,252
- Uh, no.
- Right.
327
00:17:24,255 --> 00:17:27,022
Because your fast ass
shouldn't be going there anyway.
328
00:17:27,025 --> 00:17:29,692
You know why they call
it "Club 100" Jennifer?
329
00:17:29,694 --> 00:17:32,361
Because that's all who
hang there. Gang members.
330
00:17:32,363 --> 00:17:35,231
Well, all you guys want me to
do is go to school, run track,
331
00:17:35,233 --> 00:17:37,166
and "set a good example
for the other girls."
332
00:17:37,168 --> 00:17:39,102
When did that become a bad thing?
333
00:17:39,104 --> 00:17:42,405
I'm not Dad! I'm not you, and
I'm not the Queen of Garfield.
334
00:17:42,407 --> 00:17:44,440
No, no, this is not about Dad or me
335
00:17:44,442 --> 00:17:46,570
or some silly name
they call you at school.
336
00:17:46,573 --> 00:17:48,046
It's about the fact that you're trying
337
00:17:48,048 --> 00:17:49,479
to act grown when clearly you're not.
338
00:17:49,481 --> 00:17:51,180
Why are you being
such a bitch right now?
339
00:17:51,182 --> 00:17:52,448
Call me a bitch one more time.
340
00:17:52,450 --> 00:17:54,469
I just won't tell you
next time. How about that?
341
00:17:54,472 --> 00:17:55,871
You didn't tell me this time.
342
00:17:55,874 --> 00:17:58,821
You came up in this house shaking
because you were so scared.
343
00:17:58,823 --> 00:18:01,090
That's what told me. Now
you want to act all cool
344
00:18:01,092 --> 00:18:02,492
like it was just, what,
some great adventure?
345
00:18:02,494 --> 00:18:03,893
All right, I'm already stressed out.
346
00:18:03,895 --> 00:18:05,173
- I can't with you right now.
- Okay.
347
00:18:05,175 --> 00:18:07,230
- Give me my phone, please.
- Okay, you're not getting your phone.
348
00:18:07,232 --> 00:18:08,798
Anissa.
349
00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,900
[NEWS ANCHOR] Dark clothes. If
anyone has any information...
350
00:18:10,902 --> 00:18:13,121
I'm not here to talk about Club 100.
351
00:18:13,124 --> 00:18:14,941
We are here because two police officers
352
00:18:14,944 --> 00:18:16,310
were viciously attacked tonight
353
00:18:16,313 --> 00:18:19,242
while on the job protecting
and serving this community,
354
00:18:19,244 --> 00:18:20,425
plain and simple.
355
00:18:20,428 --> 00:18:23,146
Witnesses say it looked a lot
like Black Lightning was involved
356
00:18:23,148 --> 00:18:24,413
at the incident at Club 100.
357
00:18:24,415 --> 00:18:25,781
[INSPECTOR HENDERSON]
That's fake news...
358
00:18:25,783 --> 00:18:29,185
This is not a game. This is real, Jen.
359
00:18:30,588 --> 00:18:35,158
We are looking for a
regular, human, black male,
360
00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,893
who was probably hyped up on drugs.
361
00:18:36,895 --> 00:18:38,995
This assailant is
responsible for an attack
362
00:18:38,997 --> 00:18:41,264
on two of Freeland's finest
officers, not some...
363
00:18:41,266 --> 00:18:43,332
I thought you were done being a hero.
364
00:18:43,334 --> 00:18:44,700
I am.
365
00:18:44,702 --> 00:18:46,409
Doesn't look like it.
366
00:18:46,412 --> 00:18:47,937
Thanks for stitching me up.
367
00:18:47,939 --> 00:18:50,139
Luckily, it's just a flesh wound.
368
00:18:50,141 --> 00:18:52,208
It doesn't feel like a flesh wound.
369
00:18:53,414 --> 00:18:54,680
Nine years...
370
00:18:55,706 --> 00:18:59,382
It has been nine years since I've
even come close to using my powers.
371
00:18:59,384 --> 00:19:02,718
And each of those nine years
I've told you this city needs you.
372
00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,120
So what's next?
373
00:19:04,123 --> 00:19:07,440
What? If you mean Black
Lightning, there is no "next."
374
00:19:07,443 --> 00:19:09,343
No, my daughter is safe.
375
00:19:10,828 --> 00:19:13,329
Do you remember why you
became Black Lightning?
376
00:19:15,696 --> 00:19:17,963
You wanted to give the people hope.
377
00:19:18,628 --> 00:19:21,729
You wanted the evil that's out
there to have something to fear.
378
00:19:21,732 --> 00:19:23,198
Right now there's nothing to fear
379
00:19:23,201 --> 00:19:25,735
and evil's running rampant
like a plague through this city,
380
00:19:25,738 --> 00:19:28,175
hell, through this world.
381
00:19:28,178 --> 00:19:30,379
[SIGHS] Okay. You know what?
382
00:19:30,381 --> 00:19:34,050
Let's cut through the
poetry and just talk real.
383
00:19:34,052 --> 00:19:37,687
Now, the purpose of Black
Lightning was to kill Tobias
384
00:19:37,689 --> 00:19:42,058
for literally shoving my father's
articles down his throat until he died.
385
00:19:42,060 --> 00:19:46,796
Then it was because of crime
bosses, crooked politicians,
386
00:19:46,798 --> 00:19:48,731
every small-time street thug
387
00:19:48,733 --> 00:19:52,097
that had snatched a
purse or robbed a store.
388
00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:54,737
You see, there's no end, Gambi.
389
00:19:54,739 --> 00:19:57,607
There's no bottom for Black Lightning.
390
00:19:57,609 --> 00:20:02,178
And the only loser
in all of it is... me.
391
00:20:02,180 --> 00:20:03,646
[JEFFERSON SIGHS]
392
00:20:03,649 --> 00:20:06,974
I feel like Lynn and I are making room
393
00:20:06,977 --> 00:20:09,785
for a possibility of a reconciliation.
394
00:20:09,787 --> 00:20:13,297
Do you hear me? I have a shot at
putting my family back together.
395
00:20:14,659 --> 00:20:17,960
Black Lightning is not
gonna jeopardize that.
396
00:20:17,962 --> 00:20:20,663
[CLICKS TONGUE] I love
Lynn and those girls,
397
00:20:20,666 --> 00:20:22,798
but we knew this day would come.
398
00:20:23,539 --> 00:20:25,668
Jefferson, I've known you
since you were 12 years old.
399
00:20:25,671 --> 00:20:29,353
You're like my son, so I
have to tell you the truth.
400
00:20:30,795 --> 00:20:33,563
The promise you made
Lynn was well-intentioned,
401
00:20:34,544 --> 00:20:36,644
but it always had an expiration date.
402
00:20:38,349 --> 00:20:41,484
[LYNN CRIES] Jeff, baby...
403
00:20:41,486 --> 00:20:43,319
I can't do this anymore, Jeff.
404
00:20:43,321 --> 00:20:46,856
I can't stay here with the girls
and just watch you kill yourself.
405
00:20:46,859 --> 00:20:49,627
I promise, no more.
406
00:20:52,133 --> 00:20:55,231
See, that's a curious
question. Why is he a vigilante
407
00:20:55,233 --> 00:20:57,500
while other communities
have folks with superpowers,
408
00:20:57,502 --> 00:20:59,268
and all of a sudden, they're heroes?
409
00:20:59,270 --> 00:21:01,437
This shows you how, in this
country of nearly 400 years...
410
00:21:01,439 --> 00:21:02,905
Hey.
411
00:21:02,907 --> 00:21:04,180
Hey.
412
00:21:05,344 --> 00:21:08,524
You know, I was just thinking
about you on the drive over here.
413
00:21:08,527 --> 00:21:09,926
What were you thinking?
414
00:21:10,789 --> 00:21:14,555
Things you are not supposed
to say to your ex-wife.
415
00:21:14,558 --> 00:21:16,285
Everything okay?
416
00:21:16,287 --> 00:21:18,521
Yeah. I just came over
to calm Jennifer down.
417
00:21:18,523 --> 00:21:20,056
She was pretty shaken up.
418
00:21:20,058 --> 00:21:21,357
Why? What happened?
419
00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:23,719
She was at Club 100
when that mess went down.
420
00:21:23,722 --> 00:21:25,516
- She was there?
- We tried calling you.
421
00:21:25,519 --> 00:21:27,085
We even tried calling the school.
422
00:21:27,088 --> 00:21:29,632
[INHALES DEEPLY] I think we've
managed to calm ourselves down,
423
00:21:29,634 --> 00:21:31,133
but it was scary hearing it, though.
424
00:21:31,135 --> 00:21:33,869
Damn. The board had me hemmed up.
425
00:21:33,871 --> 00:21:35,304
I mean, they're trying to...
426
00:21:35,953 --> 00:21:38,607
It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.
427
00:21:38,609 --> 00:21:40,343
I tell you, these girls...
428
00:21:40,345 --> 00:21:43,279
I mean, one of 'em gets arrested,
the other's sneaking into clubs.
429
00:21:43,281 --> 00:21:47,216
As scary and dangerous as it was,
Jennifer was just being a teenager.
430
00:21:47,218 --> 00:21:50,524
Don't take it personal and don't
start having catastrophic thoughts.
431
00:21:50,527 --> 00:21:52,649
- Yeah, well, it's hard not to.
- I agree.
432
00:21:52,652 --> 00:21:54,385
When I think about what
could have happened,
433
00:21:54,388 --> 00:21:55,953
it makes me sick to my stomach.
434
00:21:57,141 --> 00:21:58,994
Now she knows what can happen.
435
00:21:58,996 --> 00:22:02,930
- You're right. You're right.
- [CHUCKLES]
436
00:22:02,933 --> 00:22:04,518
Mmm, I better go.
437
00:22:04,521 --> 00:22:07,536
Oh, and I played bad parent tonight.
You know, did the whole speech...
438
00:22:07,538 --> 00:22:09,772
"You lied. You put yourself in danger.
439
00:22:09,774 --> 00:22:12,975
This speaks to your character.
No social media for a month."
440
00:22:12,977 --> 00:22:14,543
So you're good on that front.
441
00:22:14,545 --> 00:22:16,145
Wow. A month?
442
00:22:17,054 --> 00:22:18,420
You're not playing.
443
00:22:18,423 --> 00:22:21,717
No. No, I'm not. Not when it
comes to keeping them alive.
444
00:22:21,719 --> 00:22:22,885
Thank you.
445
00:22:25,056 --> 00:22:29,091
So, I was watching the news tonight.
446
00:22:29,093 --> 00:22:31,427
And they were talking
about Black Lightning.
447
00:22:31,429 --> 00:22:34,930
- [SCOFFS] What were they saying?
- That he's back.
448
00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:36,665
Is he?
449
00:22:37,666 --> 00:22:41,813
Lynn, of course not. You
know better than that.
450
00:22:43,170 --> 00:22:45,337
I have saved more lives as a principal
451
00:22:45,340 --> 00:22:49,044
than I ever would have
as Black Lightning.
452
00:22:49,047 --> 00:22:50,984
I'm not looking to go backwards.
453
00:22:50,987 --> 00:22:52,515
I pray that's true.
454
00:22:52,517 --> 00:22:53,906
It is.
455
00:22:53,909 --> 00:22:57,620
Good. 'Cause I don't ever wanna
see you like that again. Ever.
456
00:22:59,742 --> 00:23:01,056
It was too painful.
457
00:23:01,058 --> 00:23:06,162
You are talking like
someone who cares about me.
458
00:23:08,145 --> 00:23:10,212
I do care about you, Jeff.
459
00:23:12,236 --> 00:23:13,569
I do.
460
00:23:27,318 --> 00:23:29,385
You're not gonna find anything.
461
00:23:30,229 --> 00:23:32,963
Just a man who wants his woman back.
462
00:23:35,597 --> 00:23:37,130
I should go.
463
00:23:39,087 --> 00:23:40,453
Yeah.
464
00:23:46,838 --> 00:23:48,537
- Drive safe.
- [CAR LOCK CHIRPS]
465
00:23:52,570 --> 00:23:55,478
Daddy, why are you bleeding so much?
466
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,980
[LYNN] You may as
well be some crackhead.
467
00:23:57,982 --> 00:24:00,883
I want you out. I want a divorce.
468
00:24:00,885 --> 00:24:02,918
You broke your promise.
469
00:24:04,555 --> 00:24:06,021
[GROANS]
470
00:24:09,494 --> 00:24:13,128
[ROLAND ON TV] Look, you have this
fervor, this desire for a savior,
471
00:24:13,130 --> 00:24:15,593
and that speaks to how this system has
472
00:24:15,596 --> 00:24:17,867
utterly failed the black community.
473
00:24:17,869 --> 00:24:19,498
Look, if Black Lightning is back,
474
00:24:19,501 --> 00:24:21,270
this is a game changer for Freeland.
475
00:24:21,272 --> 00:24:25,674
[MAN] Tobias! Please!
Don't do this! Tobias!
476
00:24:25,676 --> 00:24:27,443
- [SPLASHES]
- [MUFFLED SCREAMING]
477
00:24:27,445 --> 00:24:31,013
Hey, boss, you're gonna wanna
come take a look at this.
478
00:24:31,016 --> 00:24:34,617
[INTERVIEWER] Mr. Martin,is Black Lightning back?
479
00:24:34,619 --> 00:24:36,685
Come on, what have you got?
480
00:24:36,687 --> 00:24:40,022
You've got people praying for
someone others call a vigilante
481
00:24:40,024 --> 00:24:41,320
to be back in this city,
482
00:24:41,323 --> 00:24:44,124
even though we haven't
confirmed if this rumor is true.
483
00:24:50,712 --> 00:24:53,501
♪ They cover their heads ♪
484
00:24:53,504 --> 00:24:55,062
♪ I can't see their faces ♪
485
00:24:55,064 --> 00:24:57,698
♪ I can't see, see See, see, see ♪
486
00:24:57,701 --> 00:24:59,666
♪ They're near me ♪
487
00:24:59,669 --> 00:25:01,947
[ALL LAUGHING]
488
00:25:01,950 --> 00:25:03,870
What are you doing?
489
00:25:03,872 --> 00:25:05,539
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
490
00:25:06,408 --> 00:25:10,444
♪ No need No need to take from me ♪
491
00:25:10,446 --> 00:25:12,646
♪ Don't throw the paint on me ♪
492
00:25:12,648 --> 00:25:14,915
♪ I see this lake formin' ♪
493
00:25:14,917 --> 00:25:16,556
♪ I got lost astray ♪
494
00:25:16,559 --> 00:25:18,085
[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]
495
00:25:18,087 --> 00:25:20,053
Stan, I have not heard
from your parents.
496
00:25:20,055 --> 00:25:21,421
- Have them call me.
- Will do, sir.
497
00:25:21,423 --> 00:25:22,823
So, that's what this is
really all about, right?
498
00:25:22,825 --> 00:25:24,157
- The board thinks...
- No.
499
00:25:24,159 --> 00:25:26,526
The board wanting to put
metal detectors in the school.
500
00:25:26,528 --> 00:25:27,828
It's not about the metal...
501
00:25:27,830 --> 00:25:29,563
Oh, Kay, I have the
yearbook proofs in my office.
502
00:25:29,565 --> 00:25:30,731
- Come find me.
- Okay.
503
00:25:30,733 --> 00:25:31,932
Jefferson, it's not
about the metal detectors,
504
00:25:31,934 --> 00:25:33,467
it's about the safety of the students.
505
00:25:33,469 --> 00:25:35,168
- "The safety of the students"?
- Yes.
506
00:25:35,170 --> 00:25:36,837
Is that what they told you?
507
00:25:36,839 --> 00:25:38,238
[SCOFFS]
508
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:39,573
No, look...
509
00:25:39,575 --> 00:25:43,143
Now, I will not treat my
students like criminals.
510
00:25:43,145 --> 00:25:46,747
Do you realize almost all of
these kids know someone in prison?
511
00:25:46,750 --> 00:25:50,170
Yeah, their mothers, or fathers,
or their aunties, uncles.
512
00:25:50,173 --> 00:25:54,454
Now I will not turn my school
into another jail, Kara.
513
00:25:54,457 --> 00:25:56,356
I'll relay the message.
514
00:25:57,819 --> 00:25:59,119
Thank you.
515
00:26:01,954 --> 00:26:03,153
[SIGHS]
516
00:26:06,068 --> 00:26:07,534
[GROANS]
517
00:26:12,408 --> 00:26:15,525
[CHUCKLES] You really
don't quit, do you, old man?
518
00:26:16,884 --> 00:26:18,812
When you're staring down
the barrel of a gun,
519
00:26:18,814 --> 00:26:23,483
you don't care if the person saving
you is a Christian, Muslim, Jew,
520
00:26:23,485 --> 00:26:24,918
black or white,
521
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,988
or some guy in a weird
Parliament-Funkadelic getup.
522
00:26:27,990 --> 00:26:30,557
- "Parliament"?
- You just wat a be saved.
523
00:26:30,559 --> 00:26:32,159
- [ROBBER] Hurry up, man!
- Here it is.
524
00:26:32,161 --> 00:26:35,462
I've watched this every year
on my birthday since then.
525
00:26:36,598 --> 00:26:38,465
[GRUNTING]
526
00:26:43,939 --> 00:26:45,839
[YELLING]
527
00:26:46,556 --> 00:26:49,543
I wouldn't have seen my
kids graduate college,
528
00:26:49,545 --> 00:26:51,044
the first black President,
529
00:26:51,046 --> 00:26:53,947
or my grandkids if it
wasn't for Black Lightning.
530
00:27:01,023 --> 00:27:04,491
- What are you even doing here?
- Jennifer, damn, girl, come on!
531
00:27:04,493 --> 00:27:07,260
I told you, I just wanna
make sure we were cool.
532
00:27:07,263 --> 00:27:10,230
Look, I saw your Instagram and
I zoomed in on your initials
533
00:27:10,232 --> 00:27:11,698
and you know, I found you.
534
00:27:11,700 --> 00:27:15,001
Okay, one, that's called
"stalking." And second, it's creepy.
535
00:27:15,003 --> 00:27:16,867
- Now get out of here, I'm serious.
- No, it's not! Yo, Jen...
536
00:27:16,869 --> 00:27:19,072
Stop! What the hell is wrong
with you? Get your hands off me!
537
00:27:19,074 --> 00:27:22,142
Damn! Why do black girls
gotta have so much attitude?
538
00:27:22,144 --> 00:27:24,756
What the hell is wrong with
you, grabbing on her like that?
539
00:27:24,759 --> 00:27:26,313
You need to get up out my face.
540
00:27:26,315 --> 00:27:27,614
You are not a student here
541
00:27:27,616 --> 00:27:30,417
and I'm asm ng you to leave
before I call the police.
542
00:27:30,419 --> 00:27:32,185
Bitch, I told you to get out of my face.
543
00:27:32,187 --> 00:27:33,687
That's it. I'm calling the police.
544
00:27:33,689 --> 00:27:34,788
The hell you not.
545
00:27:34,790 --> 00:27:36,690
[GRUNTING]
546
00:27:36,692 --> 00:27:38,558
- [GROANS]
- [STUDENTS SCREAMING]
547
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:39,783
[GRUNTS]
548
00:27:43,860 --> 00:27:46,461
- [ANISSA] Let's go now. Let's go.
- Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa!
549
00:27:46,464 --> 00:27:48,135
Now what happens after
you pull this gun?
550
00:27:48,137 --> 00:27:51,892
You going to shoot her? In
front of the entire school?
551
00:27:51,895 --> 00:27:53,406
You're on parole, right?
552
00:27:53,408 --> 00:27:56,710
Yeah, yeah. There are
cameras all over this place.
553
00:27:56,712 --> 00:27:59,546
Do you really wanna go back
to jail for a school shooting?
554
00:27:59,548 --> 00:28:02,282
'Cause that is life with no
possibility of getting out.
555
00:28:02,284 --> 00:28:03,917
You don't know who you're messing with.
556
00:28:03,919 --> 00:28:05,585
You're right, I don't.
557
00:28:05,587 --> 00:28:07,102
But the police are already on their
558
00:28:07,105 --> 00:28:09,823
way and they don't care who you are.
559
00:28:09,825 --> 00:28:11,925
They will shoot your black ass for fun.
560
00:28:20,469 --> 00:28:23,837
This ain't over. Bet that.
561
00:28:32,693 --> 00:28:34,449
[JEFFERSON] What the
hell were you thinking?
562
00:28:34,452 --> 00:28:36,682
I mean, you not only
put yourselves in danger,
563
00:28:36,685 --> 00:28:38,284
but also the entire school.
564
00:28:38,287 --> 00:28:39,487
What was I supposed to do?
565
00:28:39,490 --> 00:28:41,605
You were supposed to
follow school protocol,
566
00:28:41,608 --> 00:28:43,709
call security, and walk away.
567
00:28:43,711 --> 00:28:46,227
It's been seven years since
I took over as principal.
568
00:28:46,230 --> 00:28:49,681
Seven years, and we haven't
had one incident of violence.
569
00:28:49,683 --> 00:28:51,183
Not one. And now this.
570
00:28:51,185 --> 00:28:54,386
If you haven't noticed, Dad,
violence is everywhere in Freeland.
571
00:28:54,388 --> 00:28:57,589
Did you really think it wasn't
gonna touch Garfield at some point?
572
00:28:57,591 --> 00:28:59,169
Either we help the community as a
573
00:28:59,172 --> 00:29:01,026
whole or we will all go down in pieces.
574
00:29:01,028 --> 00:29:04,488
No. No, this is not about one of
your political diatribes right now.
575
00:29:04,491 --> 00:29:05,924
It's not about the community.
576
00:29:05,927 --> 00:29:07,393
A community, I might remind you,
577
00:29:07,396 --> 00:29:09,534
I've been fighting for
since before you were born.
578
00:29:09,536 --> 00:29:13,176
This is about me trying to
keep my daughters alive. Period.
579
00:29:13,179 --> 00:29:15,412
[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]
580
00:29:15,415 --> 00:29:16,863
What happened, Dad?
581
00:29:17,768 --> 00:29:20,001
When did you abandon your people?
582
00:29:23,111 --> 00:29:25,445
Love you. Anissa.
583
00:29:29,406 --> 00:29:31,272
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
584
00:29:42,136 --> 00:29:43,401
Mr. Jefferson.
585
00:29:43,403 --> 00:29:44,855
Latavious.
586
00:29:44,858 --> 00:29:46,925
Wow. "Latavious."
587
00:29:47,603 --> 00:29:50,457
Nobody's called me that since
I graduated from Garfield.
588
00:29:50,933 --> 00:29:53,645
I'm kinda busy, so let's jump right in.
589
00:29:53,648 --> 00:29:57,355
I heard what happened with Will.
Not cool, especially at the school.
590
00:29:57,358 --> 00:29:58,613
Yes, exactly.
591
00:29:58,616 --> 00:30:01,820
Now I've had an unwritten agreement
for years with all the gangs.
592
00:30:01,822 --> 00:30:05,519
Garfield is a safe zone,
right? He broke that.
593
00:30:05,522 --> 00:30:07,626
Now I'm trying not to
drag the police into this
594
00:30:07,628 --> 00:30:09,661
because I do not want
things to escalate.
595
00:30:09,663 --> 00:30:14,132
But I need you to keep
Will away from my girls,
596
00:30:14,134 --> 00:30:15,834
and away from Garfield.
597
00:30:15,836 --> 00:30:17,369
Will's my cousin.
598
00:30:18,121 --> 00:30:20,806
He's been kinda lost
since he got out of jail.
599
00:30:20,808 --> 00:30:23,642
But you ain't trying to
hear all that. I get it.
600
00:30:23,645 --> 00:30:25,011
Hey, come here.
601
00:30:26,286 --> 00:30:29,487
You late. The van's gone already.
602
00:30:30,223 --> 00:30:32,484
This is Mr. Jefferson.
I went to his school.
603
00:30:32,486 --> 00:30:33,618
Hey.
604
00:30:33,620 --> 00:30:36,621
Come on, man. You know
towt's not how we do.
605
00:30:36,623 --> 00:30:38,623
Look at Mr. Jefferson in the eyes.
606
00:30:38,625 --> 00:30:40,962
Shake his hand and introduce yourself.
607
00:30:40,965 --> 00:30:44,262
Hey, Mr. Jefferson. My name's
Malik. It's a pleasure to meet you.
608
00:30:44,264 --> 00:30:45,723
It's a pleasure to meet you, too.
609
00:30:45,726 --> 00:30:48,867
Whoo! That's what I'm
talking about. Yeah.
610
00:30:48,869 --> 00:30:50,068
Everything okay?
611
00:30:50,070 --> 00:30:52,671
- Yeah, everything's cool.
- Excellent.
612
00:30:53,273 --> 00:30:54,940
- [GASPS]
- Latavious.
613
00:30:54,942 --> 00:30:57,275
'Cause I was told that
you spent most of yesterday
614
00:30:57,277 --> 00:30:59,485
playing video games in your phone.
615
00:30:59,488 --> 00:31:03,114
What pisses me off is when you
don't give it your best, Malik.
616
00:31:03,116 --> 00:31:05,417
- When you don't put in the effort to succeed.
- Ow.
617
00:31:05,419 --> 00:31:09,521
There's a time to play games and
there's a time to focus on reality.
618
00:31:09,524 --> 00:31:11,903
- And the reality of the situation is...
- Latavious...
619
00:31:11,906 --> 00:31:14,559
While you got your mind
buried in them video games,
620
00:31:14,561 --> 00:31:17,395
them white boys up in them
neighborhoods that you selling in
621
00:31:17,397 --> 00:31:19,777
are being prepared to run
the world and your black ass!
622
00:31:19,780 --> 00:31:21,666
Okay, Latavious, that is enough!
623
00:31:21,668 --> 00:31:23,235
You know my damn name!
624
00:31:25,675 --> 00:31:27,141
Now say it.
625
00:31:30,990 --> 00:31:32,489
Say it.
626
00:31:34,955 --> 00:31:36,454
Lala.
627
00:31:36,457 --> 00:31:38,924
Never put your hands on me again.
628
00:31:40,519 --> 00:31:43,353
You teach them your way
and I teach them mine.
629
00:31:45,783 --> 00:31:47,315
Give me your phone.
630
00:31:51,623 --> 00:31:55,391
Go get that broom. I
want these floors swept.
631
00:31:55,394 --> 00:31:58,090
And don't even ask me
about your damn phone.
632
00:32:01,058 --> 00:32:03,025
I'm gonna do you this favor.
633
00:32:03,855 --> 00:32:05,455
But that means you owe me.
634
00:32:06,356 --> 00:32:07,522
We good?
635
00:32:08,547 --> 00:32:09,713
We good.
636
00:32:13,794 --> 00:32:15,727
That's a nice suit, man.
637
00:32:16,936 --> 00:32:18,603
Real nice suit.
638
00:32:46,753 --> 00:32:49,421
All right, ladies. Homework. Let me...
639
00:32:49,424 --> 00:32:50,822
[STUDENTS GASPING]
640
00:32:50,824 --> 00:32:53,191
Excuse me? I'm talking to you.
641
00:32:53,194 --> 00:32:56,527
- [WILL] Remember me?
- I'm not afraid of The One Hundred.
642
00:32:56,530 --> 00:32:59,164
- Bitch, you should be!
- Get your hands off of her!
643
00:32:59,166 --> 00:33:00,498
Let's go. Come on!
644
00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:01,900
- Jen!
- Anissa.
645
00:33:01,902 --> 00:33:04,002
Don't! Wait, don't take them!
646
00:33:15,821 --> 00:33:18,621
Turn into a mess if
we're not careful, Lynn.
647
00:33:18,624 --> 00:33:19,924
Now, let me at least confirm
648
00:33:19,926 --> 00:33:21,913
that they're at the Seahorse
Motel before we go in.
649
00:33:21,915 --> 00:33:24,028
How long does "confirm" take, Henderson?
650
00:33:24,030 --> 00:33:26,997
We're talking about our
daughters here. Our daughters.
651
00:33:26,999 --> 00:33:29,633
I should just go over there and
talk to someone my damn self.
652
00:33:29,635 --> 00:33:30,935
Talk to who?
653
00:33:31,555 --> 00:33:32,907
Who, Jeff?
654
00:33:32,910 --> 00:33:34,428
We're at this point right now 'cause
655
00:33:34,431 --> 00:33:36,196
you didn't talk to me in the first place.
656
00:33:38,244 --> 00:33:39,443
I'm sorry.
657
00:33:40,813 --> 00:33:42,179
It's not your fault.
658
00:33:42,181 --> 00:33:46,283
Now, come on, man, let me take
care of it. Let me do my job.
659
00:33:46,919 --> 00:33:48,118
Okay.
660
00:33:49,543 --> 00:33:50,743
Okay.
661
00:33:58,998 --> 00:34:00,698
Jeff, where are you going?
662
00:34:02,130 --> 00:34:03,996
To get our girls.
663
00:34:06,696 --> 00:34:08,212
Bring them home.
664
00:34:20,219 --> 00:34:22,653
The One Hundred have
Jennifer and Anissa.
665
00:34:23,332 --> 00:34:24,698
Head downstairs.
666
00:34:44,310 --> 00:34:46,377
I've been working on something new.
667
00:34:50,085 --> 00:34:51,685
Something better.
668
00:35:00,126 --> 00:35:01,959
[SUIT POWERING UP]
669
00:35:05,898 --> 00:35:07,464
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
670
00:35:14,106 --> 00:35:15,906
[GRUNTING]
671
00:35:40,220 --> 00:35:41,999
[POWERING UP]
672
00:35:46,005 --> 00:35:47,471
So your dumb ass thought
673
00:35:47,473 --> 00:35:49,540
that bringing them here
was actually a good idea?
674
00:35:49,542 --> 00:35:50,574
Yes!
675
00:35:51,811 --> 00:35:53,110
[GROANS]
676
00:35:53,112 --> 00:35:55,092
These ain't no ordinary girls, man!
677
00:35:55,095 --> 00:35:57,615
Their father's like
Black Jesus to Freeland!
678
00:35:57,617 --> 00:35:59,016
You know damn well
679
00:35:59,018 --> 00:36:01,787
that you don't make a move
like this without permission.
680
00:36:01,790 --> 00:36:03,520
No, I was just trying to...
681
00:36:03,522 --> 00:36:05,255
- [GRUNTING]
- [GROANING]
682
00:36:05,257 --> 00:36:06,557
[GUNFIRE IN DISTANCE]
683
00:36:07,593 --> 00:36:10,694
See what I mean? It's
been, like, what, huh,
684
00:36:10,696 --> 00:36:12,748
at least five years since
I took over this place,
685
00:36:12,751 --> 00:36:15,799
and we ain't had no
violence here? Now look.
686
00:36:16,777 --> 00:36:18,143
Handle that.
687
00:36:18,627 --> 00:36:21,571
- Murk these girls and make them disappear.
- [CRYING]
688
00:36:21,574 --> 00:36:23,073
And you do the same.
689
00:36:26,312 --> 00:36:27,911
[THUGS SNICKERING]
690
00:36:37,790 --> 00:36:39,657
[GASPING]
691
00:36:40,603 --> 00:36:41,792
[GROANS]
692
00:36:49,368 --> 00:36:50,901
[YELLING]
693
00:36:55,341 --> 00:36:57,074
[GIRLS SOBBING]
694
00:37:01,647 --> 00:37:02,946
Nice suit.
695
00:37:03,783 --> 00:37:05,249
[GIRLS GASPING]
696
00:37:06,686 --> 00:37:08,018
[EXHALES]
697
00:37:08,874 --> 00:37:10,887
Now you should at least
give a brother a moment
698
00:37:10,890 --> 00:37:12,947
to say something heroically clever.
699
00:37:14,827 --> 00:37:16,827
Now you've just pissed me off.
700
00:37:17,229 --> 00:37:18,540
Let's go, Jen!
701
00:37:18,998 --> 00:37:20,964
[GROANING]
702
00:37:26,798 --> 00:37:28,038
[GASPING]
703
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,574
- Where is Lala?
- I don't know!
704
00:37:30,576 --> 00:37:31,975
- [GRUNTS]
- [GROANING]
705
00:37:31,977 --> 00:37:33,143
Boy!
706
00:37:33,861 --> 00:37:36,847
Now, I'm only gonna
ask you one more time.
707
00:37:37,116 --> 00:37:38,549
Where's Lala?
708
00:37:38,552 --> 00:37:40,252
[SOBS] I don't know, man!
709
00:37:43,355 --> 00:37:44,486
Is that your car?
710
00:37:44,489 --> 00:37:46,090
[GRUNTS]
711
00:37:46,601 --> 00:37:47,800
Yeah.
712
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,087
It was nice.
713
00:37:51,430 --> 00:37:52,596
[SHOUTS]
714
00:37:55,587 --> 00:37:57,034
[GROANS FEEBLY]
715
00:37:59,105 --> 00:38:01,305
- [SIRENS BLARING]
- [MEN GRUNTING]
716
00:38:01,972 --> 00:38:04,640
[OFFICER] Get over here! Move! Move!
717
00:38:05,236 --> 00:38:08,145
They were holding us in that
room up there. Right there!
718
00:38:10,683 --> 00:38:12,883
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
719
00:38:25,397 --> 00:38:27,097
[TIRES SCREECHING]
720
00:38:58,998 --> 00:39:00,197
[SMOOCHES]
721
00:39:03,135 --> 00:39:05,335
- Hey, boss, you know, I...
- [SHUSHING]
722
00:39:09,181 --> 00:39:10,908
- [GROANS]
- [LAUGHTER]
723
00:39:10,910 --> 00:39:12,276
Damn!
724
00:39:12,279 --> 00:39:15,079
Do you believe in the
Resurrection, Latavious?
725
00:39:15,082 --> 00:39:17,514
- I asked you a question.
- [CONTINUES GROANING]
726
00:39:17,516 --> 00:39:19,431
Do you believe in the Resurrection?
727
00:39:19,434 --> 00:39:23,269
The concept itself is beautiful,
but it's a complete fantasy.
728
00:39:23,272 --> 00:39:24,655
I killed Black Lightning.
729
00:39:24,657 --> 00:39:26,657
- [GROANING]
- But it seems you and whoever this is
730
00:39:26,659 --> 00:39:30,967
have developed an adversarial
relationship that's bad for my business.
731
00:39:30,970 --> 00:39:32,763
[GROANING LOUDLY]
732
00:39:34,166 --> 00:39:38,272
My question is, can you
take care of this problem,
733
00:39:38,275 --> 00:39:42,697
or should I just kill you
now and solve it myself?
734
00:39:50,482 --> 00:39:52,382
[GIRLS SOBBING]
735
00:39:56,050 --> 00:39:59,525
It's okay. It's okay, you're okay.
736
00:40:50,175 --> 00:40:51,909
[SIGHS]
737
00:40:55,614 --> 00:40:57,147
[SNIFFLES]
738
00:40:58,517 --> 00:41:00,083
Thank you.
739
00:41:02,388 --> 00:41:03,887
You're welcome.
740
00:41:06,859 --> 00:41:08,759
But it's not over yet.
741
00:41:11,775 --> 00:41:14,037
- [GUNSHOT]
- [ANISSA] I'm not afraid of The One Hundred!
742
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:15,773
[WILL ECHOING] Bitch, you should be!
743
00:41:20,739 --> 00:41:22,967
[LALA] Murk these girls
and make them disappear.
744
00:41:22,970 --> 00:41:24,951
[WILL] What if it's that
Black Lightning dude?
745
00:41:24,954 --> 00:41:27,257
[BLACK LIGHTNING] Now
you've just pissed me off!
746
00:41:27,260 --> 00:41:29,378
[LABORED BREATHING]
747
00:41:29,381 --> 00:41:31,515
[LALA] These ain't
no ordinary girls, man!
748
00:41:33,786 --> 00:41:35,553
[GASPING]
749
00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:46,734
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