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[yells]
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[Lynn] You have to stop.
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I can't keep letting you put
yourself or me through this.
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I promise, no more.
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[Jefferson] It has been nine years since
I've even come close to using my powers.
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[Gambi] Do you remember
why you became Black Lightning?
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You wanted to give
the people hope.
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[Anissa] Look, somebody has to do
something, because all of this policing
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and marching and praying,
it hasn't changed anything.
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[grunting]
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[Jefferson] It is time that people
know that Black Lightning...
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is back.
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[narrator] Previously
on Black Lightning...
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[Jefferson] Lynn
and! Are making room
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for a possibility
of a reconciliation.
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All you guys want me to
do is go to school, run track,
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and "set a good example
for the other girls."
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When did that
become a bad thing?
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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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[Lala] I think your girl should
start putting in some work
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over at the Seahorse Motel.
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- I'm not afraid of The One Hundred.
- Bitch, you should be!
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Jeff, where are you going?
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To get our girls.
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Bring them home.
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[Will screaming]
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There's no doubt that
Black Lightning is back.
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- But the question is why? Why now?
- [Jefferson groaning]
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If Brother Lightning is back because
he's committed to helping the people,
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- then I'm all for it.
- [continues groaning]
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But if he's back just for
some personal vendetta,
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I can't condone that.
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Giving the people of
Freeland false hope
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- is selfish, and it's cruel.
- [groaning]
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The people of Freeland
have been victimized.
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[electricity crackling]
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I believe he is the
answer to our prayers...
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[continues indistinctly]
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[electricity
continues crackling]
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[continues groaning]
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[panting]
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- [electricity crackling]
- [groaning]
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[thud]
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[Jefferson continues groaning]
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Oh, Jeff.
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[breathing heavily]
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| 901i you. Okay?
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"[Ql'unting] '| 9012 you."
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[breathing heavily]
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Black Lightning is getting
too old for these streets.
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[both chuckle]
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You're not lying about that.
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You remember when
we were young...
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when I first saw your superpowers,
I thought you were so cool.
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[both laughing]
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That my man was a superhero.
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[sighs and chuckles]
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Not many girls could say that.
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Then the reality hit.
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And what I thought was
cool... almost destroyed us.
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[sighs]
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When I see you like this, I...
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I feel really selfish.
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[stammers] Hold on.
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I did this.
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[stammers] No, I know.
I feel like a hypocrite.
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I told you to go get the girls.
I put you back out there...
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Lynn, Black
Lightning is not back.
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The girls are safe. I'm done.
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I love you, Lynn.
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I miss you.
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I miss you, too.
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I, um... -I should go.
- Uh, wait. Wait.
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[Jefferson groans]
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I think it's important for
you to be here for the girls.
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So I will sleep on the
couch, you take the bed.
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Okay-Good night.
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Good night.
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Now they running up
in schools, taking girls?
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What they gonna do next?
Start taking girls out of church?
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If there's a war for the
streets, a war for the city,
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The One Hundred is winning.
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[Jefferson] You know,
I heard someone say
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that if there's a war for
the streets of Freeland,
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The One Hundred are winning.
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But here at Garfield, we
are not fighting for the streets.
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No, we are fighting for the minds, the
hopes and the dreams of our children.
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Them some real
pretty words, Mr. Pierce.
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But pretty words ain't
gonna stop The One Hundred.
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[crowd agreeing]
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Dr. King said, "The arc of
the moral universe is long",
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"but it bends toward
justice." And I believe...
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[crowd agreeing]
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And they shot Dr. King
in the head, Mr. Pierce!
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[crowd agreeing]
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Well, The One
Hundred got my little girl.
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And the police say
they can't do anything
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because supposedly,
there ain't no evidence
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she's bein' held
against her will.
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- [woman] That's messed up, man.
- LaWanda. LaWanda White?
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Yeah, it's me, Mr. Pierce.
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It's good to see you, LaWanda.
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First, I'm sorry to hear about
your daughter. I really am.
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Well, maybe now since the
Seahorse Motel is shut down,
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you can take that
time to reconnect.
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The Seahorse ain't shut down.
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They opened back up for business
the day after all this mess went down.
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And they gonna stay open as
long as they got those girls in there.
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- [crowd agreeing]
- Is that true?
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I'm sorry, I didn't know.
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Clearly. But, Mr. Pierce,
what I wanna know is,
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why Black Lightning rescued
your girls and nobody else's?
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[crowd agreeing]
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I don't know, LaWanda.
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When I was a student here, you
used to like to use quotes to teach us.
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Well, I got one.
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"Unless all of us are free,
none of us will be free."
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[crowd agreeing]
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Somebody knows who this
bootleg Black Lightning is.
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I want you to raise the protection
amount 50% on every church and business,
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every crap game, massage parlor.
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Even rib shack. Squeeze
these darkies till they crack.
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Damn, boss. You really
do hate black people.
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No, I love black people.
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I hate incompetent,
thick-lipped,
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scratch-where-it-don't-itch
Negroes like you.
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[groaning]
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Y'all keep us acting
like newly-freed slaves.
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[Lala] Boss, I
got a plan for that.
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[grunts]
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Perception and fear, Lala.
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If the people of
Freeland start to perceive
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we are no longer in control,
then they won't fear us.
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Maybe they'll start
to think that this fool
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pretending to be Black
Lightning will actually protect them.
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And I surely can't have that.
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[Jefferson] Hmm.
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Yeah, I remember I'd have to tell you
to let go of each other and get to class.
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You were always holding hands.
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Darnell was the love of my life.
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When he was killed, all they
did was give us a folded flag,
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thanked us for his service, and
shot some guns over his casket.
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He deserved more.
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Yeah, he did.
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After that, our
lives just fell apart.
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Shaquandalyn loved her daddy
more than anything in this world.
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I did everything I could
to try to keep her safe,
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but she just got caught up in looking
for her daddy in all the wrong men.
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[sniffling]
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What can I do to help?
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You can go in there and get her.
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Take her out of there.
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- [stutters] I can't do that.
- Yes, you can.
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You just won't.
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Man, everybody knows Mr. Pierce
can do whatever he wants in Freeland.
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We used to call you Black Jesus,
thought you could walk on water.
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- Yeah, look, LaWanda...
- No.
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No, it's okay, Mr. Pierce.
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Everybody say they praying for me,
but ain't nobody willing to fight for me.
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You got your own girls
to worry about, to fight for.
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Well, I got to find a
way to fight for mine.
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[Jefferson] But in less
than 48 hours, Henderson?
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Aw, come on, man. You guys
have to do better than that.
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It's a crime scene, Jefferson.
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Once we're through cleaning it
up, there's nothing else we can do.
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No, no, no. My girls were
kidnapped. Kidnapped!
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Lala's responsible, you know
this. They gave you the statement.
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Your girls say he was
there. He says he wasn't.
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And he has 15 people who
will swear he was at a party
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when all of this
was taking place.
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Okay, well, you can at least bring
him in for pimping these girls out.
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I mean, he at the Seahorse right
now, being forced to turn tricks.
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- Don't you think we tried that, Jefferson?
- [sighs]
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You arrest these guys, the girls
say they weren't forced to do anything.
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You arrest the girls, they get out
and run right back to these guys.
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It's not only their bodies that are
slaves to these fools, it's their minds.
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Okay, what about that
kid who came into school?
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Can you get him to flip on Lala?
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Yeah, maybe, if we can find him.
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Wait, what?
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- What do you mean "if you can find him"?
- [sighs]
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Now you telling me he just got up
and walked away from a two-story fall?
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How did you hear about that?
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[stutters] My girls.
My girls told me.
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While they were transporting him to the
hospital, he jumped out the ambulance,
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all hyped up on
painkillers and adrenaline.
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He ran like a jackrabbit.
My boys couldn't catch him.
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You're telling me the two men
responsible for kidnapping my girls
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- are still out there somewhere?
- Not for long.
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No, my girls are
witnesses, Henderson.
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Now, you know what
that means on the streets.
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I do. I got a patrol car
sitting outside your house.
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The key is, we find
Will, then we get Lala.
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I promise.
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[clicks tongue] Okay.
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Okay-
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[Khalil] We're all worried
about you. You good?
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[chuckles] Yeah, I'm good.
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Look, it's like Fort
Knox at school.
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There's security everywhere.
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[sighs] When you coming back?
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I don't really know.
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- Hey, there.
- Hey.
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Look, I really want to see
you. Can I come by after?
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Uh, maybe tomorrow.
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[chuckles] It's a little
bit crazy right now.
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All right.
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[footsteps approaching]
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Y'all want to buy some candy?
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Yo, I gotta go.
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Yo, what you got, little man?
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Lala says hi!
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[screaming and
gasping] Oh, my...
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[officer speaking indistinctly]
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Are you okay?
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Are you hurt?
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- [engine revving]
- [kids cheering]
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[hip-hop song playing]
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Mr. Pierce, you came to watch
the ghetto Cirque du Soleil, huh?
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I hired the 12 O 'Clock Boys to
get the kids a little entertainment.
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Man, you better stay
away from my family.
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- Or what?
- "or what?"
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You lucky it was
just a water gun.
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All right, look
here, we had a deal.
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You stay away from
the school and my girls.
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Things changed.
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Your daughters been running
their mouths to the police.
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Look, Mr. Pierce,
I'm trying to be nice
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'cause you was cool with
me when I went to your school,
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but they better keep my
name out of their mouths.
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Matter of fact, if I was you,
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I'd send your daughters on
a long vacation before I do.
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[grunting]
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- [chuckles]
- [guns cocking]
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[electricity crackling]
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[grunts]
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[sighs]
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[continues grunting]
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Don't mistake my
patience for weakness, boy.
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[I Boyll?
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[cackles]
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Hey, man, it's been a long
minute since I've been a boy, man.
244
00:13:33,688 --> 00:13:36,055
Hey, man, fire the bikes back
up, man. You know what it is.
245
00:13:36,441 --> 00:13:38,227
[bikes starting]
246
00:13:48,369 --> 00:13:50,030
They went to my house!
247
00:13:50,246 --> 00:13:52,453
I get it, I understand.
248
00:13:53,541 --> 00:13:55,031
But if they had killed you,
249
00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,701
then where is the
hope for this city?
250
00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:02,790
Gambi, I'm not trying to save the
city. I'm trying to protect my family.
251
00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:07,424
Okay, so get back in the suit,
and let's take these guys down.
252
00:14:07,638 --> 00:14:10,630
Jeff, I can access any
database, including Freeland PD.
253
00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:13,057
Let's just see what
information they have.
254
00:14:13,311 --> 00:14:16,429
If we help them find Will, he'll
tell them all he knows about Lala.
255
00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:19,389
Then Lala is arrested, and
he'll flip on whoever his boss is,
256
00:14:19,609 --> 00:14:22,021
and we can get closer
to the source of all of this.
257
00:14:24,238 --> 00:14:25,273
"The source"?
258
00:14:28,576 --> 00:14:29,816
Gambi, you're not hearing me.
259
00:14:30,078 --> 00:14:33,616
After I take down
Lala, I'm done.
260
00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:37,370
[kissing]
261
00:14:37,585 --> 00:14:38,996
[Anissa] Damn, I needed that.
262
00:14:39,962 --> 00:14:41,168
Mmm.
263
00:14:43,758 --> 00:14:44,758
[moans]
264
00:14:44,926 --> 00:14:46,291
[chuckles]
265
00:14:46,803 --> 00:14:47,918
[sighs]
266
00:14:50,681 --> 00:14:54,140
Hey, what's up? You okay?
267
00:14:54,977 --> 00:14:55,977
I'm fine.
268
00:14:56,771 --> 00:14:57,806
Oh, believe me, I know.
269
00:14:58,022 --> 00:15:01,060
You so fine, you bring
sight to the blind, girl.
270
00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:03,232
[both chuckling]
271
00:15:03,444 --> 00:15:05,685
- That was so corny.
- Whatever.
272
00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,612
You sound like an
old man at the club.
273
00:15:07,824 --> 00:15:09,940
"Hey, girl, you so fine,
274
00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:13,572
- "you bring sight to the blind, girl."
- I did not sound like that.
275
00:15:13,788 --> 00:15:15,278
[both laughing]
276
00:15:15,498 --> 00:15:18,206
- Yes, you did.
- [sighs]
277
00:15:20,336 --> 00:15:21,747
You sure you okay?
278
00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:25,581
I should be asking you that.
All that you've been through.
279
00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:29,213
Now is not a good time.
280
00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:33,092
It's never a good time.
281
00:15:33,558 --> 00:15:34,639
Tell me.
282
00:15:35,726 --> 00:15:36,726
[sighs]
283
00:15:37,645 --> 00:15:40,387
- Our sex is mind-blowing, you know that.
- Mmm.
284
00:15:40,731 --> 00:15:42,392
But I need more, Anissa.
285
00:15:44,026 --> 00:15:45,858
I feel like I'm just a
distraction for you.
286
00:15:46,070 --> 00:15:48,562
We've been dating a year
and you haven't met my parents,
287
00:15:48,823 --> 00:15:50,103
you don't know
any of my friends.
288
00:15:50,199 --> 00:15:52,782
I mean, babe, you know I'm busy,
289
00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:57,412
between school and teaching, and
trying to help organize the community...
290
00:15:57,623 --> 00:15:59,830
I'm not asking you
to give up any of that.
291
00:16:00,042 --> 00:16:01,624
Well, that's what
it sounds like.
292
00:16:02,211 --> 00:16:03,211
Look, I'm sorry.
293
00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,872
Like I said, now's
not a good time,
294
00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:10,668
and you've been
through a lot. So, sorry.
295
00:16:11,804 --> 00:16:12,839
It's okay.
296
00:16:14,891 --> 00:16:16,723
[both sigh]
297
00:16:18,352 --> 00:16:20,013
How are you
coping with all this?
298
00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:27,442
I don't know. It
just feels weird.
299
00:16:28,571 --> 00:16:31,859
It all feels like a
dream or a nightmare.
300
00:16:32,074 --> 00:16:34,657
I don't know, I just want
everything to be back to normal,
301
00:16:35,495 --> 00:16:37,987
but all this strange
stuff keeps happening.
302
00:16:39,624 --> 00:16:42,207
Babe, you know I broke
the sink in my bathroom?
303
00:16:42,793 --> 00:16:43,954
You what?
304
00:16:45,129 --> 00:16:46,790
Yeah. The other night.
305
00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:50,374
So I get up to pee,
306
00:16:50,593 --> 00:16:53,961
and I have some
kind of... panic attack.
307
00:16:54,889 --> 00:16:58,132
So, I grabbed the sink to
brace myself, and it just...
308
00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:01,976
I don't know, it just crumbled
in my hands, like it was nothing.
309
00:17:04,023 --> 00:17:05,889
We'll get you a good therapist.
310
00:17:06,234 --> 00:17:08,646
You know my mother.
She's seen them all.
311
00:17:09,612 --> 00:17:11,893
[chuckles] No, babe, but
the sink... I'm just trying to...
312
00:17:11,948 --> 00:17:15,862
Probably just some old-ass porcelain
sink that was gonna break anyway.
313
00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:17,613
Look, the important thing is,
314
00:17:17,828 --> 00:17:20,911
we find you someone that is
gonna help you get through this.
315
00:17:23,918 --> 00:17:26,580
It'll be okay. Hey.
316
00:17:39,433 --> 00:17:41,299
- Evening, neighbor.
- [chuckles]
317
00:17:41,602 --> 00:17:42,683
You're working late.
318
00:17:43,521 --> 00:17:44,682
And it don't stop.
319
00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:47,434
[chuckling] Yeah, said every
hype man ever stood on a stage.
320
00:17:47,650 --> 00:17:50,233
Exactly. Besides, I
was walking Monk,
321
00:17:50,861 --> 00:17:53,899
and he suggested we check in
to make sure you guys are okay.
322
00:17:54,115 --> 00:17:57,824
Yeah, well, Anissa's,
uh, with her girlfriend, uh...
323
00:17:58,035 --> 00:17:59,275
Jennifer's upstairs, asleep.
324
00:18:00,955 --> 00:18:02,537
They're more
resilient than I thought.
325
00:18:03,165 --> 00:18:04,747
People usually are.
326
00:18:06,252 --> 00:18:07,333
Oh, thanks.
327
00:18:08,254 --> 00:18:09,854
[Inspector Henderson]
Oh, you're welcome.
328
00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:11,671
Hey, uh...
329
00:18:13,009 --> 00:18:14,009
Lynn still here?
330
00:18:14,051 --> 00:18:16,258
[both chuckle]
331
00:18:17,138 --> 00:18:19,049
Yes, Henderson,
she is still here.
332
00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:21,347
She's upstairs,
asleep with Jennifer.
333
00:18:21,559 --> 00:18:24,472
Negro, don't act
all stoic on me.
334
00:18:24,687 --> 00:18:25,687
- [laughs]
- I know you.
335
00:18:25,855 --> 00:18:28,813
You probably in there tap-dancing,
you so happy she's back.
336
00:18:29,025 --> 00:18:31,437
Yeah, well, well, she's
not back completely...
337
00:18:33,154 --> 00:18:34,434
but I think we're getting close.
338
00:18:34,572 --> 00:18:37,189
Yeah, I'm happy to hear that, man.
You all deserve some happiness.
339
00:18:37,408 --> 00:18:39,775
And we gonna get
these guys, Jefferson.
340
00:18:40,036 --> 00:18:42,027
Will, Lala, we'll get 'em.
341
00:18:43,706 --> 00:18:44,706
Yeah, I know.
342
00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:48,541
Oh, by the way, you might
wanna talk to your girl LaWanda.
343
00:18:48,753 --> 00:18:51,711
She posted herself up outside
the Seahorse with a camera,
344
00:18:51,922 --> 00:18:54,084
recording johns
345
00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:56,260
- and taking down license plate numbers.
- [sighs]
346
00:18:56,761 --> 00:18:59,081
I tried to talk to her, but she
just called me an Uncle Tom
347
00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:01,254
and walked away. She
gonna get herself killed.
348
00:19:01,641 --> 00:19:02,881
What are you gonna do about it?
349
00:19:03,851 --> 00:19:05,933
There's nothing I
can do. She got rights.
350
00:19:06,937 --> 00:19:07,937
Come on, boy.
351
00:19:14,945 --> 00:19:16,731
[music playing on speakers]
352
00:19:20,076 --> 00:19:23,740
[singing] N' Sit yourself
down, girl And talk to me N'.
353
00:19:26,749 --> 00:19:30,458
N' Tell me what's
on your mind N'.
354
00:19:31,921 --> 00:19:35,789
N Don't keep on telling
me Everything's okay... N'
355
00:19:42,139 --> 00:19:44,096
[music continues playing]
356
00:19:53,567 --> 00:19:55,103
[muffled whimpering]
357
00:20:08,457 --> 00:20:10,414
This is why I don't
like hiring family.
358
00:20:10,751 --> 00:20:13,083
They never appreciate
nothing you try and do for 'em.
359
00:20:15,131 --> 00:20:17,668
You got me in a world
of confusion, cuzo.
360
00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,422
- But at the end of the day...
- [gun cocks]
361
00:20:23,514 --> 00:20:25,505
[muffled grunting]
362
00:20:25,766 --> 00:20:26,806
I'll straighten it out.
363
00:20:37,278 --> 00:20:38,814
[Lala humming]
364
00:20:39,780 --> 00:20:42,522
[continues singing along]
365
00:20:46,787 --> 00:20:48,903
I.“ And you covered
Your head... N'.
366
00:20:58,299 --> 00:20:59,579
Thanks for getting the word out.
367
00:21:00,217 --> 00:21:02,154
- Sure. Okay, you're welcome.
- [Jefferson] LaWanda.
368
00:21:02,178 --> 00:21:04,920
- [sighs] LaWanda, you gotta stop this.
- No, I don't.
369
00:21:05,139 --> 00:21:06,755
[sighs] This is suicide.
370
00:21:07,224 --> 00:21:10,182
Now, as soon as all these reporters
leave, when this story gets old,
371
00:21:10,895 --> 00:21:12,681
The One Hundred will kill you.
372
00:21:13,522 --> 00:21:15,513
Would you die for your
daughters, Mr. Pierce?
373
00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:18,774
Would you just walk away if
Black Lightning hadn't saved 'em?
374
00:21:19,737 --> 00:21:20,737
Huh?
375
00:21:22,573 --> 00:21:23,573
That's what I thought.
376
00:21:26,744 --> 00:21:29,702
[stammers] LaWanda, no, don't
do this. Okay? Forty-eight hours.
377
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,947
- [sighs]
- Just give me 48 hours.
378
00:21:33,209 --> 00:21:35,075
I promise you, I will
get your daughter back.
379
00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:36,938
I have connections at
the police department.
380
00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:39,002
No. Didn't you hear me?
They ain't trying to listen!
381
00:21:39,048 --> 00:21:42,040
No, they will listen
to me, I promise.
382
00:21:42,510 --> 00:21:44,126
We will find a way.
383
00:21:44,595 --> 00:21:45,881
But none of that is gonna matter
384
00:21:46,096 --> 00:21:49,430
if your daughter comes home
safe and her mother's dead.
385
00:21:53,395 --> 00:21:55,102
I love my daughter, Mr. Pierce.
386
00:21:57,733 --> 00:21:58,939
She's all I got.
387
00:21:59,902 --> 00:22:00,902
I know how you feel.
388
00:22:01,946 --> 00:22:02,981
Believe me.
389
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:05,822
So, let me help you.
390
00:22:08,536 --> 00:22:11,198
Okay. I'll stop.
391
00:22:11,580 --> 00:22:12,194
[sighs]
392
00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:15,372
But I ain't leaving.
I'll just sit in my car.
393
00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:17,606
I ain't taking my
eyes off this place,
394
00:22:17,711 --> 00:22:20,203
just in case they try to take
her somewhere I can't find her.
395
00:22:20,923 --> 00:22:23,085
Okay, fair enough. Thank you.
396
00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:25,917
And I promise you,
I won't let you down.
397
00:22:27,221 --> 00:22:28,221
[sighs]
398
00:22:28,973 --> 00:22:30,088
Thank you.
399
00:22:32,810 --> 00:22:34,266
[sobbing]
400
00:22:41,652 --> 00:22:43,893
Ooh. I'm sorry.
401
00:22:47,074 --> 00:22:48,530
Damn. [Grunts]
402
00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:50,779
- Well, it is good to see you, girl.
- [chuckles]
403
00:22:50,995 --> 00:22:52,595
- It's good to see you, too.
- [chuckles]
404
00:22:52,788 --> 00:22:53,788
Thanks for coming.
405
00:22:55,541 --> 00:22:58,078
Aight, so... so Black
Lightning, huh?
406
00:22:58,294 --> 00:23:00,376
I mean, you saw Black Lightning?
407
00:23:00,588 --> 00:23:02,795
Girl, that... Yo,
that is pretty cool.
408
00:23:04,300 --> 00:23:05,300
Yeah.
409
00:23:06,802 --> 00:23:07,802
I was kind of scared
410
00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:10,845
because when you try
and look at his face, it hurts.
411
00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:13,468
I don't know, it's like
looking into a spotlight.
412
00:23:13,684 --> 00:23:16,142
There's something
that's out of focus.
413
00:23:19,023 --> 00:23:20,023
J...
414
00:23:21,942 --> 00:23:24,400
Look, when all this went
down, I realized something.
415
00:23:24,862 --> 00:23:25,862
What's that?
416
00:23:26,989 --> 00:23:31,358
[stutters] I mean, you know that
we've been friends for a long time.
417
00:23:31,994 --> 00:23:33,155
And, uh...
418
00:23:35,623 --> 00:23:36,623
[clicks tongue]
419
00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:38,366
[stammers] Thought I'd maybe...
420
00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:41,834
I've been wanting to
ask you to be my girl.
421
00:23:42,630 --> 00:23:45,748
And, you know, I
realized... [sighs]
422
00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:49,334
That if they had killed you, I mean, I
never would've had the chance and...
423
00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:54,346
Well, now I'm doing it.
424
00:23:56,060 --> 00:23:57,380
[stutters] Do you,
maybe, wanna...
425
00:23:58,354 --> 00:23:59,719
You want to be my girlfriend?
426
00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:03,597
[chuckles]
427
00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:05,937
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
428
00:24:07,029 --> 00:24:08,895
Yeah. Cool. I'd like that.
429
00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:10,650
All right. Cool. Thanks.
430
00:24:10,866 --> 00:24:14,109
Uh... Well, look, I
kinda got you something.
431
00:24:14,328 --> 00:24:17,366
It's not fancy, but I saw it
and thought about you, so...
432
00:24:18,248 --> 00:24:19,454
[grunts]
433
00:24:22,586 --> 00:24:23,621
That looks good on you.
434
00:24:25,714 --> 00:24:26,714
Thank you.
435
00:24:33,847 --> 00:24:35,588
[both chuckle]
436
00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:55,404
Oh. Hey. I didn't
hear you come in.
437
00:24:55,619 --> 00:24:57,951
- Huh.
- You want me to make you something to eat?
438
00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,074
No, no, I'm fine. Thank you.
439
00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:03,411
So, uh, how are the girls?
440
00:25:03,627 --> 00:25:06,995
Good. Jennifer is on the roof
in her favorite place with Khalil.
441
00:25:07,214 --> 00:25:09,000
- So, she's happy.
- Mmm.
442
00:25:09,216 --> 00:25:11,799
And Anissa's still at
her girlfriend's house.
443
00:25:12,011 --> 00:25:14,218
And I can never
remember that girl's name.
444
00:25:16,098 --> 00:25:18,055
- Cheena, I think.
- [both laughing]
445
00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:21,225
What? Nothing like that. No.
446
00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:26,814
Well, it feels good
to have you here.
447
00:25:27,568 --> 00:25:28,808
It feels good to be here.
448
00:25:29,570 --> 00:25:30,570
Yeah.
449
00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:36,865
[both] Mmm.
450
00:25:50,174 --> 00:25:51,630
That feels good.
451
00:25:51,925 --> 00:25:55,793
Well, there's one,
uh, fact that I lean on.
452
00:25:56,597 --> 00:25:57,597
Yeah?
453
00:25:58,599 --> 00:26:02,684
That I love you and those girls
more than anything in the world.
454
00:26:06,148 --> 00:26:08,059
I need to take
things slow, Jeff.
455
00:26:09,109 --> 00:26:13,194
As a neuroscientist, I know everything
there is to know about the brain,
456
00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:16,356
but not so much about the heart.
457
00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:23,283
Oh, that's a smooth
line, lady. Yeah.
458
00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:24,582
[both laughing]
459
00:26:47,773 --> 00:26:48,979
Sorry, Mr. Pierce.
460
00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:52,360
Lala.
461
00:26:54,988 --> 00:26:56,854
You better take that
camera out of my face.
462
00:26:57,074 --> 00:26:59,714
LaWanda, take your ass home now.
I'm not playing no games with you.
463
00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:01,359
- I want my daughter.
- Hey!
464
00:27:01,578 --> 00:27:04,536
I want my daughter. No,
get your hands off me!
465
00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:06,159
[gunshots]
466
00:27:08,502 --> 00:27:12,040
Man! Come on, babe. I
ain't got time for this, man.
467
00:27:27,771 --> 00:27:29,808
[indistinct radio chatter]
468
00:27:36,738 --> 00:27:38,149
[phone ringing]
469
00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:42,901
Hey, man, what's up?
470
00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:44,931
[Inspector Henderson]
Jeff, um... [clears throat]
471
00:27:44,955 --> 00:27:46,912
I didn't want you to
hear it on the news.
472
00:27:47,124 --> 00:27:48,159
LaWanda's dead.
473
00:27:48,625 --> 00:27:50,582
I just got the call
a few minutes ago.
474
00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:53,619
Sorry, man.
475
00:27:54,256 --> 00:27:55,496
[indistinct radio chatter]
476
00:28:04,892 --> 00:28:07,600
[electricity crackling]
477
00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:11,749
[male reporter] A local
woman was found dead...
478
00:28:11,773 --> 00:28:13,253
[Jefferson] What
good did it do, Lynn?
479
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:17,150
She was my student.
480
00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:25,243
[scoffs] I had a fantasy that when
they leave me, their lives are better.
481
00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:27,448
[stutters] That they
could transcend
482
00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:31,874
this neighborhood,
this city, world.
483
00:28:32,169 --> 00:28:36,163
Yeah, I saved more lives as
the principal of Garfield High
484
00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:37,741
than I ever did as
Black Lightning.
485
00:28:37,883 --> 00:28:39,294
- It's true.
- It's a lie!
486
00:28:39,509 --> 00:28:41,250
- LaWanda is dead.
- She is.
487
00:28:41,470 --> 00:28:42,710
I know. I know.
488
00:28:42,930 --> 00:28:45,513
And it hurts, and I
understand. I feel it, too...
489
00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,089
But I could have saved her.
490
00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:51,223
I could save so many.
491
00:28:54,524 --> 00:28:55,855
I've been living a lie.
492
00:28:56,485 --> 00:28:59,318
[stuttering] Living in the hopes
that you and me and the girls
493
00:28:59,529 --> 00:29:01,861
could somehow live
behind a white picket fence,
494
00:29:02,157 --> 00:29:03,157
a normal life!
495
00:29:03,492 --> 00:29:07,360
I'm not normal. Never
have been. Never will be.
496
00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:10,412
Jeff, listen to me. This
is the addiction talking...
497
00:29:10,624 --> 00:29:12,661
[stutters] What? There
is no damn addiction!
498
00:29:12,876 --> 00:29:14,492
[breathing heavily]
499
00:29:16,713 --> 00:29:18,579
[stutters] Do you
remember what you said
500
00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:20,880
when we discovered my powers?
501
00:29:21,885 --> 00:29:24,718
You said it was a gift.
502
00:29:25,639 --> 00:29:27,550
A blessing from God.
503
00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:30,850
It's still a gift.
504
00:29:33,855 --> 00:29:35,766
It's still a blessing from God.
505
00:29:39,403 --> 00:29:40,939
And I intend to use it.
506
00:29:43,198 --> 00:29:44,609
Not just for the girls,
507
00:29:44,866 --> 00:29:47,403
but for all the other people
out there who need me.
508
00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:49,826
Jefferson, please,
we are so close
509
00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:52,951
to putting the pieces of
our lives back together.
510
00:29:54,418 --> 00:29:55,658
[Lynn sighs]
511
00:29:55,877 --> 00:29:56,992
Yeah, we are.
512
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:00,840
Maybe.
513
00:30:01,383 --> 00:30:03,294
No more maybes for me, Lynn.
514
00:30:04,428 --> 00:30:09,138
It is time that people know
that Black Lightning is back.
515
00:30:19,943 --> 00:30:21,183
[indistinct chatter]
516
00:30:21,403 --> 00:30:22,143
- [school bell rings]
- Morning.
517
00:30:22,362 --> 00:30:25,775
Welcome back. I mean, let's be honest,
you never kept your eyes off this place,
518
00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:27,197
but just making it official.
519
00:30:27,409 --> 00:30:30,151
[sighs] Thank you.
520
00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:33,533
- [sighs] How are the girls holding up?
- As best they can.
521
00:30:33,749 --> 00:30:36,491
Yeah, I think getting back
into the school routine will help.
522
00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:38,872
Mmm. How are you holding up?
523
00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:40,921
I'm good.
524
00:30:41,381 --> 00:30:43,713
Look, I see you keeping
everything and everyone together.
525
00:30:43,925 --> 00:30:46,633
I just hope someone is
doing the same for you.
526
00:30:47,095 --> 00:30:51,384
I mean, if you need to
talk or whatever, I'm here.
527
00:30:53,143 --> 00:30:55,424
- Thank you, Kara. I appreciate it.
- [cell phone buzzing]
528
00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:57,355
Yeah.
529
00:31:05,405 --> 00:31:06,645
- Hey.
- [Gambi] Good news.
530
00:31:07,074 --> 00:31:08,314
I found Will.
531
00:31:08,742 --> 00:31:11,074
Bad news, he's dead.
532
00:31:11,370 --> 00:31:14,783
I got here before the police, and whoever
killed him didn't take his cell phone.
533
00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:17,915
Mobile phones are the enemy of
bad guys. When are they gonna learn?
534
00:31:18,210 --> 00:31:19,746
Lala's still out
there on the loose,
535
00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:22,165
and he's getting desperate,
Gambi. He killed LaWanda.
536
00:31:23,215 --> 00:31:26,048
He's gonna come after my girls
next if we don't get to him first.
537
00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:27,259
We will.
538
00:31:35,602 --> 00:31:38,560
[Jennifer and Kiesha laughing]
539
00:31:38,814 --> 00:31:41,000
- Give me some more. Give me some more.
- Okay, okay, okay.
540
00:31:41,024 --> 00:31:42,264
Hey, YOLO.
541
00:31:43,026 --> 00:31:44,892
It's the truth, you
only live once.
542
00:31:45,278 --> 00:31:48,612
Yeah, 'cause one minute your
ass can be here, everything's cool,
543
00:31:48,990 --> 00:31:50,870
and then the next minute,
your ass is kidnapped.
544
00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:53,901
Yeah, but they should have different
terms for it. I'm not a kid anymore.
545
00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:56,403
They should call it teen-napped.
546
00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:58,910
- And Anissa would be adult-napped.
- [stutters]
547
00:31:59,167 --> 00:32:01,145
Okay, did they hit you hard
in the head or something,
548
00:32:01,169 --> 00:32:03,289
- because you tripping a little bit.
- [both laughing]
549
00:32:03,380 --> 00:32:04,620
You trippin'.
550
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,600
- Really?
- Yeah, you need some more of that.
551
00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:07,998
No. Right.
552
00:32:08,218 --> 00:32:09,549
[exclaiming]
553
00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:12,344
- It's strong, it's good.
- [chuckles]
554
00:32:12,556 --> 00:32:14,422
[Khalil panting]
555
00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:27,611
Hi.
556
00:32:28,655 --> 00:32:30,066
Oh, what you doing here?
557
00:32:30,699 --> 00:32:31,734
YOLO.
558
00:32:32,325 --> 00:32:33,325
What?
559
00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:34,858
You only live once.
560
00:32:36,246 --> 00:32:37,327
[panting]
561
00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:41,036
What, so you drinking now?
562
00:32:41,585 --> 00:32:42,585
At school?
563
00:32:43,837 --> 00:32:44,837
It's not cool, J.
564
00:32:45,005 --> 00:32:47,713
Khalil, calm down. I just
wanted to ask you something.
565
00:32:47,924 --> 00:32:49,289
Look, I'm not gonna calm down.
566
00:32:49,718 --> 00:32:53,006
[sighs] Look, you saw and went
through some craziness. I get it.
567
00:32:53,221 --> 00:32:54,882
But that is not the
way to deal with it.
568
00:32:55,932 --> 00:32:57,013
[panting]
569
00:32:58,477 --> 00:32:59,888
I've seen it all, J.
570
00:33:01,730 --> 00:33:02,845
My brother shot and killed,
571
00:33:03,398 --> 00:33:07,062
father in jail, Mama working
her damn ass off just to provide.
572
00:33:08,195 --> 00:33:09,995
Yeah, I live the life
that rappers talk about,
573
00:33:10,405 --> 00:33:12,692
and ain't none of
it cute. None of it.
574
00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:15,904
But you know what?
God gave me a gift.
575
00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:17,995
I can run fast.
576
00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:20,016
So I'm gonna run my black
ass straight up out of here,
577
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:21,451
and I ain't looking back.
578
00:33:24,753 --> 00:33:28,792
But I want you to come
with me, but not like this.
579
00:33:29,549 --> 00:33:32,291
No, that is going
backwards and I can't do that.
580
00:33:34,387 --> 00:33:36,503
I just see the world
completely different now.
581
00:33:37,557 --> 00:33:38,843
Oh, I got you.
582
00:33:39,976 --> 00:33:41,808
- [sighs]
- Really, I do.
583
00:33:42,729 --> 00:33:44,094
It's just growing up.
584
00:33:44,731 --> 00:33:45,731
Come here, J.
585
00:33:47,275 --> 00:33:48,356
[Khalil sighs]
586
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,948
I forgot how warm and
beautiful this place is.
587
00:33:58,203 --> 00:33:59,944
You know how this ends, right?
588
00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:02,739
The same way it always
ends for everyone, Lynn.
589
00:34:02,958 --> 00:34:04,238
None of us get
out of here alive.
590
00:34:04,334 --> 00:34:06,450
- He was happy.
- But what kind of happy?
591
00:34:06,670 --> 00:34:08,661
Happy like a lion in a cage?
592
00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:10,921
King of the zoo,
not of the jungle?
593
00:34:11,132 --> 00:34:14,341
Happy like a man who was at
peace just being Jefferson Pierce.
594
00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:17,716
But he isn't just Jefferson Pierce,
he is so much more than that.
595
00:34:17,931 --> 00:34:19,283
And you know that
better than anyone.
596
00:34:19,307 --> 00:34:22,227
I do, and that's why I want you to
stop him before he gets addicted again.
597
00:34:22,435 --> 00:34:24,176
We have a difference
of opinion on that.
598
00:34:24,604 --> 00:34:27,312
I don't believe Jefferson was
ever addicted to his powers.
599
00:34:27,566 --> 00:34:29,682
He was in a war to save
this city and its people,
600
00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:30,901
and he was winning.
601
00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:34,027
Then he suddenly stopped
because he was addicted to you.
602
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:35,907
And now look at the
condition of this city
603
00:34:35,919 --> 00:34:37,679
and its people. It's...
it's complete chaos.
604
00:34:37,867 --> 00:34:39,765
Sounds like you're
blaming me for the chaos.
605
00:34:39,777 --> 00:34:40,234
A little.
606
00:34:40,495 --> 00:34:42,782
Just like you blame
me, then and now.
607
00:34:42,998 --> 00:34:46,491
But ultimately, it is Jefferson's
choice what he does with his powers.
608
00:34:47,836 --> 00:34:48,917
[sighs]
609
00:35:00,974 --> 00:35:01,974
[door chimes]
610
00:35:02,892 --> 00:35:04,428
[cell phone buzzing]
611
00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:07,552
Hey.
612
00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:11,356
[Gambi] Will's phone had Lala's
address on it. I've got him on my GPS.
613
00:35:19,409 --> 00:35:21,491
[crowd cheering]
614
00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:26,955
[woman] Ooh, he is fine.
615
00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:33,291
Black Lightning, my man.
616
00:35:33,506 --> 00:35:35,292
- Lala, what floor?
- Penthouse.
617
00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:36,634
Thanks, bro.
618
00:35:38,678 --> 00:35:41,591
- [electricity crackling]
- [men groaning]
619
00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:44,507
| 901 you.
620
00:35:44,726 --> 00:35:46,592
No. I'm gonna take the stairs.
621
00:35:46,895 --> 00:35:47,895
[groans]
622
00:35:48,855 --> 00:35:50,266
I'm just getting back into this.
623
00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:52,973
A brother needs all
the exercise he can get.
624
00:35:58,615 --> 00:35:59,776
[gunshots]
625
00:36:10,543 --> 00:36:14,161
[men grunting]
626
00:36:23,264 --> 00:36:24,264
[man grunting]
627
00:36:33,316 --> 00:36:34,977
[Black Lightning grunting]
628
00:36:47,247 --> 00:36:50,285
Stop! Put your hands
high above your head!
629
00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:52,661
[dispatcher on radio]
Uh, there's some kinda
630
00:36:52,673 --> 00:36:54,230
disturbance, we need
additional back-up...
631
00:36:54,254 --> 00:36:55,619
It's been a while, Inspector.
632
00:37:11,479 --> 00:37:14,016
[inhales deeply] I don't want
to spend a lot of time on this,
633
00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:15,848
so I'll make it plain.
634
00:37:17,777 --> 00:37:23,238
LaWanda is telling her
story from the dead, buddy.
635
00:37:25,034 --> 00:37:28,243
Her cell phone was recording, so
we got you on tape shooting her.
636
00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:33,452
Your boy is flipping on you.
637
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,291
How you think we found you?
638
00:37:37,881 --> 00:37:38,916
Mmm-hmm.
639
00:37:41,885 --> 00:37:44,673
Your world is
falling apart, Lala.
640
00:38:03,323 --> 00:38:04,323
[Jefferson sighs]
641
00:38:04,866 --> 00:38:07,483
It's over. The girls are safe.
642
00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:09,822
And the Seahorse
has been shut down.
643
00:38:10,205 --> 00:38:11,240
And Black Lightning?
644
00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:16,538
[sighs] Look, things
are different now.
645
00:38:17,086 --> 00:38:18,292
The girls are older.
646
00:38:19,172 --> 00:38:20,913
Maybe we can find
a way to live with it.
647
00:38:52,580 --> 00:38:53,615
[sighs]
648
00:39:17,063 --> 00:39:18,178
[cash register dings]
649
00:39:18,439 --> 00:39:20,799
[muffled] On the counter! Hurry!
Come on! Come on, hurry up!
650
00:39:20,984 --> 00:39:22,464
Put it on the counter!
Come on, hurry!
651
00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:25,109
Hurry up! On the ground, bitch!
652
00:39:25,572 --> 00:39:27,007
You stay! You keep
doing what you were doing.
653
00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:29,398
I said on the ground.
Are you deaf, bitch?
654
00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:31,949
- Okay. [Gasping]
- I will shoot you!
655
00:39:33,413 --> 00:39:34,995
[grunting] Get down!
656
00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:36,492
[gasping]
657
00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:38,290
[man grunts]
658
00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:44,037
[both panting]
659
00:40:10,825 --> 00:40:12,611
[Jefferson] Yeah,
we were close, Lynn.
660
00:40:33,514 --> 00:40:34,549
What's up?
661
00:40:55,995 --> 00:40:57,076
Have fun.
662
00:41:11,594 --> 00:41:12,594
Lala.
663
00:41:15,348 --> 00:41:17,089
You shot somebody's mama?
664
00:41:19,686 --> 00:41:21,597
Any man that'd do
that has no morals.
665
00:41:23,022 --> 00:41:24,604
- No principles to live by.
- [groaning]
666
00:41:25,024 --> 00:41:27,561
Which means there's
nothing you are not capable of,
667
00:41:28,277 --> 00:41:29,642
including becoming a rat.
668
00:41:29,862 --> 00:41:31,853
[choking]