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[Jefferson] Previously
on Black Lightning...
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[Lynn] Anissa came by
with a box of Alvin's research.
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I didn't have a chance
to look through it,
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but I did come across some pretty
advanced biochemical formulas.
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[Eve] Dr. Lynn Stewart
is highly capable.
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And she's been doing
research that's off-limits.
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It's either her or you.
You understand that?
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If I kill Lady Eve without the
Shadow Board's permission,
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I might as well
bury myself with her.
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Not necessarily.
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[newscaster] Evelyn Stillwater-Ferguson
was killed by electrocution,
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making Black Lightning
their prime suspect.
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Latavious, that is enough!
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You know my damn name!
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'[Ql'unting]
- [yelps]
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[choking]
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[gasps]
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Do you believe in the
Resurrection, Latavious?
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- [groaning loudly]
- [flesh searing]
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[groans]
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Anissa?
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You can't afford
to lose your head.
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That's when people get hurt.
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Then train me. Show
me how to do this.
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You're clearly not ready.
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Eventually, she will go back
out there, whether we like it or not.
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Training her is the
right thing to do.
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[Cayman on TV] And our
search for Black Lightning
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has expanded to include
another five officers.
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Freeland PD won't rest until Lady
Eve's murderer is brought to justice.
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MAN 1: She was a good
woman, did a lot for us.
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I told people when Black
Lightning came back,
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all he's doing is beating
up on young black men.
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Now he's out here
killing black women?
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What's next? Little
kids and babies?
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[grunting]
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MAN 2: Why you think he
hiding behind that mask?
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'Cause he know he trippin', man.
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Like, I understand
fighting The Hundred...
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but Lady Eve?
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That's wrong, man.
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I got you, old man.
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- [scoffs]
- [chuckles]
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Yeah.
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Urban mix.
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[woman groans]
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[both grunting]
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[man 1 groans]
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H' And a kickin'
from the hip N'.
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I.“ Everybody was
Kung Fu fighting N'.
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I don't see him as no damn hero.
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He's worse than these
crooked-ass police in Freeland.
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[both grunting]
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I feel like wherever he
was before he came back,
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that's where he
should've stayed.
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[electricity buzzing]
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- [inhales heavily]
- [rumbles]
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- [man 2 groaning]
- [Jefferson] Freeze.
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Freeze?
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He might be racist,
but he wasn't a threat.
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And you probably broke his ankle
and maybe gave him a concussion.
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The flag on the T-shirt.
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No, I know why it happened.
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You looked and you
assumed he was a threat,
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so you didn't actually
see that he wasn't.
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[sighs]
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Look, our goal is to
stop crime and violence
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with no harm to
civilians, even if...
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we don't appreciate
their worldview.
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You...
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[Jefferson clears throat]
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You can't be reactive,
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going around smashing
whatever statues you feel like.
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Picking fights with
punks from Garfield.
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No. You have to be in control.
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Every minute.
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I'm not perfect, nobodyis.
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All right, you ready?
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- Brace yourself.
- [clears throat]
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Hold your breath.
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[inhales heavily]
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This attempt at framing
me, you know what it proves?
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I'm getting under
someone's skin.
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I'm guessing it's
about Green Light.
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Mmm-hmm.
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And we are getting
close to shutting it down.
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[inhales sharply]
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And since the police
will be looking for me...
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What... Hey.
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You can't be startled.
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Even.
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You have to see into the
shadows, look around corners,
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because if you breathe
at the wrong time,
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you die.
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Got it?
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Yeah, I got it.
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All right, well, since the
police are looking for me,
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I'm sure with a
shoot-to-kill mentality,
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so we have to
clear Black Lightning
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before I can get
back in the suit.
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- Okay.
- Okay, first training mission,
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we find whoever killed Lady Eve.
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Now you listen to me,
do whatever I tell you,
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and hopefully you
will learn a few things.
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- You ready?
- Yep. Ready.
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Urban crowd.
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[grunting]
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[man rapping] N' I saw a
superhero He was black II.
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N' He said This
is for the street N'.
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N' Black Lightning's back N'
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[upbeat hip-hop music playing]
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[rapping] m: AOB:4".
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I.“ Them boys on your
head Like I can't go N'.
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N' Like I can't go N'.
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I.“ I go everywhere
You can't go N'.
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N' Can't go N'.
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I.“ Counting so much
money Make my arms sore N'.
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S.“ Weed so strong they
can Smell it in the Congo N'.
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S.“ Yeah, I'll be
AOB In this... N'.
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S.“ My name in your
mouth Has a kick though N'.
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N Ring, ring, ring, ring
Now that's a bank roll N'.
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N Counting right now feeling
Like I worked a bridge toll N'.
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I.“ Ridin' down the club
With my doors up N'.
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N' Doors up N'.
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N' Stand now... That
wouldn't let me... N'.
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S.“ Now they outta luck
This ain't luck, bruh h'.
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N' Go on, let him through N'.
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- Kill that noise. Kill that noise.
- [music stops]
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Hey, no, man, nobody
invited you up in our...
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Oh.
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What's up, boss?
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We was just using
the stage because...
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Nobody was.
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Ever since that shootout,
Tobias ain't been around,
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- so we weren't sure if we was...
- That sounded good.
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And that's what's up.
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Where you been at, Lala?
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They told us you
wasn't coming back.
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Who's "they"?
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There were rumors.
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"Rumors"?
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Yeah, like, you were
in jail or... Or what?
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That you were dead.
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"Dead"?
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Yeah, I think I was.
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Damn.
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Play that song again.
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I like it.
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[hip-hop music plays]
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[Godholly rapping] H'
...I don't wear them N'
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h' I will never Get no
money with them N'.
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N' Never... Ll'.
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I regret not killing Black
Lightning the minute he returned.
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It was the logical choice
based on what we knew.
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And now Lady Eve is dead.
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We can't be sure he killed her.
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She and her bodyguards
were fried with electricity.
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What other proof do you need?
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Someone could have set him up.
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- Who would do that?
- I don't know, I just...
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I value your counsel, Peter, and I usually
appreciate your measured approach,
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not today.
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He was a nuisance, now he's a
danger to me, to you, to the ASA.
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I've put a price
on his black ass.
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That's a mistake, Martin.
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If we catch him, who knows how
he could advance our understanding
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of enhanced human abilities?
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We should just wait...
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ASA's dissected enough metas.
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One more isn't going to
help us create our own.
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Lady Eve was the liaison
between us and The One Hundred.
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She got Green Light on the streets
faster than anyone in the country.
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Her murder sets the
Freeland experiment back.
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Yes, that's true,
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but there's no
harm in making sure
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that killing Black Lightning is the
right thing to do before we do it.
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I don't like power
I don't control.
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When Black Lightning returned,
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you said you would figure out
who he was and take care of him.
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You didn't,
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so I'm bringing ASA
operatives into town
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to kill him, plain and simple.
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Give me any information you have
that will help them track him down.
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- Martin...
- I'm sick of this neighborhood, Peter.
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They don't take care
of it, the food is all fried.
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The only thing the people here
are good for is experimentation.
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They should be happy we're here.
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Green Light will give their
lives purpose, direction.
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We're doing God's work, Peter.
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God's work.
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[engine starts]
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Jennifer already eat?
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[Lynn] No, I don't think so.
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She's upstairs moping.
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- [scoffs]
- I told her that
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until she finds an appropriate
after-school activity,
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she'd have to do an
unpaid internship at my lab.
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Ouch.
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Well, I figured cleaning
up after the break-in
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might drive her back to track.
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Yeah, or teach her how
to pick up after herself.
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I'd settle for that one.
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Yeah.
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How was training?
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It's good.
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It's okay that I asked, right?
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And there's no code that
says a mother can't know
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how her daughter's
doing with her powers.
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No, no. Look, I know...
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I know how hard this is for you.
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A million times worse than watching
our kids learn how to ride bikes.
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Scraped foreheads I can handle,
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but the thought
that she might not...
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No. Uh-uh, uh-uh.
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No catastrophic thoughts.
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Hmm?
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Besides, she is really
taking it seriously.
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'Cause she wants an A or
because she thinks it's important?
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Well, I think because she knows
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I won't let her go out
with me if she doesn't.
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[chuckles softly]
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Look, right now, I'm just trying to help
her understand that she's not invincible,
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so she doesn't hurt
herself or someone else.
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You know Anissa's problem,
it's the same as it always is.
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She reacts, usually
from an emotional place,
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without thinking about
the consequences.
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- Do you remember in second grade...
- Hmm.
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When she got suspended...
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- Oh.
- For kicking her teacher
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'cause she thought
he made her friend cry?
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- [both laugh]
- Yes. Oh, yes.
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[Jefferson exhales]
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[laughs] Yeah.
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The stakes are different now.
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How do you train someone
to be what they're not?
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She has her mother's brains.
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It won't take her long to realize
that if she wants to change the world,
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she has to change herself.
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Why can't Kam help us?
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Because Kam has a PhD and better things
to do than clean up after the break-in.
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Okay, well, you have
a PhD and an MD.
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That's true. Maybe I
should let you do it yourself.
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That's not what I meant.
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No, I know what you meant.
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What you meant is this is boring
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and you'd rather be
doing something else.
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Right. That's...
That's what I meant.
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Look, just because you
dropped your activities
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does not mean your father and I
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are going to let you spend all your
free time texting with your friends.
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So, what's up with
Dad and Anissa?
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00:11:05,415 --> 00:11:07,326
- What do you mean?
- You haven't noticed?
253
00:11:07,542 --> 00:11:10,751
They've been acting really
weird, at least around me.
254
00:11:10,962 --> 00:11:13,315
[sighs] They were mad at each
other, and wouldn't tell me why.
255
00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:17,674
And now it seems like they're 98 and
two, but sharing some kind of secret.
256
00:11:19,262 --> 00:11:20,297
Something's going on.
257
00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:21,719
Look, everything's fine.
258
00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:23,968
Families go through
stuff. It's normal.
259
00:11:25,643 --> 00:11:28,886
Wait, did... did you see
any old papers in here?
260
00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:30,105
No.
261
00:11:30,148 --> 00:11:33,311
On yellow legal pages?
They were kinda crumpled.
262
00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:35,110
Still no.
263
00:11:35,236 --> 00:11:36,772
They're all gone.
264
00:11:36,988 --> 00:11:38,069
What's gone?
265
00:11:38,948 --> 00:11:42,490
Uh... I have to
pick something up.
266
00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:44,192
You're free to go home.
267
00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:46,371
Yes.
268
00:11:47,624 --> 00:11:48,624
Oh, um...
269
00:11:48,833 --> 00:11:51,040
Can I hang up posters
with Kiesha at the school?
270
00:11:51,252 --> 00:11:52,252
Yeah, but then go home.
271
00:11:53,254 --> 00:11:55,586
Um, it'll be sort of late.
272
00:11:55,798 --> 00:11:57,914
.0kay- .Qk3y-
273
00:12:07,268 --> 00:12:09,555
Okay, what are
you hoping to find?
274
00:12:10,772 --> 00:12:12,012
I don't know.
275
00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:14,519
But the police have already
cleaned up the crime scene,
276
00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:17,396
and Gambi said the official
report is short on details,
277
00:12:17,612 --> 00:12:18,852
[on speakers] so Lady Eve's body
278
00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:21,032
is the only evidence we
have to look at right now.
279
00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:22,551
Which doesn't mean
this is a good idea.
280
00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:24,612
[Jefferson] Look, you
said the building was empty
281
00:12:24,827 --> 00:12:27,667
and you picked a route that would
keep us off camera surveillance, so...
282
00:12:27,789 --> 00:12:30,076
I did say those things,
but I just meant in general.
283
00:12:30,291 --> 00:12:34,501
I heard a rumor that there's a big
reward out for Black Lightning's capture.
284
00:12:34,712 --> 00:12:37,670
Oh, yes, this is the perfect time
to give me that bit of information.
285
00:12:37,882 --> 00:12:39,338
Who's putting up the money?
286
00:12:40,468 --> 00:12:41,879
I don't know.
287
00:12:42,095 --> 00:12:44,632
We're at the janitor's
closet. Now what?
288
00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:47,464
The spot you want is
just ahead, below the vent.
289
00:12:52,230 --> 00:12:53,265
Okay-
290
00:12:54,732 --> 00:12:57,064
And this is where Gambi says
is the best place to break in.
291
00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:58,277
All right.
292
00:13:00,738 --> 00:13:02,258
- [inhales heavily]
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
293
00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:05,148
How much force do you need?
294
00:13:05,368 --> 00:13:06,403
[exhales]
295
00:13:08,663 --> 00:13:10,370
Uh... enough to
get through the wall.
296
00:13:10,581 --> 00:13:12,367
And how much is that?
297
00:13:15,003 --> 00:13:16,003
I don't know.
298
00:13:18,548 --> 00:13:19,663
Tap it with your finger.
299
00:13:22,593 --> 00:13:23,628
Okay-
300
00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:25,470
[inhales heavily]
301
00:13:28,057 --> 00:13:29,263
Okay-
302
00:13:29,892 --> 00:13:31,132
Clearly, that wasn't it.
303
00:13:32,895 --> 00:13:33,895
Whatever you think.
304
00:13:36,107 --> 00:13:37,142
[clears throat]
305
00:13:40,403 --> 00:13:41,814
[inhales heavily]
306
00:13:46,451 --> 00:13:50,661
Okay, maybe I could've
used a little less.
307
00:13:51,581 --> 00:13:52,581
You think?
308
00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:55,334
[sighs]
309
00:14:01,591 --> 00:14:02,591
[Anissa clears throat]
310
00:14:12,727 --> 00:14:14,217
[both] Twins?
311
00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,101
All right, let's see.
312
00:14:22,278 --> 00:14:24,019
- A-ha!
- [Jefferson] Yeah?
313
00:14:24,238 --> 00:14:25,798
Looks like they'll
pick her up tomorrow.
314
00:14:25,948 --> 00:14:27,234
Good thing we came tonight.
315
00:14:29,786 --> 00:14:30,786
Oh.
316
00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:36,952
All right, Gambi,
you seeing this?
317
00:14:38,753 --> 00:14:39,834
[Gambi] Yeah, I got it.
318
00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:41,166
[Jefferson] Pick up her arm.
319
00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:43,090
Her arm?
320
00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:44,956
Gently.
321
00:14:45,510 --> 00:14:46,510
Go on.
322
00:14:48,262 --> 00:14:50,128
When you work with
cadavers in school,
323
00:14:50,348 --> 00:14:51,700
do you ever think
about who they were?
324
00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:52,338
No.
325
00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:55,926
Yeah, well, she
had a life, family.
326
00:14:56,979 --> 00:15:00,017
You know, yesterday, she might
have been making a grocery list,
327
00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:01,564
planning a family get-together,
328
00:15:01,776 --> 00:15:03,976
and then someone killed
her, for whatever their reasons,
329
00:15:04,112 --> 00:15:07,195
not caring about who would be left
behind to mourn the loss of her passing.
330
00:15:07,407 --> 00:15:08,693
And even if you do care,
331
00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,524
people are gonna
die just the same
332
00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:12,984
if you don't learn to
modulate your powers.
333
00:15:13,204 --> 00:15:15,164
More importantly, your
mother, Jennifer and myself
334
00:15:15,373 --> 00:15:16,863
will mourn the
loss if you get killed
335
00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:19,120
-because you weren't
vigilant. Jefferson.
336
00:15:19,335 --> 00:15:21,246
So you need to stay
woke, Anissa, always.
337
00:15:21,462 --> 00:15:22,918
- Jefferson.
- What?
338
00:15:23,131 --> 00:15:25,463
Oh... If she had been
killed by a lightning strike
339
00:15:25,675 --> 00:15:27,336
or a Black Lightning strike,
340
00:15:27,552 --> 00:15:29,793
Dad, there'd be a tree
pattern on her skin.
341
00:15:30,012 --> 00:15:31,298
[sighs in relief]
342
00:15:31,514 --> 00:15:34,506
- What she said.
- It's called Lichtenberg scarring.
343
00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:36,386
It's a fractal
pattern that occurs
344
00:15:36,602 --> 00:15:38,762
when electricity passes
through an insulating material.
345
00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:43,307
This is more of a burn, like it
was caused by a high-voltage flash.
346
00:15:43,526 --> 00:15:45,608
So this was caused by
some kind of a weapon?
347
00:15:45,820 --> 00:15:46,820
[Gambi] I believe so.
348
00:15:46,904 --> 00:15:48,382
Black Lightning's
never killed anyone,
349
00:15:48,406 --> 00:15:49,925
so I understand how
the coroner wouldn't know
350
00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:51,735
what kind of wound
pattern he might create.
351
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:54,033
How much power would
a weapon like this take?
352
00:15:55,663 --> 00:15:56,698
A billion joules.
353
00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:00,661
Well, how would you do
that in something portable?
354
00:16:02,420 --> 00:16:03,660
With nuclear power.
355
00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:07,167
You can track radiation, right?
356
00:16:07,383 --> 00:16:10,000
Which means we might be able
to find the weapon that killed her.
357
00:16:11,679 --> 00:16:12,419
Yes.
358
00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:13,844
Okay, we're done here.
359
00:16:15,183 --> 00:16:16,183
Um...
360
00:16:17,059 --> 00:16:19,847
All right, brains, not brawn.
361
00:16:20,062 --> 00:16:22,019
Good job, Anissa. Let's go.
362
00:16:33,784 --> 00:16:34,569
[knocks]
363
00:16:34,785 --> 00:16:35,946
Hey.
364
00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:37,162
We are closed.
365
00:16:37,288 --> 00:16:38,403
Please. It's important.
366
00:16:38,623 --> 00:16:40,159
I can't accept any samples.
367
00:16:40,374 --> 00:16:43,241
Well, I'm here for a report on
something I dropped off a few days ago.
368
00:16:43,461 --> 00:16:45,247
[sighs] We had a break-in.
369
00:16:45,463 --> 00:16:46,463
- What?
- Yeah.
370
00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:48,650
Got some equipment stolen,
a whole bunch of samples.
371
00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:50,290
They screwed up our computers.
372
00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:53,593
Cops think it was junkies
looking for drugs and stuff to sell.
373
00:16:53,804 --> 00:16:55,090
We just started
notifying people,
374
00:16:55,306 --> 00:16:57,297
but I might not have
what you came for.
375
00:16:57,517 --> 00:16:59,474
Can you check to see if
my sample was affected?
376
00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:01,392
- Yeah.
- It's for Doctor Lynn Stewart.
377
00:17:01,604 --> 00:17:02,765
It was a powder.
378
00:17:02,980 --> 00:17:04,660
I asked you to do an
X-ray crystallography.
379
00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:08,274
[sighs]
380
00:17:08,486 --> 00:17:10,898
Yeah, it looks like your sample
was one of the ones taken,
381
00:17:11,113 --> 00:17:14,276
and the results file was corrupted
when they trashed our computers.
382
00:17:14,492 --> 00:17:15,823
You must have a backup.
383
00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:17,915
Partitioned on the same
drive. I'm really sorry.
384
00:17:17,995 --> 00:17:18,995
There must be a printout.
385
00:17:19,163 --> 00:17:21,643
I always print a hard copy when
I'm double-checking my results.
386
00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:24,074
These guys made a
real mess. It could take...
387
00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:26,580
What?
388
00:17:26,963 --> 00:17:29,163
We've had someone on
maternity leave for the last month.
389
00:17:29,257 --> 00:17:30,793
I'm really behind.
390
00:17:31,008 --> 00:17:33,249
Maybe there's a copy
in the "to-be-filed" folder.
391
00:17:33,469 --> 00:17:34,834
Oh, could you check? Please.
392
00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:36,465
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
393
00:17:39,517 --> 00:17:42,635
You know, I'm not one to judge a
person's extracurricular activities,
394
00:17:42,812 --> 00:17:45,520
but I don't know how you ended
up with student government.
395
00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:47,893
Whoever controls the money
controls the school, so...
396
00:17:48,109 --> 00:17:49,691
Oh, so, this is a power play?
397
00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:52,815
Yeah. Just like your mama
making you work in her lab.
398
00:17:53,030 --> 00:17:54,941
Nah, she's just worried
I won't get into Harvard
399
00:17:55,157 --> 00:17:56,773
if I'm sitting
around texting you.
400
00:17:57,326 --> 00:17:58,862
- Oh, That's cute.
- Ah, thank you.
401
00:17:59,287 --> 00:18:00,567
Wait, you're
applying to Harvard?
402
00:18:01,872 --> 00:18:02,872
Not the point.
403
00:18:03,499 --> 00:18:05,911
Okay... [laughs]
- Send it to me.
404
00:18:06,127 --> 00:18:07,127
Okay-
405
00:18:08,296 --> 00:18:09,296
[Kiesha] Ooh.
406
00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:11,840
[ladder rattles]
407
00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:14,169
Hey, what you doing?
408
00:18:14,385 --> 00:18:16,345
I'm gonna put one up here
so nobody takes it down.
409
00:18:16,512 --> 00:18:17,718
No, Kiesha, that's dumb.
410
00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:19,250
Get down before
you kill yourself.
411
00:18:19,348 --> 00:18:20,826
[Kiesha] Getting kidnapped
made you so emo.
412
00:18:20,850 --> 00:18:23,170
Getting kidnapped didn't make
me emo. You're making me emo.
413
00:18:23,227 --> 00:18:24,262
Kiesha, I'm serious.
414
00:18:24,478 --> 00:18:25,684
[Kiesha] Oh, my God.
415
00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:28,521
That's really unsafe,
you need to get down.
416
00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:32,350
I'm serious.
417
00:18:33,321 --> 00:18:34,811
- [Kiesha, please. I yelping]
418
00:18:35,031 --> 00:18:36,237
Kiesha! [Gasps]
419
00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:37,449
[crackling]
420
00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:40,160
[gasping]
421
00:18:51,714 --> 00:18:52,749
Okay, I'm fine.
422
00:18:56,010 --> 00:18:57,717
Damn, girl, you
dropped your phone.
423
00:19:00,598 --> 00:19:03,090
Yeah, scared you were
gonna break your neck.
424
00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:06,301
Ah, no. Hey, now you got
an excuse to get a new one.
425
00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,057
I'm thinking maybe I
should change my slogan.
426
00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:12,015
"| bounce, so our class
money won't have to."
427
00:19:22,036 --> 00:19:23,697
[music playing]
428
00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:39,713
So, now that you're
back, what's your plan?
429
00:19:42,306 --> 00:19:43,592
I don't know yet.
430
00:19:44,934 --> 00:19:46,641
[LaWanda] The
man without a plan.
431
00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:49,219
You know word on the
street is you're dead, right?
432
00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:51,770
And that one's trying
to take your spot.
433
00:19:52,566 --> 00:19:54,307
Ain't nobody can take my spot.
434
00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,143
Dead or alive.
435
00:20:01,617 --> 00:20:02,698
[scoffs]
436
00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:07,780
I can't believe you letting
these dudes drive you home.
437
00:20:08,833 --> 00:20:11,074
You do understand they'll
know where you live, right?
438
00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:12,877
They cool.
439
00:20:12,962 --> 00:20:14,703
How can you know that for sure?
440
00:20:15,464 --> 00:20:17,375
You killed me for putting
a camera in your face.
441
00:20:17,591 --> 00:20:19,673
I told you to take
your ass home.
442
00:20:20,803 --> 00:20:22,963
So when they come for you,
you going to kill them, too?
443
00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:24,295
I don't know yet.
444
00:20:25,015 --> 00:20:26,015
I might.
445
00:20:27,017 --> 00:20:28,257
But they won't come for me.
446
00:20:28,477 --> 00:20:30,218
Nah. I don't think
you should wait.
447
00:20:31,272 --> 00:20:32,512
I don't trust them.
448
00:20:33,357 --> 00:20:34,939
Especially that one.
449
00:20:35,151 --> 00:20:37,392
You definitely should
kill him right now.
450
00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:38,692
[Lala] Kill my dude?
451
00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:40,019
[LaWanda] Yeah.
452
00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:44,278
He's driving the car.
You want to crash?
453
00:20:46,537 --> 00:20:48,619
LaWanda, you crazy. [chuckles]
454
00:20:49,415 --> 00:20:50,871
I'm good.
455
00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:53,199
I'm just saying, people turn.
456
00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:54,659
I said I'm good.
457
00:20:57,548 --> 00:20:59,164
Everything cool, Lala?
458
00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:06,170
Yeah.
459
00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:12,530
[Anissa] So, this
satellite tracks radiation?
460
00:21:12,730 --> 00:21:14,437
- Yes.
- Everywhere in the world?
461
00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:15,433
[sighs]
462
00:21:15,649 --> 00:21:18,391
The two of you continuing
this investigation is a bad idea,
463
00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:20,898
even if you're not dressed as
Black Lightning and Thunder.
464
00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:22,695
We have to clear
Black Lightning's name.
465
00:21:22,907 --> 00:21:23,942
- Yes.
- [Gambi] I agree,
466
00:21:24,158 --> 00:21:25,239
but please, let me do it.
467
00:21:25,451 --> 00:21:27,738
If you get caught digging
into Lady Eve's murder,
468
00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:30,615
someone could put two and two
together and realize who you are.
469
00:21:30,831 --> 00:21:32,434
Then I will make sure
that doesn't happen.
470
00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:33,198
Yes, let's go then.
471
00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:36,876
Yo, wait. Wait. When you power
up, are you susceptible to radiation?
472
00:21:38,422 --> 00:21:39,422
I don't know.
473
00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:41,623
- Chemicals?
- I don't know.
474
00:21:41,842 --> 00:21:42,877
Okay, what about water?
475
00:21:43,052 --> 00:21:44,988
Are you like a witch? Do
you sink or can you swim?
476
00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:46,969
- I don't know.
- You don't know a lot.
477
00:21:47,181 --> 00:21:49,343
[Gambi sighs]
478
00:21:49,558 --> 00:21:51,094
What are you waiting for?
479
00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:53,642
You, to come to your senses.
480
00:21:53,854 --> 00:21:54,854
[scoffs]
481
00:21:58,108 --> 00:21:59,948
[Jefferson] Wait, that's
Lady Eve being killed.
482
00:22:01,904 --> 00:22:05,192
Oh, that's Hampton Woods.
What are they doing out there?
483
00:22:05,407 --> 00:22:07,327
I don't know. But please,
let me go check it out.
484
00:22:07,535 --> 00:22:08,935
You're not putting
me in any danger.
485
00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:11,281
There's no bounty on me,
and I can take care of myself.
486
00:22:11,497 --> 00:22:13,363
No, I need to train
Anissa, Gambi.
487
00:22:13,624 --> 00:22:15,410
Besides, I can take
care of myself, too.
488
00:22:15,626 --> 00:22:18,066
So, unless you can tell me a
reason why this is more dangerous
489
00:22:18,128 --> 00:22:20,482
than all the other crazy things
you let me do over the years...
490
00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:21,746
I'm just trying to help you.
491
00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:24,503
Which I appreciate,
but I can handle it.
492
00:22:28,055 --> 00:22:30,217
You're just so damn
stubborn, Jefferson.
493
00:22:30,641 --> 00:22:31,641
Gambi!
494
00:22:54,415 --> 00:22:55,871
[computer trilling]
495
00:23:20,941 --> 00:23:22,901
[Anissa] Dad, you know
how I feel about the woods.
496
00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:25,275
No. Black people
die in the woods.
497
00:23:25,779 --> 00:23:28,817
- [device beeps]
- Yes, in horror movies,
498
00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:31,653
but only after the monster
kills the white nerd.
499
00:23:31,665 --> 00:23:32,116
[laughs]
500
00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:34,865
And we don't have one of
those with us, so you're good.
501
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:35,820
[Jefferson chuckles]
502
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,225
- Okay.
- [cell phone vibrating]
503
00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:38,249
Wait, hold on.
504
00:23:40,711 --> 00:23:41,951
- Hey, Lynn.
- Hi.
505
00:23:42,171 --> 00:23:47,382
I found something disturbing,
I guess is the right word.
506
00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:48,593
Are you okay?
507
00:23:48,802 --> 00:23:49,963
[Lynn] I'm fine.
508
00:23:50,179 --> 00:23:52,887
That sample Anissa brought
over from your father's investigation,
509
00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:55,886
I analyzed it,
and it's a vaccine.
510
00:23:56,101 --> 00:23:57,557
A vaccine?
511
00:23:57,770 --> 00:23:58,931
- For what?
- I'm not sure.
512
00:23:59,146 --> 00:24:01,478
But what I am sure about is
the components of the vaccine
513
00:24:01,690 --> 00:24:03,852
are the same active
ingredients in Green Light.
514
00:24:04,485 --> 00:24:08,194
Wait, the sample Anissa
found was from 1986.
515
00:24:08,405 --> 00:24:11,113
Are you saying someone's been
working on Green Light for 30 years?
516
00:24:11,325 --> 00:24:12,440
It looks like it.
517
00:24:12,660 --> 00:24:13,660
[sighs]
518
00:24:15,412 --> 00:24:18,746
Okay, well, if we figure out
who produced the vaccine,
519
00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:20,949
then maybe we can find
out who's behind all this.
520
00:24:21,168 --> 00:24:22,168
Well, I tried,
521
00:24:22,211 --> 00:24:24,689
but I've struck out with my pool
of doctors and health officials.
522
00:24:24,713 --> 00:24:26,454
Thirty years is a long time ago.
523
00:24:26,674 --> 00:24:28,506
You know what, talk to Gambi.
524
00:24:28,717 --> 00:24:30,333
He's been in Freeland
almost as long.
525
00:24:30,552 --> 00:24:34,420
He may not know anything, but he'll
know someone who knows something.
526
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,256
- And, Lynn?
- Yeah?
527
00:24:37,267 --> 00:24:38,553
Please be careful.
528
00:24:39,853 --> 00:24:40,853
Of course.
529
00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:58,286
N Come, Thou fount
Of every blessing N'
530
00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:03,617
4♪.“ Tune my heart
To sing Thy grace N'
531
00:25:03,836 --> 00:25:09,047
N Streams of mercy
Never ceasing... N'
532
00:25:09,258 --> 00:25:10,419
[Mrs. Johnson] Mr. Gambi?
533
00:25:12,011 --> 00:25:13,547
Mrs. Johnson.
534
00:25:13,762 --> 00:25:15,042
How was your daughter's wedding?
535
00:25:15,097 --> 00:25:16,838
Oh, she was beautiful.
536
00:25:17,057 --> 00:25:18,297
And so was I, thanks to you.
537
00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:23,803
Is there anything
I can do for you?
538
00:25:26,233 --> 00:25:27,689
It's a beautiful song.
539
00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:31,853
H' I'm fixed upon it N'.
540
00:25:32,281 --> 00:25:34,864
N' Mount of Thy
redeeming love N'
541
00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:36,115
[Mrs. Johnson] That it is.
542
00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:40,278
Although it's never been
one that's made me cry.
543
00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:43,539
Do you believe it's true?
544
00:25:44,835 --> 00:25:46,755
That the good Lord
delivers us from our troubles?
545
00:25:46,962 --> 00:25:47,962
Yes.
546
00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:49,047
I do.
547
00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:51,296
He expects us to do our part,
548
00:25:51,967 --> 00:25:56,177
but I believe He's there to
help us over the finish line,
549
00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:57,970
though sometimes, what we want
550
00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:02,141
and what we need
are not the same thing.
551
00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:07,517
I see the wisdom in that.
552
00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:10,600
You will be in my
prayers, Mr. Gambi.
553
00:26:10,819 --> 00:26:12,355
You will be in my prayers.
554
00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:14,607
Thank you, Mrs. Johnson.
555
00:26:14,823 --> 00:26:19,033
H' Rescue me from danger N'.
556
00:26:19,244 --> 00:26:24,284
N interposed His
precious blood N'
557
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:26,457
[Anissa] So, once you
realized you had powers,
558
00:26:26,668 --> 00:26:28,750
how long until you decided
to become Black Lightning?
559
00:26:28,962 --> 00:26:31,169
Uh, I did a few
things here and there,
560
00:26:31,381 --> 00:26:35,045
but it took me a while before
I committed and got the suit.
561
00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:37,092
Why'd you stop all those years?
562
00:26:38,305 --> 00:26:40,137
- [device beeps]
- That's complicated.
563
00:26:40,349 --> 00:26:41,349
Mom, right?
564
00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:43,223
That's between me and her.
565
00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:44,800
- Which is a "yes."
- Yeah.
566
00:26:45,020 --> 00:26:46,510
But an "ask your mother" yes.
567
00:26:47,523 --> 00:26:48,684
So, who trained you?
568
00:26:48,899 --> 00:26:50,355
- Gambi. Fighting and tactics.
- Oh.
569
00:26:50,567 --> 00:26:52,558
Even before I knew I had powers.
570
00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:54,130
And why is so he
mad at you right now?
571
00:26:54,154 --> 00:26:56,316
No, no. He's not
mad. He's worried.
572
00:26:56,532 --> 00:26:59,069
That's how he gets when I
don't do what he wants me to.
573
00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:01,491
Sarcastic Italian, that's
how he shows his love.
574
00:27:01,703 --> 00:27:02,889
- [both chuckle]
- [device beeping]
575
00:27:02,913 --> 00:27:06,076
Wait, hold on. It should
be right around here.
576
00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:08,642
- Right there.
- [device beeping rapidly]
577
00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:26,471
I guess we can be grateful for the
second rule of high-profile assassinations.
578
00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:29,929
Always kill the killer.
579
00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:39,067
- [sighs]
- Okay. What now?
580
00:27:39,283 --> 00:27:40,283
I call Henderson.
581
00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:41,367
This is evidence.
582
00:27:41,535 --> 00:27:43,151
Black Lightning
doesn't get exonerated
583
00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:46,662
unless Freeland PD conducts
an investigation and clears him.
584
00:27:47,833 --> 00:27:49,289
Whoa, you call him on that?
585
00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:52,163
I mean, was carrying a tin can
attached to a string too bulky?
586
00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:53,744
[laughs sarcastically]
587
00:27:53,964 --> 00:27:55,625
- [laughs]
- This is current technology.
588
00:27:56,884 --> 00:27:59,333
Okay-Let me see that.
589
00:28:02,139 --> 00:28:03,595
Yo, Henderson.
590
00:28:03,807 --> 00:28:05,673
You got a pencil and paper?
591
00:28:05,893 --> 00:28:12,105
Hampton Woods,
coordinates 33, 47, 84, 43.
592
00:28:13,817 --> 00:28:16,605
You'll find a shallow
grave, a body,
593
00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:19,152
and the weapon that
actually killed Lady Eve.
594
00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:22,322
Heyo, tell the morgue to hold the
body so you can match the wound.
595
00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:23,534
You're welcome.
596
00:28:24,494 --> 00:28:25,950
I know you didn't say thank you.
597
00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:28,242
It's implied in your
loud-ass questions.
598
00:28:28,457 --> 00:28:29,492
[chuckles]
599
00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:31,824
[chuckles]
600
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:34,122
Does he know you're
Black Lightning?
601
00:28:34,504 --> 00:28:37,622
No. That would put him
in an impossible position.
602
00:28:37,841 --> 00:28:39,707
Yeah, because of
that lame cell phone.
603
00:28:39,927 --> 00:28:40,927
[laughing]
604
00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:44,928
[sighs]
605
00:28:50,187 --> 00:28:51,187
Okay-
606
00:29:05,369 --> 00:29:06,369
[grunts]
607
00:29:09,289 --> 00:29:10,289
[sighs]
608
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:15,920
[exhales]
609
00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:28,297
{crackling} '[9a$ps]
610
00:29:29,851 --> 00:29:31,341
[flesh searing]
611
00:29:37,234 --> 00:29:38,440
[bell chiming]
612
00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:44,522
[Gambi] I'll be right there.
613
00:29:45,242 --> 00:29:46,824
Gambi, it's Lynn.
614
00:29:47,035 --> 00:29:48,275
Take your time.
615
00:29:48,578 --> 00:29:50,740
I was hoping you could
help me with something.
616
00:29:52,165 --> 00:29:53,165
[chuckles softly]
617
00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:04,049
[Gambi] I, uh...
618
00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:07,424
I hope your help
involves the silk damask
619
00:30:07,931 --> 00:30:11,014
because my supplier
accidentally left me two bolts of it.
620
00:30:11,435 --> 00:30:12,891
I'm afraid not.
621
00:30:13,103 --> 00:30:15,640
Yeah. Well, then let's pray
purple suits come back into fashion.
622
00:30:15,856 --> 00:30:17,438
- [chuckles]
- What do you need?
623
00:30:17,774 --> 00:30:22,393
Well, I've been doing some analysis
of a vaccine from 30 years ago.
624
00:30:22,612 --> 00:30:24,694
That's a long time ago.
Why the interest now?
625
00:30:24,906 --> 00:30:26,396
Well, I just got the sample.
626
00:30:26,616 --> 00:30:29,950
It was in a box of research for a
series of articles that Alvin was writing.
627
00:30:34,041 --> 00:30:35,247
Alvin Pierce?
628
00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:37,251
Yeah.
629
00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:40,787
Turns out that the vaccine's
related to Green Light.
630
00:30:41,006 --> 00:30:43,043
But I want to know
where it came from.
631
00:30:43,258 --> 00:30:44,419
Problem is, it's so old,
632
00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:47,342
there's no information about the
drug company that developed it.
633
00:30:47,554 --> 00:30:49,282
Do you remember a
doctor or a clinic director
634
00:30:49,306 --> 00:30:51,092
who was working in the
community back then?
635
00:30:51,808 --> 00:30:52,513
No.
636
00:30:52,726 --> 00:30:54,526
Well, a vaccine has to
be government-approved.
637
00:30:54,728 --> 00:30:55,997
Did you have any
contacts that maybe
638
00:30:56,021 --> 00:30:57,477
- might be able to answer...
- Lynn.
639
00:31:00,108 --> 00:31:01,690
I can't talk about this.
640
00:31:08,909 --> 00:31:10,149
Thirty years ago.
641
00:31:12,204 --> 00:31:15,037
You moved here around the
time the vaccine came to Freeland.
642
00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:19,791
You never talk about
your life before Freeland.
643
00:31:21,129 --> 00:31:22,995
- No.
- You never wanted to share anything.
644
00:31:23,215 --> 00:31:27,004
We assumed you had your reasons.
645
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:28,835
- I did.
- Gambi,
646
00:31:30,305 --> 00:31:32,842
Jefferson trusts you.
647
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:34,600
I know.
648
00:31:37,813 --> 00:31:39,178
I think... [voice breaks]
649
00:31:41,108 --> 00:31:43,440
I think it's time for me
to have a talk with him.
650
00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:50,280
Excuse me, Lynn.
651
00:31:55,622 --> 00:31:59,331
Okay, I've finally realized the
most important part of a stakeout.
652
00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:01,997
Go to the bathroom first?
653
00:32:02,212 --> 00:32:03,998
Uh, that would have
helped a lot more
654
00:32:04,214 --> 00:32:07,297
[chuckles] than all of your
"you're going to die" talk.
655
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:11,089
[leaves rustling]
656
00:32:12,097 --> 00:32:13,097
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
657
00:32:13,181 --> 00:32:15,047
Dad. There's
somebody over there.
658
00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:20,135
Wait, wait, wait.
That's not right.
659
00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:22,145
What's not?
660
00:32:22,357 --> 00:32:25,440
Well, Henderson would have sent
uniformed officers to secure the scene,
661
00:32:25,652 --> 00:32:29,065
a crime scene unit, not a
lone person in street clothes.
662
00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:30,692
[Anissa] Okay,
well, then who is he?
663
00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:32,860
[sighs]
664
00:32:33,076 --> 00:32:35,693
Freeland PD is
full of dirty cops.
665
00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:37,737
So, I'm guessing someone must've
666
00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:40,288
intercepted Henderson's
dispatch and sent him first.
667
00:32:42,461 --> 00:32:43,576
All right, stay here.
668
00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:46,107
- Stay here? Dad, I should go with you.
- No, no. Stay here.
669
00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:47,971
- I'm just going to see what he's doing.
- I...
670
00:32:48,175 --> 00:32:50,166
I can disable him from
a distance if I have to.
671
00:32:50,385 --> 00:32:51,546
Stay here.
672
00:32:54,389 --> 00:32:55,424
[sighs]
673
00:33:15,911 --> 00:33:16,946
Wait.
674
00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:18,903
[weapon whirring, beeping]
675
00:33:19,122 --> 00:33:20,122
[panting]
676
00:33:22,792 --> 00:33:24,123
- Dad!
- I told you...
677
00:33:24,586 --> 00:33:25,826
[inhales heavily]
678
00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:39,299
Dad, I could tell he didn't know
that those weapons were dangerous.
679
00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:44,015
Whoever sent him, they
thought he was expendable.
680
00:33:44,231 --> 00:33:45,346
He just didn't know.
681
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,360
I spent all this time
682
00:34:00,580 --> 00:34:03,663
telling her she had to
anticipate danger or she'd die,
683
00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:07,038
and then I failed to anticipate
danger and almost get myself killed.
684
00:34:07,254 --> 00:34:08,289
[Jefferson chuckles]
685
00:34:08,505 --> 00:34:11,372
She has to understand her
powers, and I can help her with that.
686
00:34:11,591 --> 00:34:12,672
Mmm.
687
00:34:13,301 --> 00:34:15,087
But I was trying to change her.
688
00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:19,137
Her understanding of
people, her desire to protect.
689
00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:23,513
No, no, no. I have to be
very careful not to screw that.
690
00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:25,435
Not just because
she saved my life.
691
00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:27,850
She saved my life.
692
00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:29,101
[chuckles]
693
00:34:30,777 --> 00:34:32,518
I'm... I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
694
00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:36,025
I'm... rambling. Endorphins.
695
00:34:36,992 --> 00:34:38,528
[Jefferson panting]
696
00:34:40,287 --> 00:34:41,652
Are you waiting for Jennifer?
697
00:34:43,540 --> 00:34:44,540
No.
698
00:34:47,335 --> 00:34:49,667
You got your sad eyes.
699
00:34:50,505 --> 00:34:51,711
What's going on?
700
00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:55,875
I went to see Gambi,
like you suggested,
701
00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:58,414
to see if he could help me
find the source of that vaccine.
702
00:34:58,471 --> 00:34:59,471
Yeah.
703
00:35:01,057 --> 00:35:04,049
It turns out, he knows
more than I thought.
704
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:08,105
What do you mean?
705
00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:12,892
Jefferson, you need
to talk to Gambi.
706
00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:15,603
Ask him the questions
we've never asked.
707
00:35:16,156 --> 00:35:19,899
To find out who he is...
and where he came from.
708
00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:23,615
What did he tell you?
709
00:35:25,707 --> 00:35:28,495
Just... go talk to Gambi.
710
00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:36,377
[sobbing quietly]
711
00:35:37,886 --> 00:35:39,126
[sighing]
712
00:35:44,517 --> 00:35:46,007
I have so many questions.
713
00:35:46,227 --> 00:35:47,683
If I was dead,
then how did I die?
714
00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:49,227
[exhales]
715
00:35:49,439 --> 00:35:51,976
H' As the sun Beats
down my neck N'.
716
00:35:52,192 --> 00:35:55,184
N My forehead
Beads up in sweat N'.
717
00:35:56,446 --> 00:35:57,811
How did I come back?
718
00:36:03,620 --> 00:36:04,860
Why did I come back?
719
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:06,411
[shushes]
720
00:36:08,917 --> 00:36:11,705
I know, baby. I know.
721
00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:16,538
But it's all going to be okay.
722
00:36:19,761 --> 00:36:23,675
"N" Yet and still I'm
holding on to you N'
723
00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,147
[sighs]
724
00:36:46,162 --> 00:36:47,493
[sobbing]
725
00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:55,209
[bell chiming]
726
00:37:15,692 --> 00:37:17,933
Lynn said I needed
to talk to you.
727
00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:25,198
[sighs]
728
00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:29,904
I was just... trying
to protect you.
729
00:37:30,123 --> 00:37:31,613
Protect me from what?
730
00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:33,039
All these years...
731
00:37:35,503 --> 00:37:36,868
I've kept secrets from you.
732
00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:39,162
I had to.
733
00:37:40,008 --> 00:37:45,094
But now the only way to
protect you is to tell you the truth,
734
00:37:45,305 --> 00:37:46,966
tell you everything.
735
00:37:47,182 --> 00:37:48,718
What are you talking about?
736
00:37:51,186 --> 00:37:53,678
My real name is Peter Esposito.
737
00:37:55,190 --> 00:37:56,931
Thirty years ago,
I came to Freeland
738
00:37:57,150 --> 00:38:00,313
as an agent for a government
organization called the ASA.
739
00:38:00,528 --> 00:38:02,485
They were conducting
an experiment in Freeland,
740
00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:05,655
giving the people a vaccine
to make them passive
741
00:38:06,242 --> 00:38:07,242
and keep them docile
742
00:38:07,327 --> 00:38:10,445
in what was a very
politically-explosive environment.
743
00:38:11,331 --> 00:38:14,869
But their vaccine inadvertently
created metahumans.
744
00:38:15,668 --> 00:38:17,579
People with special powers.
745
00:38:18,171 --> 00:38:19,878
And it was my job to find them.
746
00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:25,251
But when I realized that the
ASA's vaccine was killing children...
747
00:38:29,265 --> 00:38:30,972
I leaked the information...
748
00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:34,138
to your father...
749
00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:37,767
and his investigation
got him killed.
750
00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:41,270
Murdered.
751
00:38:44,364 --> 00:38:48,608
My father... was murdered.
752
00:38:49,536 --> 00:38:50,742
Yes, he was.
753
00:38:50,954 --> 00:38:52,444
[voice breaks]
754
00:38:53,039 --> 00:38:56,577
And you turned me
into Black Lightning?
755
00:38:56,793 --> 00:38:57,793
No.
756
00:38:59,796 --> 00:39:02,288
I know it doesn't make
what I've done better,
757
00:39:02,507 --> 00:39:04,544
but I had nothing to
do with that experiment.
758
00:39:04,759 --> 00:39:07,296
As soon as I realized
that you had powers,
759
00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:09,377
Alvin's kid,
760
00:39:10,306 --> 00:39:12,047
I knew I could never
let them get you.
761
00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:17,307
And so all these years, I've tried
to protect you the best I could.
762
00:39:18,565 --> 00:39:20,522
- But now...
- But now, what?
763
00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:24,147
I can't anymore.
764
00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:28,317
Martin Proctor...
765
00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:31,825
the head of the
ASA for this area,
766
00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:36,621
is looking for you,
and I can't stop him.
767
00:39:36,833 --> 00:39:40,918
If you use your powers or you
go out in the suit, he will find you,
768
00:39:41,129 --> 00:39:43,837
and they will kill you.
769
00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:48,884
And they will find Anissa...
and they will kill her, too.
770
00:39:49,721 --> 00:39:52,281
I'm sorry, Jefferson, but you
have to stop being Black Lightning.
771
00:39:52,348 --> 00:39:53,713
Stay away from me.
772
00:39:53,933 --> 00:39:56,391
[Jefferson breathing heavily]
773
00:39:56,603 --> 00:39:58,594
- [electricity crackling]
- Stay away from me.
774
00:39:59,731 --> 00:40:01,221
Stay away from my family.
775
00:40:09,365 --> 00:40:10,365
Must be here.
776
00:40:10,450 --> 00:40:13,067
Ah, Jen, whatever it is,
I don't have time for it.
777
00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:22,288
Are you pregnant?
778
00:40:22,503 --> 00:40:25,871
No. No, but something
weird is definitely going on.
779
00:40:26,090 --> 00:40:27,125
Okay-
780
00:40:30,136 --> 00:40:31,376
What? You broke your phone?
781
00:40:31,596 --> 00:40:33,178
No, Anissa, look at the edges.
782
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:34,967
I did that.
783
00:40:36,851 --> 00:40:37,851
With my hands.
784
00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:40,979
[sighs]