1 00:00:02,127 --> 00:00:03,563 [Jefferson] Previously on Black Lightning... 2 00:00:03,587 --> 00:00:06,632 [Agent Odell] The Markovians are on the outskirts of Freeland, 3 00:00:06,715 --> 00:00:08,842 and they're marshalling their forces. 4 00:00:09,051 --> 00:00:10,677 [in Russian] 5 00:00:10,761 --> 00:00:13,198 [Agent Odell speaking English] The Markovians want to capture or kill 6 00:00:13,222 --> 00:00:14,890 as many metas as possible. 7 00:00:15,432 --> 00:00:17,285 [Black Lightning] Markovians breached the compound. 8 00:00:17,309 --> 00:00:19,561 - [Agent Odell] Put Freeland on lockdown. - [man] Copy. 9 00:00:20,729 --> 00:00:22,999 [Jennifer] I need to know what happens when our powers merge, okay? 10 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:24,501 [Brandon] Now, tell me what you know about Jace. 11 00:00:24,525 --> 00:00:26,377 [Jennifer] Just do it one more time and I'ma tell you. 12 00:00:26,401 --> 00:00:28,201 And I ain't got time for your games right now. 13 00:00:28,237 --> 00:00:29,238 So here, get out. 14 00:00:29,321 --> 00:00:32,241 Wake up, Freeland. The insurgents are not your enemy. 15 00:00:32,324 --> 00:00:33,534 They're fighting to protect us 16 00:00:33,617 --> 00:00:36,745 against the tyranny of our so-called protectors, the ASA. 17 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,749 Khalil. How is that possible? We buried him. 18 00:00:43,085 --> 00:00:44,878 [gunfire] 19 00:00:44,962 --> 00:00:46,421 [grunting] 20 00:00:48,006 --> 00:00:51,093 Look, Lynn. VVhatlseeis you spending more time at The Pit 21 00:00:51,176 --> 00:00:53,470 than with your own family. Why is that? 22 00:00:53,554 --> 00:00:55,639 - Talk to me. - Why talk, Jeff? 23 00:00:56,306 --> 00:00:59,309 I talk, you don't listen, history repeats itself. 24 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:00,561 I'm done. 25 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:02,271 Come on. Lynn! 26 00:01:15,951 --> 00:01:17,119 [Katie] Name? 27 00:01:17,578 --> 00:01:18,704 Tobias Whale. 28 00:01:19,955 --> 00:01:21,123 [Katie] Date of birth? 29 00:01:23,125 --> 00:01:25,294 April 20th, 1946. 30 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:26,670 [Katie] Confirmed. 31 00:01:27,045 --> 00:01:28,725 [Tobias] You're doing this with the others. 32 00:01:29,506 --> 00:01:30,632 You are, aren't you? 33 00:01:31,341 --> 00:01:32,884 Have they figured it out yet? 34 00:01:33,802 --> 00:01:35,012 What you're doing to them? 35 00:01:35,470 --> 00:01:36,597 What you're making them? 36 00:01:37,806 --> 00:01:39,600 [laughing] 37 00:01:39,808 --> 00:01:41,143 Truth in silence, my dear. 38 00:01:42,019 --> 00:01:44,104 I know all about your plan for Freeland. 39 00:01:45,147 --> 00:01:46,148 But you aren't going to 40 00:01:46,231 --> 00:01:48,275 turn me into one of Odell's slaves. No. 41 00:01:50,485 --> 00:01:51,695 I'm not a meta. 42 00:01:53,322 --> 00:01:54,531 I'm something different. 43 00:01:54,615 --> 00:01:57,075 [exhales deeply] 44 00:01:59,161 --> 00:02:00,996 I ride the pale horse... 45 00:02:02,706 --> 00:02:05,125 and hell follows with me. 46 00:02:05,292 --> 00:02:08,503 [maniacal laughter] 47 00:02:10,672 --> 00:02:12,341 [alarm beeping] 48 00:02:19,890 --> 00:02:21,743 [Lynn] I don't need your permission to talk to anyone. 49 00:02:21,767 --> 00:02:23,435 [Jefferson] No, you don't talk about me. 50 00:02:23,518 --> 00:02:24,936 [Lynn] Why talk, Jeff? 51 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:27,439 I talk, you don't listen, history repeats itself. 52 00:02:27,522 --> 00:02:29,542 [Jefferson] You think everything about me, including my powers, is strange. 53 00:02:29,566 --> 00:02:30,752 [Lynn] This is not about Freeland. 54 00:02:30,776 --> 00:02:32,486 It's not about Tavon, it's about you. 55 00:02:32,694 --> 00:02:34,529 It's always about you. 56 00:02:34,613 --> 00:02:36,507 [Jefferson] Tell them exactly how my powers work. 57 00:02:36,531 --> 00:02:37,842 [Lynn] I would never give you up. 58 00:02:37,866 --> 00:02:38,909 [phone line ringing] 59 00:02:39,076 --> 00:02:41,012 [on voicemail] Hi, you've reached Dr. Lynn Stewart. 60 00:02:41,036 --> 00:02:42,236 I'm unavailable at the moment, 61 00:02:42,287 --> 00:02:44,367 so please leave your name and phone number, and HI... 62 00:02:55,550 --> 00:02:56,593 Okay. Now, 63 00:02:57,386 --> 00:02:58,845 take a deep breath in and hold it. 64 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:00,931 [inhales deeply] 65 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:03,094 Let me know if you feel anything other than pressure. 66 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:06,561 Ready? Anything? 67 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:13,318 [grunts] 68 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:17,280 [laughing] 69 00:03:17,364 --> 00:03:19,364 Well, it looks like your powers are back to normal. 70 00:03:19,408 --> 00:03:20,408 Thank God. 71 00:03:20,951 --> 00:03:23,453 Are you feeling any residual effects from the poison at all? 72 00:03:23,954 --> 00:03:25,288 No, just this. 73 00:03:26,957 --> 00:03:28,166 It looks much better. 74 00:03:28,917 --> 00:03:31,294 Just keep using the antivenom until it clears up. 75 00:03:31,378 --> 00:03:33,298 And in the meantime, you should continue to rest. 76 00:03:33,797 --> 00:03:35,424 You need to give yourself time to heal. 77 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:38,719 Please. We both know that's not gonna happen. 78 00:03:39,177 --> 00:03:41,513 Look, I gotta get back to work, Uncle Gambi. 79 00:03:41,596 --> 00:03:42,597 Freeland needs me. 80 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:44,433 I figured you might say that. 81 00:03:44,516 --> 00:03:46,977 Well, in that case, there's something I want to show you. 82 00:03:50,313 --> 00:03:52,566 I found this when I was going through the system 83 00:03:52,649 --> 00:03:53,817 that I mirrored in The Pit. 84 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:55,736 This aired in Jacksonville a few days ago. 85 00:03:56,528 --> 00:03:58,947 [female news anchor] Freeland continues to be on lockdown. 86 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:02,492 Officials say they're still no closer to eradicating 87 00:04:02,576 --> 00:04:04,786 the SARS epidemic which forced the government 88 00:04:04,870 --> 00:04:06,163 to quarantine the city 89 00:04:06,455 --> 00:04:07,789 more than a month ago. 90 00:04:08,123 --> 00:04:09,124 What the hell? 91 00:04:10,292 --> 00:04:11,292 SARS? 92 00:04:11,543 --> 00:04:13,545 What about the metas? Markovia? 93 00:04:13,628 --> 00:04:14,963 No mention of any of that. 94 00:04:15,297 --> 00:04:16,715 Apparently, the ASA doesn't want 95 00:04:16,798 --> 00:04:18,717 the world to know what's really going on here. 96 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:20,194 So, that's why no one's come near us, 97 00:04:20,218 --> 00:04:21,636 because they think it's an outbreak? 98 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,597 [Gambi sighs] 99 00:04:24,514 --> 00:04:26,674 Uncle Gambi, look. We got to get the message out there. 100 00:04:27,225 --> 00:04:29,478 We have to tell the people the truth. 101 00:04:30,145 --> 00:04:31,396 I tried uploading the video 102 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,356 of your father getting beaten by the ASA. 103 00:04:33,607 --> 00:04:35,859 I figured that a community/Olympic hero 104 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:37,754 being assaulted would get the world's attention, 105 00:04:37,778 --> 00:04:39,738 but my equipment is too limited. 106 00:04:39,821 --> 00:04:42,115 I can get a signal out, but only as far as South Freeland. 107 00:04:42,407 --> 00:04:44,451 Okay, so what else can we use? 108 00:04:44,576 --> 00:04:46,620 [sighs] I'm looking. 109 00:04:46,995 --> 00:04:48,288 But I need more evidence. 110 00:04:48,371 --> 00:04:50,457 Photos, videos, something that will prove 111 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:53,960 what happened to your dad wasn't just another black man getting beaten down. 112 00:04:54,044 --> 00:04:56,524 Something that will show the world what's really going on here. 113 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:02,260 I think I know somebody who can help us. 114 00:05:10,185 --> 00:05:11,353 Where did you go, Khalil? 115 00:05:16,691 --> 00:05:17,692 Excuse me, Dr. Stewart. 116 00:05:17,943 --> 00:05:19,820 Patient 49 is here for his blood test. 117 00:05:19,903 --> 00:05:22,197 Thank you, Nurse Allen. Put him over there. 118 00:05:22,614 --> 00:05:24,199 Okay. Right over here, guys. 119 00:05:39,214 --> 00:05:41,174 Ah... Dr. Stewart. 120 00:05:41,758 --> 00:05:43,802 How is that super family of yours? 121 00:05:48,056 --> 00:05:49,266 I need to test your blood 122 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:52,394 to see if your antibodies are regenerating for the stabilization cure. 123 00:05:53,770 --> 00:05:55,410 You know, Dr. Stewart, I'm jealous of you. 124 00:05:57,482 --> 00:06:01,069 Yes. Jealous because you're going to be famous. 125 00:06:03,947 --> 00:06:06,741 Come, come, now. Don't be modest. 126 00:06:07,325 --> 00:06:10,078 I can see you on the cover of Ebony and Essence now. 127 00:06:11,746 --> 00:06:13,081 "Dr. Lynn Stewart, 128 00:06:13,415 --> 00:06:16,585 the strong, sexy, intelligent black woman 129 00:06:16,751 --> 00:06:18,295 who saved Freeland and the world 130 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:19,754 by enslaving black youth." 131 00:06:21,506 --> 00:06:22,924 What're you rambling about? 132 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:24,259 Fame, my dear. 133 00:06:25,176 --> 00:06:26,386 Fame for the cure. 134 00:06:26,469 --> 00:06:27,762 I asked you a question. 135 00:06:27,971 --> 00:06:29,264 Don't be naive, Dr. Stewart. 136 00:06:29,347 --> 00:06:31,617 You know exactly what the ASA is gonna do with those metas 137 00:06:31,641 --> 00:06:32,934 once you stabilize them. 138 00:06:33,018 --> 00:06:34,769 Just look at the roster you gave me. 139 00:06:35,145 --> 00:06:38,273 Super strength, accelerated healing, 140 00:06:38,648 --> 00:06:41,693 and my favorite... camouflage. 141 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:43,653 Seem like weapons to me. 142 00:06:45,113 --> 00:06:46,406 I've heard it all before. 143 00:06:46,615 --> 00:06:48,283 Oh, really? From who? 144 00:06:49,868 --> 00:06:53,330 Wait. You don't mean Black Lightning? 145 00:06:54,789 --> 00:06:55,874 How interesting. 146 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:57,584 I guess he's smarter than I thought. 147 00:06:58,168 --> 00:06:59,461 Then again, that suit. 148 00:07:00,003 --> 00:07:01,713 Tell me. I've always been curious. 149 00:07:01,796 --> 00:07:03,590 Is he a big fan of Earth, Wind and Fire? 150 00:07:03,673 --> 00:07:04,758 Or is it Parliament? 151 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:06,551 Perhaps Bootsy Collins. 152 00:07:06,635 --> 00:07:07,969 I'm not being naive. 153 00:07:08,637 --> 00:07:10,805 I know the ASA wants to use the metas as weapons 154 00:07:10,889 --> 00:07:12,015 and once they're stabilized, 155 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:13,326 they might decide they want that too, 156 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:15,352 but at least this way I'm giving them a choice. 157 00:07:16,394 --> 00:07:17,854 Is that what they're calling slavery 158 00:07:17,938 --> 00:07:19,481 these politically correct days? 159 00:07:20,231 --> 00:07:22,192 I've worked with the ASA for decades, 160 00:07:22,567 --> 00:07:24,819 with you about a month and some change. 161 00:07:25,070 --> 00:07:27,447 Does it look like these kids have a "choice" 162 00:07:27,656 --> 00:07:28,782 to make of their own? 163 00:07:28,990 --> 00:07:30,158 No, Dr. Stewart, 164 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,535 the choice has already been made for them. 165 00:07:33,328 --> 00:07:35,997 Those kids will be weapons whether they like it or not. 166 00:07:36,998 --> 00:07:38,249 And not just them. 167 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:41,252 But everyone in Freeland with the meta-gene. 168 00:07:42,253 --> 00:07:44,381 Now that the ASA knows what Green Light can do, 169 00:07:44,756 --> 00:07:47,509 they'll flood the city until they get as many metas as they can. 170 00:07:47,717 --> 00:07:49,469 It's not possible. 171 00:07:49,552 --> 00:07:51,352 How would they even get that much Green Light? 172 00:07:52,555 --> 00:07:53,556 I don't know. 173 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:56,643 But what I do know is, 174 00:07:56,977 --> 00:07:59,187 it'll be all because of you. 175 00:08:00,271 --> 00:08:03,400 The great, smart, talented, and beautiful. 176 00:08:04,192 --> 00:08:05,777 Dr. Lynn Stewart. 177 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:09,531 Last night, I saw a superhero He was black. 178 00:08:09,614 --> 00:08:12,367 He said, "This is for the street Black Lightning's back" 179 00:08:14,661 --> 00:08:16,454 [knock on door] 180 00:08:16,997 --> 00:08:18,206 Okay. 181 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:21,126 [knock on door] 182 00:08:21,209 --> 00:08:22,794 All right, all right. Okay, I'm coming. 183 00:08:23,753 --> 00:08:25,797 [exclaims] 184 00:08:26,256 --> 00:08:28,508 [groans] 185 00:08:29,426 --> 00:08:30,635 What the hell was that for? 186 00:08:30,719 --> 00:08:32,519 Oh, that was for kicking me out the last time. 187 00:08:32,554 --> 00:08:34,639 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait, wait, wait, wait. 188 00:08:35,223 --> 00:08:37,058 Look, I invited you over to apologize. 189 00:08:37,934 --> 00:08:39,561 All right? I was wrong. 190 00:08:39,936 --> 00:08:42,022 You were right. I'm sorry. 191 00:08:42,397 --> 00:08:43,857 You should be. 192 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:45,835 If you try something like that again, 193 00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:48,019 I'm gonna barbeque your Pantene-commercial-looking ass. 194 00:08:48,695 --> 00:08:50,989 All right, all right. It won't happen again. 195 00:08:54,409 --> 00:08:55,702 - I promise. - Good. 196 00:08:58,747 --> 00:09:00,081 Okay, I'm sorry, too. 197 00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:02,101 I wasn't trying to stress you. 198 00:09:02,125 --> 00:09:04,886 It's just, I really wanna know what's happening when our powers merge. 199 00:09:05,587 --> 00:09:07,672 Me, I've felt like a freak for a long time, 200 00:09:08,757 --> 00:09:11,301 but this just takes things to a whole new level, you know. 201 00:09:11,593 --> 00:09:12,677 Maybe. 202 00:09:13,219 --> 00:09:14,345 Maybe it has something to do 203 00:09:14,429 --> 00:09:15,722 with your powers being electrical 204 00:09:15,805 --> 00:09:16,885 and mine being earth-based. 205 00:09:17,724 --> 00:09:18,725 [scoffs] You lost me. 206 00:09:18,808 --> 00:09:19,809 All right, look... 207 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:22,062 You know when there's a lightning strike, 208 00:09:22,145 --> 00:09:23,313 the earth grounds the energy? 209 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:24,439 Yeah. So? 210 00:09:24,689 --> 00:09:26,775 Okay, well, maybe that's what's happening here. 211 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,200 You know, you being able to control lightning, 212 00:09:29,444 --> 00:09:30,779 and I can control the earth. 213 00:09:31,946 --> 00:09:34,282 Maybe I... Maybe I ground you. 214 00:09:35,158 --> 00:09:36,951 So, if you ground me, that means I can use 215 00:09:37,035 --> 00:09:38,870 my powers on you and not hurt you? 216 00:09:39,245 --> 00:09:40,485 Like I don't have to hold back? 217 00:09:41,956 --> 00:09:42,956 Well, 218 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:45,001 theoretically, I mean, yeah. 219 00:09:47,170 --> 00:09:49,089 Okay, chill out! It's just a theory. 220 00:09:49,297 --> 00:09:50,617 - It's just a theory. - [laughing] 221 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:52,258 Damn. 222 00:09:57,222 --> 00:09:58,681 That's the truth, people. 223 00:09:58,973 --> 00:10:00,350 And we won't stop telling it 224 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,185 until Freeland is free. 225 00:10:09,484 --> 00:10:10,693 That was a nice speech. 226 00:10:12,112 --> 00:10:13,255 I wish I had known you were here, 227 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:14,719 I would have had you say a few words. 228 00:10:15,031 --> 00:10:18,159 Mmm-mm. Actually, I came to talk about a different audience. 229 00:10:19,327 --> 00:10:21,538 Jamillah, what if I told you I can get a message 230 00:10:21,788 --> 00:10:23,206 outside the perimeter? 231 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:24,957 Really? 232 00:10:25,458 --> 00:10:27,877 We just figured out how to broadcast to the rest of Freeland. 233 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:30,880 Now you're saying that you can get a transmission out beyond that? 234 00:10:30,964 --> 00:10:32,090 Mmm-hmm. 235 00:10:32,173 --> 00:10:33,967 What about the firewall? The media blackout? 236 00:10:34,050 --> 00:10:35,051 Leave that to me. 237 00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:37,303 What we need now is footage. 238 00:10:38,138 --> 00:10:40,223 What tapes do you have on the ASA? 239 00:10:40,765 --> 00:10:43,685 Um... Beatings, riots... 240 00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:45,520 - Camps. - Good. 241 00:10:45,645 --> 00:10:47,105 - I've got it all. - Good, good. 242 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:48,982 Round up your best material. 243 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:51,985 I'll notify you when the plan's in place. Okay? 244 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:53,629 What should I do in the meantime? 245 00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:55,405 Keep the cameras rolling. 246 00:11:05,248 --> 00:11:06,833 [knock on door] 247 00:11:11,462 --> 00:11:12,463 Yeah, yeah. 248 00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:19,429 [Jefferson sighs] 249 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:20,847 Okay, what did I do now? 250 00:11:20,930 --> 00:11:22,307 Diffuse another one of your bombs? 251 00:11:22,390 --> 00:11:23,516 Hey, look, Jeff. 252 00:11:25,310 --> 00:11:27,645 I'm sorry for barging in on you like that the other day. 253 00:11:27,729 --> 00:11:30,148 But you were right. We do need to get on the same page. 254 00:11:30,648 --> 00:11:32,483 Whoa, whoa. What happened to, 255 00:11:32,734 --> 00:11:35,528 "You handle the ASA your way, I'll handle 'em my way"? 256 00:11:35,612 --> 00:11:37,488 Well, I assumed all that had changed 257 00:11:37,572 --> 00:11:40,867 when Black Lightning helped those meta refugees escape. 258 00:11:41,618 --> 00:11:43,411 Face it, man, you're on our side now, 259 00:11:43,494 --> 00:11:44,555 whether you like it or not. 260 00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:47,165 No. No. Not if you're putting innocent people in danger. 261 00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:50,307 Look, I already told you, man, I don't get down with your methods. 262 00:11:50,460 --> 00:11:51,544 Whatever, bruh. 263 00:11:52,337 --> 00:11:53,463 That's not why I'm here. 264 00:11:57,383 --> 00:11:58,760 This is about Mrs. Shepard. 265 00:11:59,177 --> 00:12:00,177 She needs our help. 266 00:12:00,803 --> 00:12:01,804 Wait, Mrs. Shepard? 267 00:12:02,138 --> 00:12:03,578 - Our third-grade teacher? - Mmm-hmm. 268 00:12:04,849 --> 00:12:05,892 What's going on? 269 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,759 Well, apparently, when you were getting those metas out, 270 00:12:09,270 --> 00:12:12,398 you injured the acting ASA Director, Major Grey. 271 00:12:12,982 --> 00:12:15,860 And now that bastard, Williams, is taking over 272 00:12:16,277 --> 00:12:17,570 and stepping up the occupation. 273 00:12:18,446 --> 00:12:20,326 Now, he's taken over your old apartment building 274 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:22,742 and using it as a barracks for new troops. 275 00:12:23,076 --> 00:12:24,076 Franklin Terrace? 276 00:12:25,286 --> 00:12:27,205 Man, they don't know what they're messing with. 277 00:12:27,914 --> 00:12:31,125 No, they don't know and they don't care. 278 00:12:31,292 --> 00:12:32,919 They've evicted all the tenants, 279 00:12:33,253 --> 00:12:35,004 and Mrs. Shepard is refusing to leave. 280 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:37,524 Now, I sent some officers over there to lock the place down 281 00:12:37,548 --> 00:12:39,908 until we could talk to her. But we don't have a lot of time. 282 00:12:40,969 --> 00:12:44,055 Williams has given us until nightfall to get her out. 283 00:12:44,138 --> 00:12:46,033 Otherwise, they're gonna throw her out on the street. 284 00:12:46,057 --> 00:12:47,057 Let's go. 285 00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:51,104 Drink you some agua. 286 00:12:51,312 --> 00:12:52,939 - Thank you. Here. - Uh-huh. 287 00:12:57,860 --> 00:12:59,946 [groans] Some good stuff. 288 00:13:00,947 --> 00:13:03,157 Yeah, it's really what helps keep my powers in check. 289 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:05,868 Medicinal, as the old folks like to say. 290 00:13:06,077 --> 00:13:07,370 [chuckles] 291 00:13:07,704 --> 00:13:10,707 Okay. So, how did you get your powers? 292 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:15,336 Um, I went to a party, 293 00:13:15,420 --> 00:13:17,338 and some guy slipped Green Light in my drink. 294 00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:20,341 Damn. That's messed up. 295 00:13:20,591 --> 00:13:21,634 It is what it is. 296 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:23,803 How about you? 297 00:13:27,223 --> 00:13:29,434 You remember when I told you Dr. Jace killed my mom? 298 00:13:32,228 --> 00:13:33,980 Well, what I didn't tell you was 299 00:13:34,063 --> 00:13:36,065 that Dr. Jace was experimenting on her 300 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:37,389 while she was pregnant with me. 301 00:13:38,609 --> 00:13:41,237 One of Jace's assistants felt bad and helped her escape, 302 00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:43,072 but the damage had already been done. 303 00:13:44,991 --> 00:13:47,493 I watched my mother slowly break down and die. 304 00:13:49,078 --> 00:13:50,997 She passed two days before my tenth birthday. 305 00:13:53,124 --> 00:13:54,625 I'm really sorry, Brandon. 306 00:13:55,918 --> 00:13:58,171 It's cool. You didn't know. 307 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:02,550 After that, they threw me in foster care. 308 00:14:04,469 --> 00:14:07,597 But it was something Jace did in those experiments 309 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:09,849 that, like, helped me with my powers. 310 00:14:10,224 --> 00:14:12,602 So, as soon as I found out that I could make diamonds, 311 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:15,772 I ran away. [Chuckles] 312 00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:17,815 I've been looking for Dr. Jace ever since. 313 00:14:19,233 --> 00:14:21,152 And now you've come to Freeland to kill her? 314 00:14:24,697 --> 00:14:26,491 Probably sound like a terrible person, huh? 315 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:30,703 No. No, actually, I get it. 316 00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:34,123 You do? 317 00:14:35,166 --> 00:14:36,166 Yeah. 318 00:14:37,126 --> 00:14:38,628 Look, when Khalil was murdered, 319 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:41,047 all I could think about was revenge. 320 00:14:42,048 --> 00:14:44,050 I wanted to kill the person who did that to him. 321 00:14:44,967 --> 00:14:46,677 Make them suffer the way he suffered, 322 00:14:46,761 --> 00:14:48,012 and to be honest, 323 00:14:49,055 --> 00:14:50,056 I still do. 324 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:54,060 Wow. 325 00:14:57,939 --> 00:15:00,220 You know, I haven't forgotten about helping you find Jace. 326 00:15:02,110 --> 00:15:03,110 Don't worry about it. 327 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,406 I don't think there is anything you can do, anyway. 328 00:15:06,531 --> 00:15:08,991 [chuckles] Yeah, you're probably right. 329 00:15:10,618 --> 00:15:13,037 I guess I shouldn't tell you her last known whereabouts then. 330 00:15:15,373 --> 00:15:18,668 [overlapping chatter] 331 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:22,398 - [officer] Nothing's changed. - [Commander Williams] Unlock the door. 332 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:23,774 - Let's go. - I can't let you do that, sir. 333 00:15:23,798 --> 00:15:26,068 Fine. You don't want to unlock the door, we'll break it down. 334 00:15:26,092 --> 00:15:27,277 - Wait, wait, wait. - Battering ram. 335 00:15:27,301 --> 00:15:28,904 - Stat. - Wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait. 336 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:29,928 Wait, wait, wait. 337 00:15:30,513 --> 00:15:31,514 Stop! 338 00:15:31,764 --> 00:15:33,057 Why is this building locked? 339 00:15:33,266 --> 00:15:35,852 I told you to have that woman out of there by sundown. 340 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:38,896 Just give us ten minutes to talk to her. That's all, ten minutes. 341 00:15:38,980 --> 00:15:41,107 - You have five. - You can't do this. 342 00:15:41,524 --> 00:15:43,404 You can't just evict people out of their houses. 343 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:45,903 Sacrifices must be made during war. 344 00:15:46,112 --> 00:15:49,824 These people are serving their country, and it is about time. 345 00:15:49,907 --> 00:15:50,908 This isn't a war! 346 00:15:51,242 --> 00:15:52,452 It's an occupation. 347 00:15:52,535 --> 00:15:54,454 And the people are getting sick and tired, 348 00:15:54,954 --> 00:15:56,122 and they're gonna rise up. 349 00:15:57,498 --> 00:15:58,791 I'd like to see them try... 350 00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:01,210 meta. 351 00:16:01,294 --> 00:16:02,336 Open the door. 352 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:04,964 You have five minutes. 353 00:16:17,935 --> 00:16:19,812 [knocking at door] 354 00:16:19,896 --> 00:16:20,897 [Jefferson] Knock, knock. 355 00:16:28,196 --> 00:16:29,238 Who's there? 356 00:16:29,697 --> 00:16:31,991 Mrs. Shepard, it's Jefferson Pierce. 357 00:16:35,745 --> 00:16:38,164 - Jefferson Pierce. - [both laughing] 358 00:16:38,247 --> 00:16:40,082 Give me some sugar, baby. 359 00:16:41,125 --> 00:16:43,002 [exclaiming excitedly] 360 00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:45,004 - Come on in. - Okay. 361 00:16:45,755 --> 00:16:47,173 It's good to see you, Mrs. Shepard. 362 00:16:49,091 --> 00:16:50,927 This place hasn't changed a bit. 363 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:53,846 Okay, I see you're still selling this here. 364 00:16:54,639 --> 00:16:57,016 What? On a teacher's salary? 365 00:16:57,099 --> 00:16:59,185 Gotta earn a living somehow. 366 00:16:59,268 --> 00:17:00,268 Right. 367 00:17:00,603 --> 00:17:04,106 Hey, you remember when I hit my ball through your window 368 00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,275 and broke one of your plants? 369 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,071 Lucky. I should've kicked your little ass. 370 00:17:11,906 --> 00:17:12,907 Yeah, okay. 371 00:17:13,282 --> 00:17:15,409 [helicopter whirring] 372 00:17:15,952 --> 00:17:19,705 Look, Mrs. Shepard... Uh, uh... 373 00:17:20,248 --> 00:17:22,625 I've lived here for 45 years. 374 00:17:24,126 --> 00:17:25,253 This is my home. 375 00:17:25,586 --> 00:17:27,171 I'm not going anywhere. 376 00:17:27,255 --> 00:17:29,674 I understand that, but it's just an apartment. 377 00:17:29,757 --> 00:17:30,841 It's not worth it. 378 00:17:31,634 --> 00:17:33,344 You disappoint me, Jefferson. 379 00:17:33,678 --> 00:17:37,223 You know better than anyone what this means, 380 00:17:37,682 --> 00:17:39,850 what this place means. 381 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:43,354 Look. Come. 382 00:17:47,108 --> 00:17:48,901 You see that street down there? 383 00:17:48,985 --> 00:17:51,487 That's where we had the sit-in to get the right 384 00:17:51,571 --> 00:17:53,823 for colored folks to live here. 385 00:17:59,370 --> 00:18:01,497 You see that old hickory tree, 386 00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:03,749 the one you used to love to play under? 387 00:18:05,501 --> 00:18:09,213 That's where I met Obama when he came to Freeland. 388 00:18:11,507 --> 00:18:12,925 He was so tall. 389 00:18:24,478 --> 00:18:26,647 This is more than just an apartment. 390 00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:30,526 This is... part of me. 391 00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:32,820 Part of our people. 392 00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:34,655 Have you forgotten that? 393 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:38,367 No. No. 394 00:18:40,578 --> 00:18:41,954 They're gonna throw you out. 395 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:46,791 They'll hurt you. 396 00:18:48,377 --> 00:18:50,671 Mrs. Shepard, please. This is not a wise decision. 397 00:18:52,923 --> 00:18:54,675 I know that they hurt you. 398 00:18:57,136 --> 00:18:58,346 I saw the video. 399 00:18:59,221 --> 00:19:01,140 You chose not to fight back. 400 00:19:03,017 --> 00:19:04,518 This is my decision. 401 00:19:05,353 --> 00:19:07,813 - I'm staying. - Lhearyou, ldo. 402 00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:08,898 But I just... 403 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:11,359 Things don't always happen the way you want them to. 404 00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:15,446 Sometimes, you just have to do what you know is right. 405 00:19:16,072 --> 00:19:19,075 And trust that you're in God's hands. 406 00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:29,585 Good-bye, Mrs. Shepard. 407 00:19:55,986 --> 00:19:57,446 [cellphone buzzing] 408 00:19:57,530 --> 00:19:59,532 - Yeah. Any luck? - No. 409 00:20:00,366 --> 00:20:01,659 You need to rally your troops. 410 00:20:02,910 --> 00:20:04,078 We're making our stand. 411 00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:06,223 What do you mean, making our stand? What're you talking about? 412 00:20:06,247 --> 00:20:07,998 - [line disconnects] - What... Hello? Hello? 413 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:10,751 Time's up. We're going in. 414 00:20:11,127 --> 00:20:12,128 Hey, wait. Hold on. 415 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:14,046 Get that damn battering ram up there now. 416 00:20:14,505 --> 00:20:15,505 Get back! 417 00:20:16,841 --> 00:20:17,841 What's going on? 418 00:20:18,008 --> 00:20:19,260 There's somebody else in there. 419 00:20:24,348 --> 00:20:25,450 [officer] On the count of three! 420 00:20:25,474 --> 00:20:26,851 One... Two... 421 00:20:28,018 --> 00:20:30,062 [all screaming] 422 00:20:42,324 --> 00:20:43,492 [screams] 423 00:21:00,509 --> 00:21:01,509 Good news. 424 00:21:01,844 --> 00:21:02,844 I may have footage. 425 00:21:03,053 --> 00:21:04,054 Any luck with the signal? 426 00:21:04,221 --> 00:21:06,098 Maybe, but it's gonna be a long shot. 427 00:21:06,724 --> 00:21:09,685 You see, the only thing capable of generating a signal that strong 428 00:21:10,019 --> 00:21:11,145 is a radio tower. 429 00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:14,190 The ASA controls all the towers currently in operation. 430 00:21:14,565 --> 00:21:17,568 But I found an old abandoned facility 431 00:21:17,860 --> 00:21:18,860 in Baker Hills. 432 00:21:19,069 --> 00:21:20,389 All right, cool. I'll go with you. 433 00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:21,631 [police woman on radio] All units, be advised... 434 00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:23,657 10-33 in progress at the corner of 8th and Lewis, 435 00:21:23,741 --> 00:21:25,367 Franklin Terrace Apartments. 436 00:21:25,451 --> 00:21:26,845 The fugitive known as Black Lightning 437 00:21:26,869 --> 00:21:29,580 is preventing ASA forces from entering the building. 438 00:21:29,663 --> 00:21:31,383 Subject is considered armed and dangerous... 439 00:21:31,415 --> 00:21:33,083 You go. I'll handle the tower. 440 00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:35,836 Wait, Anissa. 441 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:37,241 Aren't you forgetting something? 442 00:21:41,050 --> 00:21:43,130 I think Thunder would go better with Black Lightning. 443 00:21:44,595 --> 00:21:45,638 Don't you? 444 00:22:00,736 --> 00:22:02,416 [officer on radio] Alpha Four. Do you copy? 445 00:22:02,863 --> 00:22:03,864 COPY- 446 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:05,560 [officer on radio] Got the flank? 447 00:22:14,792 --> 00:22:16,627 Affirmative. Alpha Four in position. 448 00:22:17,628 --> 00:22:18,948 [officer on radio] On my signal... 449 00:22:21,507 --> 00:22:23,843 Sir, we really doing this? 450 00:22:24,552 --> 00:22:26,792 I mean, the old lady just wants to stay in her apartment. 451 00:22:30,891 --> 00:22:32,101 Orders are orders. 452 00:22:32,351 --> 00:22:33,671 [officer on radio] Engage target! 453 00:22:59,169 --> 00:23:01,422 [all screaming] 454 00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:05,801 [Commander Williams] Get back! Fall back! Fall back! 455 00:23:06,176 --> 00:23:07,303 Fall back! 456 00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:16,395 Took you long enough. 457 00:23:16,478 --> 00:23:17,478 Sorry for the delay. 458 00:23:18,772 --> 00:23:20,357 I had to pick up some friends. 459 00:23:26,030 --> 00:23:27,670 [Commander Williams] You out of your mind? 460 00:23:28,032 --> 00:23:29,658 Stand down! That's an order. 461 00:23:29,992 --> 00:23:31,535 I'm done taking orders from you. 462 00:23:35,581 --> 00:23:38,083 All right. Let's secure the building, no one goes in or out. 463 00:23:38,751 --> 00:23:40,336 Henderson, check on Mrs. Shepard, 464 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:41,545 make sure she's all right. 465 00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:51,347 This meta... 466 00:23:52,348 --> 00:23:55,142 just kicked your ass, bruh. 467 00:24:42,106 --> 00:24:43,107 Hello? 468 00:24:44,358 --> 00:24:45,401 Anyone there? 469 00:24:47,444 --> 00:24:48,445 Hello? 470 00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:54,201 [gun clicks] 471 00:24:54,284 --> 00:24:55,285 Show yourself! 472 00:25:12,469 --> 00:25:13,512 Baron? 473 00:25:16,682 --> 00:25:17,808 How do you know my name? 474 00:25:19,143 --> 00:25:20,978 I used to work with Dr. Lynn Stewart. 475 00:25:21,770 --> 00:25:23,063 You're one of the pod kids. 476 00:25:23,981 --> 00:25:25,190 Oh, so you're ASA. 477 00:25:26,608 --> 00:25:27,651 Then get comfortable. 478 00:25:28,277 --> 00:25:29,319 You're gonna rot in there. 479 00:25:29,862 --> 00:25:30,862 Wait! 480 00:25:31,405 --> 00:25:33,907 Hold on. Baron, I'm not ASA. 481 00:25:34,658 --> 00:25:36,258 In fact, I'm trying to get a message out, 482 00:25:36,326 --> 00:25:39,204 so people will know what the ASA is doing here and send help. 483 00:25:39,496 --> 00:25:41,498 Hey, here. Look, look. 484 00:25:50,299 --> 00:25:52,342 I'm trying to connect to the old antennae. 485 00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:55,721 If I was ASA, I'd just use their system, right? 486 00:25:57,181 --> 00:25:58,348 Baron, please. 487 00:25:59,349 --> 00:26:00,601 We're on the same side. 488 00:26:01,185 --> 00:26:02,185 I promise. 489 00:26:05,272 --> 00:26:06,592 You really think people will help? 490 00:26:07,191 --> 00:26:08,192 I don't know. 491 00:26:09,026 --> 00:26:10,086 But if we don't do something, 492 00:26:10,110 --> 00:26:12,750 there's no telling how many more kids the ASA will stick into pods. 493 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:02,454 [beeping] 494 00:27:28,772 --> 00:27:29,773 Dr. Stewart... 495 00:27:30,357 --> 00:27:31,483 Thought you'd be back. 496 00:27:31,567 --> 00:27:33,569 Finally come to your senses about the ASA? 497 00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:35,404 Yes, and you're gonna help me 498 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:36,881 find a workaround, so they can't force 499 00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:38,031 the metas to be weapons. 500 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:39,533 "Am |'.> 'Yes!" 501 00:27:39,616 --> 00:27:40,868 You said so yourself. 502 00:27:41,243 --> 00:27:43,036 You've been working with the ASA for decades, 503 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:44,538 no one knows them better than you. 504 00:27:44,621 --> 00:27:46,039 There must be a way to stop them. 505 00:27:46,290 --> 00:27:48,208 There is one way, but you're not gonna like it. 506 00:27:48,542 --> 00:27:49,543 What is it? 507 00:27:52,045 --> 00:27:53,045 You can break me out. 508 00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:55,465 Why in the world would I do that? 509 00:27:55,549 --> 00:27:58,260 You need my antibodies to stabilize the metas, don't you? 510 00:27:58,552 --> 00:27:59,970 If the metas aren't stabilized, 511 00:28:00,053 --> 00:28:01,555 then the ASA can't weaponize them. 512 00:28:01,847 --> 00:28:03,557 So, you see, Dr. Stewart, 513 00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:05,267 I'm your golden goose. 514 00:28:05,434 --> 00:28:07,394 - I don't have access. - You don't need access. 515 00:28:07,477 --> 00:28:09,289 The security, you wouldn't be able to get through. 516 00:28:09,313 --> 00:28:11,356 Everything you need is on that roster you gave me. 517 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,567 I can't get out of here with just my strength, 518 00:28:14,318 --> 00:28:17,070 but with camouflage, now that's a different story. 519 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:20,574 You're talking about Maryam. 520 00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:23,994 She can only camouflage herself. 521 00:28:24,077 --> 00:28:25,078 Exactly. 522 00:28:25,162 --> 00:28:27,247 That's why you're gonna give me her powers. 523 00:28:27,873 --> 00:28:29,708 I know you've been doing gene editing. 524 00:28:30,083 --> 00:28:32,294 There has to be a way to isolate her genes 525 00:28:32,753 --> 00:28:34,421 and splice them into my DNA. 526 00:28:44,431 --> 00:28:45,849 Jace isn't in Freeland? 527 00:28:51,647 --> 00:28:53,857 She got snatched by the Markovians. 528 00:28:57,527 --> 00:28:58,820 [sighs] 529 00:29:07,996 --> 00:29:09,581 I came all this way, 530 00:29:12,292 --> 00:29:13,418 and she's not even here. 531 00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:18,632 [rattling] 532 00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:19,758 Brandon. 533 00:29:19,841 --> 00:29:21,927 I'm stuck inside the perimeter with no way out. 534 00:29:23,845 --> 00:29:25,472 Brandon. Calm down. 535 00:29:26,139 --> 00:29:27,139 Brandon. 536 00:29:27,474 --> 00:29:28,308 Brandon. 537 00:29:28,392 --> 00:29:30,060 Brandon! Brandon! Oh, my God! 538 00:29:30,477 --> 00:29:31,645 Brandon, stop! 539 00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:33,020 Brandon! 540 00:29:33,188 --> 00:29:34,940 - No way out! - Oh, God. 541 00:29:36,149 --> 00:29:37,901 Brandon. You're scaring me. Stop. 542 00:29:39,236 --> 00:29:40,654 Brandon, calm down. 543 00:29:41,655 --> 00:29:43,991 [breathing heavily] 544 00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:45,492 Brandon! 545 00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:47,828 Brandon! Brandon! 546 00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:56,169 Brandon. Brandon, get up. 547 00:29:57,546 --> 00:29:58,546 What happened? 548 00:29:58,755 --> 00:29:59,881 Oh, God. 549 00:30:00,257 --> 00:30:01,425 You had a power flare. 550 00:30:03,176 --> 00:30:04,176 A power what? 551 00:30:05,095 --> 00:30:06,388 A power flare, Brandon. 552 00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:09,766 It's... Our powers are connected to our emotions. 553 00:30:10,434 --> 00:30:11,560 So, when you get upset, 554 00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:14,354 it gets really hard to control them. 555 00:30:15,605 --> 00:30:16,606 Oh, my God. 556 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:18,650 You Okay? 557 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:21,820 I'm fine. I'm just happy you are all right. 558 00:30:24,114 --> 00:30:26,867 Honestly, this kind of thing happens to me all the time. 559 00:30:26,992 --> 00:30:27,992 So... 560 00:30:28,118 --> 00:30:29,958 To watch it happen to you makes me feel like... 561 00:30:31,455 --> 00:30:32,622 a little less of a freak. 562 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:36,293 Oh, you're still a freak. 563 00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:38,795 Now we're just two freaks together. 564 00:30:38,879 --> 00:30:40,589 [both chuckle] 565 00:30:41,298 --> 00:30:42,799 So, Baron, tell me... 566 00:30:44,801 --> 00:30:47,041 what's a young man like you doing up here all by himself? 567 00:30:48,347 --> 00:30:49,473 It's my powers. 568 00:30:50,390 --> 00:30:52,225 I don't know how to describe them. I can... 569 00:30:53,226 --> 00:30:54,644 I can talk to computers, 570 00:30:56,772 --> 00:30:57,772 machines. 571 00:31:00,484 --> 00:31:01,526 I can feel them... 572 00:31:03,111 --> 00:31:04,321 hear their voices. 573 00:31:05,072 --> 00:31:06,448 So, you're a technopath. 574 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:10,160 It started after I took that vaccine. 575 00:31:11,828 --> 00:31:13,080 That was 30 years ago. 576 00:31:13,789 --> 00:31:15,540 But when I came out of the pod, 577 00:31:15,624 --> 00:31:16,958 things had changed. 578 00:31:18,335 --> 00:31:19,920 All of these smart devices, 579 00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:22,172 they never, ever, ever stop talking. 580 00:31:23,507 --> 00:31:24,674 The noise was deafening. 581 00:31:25,509 --> 00:31:27,177 So, I came up here away from it all. 582 00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:29,429 So much had happened. 583 00:31:30,097 --> 00:31:33,100 I couldn't relate to anyone, so I stayed in this tower 584 00:31:33,183 --> 00:31:34,434 with my machines. 585 00:31:36,353 --> 00:31:38,021 They're the only ones that understand me. 586 00:31:39,523 --> 00:31:41,233 ASA called me a technocrat. 587 00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:44,569 Only thing I don't mind about them. 588 00:31:46,863 --> 00:31:48,031 I 90 by TC. 589 00:31:49,950 --> 00:31:52,244 Okay, TC it is then. 590 00:31:58,250 --> 00:31:59,250 What're you doing? 591 00:31:59,876 --> 00:32:01,145 They don't like it when you do that. 592 00:32:01,169 --> 00:32:02,170 You're hurting it. 593 00:32:02,546 --> 00:32:03,546 Here. 594 00:32:18,395 --> 00:32:20,522 All right. Now, you take this floor. 595 00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:22,858 Remember, watch the windows. 596 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:24,067 Come on, come on. 597 00:32:24,901 --> 00:32:26,069 Go, go. 598 00:32:31,533 --> 00:32:33,285 Hmm. 599 00:32:33,368 --> 00:32:35,078 You remember me? 600 00:32:35,704 --> 00:32:38,373 You killed my friend, you son of a bitch. 601 00:32:38,832 --> 00:32:39,875 You again. 602 00:32:41,126 --> 00:32:42,126 Cute suit. 603 00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:44,129 [grunts] 604 00:32:44,337 --> 00:32:46,047 ["Ki||a Shit Funk" playing] 605 00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:47,650 Sub track on the sub track I 'ma sub you. 606 00:32:47,674 --> 00:32:49,342 Subs in my ring deep When I pull through. 607 00:32:49,426 --> 00:32:51,011 Sub wet when I make drip. 608 00:32:51,261 --> 00:32:53,555 Angel I drop on, I was up too Y'all sister at? 609 00:32:53,638 --> 00:32:54,890 Y'all ain't really nothing knew 610 00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:56,683 I'm into that Kick clap in the boom. 611 00:32:56,766 --> 00:32:58,768 Now bitches whack Step back, any room. 612 00:32:58,894 --> 00:33:02,814 Sub, got 'em subhuman Sub in your subconscious. 613 00:33:02,898 --> 00:33:06,318 Sub hot, sub lava Sub hot, sub obnoxious 614 00:33:06,401 --> 00:33:10,447 I get even, begin my artist Not a novice, not my not obnoxious. 615 00:33:10,530 --> 00:33:12,199 Y'all just sub Substitute with your shit. 616 00:33:12,282 --> 00:33:13,950 My shit raw shit That make you all shit 617 00:33:14,201 --> 00:33:17,746 I said it all, I said it all I'm pretty sure you did it though. 618 00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:21,374 Deep in the sub I'm sending you Sub, sub, sub, subliminal 619 00:33:21,458 --> 00:33:26,004 808 bump Killer shit funk. 620 00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:29,591 Popping them trunks Shit is like drugs 621 00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:33,678 808 bump Killer shit funk. 622 00:33:33,762 --> 00:33:37,557 Popping them trunks Shit is like drugs. 623 00:33:37,641 --> 00:33:41,603 My sub sub zero My sub got substance. 624 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:42,853 Come on. 625 00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:48,777 I get even, begin my artist Not a novice, not my not obnoxious 626 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:52,447 I said it all, I said it all I'm pretty sure you did it though. 627 00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:56,034 Deep in the sub I'm sending you Sub, sub, sub, subliminal 628 00:33:57,327 --> 00:33:58,328 Khalil? 629 00:33:58,662 --> 00:34:01,414 [grunting] 630 00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:11,188 [officer on radio] Sir, the asset is down. 631 00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:12,676 What? How? 632 00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:15,420 [officer on radio] Not sure. We're scanning his vitals. 633 00:34:15,512 --> 00:34:16,596 It will take some time... 634 00:34:17,347 --> 00:34:18,473 To hell with this. 635 00:34:20,809 --> 00:34:21,809 Sir... 636 00:34:23,103 --> 00:34:24,145 This ends now. 637 00:34:33,780 --> 00:34:35,115 Okay, we're almost ready. 638 00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:37,074 [Thunder] Hey, I'm here. 639 00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:39,119 It's okay, she's a friend. 640 00:34:40,245 --> 00:34:41,121 Did you get it? 641 00:34:41,204 --> 00:34:42,205 Everything is on here. 642 00:34:42,372 --> 00:34:43,582 Great. Thunder, 643 00:34:43,957 --> 00:34:46,143 this is TC. He's been helping me get the signal up and running. 644 00:34:46,167 --> 00:34:47,043 I'll fill you in later. 645 00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:48,807 Right now, we have to get this message out. 646 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:51,190 [Baron] All right, we're all set. 647 00:34:51,214 --> 00:34:53,466 Okay. Now, as soon as we start broadcasting, 648 00:34:53,550 --> 00:34:55,677 the ASA is going to be able to lock on to our signal. 649 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,960 So, even though I'm bouncing it off of the other towers, 650 00:34:58,513 --> 00:34:59,556 we don't have much time. 651 00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:01,182 - Ready? - Ready. 652 00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:02,434 All right. 653 00:35:04,102 --> 00:35:05,395 This is Jamillah Olsen. 654 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:07,355 Here's what you need to know. 655 00:35:08,231 --> 00:35:10,191 There's no SARS outbreak in Freeland. 656 00:35:10,609 --> 00:35:12,027 Government experiments 657 00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:14,154 have turned residents into meta-humans. 658 00:35:14,446 --> 00:35:17,574 And the ASA has rounded up any suspected metas 659 00:35:17,657 --> 00:35:19,701 and put them in a detainment facility. 660 00:35:20,201 --> 00:35:22,078 Please share these images, 661 00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:23,538 call your representatives. 662 00:35:23,622 --> 00:35:24,622 [computer beeps] 663 00:35:24,831 --> 00:35:25,832 [Thunder] What? 664 00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:28,835 VVaH, no, no, no. No, no, no What happened? Why'd it stop? 665 00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:30,730 The signal's jammed, there's a second firewall. 666 00:35:30,754 --> 00:35:32,297 Move, move, move, move. 667 00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:36,176 [Gambi] You better hurry. They're about to get a lock on us. 668 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:37,968 [Baron] Almost there. 669 00:35:38,595 --> 00:35:40,156 There's no time, We're gonna have to abort. 670 00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:41,640 Wait, got it. 671 00:35:42,932 --> 00:35:46,269 - This is Jamillah... - Oh, my God. 672 00:35:46,353 --> 00:35:48,897 Sorry. We were so close. 673 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:51,816 [computer beeps] 674 00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:53,777 Wait, wait, wait. Look. Wait, look. 675 00:35:55,278 --> 00:35:57,280 - It went through. - Look, it went through. 676 00:35:58,031 --> 00:35:59,949 It went through. It went through. 677 00:36:00,033 --> 00:36:01,302 - Yes, it went through. - [all laughing] 678 00:36:01,326 --> 00:36:04,287 All right. It went through. 679 00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:05,746 Good job. 680 00:36:05,872 --> 00:36:07,123 Good job, Thunder. 681 00:36:07,874 --> 00:36:09,084 Oh, my God. 682 00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:10,585 Wow! 683 00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:43,952 [computer beeping] 684 00:36:57,674 --> 00:36:59,718 [alarms blaring] 685 00:37:02,721 --> 00:37:05,098 [cellphone beeping] 686 00:37:06,891 --> 00:37:08,059 - Gambi. - Lynn. 687 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:09,412 They're trying to lock you in. 688 00:37:09,436 --> 00:37:10,756 You have to get out of there, now. 689 00:37:11,271 --> 00:37:12,522 The Pit! Step on it! 690 00:37:13,106 --> 00:37:14,786 Wait, I'll just talk to Commander Williams. 691 00:37:14,858 --> 00:37:15,734 You can't. 692 00:37:15,817 --> 00:37:17,694 Black Lightning just joined the Resistance. 693 00:37:17,777 --> 00:37:19,988 The deal with the Pierce family is officially off. 694 00:37:20,697 --> 00:37:22,258 If they can't throw Jefferson in The Pit, 695 00:37:22,282 --> 00:37:23,992 the ASA will just keep you there. 696 00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:25,535 Use you as a bargaining chip. 697 00:37:25,952 --> 00:37:26,995 Damn it, Jeff! 698 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:28,830 You have to go. I'll guide you. 699 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:31,249 Okay, wait, wait. I need to get the cure. 700 00:37:53,438 --> 00:37:54,438 Ready. 701 00:37:54,606 --> 00:37:56,900 All right, there's a room across the hall. Go! 702 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,660 Good. Now, go down the hallway and stay low. 703 00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:15,543 Someone's coming. Quick, take cover. 704 00:38:22,175 --> 00:38:23,718 All right, it's all clear. Keep going. 705 00:38:27,514 --> 00:38:29,057 Almost there. Take the next hallway, 706 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:30,820 and then there's an elevator on your right. 707 00:38:31,518 --> 00:38:33,061 Wait! Go left, into the office. 708 00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:35,814 Hold your position, 709 00:38:35,897 --> 00:38:37,657 and get ready to make a run for the elevator. 710 00:38:40,485 --> 00:38:42,320 Wait, Lynn, I said hold your position. 711 00:38:43,947 --> 00:38:45,657 Wait! Stop her! 712 00:38:49,994 --> 00:38:51,246 She has access. 713 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:53,456 It was rescinded. Go! 714 00:38:58,044 --> 00:39:00,046 [officer] Hey, stop that elevator immediately. 715 00:39:02,549 --> 00:39:03,967 [sighs] 716 00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:06,719 [Gambi] Come on, quickly. Get in. 717 00:39:06,803 --> 00:39:08,513 - No! My bag! - Leave it, leave it. 718 00:39:08,596 --> 00:39:10,825 - Gambi, I need my bag! Get my bag! - There's no time. No! 719 00:39:10,849 --> 00:39:12,016 - My bag! - Drive! 720 00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:14,102 Oh, damn it. 721 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:15,603 I need my bag. 722 00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:16,729 You'll be all right. 723 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:21,150 [crackling] 724 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:25,488 This is nice. 725 00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:35,957 This is your final warning. 726 00:39:37,542 --> 00:39:39,127 Step down, meta-freak. 727 00:39:41,212 --> 00:39:43,506 This building belongs to the people of Freeland. 728 00:39:44,591 --> 00:39:45,633 We ain't leaving. 729 00:39:45,884 --> 00:39:46,884 Fine. 730 00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:49,095 Then just die. 731 00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:54,893 You don't wanna dance with me. 732 00:39:56,311 --> 00:39:57,729 I have your powers 733 00:39:58,229 --> 00:40:00,899 and the finest tactical training on Earth. 734 00:40:01,357 --> 00:40:02,357 Yeah, right. 735 00:40:03,151 --> 00:40:04,193 The thing is, 736 00:40:04,777 --> 00:40:08,239 you've got a lot of electricity coursing through your nervous system right now. 737 00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:12,327 I've got this suit to protect me. You don't, meta. 738 00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:13,703 I see your point. 739 00:40:16,456 --> 00:40:19,959 [people cheering] 740 00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:46,194 Thank you, Black Lightning, 741 00:40:47,904 --> 00:40:49,155 for saving our home. 742 00:40:50,114 --> 00:40:51,115 My pleasure, ma'am. 743 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:53,493 Now, if you'd excuse me, 744 00:40:53,576 --> 00:40:56,913 I think I'm gonna go check on my plants. 745 00:40:57,205 --> 00:40:59,874 There's been so much going on that... 746 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:02,085 I hope they're okay. 747 00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:04,628 Thank you. 748 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:09,801 Same old Mrs. Shepard. 749 00:41:12,220 --> 00:41:13,888 Hey, thanks for your help back there. 750 00:41:15,098 --> 00:41:16,808 Now, those are methods I can get behind. 751 00:41:18,935 --> 00:41:22,313 Welcome to the Resistance, Black Lightning. 752 00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:26,442 We took back the building. 753 00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:29,278 Now, let's take back our city. 754 00:41:29,362 --> 00:41:32,073 [people cheering] 755 00:41:39,872 --> 00:41:42,625 [closing theme music playing]