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Previously on
Black Lightning...

Don't make me rip that mask off
your face. You say it.

After all these years,
huh, man?

According to
Reverend Jeremiah Holt,

his church's Rebecca Lee
Crumpler Free Clinic

is in danger of shutting down.

The clinic
is running out of time.

If I don't help, then I'll just be wasting
the gifts that God gave me.

That's what your father
always used to say.

God bless you, sister.

I'm gonna set up a meeting

so that you can convince
Dr. Jace to come on board.

I'd like to include you in a team working
to save the children.

- The pod kids.
- Yes.

Now, the purpose
of Black Lightning

was to kill Tobias,
who killed my father.

I wanted you to hear it from me.

We caught Tobias.

She needs help.

She needs
a therapist to talk to.

Can I help you?

My name is Perenna.

Where the hell are we?

A place inside you that will
eventually allow you to control your powers.

Before you can stuff
your feelings into anything,

we need to know
what those feelings are.

What do you guys think?

- Baby, you look beautiful.
- Thank you, Mom.

Gorgeous.

All right, come on.
Come on. Get together.

Yeah. Yeah, right.

Got to love pictures.

Oh, come on, Dad.
You are old school.

Hey. Not all cameras
are used for selfies now.

- You really do look beautiful.
- Thanks.

Really, J?

This dude?

J, we need to talk.

I can't stop it!

You can. You are the storm,
so you can control the storm.

Don't fear it. Own it.
Pull the energy back into you.

Take a minute, and know
that you are this power.

Now...

put it in the box.

Hey, hang in there.
I'm right here.

I can't. I tried.

- I tried. I...
- I know.

But you're making progress.

Who is this Khalil?

♪♪ Last night I saw a superhero
He was black ♪♪

♪♪ He said "This is for the street
Black Lightning's back" ♪♪

I've been in here two days
and haven't changed or nothin'.

How is it
you never seem to age?

Well, a vegan lifestyle

mixed with a little yoga
really does work.

I keep saying black folks
got to get off of that

fried chicken and watermelon
Kool-Aid diet.

Plus, I do my best
to stay out of the sun.

I'mma ask you a few questions.

I know you gonna lie to me,

but do you happen to know

your whereabouts
last Thursday night?

I'm pretty sure
that's domino night.

Have you seen
Marsellus White recently?

Man, now you digging
in the crates.

It's been years.

How's that brother doing?

Great. Up until the moment
somebody snapped his neck.

Damn.

All this violence
in Freeland...

- is disturbing.
- Mm-hmm.

Conveniently, all this
happened the very same week

that the DNA evidence
in Alvin Pierce's murder

went missing
from our evidence room

and one of my cops
who had access

to that evidence room
got himself set on fire.

My condolences.

I'm sure his kids
will be happy

to know that you're concerned.

You forgot something,
you translucent freak.

You are not going to get away
with this.

Deputy Chief Henderson.

"Translucent."

That's a very interesting
choice of words.

It means
you can see right through me.

And if you can see
right through me,

then you know
what I'm thinking.

He orchestrated
this whole thing.

He killed
his former lieutenant,

he got rid
of our DNA evidence,

got himself arrested

knowing we would
have to let him go,

all while rehabilitating
his reputation with one stroke.

Well, the judge
will call that a theory.

I need hard evidence
of something.

Murder, obstruction,

conspiracy
to commit obstruction.

Without that, we're gonna
have to let him walk.

You got about 48 hours,
if that.

As always, Ms. Montez,

you're a regular ray
of sunshine.

She gave that money
to Reverend Holt?

Yes.

Who'd she steal it from?

Mobsters from some
break-away republic.

They were laundering money

for that redevelopment
project downtown.

And you knew about this?

I did.

But you didn't
come to me first?

If I'd done that, I would have
lost Anissa's trust.

I don't care about that.

I do. Listen, Jeff,
Tobias is still out there,

and he's got the briefcase.

And some faction of the ASA

is almost certainly
still hunting metas,

which means that
you and the girls

continue to be in danger.

If I had let Anissa
go out there

by herself that night,
she might be dead right now.

And I wasn't about
to let that happen.

I told her I was going
to tell you after the fact.

I have.

What you do now is up to you.

Not only
was it illegal,

but you could've been hurt.

Bullets literally
bounce off of me.

Only if you're ready for 'em.

And you think you saved
the clinic with that money?

No, you just made it a target.

Dad, Freeland is already a target.

This is way bigger
than a clinic.

They have a reason
for buying all this property.

And whatever that reason is,

it means way worse things

than the clinic
being a target.

Yes, because
they're not just

gangbangers on a corner,
Anissa.

These are
professional criminals.

Aren't we supposed
to be helping people?

We are helping people.

But unlike criminals,

we have rules
that we need to follow.

- Rules made by who?
- Rules made by me.

Guess what? I have
a different set of rules.

Because I'm not gonna
watch my people

get taken advantage of.

They are not
your people, Anissa.

And as long as
you're under my roof,

you will follow my rules.

Wow.

Okay. So you're going there?

No, we're not going there.
We're already there.

Okay.

If you're gonna use this house
to try and tell me what to do,

I'll make it easy for you.

I'll be out of here
by morning.

So you leaving
the rest for me, or what?

Oh, come on, Jen.
Would you stop that?

Or you gonna
get me crying, too.

Come here.

Look, I'm not dying, okay?
I'll still be around.

I just cannot have
Dad thinking

he can control me.

You act like he doesn't do
the same thing to me.

You're 16. Your fast ass

could use
a bit of controlling.

Oh, I'm fast?
What are you, then?

Grown. And what I do
is my own damn business.

Anissa...

I know I'm doing a lot,
but I don't know

how I'm gonna get though
all this stuff without you.

Really. I can't talk to Mom.
I can't talk to Dad.

Listen.

You know
I'm always here for you,

right?

Give me that.

Khalil? Have you lost
your damn mind? He killed Dad.

Anissa, he killed
Black Lightning.

Oh, so now you're
sticking up for him?

When did he start texting you?

A while ago. But I never
hit him back. I swear.

Not once. I swear.

Yo, you've gotta
shut this down.

Now, I know
y'all used to be tight,

but he is not who he was.

You don't think I know that?
I know.

Jennifer...

whatever you are
going through...

this boy is not the answer.

I know.

Here.

And you better
stay away from him.

Okay.

Look, even if
I'm not in this house,

I will always
be there for you.

Come here, little girl.

I love you, girl.

I love you.

I think we've put
so much attention on Jennifer,

we've forgotten
this is all new

for Anissa as well.

This path she's taking...

Stealing.

It only leads to blood...

Hey, it's the same path
you took early on, remember?

No, I never stole.

Well, you may not have
stolen or killed,

but how close to the edge
did you get?

I'm sorry...

that you have to
go through all this.

That you had to
pull that trigger.

It was
a live-or-die situation.

I chose to live.

I've come to terms with it.

Mr. Pierce?

You're letting Tobias walk?

First of all, I'm not
letting him do anything.

Unlike Black Lightning,
I'm not a vigilante.

I just can't go around breaking the law.
I am the law.

And secondly, where are you
getting your information from?

I can't say.

Of course you can't.

Well, whoever pulled
your coattail

should've told you
the evidence against him is...

- It's all gone.
- Wait, what? But...

the newspapers?
What... the DNA?

What about the guy
he worked with?

He was murdered last week.

So he's just been playing you
the whole time?

Right now, that's what
it looks like, yeah.

No, no, there's gotta be
something else.

And I'm confident he made
some sort of mistake,

and I will find it.
But in the...

Put me on the stand.

Why? To say what?

That I was there. That I saw
Tobias kill my father.

You gonna
perjure yourself now?

That's not how I roll.
You know that.

I'm not lying. I was there.

What?

I was there.

I saw Tobias murder my father.

Gambi didn't let me
say anything

because he thought it was
the best way to keep me safe.

Damn, bro.
Any more lies or half-truths

you want to clear up?

Come on, man. Look, we gotta
squash this beef, all right?

So that you and I
can work together

and take down Tobias.

You really don't understand
what position you've put me in

as a deputy chief
or as a friend.

I got work to do.

Please try not to move.
Nobody knows you're here.

The straps are for
your own protection.

I don't want
you to hurt yourself.

Whatever it is
you were shot with,

it went straight through.

Tobias.

With a harpoon.

You've lost a lot of blood.

You've gotta help me. Please.

Kara, you need
to make your peace.

No, there's
gotta be something.

Kara, you've got sepsis.

And it's only
going to get worse.

You're trying to play me.
You lying old hypocrite.

You ain't no better than I am.

No, I'm not.
But I've had time to atone.

You don't.

At least tell me
what you know.

I'm not telling you
a damn thing.

I'm hoping
you might reconsider.

This is for the pain.

- Come on, man!
- Hey! Hey!

Hey, hey, hey!
No, no! Enough!

Enough, both of you.

Everybody, back to class.
Go. Go on.

Go. Now, look, I don't know
what this all about,

but at Garfield, we do not

settle disputes
with our fists.

- Yeah, no, but I...
- No, wait. No, no.

No. "Hate is too great
a burden to bear.

It injures the hater more
than it injures the hated."

Who said that? Hmm?

- Coretta Scott King.
- That's right. That's right.

Now, look each other
in the eye.

In the eye.

Shake hands
and squash this beef. Come on.

- Yes.
- What's going on?

I heard there was fighting.

No, no, Principal Lowry,
I got it. Everything's okay.

Had I wanted your opinion,
Mr. Pierce, I would've asked.

Now, which one of you
threw the first punch?

It doesn't matter.
These young men have...

- Answer the question.
- His punk ass did.

Hey, man, he was talking
all that mess, dog,

and you know what?

Calm... Calm down, okay?

So it was you?
What's your name?

Sekou Hamilton.

Congratulations, Mr. Hamilton,
you've just been expelled.

What? Hey,
Mr. Pierce, what's...

And you are suspended
for a week.

- What?
- Look, Principal Lowry, these two are good kids.

They just made a mistake.

And this school
has a zero-tolerance policy

when it comes to fighting.

Now get back to class.

No, this school was built
on the understanding

that no one
is beyond redemption.

Times change, Mr. Pierce.

And if you feel you're unable
to properly enforce

the school's
new rules and policies,

well, you're free
to leave as well.

Let's go.

- Expelled? What...
- No. Come on.

Go back to class.
Everything's fine.

Go back to class. It's fine.

Don't you ever
talk to me like that.

Not here or anywhere else.

Are you threatening me,
Mr. Pierce?

Oh, for the record, yes.

As I've said,
if you don't like my methods

or find you're
unable to support them,

feel free to go.

No... To hell with that.
Let's be clear.

I am only here
to give you cover,

to give your presence
at Garfield legitimacy.

So we both know
I'm not going anywhere.

No, no. You're here to give
cover to the board, not me.

Now, I understand

why they need their
Black Jesus, but I don't.

Because no child
will be shot, kidnapped,

or overdose on Green Light
on my watch, period.

Look, if you give
that kid another chance,

he will become a person
that we can all be proud of.

But you throw him out
on the street,

odds are, he's gonna become
someone to be feared.

Zero tolerance.

The rule offers no room
for interpretation,

which is why it will be easy
for all of us to understand.

Yeah.

I take it it didn't go so well
with your father.

You mind if I crash
for a few days?

Of course.
You're always welcome.

You stay as long as you like.

Thank you, Uncle Gambi.

But I'm gonna have to let
your parents know you're here.

I know.

Come on,
let's get you settled in.

Five. Four. Three. Two. One.

That's odd.

Are you expecting
something to happen?

Yes.

No. No, no, no, no.
This is not right.

This... What's happening?
What's happening?

Guess we know
what his powers were.

If you knew
he was gonna wake up,

why didn't you say something?

- We could've saved him.
- We couldn't.

The subject was experiencing

rapid mitochondrial
deterioration.

- Death was imminent.
- No! He's not a subject!

He's a person,
and his name is Sean Phillips.

And now he's dead.

Indeed. And now
we have more data.

I'll input this.

No.

Hey, sweetheart.

So how'd it go yesterday?

I see you're ignoring me.

Wonderful.

You know, I didn't think
there was anything else

you could take away from me,
and then you threw Anissa out.

I did not throw her out.

I confronted her.

She made a choice.

You know what, Dad? I get it.

It's cool. You never
make any mistakes, right?

You're perfect.

Uh...

All right, Tobias.
Here's your lawyer.

How about a little music?

If you want, I can make
a couple calls,

have you home by dinner.

It never ceases to amaze me

how all you white folks

feel this need
to be the savior.

Makes me want to laugh
and at the same time,

punch you in the face.

Now, before my smile fades,

how about you tell me
why you're here.

A, uh... significant sum
of money was stolen

from us by
some bitch with powers.

Ah, so that's how
the free clinic

got its miraculous donation.

Mmm.

Out of respect,
we've come to you.

Before we spill blood
on the streets of Freeland,

your streets...

we're here
to ask for permission.

You want to kill her?

We have ideas
on how to make our point.

Permission granted,
under one condition.

I want facial and body
recognition monitors

set up outside the clinic,

just in case
Black Lightning shows up.

He's been walking
around Freeland every day,

and no one knows
who his black ass is.

But I'm going to burn
this city down

and everyone in it
until I find him.

He's taken everything from me.

Tori, Joey Toledo, Syonide.

He's got to die.

And he's got to die soon.

We're on the same page.

You okay?

I lost another kid.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Yeah.

Did Jennifer tell you
that she fried another laptop?

What?

That girl
is costing me a fortune.

I thought she was
making progress.

She is. But this is why
I don't feel like

she's ready to go back
to school, you know?

I mean, it only
takes one mistake.

Yeah, true.

Uh. Besides, I wouldn't
want her there.

Garfield is not
Garfield right now.

- Lowry?
- Mmm.

Yes, Lowry.

You know what?
I want to take my school back.

I mean, this guy, he's...

He's just a pencil pusher

trying to get
to another raise.

He doesn't care
about the kids.

So, then, take it back.

If there's one thing I know
about Jefferson Pierce,

when he puts
his mind to something,

there aren't enough Lowrys
in the world

that can stop him.

Everything happens
for a reason.

My father
would have loved you.

Good taste.

Great taste.

Oh, hey, sweetheart.

Hey.

You mind if I
have a second with Dad?

Yeah.

Just...

Just remember you were sad
when she left yesterday.

It's good to see you.

Look, Dad, Gambi thinks
the free clinic's in trouble

and that someone's
gonna attack it.

Just go ahead and say,
"I you told you so."

- I know you're dying to.
- No.

I wish I weren't right.

Dad, I think I need your help.

Well, I'm here to do
what needs to be done.

And I accept your apology.

Well, that's...
That's funny, because I didn't give one.

But I'll definitely
take yours.

Yep. Let's go.

All right,
Henderson's up to speed.

But since there's
no definite time or threat,

he couldn't get
the clinic to shut down.

All they'll do is beef up
security for a week or so.

Okay, so what should we do?

Though there are no known
photos of Vladislav Zlovac,

the guy in charge of this
redevelopment project.

He just transferred $50,000

from one of his
business accounts.

- To who?
- Don't know.

After being rerouted
several times,

I traced it to
a company in Chicago.

But it turns out,
other than a bank account

and a digital profile,

the company
doesn't even exist.

Chatter on the
Dark Web tells me

that the money was for
some sort of hired gun.

Now, the clinic
only has two points of entry...

The front door on the street

and this service door
off the alley.

And Henderson says he'll limit
traffic on both sides.

Okay.

Now, based on
what I'm hearing,

and knowing that
they're gonna want to

inflict the maximum amount
of damage,

an explosive device

seems the most likely
method of attack.

So if they can't deliver
a blast by car or truck,

well, that just leaves us...

With every person who may
walk through that door.

Took long enough for
Popsicle Boy here to thaw out.

I need you to run some sims
on a new chemical chain.

I reverse engineered
the ones you used...

Why would you do that?
Those calculations were off.

Yeah, but only by ten seconds.

Eight.

Look, I've run this simulation
several times,

taking into account both
corrosion and energy storage,

and even with the added
ten seconds it doesn't add up.

It was eight.

And what you're doing
isn't working

because you're trying
to predict improvement

and I designed it
to predict failure.

- Yeah, okay...
- I told you, Dr. Stewart,

they're all gonna die.

It's only a matter
of how quickly.

- I refuse to accept that.
- I know.

I know.
Your optimism amuses me.

But death catches
us all, Dr. Stewart.

None of us gets out alive.

I'm here because I'm one of
three people in the world

who can do what I do.

And the other two
aren't nearly as nice.

Oh, by the way,
I came across some samples

of stable metahuman DNA.

Do you know
where these samples came from?

Uh, the ASA acquired them.

One is a vaccine subject
that is actually stable.

The other two show no sign
of the vaccine or Green Light.

Had you noticed
that both samples

have the exact same
set of protein markers,

each sequencing at a previously
uncategorized fashion?

They'd have to be related.

It's Genetics 101, right?

What if the metagene
could be inherited?

Let's stay focused, okay?

Uh, run the simulation
on the chemical chain

and see if it doesn't lead
to a serum of some sort.

Just imagine an entire family
of metas, though.

Once the ASA found them,
we'd be able to poke, prod,

and scrutinize every detail
of their genetic makeup.

Now, that would be excellent.

The Dark Web's gone quiet.

And when people stop talking,
it usually means one thing.

That they're ready.

Well, we just
have to be careful,

stay on our toes.

These guys don't play by
the same rules that we do.

You just couldn't
help yourself, could you?

Look, I'm just saying,

if we don't have a code,

we're no better
than the criminals.

No, we'll always
be better than them.

We're fighting for the people,
for Freeland, not for money

or trying to make
some young girl a sex slave.

If we aren't using our powers
to help people,

then what good are they?

You had to steal
to help those people.

I don't consider

taking money back from people
like that stealing.

I consider doing it...
Hang on.

You see this guy
by the dumpster?

Oh, Gambi, you seeing this?

Just a guy
trying to kill hunger pains.

So your mother
and I were wondering...

if you want your own place...

maybe you'd want to move
into my father's old house.

Wait a second.
Wasn't that woman

pregnant a few minutes ago?

It's the same woman.

Whatever she gave birth to
ain't good.

You guys better get in there.
I'll take care of her.

Guys, I need everybody
out of here. Let's go.

Everybody out. Come on.

We gotta get out here.
We gotta get out.

Guys, I need
everybody out of here.

Go, guys, we need to be safe.

Get out here. Let's go.
We gotta get out.

Come on, we're not
moving fast enough. Let's go!

You, out.

Got a bomb.

I've got one in here, too.

Hey, what's going on here?
Are you okay?

So I saw in the file

that you were interviewed
as a child,

but there's no mention
of you being there.

So were you lying then,
or are you lying now?

- Wait a minute...
- I mean, it doesn't really matter.

Once the defense asks
the question, which he will,

the jury won't believe
anything that you say.

I've lived my whole life
in Freeland.

My word usually means
something around here.

I'm sure it does.

But let's say that I actually
allowed you on the stand.

The defense cross-examination
would go something like,

"Mr. Pierce,
have you ever lied

to investigators
regarding this case?"

Yes, but...

"So, besides your word,
do you have any proof

"that you were a witness

to this alleged crime
by my client?"

No, but I...

"Mr. Pierce, did you
love your father?"

Of course.

"Would you say that you
would do anything for him?"

Now, of course, at this point,

I would object
to leading the witness.

The defense would
withdraw his question

and ask some version of,

"Do you think my client
being released from custody

"after decades
of being wrongly accused

has anything to do
with you coming forward now?"

"Wrongly accused"?

Tobias Whale has gotten
away with this for 30 years,

while my father
has rotted in his grave.

"No further questions,
Your Honor."

Oh.

Mr. Pierce,
I believe you. I do.

But right now,
the truth does not help us.

The only thing that helps us
make a case is proof.

So there's nothing, then?

Nothing to prove
that I was actually there?

I destroyed anything
that could have

even remotely linked you
to that crime scene.

I did whatever I could
to protect you.

So Tobias is gonna be free
to walk the streets?

I can't accept that.

If you hurt Tobias after they
drop the charges against him,

then you're
the bad guy, not him.

We will find something, Jeff.
We will. I won't ever give up.

- Jennifer!
- Yeah.

Could you
come down here, please?

Do you think
we're overreacting?

No. No, we were leaning
in this direction already.

I mean, yes, I thought
she was improving.

But then, after the laptop,

now this thing
with Dr. Jace...

Oh, she's gonna be mad.

And you know what?
I can't say I blame her.

Hey, what's up?

Sweetheart, there is something

we need to
talk through with you.

Your mother and I have decided

it's not safe for you
to go back to Garfield.

What?

We're gonna homeschool you.

No, Dad...

Wait, I don't understand.

I've done everything
you guys asked me to do.

Yes, you have.

But you still can't
control your powers.

I mean, not yet.

And there are people out there
looking for metas.

The police. The government.

Even my work helping to save
the pod children

is a threat to you.

- This isn't fair.
- We're sorry.

Yeah, we are really sorry.

I can't believe
after everything you guys

have put me through, that...

Wow.

I really am dying, aren't I?

I'm afraid so.

I swear I didn't know
Proctor was bent.

I was just trying
to serve my country.

You still can.

Help me. I need to find
Proctor's case.

Is it as powerful
as I think it is?

Burn me.

Don't put me in the ground.

Burn my body.

I will. I promise.

Tobias...

Tobias has the case?

Does he know how to use it?
Kara, where can I find him?

Tobias, how's it feel
to be exonerated?

Oh, I've always had
a strong belief

in our justice system.

And knowing I've been
wrongly accused all these years,

to see that system
work firsthand,

only solidified
my belief.

So what's next
for Tobias Whale?

Well, much more than anything,

I want to once again become

an active member in society

and, most importantly,
a pillar of this community.

And let me just say this.

I can only hope and offer
up my prayers that, one day,

after 30 years,
they finally find the person

who really killed
Alvin Pierce.

If for no other reason
than to allow

Jefferson Pierce
and his family

to finally find peace.

Now if you'll kindly
excuse me...

Thank you for your time.

Hey.

I didn't expect
you to text me back.

Yeah, well...

I'm back.

Yeah! One Hundred!
One Hundred!

One Hundred! One Hundred!

One Hundred! One Hundred!
One Hundred!