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[Jefferson] Previously
on Black Lightning...

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[Lynn] Anissa came by
with a box of Alvin '5 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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-[grunting]
-[ye|ps}

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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 '3 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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I: And a kickin' from the hip J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Everybody was
Kung Fu fighting J‘J‘

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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 J‘J‘

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II He said
This is for the street J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Black Lightning's back J‘J‘

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[upbeat hip-hop music playing]

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[rapping]
J‘J‘ AOB J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Them boys on your head
Like I can't go J‘J‘

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I: Like I can't go J‘J‘

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N I go everywhere
You can't go J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Can't go J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Counting so much money
Make my arms sore J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Weed so strong they can
Smell it in the Congo J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Yeah, I'll be AOB
In this... J‘J‘

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If My name in your mouth
Has a kick though J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Ring, ring, ring, ring
Now that's a bank roll J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Counting right now feeling
Like I worked a bridge toll J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Ridin' down the club
With my doors up J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Doors up J‘J‘

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N Stand now...
That wouldn't let me... J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Now they outta luck
This ain't luck, bruh J‘J‘

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N Go on, let him through J‘J‘

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-Kil| 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--

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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]
I: ...I don't wear them J‘J‘

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N I will never
Get no money with them J‘J‘

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J‘J‘ Never... J‘J‘

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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, ljust--

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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--
-l'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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-0h.
-...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.

249
00:10:51,818 --> 00:10:53,558
Right. That's...
That's what I meant.

250
00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:55,560
Look, just because
you dropped your activities

251
00:10:55,780 --> 00:10:56,860
does not mean
your father and I

252
00:10:57,073 --> 00:10:59,815
are going to let you
spend all your free time
texting with your friends.

253
00:11:02,203 --> 00:11:03,409
So, what's up
with Dad and Anissa?

254
00:11:05,415 --> 00:11:07,326
-What do you mean?
-You haven't noticed?

255
00:11:07,542 --> 00:11:10,750
They've been
acting really weird,
at least around me.

256
00:11:10,962 --> 00:11:13,123
[sighs] They were
mad at each other,
and wouldn't tell me why.

257
00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:17,673
And now it seems like
they're 98 and two, but
sharing some kind of secret.

258
00:11:19,262 --> 00:11:20,297
Something's going on.

259
00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:21,719
Look, everything's fine.

260
00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:23,967
Families go through stuff.
It's normal.

261
00:11:25,643 --> 00:11:28,885
Wait, did... did you see
any old papers in here?

262
00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:29,935
No.

263
00:11:30,148 --> 00:11:33,311
On yellow legal pages?
They were kinda crumpled.

264
00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:35,020
Still no.

265
00:11:35,236 --> 00:11:36,772
They're all gone.

266
00:11:36,988 --> 00:11:38,068
What's gone?

267
00:11:38,948 --> 00:11:39,937
Uh...

268
00:11:40,158 --> 00:11:42,490
I have to pick something up.

269
00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:44,192
You're free to go home.

270
00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:46,326
Yes.

271
00:11:47,624 --> 00:11:48,613
Oh, um...

272
00:11:48,833 --> 00:11:51,040
Can I hang up posters
with Kiesha at the school?

273
00:11:51,252 --> 00:11:52,116
Yeah, but then go home.

274
00:11:53,254 --> 00:11:55,586
Um, it'll be sort of late.

275
00:11:55,798 --> 00:11:57,914
-Okay.
-Okay.

276
00:12:07,268 --> 00:12:09,554
Okay, what are you
hoping to find?

277
00:12:10,772 --> 00:12:12,012
I don't know.

278
00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:14,518
But the police have
already cleaned up
the crime scene,

279
00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:17,396
and Gambi said the official
report is short on details,

280
00:12:17,612 --> 00:12:18,852
[on speakers]
so Lady Eve '5 body

281
00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:20,858
is the only evidence
we have to look at right now.

282
00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:22,359
Which doesn't mean
this is a good idea.

283
00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:24,611
[Jefferson] Look, you said
the building was empty

284
00:12:24,827 --> 00:12:27,569
and you picked a route
that would keep us
off camera surveillance, so...

285
00:12:27,789 --> 00:12:30,075
I did say those things,
but I just meant in general.

286
00:12:30,291 --> 00:12:34,500
I heard a rumor that
there's a big reward out
for Black Lightning's capture.

287
00:12:34,712 --> 00:12:37,670
Oh, yes, this is
the perfect time to give me
that bit of information.

288
00:12:37,882 --> 00:12:39,338
Who's putting up the money?

289
00:12:40,468 --> 00:12:41,878
I don't know.

290
00:12:42,095 --> 00:12:44,632
We're at the janitor's closet.
Now what?

291
00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:47,463
The spot you want
is just ahead,
below the vent.

292
00:12:52,230 --> 00:12:53,265
Okay.

293
00:12:54,732 --> 00:12:57,064
And this is where Gambi says
is the best place to break in.

294
00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:58,187
All right.

295
00:13:00,738 --> 00:13:01,944
-[inhales heavily]
-Whoa, whoa, whoa.

296
00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:05,148
How much force do you need?

297
00:13:05,368 --> 00:13:06,403
[exhales]

298
00:13:08,663 --> 00:13:10,369
Uh... enough to get
through the wall.

299
00:13:10,581 --> 00:13:12,367
And how much is that?

300
00:13:15,003 --> 00:13:15,992
I don't know.

301
00:13:18,548 --> 00:13:19,663
Tap it with your finger.

302
00:13:22,593 --> 00:13:23,628
Okay.

303
00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:25,334
[inhales heavily]

304
00:13:28,057 --> 00:13:29,263
Okay.

305
00:13:29,892 --> 00:13:31,132
Clearly, that wasn't it.

306
00:13:32,895 --> 00:13:33,850
Whatever you think.

307
00:13:36,107 --> 00:13:37,142
[clears throat]

308
00:13:40,403 --> 00:13:41,813
[inhales heavily]

309
00:13:46,451 --> 00:13:50,660
Okay, maybe I could've
used a little less.

310
00:13:51,581 --> 00:13:52,536
You think?

311
00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:55,323
[sighs]

312
00:14:01,591 --> 00:14:02,546
[Anissa clears throat]

313
00:14:12,727 --> 00:14:14,217
[both] Twins?

314
00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,100
All right, let's see.

315
00:14:22,278 --> 00:14:24,018
-A-ha!
-[Jefferson] Yeah?

316
00:14:24,238 --> 00:14:25,728
Looks like they'll
pick her up tomorrow.

317
00:14:25,948 --> 00:14:27,233
Good thing we came tonight.

318
00:14:29,786 --> 00:14:30,741
Oh.

319
00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:36,952
All right, Gambi,
you seeing this?

320
00:14:38,753 --> 00:14:39,833
[Gambi] Yeah, I got it.

321
00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:41,035
[Jefferson] Pick up her arm.

322
00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:43,079
Her arm?

323
00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:44,956
Gently.

324
00:14:45,510 --> 00:14:46,420
Go on.

325
00:14:48,262 --> 00:14:50,127
When you work
with cadavers in school,

326
00:14:50,348 --> 00:14:51,508
do you ever think
about who they were?

327
00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:52,338
No.

328
00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:55,925
Yeah, well,
she had a life, family.

329
00:14:56,979 --> 00:15:00,016
You know, yesterday,
she might have been
making a grocery list,

330
00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:01,564
planning a family get-together,

331
00:15:01,776 --> 00:15:03,892
and then someone killed her,
for whatever their reasons,

332
00:15:04,112 --> 00:15:07,195
not caring about who
would be left behind to
mourn the loss of her passing.

333
00:15:07,407 --> 00:15:08,692
And even if you do care,

334
00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,523
people are gonna die
just the same

335
00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:12,984
if you don't learn
to modulate your powers.

336
00:15:13,204 --> 00:15:15,160
More importantly, your mother,
Jennifer and myself

337
00:15:15,373 --> 00:15:16,863
will mourn the loss
if you get killed

338
00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:19,119
-because you weren't vigilant.
-Jefferson.

339
00:15:19,335 --> 00:15:21,246
So you need to stay woke,
Anissa, always.

340
00:15:21,462 --> 00:15:22,918
-Jefferson.
-What?

341
00:15:23,131 --> 00:15:25,463
Oh... If she had been killed
by a lightning strike

342
00:15:25,675 --> 00:15:27,336
or a Black Lightning strike,

343
00:15:27,552 --> 00:15:29,793
Dad, there'd be
a tree pattern on her skin.

344
00:15:30,012 --> 00:15:31,297
[sighs in relief]

345
00:15:31,514 --> 00:15:34,506
-What she said.
-It's called
Lichtenberg scarring.

346
00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:36,386
It's a fractal pattern
that occurs

347
00:15:36,602 --> 00:15:38,718
when electricity passes through
an insulating material.

348
00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:43,307
This is more of a burn,
like it was caused
by a high-voltage flash.

349
00:15:43,526 --> 00:15:45,608
So this was caused
by some kind of a weapon?

350
00:15:45,820 --> 00:15:46,684
[Gambi] I believe so.

351
00:15:46,904 --> 00:15:48,189
Black Lightning's
never killed anyone,

352
00:15:48,406 --> 00:15:49,737
so I understand how
the coroner wouldn't know

353
00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:51,735
what kind of wound pattern
he might create.

354
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:54,033
How much power would
a weapon like this take?

355
00:15:55,663 --> 00:15:56,698
A billion joules.

356
00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:00,660
Well, how would you do that
in something portable?

357
00:16:02,420 --> 00:16:03,660
With nuclear power.

358
00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:07,167
You can track radiation, right?

359
00:16:07,383 --> 00:16:09,999
Which means we might
be able to find the weapon
that killed her.

360
00:16:11,679 --> 00:16:12,418
Yes.

361
00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:13,844
Okay, we're done here.

362
00:16:15,183 --> 00:16:16,047
Um...

363
00:16:17,059 --> 00:16:19,846
All right,
brains, not brawn.

364
00:16:20,062 --> 00:16:22,018
Good job, Anissa.
Let's go.

365
00:16:33,784 --> 00:16:34,569
[knocks]

366
00:16:34,785 --> 00:16:35,945
Hey.

367
00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:37,072
We are closed.

368
00:16:37,288 --> 00:16:38,403
Please. It's important.

369
00:16:38,623 --> 00:16:40,159
I can't accept any samples.

370
00:16:40,374 --> 00:16:43,241
Well, I'm here
for a report on something
I dropped off a few days ago.

371
00:16:43,461 --> 00:16:45,247
[sighs] We had a break-in.

372
00:16:45,463 --> 00:16:46,452
-What?
-Yeah.

373
00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:48,458
Got some equipment stolen,
a whole bunch of samples.

374
00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:50,289
They screwed up our computers.

375
00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:53,593
Cops think it was junkies
looking for drugs
and stuff to sell.

376
00:16:53,804 --> 00:16:55,089
We just started
notifying people,

377
00:16:55,306 --> 00:16:57,297
but I might not have
what you came for.

378
00:16:57,517 --> 00:16:59,473
Can you check to see
if my sample was affected?

379
00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:01,391
-Yeah.
-|t's for Doctor Lynn Stewart.

380
00:17:01,604 --> 00:17:02,764
It was a powder.

381
00:17:02,980 --> 00:17:04,390
I asked you to do
an X-ray crystallography.

382
00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:08,273
[sighs]

383
00:17:08,486 --> 00:17:10,898
Yeah, it looks like your sample
was one of the ones taken,

384
00:17:11,113 --> 00:17:14,276
and the results file
was corrupted when
they trashed our computers.

385
00:17:14,492 --> 00:17:15,823
You must have a backup.

386
00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:17,775
Partitioned on the same drive.
I'm really sorry.

387
00:17:17,995 --> 00:17:18,950
There must be a printout.

388
00:17:19,163 --> 00:17:21,495
I always print a hard copy
when I'm double-checking
my results.

389
00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:24,073
These guys made a real mess.
It could take...

390
00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:26,580
What?

391
00:17:26,963 --> 00:17:29,045
We've had someone
on maternity leave
for the last month.

392
00:17:29,257 --> 00:17:30,793
I'm really behind.

393
00:17:31,008 --> 00:17:33,249
Maybe there's a copy
in the "to-be-filed" folder.

394
00:17:33,469 --> 00:17:34,834
Oh, could you check? Please.

395
00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:36,464
-Yeah.
-Thank you.

396
00:17:39,517 --> 00:17:42,634
You know, I'm not one
to judge a person's
extracurricular activities,

397
00:17:42,812 --> 00:17:45,519
but I don't know
how you ended up
with student government.

398
00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:47,892
Whoever controls the money
controls the school, so...

399
00:17:48,109 --> 00:17:49,690
Oh, so, this is a power play?

400
00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:52,814
Yeah. Just like your mama
making you work in her lab.

401
00:17:53,030 --> 00:17:54,941
Nah, she's just worried
I won't get into Harvard

402
00:17:55,157 --> 00:17:56,772
if I'm sitting around
texting you.

403
00:17:57,326 --> 00:17:58,862
-Oh, That's cute.
-Ah, thank you.

404
00:17:59,287 --> 00:18:00,527
Wait, you're applying
to Harvard?

405
00:18:01,872 --> 00:18:02,827
Not the point.

406
00:18:03,499 --> 00:18:04,409
Okay.

407
00:18:04,625 --> 00:18:05,910
-[Iaughs]
-Send it to me.

408
00:18:06,127 --> 00:18:07,037
Okay.

409
00:18:08,296 --> 00:18:09,251
[Kiesha] Ooh.

410
00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:11,829
[ladder rattles]

411
00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:14,168
Hey, what you doing?

412
00:18:14,385 --> 00:18:16,296
I'm gonna put one up here
so nobody takes it down.

413
00:18:16,512 --> 00:18:17,718
No, Kiesha, that's dumb.

414
00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:19,136
Get down
before you kill yourself.

415
00:18:19,348 --> 00:18:20,633
[Kiesha] Getting kidnapped
made you so emo.

416
00:18:20,850 --> 00:18:23,011
Getting kidnapped
didn't make me emo.
You're making me emo.

417
00:18:23,227 --> 00:18:24,262
Kiesha, I'm serious.

418
00:18:24,478 --> 00:18:25,684
[Kiesha] Oh, my God.

419
00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:28,520
That's really unsafe,
you need to get down.

420
00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:32,350
I'm serious.

421
00:18:33,321 --> 00:18:34,811
-Kiesha, please.
-[ye|pin9]

422
00:18:35,031 --> 00:18:36,237
Kiesha! [gasps]

423
00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:37,438
[crackling]

424
00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:40,024
[gasping]

425
00:18:51,714 --> 00:18:52,749
Okay, I'm fine.

426
00:18:56,010 --> 00:18:57,716
Damn, girl,
you dropped your phone.

427
00:19:00,598 --> 00:19:03,089
Yeah, scared you were
gonna break your neck.

428
00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:06,301
Ah, no. Hey, now you got
an excuse to get a new one.

429
00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,057
I'm thinking maybe I should
change my slogan.

430
00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:12,015
"I bounce, so our class money
won't have to."

431
00:19:22,036 --> 00:19:23,697
[music playing]

432
00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:39,713
So, now that you're back,
what's your plan?

433
00:19:42,306 --> 00:19:43,591
I don't know yet.

434
00:19:44,934 --> 00:19:46,640
[LaWanda]
The man without a plan.

435
00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:49,218
You know word on the street
is you're dead, right?

436
00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:51,770
And that one's trying
to take your spot.

437
00:19:52,566 --> 00:19:54,306
Ain't nobody
can take my spot.

438
00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,142
Dead or alive.

439
00:20:01,617 --> 00:20:02,697
[scoffs]

440
00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:07,779
I can't believe you letting
these dudes drive you home.

441
00:20:08,833 --> 00:20:11,074
You do understand
they'll know where
you live, right?

442
00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:12,741
They cool.

443
00:20:12,962 --> 00:20:14,702
How can you
know that for sure?

444
00:20:15,464 --> 00:20:17,375
You killed me for putting
a camera in your face.

445
00:20:17,591 --> 00:20:19,673
I told you
to take your ass home.

446
00:20:20,803 --> 00:20:22,839
So when they come for you,
you going to kill them, too?

447
00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:24,295
I don't know yet.

448
00:20:25,015 --> 00:20:25,800
I might.

449
00:20:27,017 --> 00:20:28,257
But they won't come for me.

450
00:20:28,477 --> 00:20:30,217
Nah. I don't think
you should wait.

451
00:20:31,272 --> 00:20:32,512
I don't trust them.

452
00:20:33,357 --> 00:20:34,938
Especially that one.

453
00:20:35,151 --> 00:20:37,392
You definitely should
kill him right now.

454
00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:38,691
[Lala] Kill my dude?

455
00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:40,019
[LaWanda] Yeah.

456
00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:44,278
He's driving the car.
You want to crash?

457
00:20:46,537 --> 00:20:48,619
LaWanda, you crazy.
[chuckles]

458
00:20:49,415 --> 00:20:50,871
I'm good.

459
00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:53,199
I'm just saying, people turn.

460
00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:54,659
I said I'm good.

461
00:20:57,548 --> 00:20:59,163
Everything cool, Lala?

462
00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:06,170
Yeah.

463
00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:12,510
[Anissa] So, this satellite
tracks radiation?

464
00:21:12,730 --> 00:21:14,436
-Yes.
-Everywhere in the world?

465
00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:15,433
[sighs]

466
00:21:15,649 --> 00:21:18,391
The two of you continuing
this investigation
is a bad idea,

467
00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:20,897
even if you're not dressed
as Black Lightning and Thunder.

468
00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:22,694
We have to clear
Black Lightning's name.

469
00:21:22,907 --> 00:21:23,942
-Yes.
-[Gambi] I agree,

470
00:21:24,158 --> 00:21:25,238
but please, let me do it.

471
00:21:25,451 --> 00:21:27,737
If you get caught
digging into Lady Eve's murder,

472
00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:30,615
someone could put
two and two together
and realize who you are.

473
00:21:30,831 --> 00:21:32,241
Then I will make sure
that doesn't happen.

474
00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:33,197
Yes, let's go then.

475
00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:36,875
Yo, wait. Wait.
When you power up, are you
susceptible to radiation?

476
00:21:38,422 --> 00:21:39,411
I don't know.

477
00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:41,623
-Chemicals?
-I don't know.

478
00:21:41,842 --> 00:21:42,877
Okay, what about water?

479
00:21:43,052 --> 00:21:44,792
Are you like a witch?
Do you sink or can you swim?

480
00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:46,968
-I don't know.
-You don't know a lot.

481
00:21:47,181 --> 00:21:49,342
[Gambi sighs]

482
00:21:49,558 --> 00:21:51,094
What are you waiting for?

483
00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:53,642
You, to come to your senses.

484
00:21:53,854 --> 00:21:54,593
[scoffs]

485
00:21:58,108 --> 00:21:59,689
[Jefferson] Wait, that's
Lady Eve being killed.

486
00:22:01,904 --> 00:22:05,192
Oh, that's Hampton Woods.
What are they doing out there?

487
00:22:05,407 --> 00:22:07,318
I don't know. But please,
let me go check it out.

488
00:22:07,535 --> 00:22:08,775
You're not putting me
in any danger.

489
00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:11,280
There's no bounty on me,
and I can take care of myself.

490
00:22:11,497 --> 00:22:13,362
No, I need
to train Anissa, Gambi.

491
00:22:13,624 --> 00:22:15,410
Besides, I can
take care of myself, too.

492
00:22:15,626 --> 00:22:17,912
So, unless you can
tell me a reason why
this is more dangerous

493
00:22:18,128 --> 00:22:20,289
than all the other crazy things
you let me do over the years--

494
00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:21,746
I'm just trying to help you.

495
00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:24,503
Which I appreciate,
but I can handle it.

496
00:22:28,055 --> 00:22:30,216
You're just so damn stubborn,
Jefferson.

497
00:22:30,641 --> 00:22:31,551
Gambi!

498
00:22:54,415 --> 00:22:55,871
[computer trilling]

499
00:23:20,941 --> 00:23:22,852
[Anissa] Dad, you know
how I feel about the woods.

500
00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:25,275
No. Black people
die in the woods.

501
00:23:25,779 --> 00:23:28,816
-[device beeps]
-Yes, in horror movies,

502
00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:34,865
And we don't have
one of those with us,
so you're good.

503
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:35,819
[Jefferson chuckles]

504
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,029
-Okay.
-[cell phone vibrating]

505
00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:37,988
Wait, hold on.

506
00:23:40,711 --> 00:23:41,951
-Hey, Lynn.
-Hi.

507
00:23:42,171 --> 00:23:47,382
I found something disturbing,
I guess is the right word.

508
00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:48,582
Are you okay?

509
00:23:48,802 --> 00:23:49,962
[Lynn] I'm fine.

510
00:23:50,179 --> 00:23:52,886
That sample Anissa
brought over from
your father's investigation,

511
00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:55,885
I analyzed it,
and it's a vaccine.

512
00:23:56,101 --> 00:23:57,557
A vaccine?

513
00:23:57,770 --> 00:23:58,930
-For what?
-I'm not sure.

514
00:23:59,146 --> 00:24:01,478
But what I am sure about
is the components
of the vaccine

515
00:24:01,690 --> 00:24:03,851
are the same active
ingredients in Green Light.

516
00:24:04,485 --> 00:24:08,194
Wait, the sample Anissa found
was from 1986.

517
00:24:08,405 --> 00:24:11,112
Are you saying
someone's been working on
Green Light for 30 years?

518
00:24:11,325 --> 00:24:12,440
It looks like it.

519
00:24:12,660 --> 00:24:13,649
[sighs]

520
00:24:15,412 --> 00:24:18,745
Okay, well, if we figure out
who produced the vaccine,

521
00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:20,949
then maybe we can find out
who's behind all this.

522
00:24:21,168 --> 00:24:21,998
Well, I tried,

523
00:24:22,211 --> 00:24:24,497
but I've struck out
with my pool of doctors
and health officials.

524
00:24:24,713 --> 00:24:26,453
Thirty years
is a long time ago.

525
00:24:26,674 --> 00:24:28,505
You know what, talk to Gambi.

526
00:24:28,717 --> 00:24:30,332
He's been in Freeland
almost as long.

527
00:24:30,552 --> 00:24:34,420
He may not know anything,
but he'll know someone
who knows something.

528
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,255
-And, Lynn?
-Yeah?

529
00:24:37,267 --> 00:24:38,552
Please be careful.

530
00:24:39,853 --> 00:24:40,842
Of course.

531
00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:58,286
I: Come, Thou fount
Of every blessing J‘J‘

532
00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:03,617
J‘J‘ Tune my heart
To sing Thy grace J‘J‘

533
00:25:03,836 --> 00:25:09,047
J‘J‘ Streams of mercy
Never ceasing... J‘J‘

534
00:25:09,258 --> 00:25:10,418
[Mrs. Johnson] Mr. Gambi?

535
00:25:12,011 --> 00:25:13,547
Mrs. Johnson.

536
00:25:13,762 --> 00:25:14,877
How was your
daughter's wedding?

537
00:25:15,097 --> 00:25:16,837
Oh, she was beautiful.

538
00:25:17,057 --> 00:25:18,297
And so was I, thanks to you.

539
00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:23,802
Is there anything
I can do for you?

540
00:25:26,233 --> 00:25:27,689
It's a beautiful song.

541
00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:31,853
I: I'm fixed upon it J‘J‘

542
00:25:32,281 --> 00:25:34,863
J‘J‘ Mount of Thy redeeming love J‘J‘

543
00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:36,110
[Mrs. Johnson] That it is.

544
00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:40,278
Although it's never been
one that's made me cry.

545
00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:43,538
Do you believe it's true?

546
00:25:44,835 --> 00:25:46,746
That the good Lord
delivers us from our troubles?

547
00:25:46,962 --> 00:25:47,826
Yes.

548
00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:49,002
I do.

549
00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:51,296
He expects us to do our part,

550
00:25:51,967 --> 00:25:56,176
but I believe
He's there to help us
over the finish line,

551
00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:57,969
though sometimes,
what we want

552
00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:02,141
and what we need
are not the same thing.

553
00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:07,516
I see the wisdom in that.

554
00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:10,599
You will be in my prayers,
Mr. Gambi.

555
00:26:10,819 --> 00:26:12,355
You will be in my prayers.

556
00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:14,607
Thank you, Mrs. Johnson.

557
00:26:14,823 --> 00:26:19,032
J‘J‘ Rescue me from danger J‘J‘

558
00:26:19,244 --> 00:26:24,284
J‘J‘ Interposed
His precious blood J‘J‘

559
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:26,456
[Anissa] So, once you realized
you had powers,

560
00:26:26,668 --> 00:26:28,750
how long until you decided
to become Black Lightning?

561
00:26:28,962 --> 00:26:31,169
Uh, I did a few things
here and there,

562
00:26:31,381 --> 00:26:35,044
but it took me a while
before I committed
and got the suit.

563
00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:37,091
Why'd you stop all those years?

564
00:26:38,305 --> 00:26:40,136
-[device beeps]
-That's complicated.

565
00:26:40,349 --> 00:26:41,179
Mom, right?

566
00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:43,222
That's between me and her.

567
00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:44,800
-Which is a "yes."
-Yeah.

568
00:26:45,020 --> 00:26:46,510
But an "ask your mother" yes.

569
00:26:47,523 --> 00:26:48,683
So, who trained you?

570
00:26:48,899 --> 00:26:50,355
-Gambi. Fighting and tactics.
-Oh.

571
00:26:50,567 --> 00:26:52,558
Even before
I knew I had powers.

572
00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:53,938
And why is so he mad
at you right now?

573
00:26:54,154 --> 00:26:56,315
No, no. He's not mad.
He's worried.

574
00:26:56,532 --> 00:26:59,069
That's how he gets
when I don't do
what he wants me to.

575
00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:01,491
Sarcastic Italian,
that's how he shows his love.

576
00:27:01,703 --> 00:27:02,692
-[both chuckle]
-[device beeping]

577
00:27:02,913 --> 00:27:06,076
Wait, hold on.
It should be right around here.

578
00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:08,122
-Right there.
-[device beeping rapidly]

579
00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:26,471
I guess we can be grateful
for the second rule of
high-profile assassinations.

580
00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:29,928
Always kill the killer.

581
00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:39,067
-[sighs]
-Okay. What now?

582
00:27:39,283 --> 00:27:40,147
I call Henderson.

583
00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:41,322
This is evidence.

584
00:27:41,535 --> 00:27:43,150
Black Lightning
doesn't get exonerated

585
00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:46,661
unless Freeland PD
conducts an investigation
and clears him.

586
00:27:47,833 --> 00:27:49,289
Whoa, you call him on that?

587
00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:52,163
I mean, was carrying
a tin can attached to
a string too bulky?

588
00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:53,744
[laughs sarcastically]

589
00:27:53,964 --> 00:27:55,625
-[laughs]
-This is current technology.

590
00:27:56,884 --> 00:27:57,999
Okay.

591
00:27:58,218 --> 00:27:59,333
Let me see that.

592
00:28:02,139 --> 00:28:03,595
Yo, Henderson.

593
00:28:03,807 --> 00:28:05,672
You got a pencil and paper?

594
00:28:05,893 --> 00:28:12,105
Hampton Woods,
coordinates 33, 47, 84, 43.

595
00:28:13,817 --> 00:28:16,604
You'll find a shallow grave,
a body,

596
00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:19,152
and the weapon that
actually killed Lady Eve.

597
00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:22,322
Heyo, tell the morgue
to hold the body
so you can match the wound.

598
00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:23,444
You're welcome.

599
00:28:24,494 --> 00:28:25,950
I know you didn't
say thank you.

600
00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:28,241
It's implied in your
loud-ass questions.

601
00:28:28,457 --> 00:28:29,492
[chuckles]

602
00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:31,824
[chuckles]

603
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:34,121
Does he know
you're Black Lightning?

604
00:28:34,504 --> 00:28:37,621
No. That would put him
in an impossible position.

605
00:28:37,841 --> 00:28:39,706
Yeah, because
of that lame cell phone.

606
00:28:39,927 --> 00:28:40,882
[laughing]

607
00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:44,928
[sighs]

608
00:28:50,187 --> 00:28:51,142
Okay.

609
00:29:05,369 --> 00:29:06,324
[grunts]

610
00:29:09,289 --> 00:29:10,244
[sighs]

611
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:15,875
[exhales]

612
00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:28,297
-[crackling]
-[gasps]

613
00:29:29,851 --> 00:29:31,341
[flesh searing]

614
00:29:37,234 --> 00:29:38,440
[bell chiming]

615
00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:44,522
[Gambi] I'll be right there.

616
00:29:45,242 --> 00:29:46,823
Gambi, it's Lynn.

617
00:29:47,035 --> 00:29:48,275
Take your time.

618
00:29:48,578 --> 00:29:50,739
I was hoping you could
help me with something.

619
00:29:52,165 --> 00:29:53,120
[chuckles softly]

620
00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:04,048
[Gambi] I, uh...

621
00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:07,423
I hope your help
involves the silk damask

622
00:30:07,931 --> 00:30:11,014
because my supplier
accidentally left me
two bolts of it.

623
00:30:11,435 --> 00:30:12,891
I'm afraid not.

624
00:30:13,103 --> 00:30:15,640
Yeah. Well, then let's pray
purple suits come back
into fashion.

625
00:30:15,856 --> 00:30:17,437
-[chuckles]
-What do you need?

626
00:30:17,774 --> 00:30:22,393
Well, I've been doing
some analysis of a vaccine
from 30 years ago.

627
00:30:22,612 --> 00:30:24,694
That's a long time ago.
Why the interest now?

628
00:30:24,906 --> 00:30:26,396
Well, I just got the sample.

629
00:30:26,616 --> 00:30:29,949
It was in a box of research
for a series of articles
that Alvin was writing.

630
00:30:34,041 --> 00:30:35,247
Alvin Pierce?

631
00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:37,115
Yeah.

632
00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:40,786
Turns out that the vaccine's
related to Green Light.

633
00:30:41,006 --> 00:30:43,042
But I want to know
where it came from.

634
00:30:43,258 --> 00:30:44,418
Problem is, it's so old,

635
00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:47,341
there's no information
about the drug company
that developed it.

636
00:30:47,554 --> 00:30:49,090
Do you remember a doctor
or a clinic director

637
00:30:49,306 --> 00:30:51,092
who was working
in the community back then?

638
00:30:51,808 --> 00:30:52,513
No.

639
00:30:52,726 --> 00:30:54,512
Well, a vaccine has to be
government-approved.

640
00:30:54,728 --> 00:30:55,808
Did you have
any contacts that maybe

641
00:30:56,021 --> 00:30:57,477
-might be able to answer--
-Lynn.

642
00:31:00,108 --> 00:31:01,689
I can't talk about this.

643
00:31:08,909 --> 00:31:10,149
Thirty years ago.

644
00:31:12,204 --> 00:31:15,037
You moved here around the time
the vaccine came to Freeland.

645
00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:19,791
You never talk about
your life before Freeland.

646
00:31:21,129 --> 00:31:22,994
-No.
-You never wanted
to share anything.

647
00:31:23,215 --> 00:31:27,003
We assumed
you had your reasons.

648
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:28,834
-I did.
-Gambi,

649
00:31:30,305 --> 00:31:32,842
Jefferson trusts you.

650
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:34,510
I know.

651
00:31:37,813 --> 00:31:39,178
I think... [voice breaks]

652
00:31:41,108 --> 00:31:43,440
I think it's time for me
to have a talk with him.

653
00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:50,280
Excuse me, Lynn.

654
00:31:55,622 --> 00:31:59,331
Okay, I've finally realized
the most important part
of a stakeout.

655
00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:01,996
Go to the bathroom first?

656
00:32:02,212 --> 00:32:03,998
Uh, that would have
helped a lot more

657
00:32:04,214 --> 00:32:07,297
[chuckles] than all of your
"you're going to die" talk.

658
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:11,088
[leaves rustling]

659
00:32:12,097 --> 00:32:12,961
Whoa, whoa, whoa.

660
00:32:13,181 --> 00:32:15,046
Dad. There's
somebody over there.

661
00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:20,135
Wait, wait, wait.
That's not right.

662
00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:22,145
What's not?

663
00:32:22,357 --> 00:32:25,440
Well, Henderson would have
sent uniformed officers
to secure the scene,

664
00:32:25,652 --> 00:32:29,065
a crime scene unit,
not a lone person
in street clothes.

665
00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:30,691
[Anissa] Okay, well,
then who is he?

666
00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:32,860
[sighs]

667
00:32:33,076 --> 00:32:35,692
Freeland PD is full
of dirty cops.

668
00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:37,736
So, I'm guessing
someone must've

669
00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:40,288
intercepted Henderson's
dispatch and sent him first.

670
00:32:42,461 --> 00:32:43,576
All right, stay here.

671
00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:45,911
-Stay here? Dad,
I should go with you.
-No, no. Stay here.

672
00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:47,962
-I'm just going to see
what he's doing.
-|--

673
00:32:48,175 --> 00:32:50,166
I can disable him
from a distance if I have to.

674
00:32:50,385 --> 00:32:51,545
Stay here.

675
00:32:54,389 --> 00:32:55,424
[sighs]

676
00:33:15,911 --> 00:33:16,946
Wait.

677
00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:18,902
[weapon whirring, beeping]

678
00:33:19,122 --> 00:33:20,111
[panting]

679
00:33:22,792 --> 00:33:24,123
-Dad!
-I told you--

680
00:33:24,586 --> 00:33:25,826
[inhales heavily]

681
00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:39,298
Dad, I could tell he didn't
know that those weapons
were dangerous.

682
00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:44,014
Whoever sent him,
they thought
he was expendable.

683
00:33:44,231 --> 00:33:45,346
He just didn't know.

684
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,360
I spent all this time

685
00:34:00,580 --> 00:34:03,663
telling her she had
to anticipate danger
or she'd die,

686
00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:07,038
and then I failed
to anticipate danger
and almost get myself killed.

687
00:34:07,254 --> 00:34:08,289
[Jefferson chuckles]

688
00:34:08,505 --> 00:34:11,372
She has to
understand her powers,
and I can help her with that.

689
00:34:11,591 --> 00:34:12,671
Mmm.

690
00:34:13,301 --> 00:34:15,087
But I was trying to change her.

691
00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:19,137
Her understanding of people,
her desire to protect.

692
00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:23,513
No, no, no.
I have to be very careful
not to screw that.

693
00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:25,434
Not just because
she saved my life.

694
00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:27,849
She saved my life.

695
00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:29,101
[chuckles]

696
00:34:30,777 --> 00:34:32,517
I'm... I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.

697
00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:36,025
I'm... rambling.
Endorphins.

698
00:34:36,992 --> 00:34:38,528
[Jefferson panting]

699
00:34:40,287 --> 00:34:41,652
Are you waiting for Jennifer?

700
00:34:43,540 --> 00:34:44,325
No.

701
00:34:47,335 --> 00:34:49,667
You got your sad eyes.

702
00:34:50,505 --> 00:34:51,711
What's going on?

703
00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:55,874
I went to see Gambi,
like you suggested,

704
00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:58,255
to see if he could
help me find the source
of that vaccine.

705
00:34:58,471 --> 00:34:59,381
Yeah.

706
00:35:01,057 --> 00:35:04,049
It turns out,
he knows more than I thought.

707
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:07,969
What do you mean?

708
00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:12,891
Jefferson, you need
to talk to Gambi.

709
00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:15,602
Ask him the questions
we've never asked.

710
00:35:16,156 --> 00:35:19,899
To find out who he is...
and where he came from.

711
00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:23,614
What did he tell you?

712
00:35:25,707 --> 00:35:28,494
Just... go talk to Gambi.

713
00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:36,376
[sobbing quietly]

714
00:35:37,886 --> 00:35:39,126
[sighing]

715
00:35:44,517 --> 00:35:46,007
I have so many questions.

716
00:35:46,227 --> 00:35:47,683
If I was dead,
then how did I die?

717
00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:49,226
[exhales]

718
00:35:49,439 --> 00:35:51,976
J‘J‘ As the sun
Beats down my neck J‘J‘

719
00:35:52,192 --> 00:35:55,184
J‘J‘ My forehead
Beads up in sweat J‘J‘

720
00:35:56,446 --> 00:35:57,811
How did I come back?

721
00:36:03,620 --> 00:36:04,860
Why did I come back?

722
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:06,411
[shushes]

723
00:36:08,917 --> 00:36:11,704
I know, baby. I know.

724
00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:16,538
But it's all going to be okay.

725
00:36:19,761 --> 00:36:23,674
J‘J‘ Yet and still
I'm holding on to you J‘J‘

726
00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,147
[sighs]

727
00:36:46,162 --> 00:36:47,493
[sobbing]

728
00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:55,209
[bell chiming]

729
00:37:15,692 --> 00:37:17,933
Lynn said I needed
to talk to you.

730
00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:25,198
[sighs]

731
00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:29,904
I was just...
trying to protect you.

732
00:37:30,123 --> 00:37:31,613
Protect me from what?

733
00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:33,039
All these years...

734
00:37:35,503 --> 00:37:36,868
I've kept secrets from you.

735
00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:39,162
I had to.

736
00:37:40,008 --> 00:37:45,093
But now the only way
to protect you is to
tell you the truth,

737
00:37:45,305 --> 00:37:46,966
tell you everything.

738
00:37:47,182 --> 00:37:48,718
What are you talking about?

739
00:37:51,186 --> 00:37:53,677
My real name
is Peter Esposito.

740
00:37:55,190 --> 00:37:56,930
Thirty years ago,
I came to Freeland

741
00:37:57,150 --> 00:38:00,313
as an agent for
a government organization
called the ASA.

742
00:38:00,528 --> 00:38:02,484
They were conducting
an experiment in Freeland,

743
00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:05,655
giving the people a vaccine
to make them passive

744
00:38:06,242 --> 00:38:07,106
and keep them docile

745
00:38:07,327 --> 00:38:10,444
in what was a very
politically-explosive
environment.

746
00:38:11,331 --> 00:38:14,869
But their vaccine inadvertently
created metahumans.

747
00:38:15,668 --> 00:38:17,579
People with special powers.

748
00:38:18,171 --> 00:38:19,877
And it was my job to find them.

749
00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:25,251
But when I realized
that the ASA's vaccine
was killing children...

750
00:38:29,265 --> 00:38:30,971
I leaked the information...

751
00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:34,137
to your father...

752
00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:37,766
and his investigation
got him killed.

753
00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:41,269
Murdered.

754
00:38:44,364 --> 00:38:48,607
My father... was murdered.

755
00:38:49,536 --> 00:38:50,742
Yes, he was.

756
00:38:50,954 --> 00:38:52,444
[voice breaks]

757
00:38:53,039 --> 00:38:56,577
And you turned me
into Black Lightning?

758
00:38:56,793 --> 00:38:57,623
No.

759
00:38:59,796 --> 00:39:02,287
I know it doesn't make
what I've done better,

760
00:39:02,507 --> 00:39:04,543
but I had nothing to do
with that experiment.

761
00:39:04,759 --> 00:39:07,296
As soon as I realized
that you had powers,

762
00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:09,377
Alvin's kid,

763
00:39:10,306 --> 00:39:12,046
I knew I could
never let them get you.

764
00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:17,307
And so all these years,
I've tried to protect you
the best I could.

765
00:39:18,565 --> 00:39:20,521
-But now--
-But now, what?

766
00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:24,146
I can't anymore.

767
00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:28,317
Martin Proctor...

768
00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:31,824
the head of the ASA
for this area,

769
00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:36,621
is looking for you,
and I can't stop him.

770
00:39:36,833 --> 00:39:40,917
If you use your powers
or you go out in the suit,
he will find you,

771
00:39:41,129 --> 00:39:43,836
and they will kill you.

772
00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:48,883
And they will find Anissa...
and they will kill her, too.

773
00:39:49,721 --> 00:39:52,133
I'm sorry, Jefferson,
but you have to stop
being Black Lightning.

774
00:39:52,348 --> 00:39:53,713
Stay away from me.

775
00:39:53,933 --> 00:39:56,390
[Jefferson breathing heavily]

776
00:39:56,603 --> 00:39:58,594
-[electricity crackling]
-Stay away from me.

777
00:39:59,731 --> 00:40:01,221
Stay away from my family.

778
00:40:09,365 --> 00:40:10,229
Must be here.

779
00:40:10,450 --> 00:40:13,066
Ah, Jen, whatever it is,
I don't have time for it.

780
00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:22,287
Are you pregnant?

781
00:40:22,503 --> 00:40:25,870
No. No, but something weird
is definitely going on.

782
00:40:26,090 --> 00:40:27,125
Okay.

783
00:40:30,136 --> 00:40:31,376
What? You broke your phone?

784
00:40:31,596 --> 00:40:33,177
No, Anissa,
look at the edges.

785
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:34,967
I did that.

786
00:40:36,851 --> 00:40:37,840
With my hands.

787
00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:40,809
[sighs]