1 00:00:01,479 --> 00:00:03,264 Previously on Black Lightning... 2 00:00:03,307 --> 00:00:05,527 I love you. You're the best thing that has ever happened to me. 3 00:00:05,570 --> 00:00:10,184 Painkiller, this is your target. Terminate with prejudice. 4 00:00:10,227 --> 00:00:11,924 Yes, sir. 5 00:00:11,968 --> 00:00:15,232 We're going to kill the Pierces. Each and every one. 6 00:00:15,276 --> 00:00:18,496 We have the Painkiller operating system firewalled. 7 00:00:18,540 --> 00:00:20,063 You're nothing without me. 8 00:00:20,107 --> 00:00:21,717 It's always going to be inside you. 9 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:23,632 -Hey! You're not even real. 10 00:00:23,675 --> 00:00:27,114 We'll see after I finish my last mission and kill the Pierce family. 11 00:00:27,157 --> 00:00:29,899 Starting with that pain in the ass you love so much. 12 00:00:29,942 --> 00:00:31,770 Jennifer. 13 00:00:31,814 --> 00:00:33,120 Promise me you won't tell her where I am. 14 00:00:33,163 --> 00:00:34,686 Painkiller is still inside of me. 15 00:00:34,730 --> 00:00:35,687 The kill order is still inside of him. 16 00:00:35,731 --> 00:00:37,776 I want you to watch her die. 17 00:00:37,820 --> 00:00:39,082 -No! 18 00:00:45,915 --> 00:00:47,177 Does Jen know you're leaving? 19 00:00:47,221 --> 00:00:48,526 I'm not too good with goodbyes. 20 00:00:48,570 --> 00:00:50,572 -Where are you gonna go? -I don't know. 21 00:00:50,615 --> 00:00:52,052 But I got to get out of Freeland. 22 00:00:52,095 --> 00:00:54,097 I had your name removed from the ASA register 23 00:00:54,141 --> 00:00:57,057 so you'll have a chance at somewhat of a normal life. 24 00:01:09,504 --> 00:01:11,593 "There's one. 25 00:01:11,636 --> 00:01:13,073 The path has been corrected. 26 00:01:14,248 --> 00:01:15,597 Go forth and conquer." 27 00:01:18,121 --> 00:01:20,384 These words came to me in meditation 28 00:01:20,428 --> 00:01:21,603 and led me here, 29 00:01:21,646 --> 00:01:23,996 to Akashic Valley, 30 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:29,437 a place where I came to find peace of mind and body. 31 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,745 A place where I pieced together a family and built a new life, 32 00:01:33,789 --> 00:01:37,053 so that I can conquer my own duality. 33 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:43,538 Me, Khalil, who wants peace and vengeance. 34 00:01:45,148 --> 00:01:46,932 And Painkiller... 35 00:01:46,976 --> 00:01:48,630 who just wants a bloody war. 36 00:01:48,673 --> 00:01:50,632 ♪ Understand That we're strumming ♪ 37 00:01:50,675 --> 00:01:53,287 ♪ Why understand Where we're going ♪ 38 00:01:53,330 --> 00:01:55,941 ♪ I understand life Be flowing ♪ 39 00:01:55,985 --> 00:01:59,641 ♪ Dreaming as you be Talking to me ♪ 40 00:02:03,427 --> 00:02:05,647 ♪ About where we'll be 41 00:02:10,260 --> 00:02:16,875 ♪ I'm wearing your gold You whispering that it's over ♪ 42 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:22,925 ♪ To yourself It's creeping up my shoulder ♪ 43 00:02:34,415 --> 00:02:37,287 ♪ I understand where We're coming from ♪ 44 00:02:37,331 --> 00:02:40,072 ♪ Understand my devotion 45 00:02:40,116 --> 00:02:43,119 ♪ Don't understand What you're doing ♪ 46 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:48,429 ♪ I understand that It's plain to see ♪ 47 00:02:48,472 --> 00:02:50,561 ♪ See 48 00:02:50,605 --> 00:02:53,869 ♪ But not clear to me 49 00:02:58,047 --> 00:03:04,184 ♪ Where the river flow That's where I wanna go ♪ 50 00:03:04,227 --> 00:03:07,361 ♪ With you, with you With you ♪ 51 00:03:07,404 --> 00:03:09,798 ♪ I just know that we are... 52 00:03:09,841 --> 00:03:15,847 Welcome, Anissa and Grace Pierce. My name is Imani. 53 00:03:15,891 --> 00:03:18,502 I will be your concierge for your stay with us. 54 00:03:18,546 --> 00:03:21,157 We are so pleased that you have chosen the Black Velvet 55 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:23,681 as the place to celebrate your honeymoon. 56 00:03:23,725 --> 00:03:26,858 If there is anything that you need, just say my name 57 00:03:26,902 --> 00:03:29,905 and I will be here to assist you. Enjoy. 58 00:03:35,127 --> 00:03:37,695 ♪ Last night I saw a superhero He was black ♪ 59 00:03:37,739 --> 00:03:40,916 ♪ He said "This is for the street Black Lightning's back" ♪ 60 00:03:43,527 --> 00:03:46,051 ♪ There's a treacherous man Living inside of me ♪ 61 00:03:46,095 --> 00:03:49,229 ♪ He don't need your eyes Or your sympathy ♪ 62 00:03:49,272 --> 00:03:52,406 ♪ He don't wanna be loved Unless it's for free ♪ 63 00:03:52,449 --> 00:03:55,844 ♪ He cuts down his friends Like Amazon trees ♪ 64 00:03:55,887 --> 00:03:58,542 ♪ In the jungle of love He's Dr. Freeze ♪ 65 00:03:58,586 --> 00:04:02,111 ♪ He got a nasty habit Yes, he got a disease ♪ 66 00:04:02,154 --> 00:04:05,462 ♪ That he gave to a lovely girl Named Tessa ♪ 67 00:04:05,506 --> 00:04:07,812 ♪ She was his Therapist girlfriend ♪ 68 00:04:07,856 --> 00:04:11,033 ♪ She said, "Let 'em in Ooh, let 'em in" ♪ 69 00:04:13,427 --> 00:04:15,646 Whoa! Damn, bruh. 70 00:04:15,690 --> 00:04:18,954 Give a warning before you shine the sun in our eyes. All right? 71 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:20,738 Apologies. 72 00:04:22,697 --> 00:04:24,568 -You good, babe. -Yeah, I'm good. 73 00:04:24,612 --> 00:04:25,787 Sheesh. 74 00:04:26,614 --> 00:04:27,963 I'm going to the bathroom. 75 00:04:41,455 --> 00:04:44,806 -Hey, man, can I have the bill? -Yeah, of course. 76 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:53,771 Come on. Come on. 77 00:04:53,815 --> 00:04:54,903 You gonna help me or are you just gonna stand there? 78 00:04:54,946 --> 00:04:56,992 Come on. Come on. 79 00:05:10,266 --> 00:05:11,267 Have a good one. 80 00:06:13,721 --> 00:06:15,375 Give her to me. 81 00:06:15,418 --> 00:06:19,379 I'm not letting that Pierce bitch get away this time. 82 00:06:19,422 --> 00:06:23,383 That's one. But you don't really want to kill Anissa. 83 00:06:23,426 --> 00:06:25,559 That's Odell. He put that in your head. 84 00:06:25,602 --> 00:06:28,779 I know that. But what you don't seem to understand 85 00:06:28,823 --> 00:06:31,521 is that until I kill every damn Pierce, 86 00:06:31,565 --> 00:06:35,220 I'm in a constant state of pain, a constant rage. 87 00:06:35,264 --> 00:06:37,397 And I've told you the war is over. 88 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,139 For you, bruh! Not for me. You know, as soon as I'm done with that bitch, 89 00:06:41,183 --> 00:06:44,447 -I'm coming after you. -Two. 90 00:06:44,491 --> 00:06:48,059 And why me? Odell's the one who created you this way. 91 00:06:50,627 --> 00:06:52,324 Odell didn't create me. 92 00:06:54,152 --> 00:06:56,764 There is no light without shadow... 93 00:06:57,591 --> 00:06:59,941 no sun without moon. 94 00:06:59,984 --> 00:07:03,423 I was already buried deep inside of you, Khalil. 95 00:07:03,466 --> 00:07:08,428 Odell, he just weaponized all that ghetto pedigree anger, 96 00:07:08,471 --> 00:07:12,257 Black boy horror movie rage that you tried to hide 97 00:07:12,301 --> 00:07:15,347 by being the good running boy with the pretty smile. 98 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,264 I said give her to me. 99 00:07:20,527 --> 00:07:22,311 Nah, that bitch is dead. 100 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:29,797 Well... 101 00:07:33,496 --> 00:07:35,237 She's not a bitch. 102 00:07:40,721 --> 00:07:41,983 ♪ Well, well, well, well 103 00:07:42,026 --> 00:07:43,463 That's three. 104 00:07:45,987 --> 00:07:48,163 ♪ Is it the way I move? 105 00:07:50,557 --> 00:07:53,385 ♪ That's why you think I'm bulletproof ♪ 106 00:07:55,779 --> 00:07:57,825 ♪ Or is it in my cool? 107 00:08:00,741 --> 00:08:02,873 ♪ You think I'll put A spell on you ♪ 108 00:08:05,789 --> 00:08:08,618 ♪ Oh, let it rain 109 00:08:11,055 --> 00:08:14,885 ♪ It won't rain on my parade 110 00:08:17,975 --> 00:08:23,328 ♪ Black girl, Black girl Don't lie to me ♪ 111 00:08:23,372 --> 00:08:28,377 ♪ Tell me where did you sleep Last night? ♪ 112 00:08:29,770 --> 00:08:32,512 ♪ In the pines, in the pines 113 00:08:32,555 --> 00:08:35,340 ♪ Where the sun don't shine 114 00:08:35,384 --> 00:08:40,694 ♪ I shiver The whole night through ♪ 115 00:08:40,737 --> 00:08:46,700 ♪ Black girl, Black girl Where will you go? ♪ 116 00:08:46,743 --> 00:08:49,877 ♪ To the place Where the cold wind blows ♪ 117 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:51,443 Freeze-frame. 118 00:08:53,576 --> 00:08:55,360 What happened? 119 00:08:55,404 --> 00:08:56,840 I think you can see what happened. 120 00:08:56,884 --> 00:08:58,146 What are you really asking me? 121 00:08:59,495 --> 00:09:00,496 How did he get out? 122 00:09:01,758 --> 00:09:03,412 He almost killed her. 123 00:09:03,455 --> 00:09:05,153 The logic bomb I put in your head gives you control. 124 00:09:05,196 --> 00:09:07,503 It works even better with your meditation practice. 125 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:10,201 But he's always looking for ways to override it. 126 00:09:10,245 --> 00:09:14,249 I'm assuming she's one of the targets Odell implanted in Painkiller? 127 00:09:14,292 --> 00:09:17,034 -Yeah, that's right. -Yeah. 128 00:09:17,078 --> 00:09:19,123 Logic bomb wasn't built to override a kill order. 129 00:09:19,167 --> 00:09:21,212 A kill order is like a GPS. 130 00:09:21,256 --> 00:09:23,127 If the Pierces are anywhere near him, he can sense them. 131 00:09:23,171 --> 00:09:26,087 That's why you being all the way out here was such a good thing, 132 00:09:26,130 --> 00:09:28,568 so you'd never see the Pierces again. 133 00:09:28,611 --> 00:09:29,960 How the hell did she end up here? 134 00:09:30,004 --> 00:09:31,875 I guess the creator had other plans. 135 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:33,181 Yeah. 136 00:09:33,224 --> 00:09:34,617 Hell of a coincidence. 137 00:09:34,661 --> 00:09:37,533 There's no such thing as coincidences, Philk. 138 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:40,710 Synchronicity, energy and intent combined to create 139 00:09:40,754 --> 00:09:44,061 a spontaneous manifestation of one's thoughts. 140 00:09:44,105 --> 00:09:46,368 Hell, all Painkiller thinks about is the kill order. 141 00:09:46,411 --> 00:09:49,850 And he's even more intent on killing Anissa because... 142 00:09:49,893 --> 00:09:52,940 Because he failed his mission in that previous encounter. 143 00:09:54,028 --> 00:09:55,551 He bought her here. 144 00:09:58,119 --> 00:10:03,559 Look, when the ASA was brought down, you were out on your ass. 145 00:10:03,603 --> 00:10:06,606 No one wanted anything to do with anyone who worked for 'em. 146 00:10:06,649 --> 00:10:09,609 I found you here, damn near homeless and an alcoholic. 147 00:10:09,652 --> 00:10:11,001 And I appreciate that. 148 00:10:11,045 --> 00:10:13,438 Back then, I asked you one simple question. 149 00:10:13,482 --> 00:10:15,963 Can you fix what's in my brain? And what was your answer? 150 00:10:16,006 --> 00:10:17,486 -Yes. -So I bought this building, 151 00:10:17,529 --> 00:10:19,923 built this lab to your specification. 152 00:10:19,967 --> 00:10:23,013 Look, all I'm saying is you got what you wanted out of the deal, 153 00:10:23,057 --> 00:10:26,451 the lab, the bar, so you could look in the face of your demons 154 00:10:26,495 --> 00:10:29,150 and overcome them everyday, you said. 155 00:10:29,193 --> 00:10:31,195 Well, bruh, I still have a demon in my head 156 00:10:31,239 --> 00:10:33,937 and he almost killed Jennifer's sister. 157 00:10:33,981 --> 00:10:36,418 Look, I understand why you're upset 158 00:10:36,461 --> 00:10:38,638 and I'm working on it. You know that. 159 00:10:38,681 --> 00:10:41,684 Now that we have some data and we've seen what this thing does when he sees a target, 160 00:10:41,728 --> 00:10:44,252 it gives me something different to work with. 161 00:10:44,295 --> 00:10:47,168 But Khalil, this is the first time 162 00:10:47,211 --> 00:10:49,126 Painkiller has shown up in a year... 163 00:10:49,953 --> 00:10:52,216 so give me some credit. 164 00:10:52,260 --> 00:10:54,392 And yeah, you did buy all of this stuff. 165 00:10:54,436 --> 00:10:57,918 But you wouldn't have know about the ASA's hidden millions if it weren't for me. 166 00:11:00,007 --> 00:11:02,966 I think I was pretty generous with your cut considering I took all the risk. 167 00:11:03,010 --> 00:11:08,363 Yeah, man. I'm not debating that, but I need you to hear this. 168 00:11:09,756 --> 00:11:12,802 I'm not your damn Asian tech savior, man. 169 00:11:12,846 --> 00:11:16,066 You need to also realize that as much as you saved me, 170 00:11:16,110 --> 00:11:17,677 I've done the same for you. 171 00:11:18,852 --> 00:11:20,288 So back up a bit, bro. 172 00:11:30,254 --> 00:11:31,691 Khalil, she's waking up! 173 00:11:37,566 --> 00:11:38,393 Hey. 174 00:11:39,350 --> 00:11:41,962 Happy to see you awake. 175 00:11:42,005 --> 00:11:46,009 I believe you're going to be all right. 176 00:11:46,053 --> 00:11:49,404 I'm Donald. I'm here to make sure you keep breathing. 177 00:12:00,154 --> 00:12:04,114 Hey, that's not Painkiller, that's Khalil. 178 00:12:04,158 --> 00:12:06,073 He's not going to hurt you, I promise. 179 00:12:11,469 --> 00:12:13,733 There were a few good candidates. 180 00:12:13,776 --> 00:12:16,910 Uh, the bad ones we tranquilized and we left on the strip. 181 00:12:16,953 --> 00:12:18,912 I mean, they won't remember anything happened. 182 00:12:18,955 --> 00:12:22,263 They'll think they just had a few extra drinks and a good time. 183 00:12:22,306 --> 00:12:26,441 You talk too much. Where's Nick? 184 00:12:26,484 --> 00:12:32,099 Uh, Nick. Well, Nick is kinda dead. 185 00:12:34,057 --> 00:12:36,277 -You can't be this dumb. -Uh... 186 00:12:36,843 --> 00:12:38,758 How? 187 00:12:38,801 --> 00:12:42,370 Well, we were dragging a subject into the van when a fight broke out. 188 00:12:42,413 --> 00:12:44,328 And some big Black guy came out of nowhere 189 00:12:44,372 --> 00:12:46,896 and he poisoned Nick with one blow to the chest. 190 00:12:46,940 --> 00:12:48,419 He sent him flying backward. 191 00:12:48,463 --> 00:12:50,987 Poisoned? Did you get a picture of him? 192 00:12:51,031 --> 00:12:55,513 My camera doesn't take photos of faces, it scans brains. 193 00:12:55,557 --> 00:12:59,430 That's how we find the smart subjects. 194 00:12:59,474 --> 00:13:01,476 -Bring Nick's body to the lab. 195 00:13:02,694 --> 00:13:03,695 Re-engage. 196 00:13:05,349 --> 00:13:06,829 What do you want? 197 00:13:06,873 --> 00:13:10,833 Uh, just one more thing. I took a pic of one subject 198 00:13:10,877 --> 00:13:14,837 and her brain was abnormal but amazing. 199 00:13:14,881 --> 00:13:17,057 I mean, I told Nick and he had me take another pic-- 200 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:18,493 Please get to the point. 201 00:13:18,536 --> 00:13:20,190 When I opened the van to sort the subjects, 202 00:13:20,234 --> 00:13:26,544 one of them had shape-shifted into a large sleeping leopard. 203 00:13:28,546 --> 00:13:31,723 -You captured a meta? -Yes. 204 00:13:33,421 --> 00:13:38,513 That's rare. I want to see her now. 205 00:13:50,917 --> 00:13:53,833 I thought I had him under control, but he found a way out. 206 00:13:53,876 --> 00:13:58,141 I don't give a damn how it happened. But you're gonna fix this. 207 00:13:58,185 --> 00:14:02,102 Especially after all the times my family saved your ass. 208 00:14:02,145 --> 00:14:04,974 Anissa, I'm not like you and your family. 209 00:14:05,018 --> 00:14:07,934 I don't go out there trying to be some kind of superhero. 210 00:14:07,977 --> 00:14:10,240 Painkiller could end up killing a lot of innocent people. 211 00:14:10,284 --> 00:14:14,070 And Grace is more than capable of taking care of herself. 212 00:14:14,114 --> 00:14:16,812 You coward. You know I could have saved her myself, 213 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:19,684 but I can barely move because of you. 214 00:14:19,728 --> 00:14:22,078 They drugged her. She's probably somewhere still drugged. 215 00:14:22,122 --> 00:14:25,516 And the longer your punk ass stands here making excuses, 216 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,258 it's gonna be harder for us to find her. 217 00:14:28,302 --> 00:14:32,480 Now, I almost lost her once, and I will not lose her again. 218 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:52,021 No such thing as coincidences, huh? 219 00:14:52,065 --> 00:14:53,805 No such things as coincidences. 220 00:14:58,549 --> 00:15:03,467 If she wakes, tell her I went to go find Grace. 221 00:15:13,390 --> 00:15:14,609 Freeze-frame. 222 00:15:16,698 --> 00:15:17,699 Rewind. 223 00:15:18,874 --> 00:15:20,702 Now stop. 224 00:15:20,745 --> 00:15:25,054 See right there. It's subtle, but he gave that guy right there a signal. 225 00:15:25,098 --> 00:15:27,274 Watch. Continue. 226 00:15:29,363 --> 00:15:30,494 Stop. 227 00:15:32,409 --> 00:15:34,368 Those are the two guys we need to find. 228 00:15:34,411 --> 00:15:36,718 I'll use the facial recognition to track down their location. 229 00:15:47,468 --> 00:15:49,296 Listen, I don't know anything. 230 00:15:49,339 --> 00:15:52,429 They pay me to take the photos and I wirelessly upload them 231 00:15:52,473 --> 00:15:55,693 to a different email account every time. 232 00:15:55,737 --> 00:15:58,783 You setting these women up for sex trafficking? 233 00:15:58,827 --> 00:16:02,483 No. No, I would never do anything as terrible as that. 234 00:16:04,137 --> 00:16:05,660 Because you have morals. 235 00:16:08,358 --> 00:16:10,273 Right. 236 00:16:10,317 --> 00:16:13,973 Some of these people are weird. They're in some sort of mind cult. 237 00:16:14,016 --> 00:16:16,323 Jeez. 238 00:16:16,366 --> 00:16:20,980 Dude, I can't believe you ran me over with your car. Who does that? 239 00:16:21,023 --> 00:16:26,072 Whoa. Come on, dude. I didn't run you over. If I did, you'd be dead. 240 00:16:26,115 --> 00:16:29,945 Anyway, I don't think you're telling me everything I wanna know, so... 241 00:16:31,425 --> 00:16:33,340 I'mma finish the job. 242 00:16:33,383 --> 00:16:36,908 No. No, no. Come on, dude. I don't even know the people that I work for. 243 00:16:36,952 --> 00:16:38,954 The money just shows up in my account. 244 00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:42,479 They're just interested in people's minds. 245 00:16:42,523 --> 00:16:44,264 And how they work. 246 00:16:44,307 --> 00:16:46,527 No, don't shut the door. 247 00:17:03,718 --> 00:17:06,677 I put a tracker on him and his car. 248 00:17:06,721 --> 00:17:09,071 He's an idiot, so it won't take long. 249 00:17:09,115 --> 00:17:11,073 Don't need it. Hacked the car's GPS. 250 00:17:11,117 --> 00:17:12,857 He made a face-to-face booth call on the strip 251 00:17:12,901 --> 00:17:14,424 and then headed immediately to a warehouse 252 00:17:14,468 --> 00:17:16,122 on the outskirts of the Valley. 253 00:17:16,165 --> 00:17:18,472 -I'm sending you the address now. -Nice work. 254 00:17:18,515 --> 00:17:21,779 Smart guy's not so smart. I'll hit you when you're close to the warehouse. 255 00:17:21,823 --> 00:17:23,564 I'll try and hack into the security cameras. 256 00:17:34,227 --> 00:17:35,576 -Thank you. -Yeah. 257 00:17:35,619 --> 00:17:37,056 What was that, anyway? 258 00:17:38,231 --> 00:17:40,059 Just some herbs I put together. 259 00:17:40,102 --> 00:17:41,973 It'll help with the healing process. 260 00:17:42,409 --> 00:17:43,758 Hmm. 261 00:17:48,415 --> 00:17:51,679 You really know a lot about healing and medicine, huh? 262 00:17:51,722 --> 00:17:53,594 I was a medic in the Marines. 263 00:17:53,637 --> 00:17:55,509 Some years ago. 264 00:17:55,552 --> 00:17:58,729 You don't seem like the kinda guy who would work for a murderer. 265 00:17:58,773 --> 00:18:00,514 Khalil is not a murderer. 266 00:18:00,557 --> 00:18:03,560 Yeah, well, that was the second time he almost killed me. 267 00:18:03,604 --> 00:18:06,868 Khalil didn't try to kill you. Painkiller did. 268 00:18:08,391 --> 00:18:11,177 -He's at war with himself. 269 00:18:11,220 --> 00:18:15,790 Khalil's been through a lot, but you already know that. 270 00:18:22,753 --> 00:18:26,061 When I left the military, things weren't so good for me. 271 00:18:27,497 --> 00:18:31,153 I suffered from PTSD. Got pretty bad. 272 00:18:31,197 --> 00:18:35,766 When I was finally able to see the shrink at the VA, he just 273 00:18:35,810 --> 00:18:38,856 gave me some meds to take and sent me on my way. 274 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:43,165 One night my mind was hurting so bad, I took more meds than I should have. 275 00:18:44,253 --> 00:18:45,733 Did you try to kill yourself? 276 00:18:48,475 --> 00:18:49,693 I don't know. 277 00:18:51,565 --> 00:18:54,785 But I'm a pretty big guy, so they didn't take effect right away. 278 00:18:54,829 --> 00:18:57,919 So I came here, thought I'd help the healing process 279 00:18:57,962 --> 00:19:02,402 by adding quite a few whiskeys to the mix. 280 00:19:02,445 --> 00:19:06,057 You're a budding doctor, so you can guess what happened next. 281 00:19:07,407 --> 00:19:09,017 How did you know that? 282 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:13,630 Khalil told me. He told me all about the Pierces. 283 00:19:13,674 --> 00:19:16,590 He really admires and loves you guys. 284 00:19:17,547 --> 00:19:19,375 Hmm. 285 00:19:19,419 --> 00:19:23,292 Anyway, when I woke up. I was laying right where you are. 286 00:19:23,336 --> 00:19:25,816 Khalil found me in that alley pretty much dead. 287 00:19:25,860 --> 00:19:28,950 Brought me here, put me back together somehow. 288 00:19:31,692 --> 00:19:32,997 He saved my life. 289 00:19:37,741 --> 00:19:39,395 It's a wonderful story, 290 00:19:39,439 --> 00:19:43,530 but I'm not gonna be convinced unless he saves Grace's life. 291 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:48,274 I know what's it's like to be one person on the inside 292 00:19:48,317 --> 00:19:50,885 and have to pretend to be someone else on the outside. 293 00:19:50,928 --> 00:19:56,499 To lead a double life. Struggle with identity. 294 00:19:56,543 --> 00:20:01,156 Khalil's struggle is different, but that's what he's dealing with. 295 00:20:02,244 --> 00:20:03,506 Hmm. 296 00:20:03,550 --> 00:20:04,899 You should understand that. 297 00:20:07,249 --> 00:20:11,166 I never really had to hide who I was. I've always been out. 298 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:14,300 Well, then, you're one of the lucky ones, Anissa. 299 00:20:16,389 --> 00:20:17,868 Or do you prefer Thunder? 300 00:20:37,105 --> 00:20:39,934 Isolate the compound that killed him. 301 00:20:39,977 --> 00:20:41,805 I want the results in an hour. 302 00:20:52,163 --> 00:20:57,908 Keep her sedated until we find a proper, more secure environment for her to wake in. 303 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:03,262 I have special plans for this one. 304 00:21:09,833 --> 00:21:12,053 There's two guards, one at the top of the stairs 305 00:21:12,096 --> 00:21:14,098 and one guarding the entrance to the room. 306 00:21:14,142 --> 00:21:15,274 Got it. 307 00:21:56,706 --> 00:21:58,665 Man, I don't know what the hell this is 308 00:21:58,708 --> 00:22:01,972 but it is way deeper than we thought. 309 00:22:02,016 --> 00:22:04,671 These people... I can't even describe it. 310 00:22:04,714 --> 00:22:08,849 A bunch of kids with computers connected to their brains. 311 00:22:11,765 --> 00:22:13,375 But Grace is definitely not one of them. 312 00:22:13,419 --> 00:22:15,377 Wait, how many laptops? 313 00:22:15,421 --> 00:22:19,381 About six. Looks like one for each person. 314 00:22:19,425 --> 00:22:20,991 Okay. I'll put in a call to the police for the people, 315 00:22:21,035 --> 00:22:23,211 you grab the laptops. 316 00:22:23,254 --> 00:22:25,822 Maybe there's some information about why they're abducting these people. 317 00:22:46,190 --> 00:22:47,366 Who are you working for... 318 00:22:48,845 --> 00:22:50,107 and where can I find them? 319 00:22:54,721 --> 00:22:56,113 I want a name. 320 00:23:05,732 --> 00:23:08,169 -Name? -Maya. 321 00:23:08,212 --> 00:23:09,257 And where? 322 00:23:13,740 --> 00:23:15,742 Damn it. 323 00:23:15,785 --> 00:23:19,354 Coincidentally, the nanotech in their brains resembles the tech in your brain. 324 00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:21,530 Philky, there's no such thing as coincidences. 325 00:23:21,574 --> 00:23:23,619 Well, the victims' brains have been partitioned, 326 00:23:23,663 --> 00:23:26,579 effectively cordoning off a large section of their brain like a computer. 327 00:23:26,622 --> 00:23:29,886 They're being crypto-jacked to harness the computing power of the brain 328 00:23:29,930 --> 00:23:33,063 for criminal enterprises like unravelling Bitcoins. 329 00:23:33,107 --> 00:23:36,197 Okay, but what's the other part of the brain doing? 330 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,679 Well, it ain't dead. Sort of in a non-thinking state. 331 00:23:39,722 --> 00:23:41,594 So the brain is meditating. 332 00:23:41,637 --> 00:23:44,118 Don't you need to know that you're meditating in order to meditate? 333 00:23:44,161 --> 00:23:47,687 Okay, well, can this technology help with Painkiller? 334 00:23:47,730 --> 00:23:49,515 -It might. -Good. 335 00:23:49,558 --> 00:23:51,734 All the more reason for us to find this Maya woman. 336 00:23:51,778 --> 00:23:56,478 Kill two birds with one stone. Save Grace and fix my brain. 337 00:23:56,522 --> 00:23:59,176 I think I know someone who can help us find out who Maya is. 338 00:24:04,660 --> 00:24:08,098 This is the closest we've been to finding a way to get rid of Painkiller. 339 00:24:08,142 --> 00:24:09,578 You really think she can help? 340 00:24:09,622 --> 00:24:11,275 She seems to know everyone in the Valley. 341 00:24:11,319 --> 00:24:13,452 Everything that went down or is about to go down. 342 00:24:13,495 --> 00:24:15,758 People say she can tap into the Akashic records, 343 00:24:15,802 --> 00:24:18,848 a place where the past, present and the future exist. 344 00:24:18,892 --> 00:24:22,417 -And you believe that? -I do. 345 00:24:23,505 --> 00:24:24,419 And a lot more. 346 00:24:34,647 --> 00:24:35,952 Philky. 347 00:24:35,996 --> 00:24:37,606 What up, Wo? 348 00:24:37,650 --> 00:24:38,955 What up? 349 00:24:41,175 --> 00:24:45,005 Khalil, this is Wo Man, Wo, this is Khalil. 350 00:24:45,048 --> 00:24:49,139 -Pleasure. -Mine, too. 351 00:24:49,183 --> 00:24:51,707 You said it was an emergency. What's up? 352 00:24:51,751 --> 00:24:55,798 We were wondering if you've heard of a woman named Maya? 353 00:24:55,842 --> 00:24:59,410 Apparently she's into some real high-tech mind-bending stuff. 354 00:24:59,454 --> 00:25:02,631 Tech that usually only the government can get their hands on. 355 00:25:02,675 --> 00:25:05,286 Yeah, I know who she is. 356 00:25:07,854 --> 00:25:10,813 But there ain't no kind of future in even saying her name. 357 00:25:10,857 --> 00:25:12,728 I know that sounds dramatic, 358 00:25:12,772 --> 00:25:15,557 but you could say it to the wrong person and end up dead, Philk. 359 00:25:15,601 --> 00:25:17,124 Come on, Wo. 360 00:25:17,167 --> 00:25:20,083 This is personal. It's family stuff. 361 00:25:20,127 --> 00:25:22,564 And plus, we've got some debts between us. 362 00:25:22,608 --> 00:25:25,567 -That we do, but... It's real personal. 363 00:25:27,482 --> 00:25:28,875 And we're short on time. 364 00:25:34,663 --> 00:25:37,840 I'll secure email you the schematics and location of her retreat 365 00:25:37,884 --> 00:25:40,364 thirty minutes after you leave. 366 00:25:40,408 --> 00:25:42,410 I'm going to say this and then leave it alone. 367 00:25:42,453 --> 00:25:47,067 If you insist on going there, you'd better bring an army, okay? 368 00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:48,416 'Cause that bitch don't play. 369 00:25:48,459 --> 00:25:52,072 I just need guns. Lots of guns. 370 00:25:54,117 --> 00:25:55,423 You got lots of money? 371 00:26:29,762 --> 00:26:30,937 Impressive. 372 00:26:32,547 --> 00:26:33,461 Right? 373 00:27:45,707 --> 00:27:49,015 Hey, man, what kind of game are you playing? 374 00:27:50,407 --> 00:27:52,322 I have a message for Ms. Maya. 375 00:27:54,020 --> 00:27:58,241 You walk in here strapped to the nines, with a long-ass butcher knife 376 00:27:58,285 --> 00:28:01,201 saying you have a message for someone? 377 00:28:01,244 --> 00:28:02,768 I know you don't trust me. 378 00:28:05,727 --> 00:28:08,034 Maybe for good reason. 379 00:28:08,077 --> 00:28:13,692 But like you said, I didn't make me like this. Odell did. 380 00:28:15,041 --> 00:28:16,172 If you die... 381 00:28:16,869 --> 00:28:18,697 I die. 382 00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:24,398 Come on, Khalil. Deep down inside, your survival instinct... 383 00:28:25,312 --> 00:28:26,705 in all of us. 384 00:28:27,401 --> 00:28:29,185 You need me on this. 385 00:28:31,144 --> 00:28:32,928 That's why you're here. 386 00:28:32,972 --> 00:28:36,715 This technology is too important. 387 00:28:37,890 --> 00:28:39,369 It could set us both free. 388 00:28:39,413 --> 00:28:41,371 I can't take the risk of you killing the wrong person. 389 00:28:41,415 --> 00:28:43,243 What does that even mean, bruh? 390 00:28:44,331 --> 00:28:46,550 "Set us free"? 391 00:28:46,594 --> 00:28:49,640 But what you're really saying is to set you free from me. 392 00:28:50,685 --> 00:28:52,774 I'm not stupid. 393 00:28:52,818 --> 00:28:56,256 I think it means we can stop warring with each other 394 00:28:56,299 --> 00:28:58,649 and finally live in peace. 395 00:28:58,693 --> 00:29:00,956 No more kill orders causing you pain. 396 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:06,353 No more fear or worry of Odell or anyone else controlling you. 397 00:29:08,050 --> 00:29:10,357 You'll always be a part of me. 398 00:29:12,054 --> 00:29:14,274 It's just a matter of how. 399 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,276 Then trust me. 400 00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:23,849 I don't want Grace dead as a result of collateral damage. 401 00:29:23,892 --> 00:29:30,420 We'll go in, save Grace and then get the technology, 402 00:29:30,464 --> 00:29:36,862 and if things get real bad, then you'll finish. 403 00:29:39,212 --> 00:29:40,387 Understood? 404 00:29:43,999 --> 00:29:45,566 I'll be on my best behavior. 405 00:29:49,962 --> 00:29:54,488 Wake up, boy. We got a message for you. 406 00:30:50,326 --> 00:30:52,633 PK, you're up. 407 00:30:54,113 --> 00:30:55,679 'Bout damn time. 408 00:32:51,012 --> 00:32:53,014 Everyone back down. 409 00:32:53,058 --> 00:32:56,496 Delay him, but I don't want him killed. 410 00:33:01,283 --> 00:33:03,982 Katie, activate self-destruct. 411 00:33:04,025 --> 00:33:07,376 Password, please. -Rosebud. 412 00:33:07,420 --> 00:33:10,336 Self-destruct activated. 413 00:33:10,379 --> 00:33:15,080 Put this safe house on a ten-minute fuse, then blow it. 414 00:33:15,123 --> 00:33:16,342 Understood. 415 00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:43,586 Whoa, whoa, woman. Where in the hell do you think you're going? 416 00:33:43,630 --> 00:33:44,979 Where the hell do you think? 417 00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:47,721 Let Khalil and Philky handle this. Okay? 418 00:33:47,764 --> 00:33:49,853 They will bring Grace back. 419 00:33:49,897 --> 00:33:51,594 Listen to me. 420 00:33:51,638 --> 00:33:54,641 I've known many women in my life, but I have only loved one. 421 00:33:54,684 --> 00:33:56,295 Now you done good, cousin Donald. 422 00:33:56,338 --> 00:33:58,166 You got me up, back on my feet. 423 00:33:58,210 --> 00:34:01,126 Now I'm going to use that strength that you gave me to go save Grace. 424 00:34:03,693 --> 00:34:07,045 Okay, I feel you, let's go. I'm driving, though. 425 00:34:15,531 --> 00:34:16,880 You're not Khalil. 426 00:34:16,924 --> 00:34:18,708 You're the one who almost killed my wife. 427 00:34:18,752 --> 00:34:20,406 You're right. I'm not Khalil. 428 00:34:20,449 --> 00:34:23,583 I'm Painkiller. But he sent me to get you, not kill you. 429 00:34:26,368 --> 00:34:27,761 -Then let's go. -You go ahead. 430 00:34:27,804 --> 00:34:29,415 I have unfinished business. 431 00:34:39,773 --> 00:34:41,818 -Oh, my God. I love you. -I love you more. 432 00:34:42,950 --> 00:34:45,909 -Where's Khalil? -Painkiller. He's inside. 433 00:34:45,953 --> 00:34:48,129 Yo, the building's gonna blow in, like, five minutes. 434 00:34:48,173 --> 00:34:50,044 Whoa, whoa. They're never gonna make it. 435 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:51,611 We have to try. 436 00:34:55,963 --> 00:34:57,921 Painkiller, Grace made it out 437 00:34:57,965 --> 00:35:00,098 and the building is gonna blow up in five minutes. 438 00:35:00,141 --> 00:35:02,752 You don't have time to find the tech. You've got to get out. 439 00:35:11,457 --> 00:35:15,591 Get the hell out of here right now, PK! You're going to get Khalil killed, I mean it! 440 00:35:15,635 --> 00:35:16,984 Get the hell out of here. 441 00:35:23,208 --> 00:35:24,470 We gotta go. 442 00:35:25,558 --> 00:35:27,037 I'm tired, man. 443 00:35:28,213 --> 00:35:29,475 I know. 444 00:35:30,345 --> 00:35:31,738 Me, too. 445 00:35:31,781 --> 00:35:36,177 No, you don't understand. My mind doesn't like me. 446 00:35:36,221 --> 00:35:38,048 It's constantly attacking, 447 00:35:39,702 --> 00:35:43,184 pressing me with negative thoughts. 448 00:35:45,621 --> 00:35:47,623 Always wanting to hurt someone. 449 00:35:53,281 --> 00:35:55,065 She was my mother, too. 450 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,335 We are one. 451 00:36:03,378 --> 00:36:06,816 It's just that they split us up with all of their stuff. 452 00:36:06,860 --> 00:36:09,689 But I will find a way to put it all back together. 453 00:36:12,344 --> 00:36:15,173 But we have to go now. 454 00:36:15,216 --> 00:36:16,739 If I die, you die. 455 00:36:20,743 --> 00:36:22,658 We could be done with all of this. 456 00:36:24,269 --> 00:36:25,705 I don't want to die. 457 00:36:27,489 --> 00:36:28,621 I want to live. 458 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:34,279 The part of you that is me will live if I live. 459 00:36:34,322 --> 00:36:37,891 I'm not your enemy. And I will save us... 460 00:36:38,761 --> 00:36:41,286 by any means necessary. 461 00:36:43,331 --> 00:36:44,811 But you got to trust me. 462 00:37:20,934 --> 00:37:23,763 -Hey. -Hey. 463 00:37:26,592 --> 00:37:30,204 Okay, yeah. I'm gonna go downstairs and check on cousin Donald. 464 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:31,118 Yeah. 465 00:37:36,732 --> 00:37:38,908 So, how are you, Khalil? 466 00:37:39,692 --> 00:37:41,389 Well... 467 00:37:41,433 --> 00:37:44,958 I'm about the same as I was when I left Freeland. 468 00:37:45,001 --> 00:37:48,309 Yeah, well, look, you made some good friends here. 469 00:37:48,962 --> 00:37:49,919 Yeah. 470 00:37:51,094 --> 00:37:52,792 They're about the only family I have. 471 00:37:54,750 --> 00:37:58,537 -Hey, if you don't mind me asking-- -She's great, Khalil. 472 00:37:58,580 --> 00:38:00,756 -Yeah. 473 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,630 You know Jen's being herself. She's changed... 474 00:38:04,673 --> 00:38:09,504 quite a bit in other ways, but we talk about you often. 475 00:38:09,548 --> 00:38:11,245 -Yeah? -Mmm-hmm. 476 00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:12,551 I mean, that's besides-- 477 00:38:19,253 --> 00:38:21,299 Promise me you won't tell her where I am. 478 00:38:24,258 --> 00:38:26,826 Painkiller is still inside of me. 479 00:38:26,869 --> 00:38:28,958 The kill order is still inside of him. 480 00:38:29,002 --> 00:38:31,787 Most times I have control, but that's just most times. 481 00:38:31,831 --> 00:38:35,791 It seems like anything that brings me joy just brings the dark side out of me. 482 00:38:38,403 --> 00:38:41,014 It's something I gotta work on before I see her again, you know? 483 00:38:41,057 --> 00:38:43,321 Yeah, I know. Yeah, I promise. 484 00:38:45,540 --> 00:38:49,849 Listen, I really just wanted to thank you, for real. For everything. 485 00:38:49,892 --> 00:38:52,373 No. Thank you. 486 00:38:52,417 --> 00:38:56,638 For trusting me with what you love the most. 487 00:38:56,682 --> 00:39:01,164 And for encouraging me to do something good, Harriet. 488 00:39:03,645 --> 00:39:06,996 -You tried it. 489 00:39:07,693 --> 00:39:08,868 You just keep doing it. 490 00:39:10,435 --> 00:39:11,697 You're good at it, kid. 491 00:39:16,484 --> 00:39:19,226 Hey. Maybe. 492 00:39:23,491 --> 00:39:24,884 Maybe. 493 00:39:28,670 --> 00:39:30,019 Anything worth knowing? 494 00:39:31,891 --> 00:39:33,545 There's a lot there 495 00:39:33,588 --> 00:39:36,330 but nothing that's going to help you with Painkiller just yet. 496 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:38,506 You got plenty to get us on the right path. 497 00:39:38,550 --> 00:39:41,204 Man, if we got the tech from the building, it might have been different. 498 00:39:41,248 --> 00:39:43,772 That's in the past. Thanks. 499 00:39:45,034 --> 00:39:47,036 So what do we got? 500 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,082 It's all in these laptops, man. 501 00:39:49,125 --> 00:39:51,432 Each individual brain scan tells a different story, 502 00:39:51,476 --> 00:39:53,042 but, you know, at the end of the day, 503 00:39:53,086 --> 00:39:54,522 these crypto-jack victims, they'll all live, 504 00:39:54,566 --> 00:39:58,221 but most will have some serious brain defects. 505 00:39:58,265 --> 00:40:01,224 -It's a damn shame. -But it's bigger, man. 506 00:40:01,268 --> 00:40:03,662 They're ramping up abductions of tourists on the strip. 507 00:40:03,705 --> 00:40:06,447 This Maya, she's got her hands all over it but she's also like a ghost. 508 00:40:06,491 --> 00:40:10,146 You have to go through the seven layers of hell just to find a last name. 509 00:40:10,190 --> 00:40:12,410 She got everyone in her pockets. 510 00:40:12,453 --> 00:40:15,761 Politicians, police even the damn meter-maids. 511 00:40:16,588 --> 00:40:18,111 It's like party pic dude said, 512 00:40:19,112 --> 00:40:20,766 it's like a mind cult thing. 513 00:40:20,809 --> 00:40:23,246 -Cults usually have a means to an end. Mmm. 514 00:40:23,290 --> 00:40:25,423 And a charismatic leader, like Maya. 515 00:40:25,466 --> 00:40:28,904 I'm telling you, man, it's bigger than just Bitcoin hacking, bruh. 516 00:40:28,948 --> 00:40:30,558 Something much bigger. 517 00:40:30,602 --> 00:40:32,212 They're really out here ruining people's lives 518 00:40:32,255 --> 00:40:34,040 and everyone just looks the other way. 519 00:40:37,130 --> 00:40:38,914 Everyone except us. 520 00:40:38,958 --> 00:40:43,005 ♪ Everything will be okay 521 00:40:43,049 --> 00:40:47,009 ♪ Everything, everything Will be fine ♪ 522 00:40:47,053 --> 00:40:48,707 ♪ Breath with me 523 00:40:48,750 --> 00:40:50,273 ♪ Fine 524 00:40:50,317 --> 00:40:55,888 -♪ Breath with me -♪ Fine 525 00:40:55,931 --> 00:40:59,108 -Katie, call him. Calling him. 526 00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:02,677 Hi, Dad. 527 00:41:02,721 --> 00:41:04,679 -How are you? -I'm fine, beautiful. 528 00:41:04,723 --> 00:41:06,333 How are you? 529 00:41:06,376 --> 00:41:07,900 I'm excellent. 530 00:41:07,943 --> 00:41:11,512 -Happy to hear. -Dad, guess who's here. 531 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:13,383 Hmm. 532 00:41:14,341 --> 00:41:18,345 Well, what a coincidence. 533 00:41:19,912 --> 00:41:22,436 No such thing as coincidences, Dad. 534 00:41:24,525 --> 00:41:26,484 ♪ Everything will be fine 535 00:41:30,357 --> 00:41:32,359 ♪ Everything will be fine