Black Lightning

Previously on Black Lightning...

I still have a demon in my head,

and he almost killed Jennifer's sister.

You'll always be a part of me.

Then, trust me.

We're just gonna have to accept the fact that this is the new Jen.

Let's go over your backstory one more time.

Name is JJ Stewart.

- You're new here, right? - That obvious?

Uriah.

There's a video going viral of Lightning opening a can on Freeland PD.

The people love when I do my thing.

We now consider Lightning to be Freeland's public enemy number one.

Who is this maniac?

He's known as Ishmael.

Trying to get into the League of Assassins?

You can start with these.

Mr. Bates asked me to work on it himself.

It's called an energy field emitter.

Tobias will understand.

You have 48 hours to deliver the emitter.

Mr. Pierce, we have a warrant to search this house.

How could they think I embezzled money from Garfield?

It has to be Tobias, Jeff.

He won't stop until Mr. Pierce is in prison.

And I haven't found anything that will clear his name.

I used to collect for Tobias. I can help.

Wow. She really did it, huh?

She figured out a way to kill the meta-gene and increase power.

She's finally going to get that Nobel

Peace Prize and become rich-rich.

Girl, everything is not always about money.

Oh, try telling that to Blackbird.

How about we just go in and celebrate your mom?

Lynn, we're here.

Mom, hey.

What's going on?

I'm not sure.

Lynn, the door's locked. We can't get out.

I know.

It's the only way.

For what?

We can be a normal family.

Your powers aren't who you are.

They're making us people we don't want to be.

Okay, so you're just going to do this against our will?

Trust me. I know this doesn't turn out well.

My mind's made up.

Lynn, don't do this.

Dad.

Mom!

Mom, please!

Mom...

Mom.

Mom!

No. Oh, my God. Oh, God. Oh, no.

And then I fell down, overwhelmed with guilt.

And that was it.

In your dream, you try to fix your family.

Maybe your dream is the subconscious telling you

your family doesn't need fixing.

And if I try anyway, I...

will hurt them.

Badly.

Yo.

The real Lightning?

Yo, my mama ain't going to believe this!

I can't even believe this.

This is crazy.

In the flesh.

Well, technically, the suit,

'cause that would be inappropriate.

Hold on, wait.

If somebody told you I'm selling drugs,

it's some bull crap.

What? No, I saw a repost

from some girl named JJ

about your Garfield Music GoFundMe campaign.

Noticed it needed some help getting attention,

so here I am.

Damn. It's crazy.

- You really wanna help? - Yeah.

Just give me your phone and I'll log into my IG.

Then we can go live.

You bet.

Hi, everybody. This is Uriah.

And he and I could really use the community's help.

I received your alert. What's going on?

It's Lightning, sir.

She just went live on her IG.

She looks different, but it's definitely her.

Garfield, the pride of Freeland

has lost its music program funding.

Yeah. What's up, y'all?

Uh, I'm just asking for donations in cash,

music supplies, instrumental form,

really anything to keep the music program afloat.

Great work.

- Go alert the chief. - I'm on it.

And if you want to find more ways to help, make sure to follow Uriah,

at All-Eyes-On underscore Uriah and click the link in his bio.

Thank you, and please support.

Yo, I... I don't know

how to thank you enough.

It's no problem.

We need more people like you.

It takes a special person to do something

when everyone else is just standing by.

Look, I... I better get back to, uh, delivering the food.

Nobody likes cold fries.

Hmm.

Ah, it's too much. It hurts.

Will I see you around?

Guess not.

You won't.

But I will.

You met a human, Lightning.

Whoo!

Save recorded speed, acceleration and energy levels to Cloud.

Anissa.

Your new suit.

- What, I got an upgrade? - Mmm-hmm.

Your father's and sister's suits

work with an electrical charge.

Yours works with a sonic trigger

if you... snap your fingers while you're in high density.

All right, I'm gonna try it.

You have really outdone yourself this time.

I don't know if I'm ever going to be Blackbird again.

What the hell?

Have you lost your damn mind?

You're fine.

Your suit now has a memory function

to maintain your density for a while.

Now you won't be vulnerable the moment you stop holding your breath.

That is really cool and all, but I

would've liked to have known that before.

Maybe. Sure, but where's the fun in that? Come on.

- Huh? - Oh! Whoa-oh!

I'll see you in a bit.

You look amazing.

Thank you, Uncle Gambi.

Grounded? For what?

Lightning is grounded, period.

What were you thinking? Someone could've gotten seriously hurt.

All I was trying to do was help Uriah.

Wait, Uriah? Come on, Jen, that's not a reason to be Lightning.

All I was doing was bringing attention

to a campaign to save the Garfield music program.

That's no reason to go out as Lightning.

Well, you try helping the school

when you are the daughter... the niece

of the person accused of stealing the

program's funds in the first place.

Whoa, Jen, chill out.

No, you're just being reckless.

Not thinking about the consequences of your actions, as usual.

I think what your father means

is that now is the time that we all have to be extremely careful.

You're still public enemy number one.

And with the looming threats of new, deadlier DEGs...

you need to stay out of sight, period.

What did you wanna show us?

His name is Ishmael.

Advanced training in hand-to-hand combat,

especially swordsmanship.

Adept with technology, a master tactician.

And he's a meta hunter.

A meta hunter?

With a digital footprint as small as a fly's.

Wait, is this the guy who ambushed you and Grace?

- Mmm-hmm, that's him. - Well, be glad you're still with us.

There's chatter on the dark web about him

being up for the League of Assassins.

What's that?

The League of Assassins have been around for centuries

and have made more people dead than World War II.

They're the most notorious assassins in the world.

And here's the worst of it.

One way to get into the League

is by making high-profile kills,

like killing metahumans.

- Wait, so they're after us? - They better not be.

I say we don't wait. He can have his swords, I'll light him up.

No one is doing anything until we collect more Intel.

We don't even know if he's here alone.

- I'll see what else I can find. - Good idea.

Got it.

Ishmael was brought here by Destiny in the Kobra Cartel.

He's on their payroll.

With this guy out there,

it is extremely important you don't go out in your suits

without overwatch from me or TC.

Check your corners and double-check them.

And if you do run into Ishmael,

best to keep him and his blades at a distance.

Do not engage.

Look, we already know these second-generation

DEGs can go through our shields.

I'm getting close to an upgrade that'll protect you.