Black Lightning

Previously on Black Lightning...

So, Baron, what's a young man like you doing up here all by himself?

It's my powers.

I can talk to computers. I can feel them.

Hear their voices.

ASA called me a technocrat.

I go by TC.

Okay, TC it is, then.

Odell is using you, Jen.

You're like a gun, and he's pulling the trigger.

Y'all don't see that? That white wave.

- Jefferson! - Where'd he go?

Who are you?

Send me back to Freeland. Now.

I did not bring you here to fight. I brought you here to save lives.

You're a true hero, Jefferson.

This is Jefferson Pierce. We wouldn't have been able

to stop the antimatter wave without him.

Oh, nice.

Gambi?

Gambi, I don't know if you can hear me,

but if you can, you're not gonna believe what happened.

I traveled to an alternate dimension.

I met other meta-humans, a kid named Flash.

Gambi,

Superman is real.

We saved humanity.

Multiple humanities, actually.

A lot happened.

But I just kept thinking about you

and Lynn and the girls and... And Freeland.

Gambi, can you hear me?

Dad?

Dad?

Mom?

Anissa.

Anissa? Gambi, I need help.

I think I'm stuck in my safe space.

Gambi.

Gambi, if you can hear me,

I'm headed home. Do you got eyes on the family?

To hell with this.

Argh!

I don't have time for this.

Hello!

Can anyone hear me?

Hello!

Hello! Gambi, I'm scared.

Gambi, I'm scared.

I'm scared.

I don't know where I am.

What's happening.

But if someone can hear me,

Agent Odell needs to be stopped.

He's been using me to try and destroy my family in Freeland.

I really thought I was doing the right thing.

He's just been using me.

I promise...

I promise if I ever make it back,

I'm gonna stop Odell.

I promise I'm not going to become the evil version of myself.

If anyone can hear me,

please tell my family that I'm sorry,

and I love them.

Tell 'em I love 'em.

Dad!

I was so worried about you. Are you okay?

No, I'm fine, I think.

Where's Anissa and your mom?

I don't know. I just got here.

- Anissa? - Mom?

All right, they're not here. Let's go.

Wait, no, no, no. We have to go after Odell first.

Everything you said about the ASA, Dad, is true.

Yeah, I know. But first we need to check on Anissa and your mom,

then we can talk about Odell.

Anissa and Mom won't be around

if I don't go after Odell right now,

- and I'm not watching my family die. - Jennifer.

Jen, wait.

Why are you always trying to stop me

from doing what you know is right?

I'm not trying to stop you.

All I'm saying is that we need to put family first.

Besides, how're you gonna go after Odell

in a suit that he gave you?

I'm sure they put safeguards in there

to keep you from attacking them.

Should have Gambi check it out.

You're right.

We'll go to Uncle Gambi's first,

but right after that, I'm going after Odell.

Uncle Gambi, I need my suit.

Where did you get this suit?

No time to explain. I'm on a mission.

Wait, wait. Jen, wait.

Okay, look...

this is gonna be hard to believe,

but Jen and I were in alternate dimensions.

What?

When?

Well, we just got back.

I have no memory of you being gone.

Right. That's because there's no longer any multi-dimensions.

Each world,

each dimension was wiped out, one by one,

until there was nothing left.

And then one world, one dimension was created.

Look, we don't have time to get into this right now

because Jen wants to kill Odell.

I picked up some static when you came in,

but, like I said, I have no memory of you being gone.

Yeah, 'cause I think I saw the future.

No, Jen, it wasn't the future, it was an alternate reality.

But that reality doesn't exist anymore.

Well, alternate reality or not, Odell has to go.

I don't know what happened,

but both of you have antimatter particles on you.

That shouldn't be possible.

So you're sure that you visited an alternate universe?

- Definitely. - Definitely.

Maybe it's the nature of your powers

that allowed you to experience what you experienced.

But it seems to be over now.

I don't really know what happened,

but I've really gotta go kill Odell.

Gambi, so Odell's people made this suit.

Now wouldn't they put fail-safes in it?

I'll bet the farm.

Uh-oh.

What?

Blackbird's been using the tunnels to move around Freeland undetected,

and the ASA has just caught on.

She's about to be ambushed by several commandos.

All right, let me change into my old, reliable, Gambi-built suit,

and I'll go after Odell while you handle that.

No, no, Odell can wait. Don't suit up.

Go check on your mother. Make sure she's safe.

- Fine. - I'll go help Anissa.

Guys, listen.

If I have no memory of what you say happened,

then in all probability no one else does either.

And this universe might be different in key ways.

It's probably best to not let on.

Okay, got it.

Where's my mom?

She's at Bowman College.

And how do you know that?

Jen, go check on your mother.

Are you tracking us, like all the time?

Pretty much. Yeah.

Thank you.

What she said.

You're welcome.

These are Resistance-held areas.

They've dug in big-time.

It's gonna take a major offensive to take them out.

Problem is, we're down 15% on vehicles and 25% on personnel.

What's Commander Williams' status?

Improving.

He took a major hit to his nervous system fighting Black Lightning,

but he's walking.

Be putting rounds downrange soon.

Soon doesn't work.

We need another ace in the deck.

Now, where's Jennifer Pierce?

Unknown.

Her suit's been shut down, and she's not responding to our calls.

Did you weaponize and chip the detainees?

Negative, sir. Every time we've tried,

the Resistance intercepts the shipment on the way to the facility.

Then bring the detainees here.

There's one more thing.

We haven't been able to stabilize the metas without Dr. Stewart.

Then you have your work cut out for you.

Now, get out!

My side effects are increasing.

Hallucinations, agitation,

sweats,

dry mouth. I'm gonna...

tweak the dosage and see...

Mom?

No!

Damn it!

Look what you made me do, little girl.

That was all I had!

That was all I had, damn it.

Freeze!

- Are you okay? - I'm fine.

But where were you?

Sorry, it's a long story.

Dad, I'm fine. You can let me go.

I thought I lost you.

What're you talking about?

We have been through way worse than this.

You... Right. Right.

You need to get your head in the game. We are not playing around here.

We need to get to Garfield.

- Come on. - Right. Right.

Are you ready to stabilize the kids?