Black Lightning (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 7 - The Book of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange - full transcript

Previously on
Black Lightning...

Who hired you to kill me?

I don't know who hired me.

Sorry, ladies.

- Kill the Reverend.
- Boss, hey, let's slow down.

That Christian clown
got away once.

Let's see if his God
will protect him again.

If you don't leave Freeland
tonight, you are going to die.

Boy, let me tell you something...

You're walking down
the wrong path, Khalil.

It's too late for me.



You have to save the baby.
And find Anaya.

There's a lady
who calls herself Looker.

She used the silver,
which she calls "element,"

to turn the white folks
into Sange.

When I came to South Freeland,
all of you were weak...

You made us slaves!

You're worse than the drugs!

What the hell?

Push! Push for me!

- Doing good! There you go!
- Yeah.

- What's wrong?
- She's having twins.

Whoa!

What is Sange?

White folks with powers



who basically terrorize South Freeland.
They call us the Perdi.

Where's your parents?

They haven't made it back yet.
None of them have.

The baby?

This silver liquid
always returns to Looker.

Okay, get
Anaya and the other baby to safety.

There's another baby.
Find it.

Hey, it's me.

How are you?
Where are you?

I don't know exactly.

Nowhere good,
I can tell you that.

Well, are you okay?

Damn.

What?

Let's just say someone clearly
drew a line in the sand.

All right,
maybe you should turn back.

No, not without the baby.

You are always telling me to
be strategic and not stubborn.

Now I'm telling you. You are not
safe goin' after them alone.

I'm running low on juice.
I gotta go.

Dad, listen to me!

I'll contact you as soon as I can.
Take care of yourself.

Take care of the baby.

Dad!

Camouflage.

She needs to talk to you.

- About what?
- How the hell should I know?

Maybe something to do
about finding that other kid.

- Did you hear that?
- Yeah.

Go check it out.

Where's the baby?

Go to hell!

You first.

Get his ass!

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I really do like it here.

I'm glad to hear it.

You said you needed to see me.

Yes, I did.

But you haven't said much
since we got here.

I can't help you
if you won't tell me...

Is this about that boy, Khalil?

Sort of.

Then you really need to be having
this conversation with your parents.

No, they wouldn't...

Well, they don't like Khalil, okay?
Or me very much right now.

And what makes you say that?

Because they treat me
like some sort of prisoner,

they don't even let me
leave the house.

I think they're trying to protect you.
What do you think?

I think they look at me
and see failure.

You are not a failure.

No, they see themselves
as failures.

My dad thinks it's his fault
I turned out weird.

And I know he's trying to protect
me from living some awful life,

but he's so busy doing that...

They both are, they're not
letting me live at all.

I don't know. Being locked up in
a room is definitely not a life.

- It's like I'm being punished for...
- being born this way.

Well, they don't mean
to punish you. They love you.

Yeah, I know, I just don't how much
more of this kind of love I can take.

So I'm definitely not talking
to them about, you know who.

'Cause they might send me
to nun school if I do that.

Well, all I can
say is that if you care for Khalil,

and he cares for you,
just be safe.

Make sure you use condoms.

What? No. Uh, well, yes,
I know that,

but that's not the kind
of advice I was looking for.

I just don't wanna hurt him.

My parents sent me to you
because they were worried

I wouldn't be able
to control my powers.

So what if I'm with him and I
shock him to death or something?

Is that what you're scared of?

Yes. Well, that and...

And?

And that I'm going to spend
the rest of my life like this.

Like what?

Just not normal. Feeling
like nobody understands me.

Nobody really understands
what it feels like to be me,

not my parents,
not my sister, not...

Not me?

Well, no, I didn't
mean it like that. I just...

I miss the way things used
to be when I felt like me.

And my family,
I miss the way we used to be.

And I know that things are
never gonna be the same again.

There's nothing I can do
about it, and I hate that.

Secure government channel.
Scanning encryption.

Scanning all pertinent keywords.

They named
the baby Alex Pierce Smith.

Aw. Is Pierce a family name?

Yeah, on my mom's side.

Cool, right?

Oh, yeah,
I know Jefferson Pierce.

Didn't he get into trouble or somethin'?
They fired him, right?

I don't know, girl. But
I do know he is fine as hell.

Encryption secure.

There he is...

Black Lightning.

I've been a fan from
a distance for some years now.

I've tried to model
myself after you.

Always felt like you
and I had a lot in common.

Yeah, I doubt that.

No, really. We both want the drugs
and the crime off of our streets.

We both make sacrifices for
people that we don't even know.

And the thing I like about you the most
is that you fight for your people.

I fight for mine. You're a
proud African-American.

I'm a proud White American.

You're a racist.

Now, how did you jump
to racist so quick?

Nice flag.

The joys of minority privilege.

It's okay for you
to wear a shirt saying,

"I'm black, and I'm proud,"
but if I wear one saying,

"I'm white, and I'm proud,"
I'm a racist?

No, your T-shirt would say, "I
kill and hang Perdi from trees."

Please. The Perdi killed
one of our men

for getting one
of their girls pregnant.

Nobody is innocent
in South Freeland.

I'm really gonna
enjoy taking you down.

I don't think you're in a position to
be threatening anyone, Black Bulb.

- Here's the suit.
- Thank you.

What's in the vial?

I'm not sure.
But we'll talk about it later.

Hey.

Anaya, you can trust her.
This is my mom, Lynn.

She's beautiful.
What's her name?

Well, with everything going on, I really
haven't had a chance to settle on one.

Her father and I
hadn't officially decided.

Her belly button's still
a little bloody.

You mind if I clean it up
a little bit?

Hey.

Okay.

There.

I'd like to draw some blood,
if that's okay?

It's okay, Anaya,
she's a doctor.

Okay.

- You help me for a minute?
- Sure.

Did you see what I just saw?

If you mean, did I see that vial
trying to get to the baby's blood,

then, yeah, I saw it.
What's going on?

I'm not sure.

- What, is Anaya a meta?
- No.

What about the dad?

Well, I know he was Sange,
but not a meta.

Sange?

Mom, it's complicated.

But...

Wake up.

Oh...

Wake up.

I need to know
where the other baby is. Hmm?

You have to admit, the irony is
amazing, you getting electrocuted.

Where's the baby?

The baby...

I can sense her.

Let's go.
Flip the switch again.

Leave it on until he dies.

Sorry for the noise,
guys. I didn't mean to scare you.

I just accidentally
knocked the chair over.

You can turn it off.
He's dead.

There she is.

My power doesn't come from the suit.

Thanks for the charge, though.

Hi.

Yeah, he was a bad man.

Let's go see Mommy, okay?

You scared me.

I used to love dusting
brothers on this track.

You like caviar?

Caviar?

Tobias told me,

you never forget the first time
you can afford to eat caviar.

Jen, you deserve a guy
that can give you that.

Okay, where is
all of this coming from?

Actions have consequences.

What are you talking about?

You're really starting to scare me.

He's not gonna stop.

Not until I kill Reverend Holt
or until he kills me.

But I can't.
I don't want to be like him.

Then don't be.

My dad says
when there's a problem,

you just need to focus
on finding a solution.

So that's what we're gonna do. We're gonna
focus and figure this out together.

Can you buy some time?

I don't know. Maybe.

Great. Then buy some time, go back
to Reverend Holt and make him leave.

- I already tried...
- Do whatever it takes. Try harder.

And then, you'll leave.

Now, where am I gonna go?
Hmm?

It's not like I just have money
around where I can just leave...

All right, listen.
Focus on Reverend Holt

and we'll figure
the rest out later.

Look at me. Look at me.

I got you. All right?

Oh, I know.
I know, little one.

You're probably hungry
and tired.

Here, here. We're...

We're gonna get you
to your mommy real soon, okay?

It's okay.
It's okay.

Hmm...

I'll be damned.

Hey, it's me.

I was worried! Are you okay?

Was running low on juice,
didn't want to contact you

until we were closer
to Freeland.

Whoa, "we"?

Yeah.
I got the baby right here.

Whoa, Dad,
what about the grandparents?

I don't know.
They weren't with the baby.

Everyone safe on your end?

Yeah, we're good. We're,
uh, we're at the old mall.

- Looker's headed your way.
- Wait, how?

I can't figure it out, but
somehow she can sense the baby.

What do you mean,
"sense the baby"?

Well, she said she could "sense" the
baby and took off with her gang.

And there's something
weird about them.

Their veins glow, and they act like
they're in a trance or something.

I've never seen anything like it,
so just be extra, extra careful.

I will. You, too.

Yeah.

- Ooh.
- Reverend Holt. Listen, you have got to...

- You need to step back, son.
- Okay. Okay.

Look, I only came back to tell
you that you're in danger.

You've got to leave, now.

No. I don't feel like I'm the
one in danger right now.

Yeah, well, you are.
Tobias wants you dead.

Let me tell you somethin', son.
See, you ain't no killer.

But you best believe I'll send
your black ass to the Lord

sure as day turns to night,
you understand me?

No, you're not listening
to me, Reverend.

Tobias wants you dead, not me.

And that's why
I'm here warning you.

See, what the problem is,

you scared of Tobias,
but I ain't.

Do you have any idea what will happen
to you if you don't leave Freeland?

What will happen
is in God's hands, son.

Now let yourself out.

Come on.

Need a ride?

Get your ass in the car.

Get your ass in the car.

Hello.

Hey. Okay, look, Reverend
Holt ain't going anywhere,

and Tobias just rolled up
on me out of the blue.

Hold up. You're with Tobias?

No. No, I got away.

But he'll find me again,
he always does.

All right, Khalil,
tell me where you are.

Jen, leave me alone

before he finds out
that you're with me.

Would you leave me alone?

No, never.

All right, then don't expect me to
leave you. Now, tell me where you are.

Guys? Guys? I need you
to wait in the restroom

until I tell you to come out
or Black Lightning does.

Your little girl is lucky
to have you as a mom.

No matter how old we get,

we can always count
on our moms to have our backs.

But I think it's safest
for you and for her

to wait in there for now.
Okay?

- Okay.
- All right.

- Be careful, okay?
- I will.

- I love you.
- I love you, too, Mom.

Hey. Did I wake you?

Hey, you know what time it is?
Hell, yeah, you woke...

Is that a baby?

Yeah. I need you to
watch her for me, all right?

- I'll be back as soon as I possibly can.
- Jefferson?

Oh. I, I think
she needs a change.

Loretta?

Remember,
Tobias wants him alive.

If he doesn't get to kill him
himself, he'll kill one of us.

Yo, what is it?
What the hell, man?

Damn. I can't see a thing.

Yo, I can't get a signal.

Hey, you getting a read on him?

Nah. It's like he disappeared.

Go, go, go, go, go.

Follow my voice.

Wait, Jen?

Yeah. I told you, I got you.
Just follow my voice.

Jen?

- I can't...
- I can't see nothing.

Can you see now?

Cute costume.

See that, that's what I'm talking about.
Now, what's happening with them?

Dad, chill, chill.
They'll be fine now.

We'll be...
we'll be fine now, too.

You sure?

Yep. She was controlling them
with theta waves.

Theta what?

The neocortex is the part of the brain
involved in sensory perception,

motor skills, and language.

There's all these theories
about how theta waves

help animals navigate
their locations in the wild,

and they even affect behavior
when we're sleepin'.

Now, it's not fully understood,
but someone being...

Please stop.

Dad, this is really... Listen,
you gotta listen to me.

No, no, I will pay you to stop.

What are you gonna do with her?

I don't know.

We have to give her to the ASA.

They're the only ones
equipped to handle her.

Doesn't the ASA
experiment on metas?

That's her problem.

It's time, get up.

Come on. Be ready.

All right. We're here.

I don't know if I should've
come back so soon.

I don't know what to say, I don't
know what they think of me.

Look, you can't focus on
what they think of you.

Sometimes it's
just best to talk it out.

But I crossed a line I don't know
if I can redeem myself from.

Look, I'll watch the babies,

but I think they need you more than
your fear's allowing you to see.

Okay? You got it.

No.

No. No.

Joan is a wilding.

Shouldn't you be writing that down?
'Cause that should be in the article.

Hey, you okay?

I'm fine.

Well, I know you're fine.

But are you okay?

- You are so corny.
- Whatever.

I gotta go to the bathroom.

You look pretty good
for a dead guy.

You gonna invite me in?

I believe this belongs to you.

It's not like you to leave a
live transmitter lying around.

Uh... It must have jammed
when it crashed.

I don't know whether to
hug you or hit you, old man.

If slugging me will make
you feel better, you can.

So?

Someone tried to assassinate me.
I still don't know who.

It's better that they
still think that I'm dead,

safer for your family
that I stay dead.

You gotta know by now,
you are my family.

I'm sorry, man.

These damn kids could
not turn these lights off.

Hey.

Jen?

Jen?

Jen?

Hey, this is Jen, leave a message.

Jen, it's Mom. It's really late.
Where are you?

Look, where is she?

- I can't tell you that.
- Can't or won't?

I can't violate the trust
of those who confide in me

or my work would be
rendered useless.

Listen, I may not have powers
like the rest of my family,

but trust and believe you do not
want to get on my bad side,

especially when it comes
to my kids.

So tell me where the hell
is my daughter!

I don't know... exactly.

What do you mean, "exactly"?

Stop talking like a damn oracle
and speak plain English.

I'm saying that I can't tell
you where your daughter is

'cause I don't know. All I know is...

What?

She's most likely with a boy.

A boy? Wait, what boy?

And I also know that I've worked with
many with powers over the years,

and I've never seen anyone
like Jennifer. She's special.

Yeah, we, we know that.

Do you? Jennifer's powers are extraordinary,
and I don't say that lightly.

She's just like her father.

No, Jennifer's powers are beyond
anything any of us have seen.

Teaching her to control them has
been both a joy and a challenge,

because I've never worked with
anyone with gifts like that.

Which is why I must caution you.

What are you saying?

I understand you're upset. I understand
you want your daughter back.

But you must be very careful.

If you push her further away, and
she retreats with her powers,

with no real support system
and no guidance,

there'll be consequences
for us all.

How're you feelin'?

Tired. Tired, awful...

And great.

Tired I understand.
Awful I get. But great?

I feel great because
you saved my life.

Everybody gave up on me,
except you.

That's 'cause I know
the real you.

And now you know the real me.

You're the only person that
understands what it's like to be...

Like us.

You know, after I got shot,

my mom kept telling me I could
still have a normal life.

She didn't understand that
normal stopped for me that day.

Things are never gonna be
normal again.

It's like how I went from

being the Queen of Garfield one day
to some sort of freak overnight.

Yo, you're not a freak, Jen.

Man, you're beautiful.

Khalil, I have light
shooting out of me.

That doesn't freak you out? It freaks
me out. Like, be honest, it's weird.

Okay.
Yeah, and I have metal

all up in my back,
and poison in my veins.

What, so you think
that makes me weird?

No.

Yeah. That makes you weird.
Just a little bit.

Okay, so, like, your parents,
they don't get it.

That just means
they're not like you.

Oh, wait, are they?

- Are yours like you?
- Of course not.

Are you sure? I'm not going to
have to worry about your mom

shooting darts my way,
or something.

Okay.
All right, so...

So what exactly can you do?

Does it matter?

Uh, yeah, it matters. Look, I
need to know what I'm up against

next time we get into a fight
because I forget your birthday

or for checking out some girl.

Okay, look, you roll your
eyes, but I need to know,

what, you gonna electrocute me?

I might.

Damn!

Damn! Do it again.

Khalil, that ain't funny.

Hey, yo, I'm not laughing.
Yo, that kiss was fire.

Oh, come on, it was just
a little bit funny.

And just think it, I mean, our kids,
their powers would be insane.

Okay, homie, you need to slow your roll.

You need to calm down.

Okay. Okay. You're right.
You're right. We'll go slow.

Hey. Being here with you
right now is enough for me.

Are you sure you wanna leave?

Yeah, let's go.