Black Lightning (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - The Book of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus - full transcript

[Jefferson] Previously on
Black Lightning...

My parents sent me to you
because they were worried

I wouldn't be able to
control my powers.

You are the storm,
so you can control the storm!

[both grunting]

I've been waiting
to beat your pasty ass.

I will kill you.

[Khalil] He's not gonna stop.

Tobias is the reason
why I was paralyzed.

Khalil, why are you
still staying with him?

It's not like I have
anywhere else to go.



You look pretty good for a dead guy.

Someone tried to assassinate me.

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

Being locked up in a room
is definitely not a life.

It's like I'm being punished for
being born this way. [scoffs]

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

I know he's trying to protect me.

I just don't know how much more

of this kind of love I can take.

[hip-hop music playing]

♪ Wasting away ♪

♪ We swear that we're having
A good time ♪

♪ We spend the days joking ♪

♪ Love to complain
That there's no time ♪



[Jennifer] What are you doing?

[Khalil sighs]
I gotta make a stop.

Look, all my stuff
is at my place,

and we're gonna need money
on the run.

Hang tight. I'll be back.

Hurry, Khalil.

[sighs]

[hip-hop song playing]

♪ I run this city
I run this city ♪

♪ I run this city
I run this city ♪

♪ I run this city
I run this city ♪

♪ I run this city
I run this city ♪

♪ Whoa, I run this city
I run this city ♪

♪ I run this city
I run this city ♪

♪ I run this city
I run this city ♪

What up, Painkiller?

Here to collect.

Yeah?

I thought collection
was tomorrow.

New policy. Tobias wants me
to collect every Tuesday.

[chuckles] Could be that.

Or there's a bounty
on yo' nappy-ass head

of a hundred stacks.

So maybe you trying to grab
a few bands before you dip.

- Yo!
- [all] Yo!

What up, Painkiller?

[men grunting]

[guns firing]

[gunshots]

I see him! I see him!

[Jennifer grunts]

[energy pulsating]

[man screaming]

[Khalil] Go, go, go!

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Anything yet?

[Lynn] Gambi. Jeff told me.

I didn't believe
that you're actually alive.

[Gambi] Lynn, I'm sorry.

I know I put you guys
through a lot.

You have no idea
what you put us through.

What, were you just gonna
leave us in the dark forever?

[Jefferson] Okay, we can
discuss this another time.

Right now, we need to focus
on finding Jen.

So what have you got?

I've already checked all of
the major transportation hubs.

There's no sign of her
at Freeland International

or any of the bus
or train stations.

So she's either in a car
or on foot.

When did you last see her?

It was earlier tonight.

She was helping me
after the pod kids.

We don't have much time, then.
The further away she gets,

the harder it's gonna be
to find her.

What did Perenna say?

She thinks she ran away
with some boy.

Khalil.

The night that Dad and I
got into it,

she came to my room
and her phone was out.

I saw a text...

- Oh, God.
- You didn't say anything?

Dad, I talked to her about...

[Jefferson] No, Khalil is dangerous.

He attacked Garfield.
He tried to kill me.

If he's with Jen...

Contact Henderson,
tell him to put out an APB.

Okay.

Reach out to Jen's friends.
Call Kiesha.

- She may have heard something.
- I'm on it.

Bring up the surveillance
and traffic cameras.

We'll start near the house,
and work our way out.

Hey, hey, hey, let me go!

I'mma get out with super strength!

Super strength!
Super strength!

Please!
Hey, hey, hey, man, come on!

Let me go, man!

Come on, we can do this together.

Any idea why she might've run off?

Not sure.

Might be something to do with our decision

to homeschool her.

She ran off with Khalil to spite us.

Bill, I know you and Jeff
haven't seen eye-to-eye lately

- on a lot of things, but...
- Lynn, Lynn, please.

Jen is like a niece to Veretta and me.

And I would do everything in my power

to help get her back.

But I'm not gonna lie to you.

Our hands are pretty full right now

with these Green Light Babies poppin' up.

When they're high, we can't handle them,

but they come down hard.

So I'll get eyes on the street,

hotels, hospitals, spread a net.

There's already a warrant out
for Khalil's arrest,

but we can file a missing
persons report for Jen.

Okay, thank you.

I just appreciate you.
That's all.

[car engine revving]

[hip-hop music playing on car stereo]

[girl screaming]

[boy] Yo! What the...

Black Lightning?

Get outta here!

[Jennifer] What the hell, Khalil?

[Khalil] We needed the money.

You said we were making a quick stop,

not walking into
a damn shootout!

Tobias put a reward on my head.

I didn't even know. I'm sorry.

I was just trying to keep you
from being involved.

My involvement?

I just had to use my powers in public.

I'd say at this point
I'm pretty damn involved.

I know, okay? And I'm sorry.

But right now,

we need to get another car, quick.

What we need is a plan.

Like, where we're gonna stay tonight.

Uh, I don't know,

maybe one of your friend's houses?

Like Kiesha or Parneille?

No, no, no, that's the first
place my parents will look.

- [Khalil] A motel?
- That's too risky, too.

Somebody might recognize us.
They might call the cops.

Right, right, right.

Wait.

Okay, look, hey.

My aunt...
let's go to her house, okay?

She has a place up
in Henley Heights,

over by the peach farms.

Maybe we could crash
there tonight,

grab some supplies
before leaving town.

Okay. That sounds good.
We need to go, though!

Hey, come on. This one.

This one?

[Khalil] Okay.

What you doing?

Just a little trick
I picked up from the Hundred.

- Damn it!
- Watch out, I got this.

- [car engine sputtering]
- [radio static]

- [car engine starts]
- [Khalil and Jennifer exclaim]

Whoops. [Chuckles]

All right.

[Jennifer] Okay, we need
to get to a phone.

So I can call my parents.

Say what? No, absolutely not.

That's too much of a risk.

They'll know where we are.

No, they won't.
I'll be smart about it.

I'll make sure the call
can't be traced.

J, listen to me.

You don't understand
Tobias, okay?

If he finds me, he's...

He won't find you. All I'm
doing is calling my parents.

Jen, I said no, okay?
I can't go back, I won't...

You really need to calm down.
They have the right...

J! I said no. I said no!

I tried all of Jen's friends.
No one's heard from her.

I think I found something.

Whoa! What was that?

I think you mean "who."

Jennifer! Call my dad.
Tell him I'll meet him there.

[Inspector Henderson] I want her picture up

in every squad car.
Widen the net.

And tell air support to get
another bird up in the sky,

see if we can get eyes on
that car that they're driving.

Chief, we got a dead body
on Hughes and Angelou,

couple blocks over from the Club 100.

The description matches the girl

in the missing person report.

All right. Tell them not to do
anything until I get there.

[indistinct chatter]

[Thomas] Looks like
she was dumped here.

Abrasions on her head and chest.

Beaten to death, I'm guessing.

[Inspector Henderson sighs]

It's not her.

[exhales sharply]

Late night?

[Nichelle shudders]

[Tobias] Perhaps what you need
is a good read.

Always puts me right to sleep.

Moby Dick, one of my favorites.

I guess you're here
to put me to sleep?

[Tobias chuckles]

Actually, I have a strict
"no mama" rule.

I believe a man
has to have principles.

But I do need you
to contact your son...

tell him to keep
his thick lips shut.

I thought he was with you.

Hmm. He left town with
that Pierce girl.

Boy knows a lot about my business.

I have plans.

I'd surely hate to have
to change those plans.

I don't have no way to reach him.

Even if I did,

you'd have to kill me first.

I respect that.

You're a strong black woman, I can tell.

How did you wind up
with such a weak-ass son?

[door bell rings]

Khalil?

Auntie, look, people are after us.

We need a place to stay.

Does this have anything to do with
what I've been hearing on the news?

Is this her?
The girl you kidnapped?

No, he didn't kidnap me.
We kind of ran off together.

Look, it's not
what it looks like.

And we can explain everything.

Your mother knew
you were coming?

No, no, no, and she can't.

Look, if they find out, they'll kill her.

Auntie, please. Look, we ain't
got nowhere else to go.

It'll just be for tonight,
I promise.

- Are you really okay?
- Yes, ma'am. I swear.

Well, come on in here
before somebody sees you.

- Thank you.
- [Khalil] Thanks, Auntie.

I gotta get a room together.

Put your stuff down.
I'll go gather some sheets.

I'm gonna get the rest of our things.

Hey.

I'm sorry, okay?

I shouldn't have yelled
at you like that before.

Yeah, you should be sorry.

What the hell was that?

[sighs]

Something just came over me.
Okay?

Jen, the things Tobias did to me,

hitting me, burning me...

I just didn't want him to find us.

I snapped.

Well, you snap at me like that again,

and Tobias is gonna be the last person

you're gonna have to worry about.

I will light your ass up.
You need to remember that.

I know.

Here.

I picked it up when we stopped for gas.

You were right.

Your parents deserve to know
that you're okay.

I'll get the bags.

Thank you.

[man 1 grunts]

I didn't come here
for no damn games, bruh!

[man 2]
Take care of this clown.

You.

Painkiller and the girl,
where'd they go?

- I ain't no snitch.
- Uh-uh. Wrong answer.

I guess you ain't no snitch
either, huh, big man?

The Negro went that way.
He took a right on Morrison.

His girl was driving.

They're in a blue Barracuda convertible.

But I didn't get the license plate number.

[man 3] Yo, man, what you tell him for?

Whatever.

[phone beeps]

Hello?

It's me, Harriet.

Oh, my God! Jen!

Gambi, Jen's calling.
We need a trace.

- On it!
- [Anissa] Jen, where are you?

[Jennifer] Look,
I can't tell you that, but...

I wanted to call
just so you knew I was okay.

Are you with Khalil?
Is he making you say that?

[Jennifer] No, nobody's
making me do anything. Okay?

Keep her on the line.

[Jennifer] I really have to go,

but please tell Mom and Dad
that I'm safe.

- Wait, Jen, listen to me...
- I love you, Harriet.

Jen... Jennifer!

Jen!

She hung up.

[sighs]

Any luck with the Barracuda?

They must've ditched it somewhere.

Were you able to trace Jen's call?

[sighs] All I could get
was the nearest cell tower.

Oh, my God. What's the range
on a tower like that?

Up to 40 miles.
They could be almost anywhere.

Oh, damn it!

Where's your father?

[sighs] He went home to check on Mom.

You should get some rest, too.

I'll keep searching the traffic cameras

and hopefully I will find out
where they ditched that car.

You know, I still can't
believe you're alive.

You and your secrets.

I am sorry, Anissa.

I was only trying to protect
you and your family.

Yeah?

Like when you were trying to protect us

and you lied about being
attached to the ASA?

Or when you hid the fact

that Tobias was still in Freeland?
Huh?

Anissa! If the people that tried to kill me

knew that I was connected to you,

they would come after you next.

Why would I believe you?

Because you know
I'm telling you the truth.

You didn't tell your dad
when you were stealing money

for the pod kids in that clinic.

Oh, come on, that's completely different.

- Is it?
- Yes.

Well, sometimes we keep things
from the people we love

in order to protect them.

Raising your dad and being
a part of your family

is the best thing in my life.
Leaving you guys

was the hardest thing
I've ever done.

But I had to do it
in order to protect you.

And if you don't believe
anything else,

just believe that.

Yeah, well, we're not
a family without Jen.

So keep looking, okay?

She's gotta be somewhere out there.

Uncle Gambi...

thank you.

I know that was you

looking out for us in those woods.

Always.

[panting]

[Jennifer on recording] Hey, this is Jen.

Leave a message.

[softly] Jen...

Jen...

[sobbing]

Lynn! Lynn!

- No, Lynn, just leave it.
- [Lynn] No!

- It's okay, it's okay.
- [Lynn] Jen...

It's okay. It's okay.

Okay, look.

There's gotta be some way that
we can disguise my identity.

[Jennifer] Mmm-mmm.
Sorry, brother,

these locks gotta go.

Wait, hold up.
You didn't like them?

You looked like Whoopi Goldberg.

[chuckles] Plus, aren't they
just gonna grow back anyway?

No, I stopped taking the regeneration pills

that made 'em grow so fast.

I haven't needed 'em ever
since I started walking again.

Hey.

[sighs] You know...

I didn't mean
what I said earlier,

about me getting shot.

And I know I said I did,
but it wasn't true.

It's just that...

I don't know, running was
my ticket out of here.

And I was gonna take you with me.

But then that bullet struck my spine.

Going to the Olympics,
I mean, everything...

it all got shattered.

I just tripped.

Well, you got your wish.
Look at us. We're running now.

Hey, the truth is,

I don't really care if we're running,

as long as I'm with you.

Tilt your head.

- [hair clippers buzzing]
- Uh, wait.

[Jennifer] Tilt your head.

What is that?

[Khalil] Uh...

You got some kinda lump back here.

[Khalil] Huh?

Weird.

You need to get that checked out.

It might be cancer.

All right. Come on,
how much longer we gotta go?

We still gotta do your hair.

Don't even joke like that.

- Yo, it's just a weave.
- Yeah, an expensive one.

I don't care who's chasing me,

I'm not cutting this for nobody.

You got that?

Okay.

[Khalil chuckles]

Our plan...

failed, Tori.

That boy...

he was supposed to make
Black Lightning his enemy,

but he's weak.

He ran away.

Now he's our enemy.

I should've known.

Can't trust a Negro
as far as you can throw him.

I knew his ass wasn't a killer
but I kept giving him chances.

[sighs]

You're right.

That is my problem, isn't it?

I get stubborn and try things
over and over again.

Well, not anymore.

From now on,
if something ain't working,

I'm gonna change it.

Yeah, I'mma change it.

You were the best person
in my life.

Did Jen do that?

[Jefferson] Mmm-mmm.

Your mother got upset...

Gambi, was he able to trace
Jen's phone?

No, all he could get
was the nearest cell tower.

[sighs]

You should have said something.

What?

Khalil's text, you should've told us.

We could've talked to her
before it was too late.

Are you blaming this on me?

What? No. But if you had
told us, then maybe we...

Wow, wow! Okay.

Did you ever stop and think

why she was talking to Khalil
in the first place? Hmm?

Maybe it had something to do
with the fact that,

I don't know...

you and Mom never let her out the house,

that you treated her like she was

some kinda prisoner.

Wait, we didn't treat her like a prisoner.

We were trying to protect her.

No, you were just trying to control her.

You acted like she was some
kind of freak or a monster!

All your rules, your quotes,

and all of your
phone check-ins...

It was too much, Dad.
Too damn much!

You drove her away...

just like you did me.

[knock at door]

Nichelle?

I know I'm probably
the last person

you'd expect to see, but...

Please, come in. Come on in.

Lynn, I'm so sorry.

You and Jefferson,
you tried calling.

I thought you just wanted
to reach out to Khalil again.

I didn't know he and Jen
had run off together.

You both were so kind
when he was in the hospital.

I would've never
wanted your daughter

to get mixed up in all this.

Please, sit down.

- [Nichelle sighs]
- Are you okay?

He's all caught up.

Might not be too late
for your daughter, though.

I couldn't live
with myself knowing

that someone else's child had
to suffer because of my son.

My sister, Yvette,

she has a place
on the outskirts of town.

If Khalil's smart,
he'll take Jennifer there.

Thank you.

Maybe they didn't get
enough money last night,

and they gotta hit up
another spot.

All right. We'll start with
that safe house on Fitzgerald.

[cell phone vibrating]

Yeah, Lynn.

Khalil's mom is here. She thinks
she might know where Jen is.

- Where?
- Khalil's aunt has a house.

- I'll send you the address.
- All right, I'm on it.

New plan. Let's roll.

Let's get the van.

Actually, Anissa...

I thought you could use
something of your own.

[jazz music playing]

- [knock at door]
- [door opens]

I see you found the place.

I also see your price has gone up.

You get what you paid for.

I thought you were
against hiring black folks.

No, just thick-lipped,
incompetent darkies

like the one I want you to find.

Thought I'd get a discount,
considering our past.

Hmm. If I factored in
our past, I wouldn't be here.

[Tobias chuckles]
Yet here you are.

Sorry to hear about Tori.

I know what she meant to you.

It was just yesterday
she was telling me

I'm too stubborn,

need to try new things.

I thought she was dead.

So, history or not...

I better get my money's worth.

[scoffs] Okay. All right,
here we go with the threats.

I see you haven't changed.

Ain't nobody scared
of your pale ass, Tobias,

so you can stop right now
with your bad guy act.

Just tell me who this
person is you want found.

[Tobias] Him...
But I want him alive.

If you have a tracker,
what do you need me for?

You can nab him yourself.

Have you not seen the news lately?

I'm an upstanding citizen now.

I can't risk doing it,
but it's got to get done.

Besides, my people tried already.

Sometimes it's best to leave
things to the professionals.

[scoffs]

Okay.

- [knocking at door]
- I got it.

Who is it?

Some lady. Hide.

Detective Conley, ma'am.

Need to ask you a few questions

about your nephew, Mr. Khalil Payne.

[Yvette chuckles]

Girl, it's a little too early
to be trick-or-treating.

You know damn well
you ain't no detective.

[chuckles] You're right, why pretend?

[screams]

[both grunting]

[grunting]

[Khalil grunting]

[Jennifer] Khalil!

[Jennifer] Are you okay?
Are you hurt?

Come on. Come on.

[Cutter grunting]

Go.

[panting] Be careful. Careful.

[beeping]

- [drone whirring]
- [Jennifer panting]

Leave us alone!

Damn it!

Come on.

Where'd they go?

Jen shot down my drone!
I got nothing.

Damn!

Okay, let's split up.
They couldn't have gone far.

All right.

[Khalil groans]

[Jennifer] Who the hell
was that?

[Khalil] I don't know.

Wait, how did she find us?
We don't have any phones,

and there's no navigation in the...

[Khalil grunting and panting]

- Khalil...
- Huh?

This lump on the back of your head.

What if Tobias put it there?

What you mean,

like a tracking device or something?

Yeah. Exactly.

[crackling]

See? I knew I felt something
extra the last time we kissed.

My powers, they must've
caused the tracker

to have some sort of electrical surge.

Okay, all right. Um...

All right, so what do we do to get it out?

Uh...

- Okay.
- Wait, wait, no. Hell no.

Uh-uh. You ain't coming nowhere
near me with that thing.

You got a better idea?

All right, you said
that you were able to create

an electrical surge, right?

So what if you use your
powers to short it out?

No, I can't do that.
I could seriously hurt you.

Hey, I trust you.

Let me test it out first.

Okay, that won't do it.

Uh... It'll be less than that.

Wait, wait, wait...

No, come on,
we gotta do it. Go.

- You're right, I can't...
- No, do it.

You can.

You are the storm,
so you can control the storm.

Wait.

Remember...

I don't care if I'm running...

[crackles]

Did it work?

It must have. No electricity.

The hell there ain't.

Find anything?

[Anissa over comms]
No, we must've lost them.

[grunts]

Jennifer?

- [Jennifer] You good? Come on.
- Yeah.

[Jennifer] Be careful.

[cell phone vibrating]

Tell me you have him.

Not yet, but it won't be long.

- [Tobias] You lost him.
- No. He's got a cut.

They won't get far.
It's only a matter of time.

I don't wanna hear all that.

I don't give a damn
what you wanna hear.

Your Casper-the-Ghost ass
just put me in a position

to have to fight metas without warning...

Metas?

I didn't stutter.

Two of them showed up at the house.

Black Lightning and Thunder.

Black Lightning?

What the hell does Black
Lightning want with Khalil?

Or is it the Pierce girl?

Hmm.

Pierce girl again.

Like at Club 100 and the Seahorse.

Hmm.

[closing theme music playing]