Black Lightning (2018–…): Season 3, Episode 10 - The Book of Markovia: Chapter One: Blessings and Curses Reborn - full transcript

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.

[Jefferson]
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.

[grunts]

You're a true hero,
Jefferson.

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

to stop the antimatter wave
without him.

- [Supergirl gasps]
- [Superman chuckles]

Oh, nice.

["Through the Late Night"
playing]

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.

[sighs] A lot happened.

But I just kept
thinking about you

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

♪ All through the late night ♪

Gambi, can you hear me?

♪ All through the late night ♪

Dad?

♪ All through the late night ♪

♪ All through the late night ♪

♪ All through the late night ♪

Dad?

Mom?

[echoing] Anissa.

Anissa?
Gambi, I need help.

I think I'm stuck
in my safe space.

♪ How did I get
In this place? ♪

♪ Oh, it don't matter ♪

Gambi.

[sighs]

Gambi, if you can hear me,

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

To hell with this.

♪ Delicious just how
They should be ♪

♪ N, N-Dimethyltryptamine ♪

Argh!

I don't have time for this.

♪ The vibes are effervescent
Delicious Just how they should be ♪

♪ No sleep in my bed
No sleepin' in my bed ♪

♪ When we gon' play Gon' play,
gon' play Until the day ♪

♪ I said no sleep in my bed ♪

Hello!

♪ Yeah, we gon' play
Gon' play ♪

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.
- [voice echoes]

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.

♪ All through the late night ♪

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.

♪ All through the late night ♪

If anyone can hear me,

please tell my family
that I'm sorry,

and I love them.

Tell 'em I love 'em.

♪ Last night I saw a superhero ♪
*BLACK LIGHTNING*

♪ He was black ♪

♪ He said "This is for the
street Black Lightning's back" ♪

*BLACK LIGHTNING*
Season 03 Episode 10

[Lightning gasping]

Title: "The Book of Markovia:
Chapter One: Blessings and Curses Reborn"

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? [laughs]

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.

- [sighs]
- 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.

[computer beeps]

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.

- [Lightning] Fine.
- I'll go help Anissa.

[Gambi] Guys, listen.

If-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.

- [door opens]
- Okay, got it.

[Jennifer] Where's my mom?

- [beeps]
- 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!

[beeps]

My side effects are increasing.

Hallucinations, agitation,

sweats,

dry mouth. I'm gonna...

tweak the dosage and see...

- [Jennifer] Mom?
- [gasps]

[screams] No!

Damn it!

Look what you made me do,
little girl.

That was all I had!

[sobbing] That was all I had,
damn it.

- [man yells]
- [all grunting]

[grunts loudly]

- [man 2] Freeze!
- [gasps]

- 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?

I'm close, but I'm not 100%.

All you have to do
is extract the base from Tobias

and follow
Dr. Stewart's protocols.

It's not that simple.

I watched Dr. Stewart work,
but I'm not her.

She didn't leave behind
any notes on her procedure.

My model only accounts
for a 60% rate of success.

Can you get it to 80%?

I think so.

But that's still 20% dead.

Acceptable loss.

When you get to 80%,
let me know.

["Microphone Fiend" playing]

♪ I was a fiend before
I became a teen ♪

♪ I melted microphones
Instead of cones of ice cream ♪

♪ Music orientated so
When hip-hop was originated ♪

♪ Fitted like pieces of puzzles
Complicated ♪

♪ 'Cause I grabbed the mic
And try to say, "Yes y'all!" ♪

♪ They tried to take it
And say that I'm too small ♪

[panting]

[song continues indistinctly
over headphones]

You're being a rude system.

I can feel you staring.

I know that's what you're supposed to
do, but stop it.

Will you tell me how to get in?

I see it.

♪ Thought of 'Cause it's
sort of An addiction ♪

♪ Magnetized by the mixing ♪

[device beeps]

That was rude.

I'm just looking.

These are the nicest clothes
I've ever seen in my life.

- [device beeping]
- No, I'm not leaving,

so you're gonna let me in.

It's okay if Peter isn't here.

I'll wait.

[exhales]

Yeah, there is a way in.

And you're gonna show it to me.

Open up.

[beeps]

I don't mean Peter any harm.

I just need his help.

Why are you so paranoid?

[electronic whirring]

Wait, wait, wait,
what do you mean?

When?

How?

Oh!

[gun cocks]

Peter.

You're a dead man, huh?

I'm sorry for yelling at you.

- I'm stressed and exhausted...
- Mom.

It's fine.

It's fine.

[rumbling]

Oh, my God.

Is that an earthquake?

It's Brandon.

Who?

My friend, he's a meta.

- He needs the cure.
- How do you know?

There's no fault line under
Freeland, remember?

Terrakinesis.

Not stabilizing.
I can help him.

I have saved a few doses
in case of an emergency. Here.

Okay, I don't know
what to do with this.

Why don't you just come with me
and give it to him?

[stammering] No, I can't, I have to
stay and finish what I was working on.

It's important.

Where should I give him
the shot?

Anywhere. It'll start working
instantly. Just go!

[rumbling]

[Black Lightning]
Wait... what...

What's going on,
is that an earthquake?

I don't know.

It could be another
Markovian attack.

Or the ASA.

You know the guards
at the detainment facility

are gassing up
a convoy of vehicles.

They're prepping to move.

I think they're gonna
take those kids to the

Pit, and the Resistance
has to stop them.

All right, go on ahead.
I'll catch up after I check in on

Jen and your mom.

- All right.
- Hey!

- Yeah?
- Be safe.

Always.

Call Jen.

[Jennifer]
Hey, Dad.

There might have been another ASA
or Markovian attack. Are you okay?

[Jennifer] I'm fine.
I'm on my way to stop the earthquake.

Wait...

Wait, what do you mean, stop an earthquake?
Where's your mom?

She's at Bowman's,
but she's acting strange.

I think you should go talk to her.
She needs your help.

- Wait... What?
- I have to stop the earthquakes

- before they get worse.
- No...

- Jen? Jen!
- [rumbling continues]

[cell phone vibrating]

[panting]

Brandon.

Brandon.

Hold on, Brandon.
Hold on.

Everything's okay. Hold on.

Brandon!

Brandon, everything's fine.

Brandon. Brandon, you're okay.

- [rumbling stops]
- Hey.

Everything's good.
You're okay.

[sighs] Okay.

Lynn?

Lynn?

Gambi,

I need you to trace
Lynn's phone for me.

She's at the house.

Thanks.

[Gambi] So you found me
using your powers?

Yeah.

When you used the tech to
break into the radio tower,

you left traces that
I tracked back here.

Oh. [sighs]

Look, man. The ASA is going door to
door, looking for metas.

I didn't know what else to do.

They'll put me back in a pod.

And I hate those things.

I really hate those things.

[breathing heavily]

TC?

I can't breathe.

TC.

You're having an anxiety attack.
You need to breathe slowly.

Here, watch me.

In through your nose.
[inhales]

Out through your mouth.
[exhales]

[both inhale]

[both exhale]

Better?

Listen, son, I have
an apartment above the shop,

and you're welcome to
stay there as long as you like.

The ASA won't find you there.

For real?

Yeah. For real.

[breathing heavily]

Lynn.

What are you doing?

What is that?

What are you doing here?

Lynn...

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

Baby...

- Lynn...
- [locks door]

Lynn, open the door!

[grunts]

- No!
- Give me that.

- Give that back to me!
- No.

- No.
- Give it to me. Give it back!

- Give it back!
- What is... Are you on drugs?

- No, of course not.
- Look, I know addiction when I see it.

- We're not having this conversation.
- Because I'm right.

- Because you're wrong.
- How long?

- How long what?
- How long have you been using?

No, no, I'm not the one who's the addict.
That's you, Jefferson.

You're the one that goes out

using your powers to get your fix
at the cost of the rest of us.

No, no, no, we're talking
about you.

I do it, so you can,
that's your excuse right now?

I don't need an excuse.

That is medicine. And I'm not just
saving the people of Freeland,

I am saving the world.

- What?
- I can think four times faster.

I-I-I can see problems
in multidimensions.

It's how I... it's how I found
the stabilization cure.

It's how I cured
the meta Ebola.

And I'm not addicted.
I took those properties out.

Baby, I think
you miscalculated.

I can look at you
and see you're on something.

I miscalculated?

How dare you.
Give me that back.

- That is mine.
- All right, this ends right now.

- No, give it to me!
- Right now.

No, that's mine. Give it back to me.
No, how dare you!

- [breathing heavily]
- [cell phone vibrating]

Yeah?

[Inspector Henderson]
Hey, you're needed, bro.

All right. All right,
I'll be right there.

Okay, 'cause if you ain't
with us soon,

a bunch of kids are going to wind
up like little Frankensteins.

Uh-huh, got it.

[Lynn breathing heavily]

Lynn. Lynn, come on, come on,
let go. Let's just get up.

- Get off and don't touch me!
- Just get up.

- Get your hands off me!
- No, we got to get you some help.

- What, are you going to hit me?
- What? No.

- I said move!
- No, Lynn.

- No, Lynn... don't leave, please.
- Leave me alone.

Lynn... wait.

[cell phone vibrating]

Henderson, not now.
Lynn!

Where in the Sam Hill are you, man?
We need you.

- Okay. Yes.
- We need to move ASAP.

Unless you want those kids
in body bags.

I'm coming!

[machine beeps]

Yes, sir.

Odell wants you
to bring in Jennifer Pierce.

Have to be sure
what side she's on.

Understood, Major.

That could be a tall order.

I'll need to find a suitable
replacement for my second-in-command.

Travis is fit for duty.

That can't be possible.
He just had surgery.

He's fully recovered.

See for yourself.

Reporting for duty, sir.

Okay.

Let's head out.

Proud of your work,
Dr. Blair?

Does it show?

If I catch you grinning before you
solve our stabilization problem,

you'll wish
you didn't have teeth.

Prepare a control chip for
Jennifer Pierce immediately.

Program Travis' chip to kill
Jennifer if she resists.

[Blackbird] Okay,
so here's what's up.

We all got to pay close
attention to where the ASA...

Black Lightning,
the kids in this detainment dump need out.

What do you need from us?

Let me have a look.

Well, looks like there is only
one way in, one way out.

Heavily guarded.

Probably have orders to kill
trespassers on site.

But we are better than that.

- Right, so this is what we're gonna do...
- Okay, hold up.

Can I talk to you for a moment?

Yeah, sure.

Don't you think it would be better
to help the Resistance as Thunder?

No, I don't.

Thunder is a clear symbol of justice.
She's selfless, saves people.

Blackbird steals money
from drug dealers

and does other
questionable things.

Oh, come on, Dad, stop.
I need to lead this.

Black Lightning is not the face
of this Resistance.

Whoever said he was?

You did. The moment you
came in and just took over.

Now, I know you have done this a
million times, but I'm running this.

Anissa, I didn't take over.
Henderson asked for my advice,

- and I gave it.
- No, I had everything under control

until you came in
with your male

privilege,
and you just pushed me aside.

Male privilege? What are you
talking about?

I'm your father.

- And this isn't about you.
- Yes, this is about me.

No. If we get this wrong,
people die.

Yes, Dad, I know that.

And I also know that
this is hard for you.

But I'm so much more
than just your daughter

and Thunder,
and you need to see that.

I am a leader,
and I can handle myself.

I... I know you can handle
yourself, I know that.

But you haven't always made the
best choices, and I haven't...

said a lot about it, but you have
done some very questionable things.

Okay, okay, I've made some
mistakes, and so have you.

- But so what?
- Mistakes?

You use money you stole
from drug dealers for yourself.

That is not a mistake,
that's just wrong.

Now is not the time for us to focus on
that. We have a mission to take care of,

and what I need from you
is support.

I need you to trust that
I'm gonna make better decisions

after the bad ones
that I made.

That's what I need from you, Dad.
Can you do that?

A lot of people
are counting on you.

Yeah, I know that.

And I need you to be
one of those people.

[hip-hop music
playing on headphones]

Really?

Where?

[music continues indistinctly]

Damn, Peter.

Who the hell are you?

Black Lightning.

Thunder.

Oh, man. [chuckles]

You shouldn't be in here.

Your system wanted
to show it to me.

It likes you better than me.

No, nah, it loves you.

TC...

this is all secret.

You cannot tell anyone.

I only know you.

I'm not gonna tell anyone,
I promise.

Man, this is so cool.

Not only do you know
and help meta-humans,

but you make suits.

Can you make me one?

Maybe one day.

When the time is right.

Maybe we should find out
who hired your killer.

That was done with Bitcoin.

And those blockchains are
incredibly difficult to crack.

I can do that all day.

Really?

Really, really.

What's wrong?

Uh, nothing.

People say that when there's
clearly something wrong.

[cell phone vibrating]

[cell phone clatters]

Don't seem like nothing to me.

Everything straight?

Yeah, everything's fine,
I just...

I've got a lot on my mind.

Like what?

It's complicated.

Try me.

I'm just feeling
a lot of pressure.

You know, like if I don't act
the right way,

[scoffs] the end will come.

End of what?

Of everything.

You're being dramatic.

No, I'm not. [chuckles]
I'm not.

If you knew half of what I know about
what's been going on around here,

you'd think I wasn't being
dramatic enough.

Like what?

- Jen!
- [gasps]

Jen?

Listen up, everybody.

Tonight we stand for the future
of Freeland.

We stand with those babies
who've been locked in cages.

Tonight we set them free
to go home to their families.

We set them free,

so Freeland can be free
for all of us.

No men, no women and no
children will be left behind.

- Freedom for Freeland!
- [crowd chanting] Freedom for Freeland!

Freedom for Freeland!
Freedom for Freeland!

Freedom for Freeland!
Freedom for Freeland!

Freedom for Freeland!
Freedom for Freeland!

Freedom for Freeland!
Freedom for Freeland!

Freedom for Freeland!
Freedom for Freeland!

[upbeat jazz music
playing on radio]

[electricity crackling]

[groans]

You've been acting weird
ever since we left the Pit.

What's going on with you?

Nothing.

[upbeat jazz music
continues playing]

[brakes screech]

- [man] Get on the ground.
- Leave us alone.

- Take cover now!
- I'm warning you.

[man] Hands where
we can see 'em!

[upbeat jazz music
continues playing]

- [guard] Let's go, keep walking.
- Come on, let's go.

[guard]
Single file, let's go.

Keep quiet, no talking.

Quiet!

Keep it moving.
Move up to the right.

They're moving into positions.
I see the kids coming out.

[Inspector Henderson on radio]
Copy you.

[engine starting]

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Everybody move! Let's go!

[siren blaring]

Ambush!
Get those kids back inside!

[guard]
Back in. Hurry up!

[tires screeching]

[guard over radio] Assistance required
at the front, all units report.

Copy that.
Let's go.

[softly]
Come on. Come on!

Move!

[guard 1] Let's go, inside.
Move it. Move it!

Single file line. No talking.
Move. Let's go.

Hurry up, come on.
Line it up, let's go.

[guard 2] Keep it moving.
Keep it moving.

[officer 1] This is the police department.
We have the building surrounded.

Oh! Get down on the ground!

- Get on your knees.
- On your knees!

[indistinct talking]

[both grunting]

Guys, keep moving.
Keep it moving.

[guards] Hey, freeze!

[Blackbird] Keep it moving, guys.
Go, go, go.

[all grunting]

- I say go left.
- We need to go right.

Left it is. Let's go.

[Blackbird]
Let's go, guys, quick.

Come on, guys, quick, quick.

Come on.

[upbeat music
continues playing]

[Blackbird] Guys, run!

- Good thing we didn't go right.
- How about you hit the lights?

[clattering]

[breathing heavily]

Maybe you should take a break.

I'm fine, I'm not tired.

I mean a break from technology.

It isn't healthy
to be lost in it.

I don't understand.

I spent years watching people
from a monitor.

To live life, you need
to connect with people.

Take care of yourself.

- Why?
- It's important for your mental health.

It wasn't until I got close
to the people in my life

that I learned why
it was important for myself.

They taught me
what it is to be human.

What if I prefer machines?

TC, you need humans
to have humanity.

And you need humanity
to be a whole person.

[stomach rumbling]

[chuckling]

Food helps, too. How about
an Italian hoagie?

- What's an Italian hoagie?
- Oh, you are in for a treat.

It is the best sandwich you will
have ever eaten in your entire life,

and I'm gonna fix you one.

Okay.

Right this way, kids.

Thanks for following my lead.

It really meant a lot to me.

Oh, you didn't need me to follow
to be what you already are.

[chuckles]

I see I made a mistake
back there.

A good leader acknowledges
her mistakes.

["Lucky" playing]

- I'm proud of you.
- Mmm.

Thank you.

- Aw, ain't that sweet.
- Oh, shut up.

Oh, yeah, it is.

♪ Bust down with the popcorn ♪

♪ Cheap moto with some miles
And a memoir ♪

♪ Had a dream, re-emerge
At the drug store ♪

Okay...

It's time to figure out
who hired Gambi's killer.

[rapid beeping]

♪ My choices
Breed regrets, oh ♪

♪ Hope soon soon
There's none left, oh ♪

♪ Few folks seen me when
My fingers fit the Cheerios ♪

♪ Puffy AmiYumi on the stereo ♪

♪ 'Posed to be maestro
For Juventus ♪

[gasping]

♪ Please
Unmarked barriers plenty ♪

♪ Few folks seen me
when my fingers fit, see

♪ Money on the raps like 'Bron
We ♪

TC!

TC?

Kid?

You're unstable.

But I know someone
who can help.

Hang in there.

♪ I love you, I love you I love you,
I love you I love you, I love you ♪

♪ I love you
I love you ♪

♪ You ♪

♪ I get by
I get through ♪

♪ I get over
I get moved ♪

♪ Try my luck ♪

♪ Don't try my trust ♪

♪ I get by
I get through ♪

♪ I get over
I get moved ♪

♪ Try my luck
Don't try my trust ♪

Hey, can we go now?

Almost.

I'm about to end this,
once and for all.

♪ I see obstacles
I see ways I ought to go ♪

Happy you finally called,
Ms. Pierce.

I'm not working
with you anymore.

And I'm not your weapon.

You don't have a choice.

Wrong answer.

[Brandon] Whoa.

That's a hologram.

[gasps]

This isn't over, young lady.

[Jennifer panting]

Who's that?

The devil.

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