Black Lightning (2018–…): Season 4, Episode 10 - The Book of Reunification: Chapter One: Revelations - full transcript

Previously on
Black Lightning...

I found out some serious dirt

on this fake cystic fibrosis treatment.

I'm already uploading
everything I got onto a thumb drive.

And as soon as I get it to you,
my ass is leaving town.

Darius.

His name is Ishmael.

Advanced training
in hand-to-hand combat,

especially swordsmanship.

And he's a meta hunter.

Dr. Stewart successfully
harvested my powers into the vials.



The nullifier boosters are authentic.

Let's make our move on Dr. Stewart.

You're under arrest.

- What... what... what for?
- Violation of civil rights.

Mr. Bates asked me
to work on it himself.

It's called
an energy field emitter.

Look who's almost
the king of Freeland now.

Something's wrong.

I don't feel my powers.

Jeff, I don't know
what's happening.

I can't feel my powers either.

My powers aren't working.

Lightning!

TC, something's wrong.



I could really use a little help here.

I'm trying.

Hold on, I'm trying.

Lightning, can you hear me?

What the hell
is going on?

It seems that somehow
everyone lost their powers.

Yeah, I just figured that out
the hard way.

Are you hurt?

No.

Thankfully, Gambi is always
full of surprises.

Wait. If everyone lost their powers,

how are you talking to me right now?

I'm on an old earpiece
from, like, 1903.

How do people
still use these things?

I'm headed to the Sanctum.

This isn't even a battle.

I'm almost ashamed
to keep going.

Almost.

Gambi, I need you to activate

the stealth mode
in my suit remotely.

You're good to go.

Hands! Don't move!

Get your men outta here.

I can't hold him much longer.

- Get outta there, now!
- He's on the ground.

- We could take him right now.
- Just do it.

If Black Lightning's telling us,
he knows something we don't.

Jeff, you need to get back
to the Sanctum. Now.

You gonna show your face?

Huh?

I thought Black Lightning
was supposed to be a badass!

Or are you just a coward
in a costume?

I'm on my way.

Grace?

Babe, you okay?

No, actually.

Anissa, you're bleeding.

Wait, the person in that car
almost took you out.

Why is someone trying to kill you?

Wait, why are we bruised
and battered?

What the hell
happened to our powers?

Come on.

Last night I saw a superhero
He was Black

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

Okay, we shouldn't be in here.

Look, babe,
I know this is messed up,

but whatever's
on that thumb drive,

Darius was trying to give to me.

It had him so terrified
he was ready to leave town.

And now he's dead.

- We gotta stay and find it.
- Okay, what if the killer took it?

How do we even know
it's still here?

What is it?

Wow.

That dude really did love his dog.

This must be Rusty.

What the hell?

So look, when you were
in the hospital,

he was telling me
he had to euthanize his dog,

and that they were... Ugh.
That they were really close.

So, he compared me to his dog?

He never compared you
to his dog.

- He was just saying...
- Whatever.

That is way more disturbing than that
dead body lying four feet from us.

Listen, I agree with you.
I think it's weird, too. But look.

Jackpot.

Wow. If I wasn't so repulsed,
I'd call you a genius.

That's all right, baby.
You can still call me a genius.

All right, but really.

If the neighbors heard gunshots,

the cops are probably
on their way.

- We should get out of here.
- Yeah.

Damn.

We should go.

Damn!

Uncle Gambi,
is it just our powers affected?

Or all the metas in Freeland?
TC lost his powers, too.

Or all the metas everywhere?

I don't know yet.

But I am working on it.

We know you are.

Let's just get out of these suits.

How do we do that with no powers?

Aw.

You stuck in the same outfit.
How are you gonna make it?

This isn't funny, Anissa.

This is a prototype

of the module I use to conduct the
electrical currents within the suits.

It should do the trick.

Thanks, Uncle Gambi.

And thanks for putting
that bubble thing in my suit.

Kicked in just in time.

After your dad fell
from the ionosphere

trying to save you,

I incorporated them into your suits
as an extra safety measure.

Good call.

Hey, look, you think
you can decrypt this?

Not without my powers.

But I think I may know
someone who can help.

All right, good.

Yeah.

You should probably
get down to the precinct.

Lynn's been arrested.

This is nowhere near orthodox.

Not to mention, I already
put my ass on the line tonight.

Let's just say
things didn't go so well.

The name Jefferson Pierce
is trash in Freeland right now.

People say you betrayed
the entire city.

But I trusted Bill Henderson
with my life.

And apparently,
he trusted you with his.

So... you got five minutes.

All right.
I appreciate you, man. Truly.

Jeff.

- You all right?
- No.

No, the... the charges
are really serious, Jeff.

Fourteen counts
of violation of civil rights.

Human experimentation
on children in a government black site,

reckless endangerment. I...

I'm scared. Jeff, I'm really scared.

- We're gonna get you out of here.
- Where... where are the girls?

Uh... I just left them at the Sanctum.

Something's not right.

We all lost our powers.

What? How?

We don't know yet, exactly, but...

It's Tobias. It's all Tobias.

He just put out a statement

disassociating himself
from you and the clinic.

Oh, son of a bitch.

Okay, look. I promise you,

I will do everything in my power
to get you out of here.

- Oh, Keith.
- Got here as soon as I could.

Thank you so much
for coming.

This is Jefferson.

Oh, hey. Good to meet you.
Keith Michaels.

Michaels. Oh, you're Lynn's
old college buddy.

We're gonna get Lynn home.
Real soon.

I'm not sure we can afford you.

No, Jeff, it-it-it's handled.

Appreciate it, man.

Jefferson, you need to go.

Feds'll be back in here any second.

She's in good hands.

Thank you. You stay strong.

- Yeah.
- Thank you.

Thank you so much for coming.

It's mini mini boom boom

Thanks for letting me stay over.

You know you're always welcome.

Mm-hmm. Except when she's not.

What?

I kid, I'm kidding.

We need to get our powers back.

They were the only
real tie I had left to my identity.

If I can't be Lightning anymore,

who am I?

Look, whether you have your powers,
or you look different or not,

you are my sister.

And that, I know in my soul.

So just hold on to that, okay?

Until Gambi can... figure out a way
for this all to go back to normal.

You know damn well
this family doesn't do "normal."

She's not wrong about that.

Mm-mm.

Glow of success.

"If a man shall begin with certainties,
he shall end in doubts.

But if he will be content
to begin with doubts,

he shall end in certainties."

I wanna see this thing
in action.

Cool.

Now remove the bracelet.

I wasn't gonna actually shoot you, Red.

Now that we have assurances
that the emitter is working,

time to initiate phase two of the plan.

Oh, and...

you owe me a vase.

That was Lalique.

- Hey.
- All right. What's happening with Mom?

Her bail's been set
at three million.

Dollars?

Yeah. Your mother's
facing some serious charges.

Bogus as they may be.

How're we gonna come up
with that kind of money?

It's never gonna come to that.
She's innocent.

And she has the best attorney
in the country

fighting her case right now, so...

Wait, how... how do you know
about who her attorney is?

Well...

Mom used her call at the precinct,
and she reached out to me

and asked
if I could reach out to Keith.

Who's Keith?

She had you call him?

Dad, look, you said yourself that she's
fighting some really serious charges.

And a public defender
just won't cut it.

We need a pit bull on this.

Uh, yeah. How're we supposed
to pay for all this?

It's okay. I got it covered.

Right. Of course.

Dad, come on. You don't want her
sitting in jail, do you?

Now, I know my supplemented income
is a sore subject for you,

but we don't have time
for a moral debate right now.

Getting Mom home is the first priority,
by any means necessary.

Second priority
is getting our powers back.

Uncle Gambi, have you
been able to find anything out yet?

Trying to identify what might be
interfering with your powers

and what could possibly
restore them.

Promise you,
I'll be working on it all night.

Yo, thank you
for helping me out with that drive.

I literally couldn't have
done it without you.

Ah, don't sell yourself short.

You've demonstrated a real knack for
coding even without your powers.

Now that you don't have 'em,
lean into it.

- Let's find out how good you really are.
- Maybe you're right.

I just couldn't have done it as quickly.

Okay.

Hey, TC, I gotta run.
I'll talk to you soon.

Okay, no problem.

I'm gonna
get the current drives over to Anissa

and I'll hit you back.

Thanks again.

Yo, my bad.

You in?

Yeah.

All right.
Now, where the hell am I going?

Uh, looks like you've got
about ten more feet.

Ten...

I swear...

there better be something

on that damn ledger
to help nail Tobias.

Wait, hold up.

Are you trying to tell me
that the world's deadliest assassin

is claustrophobic?

No. No.

Hey... I just don't like tight spaces.

Okay. So I guess in other words,

you could say, maybe claustrophobic.

Are we there yet?

Uh, well, let me see.

Philky, don't you play with me.

You know what, you're right.
Affirmative. You are there.

All right, I'm in.

What am I looking for?

A three-panel painting on a wall.

Behind the second one, there is a safe.

Inside the safe, there is a thumb drive
with the digital ledger on it.

Got it.

What's the code?

It's 1956...

Wait, hold on.

You got company.

Hey!

So...

who wants to die first?

Wu-Tang Clan comin' at ya

- Watch your step, kid
- Protect ya neck, kid

- Watch your step, kid
- Protect ya neck, kid

The Inspectah Deck

I smoke on the mic
Like "Smokin' Joe" Frazier

The hell raiser
Raisin' hell with the flavor

Terrorize the jam
Like troops in Pakistan

Swingin' through your town
Like your neighborhood Spider-Man

So, uh, tick-tock
And keep tickin'

While I get ya flippin' off
The... I'm kickin'

The Lone Ranger
Code red, danger

Deep in the dark
With the art to rip charts apart

The vandal
Too hot to handle

Ya battle, you're sayin'
"Goodbye" like Tevin Campbell

Roughneck
Inspectah Deck's on the set

The Rebel, I make more noise
Than heavy metal

The way I make the crowd go wild
Sit back, relax, won't smile

Rae got it goin' on, pal
Call me the rap assassinator

Rhymes rugged and built
Like Schwarzenegger

And I'mma get mad deep
Like a threat

Blow up your project
Then take all your assets

'Cause I came
To shake the frame in half

So if you wanna try to flip
Go flip on the next man

'Cause I grab the clip
And hit you with 16 shots and more I got

Goin' to war
With the meltin' pot, akh

It's the Method Man
For short Mr. Meth

Movin' on your left, aah

And set it off, get it off
Let it off like a gat

I wanna break full
Cock me back

Small change
They puttin' shame in the game

I take aim and blow that...
Out the frame...

You said 1956?

But I do, true
Can I get a "suue"

'Nough respect due
To the one-six-ooh

I mean, ohh
Yo, check out the flow

Like the Hudson or PCP
When I'm dustin'

Off because
I'm hot like sauce

The smoke
From the lyrical blunt makes me, hu

Ooh, what, grab my nut
Get screwed

Ow, here comes
My Shaolin style

True B-A-ba-B-Y-U

You are a miracle worker.
Thank you.

I couldn't have spent
another night in there.

What, you lost faith in me
after all these years?

- No.
- You know I play to win.

Once I found out
the judge on your case

was looking to score his kid
a college entrance at our alma mater?

No-brainer.

Plus, I had added incentive.

It was either get you released or face
the wrath of that daughter of yours.

Anissa's no joke.

No.

You could always make me laugh

in the worst possible situations.

I'm sorry we couldn't avoid that.

Oh, yeah.

It's not my best look.

- How you doin'?
- Just glad to be coming home.

Give me a shout
if you need me, no matter what time.

No, thanks, man.
We, uh... we got it for tonight.

Uh-huh.

Oh, uh...

I'll touch base tomorrow,
go over the next steps.

Okay, thank you.

Jeff, he moved mountains
for us in there.

The least you could do
is show your appreciation.

What? I thanked the man.
What more do you want?

- We should go home and see her.
- We'll go in the morning, okay?

I think Mom and Dad
just need space tonight.

Mm, so they can discuss
why you and Mom conspired

to have her ex-boyfriend
get her outta jail?

Okay, we did not conspire.

Mm, I don't think Dad sees it that way.

Front door visitor.

I'm sorry, guys.
This took a little time.

No, it's all good.
You came through. Now, what do you have?

It looks like
a bunch of files.

I really can't tell
what they are, though.

- Open that one.
- Okay.

Uh-uh. Something's not right.

What is it?

According to this report,

none of the pregnant women
at the clinic had cystic fibrosis.

But they all had the meta-gene.

Wait, is that
what they were actually removing?

It sure looks like it.

This whole
cystic fibrosis thing was just a cover.

A cover for what?

Why would someone wanna
remove meta-genes?

More than likely to harvest to use them
for someone or something else.

Okay.

Yep, look.
According to this report,

shipments were
leaving the clinic once a week.

And I bet that it's vials
from the extracted meta-genes

being moved to where
they're being harvested.

Yeah.

Darius knew about this.

Which is what he was
trying to tell you before he got killed.

Your colleague at the clinic?

He's dead?

Yeah. He must have
been going public with it.

Hey, TC, can you tell
who sent the file to Monovista?

Yeah, Philky taught me
how to put a tracer on IP addresses.

Okay, good.

One second.

Looks like the address
is being linked to...

The Center for Gene Therapy
and Genetic Research.

Someone at Mom's lab
was after Darius?

I don't think so. I think someone
with full access to her lab

trying to cover their tracks
makes more sense.

- Tobias.
- Tobias.

Those delivery addresses
are probably just drop spots.

He's not that stupid.

He's gotta be keeping
all of them somewhere else.

All right, look,
we're gonna have to find them

because whatever
he's trying to do with these meta-genes,

we have to stop them.

Okay?

It looks so much better in here.

Adds that special something
to the place, don't you think?

All right, so you taunted me
with stealing my property.

Did you ask me here
for anything else?

As of this moment,
your war with The Hundred gang ends.

And whatever's left
of the Kobra Cartel belongs to me now.

Of course, I'll throw you
a 10% management fee.

But let's be clear,
I run this now.

Hmm.

Should've had your people search me

before you started talking about
taking over my entire operation.

Because that ain't happening.

Ain't she cute?

I could always
put in a call to my girl, Chief Lopez.

Feed her all kinds of
juicy tidbits about the Kobra Cartel.

Money drops.
Illegal card games.

Human trafficking.

Without a doubt,
incarceration would be swift.

But why bother
when I can just force the issue now?

If he did that with a gun,
imagine what I'll have him do to you.

What are you waiting for?
Do something.

Tobias already got to you,
didn't he?

He made me a better offer.

Nothing in Freeland gets by me.

When a highly-skilled
meta hunter of Ishmael's caliber

goes slumming it
with the likes of you,

it's only a matter of time before he
decides to explore, shall we say,

more lucrative options.

Nothing personal.

Hmm.

You have a nice day.

Guess I should've known
you'll always be a spy first.

- Lauren...
- Back up.

And I was dumb enough to believe

that those memories
actually meant something to you.

You just wanted
to steal promethium.

I don't blame you for being angry.

But you would've shot me already

if that's what
you wanted to do.

So let me explain, okay?

All right?

Thank you.

While you're at it,

you can also explain to me
what you did with the emitter.

The emitter?

The emitter, Peter.

It's gone.
And I know you took it.

I know you have every reason
to doubt me right now.

Using the Go board
was a crap thing to do.

I'm sorry.

But I had to get access
to that promethium

and I wasn't sure
I could trust you yet.

Trust me with what?

I will explain everything
to you when I'm able.

But I can tell you
that I did not take the emitter.

- I swear.
- Who did, then?

I honestly don't know.

I'm gonna find out. I promise.

So these people
are all connected to Tobias how?

It looks like a payroll.

I mean, he's probably
employing them for his dirty work.

Hmm.

Damn.

What the hell does she do?

Whatever it is,
she is definitely important to Tobias.

Twenty grand a month.

Say less.

Where is Grace
with this takeout? I'm starving.

Uh, why does my kitchen
look like an episode of MythBusters?

And what're you doing
with my toaster, girl?

- This was a wedding gift...
- Hear me out.

We know whatever Tobias is doing with
these stolen meta-genes, it ain't good.

I'm thinking at least one of us needs
our powers back before we take him on.

Jen, I hear you.

If we knew a way to make that happen,
yeah, sure. But what are you...

Gambi said something at the Sanctum

that gave me an idea
to bring my powers back.

If the key to my powers
is I'm supposed to be a generator,

why shouldn't I be able
to jump-start them?

You know, like a car.

You mean, electrocute yourself?

Basically, yeah.

And according to science,
all this is the best way to do it.

Okay, you trippin'.
I'm not helping you with that. For real.

Anissa, this could be our only shot
at getting our powers back.

You wanna stay like this forever?

Jen, you're missing
one small detail here.

You don't have your powers.

What if your heart stops, huh?
Permanently?

See, that is where my brilliant,
medical doctor sister comes in.

If my heart stops, you'll be right here
to get her pumping again.

No! Hell, no. Jen!

Jen! Jen!

Oh, my God!

Jen! Jen! Shonda!

Shonda, call 911.

Come on. Don't do this, please.

Jen, please.
Please don't do this.

Wake up. Damn it, wake up!

Jen, wake up!

Please, don't do this. Wake up.

Jen! Jen!

Oh, my God.

If you would have died,
I would have killed you.

Classic Anissa logic.

How you feel?

I feel great.

Anissa, it worked.

But I still need to draw
a lot more power.

Girl, you just blew out
all the electricity in my place.

Where are you gonna
get a bigger source from?

You trying to blackout
all of Freeland?

You know what?
You have completely lost your damn mind.

Look, just hear me out!

Seriously? After everything
you've been through,

you're telling me
you wanna go back to the ionosphere?

It's the only way
I can regain enough power.

And what do you want me
to tell Mom and Dad

after you go up there
and something goes wrong again?

It'll be different.

Since I'm only barely above empty,
I won't overload myself like before.

- No.
- Anissa, I know this'll work.

It has to.

My entire identity was wiped out.

Gone.

And I know everyone says

that they know
that I'm the same old Jen, but do you?

Because I don't.

This isn't just about powers.

Being able to access Lightning
was the only thing keeping me sane.

And I know I'm paying the price
for the risk I took before.

But if going back to the ionosphere

is the only chance I have
at getting my powers back

until Gambi can figure this all out,

you're damn right I'll risk it again.

No, you just can't, okay?
What would Dad do?

Dad would do
the same thing for me.

He did do it for me.

He almost died trying to bring me back
from the ionosphere.

So I owe him this.

'Nissa...

A huge part of me is gone...

and I just want it back.

Jen, what happens...

What happens if this time
you go up there and we lose all of you?

Hmm?

For good?

- I don't know.
- Exactly.

How you feeling?

Better. Thank you.

Can we talk about
what's bothering you?

Is it Keith?

Um, I know this must be
uncomfortable for you.

No. It's not.

Then why are you acting like this?

Like what?

Ungrateful.

What do I have to be grateful for, Lynn?

That, uh...
you have no faith in me?

You didn't think I could fix this.

That right now,
I don't have the power to protect you?

Jeff...

- Hey.
- Hey.

Thought you two might be hungry.

- Kitchen?
- Yeah.

What is clear is that
Tobias was using the clinic

to facilitate the loss of your powers.

Otherwise, why have it
taken away from me?

The question is,
how is he doing it?

Was there any part of the lab
you didn't have clearance for?

No, I... I had complete reign
over the clinic,

it was one of the terms
Tobias and I agreed to.

If anything was being hidden in
that lab, it would've been hidden in...

In plain sight.

Val.

He used me
to harness Val's nullifying powers.

I wasn't running tests
to find a cure for ALS.

Tobias wanted a blueprint to produce
the technology of a nullifier.

As opposed to using one in the flesh.

Enabling him to nullify
any meta at any time.

But how did he manage
to nullify me and Jennifer and Anissa

without being
in close contact with us?

The emitter.

What?

It's a project
that I was working on at Monovista.

It's a device that was inspired
by a design of Tesla's.

It's a type of disseminator.

They were supposedly using it to...

to generate and distribute clean,
free energy throughout Freeland.

How did he get his hands on that?

Tobias must have
someone on his payroll at Monovista.

So the power to nullify
and the ability to broadcast it.

Tobias just became
the most powerful man in Freeland.

And he used all of us to do it.

Locating and shutting down
that emitter

is our only hope
of you getting your powers back.

Katie, when did this package arrive?

Shortly after
your departure for dinner.

Shall I scan it?

No, that won't be necessary.

Thank you for joining us, Mr. Whale.

We were wanting
to check on your progress.

It's going quite well, actually.

I've gained full control
of the city's gangs,

made all the right friends at City Hall

and have certain assurances
that my election as mayor is inevitable.

The mayor's seat is crucial.

We'll need you to be able to
operate publicly above board.

It's only a matter of time.

Freeland is mine.

And the metas?

Rendered under my complete control.

Each and every one of them.

That's quite a claim.

We assume you have evidence
to confirm it?

I wanna see this thing in action.

Now remove the bracelet.

Impressive.

We were not certain
that you could pull this off.

I assure you,

my appointment
will be the board's highest asset.

And assuming your assurances
play out with your mayoral seat,

so, too, will your seat on the board.

We appreciate your time, Mr. Whale.

Just close the box.

I can't believe you just
let her go back up there.

Okay. Do you really think
I just let her go back up there?

I tried to stop her, she was gonna do it
whether I gave her my blessing or not.

What was I supposed to do?

Tie her to the couch?

And what's going on with you?

You've been acting really strange
ever since we lost our powers.

And I know there's
more to it than that. I know you.

It bothers me.

Yeah, babe, it's bothering
all of us right now.

No, it bothers me how badly
you all want them back.

Babe, what if I don't?

I mean, 'Nissa, this could be our chance
to lead regular lives.

Whoa. "Regular lives"?
No, that's not for me.

I have to protect Freeland.

More importantly,
I gotta protect my family,

and that includes you.

Maybe we won't
need protecting if we're not metas.

If we weren't...

Think of all the problems
that have come with it.

How many of us
have almost died?

Or gotten kidnapped?

Or arrested?

And then every time

we come even close
to a moment's peace...

I mean, how could we even be
a real family

as long as we have powers?

Listen...

I understand how you feel,
Grace, especially

on top of everything else
that you've gone through

since you were
a really little girl,

and you're still trying to control
your shiftin', I understand that.

Trust me, I do.

But when you met me, I was a meta.

When you fell in love with me,

I was a meta.

And, babe, if I gotta go
the rest of my life

trying to get my powers back,

then that's just what I gotta do.

I'm just saying, may...
maybe this is a sign.

That it's okay to let Freeland
take care of itself for once.

Its fate doesn't have to
all depend on the Pierces.

Yes, it does. This is who I am.

This is who we are.

And, yes,

I'm terrified
for Jennifer right now. I am.

But I also know that
whatever is thrown at my family,

we always come out okay.

I just...

You know, the longer we do this,

I can't help but wonder

if one of these days,
our luck is gonna run out.

I am Jennifer Pierce.

I am Lightning.

And no one or nothing
can take that from me.

You know when you lost one

A good one
You know when you lost

Go out and...
Different people

To cope
And ignore all precautions

You drink and you drink
And get faded

You feel like
That's your only options...

Jen, slow down!

TC!
How did you know that I...

Anissa told me everything.

Why would you go up there
without me again?

I don't know what's happening.

Sometimes it's too late
To make amends

Just hear me out before...

You're too far
past the threshold.

You gained enough power
about 97 kilometers back.

Slow down
and come back to Earth.

TC, I can't.

You can.

The particles will phase out

the further you get away
from the ionosphere.

Just start descending.

Oh-oh
Try not to love no one

There is one thing
I need for you to know...

I did it, TC.

I did it.

Thank God.

Anissa would have killed me
if you didn't make it.

Welcome back.

No one, no

Try not to love no one
No one

Yeah