Black Lightning (2018–…): Season 4, Episode 13 - The Book of Resurrection: Chapter Two: Closure - full transcript
After four seasons, the game-changing, relevant and electrifying series comes to an end.
[Jefferson] Previously on
Black Lightning...
[Gambi] When Gravedigger used lightning
to take down the ASA's energy shield,
the resulting power surge
irradiated the bedrock of Freeland.
[Lynn] Transmuting the minerals
into promethium.
[Jefferson] Once we destroy
the emitter,
every meta in Freeland
will regain their powers.
What are we waiting for?
I'm gonna hunt you down.
Live feed, Chief Lopez.
The world's watching.
You and the other meta filth deserve
to be wiped from the face of the Earth.
We have confirmed reports
that Lightning remains active.
[Tobias] An oversight
I'll soon correct.
[man] Your seat
has been rescinded.
[Tobias] Now, it's past time you all bow
down and pledge your loyalty to me.
All hail the king.
You won, Tobias.
I'm ready to sign over
the deed to my father's house.
Everything that Tobias
has thrown at us is tied to the fact
that he knows our secret identities.
What if we change that?
- What you got there? Hmm?
- [groans]
[grunts]
- You get one shot.
- Why do you have Dad's phone?
See for yourself.
- Jefferson Pierce is dead.
- [screaming]
[bowl shatters]
["How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?"
playing]
The photo's not faked. It checks out.
And it was definitely texted
from Jefferson's phone.
- Where's his phone now?
- It doesn't have a signal.
I have scanned
the satellites for his watch,
and I've checked every camera
within a ten-mile radius
of his last location.
There's no sign of Jefferson.
I can't do this.
- I'm sorry. We don't have time for this.
- Anissa...
Tobias is out there.
He has his hands on Freeland's throat,
and he's coming for us.
We need our powers back immediately.
You're right.
Jefferson's my son,
but it's fight now, mourn later.
I knew I should have
killed Tobias before.
I'm gonna fix that right now.
No. You think, okay? He texted you.
He knows how your powers work.
[Gambi] He's baiting you, sweetheart.
The worst thing that
you could do is fall for it.
I'm not gonna let him
get away with killing Dad.
He won't...
if we work together.
He's right, okay?
[scoffing] Okay.
Gambi, the algorithm
we made to find the emitter
that's nullifying powers, is it working?
Yes, it looks like it.
And I should have a location soon.
All right. As soon as
we get the location, we move.
What about the Freeland PD
Meta Task Force?
How do we get the emitter
with them on us?
You don't need to worry
about Detective Shakur.
He already has Looker
in custody,
and she's talking about
framing me and Jefferson for Tobias.
The police won't interfere.
But that still leaves Tobias with tons
and tons of shooters with DEGs,
and a meta that can
nullify powers at will.
Listen, I do not care, okay?
He killed my dad,
and he's dragging our city.
Tobias Whale is going down!
[singing]
...the sun from shining?
What makes the world
Go round?
Can I ask you all to join me
in a rebirth of Freeland?
We have suffered from gangs
and metahumans for too long.
But this is a new time,
and the unfortunate past
is dead and gone.
Join me in building
a bright future for Freeland.
Let's make Freeland great again.
[audience applauding]
Help me mend
My broken heart
And let me live again
La, la, la, la, la
I can still feel the breeze
That rustles
Through the trees
And misty memories
Of days gone by...
[line trilling]
Come on, man. You gotta be there.
All right, listen up.
Lopez was on the edge.
Now, she's disappeared
in the middle of her shift.
And there's
a meta-booster missing.
Be advised, she has
energy-absorbing power...
and she is trippin'.
How can you mend
A broken heart?
And mine is
How can you stop the rain
From falling down?
[groans softly]
Tell me
How can you stop...
Can you stop this...
That old...
No!
[groans] Hey! Hey!
Can anybody hear me?
Hello? Hello!
No...
I need help!
Hey!
Hello!
[grunts] No.
Tell me
Help me mend
My broken heart
And let me live again
[computer beeping]
I've got it.
I've located the emitter.
It's in West Freeland
in an industrial park.
Let's go.
Just hold on.
That particular industrial park
is the headquarters
for Drakestone Security.
[sighs] Oh...
- Wait, you know them?
- More than I'd like.
Tobias Whale owns Drakestone
through a bunch of shell companies.
It's basically Blackwater.
Only more high-tech.
Yeah, well, I'm not worried.
You should be.
I've pinpointed the emitter
inside the Tori Mausoleum.
It's situated so that we can't get to it
without coming on Drakestone's radar.
In addition to military training,
they own the newest DEGs.
Without your powers,
you do not wanna get shot by those guns.
And we have to assume that he has
thought through every step on the board.
And believe me, with lethal intent.
Honey, we can't get revenge
if we're dead.
All right, I hear you, but let's plan.
Where the hell is JJ?
[Gambi] JJ, what are you doing?
Getting more power.
Was blowing up before
too subtle a warning for you?
If Tobias is baiting me, I have to do
something he isn't ready for.
Or he'll kill us all like he killed Dad.
[gasping]
[screaming]
Oh, Jen! Oh, thank God.
Young lady,
what were you doing? I told you...
Okay. Okay.
I went, I did it, and I made it.
- Where is everyone?
- They went to go get the emitter.
Okay. Well, I'm gonna go...
- [moans]
- Whoa!
You okay?
Yeah, I just got dizzy for a second.
That's too much energy
from the ionosphere.
- It's making you unstable.
- I'm fine, Mom.
Are you okay?
No.
I just keep thinking I would like to
hold your father one last time.
But we need to go run some tests, okay?
Okay.
Why do you have that look
on your face?
[sighs] We need to hit the tunnels.
["Here But I'm Gone" playing]
[Tobias] I'm gonna take away
each and everything you love.
I might as well tell you,
I killed your daddy...
You truly are
your father's son.
And you're gonna die
like him, too.
No!
No, no, no, no!
[yelling]
Tobias!
You son of a bitch!
Damn it!
No!
[singing]
How did I get so far gone?
Where do I belong?
And where in the world
Did I ever go wrong?
If I took the time
To replace
What my mind erased
I still feel as if I'm here
But I'm gone...
[Gambi sighs]
You don't worry about this.
Forget it ever happened.
I'm as bad as Tobias.
Don't say that. Don't even think it.
Put it out of your mind.
I still see his face when he died.
I'm a monster.
Stop.
That guy was a known killer,
and a One Hundred gang member.
He pulled a gun on you,
and he was gonna kill you in cold blood.
You reacted instinctively, Jeff.
It was self-defense. Nothing more.
Never again.
I don't want these powers.
I'll teach you.
You'll learn how to use them,
how to control them for good.
No.
You're hurting right now, son.
But don't give up.
Learn from this.
Your powers properly used
can give hope.
Hope to your city and its people.
All you need is a code, Jeff.
Together, we'll find you one.
Standing in the world
With my mind all blown
How did I get so far gone?
Where do I belong?
[groans]
And where in the world
Did I ever go wrong?
If I took the time
To replace
What my mind erased
I still feel as if I'm here
But I'm gone
How did I get so far gone?
Where do I belong?
And where in the world
Did I ever go wrong?
[both panting]
We should prob...
We should probably slow down.
Phew!
Man, I sure love breathin' air.
- [exhales]
- That was weird to say.
You're weird.
If I say it,
then by definition, it isn't.
- Okay.
- [swishing]
[screaming]
JJ, are you okay?
- I'm gonna call your mom.
- No, don't call.
[both grunt]
Jen! [breathing heavily]
How?
I killed you.
Nah, you jacked my DNA.
You stole my life
and left me for dead.
But I've been in your head
the whole time, baby.
Now, I'm back.
["They Say I'm Different" playing]
- [device beeping]
- In position.
All right, copy. Stand by.
[singing] They say I'm different 'cause
I'm a piece of sugar cane
[man screaming]
[grunts]
I'm in.
[man continues screaming]
They say I'm different
'Cause I eat chitlins
I can't help it
I was born and raised on 'em
That's right
Every mornin' I'd have to Slop the hogs
And they'd be gettin' off
Humpin' to John Lee Hooker
Gettin' off
They say I'm different 'cause
I'm a piece of sugar cane
And when I kick my legs
I got rhythm
My Great Grandpa
Was a blues lover
He be rockin' his moonshine
To B.B. King and Jimmy Reed
Rock on now
And that's why
They say I'm different
[grunting]
[man] Get back!
I'm talkin' 'bout Big Mama Thornton
Talk about it
Talk about it
I'm talkin' 'bout Lightning Hopkins
Talk about it
Talk about it
I'm talkin' 'bout Howling Wolf
Talk about it
Talk about it
I'm talkin' 'bout Albert King
All right, all right
Chuck Berry...
[grunting]
Chuck Berry
When I was sweet 16
And that's why
They say I'm different
And that's why
You think I'm strange
I'm talkin' 'bout T. Bone Walker
Talk about it
Talk about it
I'm talkin' 'bout Muddy Waters
Talk about it
Talk about it
I'm talkin' 'bout Leadbelly
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee Son House
and Freddie King
All right
All right, all right
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
Oh, hey, hey
Oh, Bo Diddley
Have you heard it?
That's why
They say I'm different
And that's why...
[beeping]
- Freeze!
- Don't shoot. I give up.
[growling]
[grunting]
[gasping]
Was it me, or did it look like
my wife was enjoying her powers?
[chuckles] I got no complaints.
Guess I did miss them.
Come on, let's go.
And that's why
And that's why...
Let's go, then.
[both grunting]
Get off of her!
- [grunts]
- [Lightning] No!
Shouldn't have done that.
[grunting]
[coughing]
You better pray he's all right.
What the hell are you?
[distorted voice]
You have no word for it.
You think all that lives has form.
You don't know life beyond body.
My whole life I spent in the Glaze,
watching you down here
in the light.
With bodies.
Able to touch. To breathe.
- What's "the Glaze"?
- What you call "the ionosphere."
I saw you comin' and goin'
as you please.
Both flesh and energy.
And I hated you.
Every time you came,
I willed myself
closer and closer to your wavelength,
until finally, I made it.
And I got you.
We were one.
Then just me.
But still not flesh.
I was so disappointed.
Thought I would
never know what it was to feel.
That I would always live
in the darkness.
I get it.
But just because
you don't like your life,
doesn't mean you get to take mine.
[chuckles] I already did.
I have your memories, your feelings...
family.
All the things.
And I won't let you take that from me.
[both grunting]
- [crunching]
- [groaning]
[breathing heavily]
Father God...
I pray... [wheezes]
with my last breath...
Please...
protect my family.
Protect my city.
Father...
Father God, I pray...
[groaning]
I pray I am...
worthy...
to be received into your kingdom.
[strained breathing]
[Anissa] Uh-oh.
Get behind me.
["Stranger" playing]
[Lightning grunting]
[breathing heavily]
[singing] Fallin'
'Coming out the other side
Feels foreign
No one makes it out alive
Drinking freedom
Like it's wine
Stranger
Once upon a time
We were the chorus...
[grunting]
It's time for you to eat
your damn words.
[grunting]
[softly] Dad...
Dad.
I'm so sorry you had to see that.
Even sorrier that I wasn't around
to help you deal with it.
You... You were a good man.
Up against a demon.
Even with powers,
I suffered the same fate.
No, you've made your fate, son.
Starting with a code to
keep you from losing your way
and becoming like him.
You know?
About the One Hundred boy
you killed?
See, that there, what you're feeling?
That's shame.
Tobias doesn't feel shame.
And that's why you'll never be like him,
and why you're the one to stop him.
I tried, Pop.
I tried for 20 years.
He won.
He killed me.
I don't have what it takes to stop him.
No, you have everything you need.
No more hiding under the bed, son.
In order to accomplish
what you've never done,
you have to use what you never have.
So go get it, and get it done.
[radio chattering indistinctly]
Detective Shakur!
What you got?
Might sound crazy, but the chief.
In an alley behind the power grid.
I found a security cam. Here.
She's absorbing
the energy of the power grid.
- That'll black out the whole city.
- Not today.
Gear up.
I'm a data specialist.
Grab your badge, grab your gun.
Follow me.
[gasps]
My powers...
[groans]
I'm underground.
I can't pull electricity from anywhere.
[Alvin] You have everything you need.
Wait.
What is that?
You have to use
what you never have.
So go get it, and get it done.
[crackling]
[screaming]
Lynn!
- Oh, my God.
- Lynn!
- [Grace] Here.
- My God, Anissa.
She got hit
by several next-gen DEGs.
- No suit could withstand that.
- [Lynn] Put her here.
No, I'm okay. This is inappropriate.
- I'll heal, okay?
- No, I'm not gonna test you for that.
I'm gonna test you for radiation
and give you some antibiotics.
[Black Lightning]
Hey, it's me. Anybody copy?
- Jeff?
- Dad?
We thought you were dead!
Yeah, it wasn't for lack of trying.
Where's Tobias?
He's in his office. Tori Towers.
[sirens blaring]
[male officer] Lopez, stand down!
Stand down!
[female officer]
Get on the ground!
Chief Lopez. It's me.
Detective Shakur.
You gotta stop.
I don't have to stop a damn thing.
I'm gonna use this power
to kill Lightning!
Listen to me.
You're gonna cut off
all the power in the city.
Wait a minute.
Did you just roll up on me
with my own task force?
- Fall back!
- [yelling]
Chief, you're not thinkin' straight.
And your ass is next!
[grunting]
Your light is fading, human.
This is my time.
Yours is at an end.
[chuckles]
No.
It isn't.
[grunts]
[gasping]
This is getting kinda boring.
You can't stop me!
- Chief, it's Lightning.
- Cease fire!
I knew you'd show up, you bitch.
We got a problem.
I don't like being called on my name.
[grunting]
Thank you!
[groaning]
You big-lipped, bug-eyed,
nappy-headed nimrod.
You gonna learn today.
Shut the hell up.
- [Black Lightning grunts]
- [laughs]
You blast like a bitch.
[grunting]
[grunts]
You need somethin' that hurts
your nappy-headed neon ass.
Let me introduce you
to my favorite word.
[grunting]
It's called "defenestration."
[Tobias grunting]
Tobias, hold on!
[choking]
"To the end,
I grapple with thee.
From the bottom
of hell's heart, I stab at thee."
[grunting]
Tobias, don't.
Stop! We don't have to do this.
There's another way.
[breathing heavily] "For hate's sake,
I spit my last breath at thee."
[Tobias screaming]
[exhales]
[computer beeping]
Oh, you must be crazy
bringin' your ass here.
I invited him.
Don't think I won't kick your ass, too.
What if I come with good and great news?
Speak.
Tobias Whale is dead.
Damn. I wanted to kill him.
That's not good news.
Let me kick his ass just a little.
TC, what is your other news?
I've isolated the system code
for the kill order.
I can free you.
Good. Let's do it.
[TC] Well, there's a catch.
It's linked to everything you know and
love about the whole Pierce family.
If you break the kill order,
you won't remember
the Pierces at all.
So what? Pains in the ass anyway.
Shut up, and sit your Black ass down.
TC,
there's gotta be another way around.
Well, there's not.
I've checked and I've double-checked.
Damn.
You won't stop, will you?
Sooner or later,
you're going to kill Jen
and all of the Pierces.
Best believe.
But I'm not nobody's puppet.
Cut the damn cord.
[sighs]
If you need more time, I can...
Always known
I'd give my life for that girl.
Never thought I'd have to forget her.
Do it.
[light music playing]
[music continues]
[laughing]
[clears throat]
Peter, I know
we've had our differences.
I blamed you for Jefferson
being Black Lightning.
I always understood, Lynn.
Well, I never gave you enough credit
for how much you loved Jeff
and the girls over the years.
So...
Thank you.
They do look happy, don't they?
[chuckles] Yes, they do.
You did good.
Dead.
- Uh, thank you.
- [both chuckle]
Hey.
[Jennifer chuckles]
Hey.
[clears throat] It makes me burp
and it gives me a headache.
[chuckles] Me, too.
You know, it's crazy to think
there's life up there,
and after all this time
we didn't know it.
It's weird.
And they watch us. It's pretty creepy.
I know that look.
You have bad news.
Can it wait?
I just wanted to say that I'm glad
that you're back for real this time.
You really gotta learn
how to lie better.
[snickers]
- [chuckles]
- Sorry.
It's cool.
Whatever... Whatever it is,
I don't wanna hear it right now, okay?
I really just wanna...
be.
Are you okay?
[Jennifer] I don't know.
The fact that Dad was the only one
who sensed somethin' wasn't right...
It just...
It doesn't sit well with me, you know?
Look, I'm sorry.
It took all of your genetic footprints,
had all of your memories...
It really seemed like...
TC, I'm not blaming you.
It's fine, I get it.
I just gotta learn how to deal with it.
Um, well...
if you need anything,
you know you can always come find me.
I know. I appreciate that.
But right now,
like I said, I just wanna be.
Well, if you can...
your family's inside looking for you.
But I will just let you be.
For now.
[exhales]
Bro, I feel so stupid
falling for that fake-ass Jennifer.
[Grace] It was my fault.
My leopard senses led us astray.
I had no idea they could be so wrong.
[Gambi] There's a lot we didn't know.
I feel terrible
that you were up there in space alone,
and I was helping
that entity take your place.
[Jennifer] Please.
If it's anybody's fault, it's mine.
I knew I had no business goin' up there.
Listen, this is a party.
Y'all need me to remind you
how to do that?
- Come on.
- [all laughing]
- Let me turn this music up for y'all.
- [crackling]
Get y'all in the zone a little bit.
[upbeat music playing]
Okay, hit it. Come on,
hit the footwork with me now.
Look, he know how to do it.
[laughing]
Get it, get it, get it.
Hit the shoulders for me.
Come on, get into it! Get into it, son!
From the seat. From the seat.
It's all about the shoulders.
[Anissa] Jennifer is back.
[Anissa] Mmm-hmm.
All right. All right. Hear, hear.
We have an announcement to make.
We are getting remarried!
[Jefferson laughs]
- What?
- What?
- Congratulations.
- It was about time.
- Okay.
- That's fantastic.
Yeah, when I was, uh,
trapped in that coffin...
Well, it was
the perfect time to reflect.
[both chuckle]
I realized I had some regrets
and wished I had time
to do somethin' about 'em.
Your father and I
have been in therapy,
and I've been grappling
with some things,
and when I thought he was gone,
I realized my place
was by his side and his by mine.
[Jefferson] Okay, second announcement.
I'm hereby passing the torch.
Turnin' over the fight for Freeland to
Lightning, Thunder, and Wylde.
Really, Dad? Another retirement?
Be nice.
No, this one's for real.
Uh, sure it is.
And I finally agree.
I'm gonna hang it up, too.
TC is more than capable
of taking care of things.
Of course I'll be around
for some advice.
Yeah, you can count on that.
And I might tinker here and there,
you know, to keep busy.
[chuckles]
We'll make you proud.
Oh, you already have.
Come on, y'all. Toast.
To Anissa and Grace,
may your lives be filled
with love and joy... and justice.
By any means necessary.
- [Gambi] Hear, hear.
- By any means necessary.
[upbeat music continues]
[grunting]
[gasping]
[yelling]
- [yells]
- [bones crack]
[upbeat music continues]
[chuckling]
Somebody finally stuck it to your ass.
[closing theme music playing]
Black Lightning...
[Gambi] When Gravedigger used lightning
to take down the ASA's energy shield,
the resulting power surge
irradiated the bedrock of Freeland.
[Lynn] Transmuting the minerals
into promethium.
[Jefferson] Once we destroy
the emitter,
every meta in Freeland
will regain their powers.
What are we waiting for?
I'm gonna hunt you down.
Live feed, Chief Lopez.
The world's watching.
You and the other meta filth deserve
to be wiped from the face of the Earth.
We have confirmed reports
that Lightning remains active.
[Tobias] An oversight
I'll soon correct.
[man] Your seat
has been rescinded.
[Tobias] Now, it's past time you all bow
down and pledge your loyalty to me.
All hail the king.
You won, Tobias.
I'm ready to sign over
the deed to my father's house.
Everything that Tobias
has thrown at us is tied to the fact
that he knows our secret identities.
What if we change that?
- What you got there? Hmm?
- [groans]
[grunts]
- You get one shot.
- Why do you have Dad's phone?
See for yourself.
- Jefferson Pierce is dead.
- [screaming]
[bowl shatters]
["How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?"
playing]
The photo's not faked. It checks out.
And it was definitely texted
from Jefferson's phone.
- Where's his phone now?
- It doesn't have a signal.
I have scanned
the satellites for his watch,
and I've checked every camera
within a ten-mile radius
of his last location.
There's no sign of Jefferson.
I can't do this.
- I'm sorry. We don't have time for this.
- Anissa...
Tobias is out there.
He has his hands on Freeland's throat,
and he's coming for us.
We need our powers back immediately.
You're right.
Jefferson's my son,
but it's fight now, mourn later.
I knew I should have
killed Tobias before.
I'm gonna fix that right now.
No. You think, okay? He texted you.
He knows how your powers work.
[Gambi] He's baiting you, sweetheart.
The worst thing that
you could do is fall for it.
I'm not gonna let him
get away with killing Dad.
He won't...
if we work together.
He's right, okay?
[scoffing] Okay.
Gambi, the algorithm
we made to find the emitter
that's nullifying powers, is it working?
Yes, it looks like it.
And I should have a location soon.
All right. As soon as
we get the location, we move.
What about the Freeland PD
Meta Task Force?
How do we get the emitter
with them on us?
You don't need to worry
about Detective Shakur.
He already has Looker
in custody,
and she's talking about
framing me and Jefferson for Tobias.
The police won't interfere.
But that still leaves Tobias with tons
and tons of shooters with DEGs,
and a meta that can
nullify powers at will.
Listen, I do not care, okay?
He killed my dad,
and he's dragging our city.
Tobias Whale is going down!
[singing]
...the sun from shining?
What makes the world
Go round?
Can I ask you all to join me
in a rebirth of Freeland?
We have suffered from gangs
and metahumans for too long.
But this is a new time,
and the unfortunate past
is dead and gone.
Join me in building
a bright future for Freeland.
Let's make Freeland great again.
[audience applauding]
Help me mend
My broken heart
And let me live again
La, la, la, la, la
I can still feel the breeze
That rustles
Through the trees
And misty memories
Of days gone by...
[line trilling]
Come on, man. You gotta be there.
All right, listen up.
Lopez was on the edge.
Now, she's disappeared
in the middle of her shift.
And there's
a meta-booster missing.
Be advised, she has
energy-absorbing power...
and she is trippin'.
How can you mend
A broken heart?
And mine is
How can you stop the rain
From falling down?
[groans softly]
Tell me
How can you stop...
Can you stop this...
That old...
No!
[groans] Hey! Hey!
Can anybody hear me?
Hello? Hello!
No...
I need help!
Hey!
Hello!
[grunts] No.
Tell me
Help me mend
My broken heart
And let me live again
[computer beeping]
I've got it.
I've located the emitter.
It's in West Freeland
in an industrial park.
Let's go.
Just hold on.
That particular industrial park
is the headquarters
for Drakestone Security.
[sighs] Oh...
- Wait, you know them?
- More than I'd like.
Tobias Whale owns Drakestone
through a bunch of shell companies.
It's basically Blackwater.
Only more high-tech.
Yeah, well, I'm not worried.
You should be.
I've pinpointed the emitter
inside the Tori Mausoleum.
It's situated so that we can't get to it
without coming on Drakestone's radar.
In addition to military training,
they own the newest DEGs.
Without your powers,
you do not wanna get shot by those guns.
And we have to assume that he has
thought through every step on the board.
And believe me, with lethal intent.
Honey, we can't get revenge
if we're dead.
All right, I hear you, but let's plan.
Where the hell is JJ?
[Gambi] JJ, what are you doing?
Getting more power.
Was blowing up before
too subtle a warning for you?
If Tobias is baiting me, I have to do
something he isn't ready for.
Or he'll kill us all like he killed Dad.
[gasping]
[screaming]
Oh, Jen! Oh, thank God.
Young lady,
what were you doing? I told you...
Okay. Okay.
I went, I did it, and I made it.
- Where is everyone?
- They went to go get the emitter.
Okay. Well, I'm gonna go...
- [moans]
- Whoa!
You okay?
Yeah, I just got dizzy for a second.
That's too much energy
from the ionosphere.
- It's making you unstable.
- I'm fine, Mom.
Are you okay?
No.
I just keep thinking I would like to
hold your father one last time.
But we need to go run some tests, okay?
Okay.
Why do you have that look
on your face?
[sighs] We need to hit the tunnels.
["Here But I'm Gone" playing]
[Tobias] I'm gonna take away
each and everything you love.
I might as well tell you,
I killed your daddy...
You truly are
your father's son.
And you're gonna die
like him, too.
No!
No, no, no, no!
[yelling]
Tobias!
You son of a bitch!
Damn it!
No!
[singing]
How did I get so far gone?
Where do I belong?
And where in the world
Did I ever go wrong?
If I took the time
To replace
What my mind erased
I still feel as if I'm here
But I'm gone...
[Gambi sighs]
You don't worry about this.
Forget it ever happened.
I'm as bad as Tobias.
Don't say that. Don't even think it.
Put it out of your mind.
I still see his face when he died.
I'm a monster.
Stop.
That guy was a known killer,
and a One Hundred gang member.
He pulled a gun on you,
and he was gonna kill you in cold blood.
You reacted instinctively, Jeff.
It was self-defense. Nothing more.
Never again.
I don't want these powers.
I'll teach you.
You'll learn how to use them,
how to control them for good.
No.
You're hurting right now, son.
But don't give up.
Learn from this.
Your powers properly used
can give hope.
Hope to your city and its people.
All you need is a code, Jeff.
Together, we'll find you one.
Standing in the world
With my mind all blown
How did I get so far gone?
Where do I belong?
[groans]
And where in the world
Did I ever go wrong?
If I took the time
To replace
What my mind erased
I still feel as if I'm here
But I'm gone
How did I get so far gone?
Where do I belong?
And where in the world
Did I ever go wrong?
[both panting]
We should prob...
We should probably slow down.
Phew!
Man, I sure love breathin' air.
- [exhales]
- That was weird to say.
You're weird.
If I say it,
then by definition, it isn't.
- Okay.
- [swishing]
[screaming]
JJ, are you okay?
- I'm gonna call your mom.
- No, don't call.
[both grunt]
Jen! [breathing heavily]
How?
I killed you.
Nah, you jacked my DNA.
You stole my life
and left me for dead.
But I've been in your head
the whole time, baby.
Now, I'm back.
["They Say I'm Different" playing]
- [device beeping]
- In position.
All right, copy. Stand by.
[singing] They say I'm different 'cause
I'm a piece of sugar cane
[man screaming]
[grunts]
I'm in.
[man continues screaming]
They say I'm different
'Cause I eat chitlins
I can't help it
I was born and raised on 'em
That's right
Every mornin' I'd have to Slop the hogs
And they'd be gettin' off
Humpin' to John Lee Hooker
Gettin' off
They say I'm different 'cause
I'm a piece of sugar cane
And when I kick my legs
I got rhythm
My Great Grandpa
Was a blues lover
He be rockin' his moonshine
To B.B. King and Jimmy Reed
Rock on now
And that's why
They say I'm different
[grunting]
[man] Get back!
I'm talkin' 'bout Big Mama Thornton
Talk about it
Talk about it
I'm talkin' 'bout Lightning Hopkins
Talk about it
Talk about it
I'm talkin' 'bout Howling Wolf
Talk about it
Talk about it
I'm talkin' 'bout Albert King
All right, all right
Chuck Berry...
[grunting]
Chuck Berry
When I was sweet 16
And that's why
They say I'm different
And that's why
You think I'm strange
I'm talkin' 'bout T. Bone Walker
Talk about it
Talk about it
I'm talkin' 'bout Muddy Waters
Talk about it
Talk about it
I'm talkin' 'bout Leadbelly
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee Son House
and Freddie King
All right
All right, all right
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
Oh, hey, hey
Oh, Bo Diddley
Have you heard it?
That's why
They say I'm different
And that's why...
[beeping]
- Freeze!
- Don't shoot. I give up.
[growling]
[grunting]
[gasping]
Was it me, or did it look like
my wife was enjoying her powers?
[chuckles] I got no complaints.
Guess I did miss them.
Come on, let's go.
And that's why
And that's why...
Let's go, then.
[both grunting]
Get off of her!
- [grunts]
- [Lightning] No!
Shouldn't have done that.
[grunting]
[coughing]
You better pray he's all right.
What the hell are you?
[distorted voice]
You have no word for it.
You think all that lives has form.
You don't know life beyond body.
My whole life I spent in the Glaze,
watching you down here
in the light.
With bodies.
Able to touch. To breathe.
- What's "the Glaze"?
- What you call "the ionosphere."
I saw you comin' and goin'
as you please.
Both flesh and energy.
And I hated you.
Every time you came,
I willed myself
closer and closer to your wavelength,
until finally, I made it.
And I got you.
We were one.
Then just me.
But still not flesh.
I was so disappointed.
Thought I would
never know what it was to feel.
That I would always live
in the darkness.
I get it.
But just because
you don't like your life,
doesn't mean you get to take mine.
[chuckles] I already did.
I have your memories, your feelings...
family.
All the things.
And I won't let you take that from me.
[both grunting]
- [crunching]
- [groaning]
[breathing heavily]
Father God...
I pray... [wheezes]
with my last breath...
Please...
protect my family.
Protect my city.
Father...
Father God, I pray...
[groaning]
I pray I am...
worthy...
to be received into your kingdom.
[strained breathing]
[Anissa] Uh-oh.
Get behind me.
["Stranger" playing]
[Lightning grunting]
[breathing heavily]
[singing] Fallin'
'Coming out the other side
Feels foreign
No one makes it out alive
Drinking freedom
Like it's wine
Stranger
Once upon a time
We were the chorus...
[grunting]
It's time for you to eat
your damn words.
[grunting]
[softly] Dad...
Dad.
I'm so sorry you had to see that.
Even sorrier that I wasn't around
to help you deal with it.
You... You were a good man.
Up against a demon.
Even with powers,
I suffered the same fate.
No, you've made your fate, son.
Starting with a code to
keep you from losing your way
and becoming like him.
You know?
About the One Hundred boy
you killed?
See, that there, what you're feeling?
That's shame.
Tobias doesn't feel shame.
And that's why you'll never be like him,
and why you're the one to stop him.
I tried, Pop.
I tried for 20 years.
He won.
He killed me.
I don't have what it takes to stop him.
No, you have everything you need.
No more hiding under the bed, son.
In order to accomplish
what you've never done,
you have to use what you never have.
So go get it, and get it done.
[radio chattering indistinctly]
Detective Shakur!
What you got?
Might sound crazy, but the chief.
In an alley behind the power grid.
I found a security cam. Here.
She's absorbing
the energy of the power grid.
- That'll black out the whole city.
- Not today.
Gear up.
I'm a data specialist.
Grab your badge, grab your gun.
Follow me.
[gasps]
My powers...
[groans]
I'm underground.
I can't pull electricity from anywhere.
[Alvin] You have everything you need.
Wait.
What is that?
You have to use
what you never have.
So go get it, and get it done.
[crackling]
[screaming]
Lynn!
- Oh, my God.
- Lynn!
- [Grace] Here.
- My God, Anissa.
She got hit
by several next-gen DEGs.
- No suit could withstand that.
- [Lynn] Put her here.
No, I'm okay. This is inappropriate.
- I'll heal, okay?
- No, I'm not gonna test you for that.
I'm gonna test you for radiation
and give you some antibiotics.
[Black Lightning]
Hey, it's me. Anybody copy?
- Jeff?
- Dad?
We thought you were dead!
Yeah, it wasn't for lack of trying.
Where's Tobias?
He's in his office. Tori Towers.
[sirens blaring]
[male officer] Lopez, stand down!
Stand down!
[female officer]
Get on the ground!
Chief Lopez. It's me.
Detective Shakur.
You gotta stop.
I don't have to stop a damn thing.
I'm gonna use this power
to kill Lightning!
Listen to me.
You're gonna cut off
all the power in the city.
Wait a minute.
Did you just roll up on me
with my own task force?
- Fall back!
- [yelling]
Chief, you're not thinkin' straight.
And your ass is next!
[grunting]
Your light is fading, human.
This is my time.
Yours is at an end.
[chuckles]
No.
It isn't.
[grunts]
[gasping]
This is getting kinda boring.
You can't stop me!
- Chief, it's Lightning.
- Cease fire!
I knew you'd show up, you bitch.
We got a problem.
I don't like being called on my name.
[grunting]
Thank you!
[groaning]
You big-lipped, bug-eyed,
nappy-headed nimrod.
You gonna learn today.
Shut the hell up.
- [Black Lightning grunts]
- [laughs]
You blast like a bitch.
[grunting]
[grunts]
You need somethin' that hurts
your nappy-headed neon ass.
Let me introduce you
to my favorite word.
[grunting]
It's called "defenestration."
[Tobias grunting]
Tobias, hold on!
[choking]
"To the end,
I grapple with thee.
From the bottom
of hell's heart, I stab at thee."
[grunting]
Tobias, don't.
Stop! We don't have to do this.
There's another way.
[breathing heavily] "For hate's sake,
I spit my last breath at thee."
[Tobias screaming]
[exhales]
[computer beeping]
Oh, you must be crazy
bringin' your ass here.
I invited him.
Don't think I won't kick your ass, too.
What if I come with good and great news?
Speak.
Tobias Whale is dead.
Damn. I wanted to kill him.
That's not good news.
Let me kick his ass just a little.
TC, what is your other news?
I've isolated the system code
for the kill order.
I can free you.
Good. Let's do it.
[TC] Well, there's a catch.
It's linked to everything you know and
love about the whole Pierce family.
If you break the kill order,
you won't remember
the Pierces at all.
So what? Pains in the ass anyway.
Shut up, and sit your Black ass down.
TC,
there's gotta be another way around.
Well, there's not.
I've checked and I've double-checked.
Damn.
You won't stop, will you?
Sooner or later,
you're going to kill Jen
and all of the Pierces.
Best believe.
But I'm not nobody's puppet.
Cut the damn cord.
[sighs]
If you need more time, I can...
Always known
I'd give my life for that girl.
Never thought I'd have to forget her.
Do it.
[light music playing]
[music continues]
[laughing]
[clears throat]
Peter, I know
we've had our differences.
I blamed you for Jefferson
being Black Lightning.
I always understood, Lynn.
Well, I never gave you enough credit
for how much you loved Jeff
and the girls over the years.
So...
Thank you.
They do look happy, don't they?
[chuckles] Yes, they do.
You did good.
Dead.
- Uh, thank you.
- [both chuckle]
Hey.
[Jennifer chuckles]
Hey.
[clears throat] It makes me burp
and it gives me a headache.
[chuckles] Me, too.
You know, it's crazy to think
there's life up there,
and after all this time
we didn't know it.
It's weird.
And they watch us. It's pretty creepy.
I know that look.
You have bad news.
Can it wait?
I just wanted to say that I'm glad
that you're back for real this time.
You really gotta learn
how to lie better.
[snickers]
- [chuckles]
- Sorry.
It's cool.
Whatever... Whatever it is,
I don't wanna hear it right now, okay?
I really just wanna...
be.
Are you okay?
[Jennifer] I don't know.
The fact that Dad was the only one
who sensed somethin' wasn't right...
It just...
It doesn't sit well with me, you know?
Look, I'm sorry.
It took all of your genetic footprints,
had all of your memories...
It really seemed like...
TC, I'm not blaming you.
It's fine, I get it.
I just gotta learn how to deal with it.
Um, well...
if you need anything,
you know you can always come find me.
I know. I appreciate that.
But right now,
like I said, I just wanna be.
Well, if you can...
your family's inside looking for you.
But I will just let you be.
For now.
[exhales]
Bro, I feel so stupid
falling for that fake-ass Jennifer.
[Grace] It was my fault.
My leopard senses led us astray.
I had no idea they could be so wrong.
[Gambi] There's a lot we didn't know.
I feel terrible
that you were up there in space alone,
and I was helping
that entity take your place.
[Jennifer] Please.
If it's anybody's fault, it's mine.
I knew I had no business goin' up there.
Listen, this is a party.
Y'all need me to remind you
how to do that?
- Come on.
- [all laughing]
- Let me turn this music up for y'all.
- [crackling]
Get y'all in the zone a little bit.
[upbeat music playing]
Okay, hit it. Come on,
hit the footwork with me now.
Look, he know how to do it.
[laughing]
Get it, get it, get it.
Hit the shoulders for me.
Come on, get into it! Get into it, son!
From the seat. From the seat.
It's all about the shoulders.
[Anissa] Jennifer is back.
[Anissa] Mmm-hmm.
All right. All right. Hear, hear.
We have an announcement to make.
We are getting remarried!
[Jefferson laughs]
- What?
- What?
- Congratulations.
- It was about time.
- Okay.
- That's fantastic.
Yeah, when I was, uh,
trapped in that coffin...
Well, it was
the perfect time to reflect.
[both chuckle]
I realized I had some regrets
and wished I had time
to do somethin' about 'em.
Your father and I
have been in therapy,
and I've been grappling
with some things,
and when I thought he was gone,
I realized my place
was by his side and his by mine.
[Jefferson] Okay, second announcement.
I'm hereby passing the torch.
Turnin' over the fight for Freeland to
Lightning, Thunder, and Wylde.
Really, Dad? Another retirement?
Be nice.
No, this one's for real.
Uh, sure it is.
And I finally agree.
I'm gonna hang it up, too.
TC is more than capable
of taking care of things.
Of course I'll be around
for some advice.
Yeah, you can count on that.
And I might tinker here and there,
you know, to keep busy.
[chuckles]
We'll make you proud.
Oh, you already have.
Come on, y'all. Toast.
To Anissa and Grace,
may your lives be filled
with love and joy... and justice.
By any means necessary.
- [Gambi] Hear, hear.
- By any means necessary.
[upbeat music continues]
[grunting]
[gasping]
[yelling]
- [yells]
- [bones crack]
[upbeat music continues]
[chuckling]
Somebody finally stuck it to your ass.
[closing theme music playing]