At San Diego Comic-Con this year we got the opportunity to talk to the cast of Black Lightning
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Recap: Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 13 – Season Finale – “Shadow of Death: The Book of War”
The Book of War is an apropos title as we see a number of wars or acts of war break out in this episode. We open with a flashback of young Jefferson Pierce (Kaden Washington Lewis) walking with his father, Alvin (Keith Arthur Bolden). It’s beautifully shot in black & white with the feel of […]
Recap: Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 12 – “The Resurrection and the Light: The Book of Pain”
How apropos the title “The Book of Pain.” Whether emotionally or physically, the pain was on everyone’s menu tonight. We open on Tobias Whale (Marvin “Krondon” Jones III) looking at himself in the mirror. His torso covered in partially healed third degree burns courtesy of his tango with Black Lightning (Cress Williams) a number of […]
Recap: Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 11 – “Black Jesus: The Book of Crucifixion”
“So you can trust him?” Anissa (Nafessa Williams) asked her father, Jefferson/Black Lightning (Cress Williams) in reference to Peter Gambi (James Remar). Jefferson’s response is “Maybe… I don’t know.” Earlier, Anissa and Black Lightning engaged in a tag-team butt kick fest as they destroyed an ASA armory which contained anti-Black Lightning weapons. They were […]
Recap: Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 10 – “Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption”
They were here! Dad, I swear!” Anissa/Thunder (Nafessa Williams) tells her father, Jefferson/Black Lightning (Cress Williams) as they check out a now empty facility where Anissa earlier found rows of young people in pods. These young people were the children that Peter Gambi (James Remar) turned over to the ASA 30-years prior. Gambi thought they […]
Recap: Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 9 – “The Book of Little Black Lies”
“This is who you are. This is who we are!” While Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning (Cress Williams) takes out his frenzied frustrations by pulverizing a defenseless punching bag, his daughters are having some frustrations of their own. Anissa (Nafessa Williams) uses those words to comfort her little sister Jennifer (China Anne McClain) to no avail. The last […]
Recap: Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 8 – “The Book of Revelations”
“If you breathe at the wrong time you die.” Those are the words Jefferson/Black Lightning (Cress Williams) told Anissa (Nafessa Williams) as they sparred in Peter Gambi’s basement. Now that they know each other has powers, Jefferson agrees to train her. Simultaneously, a witch-hunt for Black Lightning was ignited as the Freeland police department and the locals […]
Recap: Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 7 – “Equinox: The Book of Fate”
“All that talk about non-violence and Dr. King and Dad is Black Lightning!” Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams) said this to her mother, Lynn Pierce (Christine Adams), as Lynn patched her up from the super-powered smackdown Anissa had with her father Black Lightning/Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams). This costumed battle took place last episode so neither Jefferson […]
Recap: Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 6 – “Three Sevens: The Book of Thunder”
“Breathe, Jefferson, Breathe!” Those are words Peter Gambi (James Remar) shouted to the back of his van where our petulant superhero, Black Lightning (Cress Williams), lays inured. In the last episode, Black Lightning tracked down Joey Toledo (Eric Mendenhall) and while beating the stuffing out of him, had a seizure, then Toledo “Turned the Beating […]
Recap: Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 5 – “And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light”
“Daddy Issues” is what the episode should have been titled. The show delved into parental relationships and the effect of fathers (or lack thereof) on their children. This is a commonality whether you’re the hero or the villain. That is one of many things that this show does well is defining and exploring relationship dynamics […]