1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:01,432 Previously on Black Lightning... 2 00:00:01,435 --> 00:00:04,302 Don't make me rip that mask off your face. You say it. 3 00:00:06,044 --> 00:00:07,944 After all these years, huh, man? 4 00:00:07,946 --> 00:00:10,146 [REPORTER] According to Reverend Jeremiah Holt, 5 00:00:10,148 --> 00:00:12,850 his church's Rebecca Lee Crumpler Free Clinic 6 00:00:12,852 --> 00:00:14,618 is in danger of shutting down. 7 00:00:14,620 --> 00:00:16,219 The clinic is running out of time. 8 00:00:16,221 --> 00:00:18,988 If I don't help, then I'll just be wasting the gifts that God gave me. 9 00:00:18,990 --> 00:00:20,765 That's what your father always used to say. 10 00:00:25,997 --> 00:00:27,329 God bless you, sister. 11 00:00:27,331 --> 00:00:29,064 I'm gonna set up a meeting 12 00:00:29,066 --> 00:00:33,503 so that you can convince Dr. Jace to come on board. 13 00:00:33,505 --> 00:00:36,071 I'd like to include you in a team working to save the children. 14 00:00:36,073 --> 00:00:37,609 - The pod kids. - Yes. 15 00:00:37,612 --> 00:00:39,470 Now, the purpose of Black Lightning 16 00:00:39,473 --> 00:00:42,110 was to kill Tobias, who killed my father. 17 00:00:42,113 --> 00:00:43,484 [GROANS] 18 00:00:43,487 --> 00:00:45,848 [INSPECTOR HENDERSON] I wanted you to hear it from me. 19 00:00:45,850 --> 00:00:46,916 We caught Tobias. 20 00:00:47,785 --> 00:00:48,850 She needs help. 21 00:00:48,852 --> 00:00:50,457 She needs a therapist to talk to. 22 00:00:50,460 --> 00:00:51,620 Can I help you? 23 00:00:51,622 --> 00:00:52,742 My name is Perenna. 24 00:00:53,742 --> 00:00:54,968 Where the hell are we? 25 00:00:54,971 --> 00:00:58,293 [PERENNA] A place inside you that will eventually allow you to control your powers. 26 00:00:58,296 --> 00:01:00,862 Before you can stuff your feelings into anything, 27 00:01:00,864 --> 00:01:03,265 we need to know what those feelings are. 28 00:01:04,402 --> 00:01:06,281 [SCREAMING] 29 00:01:10,237 --> 00:01:14,783 _ 30 00:01:14,992 --> 00:01:17,882 _ 31 00:01:18,614 --> 00:01:20,114 [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING] 32 00:01:25,388 --> 00:01:27,210 - What do you guys think? - [CHUCKLING] 33 00:01:28,524 --> 00:01:31,525 - Baby, you look beautiful. - Thank you, Mom. 34 00:01:31,527 --> 00:01:32,860 Gorgeous. 35 00:01:32,862 --> 00:01:34,195 All right, come on. Get together. 36 00:01:34,197 --> 00:01:35,796 [ANISSA] Yeah. Yeah, right. 37 00:01:35,798 --> 00:01:37,198 Got to love pictures. 38 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,399 [LAUGHS] 39 00:01:39,502 --> 00:01:41,836 Oh, come on, Dad. You are old school. 40 00:01:41,838 --> 00:01:44,538 Hey. Not all cameras are used for selfies now. 41 00:01:46,009 --> 00:01:47,007 [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS] 42 00:01:48,243 --> 00:01:50,744 - You really do look beautiful. - Thanks. 43 00:01:52,515 --> 00:01:53,747 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 44 00:02:07,632 --> 00:02:08,796 Really, J? 45 00:02:11,968 --> 00:02:13,156 This dude? 46 00:02:14,971 --> 00:02:16,203 [GRUNTS] 47 00:02:18,296 --> 00:02:19,405 [GASPS] 48 00:02:20,322 --> 00:02:23,023 J, we need to talk. 49 00:02:24,846 --> 00:02:26,679 [BOTH GRUNTING] 50 00:02:36,796 --> 00:02:38,000 [BOTH GRUNTING] 51 00:02:39,561 --> 00:02:40,860 [WEAPON POWERING UP] 52 00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:46,331 [JENNIFER PANTING] 53 00:02:50,195 --> 00:02:51,609 [KHALIL GROANS] 54 00:02:58,512 --> 00:02:59,645 [GASPING] 55 00:03:06,086 --> 00:03:07,385 [ELECTRICITY CRACKLING] 56 00:03:09,823 --> 00:03:11,210 - [GRUNTS] - [YELLS] 57 00:03:12,893 --> 00:03:15,027 [JENNIFER] I can't stop it! 58 00:03:15,029 --> 00:03:19,132 You can. You are the storm, so you can control the storm. 59 00:03:19,135 --> 00:03:23,438 Don't fear it. Own it. Pull the energy back into you. 60 00:03:25,772 --> 00:03:29,898 Take a minute, and know that you are this power. 61 00:03:31,171 --> 00:03:32,289 Now... 62 00:03:32,292 --> 00:03:33,692 put it in the box. 63 00:03:46,331 --> 00:03:47,563 [GUNSHOT] 64 00:03:49,293 --> 00:03:50,893 [MONITOR BEEPING] 65 00:03:50,896 --> 00:03:52,726 Hey, hang in there. I'm right here. 66 00:03:55,867 --> 00:03:58,267 [BREATHING HEAVILY] 67 00:04:00,671 --> 00:04:02,238 I can't. I tried. 68 00:04:02,996 --> 00:04:04,662 - I tried. I... - I know. 69 00:04:06,187 --> 00:04:07,844 But you're making progress. 70 00:04:08,913 --> 00:04:10,179 [JENNIFER SIGHS] 71 00:04:15,576 --> 00:04:17,643 Who is this Khalil? 72 00:04:19,319 --> 00:04:20,552 [SIGHS] 73 00:04:21,344 --> 00:04:26,031 - Synced and corrected by VitoSilans - -- www.Addic7ed.com -- 74 00:04:35,647 --> 00:04:38,581 I've been in here two days and haven't changed or nothin'. 75 00:04:42,813 --> 00:04:45,214 How is it you never seem to age? 76 00:04:45,216 --> 00:04:47,054 [CHUCKLES] Well, a vegan lifestyle 77 00:04:47,057 --> 00:04:49,318 mixed with a little yoga really does work. 78 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,354 I keep saying black folks got to get off of that 79 00:04:51,356 --> 00:04:54,623 fried chicken and watermelon Kool-Aid diet. 80 00:04:54,625 --> 00:04:56,559 Plus, I do my best to stay out of the sun. 81 00:04:56,561 --> 00:04:58,694 I'mma ask you a few questions. 82 00:05:00,097 --> 00:05:01,597 I know you gonna lie to me, 83 00:05:01,599 --> 00:05:02,731 but do you happen to know 84 00:05:02,733 --> 00:05:04,433 your whereabouts last Thursday night? 85 00:05:04,435 --> 00:05:06,501 I'm pretty sure that's domino night. 86 00:05:06,503 --> 00:05:09,004 Have you seen Marsellus White recently? 87 00:05:09,006 --> 00:05:11,546 [SCOFFS] Man, now you digging in the crates. 88 00:05:11,549 --> 00:05:12,709 It's been years. 89 00:05:13,444 --> 00:05:15,010 How's that brother doing? 90 00:05:15,012 --> 00:05:19,014 Great. Up until the moment somebody snapped his neck. 91 00:05:20,179 --> 00:05:21,349 Damn. 92 00:05:23,621 --> 00:05:25,120 All this violence in Freeland... 93 00:05:26,624 --> 00:05:28,507 - is disturbing. - Mmm-hmm. 94 00:05:28,510 --> 00:05:31,125 Conveniently, all this happened the very same week 95 00:05:31,128 --> 00:05:33,444 that the DNA evidence in Alvin Pierce's murder 96 00:05:33,447 --> 00:05:35,296 went missing from our evidence room 97 00:05:35,299 --> 00:05:37,476 and one of my cops who had access 98 00:05:37,479 --> 00:05:40,247 to that evidence room got himself set on fire. 99 00:05:41,419 --> 00:05:42,918 My condolences. 100 00:05:43,806 --> 00:05:45,272 I'm sure his kids will be happy 101 00:05:45,275 --> 00:05:46,975 to know that you're concerned. 102 00:05:46,977 --> 00:05:48,171 [CHUCKLES] 103 00:05:50,214 --> 00:05:54,875 You forgot something, you translucent freak. 104 00:05:54,878 --> 00:05:56,810 You are not going to get away with this. 105 00:05:58,889 --> 00:06:00,588 Deputy Chief Henderson. 106 00:06:01,425 --> 00:06:03,507 "Translucent." 107 00:06:03,510 --> 00:06:05,740 That's a very interesting choice of words. 108 00:06:07,297 --> 00:06:09,414 It means you can see right through me. 109 00:06:09,417 --> 00:06:11,032 And if you can see right through me, 110 00:06:11,034 --> 00:06:12,867 then you know what I'm thinking. 111 00:06:16,806 --> 00:06:18,105 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 112 00:06:19,792 --> 00:06:21,558 He orchestrated this whole thing. 113 00:06:21,561 --> 00:06:23,244 He killed his former lieutenant, 114 00:06:23,246 --> 00:06:24,734 he got rid of our DNA evidence, 115 00:06:24,737 --> 00:06:25,769 got himself arrested 116 00:06:25,772 --> 00:06:27,213 knowing we would have to let him go, 117 00:06:27,216 --> 00:06:29,914 all while rehabilitating his reputation with one stroke. 118 00:06:29,917 --> 00:06:31,577 Well, the judge will call that a theory. 119 00:06:31,580 --> 00:06:33,380 I need hard evidence of something. 120 00:06:33,383 --> 00:06:34,449 Murder, obstruction, 121 00:06:34,452 --> 00:06:36,489 conspiracy to commit obstruction. 122 00:06:36,492 --> 00:06:38,710 Without that, we're gonna have to let him walk. 123 00:06:38,713 --> 00:06:41,046 You got about 48 hours, if that. 124 00:06:42,797 --> 00:06:45,046 As always, Ms. Montez, 125 00:06:45,049 --> 00:06:47,349 you're a regular ray of sunshine. 126 00:06:53,171 --> 00:06:55,108 - [KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING] - [BEEPING] 127 00:06:58,039 --> 00:06:59,906 She gave that money to Reverend Holt? 128 00:06:59,909 --> 00:07:01,640 Yes. 129 00:07:01,643 --> 00:07:03,443 Who'd she steal it from? 130 00:07:03,446 --> 00:07:05,585 Mobsters from some break-away republic. 131 00:07:05,588 --> 00:07:06,654 They were laundering money 132 00:07:06,657 --> 00:07:08,460 for that redevelopment project downtown. 133 00:07:08,463 --> 00:07:10,210 And you knew about this? 134 00:07:10,213 --> 00:07:11,279 I did. 135 00:07:11,282 --> 00:07:13,416 But you didn't come to me first? 136 00:07:13,419 --> 00:07:16,210 If I'd done that, I would have lost Anissa's trust. 137 00:07:16,213 --> 00:07:17,656 I don't care about that. 138 00:07:17,659 --> 00:07:21,295 I do. Listen, Jeff, Tobias is still out there, 139 00:07:21,298 --> 00:07:23,001 and he's got the briefcase. 140 00:07:23,004 --> 00:07:24,539 And some faction of the ASA 141 00:07:24,542 --> 00:07:26,375 is almost certainly still hunting metas, 142 00:07:26,378 --> 00:07:28,111 which means that you and the girls 143 00:07:28,114 --> 00:07:29,413 continue to be in danger. 144 00:07:29,416 --> 00:07:30,850 If I had let Anissa go out there 145 00:07:30,853 --> 00:07:33,720 by herself that night, she might be dead right now. 146 00:07:33,723 --> 00:07:36,123 And I wasn't about to let that happen. 147 00:07:36,126 --> 00:07:38,265 I told her I was going to tell you after the fact. 148 00:07:38,268 --> 00:07:39,767 I have. 149 00:07:39,770 --> 00:07:41,437 What you do now is up to you. 150 00:07:42,687 --> 00:07:44,828 [JEFFERSON] Not only was it illegal, 151 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:46,046 but you could've been hurt. 152 00:07:46,049 --> 00:07:48,049 Bullets literally bounce off of me. 153 00:07:48,052 --> 00:07:49,784 Only if you're ready for 'em. 154 00:07:49,787 --> 00:07:51,820 And you think you saved the clinic with that money? 155 00:07:51,823 --> 00:07:53,423 No, you just made it a target. 156 00:07:53,426 --> 00:07:55,126 Dad, Freeland is already a target. 157 00:07:55,129 --> 00:07:56,996 This is way bigger than a clinic. 158 00:07:56,999 --> 00:07:59,099 They have a reason for buying all this property. 159 00:07:59,102 --> 00:08:00,601 And whatever that reason is, 160 00:08:00,604 --> 00:08:01,870 it means way worse things 161 00:08:01,873 --> 00:08:03,275 than the clinic being a target. 162 00:08:03,277 --> 00:08:04,609 That's because they're not just 163 00:08:04,611 --> 00:08:06,257 gangbangers on a corner, Anissa. 164 00:08:06,260 --> 00:08:07,624 These are professional criminals. 165 00:08:07,627 --> 00:08:09,360 Aren't we supposed to be helping people? 166 00:08:09,363 --> 00:08:10,830 We are helping people. 167 00:08:10,833 --> 00:08:11,898 But unlike criminals, 168 00:08:11,901 --> 00:08:13,352 we have rules that we need to follow. 169 00:08:13,354 --> 00:08:15,554 - Rules made by who? - Rules made by me. 170 00:08:15,556 --> 00:08:17,889 Guess what? I have a different set of rules. 171 00:08:17,891 --> 00:08:19,825 Because I'm not gonna watch my people 172 00:08:19,827 --> 00:08:20,960 get taken advantage of. 173 00:08:20,962 --> 00:08:22,361 They are not your people, Anissa. 174 00:08:22,363 --> 00:08:23,928 And as long as you're under my roof, 175 00:08:23,930 --> 00:08:25,429 you will follow my rules. 176 00:08:27,848 --> 00:08:29,380 [SCOFFS] Wow. 177 00:08:29,383 --> 00:08:32,632 Okay. So you're going there? 178 00:08:32,635 --> 00:08:34,545 No, we're not going there. We're already there. 179 00:08:37,289 --> 00:08:38,409 Okay. 180 00:08:40,128 --> 00:08:43,229 If you're gonna use this house to try and tell me what to do, 181 00:08:43,232 --> 00:08:44,798 I'll make it easy for you. 182 00:08:44,801 --> 00:08:46,567 I'll be out of here by morning. 183 00:09:03,076 --> 00:09:06,611 [VOICE TREMBLES] So you leaving the rest for me, or what? 184 00:09:06,613 --> 00:09:09,347 Oh, come on, Jen. Would you stop that? 185 00:09:09,349 --> 00:09:11,315 Or you gonna get me crying, too. 186 00:09:11,317 --> 00:09:12,427 Come here. 187 00:09:14,954 --> 00:09:16,153 [ANISSA SIGHS] 188 00:09:16,155 --> 00:09:20,558 Look, I'm not dying, okay? I'll still be around. 189 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:22,460 I just cannot have Dad thinking 190 00:09:22,462 --> 00:09:23,594 he can control me. 191 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:27,431 You act like he doesn't do the same thing to me. 192 00:09:27,433 --> 00:09:29,767 You're 16. Your fast ass 193 00:09:29,769 --> 00:09:31,502 could use a bit of controlling. 194 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:33,682 Oh, I'm fast? What are you, then? 195 00:09:33,685 --> 00:09:37,141 Grown. And what I do is my own damn business. 196 00:09:37,143 --> 00:09:38,175 [CHUCKLES] 197 00:09:46,724 --> 00:09:47,885 Anissa... 198 00:09:49,055 --> 00:09:50,721 I know I'm doing a lot, but I don't know 199 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:52,763 how I'm gonna get though all this stuff without you. 200 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,951 Really. I can't talk to Mom. I can't talk to Dad. 201 00:09:59,982 --> 00:10:01,131 Listen. 202 00:10:02,635 --> 00:10:04,301 You know I'm always here for you, 203 00:10:04,303 --> 00:10:05,368 right? 204 00:10:05,370 --> 00:10:06,770 [CELL PHONE VIBRATING] 205 00:10:11,410 --> 00:10:12,591 Give me that. 206 00:10:15,380 --> 00:10:16,547 [SIGHS] 207 00:10:16,549 --> 00:10:19,850 Khalil? Have you lost your damn mind? He killed Dad. 208 00:10:19,852 --> 00:10:21,151 Anissa, he killed Black Lightning. 209 00:10:21,153 --> 00:10:22,686 Oh, so now you're sticking up for him? 210 00:10:22,688 --> 00:10:23,987 When did he start texting you? 211 00:10:23,989 --> 00:10:26,423 A while ago. But I never hit him back. I swear. 212 00:10:26,425 --> 00:10:27,491 Not once. I swear. 213 00:10:27,493 --> 00:10:29,326 Yo, you've gotta shut this down. 214 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:30,815 Now, I know y'all used to be tight, 215 00:10:30,818 --> 00:10:32,162 but he is not who he was. 216 00:10:32,164 --> 00:10:34,965 You don't think I know that? I know. 217 00:10:34,967 --> 00:10:36,146 Jennifer... 218 00:10:36,835 --> 00:10:38,501 whatever you are going through... 219 00:10:40,472 --> 00:10:42,305 this boy is not the answer. 220 00:10:42,307 --> 00:10:43,406 I know. 221 00:10:46,122 --> 00:10:47,277 Here. 222 00:10:48,746 --> 00:10:50,447 And you better stay away from him. 223 00:10:51,350 --> 00:10:53,149 Okay. 224 00:10:53,151 --> 00:10:56,086 Look, even if I'm not in this house, 225 00:10:56,855 --> 00:10:58,544 I will always be there for you. 226 00:10:59,491 --> 00:11:01,057 Come here, little girl. 227 00:11:03,695 --> 00:11:05,862 [SIGHS] I love you, girl. 228 00:11:07,732 --> 00:11:08,898 I love you. 229 00:11:10,241 --> 00:11:12,810 I think we've put so much attention on Jennifer, 230 00:11:13,738 --> 00:11:15,137 we've forgotten this is all new 231 00:11:15,139 --> 00:11:16,506 for Anissa as well. 232 00:11:19,677 --> 00:11:21,110 This path she's taking... 233 00:11:22,614 --> 00:11:23,713 Stealing. 234 00:11:27,218 --> 00:11:28,784 It only leads to blood... 235 00:11:28,786 --> 00:11:32,254 Hey, it's the same path you took early on, remember? 236 00:11:33,525 --> 00:11:34,790 No, I never stole. 237 00:11:34,792 --> 00:11:37,827 Well, you may not have stolen or killed, 238 00:11:37,829 --> 00:11:39,716 but how close to the edge did you get? 239 00:12:05,989 --> 00:12:07,189 I'm sorry... 240 00:12:09,466 --> 00:12:11,632 that you have to go through all this. 241 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,800 That you had to pull that trigger. 242 00:12:22,138 --> 00:12:24,238 It was a live-or-die situation. 243 00:12:25,508 --> 00:12:26,808 I chose to live. 244 00:12:30,346 --> 00:12:31,813 I've come to terms with it. 245 00:12:41,692 --> 00:12:43,191 [CELL PHONE VIBRATING] 246 00:12:43,193 --> 00:12:44,358 [JEFFERSON GROANS] 247 00:12:47,176 --> 00:12:48,486 [SIGHS] 248 00:12:54,344 --> 00:12:55,443 Mr. Pierce? 249 00:12:58,373 --> 00:13:00,040 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 250 00:13:04,279 --> 00:13:05,435 You're letting Tobias walk? 251 00:13:05,438 --> 00:13:08,201 First of all, I'm not letting him do anything. 252 00:13:08,204 --> 00:13:10,283 Unlike Black Lightning, I'm not a vigilante. 253 00:13:10,285 --> 00:13:12,686 I just can't go around breaking the law. I am the law. 254 00:13:12,688 --> 00:13:15,422 And secondly, where are you getting your information from? 255 00:13:15,424 --> 00:13:16,740 I can't say. 256 00:13:16,743 --> 00:13:18,107 [SCOFFS] Of course you can't. 257 00:13:18,110 --> 00:13:19,476 Well, whoever pulled your coattail 258 00:13:19,479 --> 00:13:22,246 should've told you the evidence against him is... 259 00:13:22,249 --> 00:13:25,398 - It's all gone. - Wait, what? But... 260 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,880 the newspapers? What about the DNA? 261 00:13:27,883 --> 00:13:29,616 What about the guy he worked with? 262 00:13:29,619 --> 00:13:31,186 He was murdered last week. 263 00:13:33,575 --> 00:13:35,424 So he's just been playing you the whole time? 264 00:13:35,426 --> 00:13:37,149 Right now, that's what it looks like, yeah. 265 00:13:37,152 --> 00:13:39,044 No, no, there's gotta be something else. 266 00:13:39,047 --> 00:13:40,914 And I'm confident he made some sort of mistake, 267 00:13:40,917 --> 00:13:42,247 and I will find it. But in the... 268 00:13:42,250 --> 00:13:43,550 Put me on the stand. 269 00:13:45,020 --> 00:13:48,321 Okay. Why? To say what? 270 00:13:48,323 --> 00:13:50,872 That I was there. That I saw Tobias kill my father. 271 00:13:50,875 --> 00:13:52,703 You gonna perjure yourself now? 272 00:13:52,706 --> 00:13:54,426 That's not how I roll. You know that. 273 00:13:54,429 --> 00:13:56,849 I'm not lying. I was there. 274 00:14:01,622 --> 00:14:02,802 What? 275 00:14:04,973 --> 00:14:06,505 I was there. 276 00:14:07,388 --> 00:14:09,689 I saw Tobias murder my father. 277 00:14:11,101 --> 00:14:13,401 Gambi didn't let me say anything 278 00:14:13,404 --> 00:14:15,685 because he thought it was the best way to keep me safe. 279 00:14:17,351 --> 00:14:19,833 Damn, bro. Any more lies or half-truths 280 00:14:19,836 --> 00:14:21,053 you want to clear up? 281 00:14:21,056 --> 00:14:23,404 Come on, man. Look, we gotta squash this beef, all right? 282 00:14:23,407 --> 00:14:24,920 So that you and I can work together 283 00:14:24,923 --> 00:14:26,222 and take down Tobias. 284 00:14:26,225 --> 00:14:28,693 You really don't understand what position you've put me in 285 00:14:28,696 --> 00:14:30,796 as a deputy chief or as a friend. 286 00:14:39,073 --> 00:14:40,271 I got work to do. 287 00:14:58,807 --> 00:15:00,776 [LOW RUMBLING] 288 00:15:09,143 --> 00:15:10,348 [KARA EXHALES] 289 00:15:12,214 --> 00:15:13,451 [KARA GRUNTING] 290 00:15:13,453 --> 00:15:14,986 [MONITOR BEEPING] 291 00:15:22,127 --> 00:15:25,227 Please try not to move. Nobody knows you're here. 292 00:15:28,589 --> 00:15:31,767 The straps are for your own protection. 293 00:15:31,770 --> 00:15:33,137 I don't want you to hurt yourself. 294 00:15:35,107 --> 00:15:36,740 Whatever it is you were shot with, 295 00:15:36,742 --> 00:15:37,808 it went straight through. 296 00:15:37,810 --> 00:15:38,987 Tobias. 297 00:15:40,046 --> 00:15:41,278 With a harpoon. 298 00:15:43,339 --> 00:15:44,514 [GROANS] 299 00:15:48,619 --> 00:15:50,586 You've lost a lot of blood. 300 00:15:50,589 --> 00:15:53,057 You've gotta help me. Please. 301 00:15:53,060 --> 00:15:56,817 Kara, you need to make your peace. 302 00:15:56,820 --> 00:15:59,320 No, there's gotta be something. 303 00:15:59,323 --> 00:16:01,768 Kara, you've got sepsis. 304 00:16:01,771 --> 00:16:03,495 And it's only going to get worse. 305 00:16:07,229 --> 00:16:13,309 You're trying to play me. You lying old hypocrite. 306 00:16:14,018 --> 00:16:16,446 You ain't no better than I am. 307 00:16:16,456 --> 00:16:20,065 No, I'm not. But I've had time to atone. 308 00:16:20,068 --> 00:16:21,667 You don't. 309 00:16:21,670 --> 00:16:23,651 At least tell me what you know. 310 00:16:26,650 --> 00:16:29,751 I'm not telling you a damn thing. 311 00:16:37,817 --> 00:16:39,482 I'm hoping you might reconsider. 312 00:16:43,526 --> 00:16:45,002 This is for the pain. 313 00:17:04,329 --> 00:17:06,206 [INDISTINCT SHOUTING] 314 00:17:11,681 --> 00:17:12,870 [GRUNTING] 315 00:17:16,141 --> 00:17:17,574 - Come on, man! - Hey! Hey! 316 00:17:17,577 --> 00:17:19,710 Hey, hey, hey! No, no! Enough! 317 00:17:19,713 --> 00:17:21,180 Enough, both of you. 318 00:17:21,183 --> 00:17:23,749 Everybody, back to class. Go. Go on. 319 00:17:23,752 --> 00:17:26,853 Go. Now, look, I don't know what this all about, 320 00:17:26,856 --> 00:17:28,526 but at Garfield, we do not 321 00:17:28,529 --> 00:17:30,111 settle disputes with our fists. 322 00:17:30,114 --> 00:17:31,681 - Yeah, no, but I... - No, wait. No, no. 323 00:17:31,684 --> 00:17:33,984 No. "Hate is too great a burden to bear. 324 00:17:33,987 --> 00:17:36,521 It injures the hater more than it injures the hated." 325 00:17:36,524 --> 00:17:38,257 Who said that? Hmm? 326 00:17:39,897 --> 00:17:41,363 [SIGHS] 327 00:17:41,365 --> 00:17:44,799 - Coretta Scott King. - That's right. That's right. 328 00:17:44,801 --> 00:17:47,902 Now, look each other in the eye. 329 00:17:47,904 --> 00:17:50,338 In the eye. 330 00:17:50,340 --> 00:17:53,941 Shake hands and squash this beef. Come on. 331 00:17:56,267 --> 00:17:58,100 - Yes. - [PRINCIPAL LOWRY] What's going on? 332 00:17:58,103 --> 00:17:59,202 I heard there was fighting. 333 00:17:59,205 --> 00:18:01,534 No, no, Principal Lowry, I got it. Everything's okay. 334 00:18:01,537 --> 00:18:03,618 Had I wanted your opinion, Mr. Pierce, I would've asked. 335 00:18:03,620 --> 00:18:05,119 Now, which one of you threw the first punch? 336 00:18:05,121 --> 00:18:06,588 It doesn't matter. These young men have... 337 00:18:06,590 --> 00:18:09,979 - Answer the question. - His punk ass did. 338 00:18:09,982 --> 00:18:11,526 Hey, man, he was talking all that mess, dog, 339 00:18:11,528 --> 00:18:12,594 and you know what? 340 00:18:12,596 --> 00:18:14,729 Calm... Calm down, okay? 341 00:18:14,731 --> 00:18:16,364 So it was you? What's your name? 342 00:18:17,069 --> 00:18:19,199 [SIGHS] Sekou Hamilton. 343 00:18:19,202 --> 00:18:21,836 Congratulations, Mr. Hamilton, you've just been expelled. 344 00:18:21,838 --> 00:18:23,071 What? Hey, Mr. Pierce, what's... 345 00:18:23,073 --> 00:18:24,872 And you are suspended for a week. 346 00:18:24,874 --> 00:18:26,551 - What? - Look, Principal Lowry, 347 00:18:26,554 --> 00:18:27,987 these two are good kids. 348 00:18:27,990 --> 00:18:29,056 They just made a mistake. 349 00:18:29,059 --> 00:18:31,826 And this school has a zero-tolerance policy 350 00:18:31,829 --> 00:18:33,014 when it comes to fighting. 351 00:18:33,016 --> 00:18:34,206 Now get back to class. 352 00:18:34,209 --> 00:18:36,784 No, this school was built on the understanding 353 00:18:36,786 --> 00:18:38,245 that no one is beyond redemption. 354 00:18:38,248 --> 00:18:40,221 Times change, Mr. Pierce. 355 00:18:40,223 --> 00:18:42,456 And if you feel you're unable to properly enforce 356 00:18:42,458 --> 00:18:43,691 the school's new rules and policies, 357 00:18:43,693 --> 00:18:46,060 well, you're free to leave as well. 358 00:18:46,062 --> 00:18:47,182 Let's go. 359 00:18:49,132 --> 00:18:51,099 Expelled? Come on... 360 00:18:51,101 --> 00:18:52,632 Go back to class. Everything's fine. 361 00:18:52,634 --> 00:18:55,401 Go back to class. It's fine. 362 00:19:03,723 --> 00:19:05,756 Don't you ever talk to me like that. 363 00:19:05,759 --> 00:19:07,525 Not here or anywhere else. 364 00:19:07,528 --> 00:19:09,261 Are you threatening me, Mr. Pierce? 365 00:19:09,264 --> 00:19:10,430 Oh, for the record, yes. 366 00:19:10,433 --> 00:19:13,134 As I've said, if you don't like my methods 367 00:19:13,137 --> 00:19:15,315 or find you're unable to support them, 368 00:19:15,318 --> 00:19:16,379 feel free to go. 369 00:19:16,382 --> 00:19:18,716 No... To hell with that. Let's be clear. 370 00:19:19,595 --> 00:19:22,195 I am only here to give you cover, 371 00:19:22,198 --> 00:19:25,165 to give your presence at Garfield legitimacy. 372 00:19:25,168 --> 00:19:27,936 So we both know I'm not going anywhere. 373 00:19:27,939 --> 00:19:30,806 No, no. You're here to give cover to the board, not me. 374 00:19:30,809 --> 00:19:32,026 Now, I understand 375 00:19:32,029 --> 00:19:34,505 why they need their Black Jesus, but I don't. 376 00:19:34,508 --> 00:19:37,026 Because no child will be shot, kidnapped, 377 00:19:37,029 --> 00:19:39,930 or overdose on Green Light on my watch, period. 378 00:19:42,483 --> 00:19:46,919 Look, if you give that kid another chance, 379 00:19:46,921 --> 00:19:50,011 he will become a person that we can all be proud of. 380 00:19:50,014 --> 00:19:51,507 But you throw him out on the street, 381 00:19:51,510 --> 00:19:54,411 odds are, he's gonna become someone to be feared. 382 00:19:58,199 --> 00:20:00,807 Zero tolerance. 383 00:20:00,810 --> 00:20:03,972 The rule offers no room for interpretation, 384 00:20:03,975 --> 00:20:07,076 which is why it will be easy for all of us to understand. 385 00:20:11,245 --> 00:20:12,443 Yeah. 386 00:20:20,587 --> 00:20:21,653 [BELL DINGS] 387 00:20:31,268 --> 00:20:32,496 [SIGHS] 388 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:36,667 I take it it didn't go so well with your father. 389 00:20:36,669 --> 00:20:38,469 [SCOFFS] 390 00:20:38,471 --> 00:20:40,628 You mind if I crash for a few days? 391 00:20:40,631 --> 00:20:43,378 Of course. You're always welcome. 392 00:20:43,381 --> 00:20:44,841 You stay as long as you like. 393 00:20:44,844 --> 00:20:46,677 Thank you, Uncle Gambi. 394 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,995 But I'm gonna have to let your parents know you're here. 395 00:20:49,949 --> 00:20:52,472 [SIGHS] I know. 396 00:20:52,475 --> 00:20:55,026 Come on, let's get you settled in. 397 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:05,690 Five. Four. Three. Two. One. 398 00:21:10,369 --> 00:21:11,434 That's odd. 399 00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:12,702 [BEEPS] 400 00:21:13,993 --> 00:21:15,893 Are you expecting something to happen? 401 00:21:15,896 --> 00:21:17,428 - [ALARM BLARING] - Yes. 402 00:21:19,981 --> 00:21:24,981 No. No, no, no, no. This is not right. 403 00:21:24,984 --> 00:21:29,386 This... What's happening? What's happening? 404 00:21:35,527 --> 00:21:38,128 Guess we know what his powers were. 405 00:21:38,131 --> 00:21:39,531 If you knew he was gonna wake up, 406 00:21:39,534 --> 00:21:40,863 why didn't you say something? 407 00:21:40,865 --> 00:21:42,956 - We could've saved him. - We couldn't. 408 00:21:42,959 --> 00:21:44,358 The subject was experiencing 409 00:21:44,361 --> 00:21:46,595 rapid mitochondrial deterioration. 410 00:21:46,598 --> 00:21:49,499 - Death was imminent. - No! He's not a subject! 411 00:21:49,502 --> 00:21:51,435 He's a person, and his name is Sean Phillips. 412 00:21:51,438 --> 00:21:53,205 And now he's dead. 413 00:21:53,208 --> 00:21:56,409 Indeed. And now we have more data. 414 00:21:56,412 --> 00:21:58,057 I'll input this. 415 00:21:58,060 --> 00:21:59,382 No. 416 00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:06,182 [INDISTINCT TALKING ON TV] 417 00:22:11,761 --> 00:22:13,095 Hey, sweetheart. 418 00:22:15,557 --> 00:22:17,425 [JEFFERSON EXHALES DEEPLY] 419 00:22:23,143 --> 00:22:24,642 So how'd it go yesterday? 420 00:22:35,711 --> 00:22:36,877 [SIGHS] 421 00:22:39,086 --> 00:22:40,720 I see you're ignoring me. 422 00:22:43,737 --> 00:22:45,645 - Wonderful. - [TV TURNS OFF] 423 00:22:45,648 --> 00:22:47,639 You know, I didn't think there was anything else 424 00:22:47,642 --> 00:22:50,417 you could take away from me, and then you threw Anissa out. 425 00:22:50,420 --> 00:22:52,487 I did not throw her out. 426 00:22:52,490 --> 00:22:54,257 I confronted her. 427 00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:56,239 She made a choice. 428 00:22:56,242 --> 00:22:57,942 You know what, Dad? I get it. 429 00:22:57,945 --> 00:23:00,120 It's cool. You never make any mistakes, right? 430 00:23:00,123 --> 00:23:01,276 You're perfect. 431 00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:04,045 Uh... 432 00:23:10,668 --> 00:23:12,589 [CHAINS CLINKING] 433 00:23:12,592 --> 00:23:14,628 [GUARD] All right, Tobias. Here's your lawyer. 434 00:23:26,262 --> 00:23:27,761 How about a little music? 435 00:23:33,662 --> 00:23:35,284 [JAZZ PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES] 436 00:23:37,380 --> 00:23:38,946 If you want, I can make a couple calls, 437 00:23:38,949 --> 00:23:40,516 have you home by dinner. 438 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:42,318 [CHUCKLES] 439 00:23:42,321 --> 00:23:43,854 It never ceases to amaze me 440 00:23:43,857 --> 00:23:45,123 how all you white folks 441 00:23:45,126 --> 00:23:46,925 feel this need to be the savior. 442 00:23:46,928 --> 00:23:48,828 Makes me want to laugh and at the same time, 443 00:23:48,831 --> 00:23:50,268 punch you in the face. 444 00:23:51,194 --> 00:23:52,693 Now, before my smile fades, 445 00:23:52,695 --> 00:23:54,295 how about you tell me why you're here. 446 00:23:55,364 --> 00:23:57,331 [SIGHS] 447 00:23:57,333 --> 00:24:02,536 A, uh... [EXHALES] significant sum of money was stolen 448 00:24:02,538 --> 00:24:04,638 from us by some bitch with powers. 449 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,407 Ah, so that's how the free clinic 450 00:24:07,409 --> 00:24:09,143 got its miraculous donation. 451 00:24:09,145 --> 00:24:10,542 Mmm. 452 00:24:10,545 --> 00:24:13,550 Out of respect, we've come to you. 453 00:24:13,553 --> 00:24:15,782 Before we spill blood on the streets of Freeland, 454 00:24:15,784 --> 00:24:17,551 your streets... 455 00:24:17,553 --> 00:24:19,659 we're here to ask for permission. 456 00:24:19,662 --> 00:24:21,788 You want to kill her? 457 00:24:21,790 --> 00:24:23,957 We have ideas on how to make our point. 458 00:24:25,059 --> 00:24:26,892 [SIGHS] 459 00:24:26,895 --> 00:24:29,462 Permission granted, under one condition. 460 00:24:29,464 --> 00:24:31,631 I want facial and body recognition monitors 461 00:24:31,633 --> 00:24:32,831 set up outside the clinic, 462 00:24:32,833 --> 00:24:35,901 just in case Black Lightning shows up. 463 00:24:35,903 --> 00:24:38,137 He's been walking around Freeland every day, 464 00:24:38,139 --> 00:24:40,072 and no one knows who his black ass is. 465 00:24:40,074 --> 00:24:41,674 But I'm going to burn this city down 466 00:24:41,676 --> 00:24:43,976 and everyone in it until I find him. 467 00:24:43,978 --> 00:24:45,911 He's taken everything from me. 468 00:24:46,581 --> 00:24:50,583 Tori, Joey Toledo, Syonide. 469 00:24:52,587 --> 00:24:53,786 He's got to die. 470 00:24:54,556 --> 00:24:56,589 And he's got to die soon. 471 00:24:57,659 --> 00:24:58,924 We're on the same page. 472 00:25:08,404 --> 00:25:09,661 [LAPTOP CHIMES] 473 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:12,373 [SCOFFS] 474 00:25:16,818 --> 00:25:20,450 _ 475 00:25:22,521 --> 00:25:23,747 [GASPS] 476 00:25:29,059 --> 00:25:30,692 [GROANS IN FRUSTRATION] 477 00:25:33,796 --> 00:25:35,396 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] 478 00:25:43,206 --> 00:25:44,271 [LYNN SIGHS] 479 00:25:44,273 --> 00:25:45,435 You okay? 480 00:25:47,042 --> 00:25:48,476 I lost another kid. 481 00:25:53,416 --> 00:25:54,681 I'm sorry to hear that. 482 00:25:56,352 --> 00:25:57,418 Yeah. 483 00:25:59,722 --> 00:26:02,823 Did Jennifer tell you that she fried another laptop? 484 00:26:02,825 --> 00:26:04,091 What? [JEFFERSON SIGHS] 485 00:26:04,794 --> 00:26:07,160 That girl is costing me a fortune. 486 00:26:07,163 --> 00:26:08,763 I thought she was making progress. 487 00:26:08,766 --> 00:26:10,967 She is. But this is why I don't feel like 488 00:26:10,970 --> 00:26:12,703 she's ready to go back to school, you know? 489 00:26:12,706 --> 00:26:14,300 I mean, it only takes one mistake. 490 00:26:14,302 --> 00:26:15,513 Yeah, true. 491 00:26:15,516 --> 00:26:18,817 Uh. Besides, I wouldn't want her there. 492 00:26:18,820 --> 00:26:21,435 Garfield is not Garfield right now. 493 00:26:21,438 --> 00:26:24,110 - Lowry? - Mmm. 494 00:26:24,113 --> 00:26:25,411 Yes, Lowry. 495 00:26:25,413 --> 00:26:28,005 You know what? I want to take my school back. 496 00:26:28,008 --> 00:26:29,675 I mean, this guy, he's... 497 00:26:29,678 --> 00:26:30,974 He's just a pencil pusher 498 00:26:30,977 --> 00:26:32,044 trying to get to another raise. 499 00:26:32,046 --> 00:26:33,546 He doesn't care about the kids. 500 00:26:33,549 --> 00:26:35,271 So, then, take it back. 501 00:26:35,274 --> 00:26:37,241 If there's one thing I know about Jefferson Pierce, 502 00:26:37,243 --> 00:26:38,710 when he puts his mind to something, 503 00:26:38,713 --> 00:26:39,960 there aren't enough Lowrys in the world 504 00:26:39,962 --> 00:26:41,739 that can stop him. 505 00:26:41,742 --> 00:26:43,376 Everything happens for a reason. 506 00:26:44,599 --> 00:26:46,132 My father would have loved you. 507 00:26:46,134 --> 00:26:48,534 [CHUCKLES] Good taste. 508 00:26:48,536 --> 00:26:50,203 - Great taste. - [LAUGHS] 509 00:26:51,639 --> 00:26:52,738 [BOTH LAUGHING] 510 00:26:55,743 --> 00:26:56,888 Oh, hey, sweetheart. 511 00:26:58,205 --> 00:26:59,972 Hey. 512 00:26:59,982 --> 00:27:01,848 You mind if I have a second with Dad? 513 00:27:01,850 --> 00:27:03,016 Yeah. 514 00:27:03,018 --> 00:27:04,617 Just... 515 00:27:04,619 --> 00:27:07,487 Just remember you were sad when she left yesterday. 516 00:27:17,331 --> 00:27:18,497 It's good to see you. 517 00:27:20,505 --> 00:27:22,701 Look, Dad, Gambi thinks the free clinic's in trouble 518 00:27:22,703 --> 00:27:24,103 and that someone's gonna attack it. 519 00:27:24,872 --> 00:27:28,374 Just go ahead and say, "I you told you so." 520 00:27:28,376 --> 00:27:30,009 - I know you're dying to. - No. 521 00:27:31,045 --> 00:27:32,544 I wish I weren't right. 522 00:27:34,215 --> 00:27:36,348 Dad, I think I need your help. 523 00:27:36,350 --> 00:27:38,384 Well, I'm here to do what needs to be done. 524 00:27:41,321 --> 00:27:43,052 And I accept your apology. 525 00:27:43,055 --> 00:27:47,558 [CHUCKLES] Well, that's... That's funny, because I didn't give one. 526 00:27:47,561 --> 00:27:49,739 But I'll definitely take yours. 527 00:27:50,796 --> 00:27:52,075 Yep. Let's go. 528 00:27:54,901 --> 00:27:56,427 All right, Henderson's up to speed. 529 00:27:56,430 --> 00:27:58,528 But since there's no definite time or threat, 530 00:27:58,531 --> 00:27:59,970 he couldn't get the clinic to shut down. 531 00:27:59,972 --> 00:28:02,273 All they'll do is beef up security for a week or so. 532 00:28:02,275 --> 00:28:03,574 Okay, so what should we do? 533 00:28:03,576 --> 00:28:05,943 Though there are no known photos of Vladislav Zlovac, 534 00:28:05,945 --> 00:28:08,112 the guy in charge of this redevelopment project. 535 00:28:08,927 --> 00:28:10,648 He just transferred $50,000 536 00:28:10,650 --> 00:28:12,450 from one of his business accounts. 537 00:28:12,452 --> 00:28:13,974 - To who? - Don't know. 538 00:28:13,977 --> 00:28:15,674 After being rerouted several times, 539 00:28:15,677 --> 00:28:17,611 I traced it to a company in Chicago. 540 00:28:17,614 --> 00:28:19,347 But it turns out, other than a bank account 541 00:28:19,350 --> 00:28:20,582 and a digital profile, 542 00:28:20,585 --> 00:28:22,319 the company doesn't even exist. 543 00:28:23,263 --> 00:28:24,761 Chatter on the Dark Web tells me 544 00:28:24,763 --> 00:28:26,729 that the money was for some sort of hired gun. 545 00:28:26,731 --> 00:28:30,867 Now, the clinic only has two points of entry... 546 00:28:30,870 --> 00:28:33,166 - [ANISSA CLEARS THROAT] - The front door on the street 547 00:28:33,169 --> 00:28:34,794 and this service door off the alley. 548 00:28:34,797 --> 00:28:37,273 And Henderson says he'll limit traffic on both sides. 549 00:28:37,276 --> 00:28:38,342 Okay. 550 00:28:38,344 --> 00:28:39,843 Now, based on what I'm hearing, 551 00:28:39,845 --> 00:28:41,011 and knowing that they're gonna want to 552 00:28:41,013 --> 00:28:43,513 inflict the maximum amount of damage, 553 00:28:43,515 --> 00:28:44,614 an explosive device 554 00:28:44,616 --> 00:28:46,116 seems the most likely method of attack. 555 00:28:46,118 --> 00:28:48,685 So if they can't deliver a blast by car or truck, 556 00:28:48,687 --> 00:28:50,020 well, that just leaves us... 557 00:28:50,022 --> 00:28:52,286 With every person who may walk through that door. 558 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:20,167 Took long enough for Popsicle Boy here to thaw out. 559 00:29:22,869 --> 00:29:25,169 I need you to run some Sims on a new chemical chain. 560 00:29:25,171 --> 00:29:27,091 I reverse engineered the ones you used... 561 00:29:27,094 --> 00:29:30,141 Why would you do that? Those calculations were off. 562 00:29:30,143 --> 00:29:31,583 Yeah, but only by ten seconds. 563 00:29:31,586 --> 00:29:33,411 Eight. 564 00:29:33,413 --> 00:29:35,713 Look, I've run this simulation several times, 565 00:29:35,715 --> 00:29:38,082 taking into account both corrosion and energy storage, 566 00:29:38,084 --> 00:29:40,617 and even with the added ten seconds it doesn't add up. 567 00:29:40,620 --> 00:29:41,885 It was eight. 568 00:29:41,888 --> 00:29:43,087 And what you're doing isn't working 569 00:29:43,089 --> 00:29:45,089 because you're trying to predict improvement 570 00:29:45,091 --> 00:29:47,231 and I designed it to predict failure. 571 00:29:47,234 --> 00:29:49,993 - Yeah, okay... - I told you, Dr. Stewart, 572 00:29:49,995 --> 00:29:51,295 they're all gonna die. 573 00:29:51,297 --> 00:29:53,497 It's only a matter of how quickly. 574 00:29:54,366 --> 00:29:57,534 - I refuse to accept that. - I know. 575 00:29:57,536 --> 00:30:00,437 I know. Your optimism amuses me. 576 00:30:00,439 --> 00:30:02,806 But death catches us all, Dr. Stewart. 577 00:30:02,808 --> 00:30:04,774 None of us gets out alive. 578 00:30:04,777 --> 00:30:07,778 I'm here because I'm one of three people in the world 579 00:30:07,781 --> 00:30:09,680 who can do what I do. 580 00:30:09,682 --> 00:30:12,549 And the other two aren't nearly as nice. 581 00:30:12,551 --> 00:30:15,319 Oh, by the way, I came across some samples 582 00:30:15,321 --> 00:30:17,354 of stable metahuman DNA. 583 00:30:17,356 --> 00:30:19,305 Do you know where these samples came from? 584 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,827 Uh, the ASA acquired them. 585 00:30:23,829 --> 00:30:26,658 One is a vaccine subject that is actually stable. 586 00:30:26,661 --> 00:30:29,614 The other two show no sign of the vaccine or Green Light. 587 00:30:29,617 --> 00:30:31,334 Had you noticed that both samples 588 00:30:31,336 --> 00:30:34,145 have the exact same set of protein markers, 589 00:30:34,148 --> 00:30:37,707 each sequencing at a previously uncategorized fashion? 590 00:30:37,709 --> 00:30:39,309 They'd have to be related. 591 00:30:39,312 --> 00:30:41,378 It's Genetics 101, right? 592 00:30:42,521 --> 00:30:45,890 What if the metagene could be inherited? 593 00:30:45,893 --> 00:30:47,851 Let's stay focused, okay? 594 00:30:47,853 --> 00:30:50,153 Uh, run the simulation on the chemical chain 595 00:30:50,155 --> 00:30:52,488 and see if it doesn't lead to a serum of some sort. 596 00:30:52,490 --> 00:30:56,259 Just imagine an entire family of metas, though. 597 00:30:56,261 --> 00:30:59,794 Once the ASA found them, we'd be able to poke, prod, 598 00:30:59,796 --> 00:31:02,865 and scrutinize every detail of their genetic makeup. 599 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,868 Now, that would be excellent. 600 00:31:08,739 --> 00:31:09,972 [SIRENS WAILING] 601 00:31:17,348 --> 00:31:18,780 [GAMBI] The Dark Web's gone quiet. 602 00:31:18,782 --> 00:31:21,567 And when people stop talking, it usually means one thing. 603 00:31:21,570 --> 00:31:22,735 That they're ready. 604 00:31:23,687 --> 00:31:25,773 Well, we just have to be careful, 605 00:31:25,776 --> 00:31:26,955 stay on our toes. 606 00:31:26,957 --> 00:31:31,692 These guys don't play by the same rules that we do. 607 00:31:31,694 --> 00:31:35,396 [SCOFFS] You just couldn't help yourself, could you? 608 00:31:35,398 --> 00:31:37,070 Look, I'm just saying, 609 00:31:37,073 --> 00:31:38,172 if we don't have a code, 610 00:31:38,175 --> 00:31:39,333 we're no better than the criminals. 611 00:31:39,335 --> 00:31:41,434 We'll always be better than them. 612 00:31:41,437 --> 00:31:44,671 We're fighting for the people, for Freeland, not for money 613 00:31:44,673 --> 00:31:46,941 or trying to make some young girl a sex slave. 614 00:31:46,943 --> 00:31:48,809 If we aren't using our powers to help people, 615 00:31:48,811 --> 00:31:51,078 then what good are they? 616 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,180 You had to steal to help those people? 617 00:31:53,182 --> 00:31:54,282 I don't consider 618 00:31:54,284 --> 00:31:56,317 taking money back from people like that stealing. 619 00:31:56,319 --> 00:31:59,921 I consider doing it... Hang on. 620 00:31:59,923 --> 00:32:01,688 You see this guy by the dumpster? 621 00:32:01,690 --> 00:32:03,450 [BLACK LIGHTNING] Oh, Gambi, you seeing this? 622 00:32:07,930 --> 00:32:09,963 Just a guy trying to kill hunger pains. 623 00:32:13,201 --> 00:32:14,902 So your mother and I were wondering... 624 00:32:16,338 --> 00:32:18,338 if you want your own place... 625 00:32:19,775 --> 00:32:23,444 maybe you'd want to move into my father's old house. 626 00:32:27,321 --> 00:32:28,721 Wait a second. Wasn't that woman 627 00:32:28,724 --> 00:32:30,281 pregnant a few minutes ago? 628 00:32:35,031 --> 00:32:36,389 [GAMBI] It's the same woman. 629 00:32:36,391 --> 00:32:37,925 Whatever she gave birth to ain't good. 630 00:32:37,927 --> 00:32:40,093 You guys better get in there. I'll take care of her. 631 00:32:59,013 --> 00:33:00,148 [BOTH GRUNTING] 632 00:33:02,625 --> 00:33:04,049 [CAR HORN BLARES] 633 00:33:10,492 --> 00:33:12,324 Guys, I need everybody out of here. Let's go. 634 00:33:12,326 --> 00:33:13,392 Everybody out. Come on. 635 00:33:13,394 --> 00:33:14,994 We gotta get out here. We gotta get out. 636 00:33:20,468 --> 00:33:22,167 Guys, I need everybody out of here. 637 00:33:22,169 --> 00:33:23,469 Go, guys, we need to be safe. 638 00:33:23,471 --> 00:33:25,304 Get out here. Let's go. We gotta get out. 639 00:33:25,306 --> 00:33:27,186 Come on, we're not moving fast enough. Let's go! 640 00:33:28,109 --> 00:33:29,208 You, out. 641 00:33:36,117 --> 00:33:37,349 Got a bomb. 642 00:33:40,087 --> 00:33:41,153 [BOMB BEEPING] 643 00:33:50,484 --> 00:33:52,556 - [BOMB BEEPING] - I've got one in here, too. 644 00:33:54,734 --> 00:33:56,034 [GRUNTS] 645 00:34:04,677 --> 00:34:05,952 [BOTH GRUNTING] 646 00:34:24,631 --> 00:34:25,764 [TIRES SCREECHING] 647 00:34:25,767 --> 00:34:28,007 What's going on here? Are you okay? 648 00:34:28,010 --> 00:34:29,351 [GRUNTING] 649 00:34:51,321 --> 00:34:52,387 So I saw in the file 650 00:34:52,389 --> 00:34:54,289 that you were interviewed as a child, 651 00:34:54,291 --> 00:34:56,124 but there's no mention of you being there. 652 00:34:57,227 --> 00:34:59,961 So were you lying then, or are you lying now? 653 00:34:59,964 --> 00:35:01,896 - Wait a minute... - I mean, it doesn't really matter. 654 00:35:01,898 --> 00:35:04,665 Once the defense asks the question, which he will, 655 00:35:04,667 --> 00:35:06,767 the jury won't believe anything that you say. 656 00:35:07,570 --> 00:35:10,071 I've lived my whole life in Freeland. 657 00:35:10,073 --> 00:35:12,473 My word usually means something around here. 658 00:35:12,475 --> 00:35:14,208 I'm sure it does. 659 00:35:14,210 --> 00:35:17,412 But let's say that I actually allowed you on the stand. 660 00:35:17,414 --> 00:35:20,148 The defense cross-examination would go something like, 661 00:35:20,150 --> 00:35:22,521 "Mr. Pierce, have you ever lied 662 00:35:22,524 --> 00:35:24,852 to investigators regarding this case?" 663 00:35:27,211 --> 00:35:28,323 Yes, but... 664 00:35:28,325 --> 00:35:30,658 "So, besides your word, do you have any proof 665 00:35:30,660 --> 00:35:31,725 that you were a witness 666 00:35:31,727 --> 00:35:34,762 to this alleged crime by my client?" 667 00:35:34,764 --> 00:35:35,830 No, but I... 668 00:35:35,832 --> 00:35:38,699 "Mr. Pierce, did you love your father?" 669 00:35:38,701 --> 00:35:39,834 Of course. 670 00:35:39,836 --> 00:35:41,836 "Would you say that you would do anything for him?" 671 00:35:41,838 --> 00:35:42,937 Now, of course, at this point, 672 00:35:42,939 --> 00:35:44,672 I would object to leading the witness. 673 00:35:44,674 --> 00:35:46,574 The defense would withdraw his question 674 00:35:46,576 --> 00:35:48,509 and ask some version of, 675 00:35:48,511 --> 00:35:52,112 "Do you think my client being released from custody 676 00:35:52,114 --> 00:35:54,482 after decades of being wrongly accused 677 00:35:54,484 --> 00:35:57,117 has anything to do with you coming forward now?" 678 00:35:57,119 --> 00:35:59,353 "Wrongly accused"? 679 00:35:59,355 --> 00:36:02,490 Tobias Whale has gotten away with this for 30 years, 680 00:36:02,492 --> 00:36:04,591 while my father has rotted in his grave. 681 00:36:04,593 --> 00:36:06,726 "No further questions, Your Honor." 682 00:36:09,097 --> 00:36:10,274 Oh. 683 00:36:11,232 --> 00:36:13,366 Mr. Pierce, I believe you. I do. 684 00:36:13,368 --> 00:36:15,668 But right now, the truth does not help us. 685 00:36:15,670 --> 00:36:19,672 The only thing that helps us make a case is proof. 686 00:36:26,214 --> 00:36:27,714 So there's nothing, then? 687 00:36:27,716 --> 00:36:31,450 Nothing to prove that I was actually there? 688 00:36:31,452 --> 00:36:33,119 I destroyed anything that could have 689 00:36:33,121 --> 00:36:35,788 even remotely linked you to that crime scene. 690 00:36:35,790 --> 00:36:38,357 I did whatever I could to protect you. 691 00:36:41,736 --> 00:36:47,773 So Tobias is gonna be free to walk the streets? 692 00:36:50,804 --> 00:36:52,170 I can't accept that. 693 00:36:55,976 --> 00:36:58,944 If you hurt Tobias after they drop the charges against him, 694 00:36:58,946 --> 00:37:01,013 then you're the bad guy, not him. 695 00:37:01,715 --> 00:37:02,981 [JEFFERSON SIGHS] 696 00:37:02,983 --> 00:37:07,485 We will find something, Jeff. We will. I won't ever give up. 697 00:37:10,558 --> 00:37:13,525 - Jennifer! - Yeah. 698 00:37:13,534 --> 00:37:15,100 Could you come down here, please? 699 00:37:16,530 --> 00:37:18,229 Do you think we're overreacting? 700 00:37:18,231 --> 00:37:21,999 No. No, we were leaning in this direction already. 701 00:37:22,001 --> 00:37:24,469 I mean, yes, I thought she was improving. 702 00:37:24,471 --> 00:37:25,736 But then, after the laptop, 703 00:37:25,738 --> 00:37:27,205 now this thing with Dr. Jace... 704 00:37:27,207 --> 00:37:28,273 Oh, she's gonna be mad. 705 00:37:28,275 --> 00:37:30,175 And you know what? I can't say I blame her. 706 00:37:33,713 --> 00:37:34,883 Hey, what's up? 707 00:37:36,049 --> 00:37:37,715 Sweetheart, there is something 708 00:37:37,717 --> 00:37:39,850 we need to talk through with you. 709 00:37:42,389 --> 00:37:44,389 Your mother and I have decided 710 00:37:44,391 --> 00:37:46,991 it's not safe for you to go back to Garfield. 711 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,193 What? 712 00:37:50,663 --> 00:37:52,313 We're gonna homeschool you. 713 00:37:54,567 --> 00:37:56,100 No, Dad... 714 00:37:57,103 --> 00:37:58,168 Wait, I don't understand. 715 00:37:58,170 --> 00:38:00,137 I've done everything you guys asked me to do. 716 00:38:00,139 --> 00:38:01,271 Yes, you have. 717 00:38:01,273 --> 00:38:04,141 But you still can't control your powers. 718 00:38:04,144 --> 00:38:05,376 I mean, not yet. 719 00:38:05,379 --> 00:38:07,211 And there are people out there looking for metas. 720 00:38:07,213 --> 00:38:08,641 The police. The government. 721 00:38:08,644 --> 00:38:10,848 Even my work helping to save the pod children 722 00:38:10,850 --> 00:38:11,916 is a threat to you. 723 00:38:11,918 --> 00:38:13,951 - This isn't fair. - We're sorry. 724 00:38:13,953 --> 00:38:15,696 Yeah, we are really sorry. 725 00:38:15,699 --> 00:38:17,353 I can't believe after everything you guys 726 00:38:17,356 --> 00:38:18,723 have put me through, that... 727 00:38:19,922 --> 00:38:21,158 [JENNIFER SIGHS] 728 00:38:22,495 --> 00:38:23,711 Wow. 729 00:38:27,933 --> 00:38:29,132 [LYNN SIGHS] 730 00:38:32,237 --> 00:38:33,569 [MONITOR BEEPING] 731 00:38:40,656 --> 00:38:42,196 [KARA GRUNTING] 732 00:38:52,791 --> 00:38:57,760 [BREATHING HEAVILY] I really am dying, aren't I? 733 00:38:58,630 --> 00:39:00,095 I'm afraid so. 734 00:39:01,266 --> 00:39:06,821 I swear I didn't know Proctor was bent. 735 00:39:06,824 --> 00:39:09,511 I was just trying to serve my country. 736 00:39:13,910 --> 00:39:15,877 You still can. 737 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:19,482 Help me. I need to find Proctor's case. 738 00:39:19,484 --> 00:39:21,317 Is it as powerful as I think it is? 739 00:39:24,950 --> 00:39:26,050 Burn me. 740 00:39:27,534 --> 00:39:29,211 Don't put me in the ground. 741 00:39:31,219 --> 00:39:32,627 Burn my body. 742 00:39:35,710 --> 00:39:38,478 I will. I promise. 743 00:39:42,106 --> 00:39:43,238 Tobias... 744 00:39:44,834 --> 00:39:47,068 Tobias has the case? 745 00:39:47,078 --> 00:39:51,000 Does he know how to use it? Kara, where can I find him? 746 00:39:58,463 --> 00:40:00,625 - [EXHALES] - [MONITOR FLATLINING] 747 00:40:07,030 --> 00:40:08,462 [REPORTERS CLAMORING] 748 00:40:08,464 --> 00:40:10,331 Tobias, how's it feel to be exonerated? 749 00:40:10,333 --> 00:40:12,406 Oh, I've always had a strong belief 750 00:40:12,409 --> 00:40:13,609 in our justice system. 751 00:40:13,612 --> 00:40:16,208 And knowing I've been wrongly accused all these years, 752 00:40:16,211 --> 00:40:18,816 to see that system work firsthand, 753 00:40:18,819 --> 00:40:21,307 [EXHALES] only solidified my belief. 754 00:40:21,310 --> 00:40:23,144 So what's next for Tobias Whale? 755 00:40:23,146 --> 00:40:24,656 Well, much more than anything, 756 00:40:24,659 --> 00:40:25,726 I want to once again become 757 00:40:25,728 --> 00:40:27,260 an active member in society 758 00:40:27,263 --> 00:40:30,031 and, most importantly, a pillar of this community. 759 00:40:31,387 --> 00:40:32,820 And let me just say this. 760 00:40:32,822 --> 00:40:35,389 I can only hope and offer up my prayers that, one day, 761 00:40:35,391 --> 00:40:37,860 after 30 years, they finally find the person 762 00:40:37,863 --> 00:40:39,597 who really killed Alvin Pierce. 763 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,433 If for no other reason than to allow 764 00:40:41,436 --> 00:40:43,103 Jefferson Pierce and his family 765 00:40:43,106 --> 00:40:45,406 to finally find peace. 766 00:40:45,409 --> 00:40:47,227 Now if you'll kindly excuse me... 767 00:40:47,230 --> 00:40:48,738 [REPORTER] Thank you for your time. 768 00:40:49,538 --> 00:40:50,771 [ELECTRICITY CRACKLING] 769 00:41:13,961 --> 00:41:15,228 Hey. 770 00:41:16,724 --> 00:41:19,358 I didn't expect you to text me back. 771 00:41:20,669 --> 00:41:21,868 Yeah, well... 772 00:41:32,815 --> 00:41:34,461 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 773 00:41:39,468 --> 00:41:40,758 I'm back. 774 00:41:40,761 --> 00:41:44,830 [CROWD CHANTING] Yeah! One Hundred! One Hundred! 775 00:41:44,833 --> 00:41:47,532 One Hundred! One Hundred! 776 00:41:47,535 --> 00:41:51,216 One Hundred! One Hundred! One Hundred!