black lightning Archives

The CW has released a clip from tonight's new episode of Black Lightning and we get to see Black Lightning and Thunder in action again The 10th episode of the season is called Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption The clip has a bit of a spoiler in it, so don't read on[...]

We are nine episodes into the first season of Black Lightning, and while the season is a short 13 episodes, they put so much into each episode it feels like more. We've already met and gotten to know Jefferson (Cress Williams), set up the street politics of Freeland, met Gambi (James Remar) and Henderson (Damon Gupton)[...]

This article contains spoilers for the Black Lightning season 1 episode 'The Book of Little Black Lies'. Black Lightning — Photo: Annette Brown/The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. Tonight's episode of Black Lightning took some interesting turns It started off with following up on last week's reveal of Jennifer (China Ann[...]

Ever since the producers of Black Lightning came out and said that the show was not set in the same universe as Arrow, The Flash, and the others they seem to have gone out of their way to make it part of the Arrowverse They changed the city setting to the fiction city of Freeland, something[...]

Doesn't that seem odd? One quick question on Black Lightning Jefferson and Anissa go to investigate the death of Lady Eve and the others to try to clear Black Lightning's name Yet they break into the morgue and handle all the bodies without wearing gloves? And he keeps calling Henderson on a cell phone… have they[...]

Gambi can no longer protect Black Lightning from Martin Porter (Gregg Henry) and the American Security Agency (A.S.A.) And then Lynn (Christine Adams) makes a connection between Green Light, the new drug on the street, and a mysterious powder that was found in Alvin Williams locker Gambi has to come clean, letting Jefferson know his[...]

Black Lightning — Photo: The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. The Flash may be going on hiatus, but Black Lightning is going strong with the story involving Gambi's (James Remar) past and Alvin, Jefferson's (Cress Williams) father If the show continues on it's current schedule, we should have new episodes[...]

added to the mix are characters/actors from Black Lightning and Life Sentence along with returning series iZombie, The Originals and The 100 All four series have kicked off since the first of the year — it makes sense that they wouldn't be part of the previous trailer that included Valor, which has ended its run and[...]

This article contains spoilers for Black Lightning season 1, episode 8, 'The Book of Revelations'. Photo: Bob MahoneyThe CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. This was a bit of a different episode for Black Lightning Being framed for the murder of Lady Eve (Jill Scott) and the cops with a shoot-to-kill mindset, Jefferson[...]

Black Lightning — Photo: The CW — 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. Earlier today we ran an article that showed a new promo trailer for Black Lightning, and it has a spoiler about Jennifer Pierce (China Ann McClain) and when she might follow her comic book counterpart and get super powers Since the[...]

It would seem kind of strange if a television series would just give away big upcoming moments in a trailer, but that is exactly what the CW has done with their new hit series Black Lightning The series, based on the DC Comic Character created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden, tells the story[...]

This article contains spoilers for the Black Lightning season one episode – Equinox: the Book of Fate. . . . . . Black Lightning — Photo: Mark Hill/The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. Last night was was about the fallout from the week before Everyone is at the tailor shop after Lynn (Christine Adams) was attacked[...]

And while it may or may not debut during tonight's new Black Lightning, we know that Peter Gambi (James Remar) is already working on the designs for Anissa (Nafessa Williams) to suit up as Thunder And since the clip below has Gambi talking with Lynn (Christine Adams) about the suit he's making and how it[...]

First, the producers of Black Lightning came out and said that the show is not in the Arrowverse And then started slowly back away from that Once set in Atlanta, the city changed to Freeland, a fictional name similar to Star City and Central City It's from Greg Berlanti, as all of the other Arrowverse[...]

This article contains spoilers for the Black Lightning season 1 episode 'Three Sevens: The Book of Thunder'. Photo: Richard Ducree/The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. There's a lot of things going on in this episode, but we'll start with Jennifer (China Ann McClain), who has mixed feelings about her relationship with[...]

The fact they love each other very much but are driven apart by Jefferson's dangerous alter-ego Black Lightning. Photo: Bob Mahoney/The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. Lynn stepped away from her marriage with Jefferson because she couldn't stand patching him up each night and then sitting around waiting to see if[...]

Black Lightning started off quickly, throwing the whole Pierce family into some pretty intense situations, some of which really didn't involve the fact that Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is Black Lightning These were things that would've been problems regardless of how Jefferson spends his evenings The girls were kidnapped because Jennifer (China Ann McClain) went[...]

We get an example of both in the latest title and episode descriptions for the CW's latest hit series Black Lightning We've seen five episodes so far and will get the sixth on February 27th when the series returns from its Olympic break Below are the official synopsis for episodes 7 and 8. Equinox: the Book[...]

Berlanti Productions will produce with Warner Bros Television; with Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter also serving as executive producers. With BET's The Quad currently in its second season, Hardy is set to direct upcoming episodes of CW's Black Lightning and ABC's Deception He's not stranger to the CW, having directed multiple episodes of Arrow, The Flash,[...]

Black Lightning is taking the week off — its first since the series debuted back on January 16th In the five episode so far they've built up a pretty good universe around the character of Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams), school principal by day and costumed vigilante by night His family is his first priority, including[...]

Two versions were released with the second, an extended version, showing Black Lightning (Cress Williams) at the end. DC's Legends of Tomorrow — "Crisis on Earth — X, Part 4" — Image Number: LGN308b_0059b.jpg — Pictured (L-R) (TOP): Russell Tovey as The Ray/Ray Terrill,Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon/Vibe and Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory/Heat Wave (Middle)[...]

This week's Black Lightning opened with Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) suited up and trying out some theoretical new powers For some reason, testing out whether or not he can use his electricity powers to fly involved him jumping off a four-story building Why he couldn't test it from the ground, I don't know But it[...]

This article contains spoilers for the Black Lightning season one episode – And the Devil Brought the Plauge: the Book of Green Light. . . . . . Black Lightning — "And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light" — Image BLK105b_0085b.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Christine Adams as Lynn and Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce — Photo:[...]

Black Lightning — Image BLK_FIRST_LOOK_THUNDER.jpg — Pictured: Nafessa Williams as Thunder — Photo: Bob Mahoney/The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. Fans were a bit surprised how early one we got to see the costume for Thunder, the alter ego of Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams) on the new CW series Black[...]

We know that both daughters on Black Lightning will end up with super powers, and we've already seen some of Anissa (Nafessa Williams) in action last week Now it looks like Jennifer (China Ann McClain) is starting to come into her own She doesn't have the strength of Thunder, the name Anissa evenutally uses… but[...]

The Flash may be taking a couple weeks off, but Black Lightning is still hitting the streets and we have a new behind-the-scenes video for tonight's episode, 'And the Devil Brought the Plague: the Book of Green Light' Executive producer Salim Akil takes us inside the episode as Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) and Peter Gambi[...]

Let's swing by and see the newest show on the block, Black Lightning. Pictured (L-R): Marvin "Krondon" Jones III as Tobias and Edwina Findley as Tori — Photo: Richard Ducree/The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. Meet the Big Bad: Tobias Whale (Marvin 'Krondon' Jones III) is a very different type of villain[...]

There's going to be some spoilers here if you haven't watched this week's Arrowverse shows: Supergirl, Flash, Black Lightning, and Arrow. On Supergirl, there were a few cool moments, but the top had to be the final showdown in the subway with Supergirl (Melissa Benoist), Mon-El (Chris Wood), J'onn J'onzz (David Harewood), and Alex Danvers (Chyler[...]

Black Lightning has done a good job of balancing the attention paid to each of the main characters It's not just a series about Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) and his decision to be Black Lightning again It's also a show about his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Ann McClain) coming of age and[...]

This article contains spoilers for the Black Lightning season one episode 'Black Jesus'. Photo: Carin Baer/The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. This episode bounced around a lot and started putting pieces into place more than telling a single story I'm going to recap this one by person rather than in linear[...]