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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[...]

We have a new inside-the-episode video for tonight's Black Lightning episode with executive producer Salim Akil talking about Black Jesus We are introduced to the newest drug on the streets, Green Light, and it gives the person taking them super strength This will put both Jefferson (Cress Williams) and Anissa (Nafessa Williams) separately on the[...]

With three episodes down and a new one tonight, we've seen Black Lightning taking on the 100 gang And we now know the reason it's called the 100 is that it's 100 crime bosses joined together under a single leader, Tobias Whale (Marvin "Krondon" Jones III) How did this happen? Whale killed Black Lightning Or[...]

One of the strongest aspects of the new CW series Black Lightning is the Pierce family How they all interact, joke with each other, and support each other shows how they obviously care about one another But the outlier is the fact that Jefferson (Cress Williams) and Lynn (Christine Adams) are not together at the[...]

With the premier of Black Lightning last month, we were also introduced to the 100 gang We first met Will (Dabier) and his cousin Lala (William Catlett), and that seemed pretty bad Lala was going to make Jennifer (China Ann McClain) start turning tricks because he thought she was Will's girl and Will owed him[...]

This article contains spoilers for the Black Lightning season one episode – LaWanda: the Book of Burial. . . . . . Black Lightning continues as one of the better new series of the season This episode continues to focus on the family and community aspect of Jefferson Pierce's life, from the awkward family moments to the heroic and tragic time[...]

In the first episode of Black Lightning we got to meet Chenoa (Shein Mompremier), the girlfriend of Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams) We also saw that things were less than great though as there were some issues coming up even after Anissa had been kidnapped We found out some time back that the series was also[...]

The CW has released an inside look at tonight's new episode of Black Lightning Executive producer Salim Akil talks about how the community is reacting to the return of Black Lightning and how when someone is fighting for you it makes you want to fight for yourself This is the effect that Black Lightning has[...]

The CW has released new single images of the character from their recently debuted series Black Lightning We get a really good clean shot of the Black Lightning suit as well as individual shots of Jefferson (Cress Williams), Lynn (Christine Adams), Anissa (Nafessa Williams), Jennifer (China Ann McClain), Gambi (James Remar) and Henderson (Damon Gupton)[...]

We're just two episodes in to the new CW series Black Lightning, and it's obvious how important the family aspect of the series is going to be Jefferson (Cress Williams) gave up the costume for his family, and the relationship he has with his wife Lynn (Christine Adams) is the thing that he might have[...]

In Black Lightning, he plays Peter Gambi, anything but a simple tailor who has been Jefferson Pierce's (Cress Williams) 'Alfred' for years He's the Cisco/Felicity/Diggle role for Team Black Lightning The video below has Remar talking about Gambi, how he is not only there to support Jefferson, but to also be a moral compass. In the[...]

This article contains spoilers for the Black Lightning season 1 episode – LaWanda: The Book of Hope. . . . . . Black Lightning — "LaWanda: The Book of Hope" — Image BLK102b_0283r.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Tracey Bonner as LaWanda and Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce — Photo: Richard Ducree/The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC[...]

I am more than a little shocked that this is the scene from tonight's episode of Black Lightning that the CW has released It is a strong, powerful scene that addresses the decision Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) has in front of him, to keep trying to repair the dream of a family and help the[...]