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He is also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of the fictional city of Freeland with the ability to sense and harness electricity Jefferson is not the only one with powers and multiple faces. Photo: Boris Martin/The CW — ©2021 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. His oldest daughter, Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams), is a medical student, health[...]

He is also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of the fictional city of Freeland with the ability to sense and harness electricity Jefferson is not the only one with powers and multiple faces. Photo: The CW — 2021 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. His oldest daughter, Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams), is a medical student, health clinic[...]

All rights reserved. Black Lightning Season 4, Episode 7 "Painkiller": PAINKILLER – Khalil Payne (Jordan Calloway) is a young man ridden with the guilt of his troubled past from his former life in Freeland City, where, as a super-enhanced killing machine known as Painkiller, he was both a member of Tobias Whale's gang and a weapon[...]

All rights reserved. In the backdoor pilot for the potential spinoff series, Calloway's Khalil Payne is a young man riddled with guilt over his troubled past from his former life in Freeland City, where, as a super-enhanced killing machine known as Painkiller, he was both a member of Tobias Whale's (Marvin Jones III)  gang and a[...]

But how long can Jefferson stay on the sidelines when new forces look to take control of Freeland? Will Jefferson be able to power up one more time to finish what "Team Lightning" started? Photo: The CW — © 2021 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. Photo: The CW — © 2021 The CW Network, LLC[...]

While Season Four may be the end of one journey, I'm extremely excited to usher in a new chapter and continued collaboration with The CW as we tell the story of Painkiller." (Image: The CW screencap) In the backdoor pilot for the potential spinoff series, Calloway's Khalil Payne is a young man riddled with guilt over his[...]

While Season Four may be the end of one journey, I'm extremely excited to usher in a new chapter and continued collaboration with The CW as we tell the story of Painkiller." (Image: The CW screencap) In the backdoor pilot for the potential spinoff series, Calloway's Khalil Payne is a young man riddled with guilt over his[...]

All rights reserved. In the backdoor pilot for the potential spinoff series, Calloway's Khalil Payne is a young man riddled with guilt over his troubled past from his former life in Freeland City, where, as a super-enhanced killing machine known as Painkiller, he was both a member of Tobias Whale's (Marvin Jones III)  gang and a[...]

As we head into this week's episode of The CW's Black Lightning, we're hoping Markovia now understands that Jefferson (Cress Williams) wasn't joking: "Team Black Lightning' got Lynn (Christine Adams) back – and they have every intention of protecting Freeland. Two small problems to keep in mind before checking out the following preview for "The Book[...]

As red skies roll in, the time is finally here: Can Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) and Team Black Lightning save the multiverse in "Crisis"?

With Agent Odell (Bill Duke) and ASA now in full control of the messaging coming in and out of Freeland, Odell is moving on to what appears to be the next stage in his master plan: metahuman control – as Painkiller (Jordan Calloway) found out a very hard way In this week's episode of The[...]

All rights reserved. Let's be clear: Black Lightning is definitely one of the shows that will be going through some major "status quo" changes as it heads into its third season ("Crisis" crossover, anyone?). Jefferson (Cress Williams) and Lynn (Christine Adams) are being held by ASA, as Agent Odell's (Bill Duke) plans for control begin to extend[...]

This season's "Crisis" makes the transition even easier (see below), and a number of the cast have been hinting lately how they would like to see Supergirl in Freeland Now, series star Cress Williams (Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning) has taken to Instagram to confirm some earlier reporting with a post that's sure to make[...]

It's an all-out war for the soul of Freeland in the season 2 finale Tobias uses tragedy to orchestrate chaos as a way to weaken Black Lightning and take him out once and for all What Tobias hasn't counted on is Black Lightning having a family that has his back. https://youtu.be/Ypp5Fr2JmOwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript[...]

In order to demonstrate, Tobias has the meta Heatstroke, put on a display in downtown Freeland – killing a councilman at a public engagement and blowing up houses on the west side of town where Jenn is home all alone Jeff and Nissa engage the villain, forcing Tobias to call a retreat. Black Lightning — "The[...]

In Black Lightning's season 2 midseason return: will Jennifer and Khalil stop running, even as Tobias closes in on them - and on Freeland's oldest secrets?

CW The second season of the CW's Black Lightning hasn't wasted any time amping up the threats from season 1, with Jefferson Pierce aka Black Lightning (Cress Williams), Anissa Pierce aka Thunder (Nafessa Williams) and the rest of "Team Lightning" realizing pretty quickly that they have a lot more than a returning Tobias Whale (Marvin "Krondon"[...]

Jefferson Pierce aka Black Lightning (Cress Williams), Anissa Pierce aka Thunder (Nafessa Williams) and the rest of "Team Lightning" have a lot more than a returning Tobias Whale (Marvin "Krondon" Jones III) to contend with: now that Green Light's out in the community, the battle for Freeland's future has gotten a lot deadlier – as[...]