Season 4 Episode 4 “Gambi supports Black Lightning as he departs on a special mission. Meanwhile, Grace tries to persuade Anissa to let her guard down.”
What I Liked?
1. Jefferson finally suits up as Black Lightning to go on a special mission into the atmosphere to collect Jennifer’s particles. His suit absorbs a lot of energy which causes him to pass out and fall down to the Earth just barely landing.
2. The Freeland PD has decided to make Lightning their number one menace because they think she attacked and killed the shooter from a few episodes ago even though he was killed by Lala.
3. This next point is small, with what is happening with Jennifer, it has caused Jefferson and Lynn to reconnect so to speak. It was needed, it’s dragged on for five episodes now.
4. Freeland PD set a sting up to arrest Lala and his crew, they manage to surround him but Lala and his crew start to open fire on the police, his crew quickly gets arrested while Lala gets shot multiple times, he gets up and takes a couple of SWAT officers down and makes his escape.
5. The particle condenser is finally at 100%, the particles form together and out steps Jennifer… but a new casting? This is both alike and dislike.
What I Disliked?
1. They teased us with The Flash but never showed him, only mentioned him. Superbad dislike for me. Would have loved to see The Flash on Black Lightning.
2. Lynn once again makes the dislike list. This time she’s blaming Jefferson for what has happened to Jennifer when in fact she’s also got to take the blame for it. She is her mother, she should have known what Jennifer was doing.
3. Anissa last week out of nowhere made Grace marry her when she just woke up from a coma, now this week Anissa is keeping stuff from her? Grace having to force her to talk about stuff is just a 180 switch from last week.
4. This deep into the show, 5 episodes into the final season and we have a new casting for Jennifer, one of the main characters for the show. While I get the actor’s decision to leave, she should have just waited until the show ended.
Favorite Moment
My favorite moment of this episode was finally seeing Jefferson suit up after five episodes. We see him kick ass as Black Lightning at Lala’s fight club, Lala tells him it’s great he’s back. Lala on some level has respect for Black Lightning.
Standout Character
Obviously this weeks standout was Jefferson.
The Verdict
This week was a slow episode, it was all about getting Jennifer back to normal. This episode was slow but for what the story was this week it worked. I’m not sure why they recast this last into the show’s lifespan though.
Rating: 6.8/10
Photo: Black Lightning, The CW.
Rating
Story - 7
Action - 6
Characters - 7
Entertainment - 7
6.8
Okay
This week was a slow episode which worked for what the story was told in the episode, a fairly action-lacked episode though.
