Season 4 Episode 6 “Jefferson crosses a line with Lynn. Meanwhile, Anissa shares some important news. Lastly, Tobias makes a surprising move.”
What I Liked?
1. The episode starts off with an explanation of what the deal with this “new” Jennifer is, in short, it’s just their version of Jennifer but with her exploding and having to be brought back together, her genes have sort of began expressing themselves in a different way. Basically how identical twins have the same DNA but one will dye their hair to change them up a bit. This hits Jefferson hard, he has a hard time dealing with this.
2. Gambi finds out that the shooter who killed Freeland’s Mayor was a meta who fired the bullet without the gun, so basically who can control magnets. Not only did Gambi find out it was a meta who did it but that they fired the shot from over 4 miles away, this finds this out just as Tobias is doing a press conference letting the citizens of Freeland know he’s running for Mayor.
3. Lala tries to take out a rival gang leader, He starts blasting at her but a ninja pops out of nowhere and deflects every single bullet with his swords, he then gets into a weapon fight with Lala but gets the upper hand quickly, and buries half of Lala’s body in cement and puts him on display.
4. Jennifer doesn’t know if she’s still the same old Jen, as well as having doubts and not going out after being told to stay in, TC then shows her videos of fans of her’s being inspired by her. This causes her to go to Gambi’s to get her suit but it’s too small, Gambi quickly makes her a new “makeshift” one.
5. I really liked this scene because it’s been needed for many episodes now. It’s the reconcile between Jefferson and Jennifer. He apologizes for how he reacted when she returned. This was a great powerful scene.
6. A League of Assassin’s mention was unexpectedly nice to hear.
What I Disliked?
Lynn, she’s always on this list. She got mad at Jefferson for him telling her to use meta power injections but she didn’t tell him that she had stopped. She was super annoying.
Favorite Moment
The police have got given a “no-knock” warrant entry, we see them barge into an apartment and the owner shoots one of them, the police open fire and kill an unarmed civilian and then we see it rewind and that Black Lightning actually stopped it in time. The police open fire on Black Lightning with meta-weapons, he’s having trouble with it until Lightning shows up in a new suit and saves Black Lightning.
Standout Character
Jefferson, I just liked how he was a badass, saving people from police brutality and the reconciliation with Jennifer was amazing.
The Verdict
Definitely one of the better episodes of this season. This new Jennifer is actually a great addition to the show. The reconciliation between Jennifer and Jefferson was great. The League of Assassins mention was unexpected. Overall a decent episode.
Rating: 7.4/10
Photo: Black Lightning on The CW
Rating
Story - 7.5
Action - 7
Characters - 8
Entertainment - 7
7.4
Good
A decent episode, one of the better episodes of this season, this episode was basically an introduction to this new Jennifer.
