RECAP - BLACK LIGHTNING 4.4: "The Book of Reconstruction - Chapter Four: A Light In The Darkness"
In Freeland.....things are going to get WORSE before they get BETTER. And for the Pierce Family....it's getting downright UGLY. Tobias, along with talk show influencer Rebecca Larson are doing what they can to sway public against metahumans, as well as gain public support for their causes. Meanwhile, Gambi continues HIS dalliance with Lauren and Montevista, as he tries to find a way to shut down the DEG guns before they hit the street and cause REAL damage. Lynn and Jefferson are still at odds, Anissa and Grace adjust to life as newlyweds, and Jen is continuing to build up power, and not thinking of the consequences....but TC is.
Jefferson spent the majority of this episode vehemently pissed off. So much so, that he continued to do the one thing he SHOULDN'T have done: continued cage fighting. At first, he having more nightmares about Tobias, this time with Lynn poisoning him, then herself, before Tobias finishes him off....at that point, he wakes up. He's been mad at Lynn for the last few days for NOT telling him about her so-called "dinner date" with Tobias. Gambi tries to reason with him, and Jeff manages to let up on her...for a bit. But he then goes to face Tobias himself, and they have a chat. Tobias continues his little cat-and-mouse game with Jefferson, getting under his skin and goading him about destroying his family as much as possible.
He then eventually goes to vent some steam...this time to Lala's underground cage fight club. Lala doesn't want Jefferson there, and wants him to quit---mostly because IF Jefferson somehow dies fighting someone....the fact that Jefferson is such a public face in the community, raises flags, and brings heat right to Lala's door, and HE doesn't want that. However, Jefferson continues to fight, and he takes down yet another fighter. However....there's consequences this time around: TC had stumbled upon the cage fights online, and watched with Jen, who had just popped into the Bunker. The faces were hidden with colored distortion. But Jen noticed something, and had TC use his powers to remove the distortions. Jen is pissed off and shocked when she sees her dad celebrating a victory.
This, in turn, brings yet ANOTHER argument between Jefferson and Lynn when he gets home, and he finds out from Lynn that Jen saw the whole thing. This is when he brings up the meeting she had with Tobias, and he storms out to the bar. There, he listens to yet another Rebecca Larson broadcast about how Lightning used the REAL footage of what happened (and not the doctored crap Larson used for her broadcast), to twist the narrative yet again on Lightning, and essentially threw it back in Jen's face. The patrons at the bar Jefferson went to all talk about the younger heroes, and then mention Black Lightning. Jefferson hears how they think he's a hero, but he counters with what if he really ISN'T? What if he caused more harm than good. It's then that the detective (who was also a pal of Henderson), got up and gave his speech about how Black Lightning saved his life, and got him on the right path. So, they need to speak of him with respect---because he misses Black Lightning. Jefferson hears all this as the bar patrons agree.
Jefferson goes home and actually TALKS to Lynn, and they hash out some things. Lynn says she has no interest in working with Tobias, and Jefferson apologizes for his behavior, because he let Henderson's death haunt him. He also realizes that Tobias has been one step ahead of them the whole time...and it's time to turn the tables. So, he encourages Lynn to work with Tobias. She says it's a dangerous game he's asking her to play. He then goes to try and apologize to Jen through her bedroom door....promising that he'll work on redeeming himself in her eyes....be the man he's supposed to be.
As for Tobias....aside from goading Jefferson, he managed to influence the Mayor (who'd brushed him off the week before), with his new initiative to help continue to renovate Freeland. He also thought it would be a good idea for the Mayor to hold a gun buyback for the police, as they're about to get the new DEG weapons, at a homeless shelter. The Chief and the aforementioned detective were there to ensure the peace be kept, but leave it to Lala to find out about it through the corrupt Deputy Mayor, and wanted the new guns, as the old ones had a glitch. So, Lala and the 100 sneak into the rally, and they attack, looking to get the shipment of guns. This brings out Blackbird, Wild (as Grace is now calling herself), and Lightning to the proceedings to try and prevent anymore violence. They managed to try and stop Lala from getting what he wanted, but in the process, the Mayor himself is killed. The Chief blames the three heroes for his death, and that can only spell trouble for more metahumans. It turns out, Tobias set the whole thing up, and made sure the Mayor paid the ultimate price for defying him.
Anissa and Grace started newlywed life off on the wrong foot, as Anissa was so used to her home being EXACTLY that: HER home. And when Grace wanted to move some of HER things into the loft, Anissa resisted, thus causing their first fight as a married couple. It took Anissa some time to realize that it's not just HER that lives there, anymore---it's them. So, with that, they kiss and make up before they get the call to spring into action.
Jen, though.....paid the BIGGEST price this week, as her absorbing energy from being in the ionosphere finally had consequences. After the last couple of weeks of TC TRYING to warn her about her continued power absorption, and her lack of ability to control it....she kept pushing him away. He told her that she had gotten more followers as Lightning, tried giving her soda to give her energy, because she looked beat---but time and again, she brushed him off. After being upset at watching her dad fight in the cage, and listening to him apologize, she took off to the skies again. TC had been keeping tabs on her, and warned her that she was overloading, as she started to feel pain, and unable to move. TC told her to come down, but she couldn't---and in one quick go...she build up like a bomb....and exploded her atoms across the sky. I am not sure what this means for Jen...or if she's destroyed herself...but now the family is going to have to fly into panic mode to save her.
Overall, not too bad an episode. It looks like Jefferson is coming out of his deep funk, and realizes that....like it or not...Black Lightning IS needed. He can't take Tobias down as Jefferson Pierce, and can't deal with Lala that way either. Plus...the city still looks up to him. Now we see if he, Lynn and the the rest of the team can rally together before things get REALLY bad. CAN they get one step ahead of Tobias? He's been playing Master Chess the whole time, and he's done a great job of keeping himself OUT of trouble, while making himself teflon in the process. While Lala wants to expand his hold on the criminal underworld, he's still going about it in a thug mentality. He'll take down everyone in his path....Tobias included, to get what he wants. But he has no idea how much of a patsy and a chess piece he is at the hands of Tobias. Tobias already took one pawn off the table---the Mayor---and he'll ensure he has his hands in police affairs before he eventually turns his attention to the Pierce family. And he's going to pick THEM off one by one. And anyone else happy that Grace is back, and back in action? "Wild" is a new name we'll have to get used to.
Can the team save Jen? That is going to be the BIG issue coming up in the next installment. And will she be the same IF she...or the team...can manage to get her to reform herself? The next book will begin soon. And this final ride is going to be fun.
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Until next time...the Power is OFF!
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