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Five Thoughts on Black Lightning‘s “The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five: Requiem for Tavon”

By | Nov 12, 2019 | Television

On this week’s Black Lightning, a manhunt was on for Blackbird after she helped break out several prisoners two weeks ago, including Garfield student Tavon Singley. With his parents worried sick over his disappearance, Jefferson asks Anissa to bring him back from the Perdi farm – with disastrous results. 1. It’s in the Title The […]

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Five Thoughts on Black Lightning‘s “The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four: Lynn’s Ouroboros”

By | Oct 29, 2019 | Television

On part four of Black Lightning season 3, Lynn was still trying to cure the metavirus (which I assumed wrongly was resolved last week, whoops), Jefferson clashed with Anissa over her activities as Blackbird, Jennifer’s friend Tavon was arrested for being a meta, and Odell continued to exert his influence over the youngest Pierce. 1. […]

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Five Thoughts on Black Lightning‘s “The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell’s Pipe-Dream”

By | Oct 22, 2019 | Television

On part 3 of Black Lightning‘s “Book of Occupation,” Agent Odell took center stage, getting Jefferson, Jennifer, and Khalil to carry out strikes on the Markovians, while torturing Whale for the location of the briefcase. Meanwhile, Lynn was tasked with curing an outbreak of disease at the processing facility. 1. Everything’s Happening So Fast Lynn […]

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Five Thoughts on Black Lightning‘s “The Book of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih”

By | Oct 15, 2019 | Television

On Black Lightning season 3, part two, Jefferson and Lynn’s indefinite stay at the ASA metahuman facility continued, as did Anissa’s leading of the escaped prisoners, who found refuge on the Perdi farm (something the Perdi themselves had issues with). Also, Jennifer’s struggling on her own, one of Henderson’s own got arrested, Lala’s reclaiming his […]

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Five Thoughts on Black Lightning‘s “The Book of Occupation: Chapter One: Birth of Blackbird”

By | Oct 8, 2019 | Television

Had a good summer? Well I sure hope you did, because the people of Freeland clearly didn’t, as revealed in Black Lightning‘s season 3 premiere: the city’s under lockdown and quarantine by the ASA, who are interning and testing everyone who may have been given superpowers by their experiments – including Jefferson, meaning many are […]

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Looking Back at the 2018-19 CW Superhero Shows

By , , and | May 28, 2019 | Television

Brian: Hello from your friendly neighborhood editor/interloper. The CW’s superhero shows just wrapped up for the year, so we’re asking our crack team of reviewers – Elias Rosner (Supergirl), Michael Mazzacane (Arrow), Ramon Piña (The Flash), and Christopher Chiu-Tabet (Black Lightning and Legends of Tomorrow) – to take a look back at the last year […]

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Five Thoughts on Black Lightning‘s “The Book of Secrets, Chapter Four: Original Sin”

By | Mar 5, 2019 | Television

This week’s Black Lightning was a blast from the past, with a long-dead character making his return, demanding answers from Jefferson. Plus: Lynn’s at odds with Odell, Anissa’s search for Grace turns up something rotten, and Jennifer’s testing out her suit. 1. Holy hell, look who it is everyone Lala’s back! He’s been gone for […]

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