Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.
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Cress Williams
Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning
Nafessa Williams
Anissa Pierce / Thunder / Blackbird
Christine Adams
Lynn Pierce
Marvin Jones III
Tobias Whale
James Remar
Peter Gambi
Chantal Thuy
Grace Choi
13 eps
Season 1
2018
16 eps
Season 2
2018
16 eps
Season 3
2019
13 eps
Season 4
2021
Status
Ended
Original Language
EN
Network
The CW
Tagline
"High voltage action"
Created By
Salim Akil
Production
Warner Bros. Television, Akil Productions, Berlanti Productions
GenerationofSwine
January 14, 2023
I suppose that the best part of Black Lightening is that, from time to time, it throws some serious 1970s Funk at you, and that is honestly about the coolest thing that you can do with a show...or movie...or just in general. And it beats the heck out of modern music. However, more so than any of the other Super Hero shows on the CW, it suffers HEAVILY under the mark of the CW. Just when you thi...
DallasBob
September 18, 2026
Late to the party but flipping through the book of *"It Had So Much Potential";* a body of failed files thicker than a chinese phonebook at the CW. And because it is the CW, I see this series and can't help but turn my makeshift title into an epitaph. I mean it's the CW... where else was this show going to go but into the Entertainment Murder Files?\*\* I mean identity politics was poundin...
oktailmen07028
October 4, 2026
I don't know who wrote this but I'm betting it was a white person that did because I'm seeing stereotype after stereotype after stereotype... like it was intended this was done on purpose Terrible series ,I'm ashamed to call black lightning a black superhero
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