Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Black Lightning catchup, this time looking at season 1 episode 6, Six sevens: Book of Thunder.

“oh you think that he missed?”

Anissa already has her superhero banter down as she took out two criminals who had for some reason tied up her mother. It seems that she is bulletproof along with having generic, unspecified blasting powers as she seems to have worked them out and got them under control pretty quickly. The mum seemed to recognise her almost immediately which I really liked and she only didn’t recognise her dad (and vice versa) as they were quickly thrown into battle. It was a fun little fight with you wanting Jefferson to not hurt his daughter and you were worried for her. You could sense that Jefferson was going to be taught a lesson about himself this episode and this is what they went with. You can’t be a superhero hell-bent on murder and not learn something about yourself after making a mistake along the way!

We also saw Toledo get lifted clean off of the floor by Tobias as he hears about his confrontation with Black Lightning. His poor excuse to answer the question of why didn’t you finish him off? Failed to give a better answer than he’s the protagonist and we are only six episodes in! The villain didn’t actually do this much but my mix of confusion and suspicion towards Gamby continued to grow. He knows and seemingly trained those in the 100 above Tobias! Exactly how dodgy is this guy. I really want to know his past and why he changed sides…he better not change back and screw Jefferson over!

You really felt bad for Jennifer to as she essentially broke up with her wheelchair bound boyfriend who is being seduced by Tobias to besmirch Black Lightning. He feeling terrible for not getting to dance with her boyfriend at the prom could have easily come across as petty as selfish but the writers did well to spin it in a way which made her still come across as sympathetic. The Jefferson family are the strongest part of this show as they are all likeable even with their individual issues. They are imperfect…and that makes them relatable and understandable even when they do something that you personally disagree with.

DD Rating: 8/10