Hello everyone and welcome to another Black Lightning catchup post, this time looking at season 1 episode 4, Black Jesus. After the shooting last episode, Khalil ended up with the terrible news that he will never walk again. Tobias of course looks to manipulate him in to blaming Black Lightning and then I presume using him as an example to turn public opinion against the hero. I can see what he is going for but I can’t see how effective it will be. The 100 gang were already looking to scare the marchers into falling back in line so something would have gone down even if Black Lightning wasn’t there. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how the story goes but I am not a fan of illogical mob mentality story lines. They really do irritate. Speaking of Tobias, he does not seem to be the “big boss” I originally thought he was, even though he is still essentially the “big bad” for this season. There is pressure on him from higher ups in the organisation which actually makes him more dangerous. He doesn’t just want Black Lightning dead, he needs him dead for his own survival. They gave us some backstory on Tobias too, even if the exposition heavy dialogue was a tad clunky. They just decided that they were due an info drop.

The main school story made you really feel for Jefferson and help you to understand why he feels Black Lightning is necessary: his job as the principal just doesn’t let him help enough. The board of governors took final say off of him for pupil exclusions and his frustration stemmed from them not knowing enough about the children. As a teacher I understand the frustrations of the ability to help a child being taken away from you and you had to feel for the man. What was also interesting was the issue itself as the drugged up teen took two lightning blasts to subdue. Jefferson has dealt with everyone else with relative ease so this drug is going to bring more physical threats against him. Although the idea of a super drug is anything but original, it acts as another feather in the 100s cap to run and control everything that goes on in Freeland.

And why didn’t Gambi tell Jefferson what he saw. He didn’t see the girl’s face so doesn’t know it is Jefferson’s daughter. What’s his game? Am I being overly suspicious? I look forward to finding out.

DD Rating: 7/10