Shows Black Lightning
Show • 2018 • Action, Drama, Sci-Fi


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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Cast & Crew
Salim AkilCreator
Trevor Von EedenCharacters Jenny Blake IsabellaCharacters Cress WilliamsJefferson Pierce / Black Lightning
Nafessa WilliamsAnissa Pierce / Thunder / Blackbird
Christine AdamsLynn Pierce
Marvin Jones IIITobias Whale
James RemarPeter Gambi
Chantal ThuyGrace Choi
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Details
| Status | Ended |
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| Release | January 16, 2018 |
| Seasons | 4 |
| Episodes | 58 |
| Last episode | May 24, 2021 |
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Seasons
| Season 1 | 13 episodes Jan 2018 – Apr 2018 School principal and retired superhero Jefferson Pierce leaps back into action as the legendary Black Lightning after a gang threatens his family. |
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| Season 2 | 16 episodes Oct 2018 – Mar 2019 As Jefferson and his family wrestle with shocking revelations and new threats from Tobias, Freeland demands justice for the "pod people." |
| Season 3 | 16 episodes Oct 2019 – Mar 2020 Markovian attacks prompt the ASA to put Freeland on lockdown, Anissa adopts a new secret identity, and Green Light takes a toll on the Pierce family. |
| Season 4 | 13 episodes Feb 2021 – May 2021 Wracked with guilt, Jefferson vows to leave his hero days behind. But new threats to Freeland — and metas — draw all the Pierces back into the fray. |
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