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Black Lightning

Created by Salim Akil

2018–2021

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.

First aired
16 Jan 2018
Episode length
43 min
Country
United States
Language
English
Writers
Adam Giaudrone, André Edmonds, Asheleigh O. Conley and 13 others
Cinematography
Ana M. Amortegui, Fernando Reyes Allendes
Music
Kurt Farquhar
Editors
Arman Tahmizyan, Caroline Ross, Marc Pollon, Reggie Brass II
Executive producers
Charles Holland, Greg Berlanti, Mara Brock Akil and 3 others
Producers
Adam Giaudrone, Brusta Brown, Carl Ogawa and 3 others
Elsewhere
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Seasons · 58 episodes

  • Season 1

    2018

    School principal and retired superhero Jefferson Pierce leaps back into action as the legendary Black Lightning after a gang threatens his family.

  • Season 2

    2018

    As Jefferson and his family wrestle with shocking revelations and new threats from Tobias, Freeland demands justice for the "pod people."

  • Season 3

    2019

    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

    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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