Overview - Black Lightning

Overview

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.

Seasons

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 13

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

  Date first aired: 2018-01-16

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 16

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

  Date first aired: 2018-10-09

• Name: Season 3

  Episode: 16

  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.

  Date first aired: 2019-10-07

• Name: Season 4

  Episode: 13

  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.

  Date first aired: 2021-02-08