Black Lightning — Season 1, Episode 1: The Resurrection

Episode synopsis

Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of Anissa and Jennifer, and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe-haven for young people in a neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero in his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning, but he left the Superhero days behind. Almost a decade later, Pierce’s crime-fighting days are long behind him…or so he thought.

About Black Lightning

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Lawanda: The Book of Hope
• E3Lawanda: The Book of Burial
• E4Black Jesus
• E5And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light
• E6Three Sevens: The Book of Thunder
• E7Equinox: The Book of Fate
• E8The Book of Revelations
• E9The Book of Little Black Lies
• E10Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption
• E11Black Jesus: The Book of Crucifixion
• E12The Resurrection and the Light: The Book of Pain
• E13Shadow of Death: The Book of War