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[Jefferson] Previously on
Black Lightning...
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It's been a year.
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But maybe it's time
you move on with your life.
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I injected myself with Wendy's
powers and went out there.
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- [gun fires]
- [thudding]
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You just traded one drug for another.
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I'm a captain of industry
now, Jefferson.
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I'm gonna take away everything you love.
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You don't want to be Black Lightning,
but you're willing
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to light up a couple of cops.
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Freeland would be lost
without Black Lightning!
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Freeland is lost!
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Run, now!
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[rock music playing]
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♪ Beat is getting stronger ♪
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♪ Music getting longer, too ♪
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♪ Music is a blast to me ♪
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♪ I want to, I want to ♪
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♪ I wanna take you higher ♪
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♪ I'm gonna take you higher... ♪
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What have you done with my family?
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Oh, they're safe with me. Fret not.
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I'll take good care of them.
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[grunts]
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Oh, Jeff.
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[grunting]
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♪ Beat is nitty gritty ♪
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♪ Sound is in your city, too ♪
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♪ Music's still a blast to me... ♪
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[grunting]
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Jeff, sit your weak ass down.
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Dinner is served.
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Or don't.
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Who knows?
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Maybe your rage will kill
your whole damn family.
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[laughs]
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That's cold.
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Kinda like this turkey leg.
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[groaning]
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It's always the same dream.
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What do you think they mean?
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You're the one with
the PhD, you tell me.
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♪ Last night I saw a superhero
he was black ♪
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♪ He said "This is for the street
Black Lightning's back" ♪
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Recurring dreams can stem from
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feelings of incompetence,
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as the unconscious works through them.
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But if you want to unravel
their meaning,
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you're gonna have to put in the work.
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I... I think the dream means that...
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no matter how hard I
try to protect my family,
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it's always gonna end in tragedy.
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Things aren't like before.
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Before what exactly?
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Before the Freeland conflict.
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Before I put everybody in danger.
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Before my best friend died.
Is that what you want to hear?
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Your best friend wasn't in your dream,
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your family was.
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Stop deflecting and
tell me what it means.
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[sighs]
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I can't be the man that I was.
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[chuckles softly]
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He thought he could...
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change the world.
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I can't live with the...
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decisions that I made...
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being him.
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Without him, I don't know who I am.
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- [both grunting]
- [people cheering]
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Oh, we got all of Freeland
putting in bets right now.
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Your man says he'll come through,
then he'll come through.
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[Lala] Oh, you done good, Devonte.
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This place...
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is like a virtual Madison Square Garden.
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Yeah, but all this costs a grip.
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It's gonna be a minute
before we turn a profit.
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You know what costs more?
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Getting clipped by Freeland's finest.
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Now...
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this...
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this is the way of the new world.
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People placing bets through their phones
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feeling like they at an event...
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with no crowds to track us.
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[soul music playing]
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[grunting]
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Punk ass is good.
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Pay him.
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But let me know when he's fighting next.
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I got you.
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Got Lydell in the office,
just like you asked.
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[Lala] You've seen better days, Lydell.
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You care to explain yourself?
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Lala, look what Black Lightning
did to me, man.
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- I'm a damn cripple now.
- I didn't ask about that!
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I asked you about why
you killed a kid...
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and got Blackbird's attention.
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Now, I'm gonna ask you one more time...
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to explain yourself, or
we gonna play a little game
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- called trip the crip.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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I... I... I was just protecting
your interests, man.
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The kid was just collateral damage.
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It was nothin' personal.
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It was just business, brother.
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Funny.
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You know, I was thinking the same thing.
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Wait, wait. I... I...
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[groaning]
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[Lala yells]
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[groans]
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Devonte...
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take out the trash.
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Take out the trash!
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[electricity crackling]
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Lightning's power in water?
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Have you lost your mind?
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I think I understand physics.
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And I'm using only heal, no sparks.
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I want to understand
Jen's rate of recovery.
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Asking is too difficult?
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I need to study the variables
under controlled circumstances.
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Gotcha. Gotcha.
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Going out, getting the
crap beat out of you,
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that's a controlled circumstance?
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What is wrong with you tonight?
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The more I know now,
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the better prepared I
can be for future attacks,
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like Gravedigger.
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I won't be caught
flat-footed again, Jeff.
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You're not like us!
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Okay? So, what happens when your...
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Your observations go too far?
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This is not about my addiction.
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This is about protecting
our girls, Jeff.
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[scoffs]
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Ten years ago, you asked me
to stop being Black Lightning.
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I did.
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Hypocrisy looks good on you.
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I'll stop when you put the suit back on.
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And stop with the pity party.
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No, no. What you don't
understand is that
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playing with these powers
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will lead to misery.
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So you want to be a weekend warrior?
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Suit yourself. I want no part of it.
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[sighs]
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Welcome to the Larsen Line.
I'm Rebecca Larsen.
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Tonight we have a special report
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on the true cost of superheroes
protecting our city.
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This so-called superhero
known as Lightning
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is touted as a savior for her
role in the Freeland conflict.
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But should that give her
and metas like her
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carte Blanche to terrorize our streets?
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I hope this exclusive video shared
with us by a concerned citizen
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will provide transparency
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into the damage superheroes
will wreak across Freeland.
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But don't take my word for it.
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I lost everything in the fire.
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I've served this community 40 years.
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Now, I can't afford to rebuild.
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There's no such damn thing
as superhero insurance.
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This Lethal Lightning and metas like her
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are responsible for millions
in property damage
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this city cannot afford.
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Yes, Freeland may have
its fair share of crime,
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but we can't let the cure be
worse than the problem.
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- [buzzes]
- [Jennifer scoffs]
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Becky from the block
is spewing fake news.
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That ain't what happened.
I saved those people.
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[Anissa clears throat]
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I don't doubt it, honey,
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but Lightning caused a considerable
amount of property damage.
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Mom, are you kidding me?
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Dad's caused way more damage
than me over the years.
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Yeah, but edited news
like that you can't fix.
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But they're calling me
Lethal Lightning. [scoffs]
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Jen, you are a little OC
with your powers.
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I keep telling you, if you
trained a little more,
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you'd have more control.
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Less property damage,
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no nicknames.
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Says the woman who leaves
giant cracks in the street
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just by landing dramatically.
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- You can just walk, Anissa.
- You know what? Nevermind.
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You know what? It's bad enough
I'm arguing with your father,
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I don't want to hear it from you two.
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[Jennifer sighs]
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The only word I wanna hear
is an apology. Am I clear?
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[Anissa] Yeah, you're right, Mom.
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I'm gonna go check on Grace.
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- Bye.
- Bye, Lethal Lightning.
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- [laughing]
- That's not funny. Anissa!
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[sighs] I was helping people.
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What that camera didn't catch
was that family I saved.
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Larsen's controlling my narrative.
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I know.
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Like I said,
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edited news like that you can't fix.
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Now, put my show back on.
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[woman speaking indistinctly on TV]
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Put me in a coma.
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You've been busy, Lauren.
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Wait until you see the playground
I've built inside.
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Mmm-hmm. Just what have you got inside?
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The stuff that dreams are made of.
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This facility is like nothing
I've ever seen before.
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- Mmm-hmm.
- It's amazing.
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- Are those...
- My pride and joy.
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The next generation Direct-Energy Gun.
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The press calls them the DEGs.
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We're on the eve of market release.
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They're going to save lives
and change the world.
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- [gun beeps]
- From what I've read,
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their energy output is lethal
to humans and to metas.
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Are you confident they're
safe for mass market?
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You think the prospect unwise?
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- You're showing your age, Peter.
- [sighs]
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Wine only improves with age
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if the grapes were good to begin with.
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I missed this.
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Yes, they are lethal to
both metas and humans,
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but I had the techs
install a stun setting.
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Can't have local law enforcement
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disintegrating civilians.
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They're capable of punching
a hole through a tank,
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or safely neutralizing a carjacker.
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The ultimate peacekeeper tech.
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Hmm?
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- [telephone ringing]
- [people chattering indistinctly]
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Marcel?
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Hey. I didn't expect you
back to work so soon.
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[sighs]
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Look, I, um...
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I appreciate the time you gave me
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to mourn the loss of my son...
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but I need to work.
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I have to get my kids back
from child services.
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Yeah, um...
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everything okay? I mean...
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- [chuckles softly]
- What happened?
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Oh, this? It's... it's nothing
to worry about.
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Look, I can't imagine
what you're going through,
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um, but I have to ask.
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You didn't get that
from trying to get back
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at The One Hundred, did you?
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[scoffs] So, Mr. Pierce,
who do you think I am?
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Black Lightning? [chuckles]
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No, I'm moonlighting
as a... As a bouncer...
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and occupational hazard.
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Hey, I won, though.
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Uh...
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[bell ringing]
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I'm late. Can't set a bad example.
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- Right.
- [Marcel clears throat]
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[monitor beeping]
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Here we go, babe. I got you.
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I got you. [chuckles softly]
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Hey, babe, I really did
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something great for the community.
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You know, the news are just trying
to say that metas only destroy,
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but, no, I built something, okay?
263
00:12:50,510 --> 00:12:52,141
A safe space.
264
00:12:52,145 --> 00:12:53,176
You gotta see it, babe.
265
00:12:53,180 --> 00:12:54,612
A safe space for the homeless.
266
00:12:55,582 --> 00:12:57,315
And I did it without violence.
267
00:12:58,452 --> 00:13:00,950
Hmm. There we go. Okay, I'm lying.
268
00:13:00,954 --> 00:13:02,585
Maybe there was a little.
269
00:13:02,589 --> 00:13:04,853
But, babe, the people I helped,
270
00:13:04,857 --> 00:13:07,124
you gotta see their faces. You had to.
271
00:13:08,461 --> 00:13:11,393
Damn, babe, you're a little
ashy today. What's going on?
272
00:13:11,397 --> 00:13:12,962
[chuckles]
273
00:13:12,966 --> 00:13:16,565
Remember how I taught you
there was a thing. Hmm?
274
00:13:16,569 --> 00:13:18,069
[chuckles]
275
00:13:20,807 --> 00:13:22,640
God, I miss you so much.
276
00:13:24,611 --> 00:13:26,076
It's been so long, babe. I don't...
277
00:13:26,079 --> 00:13:27,879
I don't even know if
you're still in there.
278
00:13:29,181 --> 00:13:31,146
But, babe, if you are,
279
00:13:31,150 --> 00:13:32,514
please can you give me a sign,
280
00:13:32,518 --> 00:13:34,783
let me know we have a future together?
281
00:13:34,787 --> 00:13:36,118
Please?
282
00:13:36,122 --> 00:13:37,488
I love you so much.
283
00:13:38,457 --> 00:13:39,823
[monitor beeps alarming tone]
284
00:13:40,926 --> 00:13:43,324
No. No. No, baby, please, no.
285
00:13:43,328 --> 00:13:46,329
Don't do this right now. Please.
286
00:13:52,437 --> 00:13:53,437
[mouthing]
287
00:13:56,742 --> 00:13:58,775
- [monitor beeping normally]
- Anissa.
288
00:14:02,681 --> 00:14:04,646
Oh, my God. Baby.
289
00:14:04,650 --> 00:14:05,650
Hi.
290
00:14:08,328 --> 00:14:09,695
Hi, how are you?
291
00:14:10,631 --> 00:14:11,631
Hi, baby.
292
00:14:18,612 --> 00:14:20,746
[hip-hop music playing]
293
00:14:25,618 --> 00:14:28,284
That face means someone's in
trouble or you need my help.
294
00:14:28,288 --> 00:14:29,819
Both.
295
00:14:29,823 --> 00:14:32,888
Tell me you caught that lying
Rebecca Larsen last night.
296
00:14:32,892 --> 00:14:35,460
Yeah, that white woman
had it out for you. Uh...
297
00:14:36,696 --> 00:14:38,261
Lethal Lightning.
298
00:14:38,265 --> 00:14:41,066
That bitch edited footage from
somebody to fit her narrative.
299
00:14:43,736 --> 00:14:45,337
I need you to find her for me, TC.
300
00:14:46,273 --> 00:14:47,937
You look mad.
301
00:14:47,941 --> 00:14:49,805
Please tell me you're not gonna...
302
00:14:49,809 --> 00:14:51,240
[mimicking Lightning]
303
00:14:51,244 --> 00:14:53,176
No, no. no.
304
00:14:53,180 --> 00:14:55,280
I need the unedited footage
so I can clear Leth...
305
00:14:56,816 --> 00:14:58,647
So I can clear Lightning's name.
306
00:14:58,651 --> 00:15:00,283
Freelanders understand the truth,
307
00:15:00,287 --> 00:15:01,467
I'd like to give it to 'em.
308
00:15:04,123 --> 00:15:05,920
I don't know, Jen.
309
00:15:05,924 --> 00:15:08,357
Why don't you just let
sleeping Larsen lie?
310
00:15:08,361 --> 00:15:11,593
And why do you care what people
think about Lightning anyway?
311
00:15:11,597 --> 00:15:13,930
Isn't that the point
of having, you know...
312
00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:16,498
an alter ego?
313
00:15:16,502 --> 00:15:18,352
No. If meta-hate like hers spreads,
314
00:15:18,356 --> 00:15:20,389
it's gonna make all of
our lives more dangerous.
315
00:15:22,774 --> 00:15:23,774
Please?
316
00:15:29,048 --> 00:15:30,114
All right, fine.
317
00:15:31,583 --> 00:15:32,649
[whirring]
318
00:15:35,253 --> 00:15:38,354
[breathing heavily]
319
00:15:41,659 --> 00:15:44,293
There you go. Terry Andrews.
320
00:15:45,596 --> 00:15:47,861
Don't go and do something crazy.
321
00:15:47,865 --> 00:15:49,832
- Thanks.
- Good luck.
322
00:15:50,868 --> 00:15:52,368
[bell rings]
323
00:15:53,905 --> 00:15:56,372
[Lynn] Not much has changed
since our last session.
324
00:15:57,708 --> 00:15:59,507
Jeff is still sulking.
325
00:15:59,511 --> 00:16:02,109
And I'm still juggling my work,
326
00:16:02,113 --> 00:16:04,245
with teaching night school at Garfield.
327
00:16:04,249 --> 00:16:05,413
Let's talk about that.
328
00:16:05,417 --> 00:16:07,681
Elaborate on your decision
329
00:16:07,685 --> 00:16:09,316
to split your time.
330
00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:11,219
Rebuilding our community is...
331
00:16:12,056 --> 00:16:13,687
Is paramount right now.
332
00:16:13,691 --> 00:16:16,023
And while Jeff's taking a break,
333
00:16:16,027 --> 00:16:18,291
- I'm filling in.
- Why?
334
00:16:18,295 --> 00:16:21,229
Commitment to duty has been
drilled into me as a child.
335
00:16:22,066 --> 00:16:23,697
Both my parents
336
00:16:23,701 --> 00:16:25,265
proudly served in the military.
337
00:16:25,269 --> 00:16:27,534
Their parents before them.
338
00:16:27,538 --> 00:16:30,737
My brother John left college and
went straight into the army.
339
00:16:30,741 --> 00:16:31,872
But you didn't.
340
00:16:31,876 --> 00:16:34,476
Why choose the path less traveled?
341
00:16:35,399 --> 00:16:36,399
Um...
342
00:16:37,915 --> 00:16:39,514
It was chosen for me.
343
00:16:40,417 --> 00:16:41,982
I was different.
344
00:16:41,986 --> 00:16:45,151
Smarter than my brother, my parents.
345
00:16:45,155 --> 00:16:47,951
They convinced me that
the military would be tedious,
346
00:16:47,955 --> 00:16:50,255
and I wouldn't fit the mold.
347
00:16:50,259 --> 00:16:51,926
And how did that make you feel?
348
00:16:55,465 --> 00:16:57,129
Like an outsider.
349
00:16:57,133 --> 00:16:58,330
Hmm.
350
00:16:58,334 --> 00:17:02,434
But I guess my parents
made the right choice, so...
351
00:17:02,438 --> 00:17:05,106
You're a world-renowned geneticist.
352
00:17:06,042 --> 00:17:09,141
And a foremost expert on metagenics.
353
00:17:09,145 --> 00:17:11,510
It's perfectly acceptable
354
00:17:11,514 --> 00:17:13,948
- to sort of stretch your ego here.
- [chuckles softly]
355
00:17:14,918 --> 00:17:16,784
It sounds better when you do it.
356
00:17:17,988 --> 00:17:19,986
And now, you are
357
00:17:19,990 --> 00:17:21,222
teaching night school.
358
00:17:22,691 --> 00:17:24,289
You see a pattern?
359
00:17:24,293 --> 00:17:26,057
Jeff and the girls, they have
360
00:17:26,061 --> 00:17:27,595
all these shared moments...
361
00:17:28,364 --> 00:17:30,262
and experiences.
362
00:17:30,266 --> 00:17:33,298
Like, my brother John and our parents.
363
00:17:33,302 --> 00:17:34,333
Jeff told me,
364
00:17:34,337 --> 00:17:37,336
"You don't belong.
You're not one of us".
365
00:17:37,340 --> 00:17:39,538
- Hmm.
- The girls said
366
00:17:39,542 --> 00:17:40,774
I was a liability.
367
00:17:45,248 --> 00:17:46,313
Oh, God.
368
00:17:48,117 --> 00:17:50,917
I'm trying to fit in where I
don't belong again, aren't I?
369
00:17:52,688 --> 00:17:53,688
Just...
370
00:17:55,124 --> 00:17:57,090
Just like I couldn't when I was young.
371
00:18:00,995 --> 00:18:03,261
This is the seed of my addiction.
372
00:18:03,265 --> 00:18:04,265
Isn't it?
373
00:18:05,534 --> 00:18:07,231
My whole life...
374
00:18:07,235 --> 00:18:10,002
I've been trying to fit in
where I clearly don't belong.
375
00:18:10,938 --> 00:18:13,173
And then mastering
the fields when I did.
376
00:18:17,245 --> 00:18:18,609
[exhales]
377
00:18:18,613 --> 00:18:19,812
Just be you.
378
00:18:22,551 --> 00:18:25,050
Say it aloud. Own it.
379
00:18:26,454 --> 00:18:27,454
Own it.
380
00:18:29,724 --> 00:18:30,724
Just be me.
381
00:18:32,927 --> 00:18:34,793
[takes deep breath]
382
00:18:53,547 --> 00:18:54,846
[knocking]
383
00:19:13,533 --> 00:19:16,032
Mr. Pierce. Nah, this ain't for you.
384
00:19:16,036 --> 00:19:17,835
No. Mr. Pierce.
385
00:19:20,506 --> 00:19:22,271
[laughing]
386
00:19:22,275 --> 00:19:23,939
[hip-hop music playing]
387
00:19:23,943 --> 00:19:25,075
[Devonte] Mr. Pierce.
388
00:19:27,780 --> 00:19:28,980
Lala, I'mma handle it.
389
00:19:35,788 --> 00:19:38,287
What the hell is this place?
390
00:19:38,291 --> 00:19:39,623
A glimpse of the future.
391
00:19:40,859 --> 00:19:42,357
You're running illegal cage fights.
392
00:19:42,361 --> 00:19:44,726
I'm earnin'. You're interrupting that.
393
00:19:44,730 --> 00:19:46,227
Look, that man right there,
394
00:19:46,231 --> 00:19:47,863
he's got a family. He's not a fighter.
395
00:19:47,866 --> 00:19:50,331
- I don't want him hurt.
- Prepare for disappointment.
396
00:19:50,335 --> 00:19:52,702
That man's cost me money
every night he fights.
397
00:19:58,409 --> 00:20:01,074
But my ringer is about to change that.
398
00:20:01,078 --> 00:20:02,142
[chuckles softly]
399
00:20:02,146 --> 00:20:04,813
Don't fret. My filters...
400
00:20:08,252 --> 00:20:10,817
they keep the combater's
identity secret.
401
00:20:10,821 --> 00:20:12,485
Place a bet and make some money.
402
00:20:12,489 --> 00:20:14,788
Knowing you, it's probably
fixed. Just shut it down.
403
00:20:14,792 --> 00:20:17,357
The reconstruction at Freeland
has been tough on everybody.
404
00:20:17,361 --> 00:20:19,125
And everyone has a vice to feed.
405
00:20:19,129 --> 00:20:20,761
I'm providing a virtual buffet.
406
00:20:20,765 --> 00:20:23,330
- More like lining your pockets.
- [scoffs]
407
00:20:23,334 --> 00:20:24,334
It can be both.
408
00:20:26,103 --> 00:20:27,636
If you was anyone else...
409
00:20:28,606 --> 00:20:30,638
I would drop your Black ass right now.
410
00:20:31,675 --> 00:20:32,974
But since we got history...
411
00:20:34,211 --> 00:20:35,243
fight...
412
00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:38,446
or get out!
413
00:20:40,517 --> 00:20:43,251
[both grunting]
414
00:21:00,337 --> 00:21:02,804
[grunting continues]
415
00:21:07,744 --> 00:21:09,677
[crowd cheering]
416
00:21:16,653 --> 00:21:19,854
[crowd booing]
417
00:21:24,927 --> 00:21:26,794
[both grunting]
418
00:21:28,831 --> 00:21:31,365
- [roaring]
- [grunts]
419
00:21:37,139 --> 00:21:40,875
♪ Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! ♪
420
00:21:44,747 --> 00:21:46,178
♪ Fight! ♪
421
00:21:46,182 --> 00:21:47,714
Mr. Pierce.
422
00:21:48,885 --> 00:21:50,117
I got next.
423
00:21:52,588 --> 00:21:54,355
♪ Fight! Fight! ♪
424
00:21:55,796 --> 00:21:56,796
All right!
425
00:21:59,098 --> 00:22:02,296
Mayor Black, so glad you could
make the trip at this late hour.
426
00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:04,731
Well, your bodyguard left me
no choice in that matter.
427
00:22:04,735 --> 00:22:05,833
Not to worry.
428
00:22:05,837 --> 00:22:08,257
He'll return you back to your
nocturnal activities shortly.
429
00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:10,938
I know you're aware
430
00:22:10,942 --> 00:22:13,576
of my dedication to Freeland's
reconstruction program.
431
00:22:14,946 --> 00:22:16,346
I'd like it to continue.
432
00:22:18,149 --> 00:22:21,082
I also have an offer
for you that I am sure
433
00:22:21,086 --> 00:22:22,516
you'll benefit from.
434
00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,587
In order for it to reach its zenith,
435
00:22:25,590 --> 00:22:27,221
it's gonna need a visionary
436
00:22:27,225 --> 00:22:29,457
like myself, and a ton of cash.
437
00:22:29,461 --> 00:22:32,226
Money like that can only be
gained through my new,
438
00:22:32,230 --> 00:22:33,230
state of the art...
439
00:22:34,532 --> 00:22:35,598
hospital.
440
00:22:37,835 --> 00:22:42,202
Well, what with the
rebuilding of Freeland,
441
00:22:42,206 --> 00:22:44,873
the city's budget is already
stretched as it is.
442
00:22:46,377 --> 00:22:48,174
There's no room for a new hospital.
443
00:22:48,178 --> 00:22:50,610
There is if you diverted
Garfield's budget.
444
00:22:50,614 --> 00:22:52,045
It's no secret,
445
00:22:52,049 --> 00:22:53,913
under Principal Pierce's leadership,
446
00:22:53,917 --> 00:22:57,417
it's seen shootings, death,
447
00:22:57,421 --> 00:23:00,183
and of course, its lawful occupation
448
00:23:00,187 --> 00:23:01,387
which he himself defied.
449
00:23:01,391 --> 00:23:03,656
Garfield is a pillar of the community.
450
00:23:03,660 --> 00:23:04,891
I attended there.
451
00:23:04,895 --> 00:23:07,793
As do my children, and
theirs, God willing.
452
00:23:07,797 --> 00:23:10,363
Accept my proposal, Mayor Black.
453
00:23:10,367 --> 00:23:11,831
And in no time,
454
00:23:11,835 --> 00:23:14,701
your kids will be moving on up
to a private school in Metropolis
455
00:23:14,705 --> 00:23:16,671
where they'll finally
get a piece of that pie.
456
00:23:18,042 --> 00:23:20,205
Negro, please.
457
00:23:20,209 --> 00:23:22,243
You think I don't see who you are?
458
00:23:23,079 --> 00:23:24,709
Look, I know
459
00:23:24,713 --> 00:23:27,946
we're supposed to publicly
smile together,
460
00:23:27,950 --> 00:23:30,882
show unity, shuck and jive,
461
00:23:30,886 --> 00:23:35,010
But there is no threat,
no bribe you can offer
462
00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:37,480
that would make me tear down Garfield
463
00:23:37,484 --> 00:23:38,849
and Principal Pierce.
464
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,032
So...
465
00:23:48,371 --> 00:23:49,503
Thanks for the drink.
466
00:23:54,410 --> 00:23:55,842
I'll see myself out.
467
00:24:07,588 --> 00:24:08,854
Do you want me to kill him?
468
00:24:12,227 --> 00:24:13,227
Not yet.
469
00:24:14,930 --> 00:24:17,361
♪ I don't give a...
about your crew money ♪
470
00:24:17,365 --> 00:24:20,231
♪ Your chain game
Alexander Wang, Bugatti ♪
471
00:24:20,235 --> 00:24:22,669
♪ I'll just set it all on fire
watch it burn ♪
472
00:24:23,806 --> 00:24:26,805
♪ Yeah, I'd rather watch it burn ♪
473
00:24:26,809 --> 00:24:29,139
♪ And I don't give a...
what Balmain is ♪
474
00:24:29,143 --> 00:24:30,240
♪ Or who famous ♪
475
00:24:30,244 --> 00:24:32,476
♪ Or Margiela a Gucci Sweater ♪
476
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,746
♪ Set it all on fire watch it burn ♪
477
00:24:35,549 --> 00:24:37,247
♪ Yeah, I'd rather watch it burn ♪
478
00:24:37,251 --> 00:24:38,350
♪ Watch it burn ♪
479
00:24:39,859 --> 00:24:41,225
Whoa! Lightning!
480
00:24:44,659 --> 00:24:46,258
Terry Andrews?
481
00:24:48,062 --> 00:24:50,127
[chuckles] You're just a kid.
482
00:24:50,131 --> 00:24:52,830
- How'd you find me?
- I tracked your phone.
483
00:24:52,834 --> 00:24:55,298
You should really check
your privacy settings.
484
00:24:55,302 --> 00:24:56,333
What's this about?
485
00:24:56,337 --> 00:24:58,102
You sold footage to Rebecca Larsen.
486
00:24:58,106 --> 00:25:00,703
What she aired about me last
night was straight up trash.
487
00:25:00,707 --> 00:25:03,472
Yeah, but you gotta believe me.
488
00:25:03,476 --> 00:25:05,275
I would have never given
her the footage if I knew
489
00:25:05,278 --> 00:25:06,743
what she was going to do with it.
490
00:25:06,747 --> 00:25:08,214
You saved me and my family
491
00:25:08,217 --> 00:25:10,514
at the Freeland conflict
and at the shop.
492
00:25:11,451 --> 00:25:12,682
You're my electric queen.
493
00:25:12,686 --> 00:25:14,050
[scoffs]
494
00:25:14,054 --> 00:25:16,594
Kid, I need you to show the public
what really happened, okay?
495
00:25:17,758 --> 00:25:19,758
- The footage. Do you still have it?
- Oh, yeah!
496
00:25:21,227 --> 00:25:23,895
- But it won't help you.
- Of course it will. It's the truth.
497
00:25:24,865 --> 00:25:26,796
That ain't how the Internet works.
498
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,304
But I'll tell you what,
499
00:25:28,307 --> 00:25:31,167
I'll post you saving all those people,
500
00:25:31,171 --> 00:25:33,002
and I'll tag your social media account
501
00:25:33,006 --> 00:25:35,705
if I can get a selfie of
you giving me a kiss.
502
00:25:35,709 --> 00:25:36,773
[laughs]
503
00:25:36,777 --> 00:25:39,675
- Please don't push your luck.
- Oh! Okay.
504
00:25:39,679 --> 00:25:41,309
Just a selfie then.
505
00:25:41,313 --> 00:25:43,045
You want to fix your rep,
506
00:25:43,049 --> 00:25:45,115
a selfie with the kid
you saved will go viral.
507
00:25:47,153 --> 00:25:49,452
I'll follow you, you
follow me back, okay?
508
00:25:50,756 --> 00:25:52,420
♪ Watch it all burn ♪
509
00:25:52,424 --> 00:25:53,689
♪ I watch it burn ♪
510
00:25:53,693 --> 00:25:55,926
♪ Watch it all burn, burn, burn, burn ♪
511
00:25:59,932 --> 00:26:03,098
Monavista let you take that?
512
00:26:03,102 --> 00:26:05,901
They don't know it's
gone, Nor will they.
513
00:26:05,905 --> 00:26:07,502
As after we run some tests,
514
00:26:07,505 --> 00:26:09,506
I'll smuggle it back
in the way it came out.
515
00:26:10,375 --> 00:26:12,207
Think of it as borrowed.
516
00:26:12,211 --> 00:26:13,941
You're so fired.
517
00:26:13,945 --> 00:26:15,776
It wouldn't be the first time.
518
00:26:15,780 --> 00:26:17,509
Now, I've learned all that I can
519
00:26:17,513 --> 00:26:18,913
from the schematics I lifted.
520
00:26:18,917 --> 00:26:20,582
I was hoping you could tell me more.
521
00:26:20,586 --> 00:26:21,784
All right.
522
00:26:23,655 --> 00:26:25,520
Okay. Let's see.
523
00:26:25,524 --> 00:26:28,124
[buzzing]
524
00:26:32,531 --> 00:26:33,928
It's mostly mechanical.
525
00:26:33,932 --> 00:26:35,630
There's no computer to talk to,
526
00:26:35,634 --> 00:26:38,499
but it's admitting an
odd energy signature.
527
00:26:38,503 --> 00:26:40,468
Must be its power source.
528
00:26:40,472 --> 00:26:42,102
The schematics don't mention it by name,
529
00:26:42,105 --> 00:26:44,640
so it's most likely proprietary.
530
00:26:47,054 --> 00:26:48,287
[beeps]
531
00:26:50,114 --> 00:26:51,146
Uh...
532
00:26:52,350 --> 00:26:53,780
Gambi, what are you doing?
533
00:26:53,784 --> 00:26:56,885
- [machine whirring]
- I've set it at its lowest setting.
534
00:26:59,423 --> 00:27:02,291
So, don't worry, TC. I'm a professional.
535
00:27:10,099 --> 00:27:11,799
That's not good for Black Lightning.
536
00:27:13,136 --> 00:27:14,802
That's not good for anyone.
537
00:27:16,673 --> 00:27:18,271
[people clamoring]
538
00:27:18,275 --> 00:27:19,674
All bets are in.
539
00:27:23,813 --> 00:27:25,313
- Fight!
- [bell dinging]
540
00:27:26,115 --> 00:27:28,383
[both grunting]
541
00:27:38,127 --> 00:27:39,558
[crowd gasps]
542
00:27:39,562 --> 00:27:40,894
[inaudible]
543
00:27:51,307 --> 00:27:54,073
[both grunting]
544
00:27:56,412 --> 00:27:57,477
Yeah!
545
00:28:05,788 --> 00:28:09,022
[crowd cheering]
546
00:28:24,171 --> 00:28:26,503
[grunting continues]
547
00:28:26,507 --> 00:28:27,940
[crowd gasps]
548
00:28:31,178 --> 00:28:32,778
No one can beat me!
549
00:28:37,485 --> 00:28:39,015
[grunts]
550
00:28:39,019 --> 00:28:40,919
[crowd booing]
551
00:28:41,889 --> 00:28:43,887
No man alive.
552
00:28:43,891 --> 00:28:45,788
Yo, should I stop the fight?
553
00:28:45,792 --> 00:28:47,592
He about to kill Mr. Pierce.
554
00:28:49,330 --> 00:28:50,896
I don't think he will.
555
00:28:53,167 --> 00:28:55,734
[crowd jeering]
556
00:29:02,409 --> 00:29:05,143
No! [groans]
557
00:29:09,649 --> 00:29:12,484
Stay down, old man. You're done.
558
00:29:13,888 --> 00:29:16,788
[crowd cheering]
559
00:29:23,138 --> 00:29:24,637
Don't you turn your back on me.
560
00:29:27,901 --> 00:29:31,000
[crowd exclaims]
561
00:29:31,004 --> 00:29:32,336
We're not done here.
562
00:29:33,507 --> 00:29:36,374
[both grunting]
563
00:29:48,087 --> 00:29:51,122
[crowd cheering]
564
00:30:06,906 --> 00:30:08,371
[groans]
565
00:30:14,246 --> 00:30:16,212
[crowd cheering]
566
00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:18,181
Yeah!
567
00:30:33,049 --> 00:30:34,115
All right.
568
00:30:36,352 --> 00:30:37,785
This is where I grew up.
569
00:30:38,888 --> 00:30:44,123
Now, I know it's, uh,
a little old fashioned,
570
00:30:44,127 --> 00:30:46,625
but you're welcome to stay
until you get back on your feet.
571
00:30:46,629 --> 00:30:48,593
Uh, it's perfect, Mr. Pierce.
572
00:30:48,597 --> 00:30:52,466
Look, please, please call me Jefferson.
573
00:30:53,569 --> 00:30:54,969
We spilled blood together.
574
00:30:56,003 --> 00:30:57,502
Uh, you more than me.
575
00:30:58,808 --> 00:31:00,238
You know, I...
576
00:31:00,242 --> 00:31:04,175
I know you took gold in the
decathlon back in the day...
577
00:31:04,179 --> 00:31:05,610
but I didn't know you could fight, too.
578
00:31:05,613 --> 00:31:07,914
Yeah, well, I grew up in the
streets of Freeland, you know.
579
00:31:07,917 --> 00:31:09,250
I learned a trick or two.
580
00:31:10,218 --> 00:31:11,582
Fair enough.
581
00:31:11,586 --> 00:31:13,985
Still, I've never seen
anybody fight like that.
582
00:31:13,989 --> 00:31:15,386
I mean, especially a principal.
583
00:31:15,390 --> 00:31:16,821
[Jefferson chuckles]
584
00:31:16,825 --> 00:31:20,794
You, you may be the most impressive
man I know, Mr... Jefferson.
585
00:31:22,430 --> 00:31:25,298
- Jefferson.
- Yeah, I almost forgot.
586
00:31:32,941 --> 00:31:34,806
Oh, man, I can't accept
this. You won it.
587
00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:37,141
Mmm-mmm. Lala cheated.
588
00:31:37,145 --> 00:31:38,311
That's your money.
589
00:31:47,327 --> 00:31:48,526
First month's rent.
590
00:31:50,725 --> 00:31:51,857
Yeah.
591
00:31:54,729 --> 00:31:57,527
When you're ready to talk to
child services, let me know.
592
00:31:57,531 --> 00:31:58,531
I'll put in a good word.
593
00:31:59,633 --> 00:32:02,833
Please do me a favor. No more fighting.
594
00:32:02,837 --> 00:32:06,404
Your kids need a dad. And
Garfield needs its teachers.
595
00:32:07,842 --> 00:32:13,078
So, this house will take good
care of you and your family.
596
00:32:17,351 --> 00:32:18,983
Try and enjoy the rest of your weekend.
597
00:32:36,602 --> 00:32:38,767
Ooh, these are for you.
598
00:32:38,771 --> 00:32:40,702
Oh, who are they from?
599
00:32:40,706 --> 00:32:42,470
I don't know. I'm guessing Dad.
600
00:32:42,473 --> 00:32:44,073
You know he likes to make grand gestures
601
00:32:44,076 --> 00:32:45,609
when he realizes he's actually wrong.
602
00:32:47,499 --> 00:32:49,236
Well?
603
00:32:49,239 --> 00:32:52,337
It's your father inviting
me for dinner tonight.
604
00:32:52,341 --> 00:32:53,573
What are you gonna wear tonight?
605
00:32:53,576 --> 00:32:54,949
Oh, I have just the dress.
606
00:32:54,953 --> 00:32:57,619
Your father is not the only one
that can make grand gestures.
607
00:32:57,623 --> 00:32:59,523
- Ah. Well, have at it.
- [laughing]
608
00:33:02,994 --> 00:33:06,028
[machine beeping]
609
00:33:12,194 --> 00:33:13,774
Do I want to know where you got that?
610
00:33:16,974 --> 00:33:18,240
Same way you got this,
611
00:33:19,143 --> 00:33:20,443
doing things we shouldn't.
612
00:33:23,247 --> 00:33:25,646
These DEGs pack quite a punch.
613
00:33:25,650 --> 00:33:28,384
I'm not sure even your new
suit could survive a direct hit.
614
00:33:29,485 --> 00:33:30,485
Well, here.
615
00:33:31,456 --> 00:33:33,088
Go on, test it out if you want.
616
00:33:35,626 --> 00:33:37,057
What if you need to suit up?
617
00:33:37,061 --> 00:33:39,793
I won't. Look, I told you
Black Lightning's done.
618
00:33:39,797 --> 00:33:42,832
- Jefferson...
- Freeland will be fine without him.
619
00:33:45,169 --> 00:33:47,167
Honestly, it's a relief to accept that.
620
00:33:47,171 --> 00:33:49,102
Well, you're awfully chipper about this.
621
00:33:49,106 --> 00:33:51,805
- Have you been drinking?
- Oh, not yet.
622
00:33:51,809 --> 00:33:53,606
I helped someone, Gambi.
623
00:33:53,610 --> 00:33:58,011
Me, Jefferson Pierce, and it felt great.
624
00:33:58,015 --> 00:33:59,612
Better than being him.
625
00:33:59,616 --> 00:34:02,615
Jeff, I realize you're in
a dark place right now,
626
00:34:02,619 --> 00:34:05,051
but you can't just stop
being Black Lightning.
627
00:34:05,055 --> 00:34:06,783
Why not? I stopped
being Jefferson Pierce.
628
00:34:06,786 --> 00:34:08,388
Look where that got me.
629
00:34:08,392 --> 00:34:10,323
Gambi, I'm done.
630
00:34:10,327 --> 00:34:11,691
I don't even know where to start.
631
00:34:11,695 --> 00:34:13,662
Well, you can start
with being happy for me.
632
00:34:14,998 --> 00:34:16,297
I'll see you around, old man.
633
00:34:17,567 --> 00:34:18,666
Where you off to?
634
00:34:19,569 --> 00:34:21,500
I've been sulking for over a year.
635
00:34:21,504 --> 00:34:23,604
It's time I try to make
things right with Lynn.
636
00:34:25,176 --> 00:34:26,375
Wish me luck.
637
00:34:31,915 --> 00:34:33,147
[door closes]
638
00:34:35,785 --> 00:34:38,017
- Bonjour, madam.
- Good evening.
639
00:34:38,021 --> 00:34:40,353
I believe I have a reservation
in the name of Pierce.
640
00:34:40,357 --> 00:34:43,157
But of course. Your party awaits
if you would follow me.
641
00:34:43,161 --> 00:34:44,226
Thank you.
642
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,364
[Tobias] Dr. Stewart.
643
00:34:52,368 --> 00:34:54,535
Please do me the honor
of joining me for dinner.
644
00:35:01,298 --> 00:35:03,863
Girl, don't act like I don't know you.
645
00:35:03,867 --> 00:35:06,066
Or would you rather the
fine people of Freeland
646
00:35:06,070 --> 00:35:08,905
know about your family's
extracurricular activities?
647
00:35:12,269 --> 00:35:13,435
Please sit.
648
00:35:18,876 --> 00:35:21,341
I rented this whole place just for you.
649
00:35:21,345 --> 00:35:23,043
Forgive my ruse.
650
00:35:23,047 --> 00:35:25,476
But I knew you wouldn't attend
on my account alone,
651
00:35:25,479 --> 00:35:27,075
so I kept my note vague.
652
00:35:27,079 --> 00:35:31,579
But please, feel free to order
whatever your heart desires.
653
00:35:31,583 --> 00:35:33,748
I'd rather break bread with Judas.
654
00:35:33,752 --> 00:35:35,944
Fair enough. Though I'd be remiss
655
00:35:35,947 --> 00:35:37,620
if I didn't recommend the cognac shrimp.
656
00:35:39,225 --> 00:35:42,724
Dr. Stewart, or may I call you Lynn?
657
00:35:42,728 --> 00:35:44,292
I need a favor.
658
00:35:44,296 --> 00:35:45,994
One only you could afford me.
659
00:35:45,998 --> 00:35:47,764
I'll never do anything for you.
660
00:35:49,033 --> 00:35:50,631
I expected that.
661
00:35:50,635 --> 00:35:53,133
But the favor is not for me.
662
00:35:53,137 --> 00:35:54,672
You may not know,
663
00:35:54,675 --> 00:35:58,305
but my sister was diagnosed
with ALS at a very young age.
664
00:35:58,309 --> 00:36:01,709
She was cured through nefarious
medical experimentation,
665
00:36:01,713 --> 00:36:05,648
but the nasty side effects became
too much for her to bear.
666
00:36:07,085 --> 00:36:08,816
I promised a cure.
667
00:36:08,820 --> 00:36:12,286
Even though she's no longer
with us, I'm a man of my word.
668
00:36:12,290 --> 00:36:15,423
You're a monster masquerading as a man.
669
00:36:15,427 --> 00:36:17,258
Mmm.
670
00:36:17,262 --> 00:36:19,460
I recently learned that a
very close friend of mine
671
00:36:19,464 --> 00:36:22,360
was also diagnosed with
this horrific disease.
672
00:36:22,364 --> 00:36:25,197
And I can't bear to watch her
suffer like me and my sister did.
673
00:36:25,201 --> 00:36:26,810
There are other geneticists
in the world.
674
00:36:26,814 --> 00:36:29,647
None like you. You're the best.
675
00:36:30,708 --> 00:36:32,572
And I'm willing to pay for the best.
676
00:36:32,576 --> 00:36:36,676
If you agree to focus all your
research on finding a cure,
677
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,181
I'll fund your new institute
for the next decade.
678
00:36:41,585 --> 00:36:45,151
Just imagine all the good
that could be accomplished.
679
00:36:45,155 --> 00:36:47,003
On top of being remembered in history
680
00:36:47,006 --> 00:36:49,658
as the Black woman who cured ALS.
681
00:36:51,653 --> 00:36:52,752
I know.
682
00:36:54,398 --> 00:36:58,364
- Decisions, decisions.
- What do you really want?
683
00:36:58,368 --> 00:37:01,567
I don't have the time or the
inclination for your mind games.
684
00:37:01,571 --> 00:37:05,270
No games. Scouts Honor.
685
00:37:05,274 --> 00:37:07,508
Even a broke clock tells
the truth twice a day.
686
00:37:10,012 --> 00:37:14,046
[chuckles] Listen, I know
we've had our issues.
687
00:37:14,050 --> 00:37:17,416
Especially with the rest of
that meta freak family of yours.
688
00:37:17,420 --> 00:37:19,754
But, you're different.
689
00:37:20,924 --> 00:37:22,189
You're not like them.
690
00:37:24,327 --> 00:37:26,427
What I need is your superpower, Lynn.
691
00:37:28,817 --> 00:37:33,486
What I need is you to just be you.
692
00:37:35,404 --> 00:37:37,403
Please consider my offer while we dine.
693
00:37:40,476 --> 00:37:44,043
Garcon, menus, please.
694
00:38:03,398 --> 00:38:06,299
Damn. Damn, beat me to it.
695
00:38:09,169 --> 00:38:10,970
I'm already late.
696
00:38:13,638 --> 00:38:14,638
_
697
00:38:14,642 --> 00:38:15,975
[door closes]
698
00:38:17,712 --> 00:38:19,444
[machine beeping]
699
00:38:20,882 --> 00:38:22,913
- What's up?
- You look like trash.
700
00:38:22,917 --> 00:38:24,648
Like you've been partying all night.
701
00:38:24,652 --> 00:38:26,696
[sighs] No, there's always a come down
702
00:38:26,699 --> 00:38:28,820
when I go to the ionosphere.
703
00:38:28,823 --> 00:38:30,854
I just need a little pick-me-up.
704
00:38:30,858 --> 00:38:32,691
Well, how about you stop going up there?
705
00:38:33,995 --> 00:38:36,860
Absorbing that much power has to
have some type of consequences.
706
00:38:36,864 --> 00:38:38,696
I'm fine. I know my limits.
707
00:38:39,833 --> 00:38:41,300
Are you done with my page yet?
708
00:38:52,413 --> 00:38:53,709
[machine beeping]
709
00:38:53,713 --> 00:38:56,214
Lightning is officially verified
on all social media.
710
00:38:57,317 --> 00:38:59,049
And you're sure it's secure?
711
00:38:59,053 --> 00:39:03,086
I've been bouncing signals off
of VPNs all around the globe.
712
00:39:03,090 --> 00:39:05,323
It will take a very determined
team to track it.
713
00:39:06,927 --> 00:39:09,291
All right, good.
714
00:39:09,295 --> 00:39:11,527
Are you sure you want to do this?
715
00:39:11,531 --> 00:39:14,165
You know, once you press return,
there is no going back.
716
00:39:15,569 --> 00:39:16,834
Social media is forever.
717
00:39:17,916 --> 00:39:19,148
Only one way to find out.
718
00:39:20,406 --> 00:39:22,139
[hip hop music playing]
719
00:39:23,356 --> 00:39:24,553
♪ I do it different ♪
720
00:39:24,557 --> 00:39:26,054
♪ I find a spaceship and I get in ♪
721
00:39:26,058 --> 00:39:28,592
♪ I got vision I got that
twenty-twenty vision ♪
722
00:39:28,596 --> 00:39:29,793
♪ One in a million ♪
723
00:39:29,797 --> 00:39:31,294
[whooshes]
724
00:39:31,298 --> 00:39:34,397
- Right now!
- That's a lot of love for Lightning.
725
00:39:34,401 --> 00:39:35,701
Better recognize.
726
00:39:36,536 --> 00:39:38,269
Drop the gats and go!
727
00:39:40,474 --> 00:39:42,805
- Go.
- I control my narrative now.
728
00:39:42,809 --> 00:39:44,875
Miss Lying Larsen is
about to learn that.
729
00:39:45,979 --> 00:39:47,910
What are you doing?
730
00:39:47,914 --> 00:39:50,848
Lightning is tagging Miss Larsen
armed with the truth.
731
00:39:52,819 --> 00:39:54,516
Hey!
732
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:56,652
[giggles]
733
00:39:56,656 --> 00:39:58,286
What's going on?
734
00:39:58,290 --> 00:40:00,130
Now, I told you we were
getting hitched, right?
735
00:40:01,794 --> 00:40:03,125
We're getting hitched.
736
00:40:03,129 --> 00:40:04,292
- [both laughing]
- Now?
737
00:40:04,296 --> 00:40:05,748
- Yes.
- Here?
738
00:40:05,752 --> 00:40:08,017
- Yes!
- What about our marriage license?
739
00:40:08,021 --> 00:40:09,021
Or witnesses?
740
00:40:09,025 --> 00:40:11,233
Turns out our license is
still valid from last year.
741
00:40:11,237 --> 00:40:13,835
And Dr. Morgan here, I just paid him $20
742
00:40:13,839 --> 00:40:16,547
so he could spend 20 minutes
getting officially ordained.
743
00:40:16,551 --> 00:40:18,573
- This is happening.
- [Morgan] It's true.
744
00:40:18,577 --> 00:40:20,312
And in the process, I learned that
745
00:40:20,315 --> 00:40:22,144
witnesses aren't required in our state.
746
00:40:22,148 --> 00:40:25,913
- Who knew?
- What about your family, Anissa?
747
00:40:25,917 --> 00:40:27,849
Babe, their plates are full right now.
748
00:40:27,853 --> 00:40:29,518
And, this is not about them.
749
00:40:29,522 --> 00:40:31,520
This is about you and me.
750
00:40:31,524 --> 00:40:33,598
Now, I meant what I said
751
00:40:33,601 --> 00:40:36,024
when I told you nothing
is gonna tear us apart.
752
00:40:36,028 --> 00:40:38,860
And I am not giving this world
any more chances to do that.
753
00:40:38,864 --> 00:40:41,898
So, yeah, this is happening right now.
754
00:40:43,702 --> 00:40:45,669
Baby, you are the love of my life.
755
00:40:47,173 --> 00:40:48,805
Will you be my wife, too?
756
00:40:50,308 --> 00:40:52,339
A secret marriage is kind of sexy.
757
00:40:52,343 --> 00:40:53,508
I thought so.
758
00:40:53,512 --> 00:40:57,781
And I can't imagine spending my
life with anyone but you, Anissa.
759
00:40:59,417 --> 00:41:02,583
- So you're saying yes?
- Yes! I do!
760
00:41:02,587 --> 00:41:04,251
[both laugh]
761
00:41:04,255 --> 00:41:05,519
So do I.
762
00:41:05,523 --> 00:41:07,421
Come on, let's do this.
763
00:41:07,425 --> 00:41:08,990
Okay, um,
764
00:41:08,994 --> 00:41:12,493
well, by the power vested in me,
765
00:41:12,497 --> 00:41:15,262
I hereby pronounce you two wed.
766
00:41:15,266 --> 00:41:16,898
[both laugh]
767
00:41:16,902 --> 00:41:18,465
- The brides may kiss.
- Oh, my God!
768
00:41:18,469 --> 00:41:19,535
Oh, my God!
769
00:41:21,006 --> 00:41:22,103
[both] We did it!
770
00:41:22,107 --> 00:41:23,119
We did it!
771
00:41:23,123 --> 00:41:25,406
- Come here!
- [Morgan] Congratulations.
772
00:41:25,410 --> 00:41:26,574
Uh, hi.
773
00:41:26,578 --> 00:41:29,142
I'm running a little late.
Reservation for Pierce.
774
00:41:29,146 --> 00:41:30,411
Your party is already seated.
775
00:41:30,415 --> 00:41:32,379
I'll find her, thank you.
776
00:41:32,383 --> 00:41:36,519
[Tobias chuckles] That's a very
lovely dress you're wearing.
777
00:41:39,224 --> 00:41:43,292
I would be inclined
to buy you 365 of them,
778
00:41:44,302 --> 00:41:45,902
in different colors.
779
00:41:51,420 --> 00:41:54,020
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