4.143 minSeason 4 • Episode 13
LatestAfter four seasons, the game-changing, relevant and electrifying series comes to an end.
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.
Acting
Cress Williams brings gravitas and dad-joke energy simultaneously.
Writing
Rare superhero show unafraid to tackle police violence and community decay.
Practical Effects
Lightning effects that crackle without drowning in CGI soup.
Creator
Salim Akil
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Black Lightning was DC's first Black superhero to headline his own comic in 1977; the show waited 40+ years to exist.
Creator Salim Akil specifically set Freeland in a fictionalized Atlanta-adjacent city to explore Black communities without the tourism of New Orleans itself.
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