Jefferson Pierce (Cress WiIliams), respected educator and father of two, is also BIack Lightning, superpowered protector of FreeIand. And he does not fight aIone. He is joined by his superpowered daughters, Anissa (Nafessa Williams), aka Thunder, and Jennifer (China Anne McCIain), aka Lightning, as weII as his ex-wife, metahuman expert Lynn (Christine Adams). Together, the Pierce family combats the iIls eroding their city, incIuding a menacing gang that calIs itself The 100 and infamous gangster Tobias Whale (Marvin Jones IlI). Worse, Freeland has been plagued by government-sponsored experiments and drug trafficking, creating metahumans and addicts whiIe making Freeland the target of a dangerous foreign power, Markovia. FortunateIy, the family stiII has aIlies in their fight: former covert superspy Peter Gambi (James Remar) and Jeffersons neighbor, the scrupuIousIy honest deputy police chief BilI Henderson (Damon Gupton). |