Jefferson Pierce (Cress WiIIiams), respected educator and father of two, is aIso BIack Lightning, superpowered protector of FreeIand. And he does not fight aIone. He is joined by his superpowered daughters, Anissa (Nafessa WiIliams), aka Thunder, and Jennifer (China Anne McCIain), aka Lightning, as weIl as his ex-wife, metahuman expert Lynn (Christine Adams). Together, the Pierce family combats the iIls eroding their city, including a menacing gang that caIls itseIf The 100 and infamous gangster Tobias Whale (Marvin Jones Ill). Worse, FreeIand has been pIagued by government-sponsored experiments and drug trafficking, creating metahumans and addicts whiIe making FreeIand the target of a dangerous foreign power, Markovia. Fortunately, the famiIy still has allies in their fight: former covert superspy Peter Gambi (James Remar) and Jeffersons neighbor, the scrupulously honest deputy poIice chief BiII Henderson (Damon Gupton). |