In Black Lightning ’s third time of year , the Pierce menage and their allies found themselves at thecenter of a crisis threatening Freeland . The city was occupied by the corrupt American Security Agency and besieged by operatives from the nation of Markovia in endeavour togain control of Freeland ’s population of young metahumans .
The warfare that ’s been storm in Freeland ’s street is the sort of national emergency that in almost any other city ( and perhaps another type of superhero show ) would draw the attention of the larger world . The events would , ideally , bring more hero to the city with the will and skill to defend the lives of innocent citizens who ’ve been lost in the battle . But because Freeland ’s a preponderantly Black metropolis — one the government targeted for years in guild to snatch and conduct covert experimentation on vernal dark children — it ’s been render in effect invisible to the outside humankind .
time of year three ’s finis , “ The Book of War : Chapter Three : Liberation , ” is both a throwback to Black Lightning ’s earliest episode and an excellent reflection of how far the show ’s come as Black Lightning ( Cress Williams ) face off with Gravedigger ( Wayne Brady ) for one last encounter that both man think they can gain . After successfully knocking Lightning ( China Anne McClain ) out on his own and witnessing Black Lightning ’s response to her getting have , Gravedigger set two and two together and make whoopie in the cognition that he ’s already hit Jefferson where it hurt by going after his girl .
Lightning being held captive.Image: (The CW)
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Even as he ’s overwhelm Black Lightning , Gravedigger makes it obvious that his personal goal really is n’t to harm other metahumans , but rather to capitalise on the chance to build a better metahuman future . But as Black Lightning undertake to explicate to Gravedigger how the two of them and Jennifer are all biologically related , the baddie immediately demonstrate how he ’s uncoerced to make exceptions to his personal codification and destroy anyone who would stand in his style , disregarding of whether or not they share blood . After using his newfound ability to let loose microwaves to drive Black Lightning aside , Gravedigger returns to the A.S.A. to offer Lightning a chance to become part of his high-flown vision .
Much like the MCU’sKillmonger , Gravedigger ’s essentially motivate by a desire to welt out against the human beings that he rightfully believe has wronged him and others like him for centuries . The Markovians , Gravedigger explains to Lightning , are willing to let him establish anindependent metahuman nationwithin the rural area ’s border in telephone exchange for Freeland ’s metas . It ’s a trade he ’s willing to make because he sees those particular metas as byproducts of the racist American government ’s machinations .
Gravedigger explains his plan to Lightning.Image: (The CW)
Gravedigger ’s extremist revolutionary energy might have actually gotten through to Lightning in the beginning this season when she was willing to work with the A.S.A. against her father ’s wishes in a rather significant rebellious streak . But as Jennifer Pierce has grown into her superhero identity element , she ’s also develop into her own worldview — one distinctly informed by growing up with a male parent like Jefferson . For all of Gravedigger ’s talk , Lightning knows that it ’s heroes like herself and everyday human like gonzo reporter Jamillah Olsen ( Adetinpo Thomas ) who are truly fighting for the people ’s best interests .
Olsen ’s livestreamed videos of the war in Freeland are precisely the sort of riotous force that would put the area on warning signal as to the A.S.A ’s machinations and the Markovian encroachment , which is why Agent Odell ( Bill Duke ) proceed to ensure that no broadcasts are able to make it out of the metropolis . As Odell and other A.S.A. agents watch Olsen be shot and killed in the street during one of her videos , they , of grade , finger nothing because their only concern at this gunpoint is stopping the Markovians from securing the metas . With the Markovians now actively in Freeland , though , the only option the A.S.A. sees as viable is to simply bodge the city off the map , and it does n’t take long for most of Black Lightning ’s fictional character to realise that ’s the case .
Like most superhero season finales , “ The Book of War : Chapter Three : Liberation ” is thick in plot to the point of feel just shy of overstuffed . Though Lala ( William Catlett ) and Lady Eve ( Jill Scott ) have n’t factored into this season all that much , both villains get moments to smooth as they decide what to do about their city ’s imminent destruction . In typical shape , Lady Eve cause that her best chance at surviving whatever ’s coming next to Freeland is to pop off a couple of rounds at A.S.A. lump and run , while Lala instead take to the streets to rally his own troops in order defend their street from the Markovian invaders .
Grace and Thunder facing off against Gravedigger.Image: (The CW)
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Elsewhere in the metropolis Painkiller ( Jordan Calloway ) still stalk the street , as Khalil , trap within his own mind , watches on have it away that the A.S.A. ’s programing is going to drive him to kill the great unwashed he loves again if he does n’t free himself . After a conflict of the minds in what bet very much like an early 2000s music video recording , Khalil is able-bodied to wrest mastery from the Painkiller programming , but Black Lightning takes a abbreviated moment to stress that just because Khalil ’s back in the machine driver ’s seat does n’t mean he ’s detached of the hell Odell and the A.S.A. put him through . Rather than following his Order to seek out and pop the members of the Pierce family , Khalil instead tracks Odell down as he ’s test to escape , and while he does n’t kill him instantaneously , he does n’t waver to shoot the man through his spleen which , look on his health , could go either fashion .
It ’s in its last climactic fight scenes that the installment really starts feel like classic Black Lightning , as the Pierce family unit teams up to take down Gravedigger once and for all , with some devastating losses along the agency . At the Pit where Lightning ’s being held , Black Lightning , Lynn , Thunder , Grace Choi , and Brandon ( the show ’s answer to Geo - Force ) collect to converge on Gravedigger with a plan . By shooting the villain with a blood serum that ’ll rob him of his powers , Lynn reasons she can weaken him enough to set aside the squad ’s metas to at long last destroy him . But before she has a chance to face him , Gravedigger encounter Thunder and thenow - much strong thanksgiving , who he mentally obligate to attack her meaning other .
It would n’t be fair to say that Black Lightning killed one of its homophile , but the fact that the show ended up making Thunder and Grace engagement in a fight that left the latter in a coma — literally the episode after the two almost were wed — feels like a slap in the face for reason that should be obvious . After Lynn arrives at the pit and is able-bodied to shoot Gravedigger , Black Lightning , Lightning , and Brandon are capable to use their combined powers to countermine him that much more , and when it becomes readable that the Pit ’s going to self - destruct , the Hero make their escape , leave alone the metavillain behind to burn in a fiery grave .
Elsewhere , other heroes like police boss Henderson and the young technopathic meta T.C. fall in battle , but their deaths are n’t in vain because , at last , the Markovians are stopped , the metropolis is saved , and not long after , Black Lightning , Thunder , Lightning , and Lynn arrive in Gotham City ( of all place ) to prove to Congress about what lead down in Freeland and expose the A.S.A. ’s arcanum . Having finally figure out how to stabilize the metahuman kids , Lynn , who ’s still quite addicted to an altered form of Greenlight , convinces a congressional commission to move forward witha proposed school for metahumanswhere she , as one of the country ’s foremost experts in metahuman development , is think of to oversee operations .
Black Lightning , for his part , at last has the opportunity to present the whole of his findings from his sentence police Freeland and explain how the A.S.A. ’s metahuman experimentation is part of a orotund story about America ’s history of abusing and exploiting black people . As unbelievable as his floor is , being able to portray the A.S.A. ’s commission control briefcase — the MacGuffin that ’s been cast out back and away for the whole of the series — Team Black Lightning knows that the world will be able to learn the Sojourner Truth for itself , something that could lead to Freeland finally becoming devoid . This would have been a powerful enough for Black Lightning to stop up , but before the episode comes to a close , it’s — unsurprisingly — revealed that Gravedigger ’s quite alive and presumptively plot his next move .
Clearly , Black Lightning ’s now in an even better position to become a much more intact part of theArrowversebecause the news report of the conflict in Freeland is something that makes national news . There ’s no way in the public anyone who ’s been pay up aid can refuse that Freeland and the heroes protect the metropolis could and should play authoritative role in the entire planet ’s hereafter .
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