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Black Lightning - Season 1
A retired superhero is drawn back into his old lifestyle when his daughter seeks to serve justice to evil-doers. Based on the DC Comics series.
6 July 1971, Great Lakes, Illinois, USA
2 August 1973, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2 July 1955, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
October 24, 1975 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, USA
January 16, 2018
Black Lightning is a good, satisfying, layered addition to the CW canon.
January 16, 2018
It's all pulled off powerfully and artfully by principal executive producer Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends, The Game), who's assisted by DC impresario Greg Berlanti.
January 16, 2018
Electrifying DC series is a grown-up superhero tale.
January 16, 2018
Black Lightning has found a way to make the typical superhero origin story, already depicted endlessly on television shows and in movies (and reboots of movies) fresh: by bypassing it altogether.
January 16, 2018
While Jefferson is ostensibly the good guy in a storyline that involves talking a woman who drew his daughter into a prostitution ring off of a ledge, Black Lightning thrives in shining a light on why those not as good as Jeffferson are still worth saving
January 16, 2018
The journey to Black Lightning fully embracing its present could be one of the year's exciting TV evolutions.
January 12, 2018
It's that real-world sizzle that gives this newcomer its snap, crackle and pop.
January 16, 2018
Ultimately, Black Lightning is electrifying and doesn't miss a beat.
January 16, 2018
Black Lightning has dope music, great scenes between a black father and his daughters, intense action scenes, and lays the groundwork for what is to be an epic season of TV.
January 11, 2018
The villains are scary, the dialogue is smart, and the actors are compelling. "Black Lightning" serves a welcome jolt.
