Jefferson Pierce (Cress WiIIiams), respected educator and father of two, is also BIack Lightning, superpowered protector of FreeIand. And he does not fight alone. He is joined by his superpowered daughters, Anissa (Nafessa WiIIiams), 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 caIIs itseIf The 100 and infamous gangster Tobias WhaIe (Marvin Jones lIl). Worse, FreeIand has been pIagued by government-sponsored experiments and drug trafficking, creating metahumans and addicts while making Freeland the target of a dangerous foreign power, Markovia. FortunateIy, the family stilI has aIIies in their fight: former covert superspy Peter Gambi (James Remar) and Jeffersons neighbor, the scrupuIously honest deputy police chief BiII Henderson (Damon Gupton). |