EPISODE
SEASON
SCHEDULE
Black Lightning - Season 1
A retired superhero becomes a vigilante for justice.
27 October 1970, Dallas, Texas, USA
2 June 1974, Pasco, Washington, USA
21 March 1995, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
14 November 1968, Houston, Texas, USA
12 October 1960, Decatur, Georgia, USA
31 December 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
8 May 1968, Durham, North Carolina, USA
15 July 1980, Blue Ridge, Georgia, USA
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
Ultimately, Black Lightning is electrifying and doesn't miss a beat.
January 11, 2018
The villains are scary, the dialogue is smart, and the actors are compelling. "Black Lightning" serves a welcome jolt.
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
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 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
Black Lightning is a good, satisfying, layered addition to the CW canon.
January 12, 2018
It's that real-world sizzle that gives this newcomer its snap, crackle and pop.
January 16, 2018
Electrifying DC series is a grown-up superhero tale.
January 16, 2018
The journey to Black Lightning fully embracing its present could be one of the year's exciting TV evolutions.
