Black Lightning

TV Series
2018–2021
TV-14
43m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

28K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

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Superhero Action Drama Sci-Fi

A crusading school principal gets back into action as the original African-American electrical superhero.A crusading school principal gets back into action as the original African-American electrical superhero.A crusading school principal gets back into action as the original African-American electrical superhero.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

28K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,098

230

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 17 nominations

Episodes58

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Detective Hassan Shakur

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Trivia
Jefferson adopts a more street-wise manner of speaking when disguised as Black Lightning. This is in keeping with the original comic books, where Black Lightning made use of 70's era slang to disguise his identity.

Goofs
The experiments that gave Black Lightning his powers, which he subsequently passed on to his daughters, apparently came by altering his mitochondria. Mitochondria are inherited exclusively from one's mother, so he shouldn't have been able to do so.

Crazy credits
The Warner Bros and DC Comics logos are charged with lightning.

Connections
Featured in The Chronic Rift: Some Things to Think About (2018)

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3/10

How can this series have 6.4???

Bad acting, weird fighting scenes, the main caracter is a well known principal at a high school and all he wear is a litte mask and then nobody recognize him. There are so many good series out there, dont waste time on this crap.