Season 1 (Black Lightning)

"Get Lit"

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The first season of premiered on January 16, 2018, and concluded on April 17, 2018. The season consists of 13 episodes.

Synopsis
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. However, after too many nights with his life on the line, and seeing the effects of the damage and loss that his alter ego was inflicting on his family, he left his Super Hero days behind and settled into being a principal and a dad. Choosing to help his city without using his superpowers, he watched his daughters Anissa and Jennifer grow into strong young women, even though his marriage to their mother, Lynn, suffered. Almost a decade later, Pierce's crime-fighting days are long behind him... or so he thought. But with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, and those he cares about in the crosshairs of the menacing local gang The One Hundred, Black Lightning returns — to save not only his family, but also the soul of his community.

Main Cast

 * Cress Williams as Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce)
 * China Anne McClain as Lightning (Jennifer Pierce)
 * Nafessa Williams as Thunder (Anissa Pierce)
 * Christine Adams as Lynn Stewart
 * Marvin "Krondon" Jones III as Tobias Whale
 * Damon Gupton as Bill Henderson
 * James Remar as Peter Gambi

Recurring Cast

 * Dabier as Will
 * Skye P. Marshall as Kara Fowdy
 * Jordan Calloway as Painkiller (Khalil Payne)
 * Will Catlett as Latavious "Lala" Johnson
 * Charlbi Dean as Syonide
 * Tracey Bonner as Lawanda White
 * Jill Scott as Lady Eve (Evelyn Stillwater-Ferguson)
 * Edwina Findley as Tori
 * Gregg Henry as Martin Proctor