After attempting to bury the darker, devastatingly lethal Painhugger part of his persona, Khalil Payne has distanced himself away from everyone he knows and loves in a new city, Akashic Valley, in order to find peace... but peace never comes easy for men with pasts like Painhugger. As his unhappy, destructive history crashes his idyllic new beginning, Khalil is thrusted back into action with a new mission - bring justice where he once gave out punishment - but to do that, he will first have to deal with and harness his darker side, Painhugger.
s04e01 - The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter One
s04e02 - The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Two: Unacceptable Losses
s04e03 - The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Three
s04e04 - The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Four
s04e05 - The Book of Ruin: Chapter One
s04e06 - The Book of Ruin: Chapter Two: Theseus's Ship
s04e07 - Painkiller
s04e08 - The Book of Ruin: Chapter Three: Things Fall Apart
s04e09 - The Book of Ruin: Chapter Four: Lyding
s04e10 - The Book of Reunification: Chapter One: Revelations
s04e11 - The Book of Reunification: Chapter Two
s04e12 - The Book of Resurrection: Chapter One: Crossroads
s04e13 - The Book of Resurrection: Chapter Two: Closure
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 of 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.