Jefferson Pierce is not take the death of longtime friend / sometime effort Henderson well, judging by the first trailer for Black lightning‘s fourth and final season.
In the aftermath of the final season 3 in which Henderson tragically dies, Jefferson (played by Cress Williams) is alternately seen at his friend’s grave and is apparently sitting with a shrink. “No matter how hard I try to protect my family, it will always end in tragedy,” he shares. “I can no longer be the man I used to be.”
In fact, at one point he goes so far as to declare: “Black Lightning is dead” – to which Gambi (James Remar), according to the editors, we must at least believe, responds: “Freeland will be lost without Black Lightning!” Jeff snaps back, ‘Freeland is lost !!! ”
Watch the full trailer below.
That it would be Black lightning‘s farewell was announced in November. When we first saw the Black lightning on tour, I knew Jefferson Pierce and his family of powerful Black Women would be a unique addition to the superhero genre, ”executive producer Salim Akil said in a statement. “The love that Blerds and all the comic book fans around the world have shown this series over the past three seasons has proven what we thought, black people want to see themselves in all their intricacies.”
“While Season 4 may be the end of one journey,” Akil adds, “I’m very excited to launch a new chapter and continue working with The CW as we tell the story of Painkiller” – by in the middle of a spin-off that was in development, starring Black lightning veterinarian Jordan Calloway.
At the cast, China’s original McClain revealed that she would leave the series if it continued, and only reported a limited number of season 4 episodes, while Chantal Thuy was promoted to series regularly as the metahuman Grace Choi . .
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