ASeason 1Black Lightning closes out a strong debut season with a perfect, stirring finaleKyle Fowle4/17/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt’s appropriate that Black Lightning, a show that probes how the weight of history is felt across generations, and the…
B-Season 1Before the season finale, exposition is the unfortunate star of Black LightningKyle Fowle4/10/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkFor weeks now Black Lightning has been firing on all cylinders, offering up one stunning character-based episode after…
A-Season 1A visceral Black Lightning confronts corruption and the fear of black bodiesKyle Fowle4/03/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkJefferson Pierce knew that when he donned his Black Lightning gear again, he was putting a target on his back. He’d…
B+Season 1The weight of history is deeply felt on Black LightningKyle Fowle3/27/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkHistory plays a big role in Black Lightning. The weight of it, the constant presence, the reverberations, the…
A-Season 1Black Lightning is at its best when using superhero tropes to explore family dynamicsKyle Fowle3/20/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkLast week’s episode of Black Lightning saw the show finally come into its own. “The Book Of Revelations” shifted the…
A-Season 1“Revelations” lead to the best Black Lightning yetKyle Fowle3/13/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAfter a few weeks of failing to really hit the mark when it comes to the season’s larger stories, “The Book Of…
BSeason 1Collateral damage leads to a moral reckoning on Black LightningKyle Fowle3/06/18 10:20pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe characters that populate Black Lightning love to talk. More than any other superhero TV show, this one spends a lot…
C+Season 1A familiar, formulaic story bogs down Black LightningKyle Fowle2/27/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhat made Black Lightning so compelling right out of the gate was its unique voice and perspective. Musing on various…
B-Season 1An overstuffed Black Lightning revels in the shared past of its charactersKyle Fowle2/13/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOne of the pleasures of watching Black Lightning has been its approach to storytelling. Through four episodes the…
B+Season 1Black Lightning reckons with the violence of revolutionKyle Fowle2/06/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOne of Black Lightning’s greatest strengths in the early part of this season is its ability to take the larger issues…
B-Season 1Black Lightning falters by being too neat and tidy when things get messyKyle Fowle1/30/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkRight out of the gate, Black Lightning had an understanding that every superhero drama needs, well, both its superhero…
B+Season 1Black Lightning expands its scope, and challenges Jefferson in the processKyle Fowle1/23/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBlack Lightning may not have a time-travelling superhero, but it does have a thorough understanding of the past. The…
B+Season 1Black Lightning’s series premiere gives us the mature, nuanced superhero show we needKyle Fowle1/16/18 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere are a lot of superhero shows on The CW, and there’s a lot of superhero stories out there in general. You can’t…
A-Pre-AirDon’t worry about the crossovers—Black Lightning doesn’t need any other heroesDanette Chavez1/15/18 1:25pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkCrackling with conflict and potential, Black Lightning swoops in to save the midwinter TV season, reinvigorating the…
