Black Lightning Recap: The Book of Blood–Chapter One: Requiem

Season 2 / Episode 5, ‘The Book of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem’/ The CW How About “No.” Look, after a week off from the show, I was not ready for Gambi feels. We start out by watching Gambi travel across town for some Japanese fruit. He converses with the nice shop owner in Japanese, and ends up getting his fruit for free because he is that nice of a dude. While rolling home, Gambi notices a couple of young thugs in the SUV next to him and books it when they begin shooting at his tricked out car. Yeah, Gambi rides in a “Nick Fury-esque” mobile (I know this is DC, but my point remains) that is bullet-proof. What it isn’t is explosion proof. Gambi veers off the road, flips his ride and ka-boom! We don’t see a body, but the situation looks pretty hopeless. Even so, Jefferson doesn’t seem to believe that Gambi is gone. After he gets a visit from Detective Henderson, he tells Anissa not to doubt Gambi’s “contingency plans for contingency plans” and walks off with a secret smile. Jefferson also gets all worked up when Lynn tries to give him Gambi’s special pocket watch, eventually getting into a bar fight and then crying his drunk eyes out in Gambi’s shop.

None of the Pierce’s are okay. Jenn and Anissa also take the news of Uncle Gambi’s death badly. Anissa goes straight to hot bartender Grace’s house for a post-mortem booty call and Jenn seems more susceptible than ever to Khalil’s constant texting. The only sane person in the group is Lynn, who low-key begins to plan a ceremony …