Black Lightning Recap — ‘The Book of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues’

Season 2 / Episode 2, ‘The Book of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues’/ The CW Loose Ends The episode begins with Tobias and Khalil playing chess and Tobias is pissed about his weird white girl sidekick who died last week. Apparently, Khalil should have known better than to let Sionide go in against Kara on her own. Khalil seems to be in too deep, because Tobias is obviously nuts. He goes to visit an older fellow, Marcellus, who turns out to be the dude who helped him kill Alvin Pierce, Jefferson’s dad. Instead of playing a game of chess with Marcellus, Tobias snaps his neck. Not only does Tobias take care of that old loose end, he also gets some confidential information from his police detective informant and then shoots him in the head. We don’t get to see what’s in the envelope quite yet, but no doubt it’s something that will hurt the city of Freeland because that’s what Tobias does. Yeah, get away from him, Khalil. Sister Talk

In an adorable sister scene at the Pierce household, Anissa and Jen sit around and chat about the blessings and curses associated with having powers. I love that the first blessing they speak of revolves around their menstrual cycles. Look dudebros, girls have periods and we talk about them as if they are NORMAL parts of our everyday life because they are. Apparently, neither sister has had cramps since their powers manifested, although Jen worries that they might be infertile. Anissa quickly dispels that fear, reminding Jen that their fa…