Black Lightning Recap — Lawanda: The Book of Burial

Season 1 / Episode 3 / CW Writer: Jan Nash Director: Mark Tonderai This week on Black Lightning, we open at Lawanda’s funeral (and I don’t know about y’all but her getting shot last week STILL got me fucked up, whew). Somebody decided to pipe in “Mary, Don’t You Weep” as if that song hasn’t made all of us shed tears since Bone Thugs’ “Crossroads” video dropped in ‘96. Y’all really don’t want us out our feelings, huh? But guess who decided to skip the funeral for a Black woman murdered while trying to save her daughter from sex trafficking? The young revolutionary herself, Anissa. That’s tacky, but okay. Turns out Anissa’s doing her best Set It Off cosplay so she can practice her new superpowers. I guess she saw how well that worked out for Claire Bennet. After busting tf outta her kneecap and foot trying to take a Maytag down a peg, she realizes she’s gotta get tantric with it. She should’ve known you gotta breathe through it to get the best results.

Respecting the Dead Back at what I thought was a funeral, the good Rev. Holt is putting out the call for a protest. Like damn, can’t y’all let the family get to the repast before y’all start recruiting? Inspector Henderson tries to sing his same old tune. “Don’t go against the 100. They’ll kill you. Let the police handle it.” Bruh, you the only one on the Freedland police force who even tries to LOOK like they’re doing work. Y’all ain’t doing shit, and we all know that. Henderson gets called an overseer which I’m not sure how th…