 So this episode doesn't pop like the last two, but there is still a ton of interesting tidbits that I can't wait to get into, especially the ending. My name is Brennan Keith-Avery, and this is just my opinion. Hey, what's going on everyone? Thank you so much for tuning in to my spoiler-filled episodic recap of Black Lightning, episode 3. Wanda, the book of the burial, I really do appreciate it, but before we get into the review, the recap help you boy out by clicking that subscribe button, click the bell so you can be notified when I make uploads, and also give me that thumbs up, let's see if we can get this video to 100 likes. And before that, I also just want to remind you that there is a link down in the description box for a Facebook group, and it is the largest Facebook group in the whole planet that does discussions about this group. You'll find that link, click it, join the group, it's a lot of fun. There's a lot of members in the group that are actually in the show, and it's just a fun discussion, so again, that link is down in the description box below. But this episode right here is being directed by Mark Tendarei. He also directed a few episodes of Gotham, and in 2012, he directed The Last House on the left. And what I really do like, I mean, if you've seen my reviews, my recasts for episodes one and two, you can just tell that I really do love the show. I can relate to it a lot, and one of the things I really like about it is, there is no villain of the week. It's not episodic. This is like an ongoing story, and so the next episode picks up exactly where the last one left off. And we know the last one was LaWanda, The Book of Hope. This one is LaWanda, The Book of Burial. The last episode, unfortunately, LaWanda got murdered, cold blood, just three shots in the chest, boom, boom, boom, had the blood splattering everywhere, and that's just one thing that's about the show is that it's somewhat graphic, not anything that'll make you vomit or make your stomach green or anything like that. But it is much more violent than what the show is like in the rest of the CW arrow verse. Not Arrow, but The Flash, Supergirl, or Letters Up Tomorrow, and we don't necessarily know if this is going to cross over yet, or at least I don't if you do comment below, but this is as violent as Arrow, in my opinion, and that is one of the things that I really do like about it. But the last episode, LaWanda, she was murdered, unfortunately, and then this episode picks up right where things left off. And then we get Gentleman that he has over 200 acting critics, I like him a lot, Clifton Powell. He is Reverend Jeremiah and he is giving the burial service for LaWanda, and that is just something that I did not expect because I really do love him in all the films that he's been playing over the past 10, 20 plus years. He is a very nice presence to see on the screen. You know, I always remember him as Pinky from Friday after Nexta came out in 2002. So just kind of seeing him, just trying to console everybody and, you know, keep the town, kind of keep the city in order, you know, in church or whatever. That was a nice surprise. If you knew he was already going to be debuting in the show, you know, that's good for you. I didn't. So when I saw him, I was like, okay, what's up, you know, my brother Clifton Powell, you know, I do enjoy all of your work. And so that was a nice surprise. And one of the first things that I really did like about his character is he was just like, you know, hey, things are just horrible in this city. We've got to do something. I'm going to get this march together. But Inspector Henderson just kind of wasn't feeling that. So early on in the episode, we kind of got to see them to go edit. And Chris Williams, Jefferson Pierce, you know, the principal, he's just trying to come in the middle of our guys, you know, calm down and Henderson kind of just stood up to him like, wait a minute, wait a minute, don't be a hypocrite. You saying this, you saying that. But you up there on your pulpit with like a $25,000 watch and you walking ahead with like a little handkerchief. Don't tell me that I don't know how to do my job and that, you know, we got cooking crops. I'm just one man. I'm just trying to do the best that I can do. And you know, I know that we have this going on and that going on. But you know, I do work hard. I have on my work boots. You know, what kind of boost do you have on? And so that we're just kind of interested in because, you know, at first, I really just wasn't feeling Inspector Henderson that much. But him, you know, kind of stepping to Jeremiah Clifton Powell right here. You know, that is something that I really did like and, you know, kind of made me gain respect for his character a lot more. So, you know, big ups to you, Inspector Henderson. You know, I wasn't expecting that. So then like what I also like is we have a Nessa, you know, the daughter of Black Lightning, you know, Jefferson Pierce. She has been trying. She, you know, the first two, the first episode, she broke the sink. Second episode, she threw the store robber across a few shelves. And this episode, she's feeling herself, you know what I'm saying? And I'm not, I'm not mad at sister girl for that. You know, she going to a junkyard. She didn't want to participate in the family dinner. She stood up her family. That's kind of messed up. But she's going to the junkyard and, you know, she got a camera set up and she's just trying to train or whatever. You know what I'm saying? And I like that because, you know, I'm not going to lie. If I was in her shoes and I was just kind of determined that, you know, kind of finding out and determining if I have powers or not. You know what I'm saying? I would be doing the same thing like, hold on now. You know what I'm saying? I got to meet some powers, you know. So I'm going to go practice. Let's see what I can do. You know what I'm saying? And that's what she was doing. So she went to the junkyard and moving a little washer and dryer around and she, you know, hitting and kicking and hurting herself. And, you know, she can be a little discreet. You know, I mean, you still kind of, you know, out there, you know, where people can find you and record you and stuff like that. But I don't know. Maybe she just doesn't care. But I kind of like how she was like, you know, hey, you know, it's within the breathing, you know, and she was like, you know, she just started, you know, channeling her. She and, you know, she kicked their washer and dryer across and it just went flying across the junkyard. And so I was kind of feeling that. But something that I was not feeling is when she punched that, that stack of garbage or whatever in that big piece of trash start coming down, she could have moved out the way. I don't think you was just 100 percent sure that you were going to be able to take that blow. So she just kind of goes like this and it hits her and it kind of just brushes off her back or whatever. You know what I'm saying? So I really, I was like, OK, you know, I was feeling this whole scene, that little little tidbit right there kind of got on my nerves, but it's not that big of a deal. And I, you know, I'm not going to make too much of a fuss about it. But, you know, I was feeling her there. She's going to the library. She meets the other girl talking about, you know, genetic mutation and that's what she's studying. And, you know, she notices that comment book in her, the girl's pocket and they start, you know, wrapping towards each other and things like that. And I instantly, I was like, wait a minute, you're looking, you're not, you're looking at her a little bit more than you're intrigued in that comment book. You're going to be cheating on your girl. You know what I'm saying? There's some infidelity going on, but, you know, I'll talk about that in just a second. Now, somebody else that I really am feeling is Tobias. I really like him a lot. Martin Crandon, Jones, the third. He is a good villain. You know, we got rid of La La. He's gone Latavius, La La. He's not in the picture anymore. Tobias killed him in the last episode, gave him that chokehold in the jail or whatever with the cookie cops. And so, you know, we see him on the scene coming through with a bag of money. And I'm just like, okay, really, really Tobias, I guess he's the top dog now. He's, you know, he's the head of the food chain or whatever. But we get to see that, you know, no, Lady Eve is above him played by Jill Scott. And Jill Scott looks lovely. She looks beautiful. I love her in that gown she had. She had her two henchmen behind her. And she's just like, my grandmother told me that if you don't write a thank you letter, it's like the event didn't happen at all. And, you know, Tobias, you know, he's really threatening or whatever. He got shooting people with harpoons and stuff like that. You know, so I'm really just kind of thinking that nobody's above him, but it's nice to see that there is somebody above him, Lady Eve, Jill Scott. And I don't think Lady Eve is gonna be getting down in the nitty gritty and fighting and things like that. I don't know if she did that in the comics. I don't know if she's a made up character just for the show right here. If you know, go ahead and let me know in the comment section below. I really appreciate it. Not saying that I know everything. But what I do like that, the one reason that we, what I like about seeing someone over Tobias is if Tobias has any weaknesses, I don't know if he does. I don't know if he does it, but if he does, we're going to be able to see that come out. We're gonna be able to see, you know, that he's just not invincible because we know Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce is not invincible. He's been hurt multiple times and flashbacks in in present day, especially last episode. So, you know, I kind of just like to see that Tobias has somebody over him that, you know, especially it is a woman as well. So, you know, strong powerful woman characters. There's a lot of those in this, in the show so far. And so, you know, if there's any inconsistencies or weaknesses or anything like that, they can exploit Tobias. I am really happy to see that. And, you know, it kind of just gets me more excited about the show. Anissa ends up breaking up with her girlfriend. She's dancing at the club and her girlfriend comes through there, you know. And, you know, I mean, I don't really have any too many feelings about that. I don't care. I'm kind of indifferent. I don't care, but I do care, you know. But Anissa, she was looking good in that spandex with the little cat ears with the wig on. You know, you was looking hot sister, you know what I'm saying? If you ever decide to come back over to the brothers, you know what I'm saying? What's up? You know, I'm just joking. But, you know, you were looking really good in your costume and the cosplay. That's dope. I always love the Batman and, not Batman, but Batman and Alfred type of scenario when, you know, the hero is going back to his lair, his cave, and, you know, his, not his henchman, but, you know, the guy that he helps him make all his gadgets and his kind of, his guru and just the shoulder that he can lean on. And what I'm talking about is black-lighting a Pierce, Jefferson Pierce with Peter Gamby. You know, because we go back and he's working on the suits. And I've said in my past few episodic recaps that I'm not really feeling the suit. I think it's just kind of, you know, just kind of corny looking. But at the same time, I'm getting more warmed up to it or whatever. I don't like, well, I'll talk about that later. Yeah, we'll talk about the suit later. But we see Peter Gamby working on the suit on the gauntlet, so whatever. And so that's just kind of cool because I always like upgrades or whatever, you know, in the suit. You gotta modify your suit. You gotta modify your weapons and your gadgets and all your tech to, you know, after every battle, after every engagement to make sure that you're on top of your game. And, you know, black-lighting in that suit helps him channel the electricity or the lightning. And it's kind of like a, I don't want to say a shotgun but it has a wide gauge on it. So, you know, Peter Gamby, you know, makes the little suit and just kind of, hey, I made it to where you can focus your, not your lasers but your lightning to where, you know, there's not a lot of collateral damage. And so, you know, we got that there and, you know, that was pretty cool. I liked the little simulation that they had there. That was just cool. I liked the tech. I don't know where he's getting all this money from. And I don't know his background and how smart he is. But at the same time, you know, I'm not going to nitpick on it too much. And, you know, I'm really feeling it. But the craziest part of the whole episode, it was just freaking hilarious. When, well, not, well, Jennifer and her boyfriend, what is the name, Khalil, when they're up on the roof outside of her bedroom window and they're talking about sex, I liked the fact that he was able to come clean and just be like, look, you know, I ain't ever done it before. I was trying to impress you, you know what I'm saying? I was trying to get some swag. You know, that's the way to grow. That's the way to go, you know, be honest, the suit, the truth, the suit, the truth will set you free. And, you know, he didn't want to live this line anymore. He was like, look, I'm sorry. He was very apologetic about it. He was sorry. And she forgave him. She's like, you know what, that makes me even like you a little bit more, you know what I'm saying? And I don't want to talk about any details about their sexual encounter if it may come in the future. Not because they're minors, you know, in the show and that just may come across a little creepy. But, you know, I mean, this scene was somewhat realistic to high school love and how things may go down exactly. It's not the same for everybody, but you know what I'm saying, that was a good scene. But the craziest part of the whole episode to me was, when she gonna just go to her parents and be like, hey guys, I'm ready to have sex. You know, just like it's nothing. I just bust out laughing. I'm like, what the hell? Like I would never ever just, I mean, I talked to my parents about sex when I was younger, but I never go to them and be like, okay, I'm ready to have sex now. I mean, is that normal? I don't know. I'm not in everybody else's household as they're growing up, but I mean, men out there, when you were young men around that age, did you just, you know, was you that honest with your parents? Your guardians, women, were you ever that honest with your parents or guardians? I was just like, whoa, what the hell? And it's just funny because Lynn and Jefferson Pierce, they addressed that later in his office, like, whoa, we both just, you know, got blown out of the sky, crash and burn. You know what I'm saying? Like, that just caught us completely off guard because they just didn't know what to say. You know what I'm saying? It's like, wow, like you just gonna lay it on us like that? That you just ready to have sex? Like, it's just no big deal. And she just sitting there like, yeah, I'm ready to eat no vegetables. And I'm just tripping out, you know what I'm saying? And I think Pierce said like two things. I don't remember what he said, but he was like, yeah. And I mean, they have to, at the same time, kind of respect the fact that she's not sneaking around and they did, Lynn did say that or whatever, but it was just so funny that she just said it like it was nothing and just kept eating her vegetables as a smile. She was gonna get some high files from her family. It's like, oh, you go girl, you know what I'm saying? You want some techniques? That would be crazy, disgusting. But yeah, that was just kind of like shocking to me that she just really, she really, you know, we're just putting it out there. It was also very funny when Pierce confronted Khalil in the hallway just like, man, how do you shower? And I was like, man, where are you going with this? And then it's like, how do you draw off? And that made sense to me about, I don't want you getting no athletics feet, you know, where it don't belong with my daughter. You know, that was cool. Now, me on the other hand, I'm not a parent. I don't have a teenage girl, but I can only imagine to where if I was in that situation, I understand there was on campus and he's the principal, so you can't be physical, you know, you go to jail for that. But I'm just thinking like, I would have him like, say, man, you're just gonna smash my daughter. Like, you know, it ain't going down like that. You planning on marrying her or something like, you know, yeah, I mean, I know they young, but you know, even though Pierce kind of did, let them have the fire right there. I just think I would have went a little harder if that I was in that situation, you know, but hey, it is what it is. And so now we got this March coming up. I like that Jeremiah is just, you know, trying to get his 100 people together and go marching the streets and get the city back. And Jill Scott, Lady Eve, is like, nah, we cannot have that, you know what I'm saying? You better put some fear in them. And Tobias is like, look, you know, take this gun. You talking about you want to take Lala's plot spot, move up in the ranks. He's talking to one of his henchmen. You know, here's the gun. Tobias wasn't really necessary for you to stab his hand in the desk. You messing up your desk, bro. I don't know how much money you got. You know what I'm saying? But you got to take care of that wood, that marble or whatever your desk is made of. Talking about bleeding. It's your fault that he bleeding on the desk or whatever. But I like to do it. I was like, you know, he don't want to get his hand prints on it. So he's like, hey, I don't got no gloves. You know what I'm saying? And you know, that's when he stabbed them in the hand. But we coming to the end of the episode, whatever, Washington Street, everybody. I forgot, what was I saying? Freedom, freedom, freedom. I think that was saying freedom. And Black Lightning is up on the mountain, on top of the building. And that's just one thing that I'm just still not a fan of is a suit. You got these big lightning bolt neon lights on your chest, bro. You know, like, what's up with that? People can see you up there. You know what I'm saying? I know you're not trying to hide from the people, but if you're trying to protect, I don't know. I mean, my last episode, somebody was like, cause I complained that, you know, Black Lightning showed himself in the middle of the street before he went to the top of the penthouse. And somebody in the comments, rightfully so was just like, well, B, that's kind of the point. He's trying to let everybody know that he's back. But you know, I'm just thinking, kind of thinking, like, what if somebody was sniping them up there? I don't know. Because he's not necessarily on the cop side just yet. Henderson calling him a vigilante. But I like how he just jumped down, put up the lightning shield or whatever it do was empty in the clip. Th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th. And it wasn't going through. That was badass. I didn't know Black Lightning couldn't do that. And then he turned around and did the little focus attack and zapped the other bad guy. So that was cool. Tobias was mad, came through to me, oh, these happy church-going Negroes. You know what I'm saying? They all want to go to heaven and they don't want to die. They singing and they were singing amazing grace. And you know, that was cool, but I would have liked it if everybody would have ran. Thank you, Black Lightning, that they're shooting. You know what I'm saying? Get away. I don't know how many bad guys are left. And you know, uh, old girl with the death in her eyes, like Lady Eve said, just got something like, hey man, you know, Tobias like, man, shoot that electrical dude or whatever. I forgot, he didn't say electrical MF, but I forgot what he said, but it was kind of funny. I don't know if she was meaning to shoot you or not, but her shot sucks. I don't know if she needs to go back to school or whatever to learn how to become a marksman or something like that, kind of out in the open. But, and I, oh, I can't wait to get to this part because I'm just so confused what's going on. You probably know what I'm suffering and saying, kind of like a WTF moment. But I guess the bullet went through Jeremiah and then hit Khalil and, you know, it went through his body. And I'm like, what? Cause I was like, I didn't hear two gunshots, but I guess it went through or something like that. But it's so sad that he's hurt and they're both going to survive, but Khalil may not make it. And that's very unfortunate, you know. And, but last night, these guys were high in the world. The Gambit deleted the file. What are you doing, Gambit? Are you crooked? Is Tobias in your pocket as well? Like, what's going on? I cannot wait to see, I mean, that's, I guess like a little cliffhanger in a way because I can't wait to see what's going to happen next. But that's crazy, man. That's messed up or whatever. Like you, you, you, you doing some wrong and deleting the file. I mean, if y'all caught them on camera pulling the trigger, I mean, there you go. You got Lala out the way. You got Tobias out the way. But I don't know. I cannot wait to see why, why Gambit deleted it or whatever. I'm, I'm nervous. So, so we got Gambit deleting files, you know, Henderson calling people of Black Light and Vigilante and Jeremiah Khalil or shot. That's how the episode ended. And I really did enjoy it, guys. I'm really, I'm loving this show three for three. All these episodes have been great. And it's just fantastic, guys, you know, but that is just my opinion. You know, what did you think of the show? Did you do, are you liking it so far? Are you hating it? You know, as a turn of you on, as a turn of you off. Do you agree with me or do you disagree with me? Let me know in the comment section below. Let's get this conversation going and keep it flowing. If you liked this video, go ahead and give me the thumbs up. And if you don't, that's fine. Go ahead and subscribe to my channel. Go to my website, check me out there, bookmark it. And also look me up on social media, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. 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