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'Black Lightning' season 2 episode 2 recap: The CW show moves to new superhero realms with 'Black Jesus Blue'

In season 1, the CW show was successful in keeping Black Lightning’s cause as very personal – he was forced to protect his people and had no intention of being anyone’s hero.

'Black Lightning,’ unlike most other superhero shows, specifically the ones on the CW, has been successful in avoiding the pitfall of having a hero – or a team of heroes – who fight for the sake of fighting, for the sake of being a hero. Most of them focus on fighting the individual villains that torment their city before the appearance of the Big Bad, who usually is specifically looking to exact pain from our hero. 

‘Black Lightning,’ however, seems to be going about it in the other direction. Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) was a reputed man in his community, who tried to suppress his powers for the longest period, focusing, instead of giving his people a leader they know, trust and love.