I’m guessing had the series continued we wouldn’t have had the sudden hard left turn of JJ is an evil ionosphere life form. China would have stayed gone and had no reason to return. It makes no sense in the context of the events of the episodes she was if she wasn’t really Jen (yes I know all her memories blah blah blah) it’s the same plot hole as the changeling Bashir
Spoilers Black Lightning - Season 4: The Final Season
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Or, the "JJ" plot may have been intended all along (in some form), and the stories regarding McClain's involvement with the series were not so accurate after all. Either way, I was very happy to see her return, as she was as integral a part of the series as the rest of the main cast, and a final episode of this wonderful series would have felt incomplete without her.
Did we ever do a summary of the series? Including what could have been done to keep it going?
No series summary at the moment. On the topic of the series continuing, it should have been moved for an exclusive streaming service run and produce at least one additional season of how Freeland operated with the Pierce daughters taking the lead as the city's superheroes, and how Jefferson & Gambi dealt with retirement. That, and Odell (and his daughter) were going to be the Big Bad of the Painkiller/Khalil series, however, with that pilot never going to series, they could have been background players in Freeland and in the offscreen world Khalil occupied.
Four seasons was never going to be enough.
Black Lightning will appear in the crossover in The Flash
https://deadline.com/2021/08/the-flash-lineup-of-superheroes-villains-revealed-for-5-part-season-8-launch-event-1234821825/
https://deadline.com/2021/08/the-flash-lineup-of-superheroes-villains-revealed-for-5-part-season-8-launch-event-1234821825/
Yep. He and Chyler Leigh are the reasons I'll tune in to this event, after deep-sixing The Flash this past season.
Black Lightning: The Fourth and Final Season is arriving on Blu-ray October 12. 
It’s about time!
I'm rewatching this season on the new Blu-ray release. After hearing rumors of unspecified issues between China Anne McClain and Cress Williams, and having noticed how they kept the two of them separated in the series finale, I've been watching out for it in the early part of the season as well. Remarkably, at no time in this entire season do Williams and McClain share so much as a single scene or shot together. (The one time the characters interact directly, it's staged as Jefferson talking to Jen through her closed bedroom door.) Wonder WTF was going on there?
Wow...i dunno.... i REALLY hope it is personality conflicts rather than something else....
Finished my Blu-ray rewatch of the final season of this great show. I feel like I was a little too critical of the season as it was airing. I often find that I enjoy TV shows more when I rewatch them on home video, without the long breaks between episodes -- not just the weekly ones, but the lengthy hiatuses that have always been present, and even more so here in the plague years.
Also, on rewatch I know what the season was and wasn't, so I am able to put aside whatever expectations I may have had, and instead emphasize and enjoy the positive.
People talk a lot about how Superman & Lois is a major cut above the CW/Arrowverse standard, but Black Lightning was there first. Consistently smart, stylish, dramatic, challenging, inventive, and relevant, it's a show I will always treasure, and will certainly revisit in the future (and I look forward to Jefferson's upcoming return on The Flash).
Also, on rewatch I know what the season was and wasn't, so I am able to put aside whatever expectations I may have had, and instead emphasize and enjoy the positive.
People talk a lot about how Superman & Lois is a major cut above the CW/Arrowverse standard, but Black Lightning was there first. Consistently smart, stylish, dramatic, challenging, inventive, and relevant, it's a show I will always treasure, and will certainly revisit in the future (and I look forward to Jefferson's upcoming return on The Flash).
I miss this series a lot too, but ultimately it is probably good that it only lasted as long as it did. The Flash and Arrow were both really good their first three seasons (about the same number of episodes) as well.
The actress who portrayed Syonide passed away at the age of only 32.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/...angle-of-sadness-black-lightning-1235354577/#
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/...angle-of-sadness-black-lightning-1235354577/#
That is so damned tragic. Only 32 years old.
Damn, never expected to see that. Her unique look and style made Syonide stand out even as a minor character.
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