Black Lightning 2×03 “Master Lowry” introduces three new characters, checks in with current ones and throws a few surprises our way.
The CW’s best superhero show lights up our screens again this coming Tuesday with “Master Lowry,” in which:
Jefferson (Cress Williams) is forced to watch as all his good work is undone before his eyes when his replacement arrives and begins implementing sweeping changes. Meanwhile, Anissa (Nafessa Williams) continues to play Robin Hood by stealing from one of the most powerful crime syndicates in Freeland.
Here are five more teasers to get you excited for the newest Black Lightning episode!
1. Introducing Perenna: Superhero therapist for hire
We meet three new characters in this episode (one of whom I’ll talk about in my next teaser), but Perenna is by far my favorite. First of all, she’s a badass, superpowered Black woman and I’m always down to see that on my screen. Secondly, she’s brought on to help Jenn both control her powers and make sense of her inner emotional turmoil, two things that I’m so incredibly happy to see the show address.
2. Principal Lowry: Yeah, no thanks
Unfortunately, not all the new characters are as awesome as Perenna or intriguing as Dr. Jace, a imprisoned doctor turned assistant to Lynn that we likewise meet in this episode.
That’s because one of the new characters we meet in this episode is Mike Lowry, Jefferson’s replacement as principal at Garfield High. And while I was initially going to try and give this dude some leeway — he is stepping into some huge shoes to fill — he basically proved that he was The Worst about .2 seconds into the episode. We don’t see a lot of him (thank God), but what we do see? Not good at all.
3. Tobias Whale’s to-do list
Were you just as confused as I was as to what Tobias was doing all last episode, or was that just me?
If you answered no, then your predictions will likely be confirmed in this episode. If you answered yes, then your confusion will be cleared up throughout the course of this episode.
4. Keeping up with Anissa
No appearance of Thunder in this episode, but since Anissa has ten different things going on at any given time, that still leaves her with plenty of storyline to go on.
We get to see her continue her reign as Freeland’s personal Robin Hood, this time with a new crusade that she’s working towards (and a new partner). We likewise see more Grace (yay!), who Anissa goes to see after Jenn tells her that she needs “less cotton candy, and more soul food.” Bless you and your real talk, Jenn.
5. Tying up loose threads from the premiere
Ok, so maybe tying up loose ends is a little overambitious of a statement, but I will say it at least addresses them and answers a lot of lingering questions I had at the end of the first two episodes — about Painkiller, Fowdy and Henderson, among others.
Actually, in many ways, this episode feels more like a continuation of the season premiere, like it was meant to follow that one in order since many of the episode beats are similar and the storylines all match up to ones that were presented in the “Rise of the Green Light Babies.”