Super Charge of a Good Time: Black Lightning Season One Recap

From redemption to family affair, Black Lightning Season One was brilliant and literally electrifying!

In the first season, it's been 10 years since Black Lightning shown up. Jefferson Pierce, a high school principal, sees and deals with madness of the political climate of police brutally and more. But when his daughters get in trouble, Pierce brings out Black Lightning and saves them and soon it gets the community buzzing.

With the buzz, it gets Tobias Whale upset; thought that he had killed him years ago. He has a connection with Pierce as Tobias was the one that killed his father, Alvin. Pierce tries to catch Tobias; and gets caught in another storm with the ASA;  who's been doing experimental testing on kids with a drug green light that apparently would give them meta humans.

But Pierce isn't the only one with super powers; he'll learn that both his daughters Anissa and Jennifer. Anissa has super strength and calls herself Thunder while Jennifer has electric powers which shows orange.


Pierce learns the truth from Gambi, his mentor, father figure friend, that he was the he was part of the ASA. Plus he gave Pierce's father information to spell out the ASA's plans. It didn't go well with him and breaks their friendship for a while.

But after Anissa being the bridge between them and helping to stop the abduction of kids; it started to become a family affair with everyone fighting off the ASA and defeating Agent Proctor. But the war isn't quite over as Tobias has the briefcase that Procter left as it put a smile on his face.

The first season of Black Lightning really blew my mind right from the start. It had that classic 70's-80's series vibe with soul music that really made the show a standout. The cast puts out an amazing performance from Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce aka Black Lightning to China Anne McClain, Christine Adams and not to mention Marvin "Krondon" Jones III as Tobias and Jill Scott as Lady Eve.
The show had a strong development of characters and even at times had me amazed with some of the twist and turns of the storylines and well directed. There were scenes in episodes that had me go wow.

Overall, I give this show a 9/10.

You can catch the season two premiere of Black Lightning tonight at 9/8c on The CW.

Fresh Off The Boat "The Hand that Sits the Cradle" Preview

Here's a preview of Friday's episode of Fresh Off The Boat titled, "The Hand that Sits the Cradle."

"The Hand that Sits the Cradle"

When Jessica offers to help out an exhausted new mother Honey with Zuo Yue Zi- which means "sitting the month" taking care of her. Honey begins to realize that 30 days of having to abide by Jessica's strict rules and dietary regimen could leave her more harried then she already is. Meanwhile, after watching "Pumping Iron," Eddie and Emery attempt to put together a workout toutine in order to buff themselves up. And Louis tries to bond  more with Evan, who is a die-hard "mommy guy."

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You can catch Fresh Off The Boat Fridays at 8/7c on ABC.

Fresh Flashback Friday: Fresh Off the Boat "Fresh Off the RV" Season Premiere

The season premiere of Fresh Off the Boat mainly brought back Flashback Fridays.

After Honey gave birth to a baby girl; Jessica does a book signing at a bookstore. But it turns into a failure as Harry Potter came out the same day. Louis buys an RV from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; thinking that it would be great to go with Jessica on her press tour as a family. Later Jessica tells Louis about the book; she decides to take the RV with the family with Louis.

Nicole is leaving to New York and Eddie isn't quite coming to grips on the news. Thinking that things are going to be find; it's not as he's been going through the moods. Just as Jessica was about to tell the family the news about her book; she decides to use Eddie's excuse to cancel the trip for his broken heart. Eddie tells Nicole how much he'll miss her; as to her as well.

"Fresh Off the RV" was a good and solid episode opener. For the kickoff TIGF, it brought back some of the classic shows from the theme to Full House with the Huangs in the RV to Jaleel White (Family Matters) as the car salesman at Kareem's car lot. What better way to ruin Jessica's book would have to be the Harry Potter novels. I thought that was just hilarious and yet heartbreaking. Both Constance Wu and Hudson Yang put a really good performance. 

Overall, I give this episode a 8.5/10.

You can catch Fresh Off the Boat Fridays at 8/7c on ABC.

Chicago PD "Bad Boys" Preview

Here's a preview of Wednesday's episode of Chicago PD titled, "Bad Boys."

"Bad Boys"

Politics get in the way as the Intelligence team tries to rescue a teenage girl that's kidnapped by a robbery crew. Meanwhile, Voight and Platt try to exonerate Olinsky.

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You can catch Chicago PD Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.

Black Lightning "The Book of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies" Preview

Here's a preview of the season premiere of Black Lightning titled, "The Book of Consequences:Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies."

"The Book of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies"

Jefferson Pierce and his family may have survived Tobias's attack, but they're not out of the woods yet. Concerned for the safety of Garfield's students, the boar considers a motion to shut down the school, forcing Jefferson to go to Napier Frank to sway the vote. Jennifer struggles with her powers and her actions have unforeseen repercussions. Meanwhile, Anissa finds a new way to give back to Freeland. Lastly, Lynn continues her quest much to the dismay of Agent Odell.


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You can catch the season premiere of Black Lightning Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 9/8c on The CW.

Life Changes: This Is Us "A Philadelphia Story"

"A Philadelphia Story" was another powerful, inspirational episode that dives into life's changes. Whether it's from Rebecca dealing with moving to a new home weeks after Jack's death and coming to terms that Kevin and Kate aren't okay . Randall trying to help a community center get some much needed repairs. But also seeing his younger self making the decision to not go to college after Jack's death.

From William (played by Emmy winner Ron Cephas Jones) being an inspiration to a new resident, Chi Chi (played by Yetide Badaki), at his apartment complex and finding another way to breathe new life thanks to her as he did the same for her.

To even Kate, Toby and Rebecca's discussion (if you would call that) about IVF. With Kate and Toby starting their IVF, Rebecca learns and thinks that they haven't thought of other options. Kate explains to her that she wants to have a child that has Toby, her and Jack's face. And not to mention that she's the only one that can have that. That gets Kevin into thinking about it and tells Randall, when he gets to Kevin's movie premiere, about it. After hearing what Kate had said about being the only one that can bring a piece of dad into the world, Randall looked at her with some confusion and concerns.

I enjoyed this episode from beginning to the end. This was a well-performed episode from Ron Cephas Jones to Chrissy Metz and Mandy Moore. But Niles Fitch, playing 17 year old Randall, that stole the episode as  Randall. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch This Is Us Tuesdays at 9/8c on NBC.

Chicago Med "Heavy is The Head" Preview

Here's a preview of this week's new episode of Chicago Med titled, "Heavy is The Head."

"Heavy is The Head" 

When a sick boy is brought in, Ethan is faced with a tough decision that quickly escalates into a complicated and dangerous situation. Connor and Maggie are put to the test, while Natalie and Ethan aren't sure what to make of Elsa, the new third year medical student.

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Oh man, looks like we got ourselves a John Q. moment coming. That pretty much what comes to my mind. When Brian Tee was asked about his favorite episode, he mentions this one as his best one since the show began. I can't wait to see this.

You can catch Chicago Med Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.