BLACK LIGHTNING: Check Out The New Promo & Photos For Season 1, Episode 9: "The Book of Little Black Lies"

"The Book of Little Black Lies" - (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) (TV-14, LV) (HDTV)

FAMILY ABOVE ALL - In the aftermath of the latest killing, Black Lightning (Cress Williams) works to clear his name while also hunting down the person responsible for his father's death, and anyone else involved. Tensions remain high between Black Lightning and Gambi (James Remar). The episode was written by Keli Goff and directed by Tawnia McKernan (#409). Original airdate 3/20/2018.

Black Lightning -- "The Book of Little Black Lies" -- Image BLK109a_0046b.jpg -- Pictured: Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce -- Photo: Annette Brown/The CW -- © 2018 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.

Black Lightning -- "The Book of Little Black Lies" -- Image BLK109a_0312b.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Christine Adams as Lynn and Nafessa Williams as Anissa Pierce -- Photo: Annette Brown/The CW -- © 2018 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.

Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. However, after too many nights with his life on the line, and seeing the effects of the damage and loss that his alter ego was inflicting on his family, he left his Super Hero days behind and settled into being a principal and a dad. Choosing to help his city without using his superpowers, he watched his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain) grow into strong young women, even though his marriage to their mother, Lynn (Christine Adams), suffered. Almost a decade later, Pierce’s crime-fighting days are long behind him…or so he thought. But with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, and those he cares about in the crosshairs of the menacing local gang The One Hundred, Black Lightning returns — to save not only his family, but also the soul of his community.