BLACK LIGHTNING Synopsis Released; Show Will NOT Be Part Of The Arrowverse Or Winter Crossover
We won't see Black Lightning until 2018, but a lengthy synopsis sheds some light on what's to come in the series. However, there's some bad news for those of you hoping for a five-way crossover...
Black Lightning won't hit The CW until next year as part of their midseason offerings, so the following news probably won't come as a surprise. Announcing the network's fall schedule today, network chief Mark Pedowitz confirmed that the character won't play a role in this winter's DC TV crossover taking place in Supergirl, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Arrow. Don't expect to see the hero appear in any form either as he also revealed that Black Lightning will not take place in the Arrowverse.
"We do not aim to do a five-way crossover," he confirmed. "Black Lightning, at this time, is not part of the Arrowverse. It is a separate situation. But there will be a big fourth quarter crossover with all four of the shows that are on in the fall." Well, that's something at least, but definitely still a shame.
Supergirl obviously takes place on a separate Earth to the other DC TV shows but is still technically part of the Arrowverse, so it definitely sounds like Black Lightning will be completely standalone. That's not the end of the world but seems like a missed opportunity seeing as they're all on the same network.
Here's the lengthy new synopsis offering up a few more details about what to expect from the show.
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.
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