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Black Lightning – Season 2, Episode 8 The Book of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus

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Black Lightning – Season 2, Episode 8

The Book of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus

Aired Dec 4, 2018

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The Pierce family reels in the wake of Jennifer's disappearance; Jefferson, Lynn and Anissa gather to discuss the most effective way to find her; after learning that Jennifer is with Khalil, Lynn asks Detective Henderson to arrest him.

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China Anne McClain

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Nafessa Williams

Anissa Pierce

Christine Adams

Lynn Stewart

James Remar

Peter Gambi

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Christian Holub

Entertainment Weekly

12/12/2018

B

This season has been broken up into several mini-arcs, and the latest one has just kicked off with Khalil and Jennifer on the run.

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Carmen Phillips

Autostraddle

12/07/2018

It's a slippery slope of messaging that Black Lightning shouldn't have engaged in to begin with. But they did, and so here we are.

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Charles E. Henning

Tell-Tale TV

12/07/2018

4/5

Intensity is a key ingredient when it comes to any superhero show, and boy does this episode deliver!

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Kayti Burt

Den of Geek

12/05/2018

3/5

Black Lightning is one of only a few shows on The CW that actually treats its teenaged characters like teenagers. This is why an episode that centers around Khalil and Jennifer running away together is so necessarily chaotic.

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Justin Carreiro

TV Fanatic

12/05/2018

3.7/5

After this hour, I take back what I said about Jennifer growing up and making clear decisions. Nothing about her running away with Khalil was level-headed or reasonable.

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Synopsis

The Pierce family reels in the wake of Jennifer's disappearance; Jefferson, Lynn and Anissa gather to discuss the most effective way to find her; after learning that Jennifer is with Khalil, Lynn asks Detective Henderson to arrest him.

Director: Tawnia McKiernan
Executive Producer: Mara Brock Akil, Salim Akil, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter
Screenwriter: Jake Waller
Network: The CW
Rating: TV-14 (L|V)
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date: Dec 4, 2018

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