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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Tobias gets a big spike through his torso in the fight with Jefferson.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Tobias gets a big spike through his torso in the fight with Jefferson.Jefferson, before being electrocuted to death, with the spike acting as a lightning rod.
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* KilledOffForReal: Tobias finally bites it.it in a final confrontation with Jefferson.
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* WhamShot: A yellow burst of energy takes the form of... Jennifer? Jennifer. The original one?one.
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** Due to the ''Painkiller'' spin-off being cancelled, what Khalil will do now that the kill order is out of him is also not revealed. Nor what Maya Odell's plan was.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite Chief Lopez getting powers, she's barely able to last a second against Jennifer, who's had far more experience in using them, and is an arguably better emotional state than her foe.
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* WhamShot: A yellow burst of energy takes the form of....of... Jennifer? The original one?
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After four seasons, the game-changing, relevant and electrifying series comes to an end.
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* BittersweetEnding: The series comes to a close on a relatively high note. Tobias is finally dead, meaning that all the horrible things he's done have finally brought him down, the entire Pierce family has their powers back, Chief Lopez will undoubtedly be arrested for her actions, Looker's testimony will clear Jefferson and Lynn of their accused crimes, Anissa and Grace get to have a proper wedding reception, the real Jennifer is back, and Jefferson and Lynn are getting remarried, with both he and Gambi formally retiring and handing the reins of crime-fighting over to the rest of the family. However, Khalil is forced to wipe his memories of the Pierce family in order to rid himself and Painkiller of the kill-order against the Pierces, Lala awakens and escapes, Lady Eve and the Shadow Board are still around, Jennifer is now left to deal with the trauma of having her entire life taken over by an imposter, and Gambi still hasn't reconciled fully with his old flame.
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* BittersweetEnding: The series comes to a close on a relatively high note. Tobias is finally dead, meaning that all the horrible things he's done have finally brought him down, the entire Pierce family has their powers back, Chief Lopez will undoubtedly be arrested for her actions, Looker's testimony will clear Jefferson and Lynn of their accused crimes, Anissa and Grace get to have a proper wedding reception, the real Jennifer is back, and Jefferson and Lynn are getting remarried, with both he and Gambi formally retiring and handing the reins of crime-fighting over to the rest of the family. However, Khalil is forced to wipe his memories of the Pierce family in order to rid himself and Painkiller of the kill-order against the Pierces, Lala awakens and escapes, Lady Eve and the Shadow Board are still around, Jennifer is now left to deal with the trauma of having her entire life taken over by an imposter, J.J. has been dispersed despite having demonstrated some human qualities, and Gambi still hasn't reconciled fully with his old flame.
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* ItsAllMyFault: All of Jennifer's family blame themselves for not realizing "JJ" wasn't Jennifer, though Jennifer quickly says that it was her own fault, for flying up into the ionosphere. She still feels a bit weird about nobody but her father realizing what was up, though.
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* ItsAllMyFault: All of Jennifer's family blame themselves for not realizing "JJ" wasn't Jennifer, though Jennifer quickly says that it was her own fault, for flying up into the ionosphere. She still feels a bit weird about nobody but her father realizing what feeling that something was up, off, though.
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** Brandon and his whereabouts weren't mentioned anymore.
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* BookEnds: The events of the series all began when Tobias Whale murdered Alvin Pierce. It ends with Tobias dying courtesy of Alvin's son, Jefferson Pierce, many years later.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In his last public speech as Freedland's mayor, Tobias wears a distinct navy blue suit with a bright red tie and a white undershirt, giving a NewEraSpeech while promising to "Make Freeland Great Again." All of this calls to mind UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump during his Presidency.
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* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without their powers, Anissa and Grace help Gambi take out a bunch of mercs.
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* BittersweetEnding: The series comes to a close on a relatively high note. Tobias is finally dead, meaning that all the horrible things he's done have finally brought him down, the entire Pierce family has their powers back, Chief Lopez will undoubtedly be arrested for her actions, Looker's testimony will clear Jefferson and Lynn of their accused crimes, Anissa and Grace get to have a proper wedding reception, the real Jennifer is back, and Jefferson and Lynn are getting remarried, with both he and Gambi formally retiring and handing the reins of crime-fighting over to the rest of the family. However, Khalil is forced to wipe his memories of the Pierce family in order to rid himself and Painkiller of the kill-order against the Pierces, Lala awakens and escapes, Lady Eve and the Shadow Board are still around, Jennifer is now left to deal with the trauma of having her entire life taken over by an imposter, and Gambi still hasn't reconciled fully with his old flame.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without their powers, Anissa and Grace help Gambi take out a bunch of mercs. Once their powers kick in, [[CurbStompBattle the mercs stand no chance.]]
* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without their powers, Anissa and Grace help Gambi take out a bunch of mercs. Once their powers kick in, [[CurbStompBattle the mercs stand no chance.]]
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* KarmicDeath: After all the shit he pulled throughout the entire show, Tobias finally kicks the bucket when he's impaled on a spike.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite Chief Lopez getting powers, she's barely able to last a second against Jennifer, who's had far more experience in using them, and is an arguably better emotional state than her foe.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Jefferson and Tobias engage in a brutal fight.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Jefferson and Tobias engage in a brutal fight. This time, Jefferson doesn't hold back, and actually gives Tobias good enough of a beatdown that he ends up killing him on a spike when the villain falls out a window. Jefferson tries to save him, but Tobias won't have it.
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** When Jefferson was a teenager, he killed a member of the 100 in self-defense and Gambi helped him hide the body.
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** When Jefferson was a teenager, he killed a member of the 100 in self-defense and Gambi helped him hide the body. It was from this moment that Jefferson took a code to never kill.
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* ItsAllMyFault: All of Jennifer's family blame themselves for not realizing "JJ" wasn't Jennifer, though Jennifer quickly says that it was her own fault, for flying up into the Ionosphere. She still feels a bit weird about nobody but her father realizing what was up, though.
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* ItsAllMyFault: All of Jennifer's family blame themselves for not realizing "JJ" wasn't Jennifer, though Jennifer quickly says that it was her own fault, for flying up into the Ionosphere.ionosphere. She still feels a bit weird about nobody but her father realizing what was up, though.
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: After Jefferson's supposed death, everybody has had enough of Tobias and wants him dead. Indeed, nobody seems to object after his death, [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing quite the contrary]]).
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: After Jefferson's supposed death, everybody has had enough of Tobias and wants him dead. Indeed, nobody seems to object after his death, Tobias's own death; [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing quite the contrary]]).contrary]].
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* SadisticChoice: Khalil is left with the choice to either leave the Kill Order in Painkiller or erase it, alongside [[LaserGuidedAmnesia all of his memories of the Pierce family]]. He eventually chooses the latter.
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* SadisticChoice: Khalil is left with the choice to either leave the Kill Order kill order in Painkiller or erase it, alongside [[LaserGuidedAmnesia all of his memories of the Pierce family]]. He eventually chooses the latter.
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** Due to the Painkiller spin-off also being cancelled, what Khalil's Khalil will do, do now that the Kill Order kill order is out of him, him is also not revealed. Neither Nor what Maya Odell's plan was.
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: After Jefferson's supposed death, everybody has had enough of Tobias and wants him dead. Indeed, nobody seems to object after his death, [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing quite the contrary).
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: After Jefferson's supposed death, everybody has had enough of Tobias and wants him dead. Indeed, nobody seems to object after his death, [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing quite the contrary).contrary]]).
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* RewatchBonus: The reveal she was never the real Jennifer puts all of JJ's previous scenes in the last ten episodes in a new light.
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-->'''JJ''': I killed you.
-->'''Jennifer''': Nah. Just left me to die, stole my name.
-->'''JJ''': I killed you.
-->'''Jennifer''': Nah. Just left me to die, stole my name.
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* ItsAllMyFault: All of Jennifer's family blame themselves for not realizing "JJ" wasn't Jennifer, though Jennifer quickly says that it was her own fault, for flying up into the Ionosphere. She still feels a bit weird about nobody but her father realizing what was up, though.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatodown: Jefferson and Tobias engage in a brutal fight.
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* PassingTheTorch: Jefferson passes the torch to his daughters and Grace, and Gambi passes the torch to TC.
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* SadisticChoice: Khalil is left with the choice to either leave the Kill Order in Painkiller or erase it, alongside all of his memories of the Pierce family. He eventually chooses the latter.
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* SadisticChoice: Khalil is left with the choice to either leave the Kill Order in Painkiller or erase it, alongside [[LaserGuidedAmnesia all of his memories of the Pierce family. family]]. He eventually chooses the latter.latter.
* SpottingTheThread: Jennifer quickly realizes that TC has bad news for her (Khalil having his memories of her erased), but she asks him to spare her whatever news for the day.
* SpottingTheThread: Jennifer quickly realizes that TC has bad news for her (Khalil having his memories of her erased), but she asks him to spare her whatever news for the day.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unfortunately, the series ends with a few open plot threads.
** Gravedigger is still out there, with nobody knowing about it.
** It's not revealed what happened to Lady Eve and the rest of the Shadow Board.
** Lala awakens at the end, with no indication of what's next for him.
** Due to the Painkiller spin-off also being cancelled, what Khalil's will do, now that the Kill Order is out of him, is also not revealed. Neither what Maya Odell's plan was.
** Gravedigger is still out there, with nobody knowing about it.
** It's not revealed what happened to Lady Eve and the rest of the Shadow Board.
** Lala awakens at the end, with no indication of what's next for him.
** Due to the Painkiller spin-off also being cancelled, what Khalil's will do, now that the Kill Order is out of him, is also not revealed. Neither what Maya Odell's plan was.
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* BuriedAlive: Tobias buried Jefferson between episodes.
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* BeamOWar: Chief Lopez and Jennifer engaging in one, with Jennifer quickly walking away victorious.
* BigDamnHeroes: Anissa and Grace come to Gambi's help after getting their powers back when the mercs surround him.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without their powers, Anissa and Grace help Gambi take out a bunch of mercs.
* BuriedAlive: Tobias buried Jefferson between episodes. He eventually burst out again, after getting his powers back and absorbing the Prometheum under Freeland.
* BigDamnHeroes: Anissa and Grace come to Gambi's help after getting their powers back when the mercs surround him.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without their powers, Anissa and Grace help Gambi take out a bunch of mercs.
* BuriedAlive: Tobias buried Jefferson between episodes. He eventually burst out again, after getting his powers back and absorbing the Prometheum under Freeland.
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* EvilAllAlong: "JJ", the nameless energy being who posed as Jennifer.
* {{Flashback}}: To 30 years back, after Gambi helped Jefferson bury a member of the 100 whom Jefferson killed in self-defense and was guilt-ridden about.
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* HeroicSecondWind: After an initial beatdown by JJ, Jennifer eventually pulls herself together and defeats her, seemingly absorbing JJ into herself.
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** After absorbing energy from the Prometheum, Jefferson bursts out of his grave to confront Tobias.
** Due to the fight between Tobias and Jefferson wrecking his cement prison, Lala rises up again at the end, being happy to see Tobias finally dead.
* HoistHeroOverHead: What Tobias does with Jefferson during their fight, trying to throw him out the window onto a giant spike.
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** The original Jennifer returns with a fury, confronting "JJ".
** After absorbing energy from the Prometheum, Jefferson bursts out of his grave to confront Tobias.
** Due to the fight between Tobias and Jefferson wrecking his cement prison, Lala rises up again at the end, being happy to see Tobias finally dead.
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* InternalReveal: Shakur finds out about Chief Lopez having juiced herself up.
* KilledOffForReal: Tobias finally bites it.
* LetsGetDangerous: Shakur convinces Specialist Cabrera to pick up arms and help him confront Chief Lopez.
* NewEraSpeech: Tobias makes one to Freeland, wanting to make it great again.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatodown: Jefferson and Tobias engage in a brutal fight.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Painkiller reacts a bit sour towards Tobias's death, having wanted to finish him off himself.
* PrimalFear: Jefferson waking up BuriedAlive.
* RapidAging: Tobias reverts to his true form of an old man when dying.
* KilledOffForReal: Tobias finally bites it.
* LetsGetDangerous: Shakur convinces Specialist Cabrera to pick up arms and help him confront Chief Lopez.
* NewEraSpeech: Tobias makes one to Freeland, wanting to make it great again.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatodown: Jefferson and Tobias engage in a brutal fight.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Painkiller reacts a bit sour towards Tobias's death, having wanted to finish him off himself.
* PrimalFear: Jefferson waking up BuriedAlive.
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* SadisticChoice: Khalil is left with the choice to either leave the Kill Order in Painkiller or erase it, alongside all of his memories of the Pierce family. He eventually chooses the latter.
* SuicideByCop: Despite everything he did to him, Jefferson still doesn't want to kill Tobias, begging him to stop when he is impaled and barely alive, but Tobias doesn't listen and pulls two guns at Jefferson, forcing the latter to fatally electrocute him.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Jennifer feels sorry for JJ, who always wanted to experience how it was to live among humans and to have a family, but she still points out that that doesn't give her the right to steal her life.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: After Jefferson's supposed death, everybody has had enough of Tobias and wants him dead. Indeed, nobody seems to object after his death, [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing quite the contrary).
* VillainousBreakdown: Chief Lopez's continues, who tries to drain the entire city of energy just to kill Lightning.
* WhamShot: A yellow burst of energy takes the form of....Jennifer? The original one?
* SuicideByCop: Despite everything he did to him, Jefferson still doesn't want to kill Tobias, begging him to stop when he is impaled and barely alive, but Tobias doesn't listen and pulls two guns at Jefferson, forcing the latter to fatally electrocute him.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Jennifer feels sorry for JJ, who always wanted to experience how it was to live among humans and to have a family, but she still points out that that doesn't give her the right to steal her life.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: After Jefferson's supposed death, everybody has had enough of Tobias and wants him dead. Indeed, nobody seems to object after his death, [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing quite the contrary).
* VillainousBreakdown: Chief Lopez's continues, who tries to drain the entire city of energy just to kill Lightning.
* WhamShot: A yellow burst of energy takes the form of....Jennifer? The original one?
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* BackForTheFinale: The original Jennifer is restored in the ionosphere.
* BuriedAlive: Tobias buried Jefferson between episodes.
* DeadPersonConversation: Jefferson gets a pep talk from Alvin.
* GrandFinale: The second ''Arrowverse'' series to end, ''Black Lightning'' closes at four seasons and 58episodes.episodes.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Tobias gets a big spike through his torso in the fight with Jefferson.
* TheReveal:
** When Jefferson was a teenager, he killed a member of the 100 in self-defense and Gambi helped him hide the body.
** JJ is an intangible creature from the ionosphere who tried to kill Jennifer and stole her identity.
* WickedCultured: Tobias [[StealthPun Whale]] quotes ''Literature/MobyDick''.
* BuriedAlive: Tobias buried Jefferson between episodes.
* DeadPersonConversation: Jefferson gets a pep talk from Alvin.
* GrandFinale: The second ''Arrowverse'' series to end, ''Black Lightning'' closes at four seasons and 58
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Tobias gets a big spike through his torso in the fight with Jefferson.
* TheReveal:
** When Jefferson was a teenager, he killed a member of the 100 in self-defense and Gambi helped him hide the body.
** JJ is an intangible creature from the ionosphere who tried to kill Jennifer and stole her identity.
* WickedCultured: Tobias [[StealthPun Whale]] quotes ''Literature/MobyDick''.
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