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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Aside from Crisis coming to Black Lightning's Earth which screws with Jennifer's powers there's very little to nothing connected to the event. This episode could have given the perfect chance for Black Lightning to meet the other heroes and vice-versa and help with Jen's powers. Instead it's almost completely contained to the main cast, with Gambi not only figuring out Jen's ties to anti-matter but somehow able to figure about the whole multiverse thing in the span of a couple of hours while it took an actual person from an alternate Earth to clue Team Flash into it.
** This is an unfortunate case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, since ''Black Lightning'' films in Atlanta and the Arrowverse shows film in Vancouver, making any crossover of actors from one to the other prohibitively expensive.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Aside from Crisis coming to Black Lightning's Earth which screws with Jennifer's powers there's very little to nothing connected to the event. This episode could have given the perfect chance for Black Lightning to meet the other heroes and vice-versa and help with Jen's powers. Instead it's almost completely contained to the main cast, with Gambi not only figuring out Jen's ties to anti-matter but somehow able to figure about the whole multiverse thing in the span of a couple of hours while it took an actual person from an alternate Earth to clue Team Flash into it.
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it. This is an unfortunate case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, since ''Black Lightning'' films in Atlanta and the Arrowverse shows film in Vancouver, making any crossover of actors from one to the other prohibitively expensive.
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** This is an unfortunate case of PragmaticAdaptation, since ''Black Lightning'' films in Atlanta and the Arrowverse shows film in Vancouver, making any crossover of actors from one to the other prohibitively expensive.

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** This is an unfortunate case of PragmaticAdaptation, RealLifeWritesThePlot, since ''Black Lightning'' films in Atlanta and the Arrowverse shows film in Vancouver, making any crossover of actors from one to the other prohibitively expensive.
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* ContinuityLockout: If you watch only ''Black Lightning'' and no other DC/CW series, then you're in trouble. The episode does not make a point of explaining what is causing the events, and the resolution will only occur in the episodes of the other Arrowverse series.

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* ContinuityLockout: If you watch only ''Black Lightning'' and no other DC/CW series, then you're in trouble. The episode does not make a point of explaining what is causing the events, and the resolution will only occur in the episodes of the other Arrowverse series. This is an EnforcedTrope in other regions, as countries like the UK and Brazil have the shows on different channels (and different airtimes). The UK, for example, has Black Lightning on Creator/{{Netflix}}, while the rest of the shows are either on [[Creator/Channel4 E4]] (Batwoman) or Sky (everything else).
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season was scheduled to end in March, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode would never have stuck no matter the [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore long-term consequences for the status quo]]. The ''Black Lightning''-verse was either going to be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] or snapped back to its pre-Crisis state, and ultimately, [[spoiler:the former happened]].

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season was scheduled to end in March, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode would never have stuck no matter the [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore long-term consequences for the status quo]]. The ''Black Lightning''-verse was either going to be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] or snapped back to its pre-Crisis state, and ultimately, [[spoiler:the former happened]].
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode would never have stuck no matter the [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore long-term consequences for the status quo]]. The ''Black Lightning''-verse was either going to be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] or snapped back to its pre-Crisis state, and ultimately, [[spoiler:the former happened]].

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed was scheduled to end on March 9, 2020, in March, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode would never have stuck no matter the [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore long-term consequences for the status quo]]. The ''Black Lightning''-verse was either going to be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] or snapped back to its pre-Crisis state, and ultimately, [[spoiler:the former happened]].
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore long-term consequences for the status quo]]. At the absolute most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] as a new Post-Crisis Arrowverse, leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, Pre-Crisis events, current arcs, or cast, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back to its Pre-Crisis state.

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick would never have stuck no matter the [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore long-term consequences for the status quo]]. At the absolute most extreme, the The ''Black Lightning'' universe will Lightning''-verse was either going to be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] as a new Post-Crisis Arrowverse, leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, Pre-Crisis events, current arcs, or cast, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back to its Pre-Crisis state.pre-Crisis state, and ultimately, [[spoiler:the former happened]].
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore long-term consequences for the status quo]]. At the absolute most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with [[spoiler:the also-destroyed]] Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] as a new Post-Crisis Arrowverse, leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, Pre-Crisis events, current arcs, or cast, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back to its Pre-Crisis state.

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore long-term consequences for the status quo]]. At the absolute most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with [[spoiler:the also-destroyed]] Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] as a new Post-Crisis Arrowverse, leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, Pre-Crisis events, current arcs, or cast, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back to its Pre-Crisis state.
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** This is an unfortunate case of PragmaticAdaptation, since Black Lightning films in Atlanta and the Arrowverse shows film in Vancouver, making any crossover of actors from one to the other prohibitively expensive.

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** This is an unfortunate case of PragmaticAdaptation, since Black Lightning ''Black Lightning'' films in Atlanta and the Arrowverse shows film in Vancouver, making any crossover of actors from one to the other prohibitively expensive.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Aside from Crisis coming to Black Lightning's Earth which screws with Jennifer's powers there's very little to nothing connected to the event. This episode could have given the perfect chance for Black Lightning to meet the other heroes and vice-versa and help with Jen's powers. Instead it's almost completely contained to the main cast, with Gambi not only figuring out Jen's ties to anti-matter but somehow able to figure about the whole multiverse thing in the span of a couple of hours while it took an actual person from an alternate Earth to clue Team Flash into it.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Aside from Crisis coming to Black Lightning's Earth which screws with Jennifer's powers there's very little to nothing connected to the event. This episode could have given the perfect chance for Black Lightning to meet the other heroes and vice-versa and help with Jen's powers. Instead it's almost completely contained to the main cast, with Gambi not only figuring out Jen's ties to anti-matter but somehow able to figure about the whole multiverse thing in the span of a couple of hours while it took an actual person from an alternate Earth to clue Team Flash into it.it.
** This is an unfortunate case of PragmaticAdaptation, since Black Lightning films in Atlanta and the Arrowverse shows film in Vancouver, making any crossover of actors from one to the other prohibitively expensive.
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None


* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore long-term consequences for the status quo]]. At the absolute most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with [[spoiler:the also-destroyed]] Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] as a new Post-Crisis Arrowverse, leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, current arcs, or cast, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back.

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore long-term consequences for the status quo]]. At the absolute most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with [[spoiler:the also-destroyed]] Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] as a new Post-Crisis Arrowverse, leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, Pre-Crisis events, current arcs, or cast, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back.back to its Pre-Crisis state.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the long-term consequences for the status quo. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with [[spoiler:the also-destroyed]] Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] as a new Post-Crisis Arrowverse, leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, current arcs, or cast, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back.

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore long-term consequences for the status quo. quo]]. At the absolute most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with [[spoiler:the also-destroyed]] Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]] as a new Post-Crisis Arrowverse, leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, current arcs, or cast, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the long-term consequences for the status quo. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, current arcs, or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back.

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the long-term consequences for the status quo. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with [[spoiler:the also-destroyed]] Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], -38]] as a new Post-Crisis Arrowverse, leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, current arcs, or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse, cast, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Aside from Crisis coming to Black Lightning's Earth which screws with Jennifer's powers there's very little to nothing connected to the event. This episode could have given the perfect chance for Black Lightning to meet the other heroes and vice-versa and help with Jen's powers. Instead its almost completely contained to the main cast with Gambi not only figuring out Jen's ties to anti-matter but somehow able to figure about the whole multiverse thing in the span of a couple of hours while it took an actual person from an alternate Earth to clue Team Flash into it.

to:

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Aside from Crisis coming to Black Lightning's Earth which screws with Jennifer's powers there's very little to nothing connected to the event. This episode could have given the perfect chance for Black Lightning to meet the other heroes and vice-versa and help with Jen's powers. Instead its it's almost completely contained to the main cast cast, with Gambi not only figuring out Jen's ties to anti-matter but somehow able to figure about the whole multiverse thing in the span of a couple of hours while it took an actual person from an alternate Earth to clue Team Flash into it.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Aside from Crisis coming to Black Lightning's Earth which screws with Jennifer's powers there's very little to nothing connected to the event. This epsidoe could have given the perfect chance for Black Lightning to meet the other heroes and vice-versa and help with Jen's powers. Instead its almost completely contained to the main cast with Gambi not only figuring out Jen's ties to anti-matter but somehow able to figure about the whole multiverse thing in the span of a couple of hours while it took an actual person from an alternate Earth to clue Team Flash into it.

to:

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Aside from Crisis coming to Black Lightning's Earth which screws with Jennifer's powers there's very little to nothing connected to the event. This epsidoe episode could have given the perfect chance for Black Lightning to meet the other heroes and vice-versa and help with Jen's powers. Instead its almost completely contained to the main cast with Gambi not only figuring out Jen's ties to anti-matter but somehow able to figure about the whole multiverse thing in the span of a couple of hours while it took an actual person from an alternate Earth to clue Team Flash into it.
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None


* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the long-term consequences for the status quo. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, current arcs, or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back.

to:

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the long-term consequences for the status quo. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting, backstory, current arcs, or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back.back.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Aside from Crisis coming to Black Lightning's Earth which screws with Jennifer's powers there's very little to nothing connected to the event. This epsidoe could have given the perfect chance for Black Lightning to meet the other heroes and vice-versa and help with Jen's powers. Instead its almost completely contained to the main cast with Gambi not only figuring out Jen's ties to anti-matter but somehow able to figure about the whole multiverse thing in the span of a couple of hours while it took an actual person from an alternate Earth to clue Team Flash into it.
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None


* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the long-term consequences for the status quo. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back.

to:

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the long-term consequences for the status quo. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting setting, backstory, current arcs, or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse.Arrowverse, with the most profound effect being Jefferson and Jennifer becoming more easily available for future crossovers. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back.
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None


* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the long-term consequences for the status quo. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse.

to:

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick no matter the long-term consequences for the status quo. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse. At the least extreme, everything will be snapped back.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse.

to:

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick.stick no matter the long-term consequences for the status quo. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the originaluniverse destroyed without sacrificing the setting or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse.

to:

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the originaluniverse original universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick. At the most extreme, the universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse.

to:

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick. At the most extreme, the ''Black Lightning'' universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the universe originaluniverse destroyed without sacrificing the setting or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse.
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* ContinuityLockout: If you watch only ''Black Lightning'' and no other DC/CW series, then you're in trouble. The episode does not make a point of explaining what is causing the events, and the resolution will only occur in the episodes of the other Arrowverse series.

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* ContinuityLockout: If you watch only ''Black Lightning'' and no other DC/CW series, then you're in trouble. The episode does not make a point of explaining what is causing the events, and the resolution will only occur in the episodes of the other Arrowverse series.series.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: ''Black Lightning''[='=]s third season is supposed to end on March 9, 2020, meaning the ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 {{apocalypse|How}} that ends the episode won't stick. At the most extreme, the universe will be merged with Earths-1 and [[Series/Supergirl2015 -38]], leaving the universe destroyed without sacrificing the setting or cast and inducting the series into the post-Crisis Arrowverse.
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* ContinuityLockout: If you watch only ''Black Lightning'' and no other DC/CW series, then you're in trouble. The episode does not make a point of explaining what is causing the events, and the resolution will only occur in the episodes of the other Arrowverse series.

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