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Context Recap / BlackLightning2018S2E4TranslucentFreak

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1	Jefferson is finally fed up with Anissa's reckless behavior, leading to a bitter argument between daughter and father.
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3	%%* ActionPrologue
4	* CheatedDeathDiedAnyway: Even if Fowdy somehow survived the initial fall from Tobias' office, her blood loss and internal injuries leading to sepsis mean it's only a matter of time before she dies; the best Gambi can do is make her comfortable until the end.
5	* HesBack: A villainous example - with Tobias exonerated, he gathers up the 100 at the end of the episode and proclaims his return from hiding in the shadows.
6	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Fowdy claims she worked with ASA to serve her country.
7	* IShallTauntYou: Tobias had all the evidence against him destroyed before he let Henderson arrest him just to screw with him and prove himself to be a wronged man.
8	* InternalReveal: Gambi tells Jefferson about Anissa's reckless Robin Hood hobby.
9	** Turns out that Jefferson never told anybody that he saw Tobias murder his dad, on Gambi's advice. Henderson is the first person he told.
10	* LikeFatherLikeSon: Lynn points out that Anissa is not unlike how Black Lightning was when he was first starting out.
11	* NightmareSequence: The episode opens with Jennifer having a nightmare about Khalil killing her family for her going to a school dance with another dude and using her powers to kill him; turns out it's just a training session to control her powers.
12	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Anissa's JustLikeRobinHood act finally comes back to haunt her as the gangsters she stole from aren't just willing to let it go: they threaten to bomb the same community building she wants to save.
13	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Fowdy pulls this on Gambi telling him he's no better than she is. Gambi fully admits this is true, but with one key difference - he's had time and the desire to atone, while she hasn't.
14	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Henderson calls Whale a "[[TitleDrop translucent freak]]".
15	* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Lowry's new [[WellIntentionedExtremist zero tolerance policy]] leads him to ''expel'' a kid for fighting.
16	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Turns out the reason Tobias let himself be caught was so that he could become this. Having had all the evidence against him destroyed, he knew Freeland police would be forced to let him go, thus rehabilitating his reputation and allowing him to re-enter public life.
17	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Lowry's policies are clearly terrible, but also coming from the mistaken belief that it was Jefferson's softness that caused problems.

Context Recap / BlackLightning2018S2E4TranslucentFreak