Line #26 Recap/BlackLightning2018S3E14Homecoming


1	As the battle continues, old alliances are revisited and new alliances forged.
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3	* AssassinOutclassin: Gambi foils (off-screen) another assassination attempt against him by one of Lady Eve's killer twins and [[EyeScream cuts out his eye]] to send a message to her.
4	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Painkiller is constantly fighting Khalil from within, and at the end of the episode, he manages to break free from the firewall. While Khalil ultimately manages to defeat him, he still hurt Brandon, TC and even Jennifer in the process, which causes Jennifer to sever ties with him and Khalil running away again.
5	* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: While his family is still uncomfortable with it due to the things he did to them, Jefferson has decided that it is better to fight alongside Odell than to give the city to the Markovians.
6	* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Brandon is still perfectly willing to kill Dr. Jace, but he has to relent due to the latter revealing information about his still alive father, who apparently had the same powers as him.
7	* CeilingSmash: How Gravedigger executes Colonel Mosin.
8	* CompositeCharacter: Gravedigger uses the general backstory and cross-shaped scar of Ulysses Hazard (the first Gravedigger); the name and power of Tyson Sykes (the Checkmate operative Gravedigger who gave himself telepathic abilities by injection); and elements of Marvel character Isaiah Bradley (enhanced physical abilities due to an experiment in which most unwillingly subjects died trying to create a Super-Soldier Serum).
9	* TheDogBitesBack: Gravedigger defected to Markovia due to the racism he experienced at the hands of his fellow Americans, as well as the cruel experiments that turned him into a weapon.
10	* {{Expy}}: Gravedigger's backstory is similar to that of Marvel Comics character Isaiah Bradley, who was the only surviving experimental test subject in an attempt to recreate the ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Super-Soldier Serum.
11	** You could also simply interpret him as an EvilCounterpart of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.
12	* FireForgedFriends: TC seems to have made friends with both Khalil and Brandon after their time in Markovia.
13	* {{Flashback}}: There are some detailing Gravedigger's backstory.
14	* ForcedToWatch: Painkiller wants to make Khalil watch him kill Jennifer and all of his friends wants he breaks free, which he almost achieves.
15	* FreudianExcuse: Seeing Gravedigger's backstory makes it hard not to agree he's justified in having a hatred of the United States government.
16	* GoingColdTurkey: Lynn is again going through withdrawal, and this time she resists the urge to take another pill.
17	* HoneyTrap: Lady Eve has Lala's lieutenant Devonte seduced by one of her girls to get information on Lala, finding out that he is in possession of Proctor's briefcase.
18	* {{Hypocrite}}: Jennifer accuses Anissa of this, due to the latter constantly telling her that Khalil is dangerous, or as she calls it a "wild animal", despite Grace literally roaming around Freeland as a leopard.
19	* IGaveMyWord: Odell actually keeps the agreement Jefferson and the ASA had and gives his entire team a clean slate.
20	* InternalReveal:
21	** The rest of the Pierce family learns about Odell manipulating Jennifer into being his ChildSoldier.
22	** Also, Jefferson tells his family about saving the multiverse during the Crisis.
23	** Gambi tells the Pierce's about the secret meta program that the US government has been running for ''decades''.
24	* ItsAllMyFault: Lynn and Jefferson each blame themselves for the state of their respective partner.
25	* KickTheDog:
26	** Dr. Jace doesn't even seem to care that she is speaking with the son of the woman she brutally experimented on, which led to her death.
27	** The Markovians attack the Perdi camp, massacring a good number of refugees and kidnapping Anaya and Thierry.
28	* OlderThanTheyLook: Gravedigger, who was a SuperSoldier back in World War 2.
29	* OlderThanTheyThink: In universe, the Gambi reveals that the US government has had a meta program running since ''World War II''.
30	* TheOner: There is one during the flashbacks showing Gravedigger fighting a group of German soldiers.
31	* TheReveal: Gravedigger, real name Tyson Sykes, was the first documented, American meta. He has been active since World War II, and ever since he defected to Markovia, the US has been trying to recreate the original serum.
32	* TriggerPhrase: Lady Eve, being the one who provided Tobias Whale with the technology for it, puts Lala in his place by saying his shutdown phrase. However, she then offers him to get rid off it and help him kill Tobias.
33	* WildCard: Lady Eve calls off the contract on Gambi's head and even gives him Proctor's briefcase, as she doesn't want her city to fall into the hands of the Markovians.

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