Line #10 Recap/BlackLightning2018S3E12MotherlessID


1	Jefferson and Anissa join forces with the ASA to help one of their own. Meanwhile, Lynn is forced to continue battling her demons.
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3	* BadassCrew: One is formed to extract Lynn, [[MythologyGag in reference to the Outsiders]], composed of Jefferson, Anissa, Jennifer, Gambi, Brandon, TC, Grace, Sergeant Grayle and Erica Moran.
4	* TheBusCameBack:
5	** Dr. Jace returns for the first time since the Season 2 finale.
6	** Grace returns after a few episodes of being absent.
7	* TheCorrupter: Painkiller tries to convince Khalil that he needs him and has a VillainousBreakdown when Khalil eventually turns his back on him.
8	* EnemyMine: Jefferson and his friends are forced to join forces with the ASA (more particularly, Major Grey) to free Lynn. Naturally, nobody's happy with it.
9	* EurekaMoment: Jennifer's advancing powers are what's needed to extract Khalil from his own mind.
10	* EvenEvilHasStandards:
11	** Mosin speaks of Odell as "the devil" when he reveals to Lynn that it was none other than him who got her hooked on Green Light.
12	** Dr. Blair is obviously disturbed when Major Grey forces him to implant a kill protocol inside of Erica, in case they can't extract Lynn, meaning Erica will be forced to kill her.
13	* FightsLikeANormal: Grace and Anissa have a little sparring match after the latter tries to stop the former to come to Markovia with her.
14	* InstantlyProvenWrong: When we first see Dr. Jace, she has made a plan to try and befriend Lynn, and is convinced it will work. Cue GilliganCut to Lynn giving Dr. Jace a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
15	* GoingColdTurkey: Lynn tries her best to not take the Green Light pill the Markovians are offering her, but she eventually relents.
16	* IAmAMonster: After realizing what the ASA did to him and made him do, Khalil tells Jennifer that he can't be with her.
17	* IGaveMyWord: Jefferson makes Major Grey promise to give all of his friends and family immunity in exchange for their help.
18	* InternalReveal:
19	** Lynn's kidnapping is revealed to Jefferson and his friends/family, as well as her attempt to free Tobias by Sergeant Grayle.
20	** Jefferson also reveals her addiction to Anissa.
21	** Mosin reveals to Lynn that it was Odell who got her hooked on Green Light.
22	* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: TC enters Khalil's consciousnes through his brain chip. Eventually, Jennifer is able to get the real Khalil out of there after locking up Painkiller.
23	* LightningCanDoAnything: Jennifer's powers are able to drive Painkiller behind a firewall, allowing TC to lock him up and leaving Khalil to take back his body.
24	* TheMole: Nurse Allen is revealed as this for the Markovians.
25	* MythologyGag: Jefferson chides Gambi for letting two “outsiders” into his sanctum. TC and Byron’s comic-book counterparts, Technocrat and Geo-Force, were both members of the Outsiders.
26	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Lynn gives Dr. Jace a beating for everything she has done, which gets broken up by the Markovians.
27	* NoodleIncident: Gambi has been to Markovia in the past, he even speaks the language.
28	* NoSocialSkills:
29	** TC can't convince Khalil on his own to leave his mind prison due to not being good with people.
30	** Evil version with Dr. Jace, who tries ''extremely'' awkwardly to win Lynn's trust.
31	* NotSoAboveItAll: TC does a mocking dance off to Painkiller once he is locked inside the Firewall.
32	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Dr. Jace tries to pull this card on Lynn, who is rather disgusted by the comparison.
33	* SealedEvilInACan: Painkiller is locked up in Khalil's mind, but not destroyed.
34	* ShockCollar: Mosin has put this on both Dr. Jace and Lynn.
35	* {{Troll}}: Lynn gives Dr. Jace her aunt's peanut butter cookie recipe instead of the stabilizing formula.
36	* VillainHasAPoint: After Anissa, Jefferson too eventually concedes that they will be unable to enter Markovia without the help of the ASA.
37	* WhatTheHellHero:
38	** Jennifer is still angry at everybody for keeping Khalil being alive a secret from her.
39	** Anissa gives her father a rebuke over keeping Lynn's addiction a secret and helping the resistance instead of her, though she also assures him that her addiction isn't his fault at all.
40	* YouAreWhatYouHate: Nurse Allen points out that Tobias is black himself when he gets insulted by him.

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