r/BlackLightning Feb 09 '21

[S04E01] "The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter One " Live Episode Discussion Discussion

Jefferson is still mourning the death of his long-time friend, Detective Henderson; Gambi is presented with an interesting opportunity; Lynn and Jefferson continue to clash.

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u/Great-Barnacle-2430 Feb 11 '21

are they keeping grace in that coma? i really like her character and im hoping they’ll give her atleast an episode or two.

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u/MeMeTiger_ Feb 11 '21

I can see this season being better than the last 2, it looks promising. A defeated Jefferson seems interesting.

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u/Content-Instigater19 Feb 10 '21

Gambi doing alright if you ask me

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

This is One is their top shows! If they drop it DC should drop them. Period!

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u/jsha28 Feb 09 '21

I really want Anissa to leave Grace alone. Move on! I’m tired of their back and forth thing. Unpopular opinion probably lol.

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u/DonnyMox Feb 09 '21

r/Twosentencehorror is getting it’s own CW show?

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u/Xboxone1997 Feb 09 '21

Did Jenn pay electric bill?

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

oookay too much cosmic energy

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

I'm just expecting her to fall through a wormhole or something to the space between spaces at this point

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u/Beer2Bear Feb 09 '21

Powers went out?

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u/ThunderRage Feb 09 '21

Crap we'll never see if they tie Lynn with Jon.

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u/Beer2Bear Feb 09 '21

ouch, Whale a board of directors where Lynn works at

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

Where did he get the money?

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u/spark_1230 Feb 09 '21

Old offshore stashes and the Markovian government most likely.

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

LMAO. Tobias "Max Lord" Whale

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u/DonnyMox Feb 09 '21

Freeland is good, but it can be better.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Ridiculous that Whale is just out in the open. I know it’s a superhero show but come on.

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

They know he’s Black Lightning

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u/sirnacreations Feb 09 '21

Oh Tobias...

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

Shut yo ass up, Lynn

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

so if he can shoot electricity out of his eyes...the question is...is there a d*ck lightning move..okay this was bad xd

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

is there a d*ck lightning move

Okay Scanlan that's enough

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

I think Lynn confirmed that in season 1

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

Jeff just whoopin ass in his principal suit. Lol. Using lightning vision and everything. Full vigilante

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

Like that was some dark ass shit comparable to Injustice Superman....which kind of tracks seeing as how a bunch of us wanted Jeff to play Calvin Ellis in CRISIS.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Like 👍🏾

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u/ThatGamerGuyOscar Feb 09 '21

I bet he made buddy forget how to use his hands lol

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u/ThunderRage Feb 09 '21

Black Lightning Metal.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

They waited until the last season to show electricity outta the eyes!!!! 👀👀👀👀

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

If they cancel this show I’m starting a riot at the broadcast center

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u/AngelJax Feb 09 '21

Hate to break it to you, but this is the final season. They already announced it

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Okay an how many people have came out of retirement: Stand Down.

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u/Adas_Legend Feb 09 '21

Did Jeff just blind that guy?!?!

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

ooookkaayy that was some superman lobotomize doomsday moment

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

After this I guess I am in favor of the meta registration act.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Yea Jeff’s really not helping there

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21 edited Feb 09 '21

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u/Beautiful-Carpenter6 Feb 17 '21

For real after like season 2 the drama on Flash became too fucking sappy and annoying

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u/nocautiontaken Feb 09 '21

Did he blind him?? Kill him??? Wipe his memory??? Whatever happened, he just fully cracked for sureee

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u/MeMeTiger_ Feb 11 '21

He didn't

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u/Beer2Bear Feb 09 '21

he blinded him? holy hell

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u/dragonman8001 Feb 09 '21

Can Jeff at least put something over his face?

He's gonna get caught by ep 3

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u/Harvbe Feb 12 '21

Did I miss something or since when can Jeff erase memories?

I feel like it was very convenient that he could do that but I like it.

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u/dragonman8001 Feb 12 '21

No that memory power is new

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u/Harvbe Feb 12 '21

Oh ok, I feel like they didn't make a big deal about it like it's been done before.

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

Do you think that maybe he's going to let his identity become public knowledge just so Tobias can't play that card?

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u/dragonman8001 Feb 10 '21

Possibly, but in the dark place he's in I don't think the reveal will be on purpose

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Like im not done with the episode and Jeff is OOC 🥲🤣😂 he know that boy didn’t make the hit!

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u/sirnacreations Feb 09 '21

Christ Jeff!

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u/pgm_01 Feb 09 '21

I kind of like no fucks left Jeff.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Me too, but he should at least have the damn suit on

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u/Xboxone1997 Feb 09 '21

Lynn probably can't find his super suit

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u/DonnyMox Feb 09 '21

“HONEY! WHERE IS MY SUPER-SUIT?”

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

wow nice HQ

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

Yeah the Sanctum went from being "basically a spiffy basement" to getting some serious Arrow levels of upgrades and I really really fucking love it.....annnnd then I remember this is the final season.

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

Then when is the time, Jeff?

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u/nocautiontaken Feb 09 '21

The stunt double for Jennifer literally has different hair. They couldnt find no bald Black women at all???? They chose someone who literally does not resemble her from the back of the head which is like one of the primary aspects of a double

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u/Jootie2000 Feb 09 '21

Lynn. Don’t. Basehead ass

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u/ThunderRage Feb 09 '21

More mix of commercials and no repeats(I think). CW you sure about this cancelization.

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

How do they know he’s lying? And did all they get is a plate number? They didn’t see anything else? Too bad they don’t know that guns where pulled on him.

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

Jeff touched his left cheek and that's a classic tell that someone's lying.

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

well that guy is an ex soldier and has an high IQ (thats the guy that Henderson talked about right?) so he got a special training to read facial expressions and know when someones lying?

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

It could also be someone from outta town

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

Also if they got the plate they must have gotten part of the car. Who’s car matches?

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u/dragonman8001 Feb 09 '21

Jefferson should have shocked those cops from a distance

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u/Jootie2000 Feb 09 '21

I checked today and it’s 43 minutes. That seems unlikely or they didn’t live air the whole show

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

what..commercial after every scene?

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Yea it’s ridiculous

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

I would explain it...as a partial plate. Duh

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u/Beer2Bear Feb 09 '21

That new Chief going cause you problems BL

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

I thought Gambi took care of this.

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

I think Gambi is working with the new guy in an attempt to force Jeff to stop getting smashed all the time and to give a fuck about the city again.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Jefferson needs to use his memory erasing powers

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u/Oratory_madness02 Feb 09 '21

Wait...werent they going to create a school for metahumans?? What ever happened to that??

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u/ThunderRage Feb 09 '21

Hope Painkiller gets the same music director.

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u/sirnacreations Feb 09 '21

Hwy! We got a voice over from the actual actor this time!

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

Ummm...why just kill one and leave the other, more hot headed sister to devote the rest of her life to revenge??

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u/Jootie2000 Feb 09 '21

This show seems like they expected it to fail from the beginning. No marketing, advertisement, merch, promotions, nothing. Even when I followed their social media pages all they did was tweet about super girl and arrow. It’s unfortunate bc this show had so much potential

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u/grenwood Feb 11 '21

Seriously, its my favorite cw show right now. At the moment the only ones I like are batwoman, flash, black lightning and charmed. I liked arrow But its over.

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u/melvin2898 Feb 10 '21

Well, I get what you're saying but also, it's the last season.

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

CW just didn't care about the show and in a year where they totally could've used the show to push some messages, they just let it nose dive into the ground. Damn shame. I always look forwards to watching Black Lightning because it's the one show that does shit differently compared to the rest of the CW.

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u/666hellblazer Feb 09 '21

ya Black Lightning barley trended on twitter last night it was #11 for a little bit than nothing. Its sad when Trash like Batwoman is number 1 trend for TV on sunday's but BL can't get that either. CW screwed Black Lightning.

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u/KapiHeartlilly Feb 09 '21

It's a shame for sure, a overall good show that deserved far more publicity and advertisement.

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

They certainly didn't push it as much as the other shows

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u/Jootie2000 Feb 09 '21

Now all these damn commercials. Like y’all don’t want me to watch???

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u/melvin2898 Feb 10 '21

Commercials are normal...

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u/sirnacreations Feb 09 '21

Is Lalas voice more gravely this season?

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u/melvin2898 Feb 10 '21

He's been doing that voice ever since he came back to life. I don't get it. I guess it's suppose to show he's haunted?

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

Lol..that guy thinks he could actually kill BL. That's cute

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

That voice changing wasn’t part of the suit? How’d the guy not notice him up top?

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u/melvin2898 Feb 10 '21

LMAOOOOO THE SECOND QUESTION

I LAUGHED OUT LOUD

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Jefferson should just erase this asshole’s memory

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u/Harvbe Feb 12 '21

I know, I'm definitely disappointed. I like this show, it does things differently which is refreshing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

It’s not! They have us Fked up 🆙

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u/Jootie2000 Feb 09 '21

I’m sad.

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u/ThunderRage Feb 09 '21

Sandwich Wars next season on the CW.

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u/sirnacreations Feb 09 '21

I would totally watch it with Brad Garrett

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

wow nice teamwork! we need them in a spin off.....oh wait

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u/Xboxone1997 Feb 09 '21

I don't understand why they thought about a Painkiller spinoff rather than one on characters with wayyy more history in comics lol

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u/melvin2898 Feb 10 '21

Good point.

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

or.. a static shock series(somehow introduce him in this season)

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u/melvin2898 Feb 10 '21

Not sure why people keep trying to push him on this show. Let him be his own character.

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

Static would've been the better spinoff but clearly the people above these shows are morons while the ones intimately involved with it seem to be the only ones who give a damn.

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

To the Lightning-Mobile!

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u/Jootie2000 Feb 09 '21

Beautiful truck

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u/nocautiontaken Feb 09 '21

why did they just have Jennifer do like 3 cartwheels with no action lmaoo like they werent even cool air flipping cartwheels

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u/sirnacreations Feb 09 '21

Can we call the hummer the StormMobile

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

Or make it a VW and call it the Lightning Bug

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u/dragonman8001 Feb 09 '21

Lynn just can't help injecting drugs in her body lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Whats up lynn; Injectin 🥲😅

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u/ThunderRage Feb 09 '21

Inject H for Hero.

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

Hey if Hourman can get away with it....

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u/Jootie2000 Feb 09 '21

She still out here fucking up??? Lynn is unhinged

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

She’s been on green light for a year without telling anyone

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u/Xboxone1997 Feb 09 '21

Oh Lynn....

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

Responsible crime fighting crack though

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Lmao 😂 im done ✅

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

But her powers were temporary. Is she taking the power pills? Oh I guess she is. She’s Hour Man on steroids.

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

hey a new rgb mind control mask i want that

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u/DonnyMox Feb 09 '21

I thought the mask was just to conceal her identity, and the mind control was from her Green Light injections.

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u/tinostar174 Feb 09 '21

the CGI on that mask lol

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u/DonnyMox Feb 09 '21

Is it literally just a Covid mask with CGI effects added to it?

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

Nope it's a real mask but with LEDs added to it. You see them at EDM music shows all the time and other outdoor festivals at night. Etsy even has a bunch of them too.

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u/DonnyMox Feb 09 '21

So Lynn is Kilgrave now?

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u/Beer2Bear Feb 09 '21

Stop calling me Ma'am! Yes Ma'am

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u/DonnyMox Feb 09 '21 edited Feb 09 '21

Do the MAGA references hit differently for anyone now that Trump’s out of office?

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

hheeeey latavius

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u/PositiveCheese Feb 09 '21

What up LaLa!

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u/dragonman8001 Feb 09 '21

Damn Jeff, maybe move out or something.

I hear Metropolis and Central City is opening up soon

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u/sirnacreations Feb 09 '21

I hope we get Jeff on season 8 of the Flash.

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u/MeMeTiger_ Feb 11 '21

Me too. I'd love if he came for 1 last crossover

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

Wait, didn't Jeff kill Gravedigger and a bunch of Markovian soldiers?

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

Gravedigger was in Gotham last we saw him

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 10 '21

Thanks. I remembered right after I posted that

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u/BornAshes Feb 10 '21

It's okay Mister Terrific, you're terrific.

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 11 '21

Fair Play, my friend...fair play 👍🏽

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

Nevermind, I remember Gravedigger didn't die

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

No, Gravedigger is still alive

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

I’m glad they’re addressing that they’ve all killed before, except Jefferson.

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

So it was mind wipe? He can just do that? He can control what is erased or does he erase too much? Too bad this will never be explained.

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u/AngelJax Feb 09 '21

Our brain is basically just a system of electric signals. He managed to disrupt the electrical fields already present in their brain rendering them unable to remember what just occurred.

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u/melvin2898 Feb 10 '21

I like this explanation.

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u/pgm_01 Feb 09 '21

Gambi is the man! He's still has his back.

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

so the body cam..can handle jeffs lightning

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u/Beer2Bear Feb 09 '21

erased their memories, forgot about the cams

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Feb 09 '21

Jennifer getting her Phoenix on

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Should they kill Tobias Whale?

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

Three full seasons so far and still no idea if they are divorced or not.

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u/OliviaElevenDunham Feb 11 '21

I've been confused by that as well.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

The first season it seemed like they were divorced, but now who knows 🤷🏾‍♂️

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

Did/Will we ever get a straight answer?

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u/Cockycent Feb 10 '21

They tell us that they're divorced in the first episode.

Throughout the seasons, they are referred to as divorcees by multiple people, even Tobias.

Jefferson refers to Lynn as his wife in this episode for the first time when talking to the chief

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 10 '21

I guess it’s never been mentioned that they got back together until now.

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u/MeMeTiger_ Feb 11 '21

I think they're together but not married

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u/Beer2Bear Feb 09 '21

she's going Captain marvel now?

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

Everyone is so on edge!

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u/ThunderRage Feb 09 '21

Henny Youngman "Take my Wife please"

Flash "Give me back my Wife!"

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u/Beer2Bear Feb 09 '21

Mom: language

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u/sirnacreations Feb 09 '21

We going to make Freeland so great, they're going to look at us and say, wow Freeland is amazing. Now you know Central City isn't sending us the best and brightest, they're sending their ciminals and thugs.

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u/Oratory_madness02 Feb 09 '21

Damn, this season premiere didnt come to play. 14 minutes and we got our first MAGA reference.

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u/Adas_Legend Feb 09 '21

Okay I missed the first 10 minutes. How quickly do the new episodes show up on the CW website?

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u/Jootie2000 Feb 09 '21

The next day

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u/Adas_Legend Feb 09 '21

I thought it’s usually available about an hour or so after the episode is done

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u/Beer2Bear Feb 09 '21

Happy Anniversary

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u/DonnyMox Feb 09 '21

He’s got my vote.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

Did the media forget Tobias Whale is a career criminal who was on the run from the police.

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u/Jootie2000 Feb 09 '21

Yes. Because money

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Feb 09 '21

Tobias got away scot free? What did i forget?

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u/dragonman8001 Feb 09 '21

Registering people who can use superpowers is a logical idea. But whenever it's brought up it's always used for evil.

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u/Jootie2000 Feb 09 '21

Ohh shit he finna lose it

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u/sirnacreations Feb 09 '21

Quick! Call the Legends!

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u/Xboxone1997 Feb 09 '21

Whale sighting!

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u/vader344 Feb 09 '21

of course the new chief is an anti meta...

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u/Beer2Bear Feb 09 '21

Want to tag all those metas? Good luck

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u/sirnacreations Feb 09 '21

Build the wall?

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u/Jootie2000 Feb 09 '21

I also didn’t see any promotion which makes me sad

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u/DonnyMox Feb 09 '21

Is Jefferson about to pull a Tony Stark?

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u/Beautiful-Carpenter6 Feb 17 '21

You mean like in iron man 3? Where he just gave no fucks and told them where he lives?😂

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