Black Lightning (TV Series) Episode: The Book of Ruin: Chapter One

"Chapter One"
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Black Lightning  Season 4: Episode 5
March 8, 2021
Directors	Bille Woodruff
Writers	Adam Giaudrone
Previous Episode	"The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Four" (March 1, 2021)
Next Episode	"The Book of Ruin: Chapter Two" (March 15, 2021)

The Book of Ruin: Chapter One is an episode of season 4 of Black Lightning. It premiered on March 8, 2021.

Appearing in "The Book of Ruin: Chapter One"

Featured Characters:

• Anissa Pierce
• Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning
• Lynn Stewart

Supporting Characters:

• "Jennifer Pierce" (First appearance)
• Grace Choi
• Peter Gambi
• T.C.

Antagonists:

• Kobra Cartel
  • Destiny
  • Lady Eve (Mentioned only)
• Latavious Johnson/Lala
  • The 100
    • Devonte Jones
• Tobias Whale
  • Red

Other Characters:

• Freeland Police Department
  • Chief Ana Lopez
  • Detective Hassan Shakur
• Lydell Jackson (In picture only) (Deceased)
• Val
• Bill Henderson (Mentioned only)
• The Flash (Barry Allen) (Mentioned only)
• Jennifer Pierce (Mentioned only)
• Mayor Billy Black (Mentioned only)
• Nicolò Machiavelli (Mentioned only)
• Sun Tzu (Mentioned only)
• Tori Whale (Deceased) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth (First full appearance)
  • Asia (Cameo)
    • Philippines (Cameo)
    • China (Cameo)
      • Hong Kong (Cameo)
• United States of America
  • Freeland
  • Central City (Mentioned only)
    • S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)

Notes

• Picking Up the Pieces is the subtitle of the episode as it is shown in the title sequence.
• Jennifer Pierce has her body reconstructed but she now has a different body appearance.
  • Behind the scenes, China Anne McClain leaves her role as she is replaced by Lauren Kariuki.

Trivia

• Jefferson's super-fast friend is obviously Barry Allen aka The Flash. The two were shown to become close friends in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three.
  • As the first three episodes of The Flash Season 7 are set in May 2020, is implied that Barry still keeps his Artificial Speed Force connection around March 2021.
  • It was eventually revealed in Mother that Team Flash was able to restore the Speed Force so it could empower all the speedsters again, including Barry.

See Also

• 1 Images from Black Lightning (TV Series) Episode: The Book of Ruin: Chapter One
• Episodes of Black Lightning (TV Series)
• Images from Black Lightning (TV Series)
• Gallery for the Black Lightning (TV Series) series

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

• None.

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