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

"Chapter Two"
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Black Lightning  Season 4: Episode 6
March 15, 2021
Directors	Mary Lou Belli
Writers	Jake Waller
Previous Episode	"The Book of Ruin: Chapter One" (March 8, 2021)
Next Episode	"Painkiller" (April 12, 2021)

The Book of Ruin: Chapter Two is an episode of season 4 of Black Lightning. It premiered on March 15, 2021.

Appearing in "The Book of Ruin: Chapter Two"

Featured Characters:

• Anissa Pierce
• Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning
• Jennifer "JJ" Pierce/Lightning
• Lynn Stewart

Supporting Characters:

• Detective Hassan Shakur
• Grace Choi/Wylde
• Peter Gambi
• T.C.

Antagonists:

• Ishmael (First appearance)
• Kobra Cartel
  • Destiny
• Latavious Johnson/Lala
  • The 100
• Tobias Whale
  • Val

Other Characters:

• Freeland Police Department
  • Chief Ana Lopez (Mentioned only)
• Lauren Caruso
• League of Assassins (Mentioned only)
• Lydell Jackson (Mentioned only)
• Mayor Billy Black (Mentioned only)
• Mr. Bates (Mentioned only)
• Superman (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse (Mentioned only)
  • Earth-1 (Mentioned only)
  • Earth-Prime
    • United States of America
      • Freeland
  • Future Earth-Prime
  • Nexus (Mentioned only)

Notes

• Theseus' Ship is the subtitle of the episode as it is shown in the title sequence.
• The League of Assassins is confirmed to still exist on Earth-Prime around March 2021.
  • Ishmael is killing metahumans to join the organization.

Trivia

• Jefferson Pierce mentions his journeys to alternate universes and his fight alongside Superman. These events respectively happened in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three and Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five.
• It is shown an Earth-Prime possible future where the killing of the young woman at the hands of Freeland Police Department caused extreme riots in the United States of America.
  • These events are averted by Black Lightning who stops the police from murdering the girl.
• Ishmael's desire to join the League of Assassins is a reference to his comic counterpart being a member of the League.
  • Destiny hires him to kill Black Lightning and his meta allies that is also a reference to Ishmael being an enemy of the Outsiders in the comics.

See Also

• Images from Black Lightning (TV Series) Episode: The Book of Ruin: Chapter Two
• 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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