This was something of a disjointed episode, and disappointingly anticlimactic. For instance, we start the episode on an intriguing note. Some random Freeland resident dresses up in a cape and ends up in a standoff with police. Black Lightning — “The Book of the Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha” — Image BLK215a_0154b.jpg — Pictured: Cress Williams as Black Lightning — Photo: Bob Mahoney/The CW — © 2019 The CW Network, LLC....

Last weeks episodeended with a woman jumping out of a window, and this weeks episode begins with one. His superpower kills the scientist and apparently burns him out too. But then another pod opens, and out comes Wendy. Credit: Annette Brown/The CW Since Gambi was the ASA spotter who originally recruited her, he gives us the low-down. Issa Williams is also quite dangerous in his own way. His mom even said, horrifyingly, that she was happier when she thought he was dead....

Well, this was a heavy one. Khalil challenges him on this directly. Its kind of like a is this your king? Credit: Jace Downs/The CW moment, but more tragic and pathetic than epic and badass. When Khalil asks, Can you make him suffer like me? Jefferson finally says, Yes. Boy, I cant wait to see where this leads. Emotions are running high elsewhere in the hospital. That said, Jennifers powers really are starting to spin out of control....

The Markovian plot continues. Tobias, of course, has his own designs on the pod kids. While all this is going on, Jefferson is dealing with things at Garfield High. Credit: Bob Mahoney/The CW This gives Jefferson an opportunity to testify to the board and convince them to reinstate him as principal. Jefferson thinks so, until hes literally sitting there in front of them. The Board is stunned at this change, and so am I....

I like the way this episode begins because it finally gives Bill Duke something cool to do! These guys are professionals, and even manage to shoot Anissa while trying to shove Lynn into their convoy. Thats when Agent Odell shows up with guns blazing. Credit: Bob Mahoney/The CW He has bigger fish to fry now, anyway. In a one-on-one meeting with Helga Jace, Odell reveals that the soldiers are from Markovia....

Its been a while since weve seen him, but now the Tattooed Man is back in our lives. He immediately makes for Garfield High, where he finds Jefferson Pierce working alone. He finds Jefferson, shoots him in the shoulder (again, no alarms?) Credit: Bob Mahoney/The CW and demands to know what happened to his friend Earl. Eventually, Jefferson and Lala are able to piece things together. The truth, however, is even more unsettling than that....

Well, I predicted one thing correctly: The newwhite principal of Garfield Highis simply awful. When he goes to ask Lowry about it, he finds his replacement on the phone. He wants Black Lightning to find the other one. Credit: Annette Brown/The CW While Black Lightning is busy hunting down this arsonist, his daughters are trying to figure out their lives. Unfortunately, they dont tell her first! Over time, though, Jennifer sees the upside of getting help and starts talking with Perenna for real....

This latestBlack Lightningarchas been the most ironic so far. So Lynn decides to take matters into her own hands and do some investigating of her own. First, Lynn stops by Khalils moms house. Credit: Annette Brown/The CW We learn that Khalil had a brother who was killed while dealing drugs for the One Hundred. With one son dead and the other on the run, she doesnt feel like much of a mother....

Over the phone, Anissa warns him to turn back because he cant handle Lookers forces alone. She even tries to wring some delicious irony out of it by shocking him to death. The real heart of this episode belongs to Jennifer and Khalil, who are deepening their alliance. Credit: Annette Brown/The CW In Tobias eyes, Khalil has more than crossed the line by this point. He calls Jennifer and tells her about his situation, and she tells him shes coming to help....

Man, The Book of Blood: Chapter Two was a strange episode. Im not really sure how else to put it. So Gambis immediate return from ambiguous death is one plot twist that got sped over quickly. Credit: Quantrell Colbert/The CW In pursuit of Anaya, Anissa learns that she hails from the black half of a deeply segregated community. The white half of the towns population all have superpowers. Do you want to know how they got them?...

Then suddenly Khalil walks in and starts messing around with everyone. Its just a training session for Jennifer to attempt to control her powers, and also her feelings. Her feelings for Khalil are anything but settled. Credit: Bob Mahoney/The CW That probably wont end well. Thats not the only thing frustrating Jefferson these days. Not when she can just crash at Gambis! Jeffersons true rage, though, is reserved for our new friendPrincipal Lowry....

But more on that in a bit. At the top of the episode, we learn more about how dangerous Jennifers powers can be. Gambi is the first to arrive on the scene where shes been brought down by her malfunctioning suit. Credit: Eliza Morse/The CW He manages to revive her, but the brief contact with her radiation knocks Gambi out for a bit. There they find Dr. Jace, and Lynn goes berserk....

Here we go again! My favorite new show of 2018 is already back for more. Meanwhile, Lynn is being questioned by the ASA. Credit: Quantrell D. Colbert/The CW In place of Proctor, we now have a different man representing the face of this shadowy government agency. All he cares about is that Lynn is making his life as a nefarious government bureaucrat considerably more difficult. Jeffersons own encounter with law enforcement doesnt go much smoother....