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Black Lightninghas never shied away from politics and social issues.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:Lets start at the beginning.
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Although well stay in our reality, what Im doing this season is books.
So thats where we pick up at.
So you mean youre drawing on the comics structurally?
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Were not suddenly going to have monsters roaming around Freeland, right?Yeah, we wont have monsters.
So that to me is whats interesting about it.
Were going to have fun, I love having fun.
It is an overarching community-based effort to tackle this.
The interesting thing is that not everyone manifests super-strength as a result of taking Green Light.
There are other ways were going to show that the drug has affected people.
But its not going to be a villain-of-the-week sort of thing.
In season 1, you drew on a lot of real-world history.
In addition to crack epidemic, what other real-world events inspired this seasons story?Its interesting.
Were snatching them away for a different reason, but were still snatching kids from their parents.
Weve gotten to a point in some of our thinking, not everyones, where this is okay.
To me, that is ridiculous.
That is so unbelievable to me that it almost seems like you were reading a comic book.
Theyre breaking the law because you crossed a line in the sand and you walked over into our country.
So were talking about laws as though laws are not fallible.
Not too long ago, it was cool to have a white fountain and a black fountain.
Not too long ago, that was the law.
Were going to deal with that.
The same with the absurdity of trying to roll back on gay and lesbian rights.
I react to things that way.
In season 1,Anissa [Nafessa Williams] discovered her powers.
I think thats important to see.
Chantal Thuy tweeted that she was back on set recently.
For Jefferson, season 1 was about him getting back into the superhero game.
If you think about it, theres no more secrets [in the family].
Hes going to feel guilty because he feels like hes the one that put everyone in this position.
Hes taken the innocence of both of his daughters and his wife; Lynn shot somebody in that finale.
Everybodys sort of in the war now.
You never wanted your daughters in the family business, right?
How is Lynn dealing with the aftermath of the finale?
Is she feeling guilty too?Yeah, I would say so, but not as much as Jefferson.
I would say what Im excited about this season is Lynn is going to be a lot more involved.
I want you to be like, Oh s!
and hit me with an email.
Black Lightningreturns Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 9 p.m. on the CW.
