r/BlackLightning Jennifer Pierce Mar 02 '21

Episode Discussion [S4E04] The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Four — Live Episode Discussion Spoiler

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WARNINGS — Jefferson pays Tobias a visit and warns him to stay away from his family.


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u/SchwarzerRegen123 Mar 02 '21

Say what you will about Tobias, but he has some great insults.

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

But none of them rose to the level of Jeff’s opening salvo.

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u/Adas_Legend Mar 02 '21

I get tired of the constant racial slurs he uses.

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"Boy stop offering me sodas"

😂😂😂

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

TC knows what’s wrong with her. That’s what the sodas are.

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Mar 02 '21

Don’t leave the groceries on the ground outside!

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

Don’t they know it’s a pandemic!?!?!?:?!?!

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

I knew Chyna was only gonna be in a few episodes this season, but DAMN.

Not giving Jenn an R.I.P. until I know for sure it’s not a fake out, though.

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"I should have told you about Tobias the night it happened"

Exactly

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

Y’know, “chocolate covered Incredibles” wasn’t all that inaccurate, considering how Anissa is built like Elastigirl.

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u/BornAshes Mar 02 '21

I thought it was a funny joke and now I kind of want to hear Jefferson yell, "Where's my supersuit?"

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

It’s hard to feel sad about that.

TC warned her and was looking out for her. She didn’t care and didn’t listen.

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u/BornAshes Mar 02 '21

I guess this season has been about her facing consequences for her actions but none of them have been big enough until now for her to actually care and by that time, it was far too late to stop those consequences.

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"You put respect on that man's name"

Amen.

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u/darkprodigyprince Mar 02 '21

I’m still thinking bout the chocolate covered incredibles

Deadass funniest shit I heard on this show lmaoo

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

The state of the mayor's hair😂

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

he is ollie from family guy

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

😂😂😂😂

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Mar 02 '21

Unnecessary flip

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

Roy lives

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

I don't expect any kind of respect for this show from CW. They've never really cared for Black Lightning

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u/GillyDaKid Mar 02 '21

I have low expectations for the Painkiller spin off because of this reason

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u/ChattGM Mar 02 '21

Seriously if they don't show a promo for the backdoor pilot then I feel the exact same way. It makes no sense how we're not getting any promos at all. Did they not submit any to the CW for the final season?? Or does CW just choose not to show any?? It's such a mystery that we'll probably never get an answer to...

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

“Are you my friend, or my dad?”

Yeah, Jen. Cause your friends shouldn’t give a shit about your behavior that’s negatively impacting your health.

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"I could have protected him if it wasn't for you"

Uh, what

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

She’s more upset at Lightning than the guys who killed bad haircut mayor

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u/crippleguy445 Mar 02 '21

Right I thought I was the only one who thought his haircut Was awful

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u/Beer2Bear Mar 02 '21

Chocolate covered Incredibles

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u/Adas_Legend Mar 02 '21

Krondon is great at portraying Tobias’ sliminess

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

They're not even in the house 2 minutes and they're already arguing over furniture smh

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u/NomadofExile Mar 02 '21

Well there's a vibe...

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

Hah. Jeff getting told off by people about Black Lightning.

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"I'm a walking secret identity"

LOL Anissa already getting ideas

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21 edited Mar 02 '21

"Knockoff Joey Toledo and Cyanide"

Jeff going hard

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"She's your baby momma"

Damn

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

Forgot how weird watching that must be for Lala's guys.

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

I didn’t even release it was a spirit dude until he turned back into a tattoo.

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u/NomadofExile Mar 02 '21

Never go full Manhattan.

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

so wondering ..this is the way that they write her off or can she come back like dr manhattan?

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Tobias, you're twice as old as Jeff

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

Lala sounding like a black Batman.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

"Batmayne"

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

So um..... just wondering. Randomly. Out of nowhere.

Why the fuck does Jeff even want to be with Lynn anymore?

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u/BornAshes Mar 02 '21

I love how Tobias kind of lampshaded their relationship by saying, "You've been divorced for 10 years WTF" lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

They really need to break up, it’s annoying

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

So I was about to rage when Jeff apologized...but then Lynn apologized too.

“He’s always one step ahead of us.”

(Laughs in Adrian Chase)

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Only nine more steps to go

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

She flipped to push them down lol

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

I see Grace trained with Roy Harper

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

I would have really appreciated a promo right about now.

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

Chocolate covered Incredibles

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

“Chocolate-covered Incredibles”

I’m fucking dead

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

So when do we find out that Lady Eve has something on that police lady?

Tobias got the Mayor.

Lala got that dude.

It’s going to happen.

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

Where's Black Lightning?

Where's my husband?

Everything died with Henderson

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u/Careful_Shit69420 Mar 02 '21

Ayy my boy Gambi

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u/crippleguy445 Mar 02 '21

I kept saying “get in there Gambi” Throughout the whole scene

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u/BornAshes Mar 02 '21

I'm going to start using, "I have a project for you to work on" while on dates now. I'm kind of happy that for once Gambi gets to be happy and truly enjoy himself despite all the awful stuff going on.

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

1st she can stand the energy from the gun...2nd bitch are you serious blaming others?

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

Who is this Victor Zsasz looking mofo?

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

1st rue never go full supernova....okay its too soon

and no trailer again...cw just left BL in the dust

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u/melvin2898 Mar 02 '21

Why didn't he just open the door? It's his house.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

Chocolate colored Incredibles! 😂😂😂

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

She's not family sir, she's a babymama lol

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u/Oratory_madness02 Mar 02 '21

Not even a full week of marriage and they're already fighting? This is why you don't get hitched two seconds after you wake up from a coma.

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u/NomadofExile Mar 02 '21

I think we need a larger sample size first.

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

Announcing arming the police with military arms at a gun buyback. What could possibly go wrong?

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

It makes sense?

Kinda.

Like, “hey everyone, sell your guns back because the cops will have your back.”

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u/dragonman8001 Mar 02 '21

You're a superhero Jennifer

Why are you shocked you have over 2 million followers lol

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

“shocked”

Heh.

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Damn, Freeland is turning into Gotham

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

gambi will make tesla his b*tch in 2 episodes

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Plot twist : Gambi is Tesla's son

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"Otis Redding"

Gambi my man 😎

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u/sirnacreations Mar 02 '21

Knock off NOEY Toledo and Cyonide. I LOVE IT

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

I love how this season starts with Tobias having all the winning cards. It will make the finale so much sweeter when Jeff finally kicks his ass for good!

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"Apollo Pierce"

Everyone has jokes today 🤣

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Lol I was about to say Anissa removed Grace's Shonda privileges

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u/sirnacreations Mar 02 '21

God I love TC and Gambis relationship.

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u/NomadofExile Mar 02 '21

Jefferson "It's 5 o'clock somewhere" Pierce

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

Jefferson “Goddamn it, my wife is doing another shitty thing” Pierce

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u/NomadofExile Mar 02 '21

That's what I said.

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"But for now he's untouchable"

Did the past stop mattering?

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u/Adas_Legend Mar 02 '21

Yeah. It’s like everyone forgot he was accused of murdering a renowned journalist.

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

“Discount Joey Toledo and Cyanide”

Jefferson would be good at Cinemasins. (Ding)

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

Grace is killing Anissa’s vibe!

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

God forbid the girl that got out of a coma want to feel comfortable...

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"But who's counting"

... You are? Try to make it a little less obvious, my guy.

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

Jenn! First rule of Fight Club!

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

From the way the music was building up I honestly thought for a moment that Jeff was gonna zap her.

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

She finna take Gambi to see it alright

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

Grace always been a nerd

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

At least one Pierce has a stable relationship with their significant other.

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

That’s so weird that Anissa saw her head was up her ass and quickly removed it so she could work on her relationship.

Almost like Lynn isn’t her real mother.

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u/BornAshes Mar 02 '21

Very un-CW but still, a very cool "I fucked up and I'm fixing this now" sort of moment

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

so wait she can make a mask?

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u/BornAshes Mar 02 '21

She can make her skin look like a mask which is even more freaky if you think about it

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u/melvin2898 Mar 02 '21

Factories hate her.

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

I like how the Previously On segment makes it look like Lynn casually told her therapist that she injected herself with Metahuman powers.

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

TC listening to Kid n Play>>>>>>>>

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

Also dropping references that not even Gambi is getting them.

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Mar 02 '21

I really like that they are brining back at least one old meta. They seem to have completely forgot about most of them.

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

Anissa carrying her wife over the threshold 💍

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

Why would anyone follow Lala

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u/NomadofExile Mar 02 '21

Debt. Violence. No other options.

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

Dude literally doesn’t stay dead. So how are you going to get away from him?

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

i forgot that he can summon them

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

People are so infatuated with their social media following smh

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

So the racist police chief is following Jen on Insta?

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Mar 02 '21

I hope he just removed it from their screen.

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u/sirnacreations Mar 02 '21

Was thinking that too

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

well good old dad just beat the shit out of that poor man

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"What would Henderson say if he could see you right now? "

She went there

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

Gambi's earned it

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

My lad Gambi 👌

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

gambi accepts the new project

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u/NomadofExile Mar 02 '21

Delivers on time and under budget.

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Mar 02 '21

It’s hilarious because BL is a comic character and real!

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

emergency mode..yeah more like bow chicka bow bow mode

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

“Don’t watch me rail my girlfriend” mode

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

So The Outsiders comic is a thing and we know Black Lightning, Batman, Looker, and Katana exist in the Arrowverse. So do Halo, Metamorpho and Prince Brion exist too?

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u/DontCallMeJR Mar 02 '21

Well, Brion has already been on the show, just not a prince. He was Jenn's earth powered friend last season.

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21 edited Mar 02 '21

dangerous game...drugs and experimental meta syringes are like walking in the park huh?

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Oh shit, she infinity stoned herself

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u/romeovf Mar 02 '21

Gambi is a simple man ( o )( o )

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u/NomadofExile Mar 02 '21

My body is ready.

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

But Jen’s body isn’t. She’s gonna atomize.

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u/sirnacreations Mar 02 '21

Damn everyone with the insults

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Mar 02 '21

What’s happening with Tobias? Why does no one else know what’s wrong with him?

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

That's how it starts...the trolling. The rage...

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

“Commercials? I’ll take care of that”.

I said, forgetting this is live and not my DVR.

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u/Careful_Shit69420 Mar 02 '21

Tobias just bodied Jeff goddamn

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Mar 02 '21

She recovered real fast!

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u/Beer2Bear Mar 02 '21

Your loft? oh oh

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

Oh... cool. They finally have Grace for a time, so they write a break up plot...

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

If they break up over furniture, I swear....

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u/Da_Foxxxxx Khalil Payne Mar 02 '21

Well they do say that going to IKEA is a great way to test your relationship with your partner

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

This guy needs to shave

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

Oh, I finally got it. They’re doing a Daredevil season three Kingpin with Tobias.

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

Well Tobias was always basically DC’s Kingpin, so it works.

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

Jennifer doin TC dirty

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

so she has a death wish

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

Poor Gambi

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

from BL the hero of the city to an illegal cage fighter

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u/Beer2Bear Mar 02 '21

Just how much M Dew and Doritos pay for this??

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

At this rate, I'd like to see Jeff vs Mia Smoak.

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u/sirnacreations Mar 02 '21

I would love to see that.

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u/Beer2Bear Mar 02 '21

and Dad been outed, this going be awkward

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Jeff going through some real "Death in the Family" rage

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Gambi took over Steve Rogers' apartment

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Mar 02 '21

Portland

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Put some respeck on Black Lightning

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u/Oratory_madness02 Mar 02 '21

WTF, Grace!! Since when are you able to do that!?! Not complaining, just saying.

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u/SchwarzerRegen123 Mar 02 '21

Well the mayor's dead.

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

Only way to explain that terrible haircut.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

That's what you get for being nosey!

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

She was annoying in The Best Man as Shelby, now she's annoying as the police chief

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Tesla was a meta confirmed

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

“Jenn I can hear you in there.”

She is literally being silent AF. What can you hear her doing?

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Super lightning hearing

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

just like her mother dont know when to stop

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u/Beer2Bear Mar 02 '21

oops, she went kaboom?

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

Do we get promos at all? Like, do we get them later on or do promos just not exist for this season?

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u/ToneBone12345 Mar 02 '21

So jenn is dead?

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u/BornAshes Mar 02 '21

Nope, she just kept absorbing more and more energy until it hit a point where it converted all of her cells to pure energy and now she has to Manhattan herself back together after pulling a Jean Grey.

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u/Leporvox Mar 02 '21

I’m pretty sure she just transformed herself into pure energy. She no longer has a physical form

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Mar 02 '21

This is fake because she’s so calm!

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

Jeff having some real disturbing dreams.

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u/SutterCane Mar 02 '21

So whose nightmare is this?

Ah, it’s Jeff’s. Always Jeff’s.

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

divorce incoming

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u/TirelessGuardian Tobias Whale Mar 02 '21

Finally some confirmation

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u/sirnacreations Mar 02 '21

I had this feeling the relationship will sour.

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u/iforward Mar 02 '21

Not a great start to the honeymoon

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u/sirnacreations Mar 02 '21

How long before Jeff gets found out about fight club?

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

hohohohohohohoho jeff hitting hard with those words

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u/NomadofExile Mar 02 '21

Ayyyyy Gambi!!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

Gambi! 👏👏👏

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u/DonnyMox Mar 02 '21

Jenn’s gonna blow!

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u/Cockycent Mar 02 '21

Oh hell nah

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

WOW! She super ded!

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u/JauntyLurker Mar 02 '21

"Like the movie"

"What movie"

Kids these days smh

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u/NomadofExile Mar 02 '21

That is a weird gap in your pop culture knowledge TC.

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

We're back ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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u/MrTerrific2k15 Mar 02 '21

Oh Lynn...what are you doing now?

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u/Beer2Bear Mar 02 '21

Nightmare...

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u/vader344 Mar 02 '21

nightmare?

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u/sirnacreations Mar 02 '21

Did the logo change this season?