First Black Lightning Clip Teases the Return of the Hero

The CW has released the first clip from their new series Black Lightning which sees Cress Williams’ Jefferson Pierce getting the urge to suit up again. Check out the Black Lightning clip in the player below!

The series premiere of Black Lightning is set to air Tuesday, January 16 at 9 p.m. (following an all-new episode of The Flash). It’s titled “The Resurrection” and is officially described as follows:

“Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Ann McClain), and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe-haven for young people in a neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero in his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning, but he left the Superhero days behind. Almost a decade later, Pierce’s crime-fighting days are long behind him… or so he thought. Christine Adams, James Remar, Damon Gupton and Marvin Jones III also star.”

The episode was written and directed by Salim Akil.

Based on the characters from DC, Black Lightning is from Berlanti Productions and Akil Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti, Salim Akil & Mara Brock Akil, and Sarah Schechter. The Black Lightning character was created by Tony Isabella with Trevor Von Eeden.