Drama
Black Lightning NETFLIX, FROM TODAY
With the patchy exception of Gotham, the DC comic-book universe has tended to be a little less gloomy than shows depicting the Marvel canon on television: Arrow, Supergirl, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow all share a lightness of touch. Black Lightning is a little different. It focuses on school principal and former superhero Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams), who can control electricity. Once Pierce has been dragged out of retirement to respond to gangland warfare, his adventures prove altogether more engaged both in real-world social issues than those of Arrow et al. GT