When Black Lightning kicks off, Jefferson Pierce has long abandoned his role as the electricity-infused vigilante offering his own brand of justice in the Freeland community.
So one could easily assume that Cress Williams’ enjoyment in playing a devoted family man is heightened by Jefferson’s Black Lightning persona always hovering just beneath the surface.
But the ass-kicking alter ego is always within Jefferson, who has to toe ethical lines when determining how to handle his daughters getting caught up in a dangerous plot involving the street gang calling themselves The One Hundred.
Outside of his home, Jefferson is keeping the peace as a high school principal, while his domestic duties are focused on the safety and well-being of his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain), as well as his ex-wife Lynn (Christine Adams).