Black Lightning

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Season 1
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
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Critic Reviews

  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jan 4, 2018
    60
    While Lightning may sound like campy blaxploitation, it's no joke. [8-21 Jan 2018, p.13]
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Awards & Rankings

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#30 Best TV Season of 2018
19
#19 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018
33
#33 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 232 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 105 out of 232
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 232
  3. Negative: 91 out of 232
  1. ozymandias79
    Jan 18, 2018
    3
    So all white cops are a**holes. Forget serve and protect if you're a white cop. You can make a "black" superhero show without jamming theSo all white cops are a**holes. Forget serve and protect if you're a white cop. You can make a "black" superhero show without jamming the perils of racism down peoples throats. Watch Luke Cage instead of this garbage. Oh yeah, it's okay to be white.… Full Review »
  2. GarvielLoken
    Jan 17, 2018
    0
    Summary of the first episode:
    90% bashing white people for persecuting blacks, whites this, whitey that, quote from the episode "all black    Summary of the first episode:
    90% bashing white people for persecuting blacks, whites this, whitey that, quote from the episode "all black people are victims", we get a white racist cop brutality scene beating a black guy....
    What else happened in the pilot.... uhhhhh.....
    Oh, yeah.... at the end of the episode the main character has some sparks show on his eyes for a second.

    End credits.
    Watching this was a waste of my time and a waste of internet bandwidth.    … Full Review »
  3. D0v4hk1n
    Jan 17, 2018
    0
    Don't be fooled by the 80/100 "official" score. No official outlet would dare give this less than 50% for obvious reasons.
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