Jennifer "Jen" Pierce (portrayed by China Anne McClain as a teenager in season 1 to the first four episodes of season 4 and the series finale, Laura Kariuki for the remainder of season 4, Fallyn Brown as a child) is Jefferson Pierce's younger daughter and a metahuman, like her father and sister. Khalil Payne is a main character in Black Lightning. Tobias makes his way to Nurse Michael Allen's house where he has killed his dad and spared his mom. Brandon later held Dr. Jace at his apartment so that she can tell him all about his father. [3] Some years later, when Jefferson began acting as the vigilante Black Lightning, Gambi designed him a protective suit to wear. Last appearance Later that night, Anissa begins to undergo a panic attack that awakens her latent metahuman abilities, which (unbeknownst to her) she inherited from her father, breaking her bathroom sink in half. Computer Hacking/Operation: Gambi possesses impressive computer hacking skills, as he has stated that he can hack into any database, including Freeland Police . It was revealed during Issa's truth-extraction interrogation on Tobias Whale that Proctor worked for Odell who works for the President of the United States. Grace Choi (born May 16, 1991 as Shay Li Wylde) is a woman with a troubled past who grew up in the foster system and was apparently born with a shape-shifting meta-human . Red (portrayed by Matt Roszak) is a man with magnetic abilities who becomes Tobias Whale's latest minion. Jennifer later re-forms in her original body and confronts J.J.; it's revealed that J.J. is actually an entity from the ionosphere who, after seeing Jennifer recharge there so many times and becoming jealous of what humanity had, stole her DNA and identity and left her for dead. Henderson uses a claim of an illegal crime to apprehend Reverend Holt so that he can bring him and Two-Bits into his secret resistance movement. Lives in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Jefferson later arranges for his capture in a plan to fool the A.S.A. Though Tobias later pays him more money while intimidating Destinee to end the Kobra Cartel's gang war with the 100. In season three, Odell had a brain chip placed in Painkiller's head to make him obedient and uses him to kill his own mother with a poisonous touch that the A.S.A. After finding out what Painkiller did to Jesse Gentilucci, Tobias Whale sends Ishmael to take out Painkiller and Looker. [1] Members of Freeland's community complain to Jefferson about the looming threat of the 100 taking young girls, including LaWanda's own daughter and having them forcibly work for them, but Jefferson continues to resist Black Lightning and promises to help find another way. Khalil Payne (portrayed by Jordan Calloway; main: seasons 2-4; recurring: season 1) is a track star at Garfield High and Jennifer's ex-boyfriend. The police later found Lydell's body and Lopez suspected that Lightning was responsible. In the season 2 finale, Tobias unleashes the Masters of Disaster on Freeland while also having the 100 cause riots. Due to this, Gambi contacted Anissa in an emergency. This version ceased to exist when Earth-Prime was formed. Despite his years of experience, he's found the part a challenge- albeit one he . He is the only good guy in a family of villains: a tailor in Metropolis' Suicide Slum. Peter Gabriel has had encounters with Fracesca Gonshaw (1992) and Laurie Anderson. Syonide (portrayed by Charlbi Dean) is Tobias Whale's henchwoman, hit person, and mob enforcer. However, it's possible that Gambi had a hand in Alvin's death on Black . Gambi went to the facility, discovering it to be housing the bodies of metahumans, including one he'd personally helped put there, discovering the base as that of the A.S.A. At the time when Black Lightning and Thunder had briefly abducted Odell, it was revealed that Gambi was previously trained by Odell during Gambi's time with the A.S.A. labeled her as "Chameleon.". When it comes to the raid on the Markovian facility, Thunder had to strike Erica Moran until she had absorbed enough kinetic energy enough to knock down a strong door. She also meets Peter Gambi who she researched about. Uriah (portrayed by McKalin Hand) - A new student at Garfield High that befriends Jennifer in her J.J. alias. Jefferson sent Gambi photos of Lady Eve's burnt corpse, figuring her death to be from some sort of nuclear weapon. approved school. He reluctantly allows Lynn to take over management of the Green Light victims. Twenty years back they were experimenting on the people of Freeland, giving them . After meeting up with Gambi years later, Lauren and the rest of Monovista International start to work on the DEGs. Peter Gambi After exposing the dirty Deputy Chief Zeke Cayman, he is appointed to replace him. After Lydell Green accidentally killed Marcel Payton's son leading to Blackbird declaring a parking lot neutral territory for both sides and the homeless, Lala later killed Lydell which caused Lydell's tattoo to manifest on the back of Lala's right hand. That night, Jefferson returned home, Gambi swinging by with a bottle of wine. He later allies with Tobias following attacks from Thunder. contacts who steps in to help Jennifer control her powers. Anissa always felt the need to help people. Images "Well, I tend bar at the Ruby Red Lipstick Bar, and we do cosplay party on Friday nights.You dress up as any superhero you want. It was later revealed in season two that she was an old friend of Lazarus Prime who taught him some of her tricks. Dot d . Dr. Matthew Blair (portrayed by Brandon Hirsch) is a young scientist who assists Lynn in her work with the metahumans in A.S.A. He would later meet and train Lady Eve. His foster father, Peter Gambi, urges him to return to the streets and use his metahuman abilities to give hope to the inhabitants of Freeland, their city, which is under duress by the 100 Street Gang. Several years before the onset of the series, Lynn divorced and convinced Jefferson to retire as Black Lightning to protect their two daughters as his vigilante work often brought him home battered and wounded; on occasion even bleeding in front of Jennifer. did to it, Jennifer is told that they can't be together. He told her about what was happening at Garfield . After the death of his former student LaWanda White, Jeff decides to return to being Black Lightning, much to Lynn's frustration as this pushes back their relationship, which had finally started to heal. for his involvement with the metahuman underground railroad. When Lynn is brought to Markovia, Jace works to gain Lynn's trust. working under Martin Proctor until he turned against the organization and gave information to Alvin Pierce, resulting in his murder. She serves as the leader of the Masters of Disaster. See Photos. He is the brother of Paul Gambi. After Todd orchestrates Jace's jailbreak in secret, she takes Tobias to where the remaining pod children are held, as he makes plans for them. Anissa and Jennifer try to deal with the aftermath of their jolting experience. Though he mentions that the Markovians are at the borders again, Jefferson states that he'll only fight the Markovians for Freeland and not for the A.S.A. Before dying in Black Lightning's arms, Henderson advises him not to disappoint Freeland. He is later poisoned during an ambush on Blackbird by Painkiller and dies in Black Lightning's arms. He reveals to Lynn the knowledge of what Lynn has done to stabilize the metahuman gene from his double agent Nurse Michael Allen and leaves her a Green Light to help her out. Jefferson then exposed Looker's control on him to Mason. Gambi and T.C. Jefferson is a high school principal, ex-husband to Lynn . Fortunately, Black Lightning resurfaces and rescues them. He later become the founding members of a "league of heroes" alongside Barry and several other heroes. Helga Jace then takes Tobias Whale to where the remaining pod children are. He was able to give the briefcase that he planned to use to lure out Tobias to her. While enabling Jefferson and Lynn to make contact with their children, he uses a brain chip to control Painkiller into poisoning his own mother. Gambi is later ambushed during a drive and is presumed dead after being run off the road with his car exploding. When Lynn has been taken to Markovia by Instant, Gambi is among those who plan to rescue her as Gambi had some business that he did there. (Thanks to Superdave for the info.) Brandon throws the crystallized ash into Dr. Jace's left shoulder and leaves with Jennifer. When Anissa finds one of Grace's pills and she is nowhere to be found, Gambi learns that Grace was an alias used after being rescued from a prostitution ring by ICE. placed in him after she was heard on a resistance transmission stating what Tobias Whale made the A.S.A. Jeune rappeur originaire du Val-De-Marne (94), Gambi est considr pour beaucoup comme tant la rvlation de cette fin d'anne 2019. A brilliant, highly trained former special operative who's just as handy in a firefight as he is in a lab, it's unlikely there would even be a Black Lightning without the support, training and resources that Gambi provides . Once when she was in second grade she got suspended for kicking her teacher because she thought that they had made her friend cry. One notable illegal experiment that Dr. Jace did caused 10 people to lose their feet and one to die. 's facility and later assists in Blackbird's metahuman version of the Underground Railroad. Peter Gambi first appeared in Black Lightning #1 and was created by Tony Isabella and Trevor von Eeden. Peter Gambi. Tonight, that secret was finally fully . The season is produced by Berlanti Productions, Akil Productions, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Entertainment.It is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with the other television series of . While she was not pleased that Tobias got away, Grey is dismissed by Odell. She soon starts to do secret missions for Odell as she is also advised to pick a side when it becomes a three-way struggle between Freeland, the A.S.A., and the Markovians. Anissa and Jennifer both refer to Gambi as 'Uncle Gambi', which the latter seems to enjoy being considered their uncle. Maya's actions earned her the wrath of Painkiller who vows to find her. As an infant, she was found in the dumpster with her umbilical cord wrapped around her. Lynn Stewart showed up at the shop and the two passed blame back and forth: Lynn blaming Gambi for trying to pull Jefferson out of a situation he was content with, while Gambi blamed Lynn for keeping Jefferson from his true calling of being a protector. Wesley Robinson (portrayed by Troy Faruk) - The deputy chief of the Freeland Police Department. After Lightning destroyed the Markovian facility that was just cleared out by Black Lightning and the A.S.A. This version ceased to exist when Earth-Prime was formed. He was attacked by an A.S.A. At the Markovians' base, Mosin was not pleased that Instant didn't let him finish off Odell or Black Lightning. Jennifer deeply cares for Khalil and after they agree to lose their virginity together, she is responsible enough to inform her parents she will be having sex, although Khalil is shot and crippled before this can happen while marching against the 100's gang violence with Jennifer, ending his ambitions of becoming an Olympic star and transcending the limitations usually imposed on teenagers of color (an example he makes is getting a girl pregnant, getting in jail or becoming a junkie). when the Markovians bring their battle to Freeland. Upon arrival, Black Lightning fights a masked Anissa, believing her to be the one attacking a gagged and tied-up Lynn. Once there, Yuri Mosin's double agent Nurse Michael Allen continued to extract the bone marrow from Tobias to further the Markovians' plans to stabilize the metahumans on their side. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. After regaining control of Lala and mentioning the ghosts being a side effect of the reanimation project he was put through, Tobias uses him as a bomb mule in an attempt to kill Martin Proctor. It is later revealed that Jefferson's father was a journalist who was killed by Tobias after he wrote an article about him. Tobias is first shown scolding Latavius, one of his main subordinates, on the apparent return of Black Lightning (whom he believed was deceased after his disappearance years earlier), asking if he believes in the "Resurrection". Peter Gambi is similar to Alfred Pennyworth from the Batman series and Lucius Fox. Jefferson arranged for Major Grey to remove Khalil from their system as part of the conditions for a collaboration to rescue Lynn. Grace Choi to Anissa Pierce. and became their prisoner after removing all metahuman abilities in Freeland via the water supply. Keith Michaels (portrayed by Will Blagrove) - A lawyer and Lynn's ex-boyfriend who Anissa enlists to defend Lynn when she was arrested for violation of civil rights. Paul Gambi last edited by Darkside_of_the_Sun on 01/02/19 05:11PM View full history Origin Presumably born in Central City and brought up alongside his brother Peter . Supergirl. This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 13:39. Sinzell Johnson (portrayed by Mac Wells) A gangster who was exploiting the remnants of the 100 until he is driven away from Lala. Lightning even tried to reason with him. During this time, he noticed that Specialist Travis has a chip in his neck. Following the incident, TC helps Gambi open the briefcase that Lady Eve gave him after she got it from Lala. Gambi has to come clean, letting Jefferson know his real name is Peter Espisito and that he worked for the A.S.A. She hides under the identity of Grace Choi for . Gender Nichelle Payne (portrayed by Yolanda T. Ross) is the mother of Khalil. In season three, Lynn starts working for the A.S.A. FilmMagic. Following the death of Tobias Whale, T.C. Anissa was born on June 28, 1994 to Jefferson and Lynn Pierce. Tobias later visits Michael's house where he killed Michael's father and spared his mother. During the promotion of the new DEGs, Tobias announces that he is starting a campaign to become the new Mayor of Freeland. After getting a device from Marshall Bates and combining it with Val's DNA sample, Tobias starts to negate the Pierce family's metahuman abilities in the device's range. Peter Gambi. When he is working in his shop, he mostly wears suit vests while wearing casual attire outside of work. Henderson had no choice but to agree to the terms. In The . Then Lady Eve met with Lala about who he can ask about Tobias Whale's last known location. The fourth was a woman named Nikki who was part of Lady Eve's . Universe Information Occupation agent from Gotham City investigating the "rogue operation" conducted by Martin Proctor who has connections with Lady Eve and was the one who trained Peter Gambi. Peter later sacrificed his life to save Jefferson Pierce by throwing himself in front of him as someone fired a gun at him. Later on, he contacted Jefferson to inform him that he'd found Lala's location. During the Markovian invasion of Freeland, Grace is mind-controlled by Gravedigger to fight Thunder causing Thunder to use her powers to knock out Grace. Later, Gambi discovered Tobias Whale's photo on camera footage and deleted the images to hide the truth from Jefferson. Before Mosin can finish off Odell, Black Lightning shows up causing Instant to teleport Mosin away. He now possesses the ability to not feel pain due to the ghosts of the people he killed that are now in him. and plans to reclaim the briefcase that was stolen by Tobias Whale. After Instant leaves upon Mosin wiring the money to his account, Jace states that Lynn has found a way to stabilize the meta-gene as they will obtain the information so that they can stabilize the metahumans on the Markovians' side.