Lynn asks Gambi for a favour. Jefferson calls Gambi on his lies. Gambi makes a suggestion to Lady Eve and Tobias decides he’s had quite enough of waiting for the axe to fall.

Explaining the hero’s secret identity inside six episodes has to be some kind of a record and its absolutely the right thing for the show to do. So much of this episode is based on the simple and honest character drama of Lynn, Anissa and Jefferson trying to work out how to be a family now the cat is out of the bag. The moment Anissa figures out Black Lightning is why her parents split up is heartbreaking. The moment she discovers her investigations have already got someone killed is worse. Anissa is having a rough go of it during her first weeks in the hero game and the show cleverly uses that to emphasise the familial bonds. It also gets some excellent comedy out of the situation, especially Jennifer deducing something is up because her sister and her dad aren’t nagging her.

But weirdly the star of this episode is Gambi. James Remar, basically dressed as The Shadow, is not something I knew I wanted until I saw it but good lord he’s fun this week. The confirmation he and Lady Eve (Jill Scott on great form) know each is fascinating. Gambi’s offhandedly brutal and efficient takedown of Toledo’s men is, if anything, better. Gambi is a very bad man, or used to be and the way the show is using that to show us the truth about the underworld is fascinating. Or to put it another way, I suspect Gambi isn’t worried about Jefferson’s guilt as much as his own.

And then you get the ending. And the other ending. The gunfight in the funeral home is brilliantly put together, especially cut with the fight at the club and the mistake Jefferson makes which is going to haunt the rest of the show. The spectre of tragedy hangs over the show at the best of times but this week, it hangs a little lower.

And the other ending! Resurrection! Magical tattoos! What the hell?! A magnificent left turn final scene for another episode in the strongest show in the Berlantiverse right now.

Verdict: Start at the beginning and dig in, this is phenomenal TV. 9/10

Alasdair Stuart