Riverdale’s final episode of season 2 felt almost calm compared to the over the top drama and wild events of the season. A lot of season 2 was resolved, for good or for bad, at the end of season 2, but there was plenty left to carry over into season 3. This started as the season of the Black Hood. …

Yes, pun intended. Black Lightning wowed with a first season that gave so much more than I expected. Looking back, there was so much that was so great about this show. The Women Previously I wrote about how fantastic the women of the show are, and it only got better as the season progressed. Anissa’s Thunder is ready to fight …

Veronica: “This is not the time for drama and flying off the handle.” Me: “Ummmm, you know you live in Riverdale, right?” Riverdale is reeling from the news that the Lodges plan to build a for-profit prison, and Veronica is taking the heat (or in this case, milkshake). She finally explodes when Reggie gets in her face, and she jacks …

Family was front and center this week on Black Lightning, which is a good opportunity for me to focus on something I love about this show: family. I’ve written before about how the show is about community, but at the heart of that community, and the show, is Jefferson Pierce’s family. It was the threat to his daughter’s that brought …

Well, we all knew the kiss was going to come out eventually, and it’s very Cheryl to cruelly drop a bombshell with no concern for the fallout, just because she was left out. I love to hate (but low-key love) that girl. She’s got super villain smarts and the conscience to go with them. Fortunately, at first it didn’t seem …

We’re halfway through Season 1 of Black Lightning and the bodies are piling up. It’s not quite a crisis for our hero, but he seems to be headed there quickly. Where We Are Now Jefferson is making poor choices now that he knows Tobias is back. He won’t hold back when it comes to taking down the man who killed …

For a show that is ostensibly about the fight between two men who are supposed to be dead, it’s the ladies that breathe life into Black Lightning. Don’t get me wrong, if this show stuck with the typical superhero vs. villain scenario, it would still be good. But there is a depth to the community in which the show is …

It’s been another crazy week in Riverdale. Where else but in Riverdale would Papa Poutine’s murder not be the biggest news? Alice and Betty Cooper go to dramatic lengths to protect Chic. The mayor and Jughead are getting in the way of the Lodges’ plans. And Hermione?!? Talk about a Boss! What’s really going on in the Cooper household? Alice …

Riverdale amped up the drama this week, which was a relief after last week’s not so thrilling return. Last week laid out the details, but this week brought the good stuff. The Lodges are gearing up for Veronica’s confirmation, which is going to be a real Who’s Who of Riverdale society, and Hiram’s crime family. As Archie gets in deeper …

It was a rough week in Freeland, and Black Lightning’s return is setting the good and the bad of Freeland to work. After the death of Lawanda, Reverend Holt rallies his parishioners to march against the 100, despite the reluctance of Inspector Henderson and Jefferson. When Jefferson can’t convince the Reverend to call off the march, it looks like Black …