![]() Following Crisis on Infinite Earths, the character's Earth had been merged with the ones for the other heroes, and he was now truly part of the Arrowverse. This wouldn't be the end of Black Lightning in the Arrowverse, however. RELATED: Is The Flash Season 8 Teasing a Jay Garrick Spinoff? Elsewhere, side character Painkiller took to his own path, though a spin-off series was not picked up. Afterward, he retired as Black Lightning to remarry his ex-wife, Lynn, while his daughters, Thunder and Lightning, took over the family hero business. Whale had seemingly depowered Black Lightning and buried him, but Jefferson Pierce drew upon the deepest reserves of his abilities to defeat and kill Whale. The series finale of Black Lightning had one final confrontation between Black Lightning and his arch rival, Tobias Whale, who he swore to defeat. From there, he came to the conclusion that Season 4 would be the end of the series, ending the show not on a cancellation. He decided, as the creative team began revising scripts, what the new ending would be. As the show entered its fourth season, showrunner Salim Akil took all of this into account as he looked to the series' future. Speaking of production, there was the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic had affected all TV shows, namely shows involving big casts or action sequences. RELATED: Superman & Lois: ’s Desperation Could Lead to Disaster Thus, Black Lightning 's series finale disappointingly received around half of a million viewers. While the network is known to keep shows around for a long time, those were shows with much more dedicated and consistent fan bases and viewership, and they likely had much easier and cheaper productions, as well. The series is one of the least viewed Arrowverse shows. The most obvious reason for why Black Lightning came to a close was the show's ratings.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |