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Black Lightning Season 1: What is the 100 Gang?

With the premier of Black Lightning last month, we were also introduced to the 100 gang. We first met Will (Dabier) and his cousin Lala (William Catlett), and that seemed pretty bad. Lala was going to make Jennifer (China Ann McClain) start turning tricks because he thought she was Will's girl and Will owed him money. Then we learn that Lala has a boss, Tobias Whale (Marvin 'Krondon' Jones III), who came across a bit Bond-villain-like in his first appearance, but gained a lot of depth later on. Lala got himself caught and Tobias had to take care of him… personally. Then this past episode we got to meet Lady Eve (Jill Scott), and it was hard to tell who was working for who in that scene.

But a new interview video with some of the cast of Black Lightning explains who the 100 are and how they work. They've been around for a long time, and it's 100 crime bosses coming together under one boss: Tobias Whale. They have their hand in everything, and it seems like they work together in a way, not stepping on each other's turf as kind of a criminal collective. Both Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) and Inspector Henderson (Damon Gupton) are determined to take the gang down, even knowing that some of the cops are on the take. Henderson also has to weed out the corruption caused by the gang.

Black Lightning airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on the CW.

https://youtu.be/SuiruY29omM

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