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* MagicalSecurityCamera: Tobias somehow has footage of him testing the nullifier bracelet with Red. Complete with all the difference angles and cuts.
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* YouWouldntShootMe: When Lauren confronts Gambi with a gun, he is quick to calm her down, though she is clearly still quite pissed at him for betraying her.
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* YouWouldntShootMe: When Lauren confronts Gambi with a gun, he is quick to calm her down, though she is clearly still quite pissed at him for betraying her.her.
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* GeniusBonus: Tobias' quote about uncertainties and doubts was originally expressed by Sir Francis Bacon, [[ViewersAreGeniuses in case you didn't know]].
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** Khalik discovers that the Looker, from Season 2, is on Tobias's payroll.
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Black Lightning sends Gambi an SOS. Meanwhile, Lynn finds herself in some serious trouble.
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!!Tropes
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Tobias forcibly takes over the Kobra Cartel from Destiny, "offering" her a 10% cut.
* BloodKnight: Painkiller clearly enjoys killing off a bunch of mooks and is disappointed when his opponents don't give him more of a fight.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Though he ultimately fights a losing battle until Gambi turns on his cloaking device for him, Jefferson [[CurbStompCushion still gets a few good hits in]] against Ishmael, even after losing his powers.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: It's revealed that Khalil is claustrophobic, when crawling through a AirVentPassageway.
* CrazyPrepared: Gambi specifically built up a safety device for Jennifer to survive a fall, in case of losing her powers.
* EurekaMoment: Lynn realizes that Tobias used Val to get her research, not to cure her ALS, and Gambi realizes that Tobias has the emitter, as he combined both to depower every Metahuman in Freeland.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Hassan tells Jefferson that essentially the whole city thinks he betrayed them all.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Grace realizes that she might not want her powers back, thinking that she and Anissa could finally lead a normal life, though the latter sharply disagrees with her.
* InternalReveal:
** Jennifer learns about Darius being killed.
** Lauren (off-screen) figures out about Gambi playing her and confronts him about it.
* NoExceptYes: Khalil denies being claustrophobic. He just doesn't like tight spaces.
* NoHonourAmongThieves: Ishmael reveals himself to be in Tobias's pockets when Destiny orders him to help her out. He adds that it's NothingPersonal.
* NotMeThisTime: While Gambi admits to Lauren that he has been stealing Prometheum, he denies taking the emitter (which was taken by Tobias).
* OldFlame: Keith Michaels, an ex-boyfriend of Lynn's and a lawyer, is introduced this episode. He manages to get Lynn out of prison, albeit with an ankle bracelet.
* TheReveal:
** The phony cystic fibrosis treatment is revealed to have been about extracting metagenes from women.
** Khalik discovers that the Looker, from Season 2, is on Tobias's payroll.
** Tobias has been working for the Shadow Board, wanting to join them.
* ShesBack: After giving herself a short jump-start and then flying up into the Ionosphere again, Jennifer is back at full strength at the end of the episode.
* ShipTease: There is clearly a bit of tension left between Lynn and Keith, much to Jefferson's chagrin.
* StabTheScorpion: After shooting him and then forcing Red to take off his bracelet, which allows him to overcome the effects of the power dampening machine, Tobias fires his gun again, this time however at a nearby vase.
* YouWouldntShootMe: When Lauren confronts Gambi with a gun, he is quick to calm her down, though she is clearly still quite pissed at him for betraying her.
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!!Tropes
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Tobias forcibly takes over the Kobra Cartel from Destiny, "offering" her a 10% cut.
* BloodKnight: Painkiller clearly enjoys killing off a bunch of mooks and is disappointed when his opponents don't give him more of a fight.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Though he ultimately fights a losing battle until Gambi turns on his cloaking device for him, Jefferson [[CurbStompCushion still gets a few good hits in]] against Ishmael, even after losing his powers.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: It's revealed that Khalil is claustrophobic, when crawling through a AirVentPassageway.
* CrazyPrepared: Gambi specifically built up a safety device for Jennifer to survive a fall, in case of losing her powers.
* EurekaMoment: Lynn realizes that Tobias used Val to get her research, not to cure her ALS, and Gambi realizes that Tobias has the emitter, as he combined both to depower every Metahuman in Freeland.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Hassan tells Jefferson that essentially the whole city thinks he betrayed them all.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Grace realizes that she might not want her powers back, thinking that she and Anissa could finally lead a normal life, though the latter sharply disagrees with her.
* InternalReveal:
** Jennifer learns about Darius being killed.
** Lauren (off-screen) figures out about Gambi playing her and confronts him about it.
* NoExceptYes: Khalil denies being claustrophobic. He just doesn't like tight spaces.
* NoHonourAmongThieves: Ishmael reveals himself to be in Tobias's pockets when Destiny orders him to help her out. He adds that it's NothingPersonal.
* NotMeThisTime: While Gambi admits to Lauren that he has been stealing Prometheum, he denies taking the emitter (which was taken by Tobias).
* OldFlame: Keith Michaels, an ex-boyfriend of Lynn's and a lawyer, is introduced this episode. He manages to get Lynn out of prison, albeit with an ankle bracelet.
* TheReveal:
** The phony cystic fibrosis treatment is revealed to have been about extracting metagenes from women.
** Khalik discovers that the Looker, from Season 2, is on Tobias's payroll.
** Tobias has been working for the Shadow Board, wanting to join them.
* ShesBack: After giving herself a short jump-start and then flying up into the Ionosphere again, Jennifer is back at full strength at the end of the episode.
* ShipTease: There is clearly a bit of tension left between Lynn and Keith, much to Jefferson's chagrin.
* StabTheScorpion: After shooting him and then forcing Red to take off his bracelet, which allows him to overcome the effects of the power dampening machine, Tobias fires his gun again, this time however at a nearby vase.
* YouWouldntShootMe: When Lauren confronts Gambi with a gun, he is quick to calm her down, though she is clearly still quite pissed at him for betraying her.
