One of our favourite episodes of the season so far we discuss it all in our Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 9 Review as we talk about our top five points of "For Pete's Sake" the ninth episode of season 2 of the Marvel Netflix show Luke Cage in our Spoiler filled podcast. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to our podcast.

Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 9 Review Podcast "For Pete's Sake" Spoiler filled Synopsis

Directed by Clark Johnson

Written by Matt Owens and Ian Stokes

Misty Knight (Simone Missick), Luke Cage (Mike Colter), Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard), Tilda (Gabrielle Dennis) and James Lucas (Reg E. Cathey) lose their tail and with the (off screen) help of Danny Rand hunker down in a Rand Enterprises research facility. However, tensions rise as Luke and Misty butt heads over how to handle Mariah and ultimately Misty agrees to offer Black Mariah immunity in exchange for evidence against Bushmaster (Mustafa Shakir). Meanwhile, long-buried family secrets come to light as Luke tells Tilda that her mom murdered their cousin Cornell Stokes. As Tilda confronts Mariah demanding the truth, she gets the whole truth. Mariah admits to his murder but also explains a devastating truth behind the murder, Tilda’s birth, their Uncle Pete and ultimately why Mariah doesn't love her daughter. In contrast Luke begins to reconcile with his father just as Bushmaster turns up at the Rand Facility following a tip-off from Detective Nandi (Antonique Smith). Luke manages to defeat Bushmaster and he is captured by the police. However, in the confusion Mariah escapes and reunites with Shades (Theo Rossi), who has captured Bushmaster's uncle Paul "Anansi" MacIntosh (Sahr Ngaujah). As the two plot their vengeance, Bushmaster also makes an explosive escape from Police custody to Mother’s Touch where at gunpoint Tilda is forced to heal him.

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Harlem is getting more dangerous as Bushmaster puts a price on everyone's head in our Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 8 Review as we discuss our top five points about "If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right" the eight episode of season 2 of the Marvel Netflix show Luke Cage in our Spoiler filled podcast. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to our podcast.

Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 8 Review Podcast "If It Ain't Rough It Ain't Right" Spoiler filled Synopsis

Directed by Neema Barnette

Written by Nathan Louis Jackson

In their own ways Shades (Theo Rossi), Mariah Stokes/Dillard (Alfre Woodard), Tilda (Gabrielle Dennis), Misty Knight (Simone Missick) and Luke Cage (Mike Colter) begin to process the events of the previous night in Harlem. With Misty now at the helm - due to a bureaucratic oversight - she leads the investigation to uncover the truth behind the murder of Ridenhour and Comanche and the attempt on the lives of Mariah and Tilda. However, her questioning of Shades (Theo Rossi) and the search warrant for Harlem’s Paradise both lead to dead ends despite her suspicions. Elsewhere, as Bushmaster (Mustafa Shakir) learns that Luke saved Mariah Stokes he becomes incensed and sends his men after them and their loved ones, and at the same time plans to increase his strength with more nightshade. As Mariah and Tilda go on the run from Bushmaster’s men they are shot at outside the police precinct and then again at Mother Touch. At the same time Bushmasters men go after Luke’s father James Lucas (Reg E. Cathey), but he arrives to protect him just in time. With the net closing in on Mariah, Tilda and James, Luke turns to Danny Rand for help!

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We'll be back on Tuesday the 17th of July with our review of Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 9 “For Pete's Sake” and then on Fridays and Tuesdays each week until the end of Luke Cage Season 2.

What starts in water ends in fire in our Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 7 Review as we discuss our top five points about "On and On" the seventh episode of season 2 of the Marvel Netflix show Luke Cage in our Spoiler filled podcast. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to our podcast.

Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 7 Review Podcast "On and On" Spoiler filled Synopsis

Directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green

Written by Nicole Mirante-Matthews

A bruised Luke Cage (Mike Colter) manages to escape his watery end, but still reeling from the showdown on the bridge with Bushmaster (Mustafa Shakir), finds that Piranha (Chaz Lamar Shepherd) has gone missing from his father’s church. Luke teams up with Misty Knight (Simone Missick) to look for him, only to find a gruesome scene with Piranha decapitated and his head left in a piranha infested fish tank. He had been captured by Bushmaster who used him to strip Mariah Stokes/Dillard (Alfre Woodard) of all her money and assets. Elsewhere the hunt for the snitch heats up after Mariah realises that Captain Ridenhour (Peter Jay Fernandez) has an informant. As Comanche (Thomas Q. Jones) and Ridenhour meet, they are confronted by Shades (Theo Rossi) who regretfully removes the police informant from the board.  Despite this victory for Miriah, she flees the club with Tilda (Gabrielle Dennis) after Bushmaster reveals his endgame. As he corners Mariah and her daughter in her house he leaves it burning with them in it as revenge for the Stokes family burning his mother alive. As he claims Harlem’s Paradise an unexpected saviour arrives to rescue Mariah and Tilda from the ashes.

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We'll be back on Friday the 13th of July with our review of Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 8 “If It Ain't Rough, it Ain't Right” and then on Fridays and Tuesdays each wee...

With Luke and Piranha on the run and Shades and Comanche having a real heart to heart there's loads to talk about in our Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 6 Review as we discuss our top five points about "The Basement" the sixth episode of season 2 of the Marvel Netflix show Luke Cage in our Spoiler filled podcast. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to our podcast.

Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 6 Review Podcast "The Basement" Spoiler filled Synopsis

Directed by Millicent Shelton

Written by Aïda Mashaka Croal

After the decapitations and shootout the streets of Harlem are hot as the Stylers desperately scour the neighbourhood for Raymond “Piranha” Jones (Chaz Lamar Shepherd) and Luke Cage (Mike Colter). Shades (Theo Rossi) and Comanche (Thomas Q. Jones) also go on the offensive to try and find Piranha and Luke before Bushmasters men. As they wait at Pop’s for them to return their conversation turns to prison and their relationship inside, and Comanche proclaiming he believes that Shades should make a play for the crown of Harlem. As Luke and Piranha lay low in an abandoned theatre, Luke asks Piranha to explain everything about his involvement with Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard), but talk soon moves onto something more personal as the two men talk about their fathers. Despite insisting he will involve the police Luke instead decides to take Piranha to his father’s church for protection. Meanwhile, despite a shared past Mariah Dillard refuses to cooperate with Captain Ridenhour (Peter Jay Fernandez) as everyone races to connect the dots between Piranha, Mariah, Bushmaster (Mustafa Shakir) and the grisly find at the clinic. However, Ridenhour soon has a confession thrust upon him from Misty Knight (Simone Missick) as she explains her attempt to frame the deceased Cockroach (Dorian Missick). Unsure of whether the police can any longer deliver justice Misty hands in her badge. With Piranha safe Luke faces Bushmaster. As the two fight Luke begins to get the upper hand over his rival until Bushmaster uses some old school magic to place Luke in mortal danger.

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Bushmaster sends a message to Mariah and we chat about it all in our Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 5 Review as we discuss our top five points about "All Souled Out" the fifth episode of season 2 of the Marvel Netflix show Luke Cage in our Spoiler filled podcast. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to our podcast.

Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 5 Review Podcast "All Souled Out" Spoiler filled Synopsis

Directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Written by Matthew Lopes 

Luke Cage (Mike Colter) is sued by Cockroach after his beat down at his hands. With Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) as his attorney they both agree to settle out of court with damages of $100,000. Desperate to drum up quick cash for the settlement, Luke accepts an offer from a super-fan, the broker Raymond “Piranha” Jones (Chaz Lamar Shepherd), as he celebrates the successful merger between Atreus Plastics and Glenn Industries. Meanwhile, Misty Knight (Simone Missick) starts to get to grips with her new robotic arm from Rand Enterprises. To help Luke out she investigates Dontrelle “Cockroach”Hamilton (Dorian Missick) further only to later find hm decapitated in his apartment. In downtown Harlem, Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard) uses her windfall to open her Family First center and invites Tilda (Gabrielle Dennis) to join the new “legitimate” family business. However, there is talk of the disappearance of Atreus CEO Mike Higgins (Jeorge Bennett Watson) and Shades (Theo Rossi) begins to notice the absence of one of his henchmen Ray Ray. As Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard) holds the opening ceremony for her center and Piranha’s party starts up, both are gatecrashed by Bushmaster (Mustafa Shakir) . As Luke prevents the kidnap of Piranha by the Stylers, Mariah cuts the red ribbon only to be served a red message three-fold!

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