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Luke Cage Episode 1.01 Moment of Truth
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Luke Cage Episode 1.01 Moment of Truth

Episode Premiere
September 30, 2016
Genre
Sci-Fi, Action
Production Company
Marvel Television, ABC Studios
Official Site
https://www.netflix.com/title/80002537
Episode Premiere
September 30, 2016
Genre
Sci-Fi, Action
Period
2016 - 2018
Production Co
Marvel Television, ABC Studios
Distributor
Netflix
Official Site
https://www.netflix.com/title/80002537
Director
Paul McGuigan
Screenwriter
Cheo Hodari Coker
Main Cast
  • Mike Colter as Luke Cage
  • Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones
  • Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard / Black Mariah
  • Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple
  • Theo Rossi
  • Simone Missick
  • Frank Whaley
  • Mahershala Ali as Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
  • Sonia Braga
  • Mustafa Shakir
  • Gabrielle Dennis
  • Annabella Sciorra as Rosalie Carbone

Adaptation from Marvel's comic books, the series centered on Luke Cage (born Carl Lucas and also called Power Man), a fictional superhero, who frequently teams up with fellow superhero Iron Fist. Imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, he gains superpowers in the form of unbreakable skin and superhuman strength.

Following his encounter with Jessica Jones, Luke Cage is keeping a low profile as a sweeper for a Harlem barbershop owned by ex-gangster Henry "Pop" Hunter and as a dishwasher at the "Harlem's Paradise" nightclub, owned by crime boss Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes. When two of Stokes' employees botch an arms deal and leave their accomplice for dead, NYPD detectives Misty Knight and Rafael Scarfe suspect Cage after learning that he took over for the deceased accomplice as a bartender on the night in question. Meanwhile, Stokes works with Hernan "Shades" Alvarez to find the employees and Cage protects his landlady from local thugs demanding contribution for the "New Harlem Renaissance," an initiative spearheaded by Stokes's cousin, Councilwoman Mariah Dillard.