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-->'''Cottonmouth:''' You can collect your money from Tone ''down stairs'', Mr.Barrett!
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** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLPbw52g5bQ "Bulletproof Love"]] song he spins is amazing. Even if you're not a fan of rap as a genre, that's still a beautiful piece of CrowningMusicOfAwesome.

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* After having his bail posted, Shades is [[spoiler:led into an elevator where Zip plans to assassinate him]]. Shades has other ideas.
** What makes it great is that, up until this point, Shades has never been the physical type. And yet he still [[spoiler:fights back and kills his would-be assassins with only the slightest amount of difficulty]].

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* While the character has always been portrayed as a ButtMonkey, there's something oddly badass about Turk confronting Cornell regarding money he's owed.
--> '''Turk:''' Yo. Where's my money?
--> '''Cornell:''' (genuinely surprised) How the hell'd you get up here?
--> '''Turk:''' I'm Turk Barett, baby. The door ain't been ''built'' yet can hold me back.
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* Turk of all people is standing his ground during his meeting with Diamondback and chastises Zip for acting like an errant boy for Diamondback.
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[[AC:Episode 4: Step In The Arena]]
* We finally get to see Luke Cage in [[spoiler: his classic comic suit, complete with tiara, bracers, open-chested yellow shirt, and chains]]. It looks goofy as all hell, but it's presented in a totally realistic way, and is no less awesome.
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* Diamondback's smooth and repeated BaitAndSwitch when threatening Zip and his crew are something to behold. Already fearful of his wrath, [[ShootHimHeHasAWallet they almost panic that he's reaching for his gun]] when he's just playacting with a finger gun. [[spoiler: And then he seemingly shoots them with his hand... only to reveal he had a gun in his other hand this whole time. But for a brief second, in-universe and out, he trick everyone into thinking he could.]]
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* Misty [[spoiler: exposing Perez as a DirtyCop]] by pretending to have a conversation with Sharf on the phone and tricking him into an EngineeredPublicConfession.

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* Misty [[spoiler: exposing Perez as a DirtyCop]] by pretending to have a conversation with Sharf Scarfe on the phone and tricking him into an EngineeredPublicConfession.
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-->'''Method Man:''' [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped There's something empowering about seeing a black man being bulletproof.]]
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* The trailer has Luke beating down dozens of goons with ease. Heck, it starts with him saving a family from a speeding car by standing in front of it.

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* The trailer has Luke beating down dozens of goons with ease. Heck, it starts with him saving a family from a speeding car by standing in front of it.it.

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* So many people tried to watch the show that ''Netflix actually crashed for hours'' until it could be fixed.
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-->'''Diamondback:''' *cocks gun and aims it Shades's head* Give me ''one'' reason why I shouldn't splatter this pristine desk with your brain matter?
--->'''Zip:''' Because it won't help you find Luke Cage any faster? *Diamondback is both amused and impressed*


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-->'''Diamondback:''' *cocks gun and aims it Shades's head* Give me ''one'' reason why I shouldn't splatter this pristine desk with your brain matter?
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Because it won't help you find Luke Cage any faster? *Diamondback is both amused and impressed*

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* Misty [[spoiler: exposing Perez as a DirtyCop]] by pretending to have a conversation with Sharf on the phone and tricking him into an EngineeredPublicConfession.
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* Claire Temple [[spoiler: is taken as a hostage in Harlam Paradise and sees a woman who is pain: lies to one of the gunmen that this woman is her friend and may have broke her leg so she can treat her, helps her out, devises a plan for the woman to fake a diabetic coma so she can go to the basement, and while one guards is escorting her elbows him and throws him down the stairs.]] She also gets her comics name dropped in the middle of this.

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* Claire Temple [[spoiler: is taken as a hostage in Harlam Harlem's Paradise and sees a woman Candice, who is pain: lies to one of the gunmen that this woman is her friend and may have broke her leg so she can treat her, helps her out, devises a plan for the woman to fake a diabetic coma so she can go to the basement, and while one guards is escorting her elbows him and throws him down the stairs.]] She also gets her comics name dropped in the middle of this.

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[[AC:Episode 7: Manifest]]
* Cornell and Mariah's argument gets ugly when he [[spoiler: accuses her of inviting her [[RapeAsBackstory molestation by their uncle.]]]] [[BerserkButton Mariah's response?]] [[spoiler: She whacks him in the head with a bottle, [[DestinationDefenestration shoves him through his office window]], then walks downstairs to the nightclub floor and proceeds to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat him to death with a mic stand.]]]] [[InLoveWithYourCarnage Shades can barely contain his glee at the sight of it.]]



* Luke Cage's battle with [[spoiler: a power-suit enhanced Diamonback, who can know challenge Luke on even footing. After a few rounds, Luke shows he's just as much brains as he is brawn, by determining a strategy that exploits Diamondback's weakness, allowing Luke to know him out in a decisive victory.]]

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* Luke Cage's battle with [[spoiler: a power-suit enhanced Diamonback, Diamondback, who can know challenge Luke on even footing. After a few rounds, Luke shows he's just as much brains as he is brawn, by determining a strategy that exploits Diamondback's weakness, allowing Luke to know him out in a decisive victory.]]
* Mariah and Shades [[spoiler:are the only characters to end the season on a high note, [[TheBadGuyWins having outlasted Cottonmouth and Diamondback, taken out Misty's star witness against them, and publicly outed Luke as the fugitive Carl Lucas, leading to his arrest and extradition back to Georgia.]]]]
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[[AC:Episode 13: You Know My Steez]]
* Luke Cage's battle with [[spoiler: a power-suit enhanced Diamonback, who can know challenge Luke on even footing. After a few rounds, Luke shows he's just as much brains as he is brawn, by determining a strategy that exploits Diamondback's weakness, allowing Luke to know him out in a decisive victory.]]

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* Zip saving Shades's life from Diamondback, with a single reply to a question not even aimed at him.
-->'''Diamondback:''' *cocks gun and aims it Shades's head* Give me ''one'' reason why I shouldn't splatter this pristine desk with your brain matter?
--->'''Zip:''' Because it won't help you find Luke Cage any faster? *Diamondback is both amused and impressed*

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[[AC:Episode 9: DWYCK]]
* Claire getting to show off her very considerable medical knowledge.

[[AC:Episode 10: Take It Personal]]
* Claire calling out the [[spoiler:scientist who experimented on Luke at Seagate]]:
-->'''Claire:''' Be thankful I'm not the one with the powers because I'd kill you if you did half the shit that you did to him to me. Not just ruin your barn.
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[[AC:Episode 8: Blowin' Up the Spot]]
* [[spoiler: Luke vs. Diamondback inside the theater. After seven episodes of Luke just smacking people around, he gets a proper fight, with Diamondback taking advantage of Luke's wound. We also get to see Luke show the full extent of his SuperStrength in combat. Bodies go flying.]]
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* There is something infinitely satisfying about Stokes [[spoiler:getting chucked off the roof of Harlem's Paradise by Cottonmouth.]]

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* There is something infinitely satisfying about Stokes Tone [[spoiler:getting chucked off the roof of Harlem's Paradise by Cottonmouth.]]
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* There is something infinitely satisfying about Stokes [[spoiler:getting chucked off the roof of Harlem's Paradise by Cottonmouth.]]
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[[AC:Episode 3: Who's Gonna Take The Weight?]]
* Luke tearing through not just Cottonmouth's safehouses, but especially Crispus Attucks which was considered a fortress.
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[[AC:Episode 12: Soliloquy of Chaos]]
* After Method Man meets Luke during a robbery, he goes on the radio to perform a rap about how great it is for black people to have their own superhero. And meanwhile, the black population of Harlem takes to wearing bullet-riddled hoodies as a show of solidarity, plus a way to confuse the police looking for him.
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[[AC:Episode 11: Now You're Mine]]
* Claire Temple [[spoiler: is taken as a hostage in Harlam Paradise and sees a woman who is pain: lies to one of the gunmen that this woman is her friend and may have broke her leg so she can treat her, helps her out, devises a plan for the woman to fake a diabetic coma so she can go to the basement, and while one guards is escorting her elbows him and throws him down the stairs.]] She also gets her comics name dropped in the middle of this.
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* A reporter interviews the council woman who thinks it's going to be a fluff piece only to find she's [[spoiler: being grilled for her family and her criminal connections on LIVE TV. The City Council soon begins demanding her resignation.]]

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* A reporter interviews the council woman who thinks it's going to be a fluff piece only to find she's [[spoiler: being grilled for her family and her criminal connections on LIVE TV. The City Council soon begins demanding her resignation.]]
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* A reporter interviews the council woman who thinks it's going to be a fluff piece only to find she's [[spoiler: being grilled for her family and her criminal connections on LIVE TV. The City Council soon begins demanding her resignation.]]
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[[AC:Episode 6: Suckas Need Bodyguards]]
* A reporter interviews the council woman who thinks it's going to be a fluff piece only to find she's [[spoiler: being grilled for her family and her criminal connections on LIVE TV.]]

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[[AC:Episode 1: Moment of Truth]]
* After an entire episode of Luke Cage insisting he just wants a normal life away from the hero game, he finally cuts loose when some of Cottonmouth's goons threaten his landlords. After an especially gruesome slow-motion shot of one of them breaking his wrist by punching Luke in the face, the others go down like dominoes.

[[AC:Episode 2: Code of the Streets]]
* Luke's WorldOfCardboardSpeech after he's finally driven to step up and use his powers to be a hero, about how Crispus Attucks began a proud tradition of black American heroes that he's now taking his own place in. He finishes by snatching the gun from the guy who was threatening to shoot him, lifting up his shirt, and showing how it just bounces off.

[[AC:Episode 5: Just to Get a Rep]]
* Immediately after Claire arrives back home, her purse is stolen. Her response after three seasons' worth of induction into the world of superheroes? Chase the guy down and kick his ass, finishing with a gratuitous shot to the nuts.
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The trailer has Luke beating down dozens of goons with ease. Heck, it starts with him saving a family from a speeding car by standing in front of it.

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