History Recap / LukeCage2016S1E9DWYCK

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Misty is forced to take therapy after losing her temper at Claire.

* FingerFirearms: Subverted. Diamondback draws his right hand from his coat like he's drawing a gun from a shoulder holster, points it around in the FingerGun gesture, then suddenly "fires" a live bullet into one henchman's shoulder. Turns out he'd drawn a real gun with his left hand and fired that from the hip while everyone was distracted.

'''Dr. Gabe Krasner:''' With your resume you could of been downtown years ago. Hell, you could've been a Fed! You chose to stay in Harlem.\\

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Luke and Claire drive from New York to Georgia in what seems to be a single day and drive back in about the same amount of time. That's at least 12 straight hours of nonstop driving on Interstate 95, assuming they never stop for gas, sleep, food, or restroom breaks, and barring traffic congestion in the metropolitan areas along the way (Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, Washington DC and Richmond). Given that Luke was also very seriously injured with two Judas rounds in his body at the time, it's really darn impressive he didn't bleed to death along the way.

* CallBack: While Claire is driving Luke, she says "you are not dying in my mom's car", which may remind some folks of Trish Walker yelling "I will kill you if you die in my car!" after Simpson was wounded in a blast caused by Kilgrave.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The dashcam footage - which later goes viral and becomes a national news story - of Luke being stopped by the two police officers and being shot while resisting arrest is evocative of the footage and controversy surrounding a number of controversial police-on-black shootings that had happened in the two years prior to the series release. Of course here the [[CatharsisFactor bullets bounce right off of Luke.]]
* DoubleStandard: Misty complains about this trope, by name, to the shrink, claiming that she CantGetAwayWithNuthin while male cops make excuses for or even approve of each other's questionable behavior. [[BothSidesHaveAPoint She's implied to have a point, but also to be deflecting]] - being almost killed by Diamondback really does have her rattled, and she really does need to acknowledge that before she can do her job properly again.

** Surprisingly, the typical bubbliness of HollywoodAcid is ''not'' shown where it should actually appear, namely when the acid is eating at Luke's skin. Played straight when some of it spills on the floor, though.

-->'''Misty Knight''': I apply foot to ass. And match lead for lead. I put murderers in handcuffs. I don't just seek justice. I stalk it. And that much should go in my record!
-->'''Dr. Gabe Krasner''': With your resume you could of been downtown years ago. Hell, you could've been a Fed! You chose to stay in Harlem.
-->'''Misty Knight''': I know this place. I know the players, and I can make a difference here.
-->'''Dr. Gabe Krasner''': Or use some of those old-school connections to make a little money on the side, like your partner.
-->'''Misty Knight''': I didn't know anything about Scarfe, or anything he was doing. He didn't buy new clothes, no new watch, no new girlfriend, no loose cock, nothing!
-->'''Dr. Gabe Krasner''': But he'd been working for Cottonmouth for years.
-->'''Misty Knight''': And I trusted him! So I didn't see it, and neither did anybody else in this damn department! So why do I get singled out for it?
-->'''Dr. Gabe Krasner''': Because you're the closest to him. ''[Misty shakes her head]'' It's written all over your face. Not seeing it bothered you, didn't it?
-->'''Misty Knight''': 'Cause seeing is my thing, right? That's what made me such a good point guard. 'Cause I could see everything in my head. I knew exactly where people were gonna be, so I put the ball right where it needed to go.
-->'''Dr. Gabe Krasner''': But you couldn't see Scarfe for what he was? Or were you blinded by your emotions?
-->'''Misty Knight''': ''[scoffs]'' [[DoubleStandard You wouldn't say that if I was a man!]]
-->'''Dr. Gabe Krasner''': Oh, that is not true.
-->'''Misty Knight''': Bullshit! Male cops can screw cop groupies in the back of their unmarked RMP, and you guys cheer. They get drunk, they fight each other in the parking lot and it's called "blowing off steam." There's ''always'' a double standard.
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: Luke greets Dr. Burstein by saying [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "What's up, Doc?"]] and quips he always wanted to say that.

* RevealingCoverUp: Mariah and the other underworld bosses call a secret meeting at Colon's Gym to discuss the transfer of Cottonmouth's assets from Mariah to everyone else...except for Diamondback, who controls the weapons supply. This backfires by guaranteeing Diamondback's appearance, and he promptly kills all of the bosses except for Domingo just to send a message.
-->'''Peter:''' ...Why do I find that hard to believe?
-->'''Willis "Diamondback" Stryker:''' ''[enters, grinning]'' Because you're smart and ''stupid'' at the same time!
-->'''Jacques:''' Diamondback, what are you doing here?
-->'''Willis "Diamondback" Stryker:''' You invited me. By ''not'' inviting me.

-->'''Willis "Diamondback" Stryker:''' [[InsultBackfire "Crazy" would be leaving you alive to run a very profitable drug business.]] [[PragmaticVillainy But I've got no beef with]] [[TheCartel your cousins down south of the border.]] [[YouWillBeSpared So today is your lucky day.]]

-->'''Willis "Diamondback" Stryker:''' ''[laughs]'' [[HiddenDepths You're smarter than your name implies, Zip.]]
** When Diamondback crashes the mob meeting, Domingo is the only mobster not killed by Diamondback, just to pass this message ahead: You either buy Diamondback's merchandise or "you die".
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Shades informs Mariah that like it or not, she's now the face of Cottonmouth's business because she killed him.

* DoubleStandard: Misty complains about this trope, by name, in the police department, claiming that she CantGetAwayWithNuthin while male cops make excuses for or even approve of each other's questionable behaviour. [[BothSidesHaveAPoint She's implied to have a point, but also to be deflecting]] - being almost killed by Diamondback really does have her rattled, and she really does need to acknowledge that before she can do her job properly again.
* TheDreaded: Diamondback's status as this is established on two separate occasions; when he walks into different meetings, [[MassOhCrap everyone instinctively is put on edge]]. Given that he shoots a henchman (albeit non-fatally) in the first meeting, and in the second one he kills ''all'' the other Harlem gang leaders (except Domingo so he can spread the word) as well as their men outside, their fear of him is justified.