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* So many people tried to watch the show that ''Netflix actually crashed for hours'' until it could be fixed.
* After the disappointing final villain of Diamondback, season 2 gives us Bushmaster, who is now widely hailed as one of the best and compelling villains of MCU live action series franchise, heck even as one the best in the MCU, with both brains and brawns to threaten the hero, a genuinely sympathetic backstory and motives, well developed and levelled character. Him, with Mariah upping her game brings a very solid villains which have the fans RootingForTheEmpire.
** And even better, they did it around the time of the best villains in movie side debuting and held their own. All in all, the cast and crew did a fantastic job, especially coming in the wake of the disappointing 2nd season of Jessica Jones.
** Danny Rand in episode 10. Fans repeatedly have stated that this is the Iron Fist they've wanted.
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* When Tone starts shooting up the barbershop, Luke immediately charges forward and throws himself over the young boy getting his second haircut in as many days. As Shades and Tone come into the shop to grab Cottonmouth's money, Luke whispers "Play dead, play dead", [[PlayingPossum and they both do]]. Luke and the boy are the only survivors.

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* When Tone starts shooting up the barbershop, Luke immediately charges forward and throws himself over the young boy getting his second haircut in as many days. As Shades and Tone come into the shop to grab Cottonmouth's money, Luke whispers "Play dead, play dead", [[PlayingPossum and they both do]]. Luke and the The boy are the only survivors.comes through without a scratch.
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* When Tone starts shooting up the barbershop, Luke immediately charges forward and throws himself over the young boy getting his second haircut in as many days. As Shades and Tone come into the shop to grab Cottonmouth's money, Luke whispers "Play dead, play dead", [[PlayingPossum and they both do]]. Luke and the boy are the only survivors.
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* 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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* We finally get to see Luke Cage in [[spoiler: his classic comic suit, complete with tiara, bracers, open-chested yellow shirt, and chains]].chains. It looks goofy as all hell, but it's presented in a totally realistic way, and is no less awesome.



* 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.]]

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* 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.]]



* [[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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* [[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.]]



* 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 tricked everyone into thinking he could.]]

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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 tricked everyone into thinking he could.]]



* Claire calling out the [[spoiler:scientist who experimented on Luke at Seagate]]:

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* Claire Temple [[spoiler: is taken as a hostage in Harlem's Paradise and sees Candice in pain, lies to one of the gunmen that this woman is her friend and may have broken 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, then elbows the guard escorting her and throws him down the stairs.]] She also gets her comics name dropped in the middle of this.
** Claire and [[spoiler: an injured Misty teaming up to knock Shades out. Props to Misty considering how long she was injured.]]
** [[spoiler: While Shades is being taken into custody, Claire crushes his glasses under her foot right in front of him.]]

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* Claire Temple [[spoiler: is taken as a hostage in Harlem's Paradise and sees Candice in pain, lies to one of the gunmen that this woman is her friend and may have broken 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, then elbows the guard escorting her and throws him down the stairs.]] stairs. She also gets her comics name dropped in the middle of this.
** Claire and [[spoiler: an injured Misty teaming up to knock Shades out. Props to Misty considering how long she was injured.]]
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** [[spoiler: While Shades is being taken into custody, Claire crushes his glasses under her foot right in front of him.]]



* 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 reminds us that he did grow up in the street when he [[spoiler:fights back and kills his would-be assassins with only the slightest amount of difficulty]].

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* After having his bail posted, Shades is [[spoiler:led led into an elevator where Zip plans to assassinate him]].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 reminds us that he did grow up in the street when he [[spoiler:fights fights back and kills his would-be assassins with only the slightest amount of difficulty]].difficulty.



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



* [[spoiler: After every monstrous thing she's done over the course of the series, getting away with them and [[SmugSnake acting smug about it to boot]], Mariah Stokes Dillard dies a slow painful death by poisoning by her own daughter.]]
-->'''Tilda:''' [[spoiler: [[BilingualBonus Beso de la Araña]] [[note]] Kiss of the spider.[[/note]] ]]
** [[spoiler: Luke, while initially as shocked as Mariah, promises to keep her company in her final moments. Not out of compassion, but because he's been waiting for ''someone'' to do this for him and wants to savor it.]]
--->'''Mariah:''' [[spoiler:''It burns.'']]\\
'''Luke:''' [[spoiler: ''[[[TranquilFury through his teeth]]]'' '''''Good.''''']]

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* [[spoiler: After every monstrous thing she's done over the course of the series, getting away with them and [[SmugSnake acting smug about it to boot]], Mariah Stokes Dillard dies a slow painful death by poisoning by her own daughter.]]
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-->'''Tilda:''' [[spoiler: [[BilingualBonus Beso de la Araña]] [[note]] Kiss of the spider.[[/note]] ]]
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** [[spoiler: Luke, while initially as shocked as Mariah, promises to keep her company in her final moments. Not out of compassion, but because he's been waiting for ''someone'' to do this for him and wants to savor it.]]
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--->'''Mariah:''' [[spoiler:''It ''It burns.'']]\\
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'''Luke:''' [[spoiler: ''[[[TranquilFury through his teeth]]]'' '''''Good.''''']]'''''

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