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* Cottonmouth interrogates Shameek, who's already been beaten half to death. He first slaps him a few times "like a bitch" to find out where the money he stole has gone , but when Shameek gives a SpitefulSpit, he simply laughs, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown finishes beating the remaining half of life out of him]]. [[GoryDiscretionShot You can audibly hear the crunching the bones of Shameek's face, and blood-splatter on his shirt, as Cottonmouth caves his face in.]]
-->''[Shameek spits on Cottonmouth]''\\
-->''[Shameek spits on Cottonmouth]''\\
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* Cottonmouth interrogates Shameek, who's already been beaten half to death. He first slaps him a few times "like a bitch" to find out where the money he stole has gone , but when Shameek gives a SpitefulSpit, [[SpitefulSpit spits at him]], he simply laughs, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown finishes beating the remaining half of life out of him]]. [[GoryDiscretionShot You can audibly hear the crunching the bones of Shameek's face, and blood-splatter on his shirt, as Cottonmouth caves his face in.]]
-->''[Shameek -->'''Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes:''' ''[slapping Shameek across the face]'' Where's...my...money? Hmm? You left Dante alive. He called Tone. And with his dying words, gave up you and your homeboy. We got your money. Now you're gonna tell us where Chico is, so we can get the rest.\\
''[Shameek spitson Cottonmouth]''\\in Cottonmouth's face]''\\
''[Shameek spits
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** When his body is found dumped in the streets as a message, his eyes are swollen shut to extensive degrees. While enough of his face is intact that they are able to identify him as Shameek, Scarfe says that they'll need dental records and DNA to officially confirm it since he looks like he got hit by a truck ("a truck with two fists", Misty adds).
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** When his body is found dumped in the streets as a message, his eyes are swollen shut to extensive degrees. While enough of his face is intact that they the police are able to identify him as Shameek, Scarfe says that they'll need dental records and DNA to officially confirm it since he looks like he got hit by a truck ("a truck with two fists", Misty adds).
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* Cottonmouth interrogates Shameek, who's already been beaten half to death. He first slaps him a few times "like a bitch" to find out where the money he stole has gone, but when Shameek gives a SpitefulSpit, he simply laughs, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown finishes beating the remaining half of life out of him]]. [[GoryDiscretionShot You can audibly hear the crunching the bones of Shameek's face, and blood-splatter on his shirt, as Cottonmouth caves his face in.]]
-->''[Shameek spits on Stokes]''\\
'''Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes:''' ''[laughs]'' Yeah. Thank you. ''[[PreMortemOneLiner Now I can hit you like a man]]''.
** When Misty and Scarfe look at his body, his eyes are swollen shut to extensive degrees, and while enough of his face is intact that they are able to identify him as Shameek, Scarfe says that they'll need dental records and DNA to officially confirm it since he looks like he got hit by a truck ("a truck with two fists", Misty adds).
* Luke Cage protects Connie while Zip and his crew are shaking the owners down for money. One guy, Amos, makes the unfortunate mistake of trying to throw a punch at his face. Luke just stands still while the cinematography does a slow-motion close up of the man's arm making contact with a human-shaped brick at full strength, with the impact force instead causing his arm to fracture in three places. He's later shown with his arm wrapped in a cast.
-->''[Shameek spits on Stokes]''\\
'''Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes:''' ''[laughs]'' Yeah. Thank you. ''[[PreMortemOneLiner Now I can hit you like a man]]''.
** When Misty and Scarfe look at his body, his eyes are swollen shut to extensive degrees, and while enough of his face is intact that they are able to identify him as Shameek, Scarfe says that they'll need dental records and DNA to officially confirm it since he looks like he got hit by a truck ("a truck with two fists", Misty adds).
* Luke Cage protects Connie while Zip and his crew are shaking the owners down for money. One guy, Amos, makes the unfortunate mistake of trying to throw a punch at his face. Luke just stands still while the cinematography does a slow-motion close up of the man's arm making contact with a human-shaped brick at full strength, with the impact force instead causing his arm to fracture in three places. He's later shown with his arm wrapped in a cast.
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* Cottonmouth interrogates Shameek, who's already been beaten half to death. He first slaps him a few times "like a bitch" to find out where the money he stole has gone, gone , but when Shameek gives a SpitefulSpit, he simply laughs, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown finishes beating the remaining half of life out of him]]. [[GoryDiscretionShot You can audibly hear the crunching the bones of Shameek's face, and blood-splatter on his shirt, as Cottonmouth caves his face in.]]
-->''[Shameek spits onStokes]''\\
Cottonmouth]''\\
'''Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes:''' ''[laughs]'' Yeah. Thank you.''[[PreMortemOneLiner '''''[[PreMortemOneLiner Now I can hit you like a man]]''.
man]].'''''\\
''[Cottonmouth beats Shameek to death while Tone and Shades look on with varying levels of discomfort]''\\
'''Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes:''' ''[collecting himself]'' Get his ass out of here. And go fetch my money.
** WhenMisty and Scarfe look at his body, body is found dumped in the streets as a message, his eyes are swollen shut to extensive degrees, and while degrees. While enough of his face is intact that they are able to identify him as Shameek, Scarfe says that they'll need dental records and DNA to officially confirm it since he looks like he got hit by a truck ("a truck with two fists", Misty adds).
* Luke Cageprotects Connie while intervenes as Zip and his crew are shaking the owners of Genghis Connie's down for money. One of Zip's guy, Amos, makes tries to give Luke a right hook to the unfortunate mistake of trying to throw a punch at his face. [[NoSell Luke just stands still still]] while the cinematography does a slow-motion close up an extreme close-up of the man's Amos's arm making contact with a human-shaped brick at full strength, with the impact force instead causing his arm to fracture in three places. He's later shown with his arm wrapped in a cast.cast below the elbow.
-->''[Shameek spits on
'''Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes:''' ''[laughs]'' Yeah. Thank you.
''[Cottonmouth beats Shameek to death while Tone and Shades look on with varying levels of discomfort]''\\
'''Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes:''' ''[collecting himself]'' Get his ass out of here. And go fetch my money.
** When
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* Tone firing two submachine guns at once into Pops' barbershop, without a single care in the world, like he's some kind of Frank Castle. And Pop getting killed in the crossfire.
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* The moment Tone firing two sees Chico in Pop's Barbershop, he whips out a pair of submachine guns at once guns, and sprays indiscriminately into Pops' barbershop, without a single care the shop, raking the place with bullets. Pop gets hit in the world, like he's some kind of Frank Castle. And Pop getting killed in neck and is mortally wounded, while Luke is only able to use his body to shield Lonnie from the crossfire.gunfire.
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* We get a glimpse of the Judas bullet and what it can do to a normal person, when Shades shows Cottonmouth some demonstration footage. First off, you know these Ukrainians are black market guys because rather than test it out on a dummy, the people test it on an actual person. The bullet seemingly is absorbed by the guy's flak jacket... then drills into the skin, and explodes, killing the target instantly. We see blood and bits of human flesh splatter onto the camera lens as the tripod is knocked over.
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* We get a glimpse of the Judas bullet and what it can do to a normal person, when Shades shows Cottonmouth some demonstration footage. First off, you know these Ukrainians are black market guys because rather than test it out on a dummy, the people they test it out on an actual person. The bullet seemingly is absorbed by the guy's flak jacket... then drills into the skin, and explodes, killing the target instantly. We see blood and bits of human flesh splatter onto the camera lens as the tripod is knocked over.
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* The way in which Diamondback ''smiles'' while taunting Misty at gunpoint. Moreso, it is this for Misty, as she's recounting the incident to the therapist.
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* The way in which Diamondback ''smiles'' ''[[SlasherSmile smiles]]'' while taunting Misty at gunpoint. Moreso, it is this for Misty, as she's recounting the incident to the therapist.
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* Luke Cage being basically ''boiled alive in '''heated''' acid'' in order to [[spoiler:get the shrapnel out of him]].
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* Luke Cage being basically has to be essentially ''boiled alive in '''heated''' acid'' in order to [[spoiler:get get the shrapnel out of him]].him.
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* The first demonstration of John [=McIver=] aka Bushmaster's power, is him ''slicing Nigel Garrison across the face and through both eyes'', in close up with gruesome detail, then soaking bullets as Nigel's men try to shoot him. Then he opens his shirt to show Nigel's men the bullets.
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* The first demonstration of John [=McIver=] aka Bushmaster's power, is him ''slicing Nigel Garrison across the face and through both eyes'', in close up with gruesome detail, then soaking bullets as Nigel's men try to shoot empty their guns into him. Then he opens his shirt to show Nigel's men the bullets.
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** It's no wonder that Claire was warning Luke right before this that he was acting more and more like Matt, because viewers of ''Daredevil'' know that the incident that drove Matt to become Daredevil was because he couldn't stand the sound of a girl being molested by her father, causing him to beat the father so badly that he spent a month in the hospital drinking from a straw.
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** It's no wonder that Claire was warning Luke right before this that he was acting more and more like Matt, because viewers of ''Daredevil'' know that [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E10NelsonVMurdock the incident that drove Matt to become Daredevil a vigilante]] was because he couldn't stand the sound of a girl being molested by her father, causing him to beat the father so badly that he spent a month in the hospital drinking from a straw.
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* Misty breaks into Cockroach's apartment, intending to plant a Judas bullet in one of his drawers. Just as recalling how she consoled Scarfe after his son's death leads her to reconsider, she accidentally steps on something. She [[OhCrap pales]] when she sees that it's the end of a blood trail, and follows the trail with her flashlight. She finds Cockroach on the couch, '''[[OffWithHisHead missing his entire head]]''', explaining the large amount of blood spilled.
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* Misty breaks into Cockroach's apartment, intending to plant a Judas bullet in one of his drawers. Just as recalling how she consoled Scarfe after his son's death leads her to reconsider, she accidentally steps on something.something wet. She [[OhCrap pales]] when she sees that it's the end of a blood trail, and follows the trail with her flashlight. She finds Cockroach on the couch, '''[[OffWithHisHead missing his entire head]]''', explaining the large amount of blood spilled.
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** It's no wonder that, in the next episode, Shades decides Mariah is done. She could have just shot Stephanie and it would been enough to smoke out Bushmaster. She could have shot up the Stylers in one of their lairs instead of a restaurant full of innocent people, but instead, she pulls this. Then top that by calling all those innocent people "peasants" by proxy. It actually serves as an in universe NightmareFuel for him. As he himself notes two episodes later during his plea negotiation with the cops and US Attorney's office, in his criminal career, he has witnessed, participated and committed even similar horrific acts, even enjoying them, but towards other criminals. The fact that not one, but several completely innocent people were victim to such horrific deaths completely shakes him (while Candace was relatively innocent compared to others, Shades was okay with killing her because in his mind, she became fair game when she took their bribe to lie to the police about Cottonmouth's death). Which resonates even worse is that innocent people in real life do suffer such things at the hands of evil people.
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** It's no wonder that, in the next episode, Shades decides Mariah is done. She could have just shot Stephanie and it would been enough to smoke out Bushmaster. She could have shot up the Stylers in one of their lairs instead of a restaurant full of innocent people, but instead, she pulls this. Then top that by calling all those innocent people "peasants" by proxy. It actually serves as an in universe NightmareFuel for him. As he himself notes two episodes later during his plea negotiation with the cops and US Attorney's office, in his criminal career, he has witnessed, participated and committed even similar horrific acts, even enjoying them, but towards other criminals. The fact that not one, but several completely innocent people were victim to such horrific deaths completely shakes him (while Candace was relatively innocent compared to others, Shades was okay with killing viewed her because in his mind, she became fair game when she took death as acceptable as her taking their bribe to lie money and lying to the police about Cottonmouth's death).death rendered her "in the game"). Which resonates even worse is that innocent people in real life do suffer such things at the hands of evil people.
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*** The spasms he has as he powers up call to mind Trish's reactions to Simpson's inhaler, or Will Simpson when he's on his combat enhancers.
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*** The spasms he has as he powers up call to mind [[Recap/JessicaJones2015S1E11AKAIveGotTheBlues Trish's reactions to taking Simpson's inhaler, combat enhancers]], or Will just Simpson when he's on his combat enhancers.the pills.
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* While in prison, Mariah orders anyone who could possibly testify against her executed: dozens of people are gone by the next day, and Alex refers to it as practically every person who's ever worked in Harlem's Paradise in any capacity (and we later find him as one of the victims). When she tells him to relay the order, Donovan practically shits himself in her presence until she clarifies that he happens to be exempt by virtue of his loyalty and attorney-client privilege (and his connections to [[ComicBook/TheKingpin other criminals]]), and Sugar is only spared because his wife gave Mariah new clothes.
* After a whole season of appearing to be a regular, good-natured person, Tilda is driven over the edge by the full extent of her mother's evil into becoming Nightshade: [[spoiler:she murders Mariah with a kiss on the lips after coating them with a time-delayed poison, leaving no sign at all for what seems to be at least a couple hours before Mariah suddenly coughs up blood mid-conversation with Luke, realizes what happened, and dies moaning about how her insides are burning.]]
* After a whole season of appearing to be a regular, good-natured person, Tilda is driven over the edge by the full extent of her mother's evil into becoming Nightshade: [[spoiler:she murders Mariah with a kiss on the lips after coating them with a time-delayed poison, leaving no sign at all for what seems to be at least a couple hours before Mariah suddenly coughs up blood mid-conversation with Luke, realizes what happened, and dies moaning about how her insides are burning.]]
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* While in prison, Mariah orders anyone who could possibly testify against her executed: dozens of people are gone by the next day, and Alex refers to it as practically every person who's ever worked in Harlem's Paradise in any capacity (and we later find him as one of the victims). When she tells him to relay the order, Donovan practically shits [[EvenEvilHasStandards Donovan]] [[BringMyBrownPants looks like he's about to shit himself in her presence presence]] until she clarifies that he happens to be exempt by virtue of his loyalty and attorney-client privilege (and his connections to [[ComicBook/TheKingpin other criminals]]), and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Sugar is only spared because his wife gave Mariah new clothes.
clothes]].
* After a whole season of appearing to be a regular, good-natured person, Tilda is driven over the edge by the full extent of her mother's evil into becoming Nightshade:[[spoiler:she she murders Mariah with a kiss on the lips after coating them with a time-delayed poison, leaving no sign at all for what seems to be at least a couple hours before Mariah suddenly coughs up blood mid-conversation with Luke, realizes what happened, and dies moaning about how her insides are burning.]]
* After a whole season of appearing to be a regular, good-natured person, Tilda is driven over the edge by the full extent of her mother's evil into becoming Nightshade:
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* Misty breaks into Cockroach's apartment, intending to plant a Judas bullet in one of his drawers. Just as recalling how she consoled Scarfe after his son's death leads her to reconsider, she accidentally steps on something. She grimaces when she sees that it's the end of a blood trail, and follows the trail with her flashlight. She finds Cockroach on the couch, '''[[OffWithHisHead missing his entire head]]''', explaining the large amount of blood spilled.
* As for what happened to Cockroach's head, we then immediately cut to Mariah's ribbon cutting ceremony at the Shirley Chisholm complex. Just as she cuts the ceremonial ribbon, she opens the doors to the complex...revealing [[DecapitationPresentation the severed heads of Cockroach, Mark Higgins, and Ray-Ray all mounted on spikes]] right inside the doors. It's a gruesome tableau that seems more suited to ''Game of Thrones'' than to something like ''Luke Cage''.
* As for what happened to Cockroach's head, we then immediately cut to Mariah's ribbon cutting ceremony at the Shirley Chisholm complex. Just as she cuts the ceremonial ribbon, she opens the doors to the complex...revealing [[DecapitationPresentation the severed heads of Cockroach, Mark Higgins, and Ray-Ray all mounted on spikes]] right inside the doors. It's a gruesome tableau that seems more suited to ''Game of Thrones'' than to something like ''Luke Cage''.
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* Misty breaks into Cockroach's apartment, intending to plant a Judas bullet in one of his drawers. Just as recalling how she consoled Scarfe after his son's death leads her to reconsider, she accidentally steps on something. She grimaces [[OhCrap pales]] when she sees that it's the end of a blood trail, and follows the trail with her flashlight. She finds Cockroach on the couch, '''[[OffWithHisHead missing his entire head]]''', explaining the large amount of blood spilled.
* As for what happened to Cockroach'shead, we head? We then immediately cut to Mariah's ribbon cutting ceremony at the Shirley Chisholm complex. Just as she cuts the ceremonial ribbon, she opens the doors to the complex...revealing [[DecapitationPresentation the severed heads of Cockroach, Mark Higgins, and Ray-Ray all mounted on spikes]] right inside the doors. It's a gruesome tableau that seems more suited to ''Game of Thrones'' than to something like ''Luke Cage''.
* As for what happened to Cockroach's
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* Remember what Tomas Ciancio said in episode 4 about the Stylers being ISIS? Well, that shows in their willingness to try and stage a drive-by on Mariah ''right outside the police station''.
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* Remember what Tomas Ciancio said in episode 4 about the Stylers being ISIS? Well, that shows in their willingness to try and stage a drive-by on Mariah ''right outside the police station''.precinct'' just as she's being cut loose.
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* Thankfully, we are spared the gory images when Bushmaster lets off a small grenade to bust himself out of the police van, only cutting to an exterior shot of the van interior blowing out and then the van coasting forward, driverless. Luckily the two ESU officers riding in back with him ''survived'' (probably because of their Kevlar vests absorbing shrapnel), but still.
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* Thankfully, [[GoryDiscretionShot we are spared the gory images images]] when Bushmaster lets off a small grenade to bust himself out of the police van, only cutting to an exterior shot of the van interior blowing out and then the van coasting forward, driverless. Luckily the two ESU officers riding in back with him ''survived'' (probably because of their Kevlar vests absorbing shrapnel), but still.
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** It's no wonder that, in the next episode, Shades decides Mariah is done. She could have just shot Stephanie and it would been enough to smoke out Bushmaster. She could have shot up the Stylers in one of their lairs instead of a restaurant full of innocent people, but instead, she pulls this. Then top that by calling all those innocent people "peasants" by proxy. It actually serves as an in universe NightmareFuel for him. As he himself notes two episodes later during his plea negotiation with the cops and US Attorney's office, in his criminal career, he has witnessed, participated and committed even similar horrific acts, even enjoying them, but towards other criminals. The fact that not one, but several completely innocent people were victim to such horrific deaths completely shakes him (while Candace was relatively innocent compared to others, Shades has argued that she was fair game after she took their bribe to lie to the cops about Cottonmouth's death). Which resonates even worse is that innocent people in real life do suffer such things at the hands of evil people.
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** It's no wonder that, in the next episode, Shades decides Mariah is done. She could have just shot Stephanie and it would been enough to smoke out Bushmaster. She could have shot up the Stylers in one of their lairs instead of a restaurant full of innocent people, but instead, she pulls this. Then top that by calling all those innocent people "peasants" by proxy. It actually serves as an in universe NightmareFuel for him. As he himself notes two episodes later during his plea negotiation with the cops and US Attorney's office, in his criminal career, he has witnessed, participated and committed even similar horrific acts, even enjoying them, but towards other criminals. The fact that not one, but several completely innocent people were victim to such horrific deaths completely shakes him (while Candace was relatively innocent compared to others, Shades has argued that was okay with killing her because in his mind, she was became fair game after when she took their bribe to lie to the cops police about Cottonmouth's death). Which resonates even worse is that innocent people in real life do suffer such things at the hands of evil people.
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* Shades is having a gradual breakdown, between his guilt over killing Comanche and being shell-shocked by what Mariah did at the Rum Punch Massacre. He's trying to wash imaginary blood off his hands early in the episode, he comes very close to shooting Ingrid when he catches up to her, only deciding against doing so at the last second. And when Mariah taunts him over Comanche's death, [[BerserkButton he snaps, throws her on the office desk and tries to strangle her]]. It's only his belief that she's not worth the effort to finish off that keeps him from completing the deed.
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* Shades is having a gradual breakdown, between his guilt over killing Comanche and being shell-shocked by what Mariah did at the Rum Punch Massacre. He's trying to wash imaginary blood off his hands early in the episode, he comes very close to shooting Ingrid when he catches up to her, only deciding against doing so at the last second. And when Mariah taunts him over Comanche's death, [[BerserkButton he snaps, throws her on the office desk and tries to strangle her]]. It's only his belief that [[NotWorthKilling she's not worth the effort to finish off off]] that keeps him from completing the deed.
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* Shades is having a gradual breakdown, between his guilt over killing Comanche and being shell-shocked by what Mariah did at the Rum Punch Massacre. [[OutDamnedSpot He's trying to wash imaginary blood off his hands]] early in the episode, he comes very close to shooting Ingrid when he catches up to her, only deciding against doing so at the last second. And when Mariah taunts him over Comanche's death, [[BerserkButton he snaps, throws her on the office desk and tries to strangle her]]. It's only his belief that she's not worth the effort to finish off that keeps him from completing the deed.
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* Shades is having a gradual breakdown, between his guilt over killing Comanche and being shell-shocked by what Mariah did at the Rum Punch Massacre. [[OutDamnedSpot He's trying to wash imaginary blood off his hands]] hands early in the episode, he comes very close to shooting Ingrid when he catches up to her, only deciding against doing so at the last second. And when Mariah taunts him over Comanche's death, [[BerserkButton he snaps, throws her on the office desk and tries to strangle her]]. It's only his belief that she's not worth the effort to finish off that keeps him from completing the deed.
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* Cottonmouth interrogates Shameek, who's already been beaten half to death. He first slaps him a few times "like a bitch" to find out where the money he stole his, but when Shameek gave a SpitefulSpit, he simply laughs, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown finishes beating the remaining half of life out of him]]. [[GoryDiscretionShot You can audibly hear the crunching the bones of Shameek's face, and blood-splatter on his shirt, as Cottonmouth caves his face in.]]
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* Cottonmouth interrogates Shameek, who's already been beaten half to death. He first slaps him a few times "like a bitch" to find out where the money he stole his, has gone, but when Shameek gave gives a SpitefulSpit, he simply laughs, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown finishes beating the remaining half of life out of him]]. [[GoryDiscretionShot You can audibly hear the crunching the bones of Shameek's face, and blood-splatter on his shirt, as Cottonmouth caves his face in.]]
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* Luke Cage protects Connie while some of Cottonmouth's thugs are shaking the owners down for money. One guy makes the unfortunate mistake of trying to throw a punch at his face. Luke just stands still while the cinematography does a slow-motion close up of his arm making contact with a human-shaped brick at full strength, with the impact force instead causing his arm to fracture in three places. He's later shown with his arm wrapped in a cast.
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* Luke Cage protects Connie while some of Cottonmouth's thugs Zip and his crew are shaking the owners down for money. One guy guy, Amos, makes the unfortunate mistake of trying to throw a punch at his face. Luke just stands still while the cinematography does a slow-motion close up of his the man's arm making contact with a human-shaped brick at full strength, with the impact force instead causing his arm to fracture in three places. He's later shown with his arm wrapped in a cast.
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** Tone calling Stokes "Cottonmouth" right in front of him. The guy immediately gets in Tone's face and bellows "MY NAME IS ''NOT'' '''''COTTONMOUTH!'''''" so suddenly that the self-assured Tone is immediately scared shitless.
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** Tone calling Stokes Cornell "Cottonmouth" right in front of him. The guy immediately [[SuddenlyShouting immediately]] gets in Tone's face and bellows "MY NAME IS ''NOT'' '''''COTTONMOUTH!'''''" so suddenly that the self-assured Tone is immediately scared shitless.
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** Diamondback is able to match Cage blow for blow and more. He actually causes him to suffer internal bleeding. Most likely, he actually broke some of Luke's RIBS. Think about that.
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** Diamondback is able to match Cage Luke blow for blow and more. He actually causes him to suffer internal bleeding. Most likely, he actually broke some of Luke's RIBS. Think about that.
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* The first demonstration of John [=McIver=] aka Bushmaster's power, is him ''slicing Nigel Garrison across the face and through both eyes'', in close up with gruesome detail, then soaking bullets as Garrison's men try to shoot him. Then he opens his shirt to show Nigel's men the bullets.
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* The first demonstration of John [=McIver=] aka Bushmaster's power, is him ''slicing Nigel Garrison across the face and through both eyes'', in close up with gruesome detail, then soaking bullets as Garrison's Nigel's men try to shoot him. Then he opens his shirt to show Nigel's men the bullets.
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* Luke confronts Cockroach as he's beating up his girlfriend, and goes pretty overboard, unnecessarily wrecking the apartment, and traumatizing the man's son and girlfriend by beating the abuser to within an inch of his life.
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* Luke confronts Cockroach as he's beating up his girlfriend, girlfriend Drea Powell, and goes pretty overboard, unnecessarily wrecking the apartment, and traumatizing the man's son and girlfriend by beating the abuser to within an inch of his life.
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* Continuing from the end of the previous episode, Luke is still helplessly paralyzed due to the effect of [=McIver=]'s paralysis powder, and unable to swim away, he is drowning. In fact he briefly loses consciousness and his life starts flashing before his eyes before he regains mobility.
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* Continuing from the end of the previous episode, Luke is still helplessly paralyzed due to the effect of [=McIver=]'s Bushmaster's paralysis powder, and unable to swim away, he is drowning. In fact he briefly loses consciousness and his life starts flashing before his eyes before he regains mobility.
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* The fight between Luke Cage and Diamondback is awesome as it is tense. For the first time since he appeared on Marvel, Luke Cage shows what happens when he cuts loose and why he doesn't when fighting regular henchmen. His punches shatter steel, concrete and absolutely decimate cars. It probably gave many Harlemites [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk a grim reminder of the last duel that took place here...]]
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* The fight between Luke Cage and Diamondback is awesome as it is tense. For the first time since he appeared on Marvel, Luke Cage shows what happens when he cuts loose and why he doesn't when fighting regular henchmen. His punches shatter steel, concrete and absolutely decimate cars. It probably gave many Harlemites [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 a grim reminder of the last duel that took place here...]]
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* What happened to Cockroach's head? Well, we then immediately cut to Mariah's ribbon cutting ceremony at the Shirley Chisholm complex. Just as she cuts the ceremonial ribbon, she opens the doors to the complex...revealing [[DecapitationPresentation the severed heads of Cockroach, Mark Higgins, and Ray-Ray all mounted on spikes]] right inside the doors. It's a gruesome tableau that seems more suited to ''Game of Thrones'' than to something like ''Luke Cage''.
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* What As for what happened to Cockroach's head? Well, head, we then immediately cut to Mariah's ribbon cutting ceremony at the Shirley Chisholm complex. Just as she cuts the ceremonial ribbon, she opens the doors to the complex...revealing [[DecapitationPresentation the severed heads of Cockroach, Mark Higgins, and Ray-Ray all mounted on spikes]] right inside the doors. It's a gruesome tableau that seems more suited to ''Game of Thrones'' than to something like ''Luke Cage''.
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* Bushmaster orders his men to sweep Harlem looking for Piranha and Luke. This is done through multiple cabs slowly cruising through the streets blasting reggae music at full volume, acting as intimidating as possible. When Sheldon stops Lonnie on one street corner to get a tip, Lonnie is visibly unnerved by their questions and calls his mom once they're out of sight.
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* Bushmaster orders his men to sweep Harlem looking for Piranha and Luke. This is done through multiple cabs slowly cruising through the streets blasting reggae music at full volume, acting as intimidating as possible. When Sheldon stops Lonnie on one street corner to get a tip, he comes off so unnerving that Lonnie is visibly unnerved by their questions and calls his mom once they're out of sight.picks up on the fact instantly that he's up to no good.
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* After spending a good portion of the season making us wonder what Ridenhour meant when he talked about knowing Tilda's true parentage, we learn the truth: [[ChildByRape she was a product of Mariah constantly being raped at the hands of her uncle Pete]].
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* After spending a good portion of the season making us wonder last two episodes wondering what Ridenhour meant when he talked about knowing Tilda's true parentage, we learn the truth: [[ChildByRape she was a product of Mariah constantly being raped at the hands of her uncle Pete]].
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** Similarly, Pistol Pete casually gunning down the teenage John.
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* The fact that Scarfe has the exact same cheerfully snarky repartee with Cottonmouth that we've seen him have with Misty for three episodes, talking about getting people killed in the same tone he previously used bantering about basketball. He's one cold, cold man.
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* The fact that Scarfe has the exact same cheerfully snarky repartee with Cottonmouth that we've seen him have with Misty for three episodes, talking casually chatting about getting people killed in the same tone he previously used bantering about basketball. He's one cold, cold man.
**Season 2 retroactively adds some worse context to this instance, since Mariah's daughter Tilda was a product of this constant molestation.
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* Shades is sent to Brooklyn to collect from Nigel, and instead meets Bushmaster and his men. Bushmaster gives Shades the bags, and in one of them, [[DecapitationPresentation also has placed Nigel's severed head]].
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* Shades is sent to Brooklyn to collect from Nigel, and instead meets Bushmaster and his men. Bushmaster gives Shades the bags, and in one of them, [[DecapitationPresentation also has placed Nigel's severed head]]. Though Shades keeps a poker face, it's clear that he's reading between the lines regarding what Bushmaster is really saying.
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* Continuing from the end of the previous episode, Luke is still helplessly paralysed due to the effect of [=McIver=]'s paralysis powder, and unable to swim away, he is drowning. In fact he briefly loses consciousness and his life starts flashing before his eyes before he regains mobility.
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* After spending a good portion of the season making us wonder what Ridenhour meant when he talked about knowing Tilda's true parentage, we learn the truth: [[ChildByRape she was a product of Mariah constantly being raped at the hands of her uncle Pete]].
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** It's no wonder that, in the next episode, Shades decides Mariah is done. She could have just shot Stephanie and it would been enough to smoke out Bushmaster. She could have shot up the Stylers in one of their lairs instead of a restaurant full of innocent people, but instead, she pulls this. Then top that by calling all those innocent people "peasants" by proxy. It actually serves as an in universe NightmareFuel for him. As he himself notes few episodes later, in his criminal career, he has witnessed, participated and committed even similar horrific acts, even enjoying them, but towards other criminals. The fact that not one, but several completely innocent people were victim to such horrific deaths completely shakes him. Which resonates even worse is that innocent people in real life do suffer such things at the hands of evil people.
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** It's no wonder that, in the next episode, Shades decides Mariah is done. She could have just shot Stephanie and it would been enough to smoke out Bushmaster. She could have shot up the Stylers in one of their lairs instead of a restaurant full of innocent people, but instead, she pulls this. Then top that by calling all those innocent people "peasants" by proxy. It actually serves as an in universe NightmareFuel for him. As he himself notes few two episodes later, later during his plea negotiation with the cops and US Attorney's office, in his criminal career, he has witnessed, participated and committed even similar horrific acts, even enjoying them, but towards other criminals. The fact that not one, but several completely innocent people were victim to such horrific deaths completely shakes him.him (while Candace was relatively innocent compared to others, Shades has argued that she was fair game after she took their bribe to lie to the cops about Cottonmouth's death). Which resonates even worse is that innocent people in real life do suffer such things at the hands of evil people.
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* Shades is having a gradual breakdown, shell-shocked by what Mariah did at the Rum Punch Massacre. [[OutDamnedSpot He's trying to wash imaginary blood off his hands]] early in the episode. And when Mariah taunts him over Comanche's death, [[BerserkButton he snaps, throws her on the office desk and tries to strangle her]]. It's only his belief that she's not worth the effort to finish off that keeps him from completing the deed.
* Mama Mabel burning Bushmaster's home with his mom and sister inside, casually ignoring the grieving kid as she throws the contract about Harlem's paradise co-ownership. Makes the Rum-Punch massacre a case of InTheBlood.
* Mama Mabel burning Bushmaster's home with his mom and sister inside, casually ignoring the grieving kid as she throws the contract about Harlem's paradise co-ownership. Makes the Rum-Punch massacre a case of InTheBlood.
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* Mama Mabel burning Bushmaster's home with his mom and sister inside, casually ignoring the grieving kid as she throws the contract about Harlem'sparadise co-ownership.Paradise co-ownership in the fire as well. Makes the Rum-Punch massacre a case of InTheBlood.
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* The first demonstration of Bushmaster's power, is him ''slicing Nigel Garrison across the face and through both eyes'', in close up with gruesome detail, then soaking bullets as Garrison's men try to shoot him. Then he opens his shirt to show Nigel's men the bullets.
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** It's no wonder that, in the next episode, Shades decides Mariah is done. She could have just shot Stephanie and it would been enough to smoke out Bushmaster. She could have shot up the Stylers in one of their lairs instead of a restaurant full of innocent people, but instead, she pulls this. Then top that by calling all those innocent people "peasants" by proxy.
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** It's no wonder that, in the next episode, Shades decides Mariah is done. She could have just shot Stephanie and it would been enough to smoke out Bushmaster. She could have shot up the Stylers in one of their lairs instead of a restaurant full of innocent people, but instead, she pulls this. Then top that by calling all those innocent people "peasants" by proxy. It actually serves as an in universe NightmareFuel for him. As he himself notes few episodes later, in his criminal career, he has witnessed, participated and committed even similar horrific acts, even enjoying them, but towards other criminals. The fact that not one, but several completely innocent people were victim to such horrific deaths completely shakes him. Which resonates even worse is that innocent people in real life do suffer such things at the hands of evil people.
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* Mama Mabel burning Bushmaster's home with his mom inside, casually ignoring the grieving kid as she throws the contract about Harlem's paradise co-ownership. Makes the Rum-Punch massacre a case of InTheBlood.
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* Mama Mabel burning Bushmaster's home with his mom and sister inside, casually ignoring the grieving kid as she throws the contract about Harlem's paradise co-ownership. Makes the Rum-Punch massacre a case of InTheBlood.
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** The way Bushmaster merely ''walks'' up to Luke before decking him. Luke's invulnerability makes him comfortable enough to walk around in public without worry. Then a [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse random pedestrian]] walks up to Luke and immediately lays him flat in two hits. Just to let him know that he can whenever he wants.
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** From D.W.'s perspective: The way Bushmaster merely ''walks'' up to Luke before decking him. Luke's invulnerability makes him comfortable enough to walk around in public without worry. Then a [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse random pedestrian]] walks up to Luke and immediately lays him flat in two hits. Just to let him know that he can whenever he wants.
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* As Tomas puts it, if the Yardies are Al-Qaeda, then the Stylers are ISIS, as far as their ruthlessness is concerned.
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* What happened to the head? Well, we then immediately cut to Mariah's ribbon cutting ceremony at the Shirley Chisholm complex. Just as she cuts the ceremonial ribbon, she opens the doors to the complex...revealing [[DecapitationPresentation the severed heads of Cockroach, Mark Higgins, and Ray-Ray all mounted on spikes]] right inside the doors. It's a gruesome tableau that seems more suited to ''Game of Thrones'' than to something like ''Luke Cage''.
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* What happened to the Cockroach's head? Well, we then immediately cut to Mariah's ribbon cutting ceremony at the Shirley Chisholm complex. Just as she cuts the ceremonial ribbon, she opens the doors to the complex...revealing [[DecapitationPresentation the severed heads of Cockroach, Mark Higgins, and Ray-Ray all mounted on spikes]] right inside the doors. It's a gruesome tableau that seems more suited to ''Game of Thrones'' than to something like ''Luke Cage''.
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