History Recap / LukeCage2016S1E11NowYoureMine

* ContinuityNod: Blake Tower references [[Series/Daredevil2015 Frank Castle's rampage]] and his fear of someone like him getting his hands on the Judas-bullets.

* FreudianExcuse: Willis was born out of wedlock because his father's legitimate wife couldn't have a child, until Carl was born (Carl was considered "the miracle baby", by his own admission). Willis and Carl were best friends since they were children, but then one incident where they stole a car ended up landing Stryker in juvie, where he was forced to kill in self-defense and ended up going to prison. His mom died from cancer after he got arrested, since his father stopped giving them money, and since then Stryker blames Luke for being the favored child and the reason his whole life went to Hell.

* MouthOfSauron: Stryker doesn't talk to the hostage negotiators, he has Damon Boone be his mouthpiece at gunpoint.
* MythologyGag: One of Diamondback's thugs calls Claire "Night Nurse".

* PlotHole: Stryker says that he went to juvie while Carl went into the Marines. But Carl is two years younger than him, so either he would have been too old to go to juvie or Carl would have been too young to join the Marines.
* PragmaticVillainy: Shades is unwilling to hold civilians hostage inside Harlem's Paradise because he knows they are surrounded and outmatched by the police outside.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Blake Tower wants to stall the possibility of a violent confrontation between Luke and the Judas-armed ESU because he knows it's only a matter of time before these kind of weapons end up in the street. After all, Frank Castle shot up dozens of criminals with regular bullets, and would've done much worse with Judas bullets.

-->'''Diamondback:''' Take [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Diet Obama]] upstairs, Ty! Keep a gun on him until I get up there.
-->'''Damon Boone''': Take your hands off me! You can't do this...\\
'''Diamondback''': [[TakeThat Yes We Can!]]

* TapOnTheHead: A mere dope slap from Luke knocks out one {{Mook}}.

* PlausibleDeniability: The fact that the highest ranking cop in the command center is Inspector Ridley is something that suggests to both her and Blake Tower that higher-ups want any blowback from this operation to be on her.

** Before dropping Candace, Diamondback says, "Bye, Carl. [[Film/{{Friday}} Bye, Felicia!]]"

** Diamondback also refers to Boone derisively as [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama "Diet Obama"]].
--> '''Boone''': You can't do this...\\

* ContinuityNod: Blake references the Punisher's rampage from ''Series/Daredevil2015'' and his fear of someone like him getting his hands on the Judas-bullets.

* FreudianExcuse: Willis was born out of wedlock because his father's legitimate wife couldn't have a child, until Carl was born. Willis and Carl were best friends since they were children, but then one incident where they stole a car ended up landing Stryker in juvie, where he was forced to kill in self-defense and ended up going to prison. His mom died from cancer after he got arrested, since his father stopped giving them money, and since then Stryker blames Luke for being the favored child and the reason his whole life went to Hell.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Blake Tower wants to stall the possibility of a violent confrontation between Luke and the Judas-armed NYPD because he knows it's only a matter of time before these kind of weapons end up in the street.

* JurisdictionFriction: Between the District Attorney and NYPD over the hostage crisis.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Blake wants to stall the possibility of a violent confrontation between Luke and the Judas-armed NYPD because he knows it's only a matter of time before these kind of weapons end up in the street.

** Before dropping Candace, Diamondback says, "[[Film/{{Friday}} Bye, Felicia!]]"

* TheBusCameBack: Blake Tower, who left New York after Reyes' murder, has returned and probably taken her place to help out with the hostage situation in Harlem. It was probably not a very long departure, given the small time difference in-universe between the events of ''Daredevil'' and ''Luke Cage''.

* CrazyEnoughToWork: Diamondback's plan is criticized by [[PragmaticVillainy Shades]] for being impractical, as he is making up things as they go along. Against expectations, it actually ends up working: Luke gets arrested by the police at the end of the episode and Diamondback escapes again (thanks to Zip knowing about Cottonmouth's secret get-away), though a couple of {{mooks}} get arrested, including ironically enough Shades, who didn't have enough faith in his plan.

** Diamondback also refers to Boone derisively as [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama "Obama"]].

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: At the end of the episode, Luke's decision to save Candace results in the police arresting him.

* TheBusCameBack: Blake Tower, who left New York after Reyes' murder, has returned and probably taken her place to help out with the hostage situation in Harlem. It was probably not a very long departure, given the small time difference in-universe between the events of ''Daredevil'' and ''Luke Cage''.

* FreudianExcuse: Willis was born out of wedlock because his father's legitimate wife couldn't have a child, until Carl was born. Willis and Carl were best friends since they were children, but then one incident where they stole a car ended up landing Stryker on juvie, where he was forced to kill in self-defense and ended up going to prison. His mom died from cancer after he got arrested, since his father stopped giving them money, and since then Stryker blames Luke for being the favored child and the reason his whole life went to Hell.

* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Diamondback tells his entire backstory to Damon Boone, who lampshades this trope just moments before Stryker caves his chest with a super-glove punch. Stryker never intended to let Boone walk out.

* SadisticChoice: Diamondback forces Luke into one when the police is about to storm Harlem's Paradise and he threatens to drop Candace from a great height. Either he saves Candace and lets himself get arrested by the police, or he runs away from them and leaves Candace to die. He picks the former.

* TheBusCameBack: Blake Tower, who left New York after Reyes' murder, has returned and probably taken her place to help out the hostage situation in Harlem. It was probably not a very long departure since the small time difference in-universe between the events of ''Daredevil'' and ''Luke Cage''.
* CrazyEnoughToWork: Diamondback's plan is criticized by [[PragmaticVillainy Shades]] for being impractical, as he is making up things as they go along. Against expectations, it actually end ups working: Luke gets arrested by the police at the end of the episode and Diamondback escapes again (thanks to Zip knowing about Cottonmouth's secret get-away), though a couple of {{mooks}} get arrested, including ironically enough Shades, who didn't have enough faith in his plan.
* FreudianExcuse: Willis was born out of wedlock because his father's legitimate wife couldn't have a child, until Carl was born. Willis and Carl were best friends since they were children, but then one incident where they stole a car ended up landing Stryker on juvie, where he was forced to kill in self-defense and ended up going to prison. His mom died from cancer after he got arrested, since his father stopped giving them money and since then Stryker blames Luke for being the favored child and the reason his whole life went to Hell.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: While he doesn't find out the whole truth, Boone ends up finding out just enough to figure out Luke Cage is as innocent as he seems from Diamondback himself, who promptly kills him to not have him investigate further and connect the dots.

* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Diamondback tells his entire backstory to Damon Boone, who lampshades this trope just moments before Stryker caves his chest with his punch. Stryker never intended to let Boone walk out.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Blake wants to stall the possibility of a violent confrontation between Luke and the Judas-armed NYPD because he knows its only a matter of time before these kind of weapons end up in the street.
* SadisticChoice: Diamondback forces Luke into one when the police is about to storm Harlem's Paradise and he threatens to drop Candance from a great height. Either he saves Candace and lets himself get arrested by the police, or he runs away from them and leaves Candace to die. He picks the former.
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: During Diamondback's JustBetweenYouAndMe to Damon Boone where he tells him about his background as the son of Reverend Lucas, "Son of a Preacher Man" plays in the background.

* FreudianExcuse: Willis was born out of wedlock because his father's legitimate wife couldn't have a child, until Carl was born. Willis and Carl were best friend since they were children, but then one incident where they stole a car ended up landing Stryker on juvy, where he was forced to kill in self-defense and ended up going to prison. His mom died from cancer after he got arrested, since his father stopped giving them money and since then Stryker blames Luke for being the favored child and the reason his whole life went to Hell.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: While he doesn't find out the whole truth, Boone ends up finding out just enough to figure out Luke Cage is innocent as he seems from Diamondback himself, who promptly kills him to not have him investigate further and connect the dots.

* PragmaticVillainy: Shades is unwilling to hold civilians hostage inside Harlem's Paradise because he knows they were surrounded and outmatched with the police outside.

* CrazyEnoughToWork: Diamondback's plan is criticized by [[PragmaticVillainy Shades]] for being impractical, as he is making up things as they go along. Against expectations, it actually end ups working: Luke gets arrested by the police at the end of the episode and Diamondback escapes again, though a couple of {{mooks}} get arrested, including ironically enough Shades, who didn't have enough faith in his plan.

* TheBusCameBack: Blake Tower, who left New York following the murder of his boss, has returned and probably taken her place to help out the hostage situation in Harlem. It was probably not a very long departure since the small time difference in-universe between the events of ''Daredevil'' and ''Luke Cage''.

* MouthOfSauron: Boone is forced to play this role for "Luke Cage" in the hostage situation.

* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Diamondback tells his entire backstory to Damon Boone, who lampshades this trope just moments before Stryker caves his chest with his punch.
* HostageSituation: The shootout between Luke and Diamondback ends up leaving several people trapped inside Harlem's Paradise with Stryker's thugs holding them until they find and kill Luke. Stryker never intended to let Boone walk out.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: While he doesn't find out the whole truth, Boone ends up finding out just enough to figure out Luke Cage is innocent as he seems from Diamondback himself, who ends up killing him to not have him investigate further and connect the dots.

* HostageSituation: The shootout between Luke and Diamondback ends up leaving several people trapped inside Harlem's Paradise with Stryker's thugs holding them until they find and kill Luke.

* TapOnTheHead: A mere dope slap from Luke knocks out one {{Mook}}.
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: During Diamondback's JustBetweenYouAndMe to Damon Boone where he tells him about his background as the son of Reverend Lucas, "Son of a Preacher Man" plays in the background.

* FreudianExcuse: Willys was born out of wedlock because his father's legitimate wife couldn't have a child, until Carl was born. Willys and Carl were best friend since they were children, but then one incident where they stole a car ended up landing Stryker on juvy, where he was forced to kill in self-defense and ended up going to prison. His mom died from cancer after he got arrested, since his father stopped giving them money and since then Stryker blames Luke for being the favored child.

* IndyPloy: Diamondback's strategy in the hostage situation. Shades isn't pleased

* MythologyGag: One of Diamondback's thugs calls Claire "Night Nurse"
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Blake wants to stall the possibility of a violent confrontation between Luke and the Judas-armed NYPD because he knows its only a matter of time before these kind of weapons end up in the street.

* FreudianExcuse: Willys was born out of wedlock because his father's legitimate wife couldn't have a child, until Carl was born. Willys and Carl were best friend since they were children, but then one incident where they stole a car ended up landing Stryker on juvy, where he was forced to kill in self-defense and ended up going to prison. His wife died from cancer after he got arrested, since his father stopped giving them money and since then Stryker blames Luke for being the favored child.

* IndyPloy: Diamondback's strategy in the hostage situation.

* JurisdictionFriction: Between the District Attorney and NYPD over the hostage crisis.

* CainAndAbel: Directly referenced by Stryker when he compares himself with Luke.

Luke and Claire discuss on how to free the hostages inside of Harlem Paradise. Meanwhile, more of Diamondback's past is revealed.

* CainAndAbel: Directly referenced by Stryker when he compared himself with Luke.