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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 324686" data-attributes="member: 23">Luke Cage DWYCK / Take It Personal / Now You’re Mine /  Soliloquy Of Chaos / You Know My Steez continued Luke’s journey this season has been great. They’ve really put the poor guy through it, and I’ve shared in Luke’s sadness and disappointment to discover Reva is not quite the sainted person we first heard about back in the first episode of Jessica Jones. Even though the misunderstood hero angle is far from new (it’s pretty much the driving force of all the Netflix Marvel series), I’ve really enjoyed the way it’s taken shape here, with Luke a fugitive from justice and Harlem polarised into those who support him and those who oppose him. Those who believe he’s innocent, those who believe he’s guilty… and those who muddy those waters to cover their own tracks.The consequences are real in this series. Candace’s death is an example of that. Her arc has run through the series in the lowest of keys and her death has repercussions for many and causes guilt complexes for some key characters.I particularly appreciated that the season ended on a bittersweet note, with Luke in custody. With the benefit of already knowing which series will follow on from this one and Claire saying she knows a good attorney (oh, the tease of an almost-crossover between two title characters is just too exciting), it seems pretty likely to me that Matt is going to spring Luke which will be one of the things that helps form The Defenders. But still, the hero of the series being taken back to prison for a crime they didn’t commit is yet another example of the injustices that run through these series and reinforce exactly why these heroes are so needed.I didn’t spot the name on the self-defence poster Claire gravitated towards, and so I missed the significance (I would have recognised the name as I know the comic character). However, I watched the first episode of the next Netflix Marvel series immediately afterwards and had that lightbulb moment where I realised it was a really nice, subtle little touch.When Luke Cage began, I was quite unsure about the tone. I wasn’t keen on the whole “blaxploitation” vibe and the rap/hip hop music and the posturing thugs playing at being men. With “reclaimed” words being an extremely misguided and damaging philosophy I really didn’t like racial epithets being casually - and frequently - bandied about. And I still could happily do without any of the above.However, Luke Cage is many things and the substance to the series far outweighs any struggles I may have had while watching it. The characters (with one obvious exception) have all proved to be interesting and enjoyable.I’ve been holding off on ranking any of these series until I’ve watched them all but as a guide, I think I’d place this first season below Daredevil and above the first season of Jessica Jones.</blockquote>

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