Marvels Luke Cage
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You were right, says Luke, taking in the scene.
I shouldve let that bitch burn.
Hey, says Misty, youre bulletproof.
But Mistys words aret enough to reassure Luke.
He tells her how he and Danny had left Harlems Paradise the day before.
They shouldve ended it there, he says.
Spotting a trail of blood on the tile, they follow it to one of the restaurants exits.
There is, it turns out, a living witness after all.
Luke and Misty can only hope to find that survivor before Mariah, or even Bushmaster, does.
But when we next see Bushmaster Tildas still working some nightshade into him.
He isnt entirely conscious.
But he definitely wont be in any shape to fight without pure nightshade.
What Tildas been able to manufacture on her own just isnt enough.
We see Bushmaster as a kid.
We see Mariah lounging in the vicinity.
And theres a meeting between his mother and Mama Mable alongside them.
Theyre debating the 50 percent split between the club that their husbands held.
With their respective lawyers in tow, along with Mariahs Uncle Pete, the women reach an unsteady agreement.
Gwen will receive half her husbands share of Bushmaster rum, and continuing profits at Harlems Paradise.
After some time passes, we watch as Bushmaster grows older.
Pete arrives, out of the blue, to shoot him in the gut.
A younger Anansi shepherds him into the mountains, where Bushmaster is introduced to his first doses of nightshade.
That brings us back to the present, where hes fighting for his life yet again.
In the present, we watch as Mariah and Shades come to terms with their massacre.
But where Shades is repentant, Mariah takes solace in the killings.
She has her club back.
She has her money back.
Shes even building a safe room into the bottom of Harlems Paradise.
The next move, she thinks, is to enter the drug game.
She tells him that shes fulfilling her purpose.
Eventually, the pair concludes that Ingrid is the incidents lone survivor.
And Luke seeks her out, once Misty is sidelined as the police departments spokesperson for the murders.
So Luke tries searching the hospital for Ingrid.
A nurse tips him off that he should check the local clinicas as well, citing Ingrids documentation status.
And its exactly where he finds her after beating one guy senseless, and sending another to warn Mariah.
All she wants to do is see her husbands body.
Later, Bushmaster regains consciousness.
But he still hasnt found out about the murders at Gwens until all of a sudden he does.
He visits the restaurant that night with Tilda and his associate.
This attack was meant for me, not them, says Bushmaster.
He decides to let Tilda go free, thanking her for her help.
Are you a vegan now?
You lost your heart, Mariah, says Shades.
It was the best part of you.
But then, the conversation takes a turn when Mariah brings up Comanches death.
You have been off-kilter since dirty-ass snitch died, she says.
So yall was just gay for the stay?
Or was it a true brokeback romance?
And after another moment of deriding Comanche, Shades puts his hands on Mariah.
You aint even worth the effort, he says.
And then he leaves.
Tilda arrives at Harlems Paradise shortly afterward.
She asks if her mother really gave the order at Gwens.
I lit the goddam match, says Mariah, andpulled the trigger.
Tilda leaves her mother, seemingly for the final time.
Across town, Shades approaches Misty, and turns himself in.
He says, Mariahs gone too damn far this time.
Shes gotta go.
And Im gonna help you do it.
He allows Misty to cuff him.
But the episode reaches its ending as Luke brings Ingrid to the morgue.
Thats where they find Bushmaster waiting, and Ingrid immediately defuses the tension between the two men.
Dont start, she says, asking them to leave her to her husbands body.
Luke and Bushmaster talk in the hallway.
Bushmaster thanks him, noting that the kindness will not be forgotten.
But in this story, I guess Im the good guy.
And I cant let that happen.
Were not so different, you know, says Bushmaster.
We couldve been brethren.
But that isnt enough for Luke.
He tells Bushmaster to step away from the situation, or Luke will be there to stop him.
And Bushmaster declines, but he isnt happy about the decision.
He says, Me not looking forward to killing you, yeah?
Luke leaves Bushmaster and his aunt at the morgue.
