Luke Cage is easily one of my favorite of the Marvel Netflix shows. The characters, the setting, the music - all amazing.
Now on to my review of season 2:
What I liked
- I liked the hints at the "Hero for Hire" idea, which is where my husband know's both Luke and Danny (Iron Fist) from.
- Girl power! I love Misty Knight, and I also love Colleen Wing. I think both these badass ladies deserve their own show.
- I love that the villain could take Luke down a notch. I'm not sure how I felt about the villain's back story and motivations though, but I guess he was interesting to watch.
- I loved when Luke saved Miranda from her burning house.
- It was interesting that as Luke made more and more controversial choices, his support system from season 1 started disappearing, including Claire.
- I liked Tilda Johnson a lot, and am interested to see where her character will go from there.
- My favorite part of Luke Cage is how many people are aware that he is bullet proof, but still fire a ton of rounds at him anyway. And he's like "really?" It cracks me up every time.
What I didn't like
- Shades - I went back and forth on him all season. He would do something almost interesting, and then blow it a bit later. And why was his final straw what happened in the diner, but not his best friend? I don't know, I was just hoping for more from him as a character - even as a villain or anti-hero, but he really fell flat for me. I'm sure others may disagree.
- The ending. I loved this whole season until the ending. My husband and I do not agree on this, because he liked it. But I seriously don't like the idea of (spoiler alert) Luke Cage being the leader of criminals. It feels off to me.
That's it, overall a solid season and I can't wait until the next one!
