Luke Cage Episode 7
Holy Shit!
Mariah just killed Cottonmouth?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Damn I didn't see that coming AT ALL. I knew Daredevil would keep Fisk alive, because he'll bring in Bullseye down the road, and I knew that Jessica Jones would kill Kilgrave because he's just too powerful to last beyond one season. But Luke Cage offing Cotton halfway through the season? Did not expect.
Take a note televison: THIS is a goddamn twist. And it was totally worth it (RIP Cotton. Give Ali his own show).
Mariah finally lost complete control and, in doing so, is poised to rise as the new Queen of Harlem. Mama Maybell would be so proud. And it made perfect sense that Cotton was the one who pushed her to it. Cotton knows all of Mariah's secrets. He knows that Uncle Pete abused her and he threw it in her face. He also reminded her that HE was the anointed one to take over from Maybell and not Mariah. The best part is that he didn't even know how much that upset Mariah. All he could see was that MARIAH got the fancy education and chance to be better than a crime boss while HE had to give up dreams of music to follow in Maybell's footsteps. Each had what the other wanted and each resented the hell out of it. And these reminders on the night she lost everything had her reaching for that bottle. They had her hitting Cotton over the head. They had her watching him crash through the window and land on the dance floor. They had her following him down only to bash his face in with the microphone stand.
And it was so perfect that only Shades bore witness to Mariah's transformation. The ambassador of Diamondback, who was getting increasingly frustrated with Cotton's refusal to follow orders, sees that Mariah is the greater asset of the two Stokes cousins. Mariah can rise to greatness and Diamondback will reap the rewards.
This is going to be epic.
The parallels between Luke and Cotton continued. I'm going to miss those. Luke got a glimpse into the man Cotton could have been while Cotton revealed that he knew the man Luke used to be. Neither of them will ever be that person again. And, at episode's end, Cotton is taken out by the last person he expected while Luke was shot, which he never expected to happen again. Cotton dies and Luke will live. Thus the beautiful parallels come to a close.
I'm curious to see how the antagonism of Luke and Mariah will be presented. Will they be a sharp contrast? Or will parallels continue with the two characters having other things in common?
Again, this is going to be epic.
Mariah just killed Cottonmouth?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Damn I didn't see that coming AT ALL. I knew Daredevil would keep Fisk alive, because he'll bring in Bullseye down the road, and I knew that Jessica Jones would kill Kilgrave because he's just too powerful to last beyond one season. But Luke Cage offing Cotton halfway through the season? Did not expect.
Take a note televison: THIS is a goddamn twist. And it was totally worth it (RIP Cotton. Give Ali his own show).
Mariah finally lost complete control and, in doing so, is poised to rise as the new Queen of Harlem. Mama Maybell would be so proud. And it made perfect sense that Cotton was the one who pushed her to it. Cotton knows all of Mariah's secrets. He knows that Uncle Pete abused her and he threw it in her face. He also reminded her that HE was the anointed one to take over from Maybell and not Mariah. The best part is that he didn't even know how much that upset Mariah. All he could see was that MARIAH got the fancy education and chance to be better than a crime boss while HE had to give up dreams of music to follow in Maybell's footsteps. Each had what the other wanted and each resented the hell out of it. And these reminders on the night she lost everything had her reaching for that bottle. They had her hitting Cotton over the head. They had her watching him crash through the window and land on the dance floor. They had her following him down only to bash his face in with the microphone stand.
And it was so perfect that only Shades bore witness to Mariah's transformation. The ambassador of Diamondback, who was getting increasingly frustrated with Cotton's refusal to follow orders, sees that Mariah is the greater asset of the two Stokes cousins. Mariah can rise to greatness and Diamondback will reap the rewards.
This is going to be epic.
The parallels between Luke and Cotton continued. I'm going to miss those. Luke got a glimpse into the man Cotton could have been while Cotton revealed that he knew the man Luke used to be. Neither of them will ever be that person again. And, at episode's end, Cotton is taken out by the last person he expected while Luke was shot, which he never expected to happen again. Cotton dies and Luke will live. Thus the beautiful parallels come to a close.
I'm curious to see how the antagonism of Luke and Mariah will be presented. Will they be a sharp contrast? Or will parallels continue with the two characters having other things in common?
Again, this is going to be epic.