Luke Cage: The good and the bad of season 1

Marvel’s Luke Cage

The Story

The Good

The first half of the story was well balanced. First, the audience was given a chance to see everything we may have wondered about. His time in jail and why he was there, how he survived in jail, the experiment that gave his power, and how he met his wife. It made it easier to really understand why Luke is the way he is.

There was also a great job with making us sympathetic for Luke as a person. After Pops’ death, Luke adopted his motto, “Never backward, always forward. Always.” making Luke’s determination to make the streets better more valiant. It also gave Luke a reason to be a hero again. He wasn’t just a vigilante anymore. Luke Cage became a symbol. He was the person out avenging a man everyone in the community loved. When Luke went to jail at the end and almost got romantic with Claire Temple (played by Rosario Dawson) it was sad that he didn’t get some…coffee.

The Bad

There was a bad mid-season slump. Diamondback continued to be a bad choice for villain; we were forced to sit through the origin story of Luke Cage and his brother Willis’ origin story. Normally, it’s a great idea to hear why a villain has such a negative view of the hero. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case. It added absolutely nothing to the story. So we got to see Luke and Claire drive through Luke’s old city and an old church for no reward. Even the final fight scene was poorly executed.