Luke Cage Season 2 Review – Marvel finally has a good second season

Simone Missick takes Misty Knight from supporting cast to co-star in this season, and she’s responsible for some of the best moments in the season. One in particular happens pretty early on. She’s still dealing with the injury she suffered during the climax of The Defenders, and she’s gone to Iron Fist‘s Colleen Wing to work on coping with it. The two end up at a bar after a frustrating training session, and the two women get some unwanted attention from a guy at the bar.

This fight scene is fun, in italics. Maybe even capital letters. The two women are capable and dangerous, but Misty is off her game. Missick believably conveys the confusion of an experienced fighter suddenly fighting without the help of one of her arms. Meanwhile, Colleen – who knows Misty doesn’t need any of her help, and simply needs a personal victory to get her mojo back – smirks while she sips her beer in the background. Once she sees that happen, the two get into it together, and both actresses are totally convincing as people you do not mess with. Jessica Henwick seems to have grown into Colleen’s shoes and her short appearance on the show is an absolute blast. She’s dealt with her pain and is ready to help pull others up with her.

Shades is another character that grows and grows. Shades is layered with complexity this time around, thanks to Theo Rossi, who might be the most underrated actor on the show . He’s the younger man to Mariah in a rare reversal of the Bond-with-younger-woman trope, but he’s not simply eye candy. He’s a smart and strategic character that moves with an almost serpentine grace as he calculates the moves and thoughts of those around him. He seems happy to stand back and influence events until he, too, has to tangle with his past. Shades is a person who loves and cares, but that vulnerability doesn’t contradict who he is as a criminal the way it so often does when characters are allowed to be vulnerable.

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