Luke Cage · Season 1, Episode 7
“Manifest” · Season 1, Episode 7
In this episode: Luke Cage (2), Cottonmouth Stokes (1), Claire Temple (1)
[Luke fights his way into Domingo Colon's gym and finds himself targeted by two henchmen with guns]
I guess you guys haven't heard about me, have you?
Take him out!
[the henchmen empty their guns at him, but the bullets simply ricochet off and fly into the rest of the gym—leaving Luke still standing in a jacket riddled with bullet holes]
…I'm about sick of always having to buy new clothes.
There is honor among thieves, but you ain't no thief. Gave a speech at a church, knocked down a few doors in the projects and now you Harlem's Captain America? Nigga please. How they gonna feel about their folk hero when they find out he ain't nothing more but a goddamn hoodlum? You act like you better than me, you ain't better than me.
What did your father say when he saw you?
Nothing. He doesn't know I'm alive. He wouldn't want to see me anyway. I'm his… shame. The last thing my father wanted to do was raise a black criminal. He did everything in his power to give me the kind of life so that wouldn't happen. And yet, I still went to jail.
That wasn't your fault.
He didn't see it that way. I tried to explain. I made calls. I sent letters, and he returned every last one of them.
Then why let your father's last memory of you be as a criminal? A dead criminal? I think he'd be very proud to know who you are now. [pause] Anyway, thank you.
For what?
I can't imagine there are that many people who know the saga of Luke Cage. It means a lot that you trust me.
I didn't come to Harlem to be a hero, Claire. I came because I needed time to figure shit out.
So did I.
You're right. I can't keep running. But I want you to know what you're getting into. If Cottonmouth talks, or if anybody connects the dots that Luke Cage is Carl Lucas… I go back to Seagate.
You knew the risks and you did it anyway. That's what makes you a hero.
Maybe I should get a mask after all.
No. Too much in Harlem happens in the shadows. People fear what they can't see. And that's what makes you different. They see you. It makes them trust you.
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