Luke Cage 202 Review of "Straighten It Out" by TV Podcast Industries

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Things are looking a bit more bleak in our Luke Cage 202 Review as we discuss our top five points about "Straighten It Out" the second episode of season 2 of the Marvel Netflix show Luke Cage in our Spoiler filled podcast. As always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to our podcast. Luke Cage 202 Review "Straighten It Out" Spoiler filled Synopsis Directed by Steph Green Written by Akela Cooper Luke Cage ( Mike Colter ) is still standing after his encounter with the Judas-bullet, but whilst he tests the boundaries of his enhanced strength, his would-be assassin Arturo El Rey III is released from police custody after Misty Knight ( Simone Missick ) undermines the case being built by her colleagues. As Misty tries to fit back in at the precinct, she finds the going tougher than she thought as not everyone at the N.Y.P.D. is pleased to see her back. Meanwhile both Bushmaster ( Mustafa Shakir ) and Mariah Dillard ( Alfre Woodard ) seek to reconnect to distant family to push their own agenda in Harlem. Bushmaster seeks out his brother to restore his powers. Whilst Mariah tries to bring her daughter Tilda Dillard ( Gabrielle Dennis ) into her political career as she continues to distance herself from her criminal past; but a bullet to head of El Rey by Shades only makes that more difficult. Elsewhere, Luke has family issues of his own. As his dad, James Lucas ( Reg E. Cathey ), tries to seek reconciliation he is helped by Claire Temple ( Rosario Dawson ) who tries to persuade Luke to forgive his father. But as Luke refuses to listen to James or Claire, he strains his relationship with Claire to breaking point. As Luke lashes out on the street he risks his reputation as the Hero of Harlem as he vents his frustration on Cockroach ( Dorian Missick ). Thanks so much for listening to our Luke Cage 202 Review Podcast we've loved to hearing from listeners about your thoughts on all of our podcasts so far. If you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to [email protected] join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can now record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We'll back this on Tuesday the 26th of June with our review of Luke Cage Season 2 Epi...

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