Commentary
He's still in one piece. That is incredible, considering he just got hit by a fucking rocket! Yeah I still can't believe he did.
Wow. He looks like a whole different person with that hair and beard.
So, I guess we will get the origin story of Luke Cage in this episode. Just like the way they did it with Daredevil and Jessica Jones, by doing a flashback.
He was an officer? Okay, that's the first fact about Luke's former life we got. And somehow he ended up being in jail. What's next?
Okay, Luke's skin ended up being unbreakable. So, it's quite nice scene. Sending a message.
He was not Luke Cage!
Reva was gorgeous! Luke was such a lucky guy. So, there was the place where they met.
And there Shades was.
Even the Chinese woman survived from the rocket blast!
"The best way I can put this is..."
No shit, Luke.
There's always a good thing to watch your black friends debate about something. They're so funny when proving their point.
She was right.
Seagate Prison. Kind of reminds me to The Raft due to its demographic. Although that's something remote prisons have in common, guess what? They are remote, duh.
"Nah.. You can't oversee my training."
LOL.
He's been becoming the king of the ring.
At this point I don't really know what's gonna happen.
OMG! That tank!
And the procedure begins.
Yeah. Lab experiment's going wrong. Typical superheroes' origin story.
It's shown in the trailer.
Aha. LOL.
LOL. Did you mean your comic book counterpart?
That was the drive we saw in Jessica Jones?
We know nothing about her.
Wow. He revealed his identity to the public. Although in this case it's not that simple, because he is basically not the guy he used to.
Verdict
Finally we got our origin story episode. And for me they did a great job to tell it effectively. They also gave some cool easter eggs from the comics. What keeps me wondering is will Luke/Carl's former life and his relationship with Reva play certain story in the present event? So I can't wait to see the next episode. And I hope we can learn more about Reva in the next episode. I think she might play some role at whatever's going to happen to Luke Cage ahead.