Marvel's Luke Cage Season 1 3

"Who's Gonna Take the Weight?"

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Marvel's Luke Cage Season 1 Episode 3
September 30, 2016

Episode Title

"Who's Gonna Take the Weight?"

Director

Guillermo Navarro

Writers

Matt Owens

Producers

Aïda Mashaka Croal, Akela Cooper, Gail Barringer

Previous Episode

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"Code of the Streets"
(September 30, 2016)

"Step in the Arena"
(September 30, 2016)

Appearing in "Who's Gonna Take the Weight?"

Featured Characters:

• Luke Cage (Main story, flashforward, and recap)

Supporting Characters:

• NYPD (Main story and recap)
  • Detective Misty Knight (Main story and recap)
• Bobby Fish
• Chico Diaz (Main story and recap) (Death)

Antagonists:

• Detective Rafael Scarfe
• Joel Spurlock (First appearance)
• Harlem's Paradise
  • Cottonmouth (Cornell Stokes)
  • Zip
  • Numerous unnamed others
• Councilwoman Mariah Dillard
• Domingo Colon

Other Characters:

• WJBP-TV (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  • Tim (First appearance) (Voice)
  • Megan McLaren (Full name revealed) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
• Biggie (Photo)
• Genghis Connie's
  • Connie Lin
• Henry "Pop" Hunter (Photo) (Full name revealed)
• New York Bulletin (Named only)
• FDNY
• Kelly Knight (Mentioned)
• Reva Connors (Mentioned) (Deceased)
• Shameek Smith (Recap)
• Dante Chapman (Death in recap)
• Tone (Corpse) (Behind the scenes)
• Charles Bradley (First appearance)
• Mama Mabel (Mentioned)
• Diamondback (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story, flashforward, and recap)

Locations:

• Earth-199999 (Main story, flashforward, and recap)
  • Earth (Main story, flashforward, and recap)
    • United States of America (Main story, flashforward, and recap)
      • New York (Main story, flashforward, and recap)
        • New York City (Main story, flashforward, and recap)
          • Manhattan (Main story, flashforward, and recap)
            • Harlem (Main story, flashforward, and recap)
              • St. Nicholas Avenue (Main story and flashforward)
                • Crispus Attucks Complex (Main story and flashforward)
              • Harlem's Paradise
              • Malcolm X Boulevard (Main story and recap)
                • Pop's Barber Shop (Main story and recap)
                • Genghis Connie's (Destruction)
              • Spurlock's Mortuary (First appearance)
              • Marcus Garvey Park (Mentioned)
              • 29th Precinct Police Station
            • Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Kips Bay (Mentioned)
            • Roosevelt Island
          • Queensboro Bridge
          • East River
      • Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (Mentioned)

Items:

• Mjolnir (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "Who's Gonna Take the Weight?"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• The Gang Starr song the episode is "Who's Gonna Take the Weight?", from their album Step in the Arena. Both the song and the episode focus on an individual stepping up to take on the problems of the streets.
• The songs featured in the episode are:
  • A cover of Black Sabbath's song "Changes" by Charles Bradley
  • "Ain't it a Sin" by Charles Bradley
  • "Enemies All Around Me" by Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge
  • Luke Cage listens to a censored version of the Wu-Tang Clan's song "Bring Da Ruckus" diegetically.

Trivia

• In this episode, Cottonmouth refers to Mariah as "Black Mariah", which is a reference to the alias of her her comic book counterpart. She seems to despise that name, but it wasn't expounded upon in future episodes.

See Also

• Discuss "Who's Gonna Take the Weight?" on the forums
• Gallery for the Marvel's Luke Cage series

Cast

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

• None.
  

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