Marvel's Luke Cage Season 2 8

"If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right"

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Marvel's Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 8
June 22, 2018

Episode Title

"If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right"

Director

Neema Barnette

Writers

Nathan Louis Jackson

Producers

[[Gail Barringer]] [[Category:Gail Barringer/Producer]]

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(June 22, 2018)

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(June 22, 2018)

Appearing in "If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right"

Featured Characters:

• Luke Cage

Supporting Characters:

• NYPD (Main story and flashback)
  • Detective Misty Knight (Rejoins)
  • Detective Bailey
  • Detective Nandi Tyler
  • Detective Rafael Scarfe (Mentioned)
  • Captain Tom Ridenhour (Only in flashback)
  • Detective O'Reilly (Mentioned)
• Reverend James Lucas

Antagonists:

• Shades (Hernan Alvarez) (Main story and flashback)
• Mariah Dillard
• Sugar
• Stylers
  • Harlem's Paradise
  • Bushmaster (John McIver)
  • Anansi
  • Sheldon
  • Mouse
  • Unnamed members

Other Characters:

• Comanche (Darius Jones) (Only in flashback) (Full name first revealed)
• Dr. Tilda Dillard
• Raymond "Piranha" Jones (Mentioned)
• Candace Miller (Mentioned)
• Janis Jones (First appearance)
• Rivals (Mentioned)
  • Romeo (Mentioned)
• Dr. Noah Burstein (Mentioned)
• Claire Temple (Mentioned)
• Arturo Rey III (Mentioned)
• Nigel Garrison (Mentioned)
• Dontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton (Mentioned)
• Gwen McIver (Mentioned)
• Donovan and Partners
  • Benjamin Donovan
• Mama Mabel (Mentioned)
• Zip (Only in flashback)
• Cottonmouth (Cornell Stokes) (Mentioned)
• Quincy McIver (Photo)
• Buggy Stokes (Photo)
• Danny Rand (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth-199999
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Harlem
              • Malcolm X Boulevard
                • Mount Olivet Baptist Church
              • Harlem's Paradise
              • 29th Precinct Police Station
              • Mother's Touch
            • Times Square (Mentioned)
      • Georgia (Mentioned)
        • Seagate Prison (Mentioned)
      • Hawaii (Mentioned)
        • Maui (Mentioned)
      • Louisiana (Mentioned)
        • New Orleans (Mentioned)

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Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• The title of the episode is named after the song "If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right" from the album Mecca and the Soul Brother by Pete Rock & CL Smooth.

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss "If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right" on the forums
• Gallery for the Marvel's Luke Cage series

Cast

Character	Actor
Luke Cage	Mike Colter
Detective Misty Knight	Simone Missick
Shades / Hernan Alvarez	Theo Rossi
Tilda Dillard	Gabrielle Dennis
Bushmaster / John McIver	Mustafa Shakir
Mariah Dillard	Alfre Woodard
Reverend James Lucas	Reg E. Cathey
Captain Tom Ridenhour	Peter Jay Fernandez
Comanche	Thomas Q. Jones
Anansi	Sahr Ngaujah
Sheldon	Kevin Mambo
Janis Jones	LaTonya Borsay
Detective Nandi Tyler	Antonique Smith
Detective Mark Bailey	Justin Swain
Sugar	Sean Ringgold
Mouse	Stefan Holdbrook
Ben Donovan	Danny Johnson
Mother	Shauna Miles
Father	Carlos Guity
Young Man	Anthony Capers
Gypsy Cab Styler	Gene Presendieu

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

• None.