Luke Cage Episode 2.06: The Basement

"The Basement"
Director:	Millicent Shelton
Writer(s):	Aida Mashaka Croal
Series:	Luke Cage
Season Number:	2
Episode Number:	6
Original airdate:	June 22, 2018
Previous Episode:	"All Souled Out"
Next Episode:	"On and On"

"The Basement" is the sixth episode of season two of Luke Cage.

Plot

As a wave of violence rocks Harlem, everyone races to connect the dots between Piranha, Mariah, Bushmaster and the grisly find at the clinic.

Cast

• Mike Colter as Luke Cage
• Simone Missick as Misty Knight
• Theo Rossi as Hernan "Shades" Alvarez
• Mustafa Shakir as John McIver/Bushmaster
• Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard
• Reg E. Cathey as Reverend James Lucas
• Peter Jay Fernandez as Captain Tom Ridenhour
• Thomas Q. Jones as Comanche
• Sahr Ngaujah as Anansi
• Kevin Mambo as Sheldon
• Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Raymond "Piranha" Jones
• Heather Alicia Simms as Auntie Ingrid
• John Clarence Stewart as Alex Wesley
• John Scurti as Dr. Gabe Krasner
• Jeremiah Richard Craft as Dave Griffith
• Darius Kaleb as Lonnie Wilson
• Tijuana Ricks as Thembi Wallace
• Sean Ringgold as Sugar
• Jade Wu as Connie Lin
• Andrew Pang as Detective Donnie Chang
• Warren Neal as Styler

Continuity and References to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Berchel is mentioned.
• Patricia Wilson is mentioned.
• Val is mentioned.
• Ray Ray is mentioned.
• Cockroach is mentioned.
• Arturo Rey III is mentioned.
• Nigel Garrison is mentioned.
• Drea Powell is mentioned.
• Benjamin Donovan is mentioned.
• Karla is mentioned.
• Tilda Dillard is mentioned.
• Mark Higgins is mentioned.
• Cottonmouth is mentioned.
• Diamondback is mentioned.
• Pistol Pete is mentioned.
• Mama Mabel is mentioned.
• Tone is mentioned.
• Turk Barrett is mentioned.
• Joel Spurlock is mentioned.
• Rafael Scarfe is mentioned.
• Assassination of Nigel Garrison is mentioned.
• Assassination of Arturo Rey III is mentioned.
• Assassination of Cottonmouth is mentioned.
• Ambush on Luke Cage]is mentioned.
• War for New York is mentioned.
• Seagate Penitentiary is mentioned.
• Atreus Plastics is mentioned.
• Rivals is mentioned.
• Glenn Industries is mentioned.
• Hammer Industries' logo appears.
• Hand is mentioned.

Trivia

• The Basement is a song from the album Mecca and the Soul Brother of the hip-pop duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth.

Gallery

To be added

Links

• "The Basement" on IMDb