"If it Ain't Rough, it Ain't Right" is the eighth episode of season two of Luke Cage.
Plot[]
While Shades, Mariah and Misty come to terms with the previous night's events, Bushmaster searches for a way to boost his strength.
Cast[]
- Mike Colter as Luke Cage
- Simone Missick as Misty Knight
- Theo Rossi as Hernan "Shades" Alvarez
- Gabrielle Dennis as Tilda Dillard
- 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 Darius Jones/Comanche
- Sahr Ngaujah as Anansi
- Kevin Mambo as Sheldon
- LaTonya Borsay as Janis Jones
- Antonique Smith as Detective Nandi Tyler
- Justin Swain as Detective Mark Bailey
- Sean Ringgold as Sugar
- Stefan Holdbrook as Mouse
- Danny Johnson as Benjamin Donovan
- Shauna Miles as Mother
- Carlos Guity as Father
- Anthony Capers as Young Man
- Gene Presendieu as Gyosy Cab Styler
- Bahiyah Hibah as Patrol Cop
Continuity and References to the Marvel Cinematic Universe[]
- Tom Ridenhour is mentioned.
- Raymond Jones is mentioned.
- Candace Miller is mentioned.
- Romeo is mentioned.
- Shaw is mentioned.
- West is mentioned.
- Callahan is mentioned.
- Brigid O'Reilly is mentioned.
- Noah Burstein is mentioned.
- Arturo Rey III is mentioned.
- Nigel Garrison is mentioned.
- Cockroach is mentioned.
- Rafael Scarfe is mentioned.
- Quincy McIver is mentioned.
- Gwen McIver is mentioned.
- Claire Temple is mentioned.
- Mama Mabel is mentioned.
- Zip is mentioned.
- Cottonmouth is mentioned.
- Rafael Scarfe is mentioned.
- Earl Scarfe is mentioned.
- Sugar's Wife
- Mamie Johnson is mentioned.
- Danny Rand/Iron Fist is mentioned.
- Rivals is mentioned.
- Assassination of Tom Ridenhour]] appears in flashback.
- Attack on Shades]] appears in flashback.
- Assassination of Candace Miller is mentioned.
- Attack on Harlem's Paradise is mentioned.
- Assassination of Cottonmouth is mentioned.
- Seagate Penitentiary is mentioned.
Trivia[]
- If It Ain't Rough, it Ain't Right is a song from the album Mecca and the Soul Brother of the hip-pop duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth.
- Detective Tyler tells Misty "O'Reilly moved to New Orleans". Detective Brigid O'Reilly is a character from Marvel's Cloak & Dagger which is set in New Orleans.
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