Manifest

"Sometimes if you want justice, you have to get it yourself."

- Claire Temple

Manifest is the seventh episode of the first season of the Netflix exclusive television series Luke Cage.

Synopsis
Mariah's political career comes under fire, and Cottonmouth picks up information that could put Luke on the run.

Plot
Scarfe's ledger is found inadmissible and Stokes is exonerated. He threatens to expose Cage's real identity if challenged again. Cage decides to leave Harlem; but Claire convinces him to stay and fight. Stokes reminisces about being raised by Dillard at the behest of their grandmother, mobster Mama Mabel. As a child, Stokes' musical talents were encouraged by his uncle Pete, whom Mabel later forced Stokes to kill after learning Pete had made side dealings with her rivals, and molested Dillard. Meanwhile, Knight is investigated by the internal affairs bureau while Dillard is put under pressure by her party to resign from the council. Cage attacks Colon and takes the weapons, giving them to Knight. Dillard visits Stokes to convince him to let go of his obsession with Cage, which leads into an argument that ends with her killing him when he says she flirted with Pete. Alvarez praises her and reveals his plan to frame Cage for the murder. Knight finds out "Luke Cage" is an alias just as he meets Claire to reveal his true identity and is shot by Diamondback with the Judas, the Chitauri bullet, leaving him badly wounded.

Cast
Main Cast:
 * Mike Colter as Luke Cage
 * Mahershala Ali as Cornell Stokes/Cottonmouth
 * Simone Missick as Misty Knight
 * Theo Rossi as Shades
 * Erik LaRay Harvey as Willis Stryker/Diamondback
 * Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple
 * Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard

Guest Stars:
 * Danny Johnson as Benjamin Donovan
 * LaTanya Richardson Jackson as "Mama" Mabel Stokes
 * Ron Cephas Jones as Bobby Fish
 * Jacob Vargas as Domingo Colon
 * Karen Pittman as Inspector Priscilla Ridley
 * Sonja Sohn as Captain Betty Audrey
 * Curtiss Cook as Peter "Pistol Pete" Stokes
 * Elijah Boothe as Young Cottonmouth
 * Megan Miller as Young Mariah
 * Edwin Freeman as Young Pop
 * Jaiden Kaine as Zip
 * MJ Rodriguez as Sister Boy
 * Ephraim Sykes as Donnie
 * John Clarence Stewart as Alex
 * Justin Swain as Bailey
 * Clark Jackson as Damon Boone
 * Dawn-Lyen Gardner as Megan McLaren
 * David Healy as Reporter #1
 * Robyn Payne as Reporter #2
 * Jeremiah Richard Craft as Dave Griffith
 * D-Nice as himself
 * Luc Owono as Cottonmouth Driver (uncredited)

Locations

 * New York City, New York
 * 29th Precinct Police Station
 * Harlem's Paradise
 * Pop's Barber Shop
 * Mariah Dillard's Brownstone
 * Colon's Gym
 * Crispus Attucks Complex
 * Genghis Connie's (mentioned)
 * (mentioned)
 * Georgia (mentioned)
 * Seagate Prison (mentioned)

Events

 * Raid of Colon's Gym
 * Assassination of Cottonmouth
 * Arrest of Cottonmouth (mentioned)
 * Destruction of Genghis Connie's (mentioned)

Items

 * Judas Bullet
 * Judas Bullet

Vehicles
To be added

Organizations

 * New York City Police Department
 * Hammer Industries

Mentioned

 * Rafael Scarfe
 * Amos
 * Joel Spurlock
 * Daredevil
 * Dante Chapman
 * Buggy Stokes
 * Salvador Colon
 * Jazmine Stokes
 * Captain America
 * Connie Lin
 * Justin Hammer
 * Malik
 * James Lucas
 * Matt Murdock

Trivia

 * Manifest is a song from the album  of the hip-pop duo Gang Starr.