- "You scared?"
"Yes. Yes, I'm scared! I got no home; I got no club; Bushmaster, cops, Luke Cage, everybody is up my ass! Yes, I'm scared, because it's over!" - ―Shades and Mariah Dillard[src]
If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right is the eighth episode of the second season of the Netflix exclusive television series Luke Cage, and the twenty-first episode overall.
Synopsis
While Shades, Mariah and Misty come to terms with the previous night's events, Bushmaster searches for a way to boost his strength.
Plot
To be added
Cast
Main Cast:
- Mike Colter as Luke Cage
- Simone Missick as Misty Knight
- Theo Rossi as Hernan Alvarez/Shades
- Gabrielle Dennis as Tilda Johnson
- Mustafa Shakir as John McIver/Bushmaster
- Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard/Black Mariah
Special Guest Stars:
- Reg E. Cathey as Reverend James Lucas
Guest Stars:
- Peter Jay Fernandez as Captain Tom Ridenhour
- Thomas Q. Jones as Darius Jones/Comanche
- Sahr Ngaujah as Paul Mackintosh/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
- Justin Clarke as Yardie #3 (uncredited)
- Merritt Matthew Chase as Harlem Precinct Detective (uncredited)
Appearances
Locations
- New York City, New York
- Maui, Hawaii (mentioned)
- New Orleans, Louisiana (mentioned)
- Seagate Penitentiary, Georgia (mentioned)
Events
- War for Harlem
- Assassination of Tom Ridenhour (flashback)
- Attack on Shades (flashback)
- Assassination of Candace Miller (mentioned)
- Attack on Harlem's Paradise (mentioned)
- Assassination of Cottonmouth (mentioned)
Items
- Misty Knight's Prosthetic Arm
- Nightshade
- Bushmaster Rum (mentioned)
Vehicles
To be added
Creatures
Organizations
- New York City Police Department
- Stokes Crime Family
- Stylers
- Donovan and Partners
- Rivals (mentioned)
- The Fresh Air Fund (mentioned)
- New York Yankees (mentioned)
Mentioned
- Tom Ridenhour
- Piranha Jones
- Candace Miller
- Darius Jones' Father
- Romeo
- Shaw
- West
- Callahan
- Brigid O'Reilly
- Noah Burstein
- Arturo Rey III
- Nigel Garrison
- Cockroach Hamilton
- Rafael Scarfe
- Quincy McIver
- Gwen McIver
- Claire Temple
- Mama Mabel
- Zip
- Cottonmouth
- Rafael Scarfe
- Earl Scarfe
- Sugar's Wife
- Mamie Johnson
- Danny Rand
- Devil Anse Hatfield
- Randolph McCoy
- Jesus
- John the Baptist
- Top Gun
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.
Music
Song title | Artist | Location(s) |
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Bounty on Stokes | Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad |
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Scarfe's Dying | Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad |
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Stylers Arrival | Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad |
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References
External Links
Season One | Moment of Truth • Code of the Streets • Who's Gonna Take the Weight? • Step in the Arena • Just to Get a Rep • Suckas Need Bodyguards • Manifest • Blowin' Up the Spot • DWYCK • Take It Personal • Now You're Mine • Soliloquy of Chaos • You Know My Steez |
Season Two | Soul Brother #1 • Straighten It Out • Wig Out • I Get Physical • All Souled Out • The Basement • On and On • If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right • For Pete's Sake • The Main Ingredient • The Creator • Can't Front on Me • They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) |