- "Half the people uptown have fathers, cousins, uncles, brothers in prison. You're no different than anybody else. You get your wish. You're not special. Instead of running, if you make a move and you take him down once and for all? You stop him, you save this community, and you free yourself."
- ―Claire Temple to Luke Cage[src]
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
Rafael Scarfe's ledger is found inadmissible and Cornell Stokes is exonerated. He threatens to expose Luke Cage's real identity if challenged again. Cage decides to leave Harlem; but Claire Temple convinces him to stay and fight. Stokes reminisces about being raised by Mariah Dillard at the behest of their grandmother, mobster Mama Mabel. As a child, Stokes' musical talents were encouraged by his uncle Pistol Pete, whom Mabel later forced Stokes to kill after learning Pete had made side dealings with her rivals, and molested Dillard. Meanwhile, Misty Knight is investigated by the internal affairs bureau while Dillard is put under pressure by her party to resign from the council. Cage attacks Domingo 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. Shades praises her and reveals his plan to frame Cage for the murder. Knight finds out "Luke Cage" is an alias just as he meets Temple to reveal his true identity and is shot by Diamondback with the Judas Bullet, 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 Hernan Alvarez/Shades
- Erik LaRay Harvey as Willis Stryker/Diamondback
- Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple
- Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard/Black Mariah
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 Wesley
- Justin Swain as Mark 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)
Appearances
Locations
- New York City, New York
- Georgia (mentioned)
- Seagate Prison (mentioned)
Events
- Raid of Colon's Gym
- Assassination of Cottonmouth
- Assassination of Pistol Pete (flashback)
- Arrest of Cottonmouth (mentioned)
- Attack on Pop's Barber Shop (mentioned)
- Destruction of Genghis Connie's (mentioned)
Items
Vehicles
To be added
Organizations
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
- David Dinkins
- Pappy Mason
- Inspector Gadget
Trivia
- Manifest is a song from the album No More Mr. Nice Guy of the hip-pop duo Gang Starr.
Music
| Song title | Artist | Location(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Plain Gold Ring | Nina Simone |
Zip openly sells guns when Luke Cage arrives which sends his buyers running; Zip warns Luke that Cottonmouth is getting out of prison; Misty Knight goes over case board when readies to let her anger out at Cornell but is stopped by Captain Betty Audrey; Cornell taunts Misty's efforts then leave the precinct, Luke watches. |
| Top Going Down, Bottom Going Up | Nathan Bartell |
At Pop's Barber Shop, Luke Cage tells Bobby Fish that Cottonmouth will not be charged without Rafael Scarfe. Claire Temple suggests that he can still do something to get his own justice. |
| I'm Bad Like Jesse James | John Lee Hooker |
Cottonmouth plays the piano; (Flashback) Mama Mabel confronts Pistol Pete on his betrayal of the family then takes him out back along with Cornell and Mariah Dillard where Cornell nervously shoots him dead. |
| April Sonata | Adrian Younge |
Mariah Dillard and Cottonmouth begin to tear each other apart as they both begin to crack and as Cornell's words strike at Mariah she attacks him with a wine bottle, pushes him out his office window then beats with a mic stand all as Shades watches. |
References
External Links
Manifest on IMDb
Manifest on Marvel Database
