- "If you don't surrender yourself and Misty Knight I'm gonna kill a hostage every ten minutes – starting with Damon Boone."
- ―Diamondback to Luke Cage
Now You're Mine is the eleventh episode of the first season of the television series Luke Cage.
Synopsis[]
In one bold move, a friend from his past puts Luke on the defensive, Misty in dire straits, and Harlem's safety in jeopardy.
Plot[]
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Luke Cage escapes to the kitchen during the Attack on Harlem's Paradise with Misty Knight while Stryker takes Claire Temple, Candace Miller, the servant who testified against Cage, and the remaining civilians as hostages.
Meanwhile, the police surround the club; but inspector Priscilla Ridley does not authorize any assault. Blake Tower arrives and tries to give some advice to Ridley as the situation is controlled. Cage and Knight escape to the basement using a secret entrance in the kitchen just before Willis Stryker's men storm in. Temple tends to Miller's wound, with the latter revealing the truth to the former on Cottonmouth's murderer and telling about where Cage and Knight might be.
Claire Temple manages to escape and joins the pair, tending to Knight's wound. In the meantime, Stryker uses the loudspeakers to demand Cage to meet him by threatening to kill the hostages. Cage leaves to meet him.
Unfortunately, Shades finds the secret entrance and confronts Knight and Temple, who manages to overpower and lock him. Stryker kills Dillard's fellow party member, Damon Boone and orders his men to take the body to the outside. Luke Cage arrives and frees the hostages except for Candace Miller, whom Stryker uses to cover his own escape just as the SWAT team storms in and forces Cage to surrender using the Judas bullets provided by Dillard. Cage, Shades and some other mercenaries are put into custody. However, as he is arrested, the residents of Harlem send their supports to Cage.
Cast[]
Main Cast:
- Mike Colter as Luke Cage
- Simone Missick as Misty Knight
- Theo Rossi as Hernan Alvarez/Shades
- Erik LaRay Harvey as Willis Stryker/Diamondback
- Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple
Guest Stars:
- Stephen Rider as District Attorney Blake Tower
- Karen Pittman as Inspector Priscilla Ridley
- Clark Jackson as Damon Boone
- Tijuana Ricks as Thembi Wallace
- Jaiden Kaine as Zip
- Sean Ringgold as Sugar
- Deborah Ayorinde as Candace Miller
- Andrew Pang as Detective Donnie Chang
- P.J. Marshall as Lieutenant Mario Green
- Jared Blake DiCroce as Lopes
- Brad Fraizer as EMT
- Akua Santewa as Protester #1
- Anthony Vaughn Merchant as Protester #2
- Norma Aurel as Protester #3
- A.J. Franklin as Protester #4
- DeLance Minefee as Protester #5
- Adam Shippey as Ty (uncredited)
- Sean Archer as Hostage / Protester (uncredited)
- Roger Brenner as FDNY / EMT (uncredited)
- Alonzo Brown as Upscale Club Patron (uncredited)
- Tom Bruno as Stunt FDNY #2 (uncredited)
- Marko Caka as Detective's Driver (uncredited)
- Ludovic Coutaud as Upscale Club Goer (uncredited)
- Michael-Scott Druckenmiller as FDNY Paramedic (uncredited)
- Maggie LeVine as Detective (uncredited)
- Brandon McClary as Brandon (uncredited)
- Tommy McInnis as E.M.T. #1 (uncredited)
- Wayne Xavier Norman as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Leroy Phillips Jr. as Onlooker (uncredited)
Appearances[]
Locations[]
- New York City, New York
- Seagate Penitentiary, Georgia (mentioned)
- Savannah, Georgia (mentioned)
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church (mentioned)
Events[]
- Chase of Luke Cage
- Assassination of Cottonmouth (mentioned)
- Frank Castle's War (mentioned)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (mentioned)
Items[]
- Hammer Industries Grenade Launcher
- Judas Rifle
- Judas Bullets
- Hammer Industries Assault Rifle
- Judas Gauntlet
- Bible
- Punisher's Arsenal (mentioned)
Vehicles[]
- Chevrolet Corvette (mentioned)
Organizations[]
- New York City Police Department
- Stokes Crime Family
- Fire Department of New York City
- Hammer Industries (logo)
- United States Marine Corps (mentioned)
- Boy Scouts of America (mentioned)
Mentioned[]
- Mariah Dillard
- Rafael Scarfe
- Cottonmouth
- James Lucas
- Dana Stryker
- Frank Castle
- Etta Lucas
- Bobby Fish
- Kelly Knight
- Claire Temple's Uncle
- Jackie Albini
- Barack Obama
- Mayor of New York City
- King Kong
- Lucky Luciano
- Harry Houdini
- Crispus Attucks
- Prince
- Michael Jackson
- Cain and Abel
- Wesley Snipes
- New Jack City
- Miracle Whip
Trivia[]
- Now You're Mine is a song from the album Hard to Earn of the hip-pop duo Gang Starr.
- Shades asks Diamondback "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?". This was the catchphrase of Arnold Jackson (Gary Coleman) in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.
- Diamondback tells Candace Miller "Bye, Felicia" before dropping her from the balcony. The phrase was originally spoken by the character Craig Jones (Ice Cube) in the 1995 film Friday and has gained popularity as "a farewell deemed to someone unimportant".
Music[]
Song title | Artist | Location(s) |
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Son of a Preacher Man | Dusty Springfield |
Diamondback tells Damon Boone how blue-eyed soul was always his mother Dana's favorite style of music, then proceeds to tell Damon the Cain and Abel version of him and his brother Carl's lives. |