The Creator

"I request elaboration." This article is a stub. You can help Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki by expanding it. Please expand this article. Once finished, this notice may be removed.

The Creator
Season	2
Writer	Nicole Mirante-Matthews and Matthew Lopes
Director	Stephen Surjik
First Aired	June 22, 2018
Marvel Cinematic Universe
← Previous	The Main Ingredient
Next →	Can't Front on Me

"It's horrible what they did to him."
"Your family. Same blood runs in your veins."

―Tilda Johnson and Sheldon^[src]

The Creator is the eleventh episode of the second season of the Netflix exclusive television series Luke Cage.

Synopsis

Shaken by Mariah's latest act, Luke combs the city for a witness. Flashbacks reveal a fateful encounter between the Stokes and McIver families.

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

Guest Stars:

• LaTanya Richardson Jackson as Mabel Stokes/Mama Mabel
• Kevin Mambo as Sheldon
• Karen Pittman as Deputy Chief Priscilla Ridley
• Curtiss Cook as Peter Stokes/Pistol Pete
• Justin Swain as Detective Mark Bailey
• John Clarence Stewart as Alex Wesley
• Sahr Ngaujah as Paul Mackintosh/Anansi
  • Desmond Elisha Denis as Young Anansi
• Heather Alicia Simms as Ingrid Mackintosh
  • Melissa Vassell as Young Ingrid Mackintosh
• Rey Lucas as Detective Tomas Ciancio
• Henry Yuk as Hai-Qing Yang
• Sean Ringgold as Sugar
• Shannon Harris as Gwen McIver
• Jeff Auer as Terence Rogers
• Felix Betancourt as Ricky
• Angel Dillemuth as Tony
• Tarah Rodgers as Stephanie Miller
• Mekhi Hewling as Young John McIver
• Toree Alexandre as Young Mariah Stokes
• Jayden D. Brown as Young Cornell Stokes
• Chaundre Hall-Broomfield as Young Benjamin Donovan
• L'Antionette Stines as Maddah Myrie
• Alex Allen as Young Nigel Garrison
• Antwayne Eccleston as Young Sheldon
• Ashley D. Kelley as Young Nurse
• Melissa Rakiro as Stephanie's Sister
• George Pogatsia as Italian Thug
• Krista Donargo as Pastry Chef
• Daniel Keith as Detective
• Jamar Greene as Goon #1
• Kurt DeVille as Goon #2
• Truck Hudson as Goon #3
• Tristan Laurence as Reporter #1
• Anthony Salvador Lewis as Reporter #2
• David Healy as Reporter #3
• Hope Blackstock as Reporter #4
• Melvin Cross as Jamaican Gangster (uncredited)
• Kurt DeVille as Goon Two (uncredited)
• Leroy Phillips Jr. as Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
• Gilbert Soto as Puerto Rican Mob Boss (uncredited)
• Kyro Wavebourne as Korean Mob Boss (uncredited)

Appearances

Locations

• New York City, New York
  • Gwen's
  • Harlem's Paradise
  • 29th Precinct Police Station
  • Circo's Pastry Shop
  • Clinica Sonando
  • Columbia University (mentioned)
  • Pop's Barber Shop (mentioned)
  • Smalls Paradise (mentioned)
• Kingston, Jamaica (flashback)
  • McIver Residence (flashback)

Events

• War for Harlem
  • Attack on Ingrid Mackintosh
  • Massacre at Gwen's (flashback)
  • Rescue of Mariah Dillard (mentioned)
• Assassination of Tom Ridenhour (flashback)
• Destruction of McIver Residence (flashback)
• Attack on John McIver (flashback)
• Assassination of Candace Miller (mentioned)
• Assassination of Pistol Pete (mentioned)
• Assassination of Cottonmouth (mentioned)

Items

• Misty Knight's Prosthetic Arm
• Nightshade
• Bushmaster Rum (mentioned)
• China White (mentioned)

Vehicles

To be added

Organizations

• New York City Police Department
• Stokes Crime Family
• Yangsi Gonshi
• Italian Mob
• WHiH World News
• WNEX New York
• WJBP-TV
• Puerto Rican Mob (mentioned)
• Korean Mob (mentioned)
• Atreus Plastics (mentioned)
• New York Bulletin (mentioned)

Creatures

• Mosquitoes (mentioned)

Mentioned

• Danny Rand
• Quincy McIver
• Buggy Stokes
• Karen Page
• Candace Miller
• Sheldon's Mother
• Comanche
• Rafael Scarfe
• Blake Tower
• Mayor of New York City
• James Bond
• The Notorious B.I.G. (picture)

Trivia

• The Creator is a song from the album Good Life: The Best Of Pete Rock & CL Smooth of the hip-pop duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth.

Music

Song title	Artist	Location(s)
Reggae Rockers	Nicodrum & Friends	Flashback to Kingston in the mid 1980s as a young Bushmaster watches teenage Mariah Dillard and Cornell Stokes interact.
Dusts of Gold	Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad	Misty Knight looks around Gwen's and invisions how the shootings and Anansi's death happened.
Shades Legacy	Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad	Mariah Dillard tells Shades to take care of business while she works to secure their future.
Way Inna Babylon	Num & Nu Afrika	Luke Cage watches the parade go by as he plans how to use it for cover.
Bringing It Back	Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad	Luke Cage tries to convince Ingrid Mackintosh that more war is not the answer, then she comments on the danger of him holding in his anger.
Viens On Se Barre	Nicodrum & Friends	Luke Cage and Ingrid Mackintosh hide in the parade as they make their way to her place.
Brothers In Arms	John Hyde	Flashback to a young Bushmaster selling fruit at a market in Trenchtown, when Pistol Pete comes up and shoots him in the stomach as part of the feud with the Stokes.
Look Around	Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad	Shades catches Mariah Dillard flirting with Alex Wesley.

External Links

• The Creator on IMDb
• The Creator on Marvel Database