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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 328444" data-attributes="member: 23">Luke Cage For Pete’s SakeSeason Two so far has felt serviceable. Solidly so, but serviceable all the same. There’s a lot it’s got right, but for me it’s also lacked the heart and punch of Luke’s first season. And I’d made peace with that.But then along comes For Pete’s Sake, delivering not only a top tier Luke Cage episode, but also arguably one of the finest hours from any of the Netflix series.It’s an atypical episode in many ways, while at the same time taking us to the centre of what this series does best. It’s entirely character-driven, and feels almost like a bottle episode in that much of the episode takes place in one location - the Rand Enterprises Research Facility - over the course of one night with characters hiding out and forced to face one another and themselves.With this episode, all the threads that have been woven throughout Season Two (and, in some cases, earlier) come together. Characters who have avoided or had conflict with one another are now in the position of having deep and meaningfuls with them in the still darkness. There’s a wartime kind of atmosphere, with this building the bunker in which the characters are forced to take shelter. It’s play-like, with a series of quiet, one-to-one conversations, rich in dialogue.Writers Matt Owens and Ian Stokes choose their players wisely. Everyone involved in the two hander is a great performer. Shades is sidelined, so there’s no danger of the intimate conversations being brought down by sub-par performances. There’s no glimmer of Claire who - as previously mentioned - has been overused in the Marvel Television franchise. Misty comes in every once in a while, and we cut away to follow her negotiating immunity for Mariah, even though she hates it, and that livens things up a little. But most of the episode focusses on four characters, all of whom need to deal with their ghosts.The episode is directed by Clark Johnson whose only other Netflix Marvel episode was the Luke Cage Season One finale. This is a different episode, stylistically, and Johnson makes great use of the darkened sets, creating an intimate atmosphere that dances between cosy and threatening. It’s the final work both writers and director did for Marvel, and all three go out in style. continued…</blockquote>

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