season 1 of luke cage came out in harlem on september 30, 2016.
season 1 of luke cage came out in harlem on september 30, 2016.
when does season 1 of luke cage come out in harlem?
september 30, 2016
the first two episodes of the season premiered in harlem on september 28, 2016, with the full season of 13 episodes released on netflix on september 30 to an estimated high viewership—it was believed to become the fourth most-viewed season on netflix within 30 days of its release—and positive reviews, particularly for the first 7 episodes. critics praised the cast, especially the performances of ali and woodard, as well as the music and general style. its pacing and some writing were viewed as some of the season's shortcomings. the series' approach to racial issues was discussed by many commentators. the season won several awards, including a primetime emmy award. a second season of "luke cage" was ordered on december 3, 2016.
luke cage (season 1)
the season picks up "a few months" after "jessica jones", with luke cage trying to stay off the radar. the end of the second episode "get[s] this series into forward action mode [by making cage] see that he couldn't just sit back and do nothing." coker said the arc for cage in the season was 'hero', and felt this was a more natural way of introducing the character than telling a traditional origin story as other marvel properties have done. this also differentiated the show from the rest of the mcu. coker had plotted the story of the first four episodes before the show's writers room began work, but had initially done so over two or three episodes, with the event at the end of the second episode originally taking place at the end of the first. loeb and marvel's karim zreik told coker to slow the pace of the show down, which led to an approach that coker compared to "unforgiven." set in harlem, rather than the hell's kitchen of the previous marvel netflix series, colter described the season as "a completely different world". marvel comics' editor-in-chief joe quesada said that unlike the fictionalized version of hell's kitchen depicted in "daredevil" and "jessica jones", which was more inline with how it was when the comics were first written, the harlem of "luke cage" represents the harlem of "today", and is truer to the real-life modern new york. however, colter admitted that the show's version of harlem "does resemble harlem of maybe ten years ago." coker said that harlem was a world for the series, but also about legacy. he wanted to replicate the experience of walking through harlem and hearing different music coming from cars driving past and open windows, which he felt was unique to the neighborhood. coker further described the harlem's paradise nightclub as the series' iron throne, and wanted it to "invoke the history of harlem ... it's crime, politics, music, really the whole cornucopia of the black creative existence in one place."
luke cage (season 1)