TV: Luke Cage (2016)

Yes, I'm a little late to the party, but not for lack of trying to get there. The MCU has its ups and downs for me. Its almost theres and its near-misses. Add to that the fact that I am not much of a binge watcher and what you get is a long, drawn out attempt to finish a TV show. Without the pressure of having to watch a live first run, just knowing that episodes are there and that I can catch up later means that unless a series is crazy compelling (I'm looking at you Sherlock Holmes and Stranger Things) then I don't necessarily feel rushed to watch … anything. It's at my leisure and with the million and one must do things that exist in the course of a week, Netflix TV series typically get abandoned on the back burner.

Despite my love for the MCU on the actual big screen, I haven't been as committed to the plot arcs happening on the little big screen. I loved what I saw of Agent Carter and I've been a casual, at best, Agents of Shield viewer. Daredevil was intriguing, but at three episodes in I was intrigued without being committed and never finished it. Then came Jessica Jones and it was love at first sight. Kristen Ritter was perfection and I gobbled up the thirteen episodes in quick time. And then there was Luke Cage … now, Luke Cage was a long, slow burn. Enticed by all of the yumminess that is Mike Colter, I wanted to love Luke Cage from jump street. Alas, I did not. I liked it, it was entertaining, but even with the amazing Merhershala Ali chewing up scenery as the villainous Cottonmouth, it took awhile for me to commit. So, I started it in 2016 and finished the series two years later.

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