“All Souled Out” is a strange episode, because, on paper at least, it does a lot of things that I usually ding Luke Cage for: it’s overlong, meandering, overly expository, the title is a terrible pun,...

“What’s new in the zoo?” Captain Ridenhour asks an informant. Well, it’s tough to say: a lot and a little. “I Get Physical” only serves to continue the place-setting begun in “Wig Out,” but...

Luke Cage is so frustrating to review this season. On one hand, “Wig Out” features what may be the best scene not only in this show’s run, but in any Marvel show (give or take...

The pacing on Marvel TV shows can be truly maddening. There are stretches of “Straighten It Out” wherein it feels like Luke Cage is seriously spinning its wheels, repeating points it’s made already. (We get it,...

The smartest thing that Luke Cage does in its season two premiere, “Soul Brother #1,” is start in the middle of the action. This has always been a show that embraces its setting more than most...