Directed by Lucy Liu Written by Archie Goodwin   George Tuska   Roy Thomas   John Romita Sr.   Cheo Hodari Coker   Cast Mike Colter ... Luke Cage Simone Missick ... Misty Knight Theo Rossi ... Hernan 'Shades' Alvarez Mustafa Shakir ... John 'Bushmaster' McIver Alfre Woodard ... Mariah Dillard Rosario Dawson ... Claire Temple Reg E. Cathey ... James Lucas Ron Cephas Jones ... Bobby Fish Peter Jay Fernandez ... Captain Tom Ridenhour Dorian Missick ... Dontrell 'Cockroach' Hamilton (as Dorian Crossmond Missick) Kevin Mambo ... Sheldon Thomas Q. Jones ... Comanche Otto Sanchez ... Arturo 'El Rey' Gomez III Jeremiah Craft ... D.W. Griffith (as Jeremiah Richard Craft) Chaz Lamar Shepherd ... Raymond 'Piranha' Jones Sean Ringgold ... Sugar Macc Plaise ... Nigel Garrison (as Macc H. Plaise) Jeorge Bennett Watson ... Mark Higgins (as Jeorge Watson) Tarah Rodgers ... Stephanie aka Billie Jacob Wallach ... Joey Ross Eric Lockley ... Corner Kid Vic Plajas ... Tiburon One Malcolm C. Murray ... Waiter Donald Harrison ... Donald Harrison Joi ... Joi D-Nice ... D-Nice Richardson Desil ... Harlem Dad Uncredited Cast Amanda Anthony ... Club Goer Kristoffe Brodeur ... NYPD Smokey Sims ... Drug Dealer Produced by Gail Barringer   Cheo Hodari Coker   Akela Cooper   Aïda Mashaka Croal   Tom Lieber   Jeph Loeb   Nicole Mirante-Matthews   Matthew S. O'Brien   Lori Slomka   Ian Stokes

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