Luke Cage (TV Series) The Basement (2018) User Reviews

The Basement

[bobcobb301 · 7/10 · 1 July 2018]

I can't stand the Piranha character, but his interactions with Luke were not terrible here. It was a solid episode, even if the Shades and associates stories are always boring.

The fight at the end was good, but we knew when they have these in Episode 6 of 13 the bad guy isn't losing or dying. Waste of time at this point.

Good and Bad Surprises

[zomgzomg · 5/10 · 22 February 2019]

I watched this episode a while ago so I won't be going into full detail. I'm just going to point out the highlights.

The opening sequence was okay but nothing special.

Although we get some more insight to Bushmaster in this episode, he still remains to be a mostly weak character and villain. I'm not sure what it is that makes him so. I think the way he doesn't seem very important or threatening maybe.

Luke and Piranha's interactions were fun.

We have a surprising revelation and character moment between Shades and Comanche. I was pleasantly surprised by this.

Misty's character took a surprising turn also.

The fight scene at the end was very awkward and anticlimactic. I'm not sure how they thought that it would be a good direction for that storyline to go in. The music choice during the scene was also very strange.

Overall the character interactions and dialogues are still far superior to how they were previously, but the writing and directing are still occasionally falling flat.

I'm not sure why the show runners decided to hire a different writer and director for each episode but it is sometimes very noticeable and the show loses consistency.

So weak it took me 4 years to watch all the way

[demented_peruvian · 5/10 · 13 February 2022]

This episode has about 10-15 minutes of good material, and in between very slow scenes with repetitive, cliched dialogue, with over-the-top acting, reminding me of a weak BET soap opera. The fight scenes were poor, save for some portions of the final fight. The music score is terrible. I fell asleep or got bored so many times that Netflix kept on skipping it for me. Low point of "Luke Cage".

Strong opening

[Leofwine_draca · 5/10 · 5 November 2021]

A strong opening here, like something out of THE WALKING DEAD. The rest is average with more action but weaker direction than we're used to for this series.