This episode would take place right after the Iron Fist Episode,
because let’s face it – you can’t feature both Luke Cage and Iron
Fist and it not be a two-parter.
Coulson's team arrives at Seagate Prison in Georgia following news of the escape. After talking to the warden, they identify the prisoner: former NYPD officer Carl Lucas, born and raised in Harlem, NY.
They learn he was convicted of drug possession - which doesn't explain why he was transferred to Seagate, a Maximum Security facility, until they learn that he volunteered to take part in some scientific experiments (involving Extremis) being done on inmates at Seagate.
According to Lucas' records, he was caught following the accidental death of his girlfriend Reva Conners and continuously claimed he was framed for the drugs. After some digging, the team learns that in his youth Lucas was in a gang with known criminal Willis Stryker, and think he's on his way back to New York to settle the score.
The agents go over the research while flying back to N.Y., including notes on the breakout. Not only did the experiment give Lucas the expected strength, but the guards' bullets had no effect on him. Coulson, expecting S.H.I.E.L.D. weaponry to be somewhat more capable to handle these scenarios, isn't worried.
The agents stakeout Stryker's operation, and Lucas shows up as expected. What isn't expected, however, is that the S.H.I.E.L.D. tech that's stopped Extremis victims in the past has no effect. Bullets don't pass through Lucas, or melt...they bounce off. Including Coulson's ammunition.
During the confrontation with Stryker, Lucas tells him that he changed while incarcerated, and Carl Lucas no longer exists. From now on, he's Cage...Luke Cage.
Despite being too powerful to be stopped by S.H.I.E.L.D. or Stryker's own men, Cage doesn't kill the criminal. Instead, he puts Stryker in a makeshift cage of his own, using whatever stuff is around, and walks away...taunting Coulson to try and stop him.
With Stryker (who confesses to framing Cage) behind bars, Coulson's focus now turns to stopping Cage. The rest of the team work on using force, but Coulson has another idea...
Cage turns up at a Harlem cemetery visiting Reva's grave. Coulson shows up, alone, and talks to him. He appeals to the former officer in Cage and convinces him to be that person again.
No longer on the run, Cage wonders what he's going to do next. Coulson gives him a card. We think it's his number at S.H.I.E.L.D., but it isn't.
Coulson tells him it's for a new up-and-coming business on the West Coast that could use someone like him.
Cage looks at it: Heroes for Hire...with a San Francisco area code.
As Coulson walks away, we are reminded that this is the Holiday episode...because he says:
"Happy Holidays Cage...have a sweet Christmas..."
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