The Funeral

Pop’s funeral is another event that brings all of the characters together. In Harlem’s universe, Pop was the one who tied everything together. So it’s only natural for both the villains and the heroes of the story to be present.

As said many times, the Netflix and Marvel collaborations are filled with exceptional monologues. In this case, the funeral gives us two – one coming from Cottonmouth and one coming from Luke Cage. Of course, we do know who the villain is – but Stokes’ charisma wins the day.

Both of the speeches talk about the community. But one of them sees it as nothing other than a façade (not necessarily in the pejorative sense of the word), while the other focuses on the individual elements of the community. Which one is right?

Of course, we, the viewers, know who the villain of the story is. But what if we didn’t?