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Luke Cage Season 2 (2018) Body Count Breakdown by Gregglop09
[Character Kills]
Goon One (Jamar Greene): 8
Goon Three (Truck Hudson): 6
John “Bushmaster” McIver (Mustafa Shakir): 5
Mariah Stokes-Dillard/Black Mariah (Alfre Woodard): 4
Hernan Enrique Salazar “Shades” Alvarez (Theo Rossi): 4
Darius “Comanche” Jones (Thomas Q. Jones): 3
Carl Lucas/Luke Cage (Mike Colter): 1
Dontrell “Cockroach” Hamilton (Dorian Missick): 1
NYPD Detective Mercedes Kelly “Misty” Knight (Simone Missick): 1
Samuel “Buggy” Stokes (Unknown Actor): 1
Maybelline “Mama Mabel” Stokes (LaTanya Richardson Jackson): 1
Thug #1 (Trevor J. Swan): 1
Older Italian Female (Joanna Shelmidine): 1
Matilda Maybelline Dillard/Tilda Johnson (Gabrielle Dennis): 1
[Corpse Breakdown]
Episode 1 “Soul Brother #1”: 1
“I am di rock”: 1
Bushmaster cuts Nigel Garrison’s eyes out with a dagger then breaks his neck
Episode 2 “Straighten It Out”: 3
Rey’s Store: 3
Shades shoots Arturo “El Rey” Gomez III in the head
Comanche shoots 2 of Rey’s men
Episode 3 “Wig Out”: 1
“You wanna talk about a yard with a Yardie? Come”: 1
A Styler’s body is seen having had his own gunfire deflected back into his chest by Luke
Episode 5 “All Souled Out”: 5
Interrogation Room: 1
A civilian’s body is seen in a picture having been shot in the back by Cockroach or an unknown assailant offscreen (Shared)
Apartment: 1
Dontrell “Cockroach” Hamilton’s body is seen having had his head cut off with a machete by Bushmaster
“Welcome home, Harlem!”: 2
Mark Higgins’ severed head is seen on a pike having had his head cut off with a machete by Bushmaster
Andre “Ray Ray” Jackson’s severed head is seen on a pike having had his head cut off with a machete by Bushmaster
Episode 7 “On And On”: 5
Warehouse: 1
Raymond “Piranha” Jones’ severed head is seen inside a fish tank having had his head cut off with a machete by Bushmaster
“Immunity, time served”: 1
Comanche shoots Captain Thomas “Tom” Ridenhour
“What the hell does that say about me?”: 1
Shades shoots Darius “Comanche” Jones
House Attack: 2
2 of Black Mariah’s men’s bodies are seen having been killed by Stylers
Episode 8 “If It Ain’t Rough, It Ain’t Right”: 2
Murder Investigation Breakdown: 1*
Darius “Comanche” Jones’ body is seen having been shot by Misty imagining herself in the place of Shades
Research: 1
Quincy Purcell McIver is seen in a picture having been shot by Buggy
Episode 9 “For Pete’s Sake”: 2
“Kiss…my…black…ass”: 2
Black Mariah shoots a Styler in the head with a shotgun
Black Mariah shoots a Styler with a shotgun
Episode 10 “The Main Ingredient”: 16
Diner Massacre: 11
Goon One shoots Stephanie “Billie” Miller in the head
Goon One shoots Stephanie’s Sister in the back
Shades shoots The Chef in the back
Goon One shoots 4 of Bushmaster’s family members offscreen (Gunshots and death screams are heard)
Goon Three shoots 4 of Bushmaster’s family members offscreen (Gunshots and death screams are heard)
Aftermath: 4
4 of Bushmaster’s family members’ bodies are seen having been shot by Goon One and Goon Three (2 each)
“Jesus! Just die already!”: 1
Black Mariah shoots Paul “Anansi” Mackintosh in the back of the head while he’s on fire
Episode 11 “The Creator”: 1
“Told your mom I wasn’t dealing with no goddamn lawyers”: 1
Mama Mabel sets a house on fire with molotov cocktails burning Gwen McIver to death
Episode 13 “They Reminisce Over You”: 17
“That wall is eroding”: 2
Hong’s Bodyguard’s body is seen having been shot by gangsters
Eric Hong’s body is seen having been shot by gangsters
Robbery Flashback: 1
Thug #1 hits Hector across the head with a gun and he dies of a brain aneurysm offscreen (Death is confirmed)
Hallway: 1
The Older Italian Female stabs Officer Moore to death with a shiv
“Do it quick!”: 2
A female prisoner cuts The Older Italian Female’s throat with a shiv
A female prisoner cuts The Black Female Inmate’s throat with a shiv
“Then clean all this shit up”: 1
Kalinda “Sunflower” Potter dies from Mariah cutting her throat with a shiv
“I’ll never forget that”: 7
5 thugs’ bodies are seen in pictures having been shot in their heads by assassins
An assassin shoots Goon One in the back of the head
An assassin shoots Goon Three in the back of the head
“Nice try”: 1
Shades shoots an assassin
Street: 1
Alex Wesley’s body is seen having been shot by Black Mariah’s men
“We ain’t done yet, Luke”: 1
Mariah Stokes-Dillard/Black Mariah dies from being kissed with lipstick laced with “Beso de la Araña” (poison) by Tilda
[The Unconfirmed And Uncounted]
*-Imagined kill
-No kills in Episode 4, Episode 6 or Episode 12
-Many beatdowns/knockouts but nothing fatal
-A civilian’s daughter is mentioned to have overdosed on “Luke Cage” heroin offscreen
-Mr. Temple is mentioned to have died of unknown causes offscreen
-Dr. Jackson Dillard is mentioned to have been shot and killed by the Contras offscreen
-4 civilians are mentioned to have been killed in two double homicides by two unknown assailants
-Tone’s death from Season 1, Episode 2 is shown in archive footage
-A Styler shoots a civilian at the club while trying to kidnap Piranha but he was only wounded
-Bushmaster kicks Carl Lucas/Luke Cage off a bridge and into the water but he survives
-It is heavily implied the Stylers killed 2 more of Black Mariah’s men guarding the house offscreen but their bodies nor deaths are shown
-Zip’s death from Season 1, Episode 12 is shown in archive footage
-Bushmaster detonates an explosive device in the back of a police van severely injuring 4 SWAT officers
-5 children are mentioned to have died of an unknown illness or complications from a vaccine offscreen
-Pete shoots Young John McIver but he is healed shortly after via voodoo
-Danny punches Luke’s hand with his Iron Fist knocking down many gangsters but they are seen and heard groaning afterwards
-Goon One shoots Ingrid Mackintosh but she survives
-Kiki bites out a part of Tisha’s neck but she survives
-Candace Miller’s death from Season 1, Episode 13 is shown in archive footage
-Bushmaster smashes one of Black Mariah’s men’s head through a wooden guard rail but he is shown moving afterwards
-Bushmaster throws one of Black Mariah’s men through a wooden door but he is shown moving moments later
-Bushmaster throws Carl Lucas/Luke Cage through a window and onto the ground but he survives