After spending half of the season trying to legitimize Harlem, Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard) turned out to be one of the most surprising villains in all of Marvel’s Luke Cage.
[Warning: The following contains heavy spoilers for Marvel’s Luke Cage episode 7.
Marvel’s Luke Cage is now streaming on Netflix.
Executive producer Cheo Hodari Coker explains that Luke Cage ends up being Mariah’s origin story as much as it is the story of its titular character.