Luke Cage (TV Series)

Moment of Truth (2016)

Mike Colter: Luke Cage

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• Luke Cage : Dumb men like little girls. Me? I ponder a woman.

• Misty Knight : Your jacket is a little small.

  Luke Cage : So is your dress.

  Misty Knight : Touché.

• Misty Knight : [the morning after sleeping together]  The job is calling me in.

  Luke Cage : Can I call you later?

  Misty Knight : You'd need my phone number for that. I know where you work. I'll find you.

  Luke Cage : What is it you do again?

  Misty Knight : [gesturing for help zipping up her dress]  I'm an auditor.

  Luke Cage : What's that?

  Misty Knight : Basically, I look at the financial books. Make sure everything's on the up and up.

  Luke Cage : And you need a short dress for that?

  Misty Knight : Sometimes you got to blend in.

  Luke Cage : Impossible. You stand out in any room you're in.

• Henry 'Pop' Hunter : You said your rebound chick took a shotgun at point-blank range pointed it under your chin, and pulled the trigger.

  Luke Cage : I still get the occasional headache.

  Henry 'Pop' Hunter : Not a problem for you, Power Man.

• Connie Lin : We want to hire you.

  Luke Cage : I'm not for hire. But you have my word, ma'am. I've got you.

• Luke Cage : [Luke has just beaten three thugs]  You want some?

  Sugar : Yo, I don't even like these niggas, man.

• Henry 'Pop' Hunter : Dante was one of my kids. So was Chico. And Shameek, too. Just like those kids playing over there. You know, that's how you get 'em on your side. Sweepin' up hair. Runnin' errands. Lettin' 'em hang out, play video games. Anything is better than what's waiting for them out there on the street. They want a way out but they have too much pride to ask for help. So you gotta Jedi mind-trick them into something.

  Luke Cage : Everyone has a gun. No one has a father.

• Connie Lin : Ten days late, Mr. Cage. I need my rent money.

  Luke Cage : [taking a wad of cash out of his pocket]  Here.

  Connie Lin : I count $300. Not enough.

  Luke Cage : Let me go to work and get the rest.

  Connie Lin : Tonight.

• Oliver : Hey, Luke.

  Luke Cage : Every time.

  Oliver : It's the bleach. I can smell it from around the corner. Pop has got you washing towels again, huh? Yeah, I took a "New Yorker" off the top for you. Can't tell you what's on the cover, though. Hey, I hope you got Connie's rent money. She's on the warpath.

• Koko : You've been in this country for how long? And you still... can't speak English?

  Jin Lin : My English is just fine.

  Sugar : Show Mariah Dillard some love. Contribute and we'll go away. It's a family thing.

  Jin Lin : I own this restaurant. My father owned this building. Tell Mariah Dillard I am not contributing to her complex. We voted for her and gave her money before. And I respect Mr. Stokes. But no. No more. I can't.

  Zip : Give us... the money.

  Luke Cage : Yo. I don't like your tone.

  Zip : Excuse me?

  Luke Cage : You're being disrespectful. It's unnecessary.

  Koko : [lauging with the others]  You need to step off, Mayweather. I mean, what you think you gonna do, man?

  Sugar : I think he thinks he gonna bring it.

  Luke Cage : I can. Not the way I want to. I'd kill you.

• Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes : You're a big one, eh?

  Mariah Dillard : He's wearing a little jacket.

  Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes : Haven't seen you behind the bar. Where's Dante?

  Luke Cage : Called in sick, I guess.

  Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes : You want a job? I can find something more suitable for a man your size. Better paying, too. You ever carried a gun?

  Luke Cage : No. I'm good. Thanks.

• Nate : I need a favor. Short one bartender. Dante's sick.

  Luke Cage : You got the cash you promised me?

  Nate : End of the week.

  Luke Cage : Come on, Nate.

  Nate : You can keep all your tips out there, okay? When was the last time you made drinks?

  Luke Cage : I know the drill.

  Nate : Okay, okay. Clean up. Put a shirt and jacket on. Mr. Stokes has standards.

  Luke Cage : Though you can't tell by what he pays.

• Luke Cage : You need to pay me.

  Nate : I'm paying you under the table, which means I'll pay you whenever I god damn feel like it.

• Luke Cage : Lookin' for something?

  Misty Knight : No. Saadiq's still got it. "Stone Rollin'" was a dope album.

  Luke Cage : Album? Now I know you're an old head.

  Misty Knight : You ain't no spring chicken neither, sucker.

  Luke Cage : Touché.

• Luke Cage : What's the gun for, Chico?

  Wilfredo 'Chico' Diaz : Is your name Wilfredo Diaz? 'Cause he walked out on me and moms when I was nine. I ain't need a daddy then and I don't need one now.

• Luke Cage : So, are you a benchwarmer or did you miss the cut?

  Misty Knight : Excuse me?

  Luke Cage : I just figured you were... one of his.

  Misty Knight : One of Cottonmouth's?

  Luke Cage : I hear he hates that name. Mr. Stokes'...

  Misty Knight : Cottonmouth's...

  Luke Cage : Models.

  Misty Knight : What makes you assume that?

  Luke Cage : You're beautiful. But...

  Misty Knight : But what?

  Luke Cage : You're a little older than he usually likes them.

  Misty Knight : Yeah, you're definitely not getting a tip tonight.

• Henry 'Pop' Hunter : There you go again. I shook everything else after I got out. Cigarettes, paranoia But the pacing? I do it, too. Reva again?

  Luke Cage : Reva always.