- Luke Cage: You don't have to do this. I loved you like a brother.
- Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker: Nigga... I am your brother!
- Luke Cage: You ruined my life.
- Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker: I gave you wings.I sent you to hell and you come back with superpowers. Ain't that a bitch?
- Claire Temple: I'm gonna see what kind of anesthetic they have here first.
- Luke Cage: No drugs.
- Claire Temple: Luke...
- Luke Cage: I can't be compromised. Innocent people could die. I can't risk it.
- Claire Temple: All right, macho man.
- Luke Cage: Actually, it's Power Man. That's what Pop used to call me.
- Claire Temple: Luke Cage is innocent, Misty. You're after the wrong man. *That's* my statement. Write it down.