This season is amazing, definitely surpasses the first season for me, and the best season of any of the Netflix marvel shows. This season, you need to watch The Defenders to understand what is going on, but that's fine because The Defenders is great. This season shows Luke Cage slowly turning into a antagonist, I was confused who the villain was this season, because Luke was being very violent, abusive to Claire, so thats why she left, which I thought was a good decision, because it shows Luke without the person he loves the most, which was great because then he was left with his dad instead. A character that I have to talk about is Bushmaster, he is by far the best villain of the Netflix marvel shows, maybe even the MCU. He made me feel sympathetic for him, which is what makes a good villain. Now, let's talk about the other villain, Mariah. She is a horrible person, she is turned into the thing that Cottonmouth said she would turn into, "Black Mariah", when she is on screen, you could be excited, scared, interested with what she has to say. She is a great villain and character in this series. Now let's talk about Shades, in the first season I could care less about Shades, I thought that he was a character that is there to expand Mariah's ark, but in this season he is a awesome character, he is by far in the top 5 characters of the Marvel Netflix shows, this season gave him redemption, to help Harlem, and stop Mariah, which is what he does. Some side characters were fine, like Shade's friend that he has to kill, which expands Shades ark. Tilda (Mariah's daughter) was good, had some good scenes, but is there to show Mariah that her family doesn't want her anymore, which also involves Shades as well. Overall, a fantastic season, the best season of any Netflix Marvel show, so I will give it a 9.5/10, hard to top, fantastic