Fast forward to 2016, when Luke Cage becomes the star of a Netflix tv series: after "the incident," a depressed, angst-ridden Luke Cage is keeping a low profile, working at Pop's Barber Shop in Harlem, hiding his superpowers from a hostile society and trying to stay out of trouble. But when Pop is murdered, he is forced into action again.
There are ample gay subtexts. No one in the cast seems involved in a heterosexual relationship, or expresses heterosexual interest, except for Luke himself and an occasional murdered cop who gets the standard "He had a wife!" homage. Otherwise this is a homoerotic Harlem where men and women lead separate lives, coming together only when necessary to run organized crime gangs or try to bring those crime gangs down.
And, since almost the entire cast is black, there is an explosion of black beefcake, more than on any other tv series I have ever seen.

2. Mahershala Ali (left) as crime boss Cottonmouth Stokes, the owner of the Harlem Paradise nightclub. He wanted to become a professional musician, but he was forced into the crime game by his aunt, Mama Mabel, who also forced him to kill his uncle.
3.Theo Rossi as Shades Alvarez, a street thug who plays every side of the conflict.
4. Erik LaRay Harvey as Diamondback (the gang members all have snake names). He also happens to be Luke's half-brother, the guy who framed him and had him sent to the prison where he got his superpowers. He carries a Bible with him at all times.
5. Jaiden Kaine (left) as Zip, the leader of Cottonmouth's gang.
6. Jeremiah Craft as David, a teenager Luke befriends.
More after the break