Luke Cage (TV Series)

Take It Personal (2016)

Alfre Woodard: Mariah Dillard

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• Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker : [Diamondback is showing Mariah his arsenal of Judas bullets]  You wouldn't believe how expensive these things are. Untraceable, alien metal, explosive.

  Mariah Dillard : You hit Luke Cage with one of these. He's still alive. If it didn't work, what's the big deal?

  Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker : Well, you don't need to kill God with one shot to sell a weapon. You just need to make Him bleed.

• Mariah Dillard : [Diamondback has killed a police officer and pinned it on Luke]  YOU KILLED A COP! I know you did it! Now kids are getting jacked up by the police! WHAT are you doing to my city?

  Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker : It's not yours, never was.

  Mariah Dillard : Harlem is my birthright. It's mine! City council or not.

  Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker : When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous, but terror to evil doers.

  Mariah Dillard : [disgusted]  You quote the Bible like you actually believe in God.

  Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker : And you speak to me as if you're not actually in the presence of death. Your way was taking too long. I killed two birds with one stone by sticking a body on Luke Cage. He's hiding somewhere in the blessed aquarium, so I turned the heat up.

  [gets up from his chair] 

  Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker : Old Carl. He's either going to stand up and defend his name, or he's gonna run and hide like a bitch. Either way, it doesn't matter. I've got the gun to take him out.

  Mariah Dillard : You're completely out of control.

  Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker : And you're not a real politician because, if you were, you'd flip this.