Marvel's Luke Cage Season 2 Review: 4 Ups And 5 Downs

Downs...

5. Yet Again, It Has Pacing Issues

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At this point it almost goes without saying, because of course, a Netflix Marvel series has pacing issues.

Yet again it's another entry into this universe that feels stretched out to a point of absurdity, where you're just wishing someone had stepped in during production and said that, actually, these shows don't all have to be 13 episodes long. And not just 13 episodes either, but where all of them are 55 minutes plus, including a couple that run over an hour.

Combined with that is the slow nature of the series itself, which was present in the first season too, and you have things moving slower than a mollusc through molasses. It wouldn't solve all the problems, but turning this into a mini-series would've served things much, much better.

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