http://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/luke-cage-netflix-season-2-ending-godfather-marvel-iron-fist-interview-1201978075/

The “Godfather” ending was the direction that Coker always meant Season 2 to go: “It was one of those things where both Marvel and Netflix, they were just electrified. That was the thing that I pitched at the very beginning of the season, was that at the end of the show, we’re going to see Luke on the balcony. We just didn’t know how he was going to get there.”