This show does not go on the original premise of Cloak and Dagger. I used to have these comics from 1983-85 and at the time I thought they were pretty cool. The original character storyline is way more interesting than this teeny bopper soap opera drama. The original character storyline is that Dagger comes from privilege and Cloak comes from the streets,BOTH are teen runaways and drug addicts(there is more to the story but you get the jist) anyway they are lured and kidnapped by the underlings of the mafia drug lord "Silvermane" and, along with other runaway teen addicts, they are experimented on with synthetic and experimental drugs. The drugs kill everyone except those 2 and they manage to escape and the experiments mutate them and give them the powers they have. Dagger can shoot daggers of pure light that stun and immobilize you and if you are a drug addict and get hit with them it cleans you out and gives you a second chance. Cloaks powers are that he is able to cast a cloak of darkness around you totally enveloping you in darkness and cold and as if you are falling,,it renders you immobilized and paralyzed and will ALSO clean you out if you happen to be an addict and THAT was the whole deal with them both. They become vigilantes going after the drug mafia underworld and at the same time rescuing drug addicted runaway teens etc. In the comics they have run ins with Spiderman,,Daredevil and the Punisher and the Kingpin. Their main purpose is to find and eliminate silvermane. Now deosnt THAT read way more interesting that what we are seeing in this show? Now to be fair I didn't pay attention to any new premises and comics that came out after the original ones from the 80's. But I gotta say for a couple of very cool characters in the Marvel universe this show does not do them justice.