After almost two episode with the defenders still not meeting each other we finally get Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Iron Fist (Finn Jones) and of course we have to see them go head to head with each other right away. Cage clearly had it under control until Danny used his glowing fist to win the fight. Right at the end we also saw Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) try to step in as Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) attorney which we can assume goes pretty bad as Jessica isn't the one who wants any help.
Just as the first episode this continued with four different stories, Danny and Colleen still trying to find the hand, Luke Cage trying to help a boy stay out of trouble. Jessica is looking in to her case and Matt having to make a decision to get back into the fight to stop crime in New York. Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) was a decent character to start with but he has really started to settle in as Foggy and it was great seeing him again together with Matt at the bar. Misty Knight (Simone Missick) have appeared quite a lot so far and her run ins with Jessica has been entertaining so far while Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) seems out-of-place. It's understandable that they want to bring in supporting characters from the other shows but her characters scenes so far has been the low-point for these episodes.
The villain Alexandra played by Sigourney Weaver has been highlight so far with the character appearing very threatening without really doing anything. Madame Gao (Wai Ching Ho) is always a pleasant surprise when she shows up in a Marvel series. With her appearing in Defenders it really seems like Marvel has done a good job of setting up these series from the very beginning. Overall another solid episode and with this episode ending the way it did we can assume that Defenders is really going to kick-off in the next episode.
Score: 6/10 (Solid)
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Just as the first episode this continued with four different stories, Danny and Colleen still trying to find the hand, Luke Cage trying to help a boy stay out of trouble. Jessica is looking in to her case and Matt having to make a decision to get back into the fight to stop crime in New York. Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) was a decent character to start with but he has really started to settle in as Foggy and it was great seeing him again together with Matt at the bar. Misty Knight (Simone Missick) have appeared quite a lot so far and her run ins with Jessica has been entertaining so far while Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) seems out-of-place. It's understandable that they want to bring in supporting characters from the other shows but her characters scenes so far has been the low-point for these episodes.
The villain Alexandra played by Sigourney Weaver has been highlight so far with the character appearing very threatening without really doing anything. Madame Gao (Wai Ching Ho) is always a pleasant surprise when she shows up in a Marvel series. With her appearing in Defenders it really seems like Marvel has done a good job of setting up these series from the very beginning. Overall another solid episode and with this episode ending the way it did we can assume that Defenders is really going to kick-off in the next episode.
Score: 6/10 (Solid)
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