The Defenders – Season 1 Review

The Defenders

The Netflix Marvel shows have had their moments of greatness but were pretty rocky overall. Still, I was really looking forward to The Defenders, because (particularly in Danny Rand’s case) these heroes needed to be able to play off of each other to truly shine. The Defenders doesn’t have the characters meet up until the third episode, though, in an already shortened season. But when Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Danny finally come together, it’s definitely fun. Luke and Jessica really help balance out the mythical nonsense that bogged down Season 2 of Daredevil and Season 1 of Iron Fist. Danny Rand isn’t nearly as insufferable when Jessica Jones is there to roll her eyes.

Unfortunately, that mythical baggage is the heart of the threat here, which means sitting through more Hand drama. Seriously, can we please move onto better bad guys? These resurrected ninjas are getting boring. I thought putting Sigourney Weaver at the head of the Hand would mean we’d get some actual substance, but she didn’t even do anything. All of the leaders of the Hand felt useless, since the “Black Sky” carried most of the conflict. Considering who the Black Sky is, though, the conflict felt fairly muted throughout. I knew things would end in a tepid showdown where nobody dies, despite how much the show wants you to think someone dies. And I bet that means we haven’t seen the last of the Hand. If that’s the case, I think I’m finally done with these shows.

Reviewer

Clark
I love gaming so much, I wrote a book about it.

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Clark

I love gaming so much, I wrote a book about it.