a5c7b9f00b Stick offers up a theory, Danny finds himself sidelined, and Alexandra learns that it&#39;s not easy being the leader. Every episode is badly written. The first episode goes very slow and is understandable but every episode is written with one goal in mind - the climax of the episode should be so &amp; so. Same goes with this episode. Instead of using the already strongly built characters who have/ had their own TV shows and were really well-written (except for the Iron Fist), it&#39;s a shame that they are not bringing out the characters in a fine way and they are not even working on the story. The entire Defenders team can defeat The Hand in around 2 episodes but the writers wanted to make it thrilling and use really cheap writing. It&#39;s such a shame. Every episode the defenders either win by the end depending on that very episode and not the entire story of the series. This episode had something very silly. I just couldn&#39;t digest that the climax could have happened the way they have written. Yet people have been blinder than the Daredevil to rate this series on a high note. The team…isn&#39;t. This is a staple of comics, where the team-ups have to have friction of some sort. This usually lasts for a few arcs, slowly overcoming these obstacles.<br/><br/>So far, this series is following that formula; the only difficulty I have is that what works in comics doesn&#39;t necessarily translate well to the screen. This episode highlights the difficulty in translation. The &#39;sidelining&#39; of Iron Fist is extremely hard to swallow,it makes no sense in the context of either this series or the characters in their own series.<br/><br/>This series is trying to be less a superhero action romp and more of a character study and holding a mirror up to modern life. This is a tough line to straddlemost superhero fans aren&#39;t into deep character studies and those into deep characters aren&#39;t into action romps. I suppose it&#39;s a lofty goal, but it falls short of the mark. The best episodes…in my opinion…are the more action-oriented ones. The ones trying to be &#39;more&#39;…like this one…are notengaging or interesting, and there&#39;s little indication whether the &#39;character development&#39; will carry over to the individual series.<br/><br/>Your mileage may vary, of course…I&#39;m more action-oriented, so keep that in mind.
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