The Defenders.

Alright. Better than the back half of Luke Cage or the two episodes of Iron Fist I put myself through. The Hand are getting old, I hope we’re done with them now.

It basically functions as Daredevil season 3 guest starring Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Danny Rand, and friends, though, as opposed to its own thing like The Avengers did.

I’m still on the fence about Elektra, both from DD S2 and Defenders. Then again, I’ve never been a fan of the character, so I’m not sure if I expected her Netflix treatment to make me like her or not. I will admit that it may have something to do with how much Matt and Elektra’s relationship reminds me of mine with someone else (also doesn’t help that Elodie Yung looks so very similar to her), which isn’t super pleasant, but I dunno.

The best part about it for me was Jessica Jones, which isn’t much of a surprise since JJ S1 is still far and away my favorite of the Marvel Netflix shows to date. Krysten Ritter was on point the whole time, even if the writing was iffy now and again. (These team-up movies and shows seem to rely a little too heavily on quippy dialogue IMO, but Ritter sells it better than the rest.)

Finally, no spoilers, but I was pretty disappointed in Sigourney Weaver. She did as well a job as could be expected, but she was wasted on an incredibly boring villain.

But the pacing was better than most Marvel Netflix offerings, even if the last episode felt rushed, and I found myself enjoying it through to the end, despite the issues I had with it.

2.5 faceless ninjas out of 4.

(Also, why was The Hand going to destroy New York again? Didn’t seem necessary given what their goal ended up being…)