How The Defenders Sets Up Phase 2 of Marvel's Netflix Series

Daredevil

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Marvel ’s The Defenderswas a superhero smackdown worth wait for . The heatedly hoped-for squad up of Daredevil ( Charlie Cox ) , Jessica Jones ( Krysten Ritter ) , Luke Cage ( Mike Colter ) , and Iron Fist ( Finn Jones ) deliver on its hope of the four superheroes combining their major power and abilities to make unnecessary New York City from the ancient reprehensible empire know as the Hand . Meanwhile , their distinct personalities made for flirt with and illume clashes of their dissent philosophies regarding street - level superheroics . There were mickle of witty barbs being trade as well .

Of naturally , this team - up was only designed to be temporary . The Defenders never attempt to make a permanent unit , much less call themselves by that squad moniker , though their friendship were forged and solidify in the melting pot of their warfare against the Hand . In the end , the Defenders go their separate ways , with the next time of year of all four of the heroes ' individual series either herald by Netflix or already in pre - production . Whether or notThe Defendersproves successful enough for a second get - together down the road , the series leaves our heroes and their supporting casts prim to resume their case-by-case heroic adventures .

The serial that started it all , Daredevilwill look to lead off its third time of year coping with tragedy : the apparent decease of Matt Murdock . WhenThe Defendersbegan , Murdock was a recovering superhero ; he had retired as Daredevil and was trying to find personal atonement doing legal pro - bono study while ignoring the constant calls for avail his super earreach would pick up . Murdock is pull back into action as ' the Devil of Hell ’s Kitchen ' when he assigns himself as Jessica Jones ' attorney . Once they meet Luke Cage and Iron Fist , with the four of them oppose their way out of the Hand ’s Midland Circle skyscraper , Murdock is reluctantly pulled back into his old biography as a costume crime fighter .

As ever , for Murdock , this is personal and it come down to his former love Elektra ( Elodie Yung ) , resurrected by the Hand ’s loss leader Alexandra ( Sigourney Weaver ) as her neat weapon , the Black Sky . Murdock ’s friends Foggy Nelson ( Elden Henson ) , who ’s now a successful corporate attorney , and Karen Page ( Deborah Ann - Woll ) , now an unity newsperson , are also pull into the ruffle , but Matt ’s working with the Defenders and war with the Hand once more twist into a fight for Elektra ’s individual . In the end , the Defenders tout up the Midland Circle Tower , with Matt stay in the intestine of the building fighting Elektra . Both apparently died during the detonation , though a coda revealed Matt somehow live and was deliver - he awoke in a familiar convent with the nun calling for"Maggie , " the name of his female parent .

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It does n’t seem like there ’s a recommencement of the old Nelson & Murdock police firm in the offer forDaredevilseason 3 . Foggy and Karen do n’t even bang Matt survive ; all of the Defenders retrieve he ’s dead and Matt even passed on his commission to protect the urban center to one of his fresh super protagonist . Still , we ’ll soon see Daredevil rise again . And if Matt Murdock pull round , it ’s sensible to assume Elektra did as well , so their deathly romanticism is poised to resume inDaredevilseason 3 .

Jessica Jones

It was perfectly fitting to find Jessica Jones decline over a bar whenThe Defendersbegan . Still deal with the injury of her ordeal with Kilgrave ( David Tennant ) months later , Jessica had stopped being a private eye and was living a shield of an existence . A Modern case draws her into the mystery fence in the Midland Circle building , bringing her face to confront with the Hand for the first meter - which , along with teaming with the Defenders , was something she wanted absolutely no part of . By far the most loath Defender - and the only one , to her mortification , who " does n’t get laid karate " - Jessica still proved to be priceless to crack the case around why the architect of the Midland Circle tower sprout himself in her office and what he project to do with a memory cache of c4 explosive .

The Defendersalso reunited Jessica with her one - meter lover Luke Cage , who has since moved onto a family relationship with Claire Temple ( Rosario Dawson ) . Still , the former chemical science is there between them and the door was left subject forsomethingto happen down the route for one of modern Marvel Comics ' great married couples . Jessica survived the war with the Hand , now aware that immortal ninjas are a real thing , and she did her part in bring them down once and for all . In the end , Jessica reopened Alias Investigations , once more a private heart and ready for whatever come next inJessica Jonesseason 2 ( which , unfortunately for her , will includethe return of Kilgrave ) .

Luke Cage

Luke Cage was freshly paroled from prison whenThe Defendersbegan , and he was welcomed home with open arm by Claire Temple . After check out in with Detective Misty Knight ( Simone Bissick ) , Luke learn that his patronizing foe Mariah ( Alfre Woodard ) and Shades ( Theo Rossi ) were laying low , so he start investigate the last of local black kids in Harlem . This in the end lead him to discover the Hand was recruiting Harlem youths as clean up gang , which disembowel him into the circle of the Defenders .

The Defendersprovided plenty of fan - pleasing fundamental interaction and fighting between comic record book besties Luke Cage and Iron Fist , set up the potentiality for the two of them to peradventure one Clarence Day headline a Netflix series together . Luke was the rock - self-colored moral conscience of the Defenders , but he also made other valuable allies like Foggy Nelson , his new attorney . Luke and Jessica Jones dealt with their lingering romantic yield , but in the last , he went back home with Claire to resume his role as the Hero of Harlem . Luke stay on as stately and indomitable as ever for whenLuke Cageseason 2 start out .

Iron Fist

Danny Rand examine to be the most crucial protector of all to the Hand ’s plan , as they needed thechiof the Immortal Iron Fist to open up the doorway to their ultimate destination : the substance that grants the Hand immortality . Prior to their shape the Defenders , Danny and Colleen Wing ( Jessica Henwick ) had move the world hunting the Hand , but getting nowhere near to halt them . They were the first to encounter and subsist a battle with the resurrected Elektra , which drew them back ' domicile , ' to New York City .

Danny was the lightning pole for much of the action the Defenders discover themselves mire in . He fought both with and against his fellow heroes , but Danny also went on the furthest journey to find his intent in the series . As Danny fought Elektra and the Hand in their final battle at Midland Circle , Colleen , a former Hand enlistee herself , was capable to ultimately belt down her sensei Bakuto ( Ramon Rodriguez ) and put her past times with the Hand to catch one’s breath once and for all . Although , Colleen ’s conflict with Bakuto cost Misty Knight dearly . As the Defenders undertake to flee the imminent explosion of Midland Circle , Daredevil whisper something in Danny ’s ear . We later learned that Daredevil expect Danny to take his position and " protect his urban center , " which Danny now visualise as his and Colleen ’s home .

Our last sighting of Iron Fist is of him take Daredevil ’s usual rooftop patrols of New York City as his own . In increase , Simone Bissick was harbinger as a Modern casting fellow member ofIron Fistseason 2 , so the beleaguered billionaire Danny Rand will have plenty of fan favorite support in the phase of the Daughters of the Dragon .

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The next form of Marvel ’s acclaim Netflix series looks to springboard into exciting novel chapter . Meanwhile , The Defendersconcluded with a glimpse at the fifth Marvel serial shortly to be upon us , not of a Defender , but ofThe Punisher . WithThe Defendersliving up to the hype to cap off form 1 , Marvel Netflix Phase 2 , which kick off in 2018 , look unstoppable .