Episode 18: Reviewing Marvel's The Defenders

We couldn’t continue reviewing Daredevil without taking a brief detour to discuss Marvel’s The Defenders, the much anticipated team-up miniseries for all of the Marvel Netflix shows. We share our thoughts on the other Marvel Netflix characters and discuss what we did and didn’t love from this miniseries overall.

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In today’s latest episode, KC, Phyllis, and Shelby break down everything we loved (and didn’t love) about The Defenders, the much anticipated team-up series for the main four Marvel Netflix shows - Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist. Listen on as they discuss:

Thoughts on the other Defenders series and our expectations for the miniseries (1:59)
The flaws of Defenders (7:57)
Reviewing our favorite moments, starting with Ep 1 - The H Word: When Jessica Jones begins investigating John Raymond (13:32)
Ep 1 - The H Word: Matt in the courtroom (15:37)
Ep 2 - Mean Right Hook: Matt and Foggy at Josie’s (17:42)
Ep 3 - Worst Behavior: The boardroom (and hallway!) fight (19:30)
Ep 5 - Take Shelter: Elektra breaking into Matt’s apartment and Ep 6 - Ashes, Ashes: Elektra’s dream sequence (22:32)
Ep 6 - Ashes, Ashes: Elektra kills Alexandra (28:48)
Quick honorable mention moments from Ep 6 and Ep 7 (31:30)
Ep 8 - The Defenders: Matt, Jessica, and Luke don’t hug (“I’m glad we found each other”) (34:09)
Ep 8 - The Defenders: Matt and Elektra’s final fight (35:59)
Ep 8 - The Defenders: Luke and Jessica’s goodbye (44:49)
How might the Defenders’ leads reunite in the future MCU? (46:20)

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