Marvel's The Defenders Season 1 8

"The Defenders"

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Marvel's The Defenders Season 1 Episode 8
August 18, 2017

Episode Title

"The Defenders"

Director

Farren Blackburn

Writers

Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, Marco Ramirez

Producers

Evan Perazzo

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(March 8, 2018)
(Jessica Jones)
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(June 22, 2018)
(Luke Cage)
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(September 7, 2018)
(Iron Fist)
"Resurrection"
(October 19, 2018)
(Daredevil)

Appearing in "The Defenders"

Featured Characters:

• Defenders (Disbands)
  • Luke Cage (Leaves team)
  • Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Leaves team)
  • Jessica Jones (Leaves team)
  • Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (Leaves team)

Supporting Characters:

• Colleen Wing
• Claire Temple
• NYPD
  • Detective Misty Knight
• New York Bulletin
  • Karen Page
• Trish Walker
• Hogarth, Chao and Benowitz
  • Foggy Nelson
• Alias Investigations
  • Malcolm Ducasse

Antagonists:

• The Hand (Disbands)
  • Elektra Natchios (Apparent death)
  • Madame Gao (Apparent death)
  • Bakuto (Death)
  • Murakami (Death)
  • Unidentified ninjas and henchmen (Deaths)
  • Alexandra (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

• Cole Miller (Mentioned)
• John Raymond (Mentioned)
• WNEX New York
• NYPD
  • Captain Strieber
• Jerry (Mentioned)
• Shou-Lao (Mentioned)
• Elders of K'un-Lun (Mentioned)
• Heather Rand (Mentioned)
• L. Carter (Named only)
• Doctor E. Wirtham (Named only)
• Sister Maggie (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Earth-199999
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Hell's Kitchen
              • Midland Circle Financial Building (Destruction)
              • Josie's Bar
              • Alias Investigations Office
            • Rand Hospital
            • Harlem
              • Soledad Temple's Apartment
              • 29th Precinct Police Station
            • Chinatown
              • Chikara Dojo
    • K'un-Lun (Mentioned)

Items:

• Daredevil's Suit
• Daredevil's Billy Club
• Dragon skeleton/"The Substance"
• Colleen Wing's Katana
• Elektra's Twin Sai

Synopsis for "The Defenders"

With the aid of Claire and Misty, Colleen plants the explosives in the weak points of the building's infrastructure and decapitates Bakuto in the process. Matt, Luke, and Jessica make their way underground and get involved in an uphill battle with Elektra's men and Murakami. Once reunited with Danny, Matt orders the group to leave the underground tunnels without him in an attempt to save Elektra. The ensuing explosion leads the group to believe that Matt is dead, while the details of their heroics are covered up in order to maintain stability. While Danny, Luke, and Jessica piece their respective lives back together, Matt is revealed to have been saved by a local church elsewhere and is regaining consciousness.

Notes

• A teaser for Marvel's The Punisher serves as the post-credits scene for this episode.

Trivia

• Jessica jokingly refers to Iron Fist as "Ironclad." Ironclad happens to be the alias of an actual character from the comics, Michael Steel of the U-Foes.
• In the vein of Marvel's Luke Cage, a Wu-Tang Clan songs plays as the heroes fight the Hand. The song is "Protect Ya Neck", which contains a direct mention of Spider-Man.
• The whiteboard in Misty Knight's hospital room shows that an L. Carter is the attending nurse to Misty. This is a reference to Linda Carter, who is known as the Night Nurse in the comics. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the characters of Claire Temple and Christine Palmer are loosely based off her character.
• Similarly, the whiteboard notes that the attending doctor is a Doctor E. Wirtham. This is a reference to Elias Wirtham, a villain named Cardiac.
• The final shot of the series mirrors a scene from Daredevil #230.

See Also

• Discuss "The Defenders" on the forums
• Gallery for the Marvel's The Defenders series

Cast

Recommended Media

• None.

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