He was, after all, running a Hand faction in Iron Fist and he’s one of the head dudes in the comics. I am, however, slightly worried that now we have four members of the Hand’s army – Alexandra, Murakami, Whitehead and Gao – we’re going to see the fifth and it’s going to be Bakuto, the guy who can’t win a fight against Kun Lun’s whiniest weapon. I did enjoy Jessica tracking her name back through the records, though – that, at least, suggests a character with some intriguing backstory. The latest member of the council, Murakami, gets a hilariously over-the-top introduction (evil butchery!) but the guy himself seems to have an interesting angle on pointing out that Alexandra isn’t as smart as she thinks, which suggests her position in the hand isn’t considerably more senior than the others.
She’s faxing it in.Īt least the other Hand villains are a little better.
She’s Ripley, and she’s not just phoning it in. Like season one before it, Daredevil's second year was crammed full of awesome Easter Eggs which both paid homage to the comic books and the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Before this series began I was sure she’d be the Beast of the Hand – or at least its vessel on Earth – but at this point I’m wondering if she’s anyone interesting. She looks bored by what she’s doing and confused by the dialogue she has to deliver. Unfortunately, I’m starting to suspect that Sigourney Weaver doesn’t know what she’s doing here. Not only does it touch on her relationship past with Luke, she figures out Matt is Daredevil and then is the first person to have the entirely understandable reaction of getting the hell out of a mystical war she’s ill-equipped for, even if she does eventually find herself drawn back to it in the best entrance this series has done yet. This episode gives Jessica Jones a lot of the spotlight, too. I’ll even admit, enthusiastic dork Danny Rand is actually quite fun compared to impotent anger Danny. And whatever it is Finn Jones is doing with Danny Rand. The characters instantly find their rhythm: Jessica Jones’s sharp wit. And then Stick turns up and starts dumping exposition on them, and I was grinning from ear to ear, because THIS is the superhero team-up nonsense I tuned in for. And now they’re all talking and hanging out and I couldn’t be happier.