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Finished binging it at like 8am or 9am this morning finally. It was a huge step up from season 2 which was mostly just a backdoor pilot for a Punisher show and to bring in Elektra who they'd been planning to give her own show eventually as well.

Just with everything else, Defenders ruins part of the show. We see a *little* of the reaction to the s2 ending cliffhanger in a flashback, but it's quickly brushed over and it devotes maybe a line or two that retroactively sets up his involvement in The Defenders (and, later on, the show has exactly *one* Defenders reference and then one mention of Jessica Jones)

On the plus side, the ending is an okay endcap for the series... which it might be because Disney has already canceled IF & LC, with JJ and DD probably going that same route eventually.

Other thoughts:
Zeus posted...

Overall, DD3 was a lot better than DD2 although it was nowhere near as fun as DD1 and was pretty dark for most of it. Some of the twists were pretty obvious (Fisk having himself shanked) whereas others I hadn't suspected (Fisk having Nadeem's sister-in-law's health insurance cancel her coverage to put her in debt -- which, given that it happened before the events of the show take place while Fisk was still sitting in prison, I didn't even consider).

And, unlike DD1 which had an incredible ending -- possibly my favorite of the MCU shows -- DD3's was a little all over the place and had some out-of-character nonsense (the biggest of which being Fisk agreeing to all of Daredevil's demands in exchange for keeping Vanessa safe and free). However, from the second I realized that it was Julie killed in that hallway -- at first I thought it might have been Betsy because it was hard to get a good look at her -- Bullseye flipping on Kingpin like just a matter of time.

Ranking the shows, would probably say:
DD1 > IF1 > DD3 > Punisher > JJ1 = JJ2 > DD2 > IF2 = LC2 > LC1 >>>> Defenders

In addition to my comments above, I should just mention that episode 10 has a stupidly long flashback that seemingly serves no purpose other than filler. I don't think they devoted that long to *Fisk's* background in season 1 and that was actually important because his father's murder is repeatedly referenced throughout the show and was a major plot point in season 1.

Oh, plus iirc even BULLSEYE gets a shorter flashback than Karen. wtf? Plus the Bullseye flashbacks are handled better because they're "watched" from Fisk's POV

Greenfox111 posted...

I wish they had a more interesting villain than just the same regular fat guy for the 2nd time

wolfy42 posted...

I'm enjoying it, just don't like the new villian (but luckily he's not a major part so far).

He's fucking awesome once he puts on the Daredevil costume, especially when he just starts throwing shit like crazy after Matt is beating him up and his shots keep rebounding
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