Iron Fist Season 2 Episode 6
Wow, I was wrong about last episode being a backdoor pilot for Daughters of the Dragon because this is the backdoor pilot episode, right down to Misty telling Colleen she has good law-enforcement instincts. Misty and Colleen fighting back-to-back was a great action scene, even though I’m not entirely sure how the Crane Sisters turned out to be kung fu experts. Are they in on the K’un-Lun stuff themselves, or just three tattooists who happened to be in the right place to get in on some magical nonsense? I assume it’s deliberately ambiguous at this stage, but I do find myself with questions. Bringing Mary into the fold is an interesting step for the character and narrative, though it’s also the first development that I’m not entirely sold on. There’s nothing as egregiously bad as the first season as plot developments go, but I think people are a little too quick to be sold on Mary as someone they can trust. I mean, Danny knows that much by now, though I think he’ll probably be a bit more sympathetic towards her even if she did bash his head in recently. further reading: Iron Fist Season 2 – Who is Mary? In fact, Danny running off to convince Davos to end his killing spree is also the first time this has felt like season one Danny, and the fact that he gets absolutely mashed up by his reckless behavior seems like an acknowledgement that he’s been far too impulsive in the past. I do wonder if anyone’s going to remember that Danny had a mystical healing ability for one episode last season, not that it’s going to do him much good when he hasn’t got the Fist. further reading: Iron Fist Season 2 Villain – Who is Davos? Some stuff also happens with Ward and Joy, but I have to be honest – while I appreciated them both addressing the madness of the previous season, I don’t feel particularly invested in this relationship. I liked Joy better when she was friends with Danny and I like Ward better now that he’s friends with Danny. Props to the writers for finding ways we can interact with these characters outside of the boardroom, but they’re not super-interesting to me in terms of their own relationship – only their relationship with Danny and Davos. (Oh right, sibling issues is the theme. Now I get it.) further reading: Iron Fist Season 2 – Complete Marvel Easter Eggs Reference Guide And finally, The Dragon Dies At Dawn was title of Iron Fist #9 (1976).
