Spoilers for “Luke Cage” Season 1, and “The Defenders,” below.
Steel yourselves fans: the Daughters of the Dragon may yet happen, judging from the first photo of Misty Knight (Simone Missick) in the second season of “Luke Cage.”
Marvel comics fans have been nervously eying Misty’s intact right arm since the hard boiled NYPD detective made her first appearance in “Luke Cage” Season one. That’s because Misty’s comic book counterpart famously has a powerful bionic arm that she received after losing her first one in an explosion.
Well, as we see from the photo below, exclusive to EW, when we pick up with Misty and Luke (Mike Colter) after “The Defenders,” she’s finally received that arm.
On Netflix, Misty didn’t lose her arm in an explosion. Instead, in the final episode of “The Defenders,” the villain Bakuto chopped off Misty’s arm above the elbow with a samurai sword (just before a building was destroyed in an explosion, a nod to Misty’s comics backstory).
We have no clue whether TV Misty’s bionic arm comes with the powers enjoyed by the comic book version, like energy blasts, super strength, or the ability to wirelessly hack and control advanced tech (AKA the “technopathy” superpower). But it is dexterous enough to handle a police-issue sidearm, and that’s nothing to sneeze at.
In the comics, Misty got her upgrade courtesy of Tony Stark. Tony won’t be showing up in the Netflix Marvel universe, but in “The Defenders,” Misty was last seen recovering in a hospital owned by Danny Rand (Iron Fist), where she was promised “cutting edge” help. Looks like Danny, or at least his money, will be filling in for Iron Man there.
One last comic book note: Misty Knight and Colleen Wing (played by Jessica Henwick in “Iron Fist” and “The Defenders”) are close friends who form a private detective agency and later on, a superhero team called Daughters of the Dragon. The two met for the first time during “The Defenders,” and it was Colleen who visited Misty in the Hospital to let her know Danny Rand’s deep pockets would fund her recovery. Hopefully, that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
'The Defenders': Here's What We Learned, and Questions We Still Have
"The Defenders" answered a lot of questions about the evil organization known as "The Hand," we got some background on various supporting characters, and overall learned more about the world of the Marvel street heroes.
Scroll through for what we learned and questions we have that still need to be answered.
Spoilers ahead!
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Misty Knight's backstory
Misty Knight, the NYPD detective, is on her way to becoming a superhero herself in "The Defenders." In the finale, Misty follows the superheroes to Midland Circle, where they are trying to bring down The Hand. In saving Claire Temple, she gets her arm cut off--a moment readers of the comics will recognize as significant. In the comics, she goes on to get a bionic arm from--drum roll--Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. She also develops a closer relationship to Colleen Wing, who she eventually teams up with to form the Daughters of the Dragon.
The Hand isn't new, but in "The Defenders" we get some clarity on who exactly is in charge of the ancient organization. As Stick explains to the four Defenders, the leaders of The Hand are known as the "five fingers:" Alexandra, Madame Gao, Bakuto, Sowande and Murakami. The Hand is using Elektra--who they turned into the Black Sky--as a weapon in their mission to return to K'un L'un.
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Setting up Daredevil Season 3
Learning to accept help and work with the other three Defenders is a big step forward in Matt Murdoch's character. "From an emotional point of view, it’s a big deal for him,” said Charlie Cox, who plays Matt/Daredevil. “I think it’s a big step in the right direction and I hope that going forward he will carry that with him, he will have learned that lesson, and he won’t go back to the stubborn, lone-wolf kind of Daredevil that we’ve seen in the past.”
Additionally, the finale leads us to think Matt dies in the big battle under Midland Circle, but we see that he survived and was taken in by a convent. Undoubtedly we'll have to see that aftermath in the next season of "Daredevil."
Madame Gao has been a mysterious villain in several of the Marvel Netflix shows. She has a knack for appearing and disappearing at all the right moments--when it's beneficial to her.
At the end of "The Defenders," she and Murakami battle with the Defenders underneath Midland Circle, but she slinks away while Murakami continues, just before he falls to his inevitable death. As he dies, he asks her what is going on, to which she simply replies, "The end."
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? The end of the Hand, the end of New York, the end of The Defenders? Does she make it out alive, or did she mean she was ending, too?
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Wait, is K'un Lun destroyed or not?
When Elektra captures Danny and brings him to Alexandra, it becomes pretty clear that the Hand--who were cast out of the mystical city--want to return. Danny tells Alexandra that she can't return, Ku'n Lun is destroyed--he saw it with his own eyes--she tells him that he only saw what he wanted to see.
If Danny only thought he saw K'un Lun get destroyed, that could cast doubt on a lot of his character's identity. Does this mean that Danny will ever return there? Does he still have to protect the city? Is it possible the Hand will ever return without Danny, or do they really need him in order to do so?
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What is Frank Castle doing during "The Defenders?"
In the street-hero world of the MCU, there was one Hell's Kitchen fighter missing from "The Defenders:" Frank Castle, aka The Punisher. Netflix dropped the new trailer for the upcoming first season of "The Punisher" just after the "Defenders" debut. Is this a hint that Frank's story will be kept separate from "The Defenders?" That seems unlikely, as Frank is a central character in "Daredevil" Season 2. So where was Frank while the Defenders were fighting The Hand?
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So, we’re ready for the next season of ”Daredevil“ on Netflix
"The Defenders" answered a lot of questions about the evil organization known as "The Hand," we got some background on various supporting characters, and overall learned more about the world of the Marvel street heroes.
Scroll through for what we learned and questions we have that still need to be answered.
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