Hey, ladies and gentlemen as promised I am back with a more in-depth look at Season 2 of “The Immortal Ironfist!” That means full spoilers ahead, so let’s take this one episode at a time and see what turned Marvel’s first Netflix disaster into one of the best martial arts shows around.

EPISODE 1

So the first thing that comes to mind is–Wow!

First, we see Danny taking down that armored truck and countless bad guys with new and extremely well executed martial arts skills. Then we get a reintroduction of Davos who we also last saw in Season 1 dressed in rags being all sulky about Danny not living up to his potential. Now Davos (Sacha Dhawan) is wearing a well-tailored suit. He’s well groomed and very well spoken but not only that he’s no longer here to help Danny achieve his potential. He’s here with some serious anger issues and determined to take the Iron Fist for himself and rid the world of evil starting with as you’ve guessed New York city!

EPISODE 2

We get a deeper look at where our beloved characters are as individuals as well as a collective.

Starting it off we see Colleen whilst still recovering from the effects of Season 1 is all about peace. She manages to convince Danny that brokering peace between the two warring gangs is the best option to take. At the same time, we get to see just how broken the relationship is between the two Meachum siblings. Ward – who is currently battling sobriety after dealing with his abusive and controlling father for so many years – crashes Joy’s auction to try and get to the bottom of what she’s really up to. Speaking of Joy we also see her turn her hand to the manipulation game by convincing the emotionally bankrupt Davos to use sex as a means to get what they need.

Episode 3

Peacemaking gone wrong

Forgetting the disaster of a meal Danny and Colleen try to host to bring Ward, Joy, and Davos together and resolve the ongoing tension. (Which never happens.) We see how much of a truly snooty person that Joy has become. This is disappointing considering (for me anyway) that she was the most grounded and rational character of the first season. Episode 3 delivered not only my favorite fight scene of the show but we get our first flashback of Danny and Davos’ relationship in K’UN-LUN. We get a truly epic battle between the two former friends which decided who was gonna fight Shou-Lou and become the Immortal Iron Fist.

Episode 4

This episode is easily one of my favorite of the entire season, as in this episode, we get to see Danny Rand LOSE the Iron Fist!

We also get to see Davos start his rise to becoming the Steel Serpent! Before we get to the grit of the episode I’d like to give a quick shoutout to a total badass- the legendary Misty Knight! Sporting her fully bionic right arm that definitely seems (not confirmed) to have had an upgrade since the last time we saw it. (Luke Cage S2) So to the mettle of the episode we see Danny go loner, (surprise-surprise) to track down who has been following him and see what Davos is up to.

This leads to an awesome confrontation on a subway platform with Mary Walker (Alice Eve) and we finally get to see her “Walker” persona. It is electrifying. We ultimately see her knock seven shades of hell out of Danny and then deliver him to Davos. Where then Davos transfers the power of the Heart of Shou-Lou from Danny to himself starting the process of becoming the Steel Serpent.

EPISODE 5

So after the explosive ending of Episode 4, we see Danny add insult to injury by not only losing the Iron Fist we watch as he can’t even defend himself against 4/5 run of the mill hoodlums.

He gets his butt utterly kicked once again! It’s only downhill from there as we watch a daring rescue by Misty and Colleen just as he’s about to have a finger removed via bolt cutters! After rushing him back to the dojo it’s up to Ward of all people to save him. He contacts his maybe-girlfriend Bethany, who is secretly pregnant with his child to save Danny’s life.

This is part of the season that worries me about the future of one particular character in the Marvel Netflix Universe–Claire Temple. Since her introduction in Daredevil Season 1, she has been a regular on every Marvel Netflix show. As the “Night Nurse” she’s always been there for our heroes when it comes to there vast medical needs but was blindingly absent so what does this mean for ROSARIO DAWSON?

Anyway, I digress. Getting back to Danny he’s finally home and conscious we get some pretty touching scenes between Danny and Ward which will come into play later in the Season Finale when they take off for their journey of self-discovery.

But the most crushing blow I think Danny suffered in the whole season was in the final minutes. There he finds out what we already know, that Joy was not only a willing participant in what happened to Danny but it was her idea! Albeit she wasn’t fully aware of Davos intentions nor the full consequences of her actions, but that’s a very shitty thing to do to someone you consider a brother!

Guys, thanks for tuning-in to Part One of my full episode-by-episode review of Iron Fist Season Two, and keep checking Strictly Geek for Part 2 ( episodes 6-7) coming very soon.

Written by Wayne Russell