Daredevil: what’s his story? (Picture: Netflix)

We’re not far from the debut of Netflix’s superhero team up extravaganza, The Defenders.

Everything you need to know about The Defenders, the Marvel Netflix show that unites Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist

It’s set to unite Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, bringing each one together from their own shows to fight a new evil that threatens New York.

It looks set to be television’s answer to The Avengers – an eight-part epic on a whole new scale.

There’s just one problem though – what if you can’t remember what happened in the other shows?


It’s been a while, after all, and you probably don’t have the time to binge watch them all ahead of The Defenders’ August 18th broadcast date.



No need to worry – here’s your explanation of everything that happened in Daredevil…

What happened in Daredevil?

Jon Bernthal as The Punisher (Picture: Netflix)

The first series of Daredevil showed us the fight between Matt Murdoch, who fights crime as a lawyer by day and as superhero Daredevil by night, and Wilson Fisk, corrupt businessman and crime boss.

It covered their origins – Matt, blinded as a child in an accident that heightened his senses, and Fisk, abused by his violent father while growing up.

Eventually, after a fraught and difficult battle, Matt was able to expose Fisk as the criminal he was; Fisk, sent to prison, vowed revenge…

In season two, Daredevil tackled two different plot threads.

First was the appearance of The Punisher – a brutal vigilante who took Matt’s work further, killing criminals to get them off the street, motivated by the death of his own family.

At the same time was the arrival of ninja group The Hand and Matt’s ex-girlfriend, and assassin-for-hire, Elektra – Matt got drawn into a wider battle between ancient forces that looks to come to the fore again in The Defenders…

How did it end?

In one final showdown between Matt and the Hand, Elektra is seemingly killed – it’s only with the help of The Punisher that Matt is able to defeat the Hand.

The Punisher himself was able to find the man who killed his family, taking the revenge he’d always wanted.

Unresolved plot threads

Charlie Cox and Deborah Ann Woll are set to reprise their Daredevil roles in The Defenders (Patrick Harbron/Netflix)

The final episode of Daredevil saw a few different threads left open to explore in future.

It was revealed that Elektra wasn’t as dead as he thought – she was actually taken by The Hand and resurrected to act as a weapon.

It looks like this is going to be a key plot detail in The Defenders, with Elodie Yung returning to play Elektra once more.

It was also revealed that the Hand was digging underneath New York city – what that was for will surely come into play during The Defenders.

We also saw Matt reveal to Karen Page that he was Daredevil – while the series ended on this cliffhanger before revealing her reaction, it’s clear enough this will have a significant impact on their relationship going forward.



Not only that, Matt’s been abandoned by his closest friend Foggy.

Increasingly aggravated by his double life as Daredevil, Foggy leaves their law practice to go and work for Jessica Jones’ Jeri Hogarth.

Alex Moreland is a freelance writer and student based in London. You can read more of his work here.

MORE: Marvel’s The Defenders: Iron Fist gave us these 5 clues about the upcoming Netflix show

MORE: Iron Fist: Marvel could have avoided a ‘white saviour’ and made the Netflix series better