Finally, The Defenders has begun.
After two episodes spent manoeuvring people into position and laying down exposition, the show finally begins to enjoy itself, having genuine fun exploring potential of its exciting premise – seeing these characters interact and unite into a more dysfunctional team than we're used to seeing.
But before we get to that good stuff, the episode begins with an extended flashback showing the resurrection of Elektra. It’s a stylish, self-contained sequence, in which her body is retrieved, ritualistically wrapped in red fabric, and bathed in a mysterious black fluid. Once revived, she’s immediately put back into training by Alexandria. This isn’t the Elektra who Matty wanted to run away with at the end of Daredevil’s second season; she’s a cold, blank killer, remembering little of her former self. She’s now the Black Sky, the secret mythical weapon of The Hand. The fight choreography is way better than what we’ve seen in the show so far, and Elodie Yung brilliantly brings to life this new emotionless and deadly incarnation.
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After two episodes spent manoeuvring people into position and laying down exposition, the show finally begins to enjoy itself, having genuine fun exploring potential of its exciting premise – seeing these characters interact and unite into a more dysfunctional team than we're used to seeing.
But before we get to that good stuff, the episode begins with an extended flashback showing the resurrection of Elektra. It’s a stylish, self-contained sequence, in which her body is retrieved, ritualistically wrapped in red fabric, and bathed in a mysterious black fluid. Once revived, she’s immediately put back into training by Alexandria. This isn’t the Elektra who Matty wanted to run away with at the end of Daredevil’s second season; she’s a cold, blank killer, remembering little of her former self. She’s now the Black Sky, the secret mythical weapon of The Hand. The fight choreography is way better than what we’ve seen in the show so far, and Elodie Yung brilliantly brings to life this new emotionless and deadly incarnation.
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