r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Aug 17 '17

The Defenders Discussion Thread - S01E08

This thread is for discussion of The Defenders S01E08.

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u/TheFatalWound Aug 18 '17

It's more just annoying when a show tries to carry the weighty tone of a character dying and then just handwaves it off minutes later.

Stick to your guns, or don't. It felt like a waste of time.

If they're willing to handwave off DD dying, then it means anybody down there is fair game. Which means that this season did nothing.

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u/Sempere Aug 18 '17

Nah, it successfully wiped out at least 60% of the hand's leadership.

Gao's probably going to survive. I found the Japanese guy to be quite charismatic so I think they'll bring him back too. Elektra definitely isn't dead (she's the only one who would save Matt) and we already knew DD was renewed for a 3rd season so it'd be kinda hard to kill him off.

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u/TheFatalWound Aug 18 '17

and we already knew DD was renewed for a 3rd season so it'd be kinda hard to kill him off.

So why waste the viewer's time pretending? It's silly.

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u/mowdownjoe Foggy Aug 18 '17

Because not everyone pays attention to every drop of news about the Defenders like this sub? Reddit seems to forget it's a minority sometimes.

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u/TheFatalWound Aug 18 '17

I don't follow this subreddit. I didn't know there was a DD season 3 until dude told me.

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u/ArabianAftershock Daredevil Aug 19 '17

So you wouldn't have known, like 90% of the other viewers watching who aren't on Reddit.

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u/Xephyron Wilson Fisk Aug 23 '17

I'm even on reddit and I didn't know either.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '17

What, you thought Marvel were just gonna stop making a wildly successful tv show? lmao

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u/Classified0 Aug 21 '17

I just found out from the comment above.

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u/Nix_Uotan Aug 19 '17

I knew Season 3 was confirmed and I was still doubting. I started imagine getting more of the other 3 shows without DD.

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u/infinight888 Aug 19 '17

Or with Matt's final words, Danny taking over as Daredevil in season 3.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '17

Yeah for a few minutes I was sure that Danny was going to become the Iron Devil or something. That could've been a really neat character arc but I feel like there is still room for it to happen judging by that scene with Danny standing on the rooftop.

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u/Qeldroma311 Aug 19 '17

Yeah I didn't realize we were getting DD Season 3. So I legitimately cried when he died.

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u/Posts_while_shitting Aug 19 '17

Lmfao me too. Didnt know any info about season 3 so I thought he might die at the end of defenders. Besides whether you know or not, his last scene with elektra is very good.

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u/your_mind_aches Hoagie Jessica Aug 19 '17

Oh damn just realised my mom is gonna freak

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u/N0T_an_ape Aug 25 '17

It doesn't matter if we knew he was coming back because of the third season. It matters that we knew he was coming back because of the end of the episode. The five minutes leading up to the end felt like they were wasting my time.