samedi 18 mars 2017

Iron Fist: Episode 11 Review


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Two guys, a girl and a pizza place (and an iron fist).

Full spoilers for Iron Fist's eleventh episode follow.

Danny Banner

This eleventh episode of Marvel’s Iron Fist was as much about breaking away as it was broken hearts. Davos pressed Danny on why he “abandoned” him and K’un-Lun, while Colleen learned the hard way that her faction of The Hand was not as benevolent as she had long believed.

Most of this episode took place in Claire’s apartment — how can a nurse afford a place that big in New York anyway? — as she was once again put upon to patch up a wounded future Defender. She tried to explain to Danny that unless he moves past the trauma and anger of his parents’ deaths that he’ll end up only being good at destroying things — and that whatever it is he is truly seeking in life probably won’t be found back in K’un-Lun. (She also, in one of the episode’s lighter moments, introduced Davos to pizza.)

Claire’s belief that Danny won’t find what he needs in K’un-Lun is the exact opposite message presented by Davos, whose brotherly bond with him was at the heart of this episode. Davos feels abandoned by Danny, and he’s buried his envy and disappointment at Danny becoming the Iron Fist instead of him. So for Danny to simply go AWOL from K’un-Lun was affront to him personally as much as to their community. He’s got a point.

Simply put, Davos is brokenhearted. To unsubtly drive the point home romance movie-style, he is essentially dumped in the end — and in the rain no less — when he sees Danny and Colleen hugging it out. Davos’ jealousy and suspicion of her — she is Danny’s biggest reason to not return to K’un-Lun and fulfill his duty as its protector, after all — certainly doesn’t bode well for the bond between these one-time brothers.

While it was nice to get some brief scenes of Danny’s past in K’un-Lun, the show’s budgetary limitations were painfully evident since his origin remains almost exclusively told and not shown. At least we found out here that, according to Davos’ conversation with Claire, Shou-Lao is a real dragon and not just a figure of speech.

There were many repetitive exchanges here about The Hand and what it’s really about, each one stating the same basic points (and ones that had already been made in the previous episode). If you’re not conveying new information or advancing the plot then the scene isn’t necessary. We learned more about The Hand and Bakuto’s faction from their actions (particularly against Colleen) than from the second or third time being told that they’re not all bad or are trying to do some good in the world. That’s just filler at this point.

While there weren’t as many cheesy lines in this episode as in past ones, there were still a few clunkers, such as “A weapon doesn’t know feelings!” and “Perhaps his chi is more damaged than we thought.” Actor Sacha Dhawan, bless him, delivered these lines as straight-faced and sincerely as could be expected.

Finally, Danny remained as oblivious to Harold’s duplicity as ever. It’s stunning how little bad guy radar Danny has; even Joy is picking up on the none too subtle hints that maybe her dad is damaged goods post-resurrection. If there were any questions about her moral compass, though, we at least now know she’s against straight-up murder. (I guess the drip drip drip poisoning of a town by Rand Enterprises is less upsetting to her.)

The Verdict

This talky, largely housebound episode of Iron Fist was about hurt feelings and broken hearts. Both Danny and Colleen questioned, reaffirmed, and then finally turned away from the groups who had raised them, while Davos tried in vain to convince his brother-in-arms to return to K’un-Lun.

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