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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 326109" data-attributes="member: 23">The Defenders Ashes, Ashes / Fish In The Jailhouse Well, a couple of shocking and significant deaths in recent episodes. Stick’s decapitation of Sowande happened so suddenly that even as I watched I questioned if I was seeing what I was seeing, which put me on the same keel as the characters. The best part about it was the reactions of the others, all standing in frozen shock. Elektra’s killing of Stick was surprising because I really didn’t think Stick was going to be killed off having been a reliable recurring character going back to Season One of Daredevil. Likewise, while I didn’t see her assassination of Alexandra coming. Or at least, not quite so soon. Sigourney was the big-name guest star in the series and I didn’t think she’d be around forever. But I did think she’d at least survive until the final episode of The Defenders for a climactic confrontation. Her death coming mid-monologue - and mid-sentence - reminded me a little of Samuel L. Jackson’s death in Deep Blue Sea. I’m sorry to see her go as she always gives such a great performance and brought much substance to a character that could have been a lot less interesting and watchable with anyone else in the role. That final image of Elektra with blood-spattered face just stood out to me as looking like a Frank Miller comic panel. It’s very easy to envisage this scene on the last couple of pages of a comic. After the loss of Sigourney, the worst thing about Alexandra’s death is that Elektra’s suddenly got a lot more to say and I’m distracted by the weird accent Élodie Yung uses in this role. The mixed vowel sounds put it somewhere between contemporary RP and Australian.Jessica is making this series for me. Of course, it works because of the ensemble, but her little wisecracks and unimpressed facial expressions are so much fun. Her reactions to the Daredevil costume have been hilarious. “Nice ears”, she quipped the first time she saw it (“They’re horns”, Matt replied wearily). The second time was even funnier. With Matt on her left, she turned slowly to Luke on her right and said “There it is again” in a completely flat voice that said nothing and everything at the same time. With just one episode remaining, part of me wishes the series were longer, but perhaps it’s best this way. To be left wanting more can be a good thing, and it seems that’s going to be the case for me.</blockquote>

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