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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 328970" data-attributes="member: 23">Iron Fist A Duel Of Iron The last episode was pretty much what I’d have expected for an Iron Fist season finale. Frankly, it was over-long even at fifty minutes. Pretty much all threat was dealt with in the first half, leaving the rest for psychobabble and diatribes. Danny had several earnest monologues for which it was impossible to keep my listening ears on. He also had a verbose final one-to-one conversation with Davos which is a hot contender for the most boring MCU conversation ever. The second half of the episode becomes even more pointless when much of it seems done to pave the way for a third season, or for the characters to wander into others, neither of which (to the best of my knowledge) ended up happening. This means there was no real ending for characters like Mary Walker, though I did like the tantalising revelation (already foreshadowed through the season) that there was a third alter within her who had killed her way to escape in Sokovia. I thought references Mary’s time serving in Sokovia were a nice acknowledgement that this takes place in the same universe as the real MCU, though I’m not sure exactly where it fits into the timeline. Presumably Mary would have been there some time before Age Of Ultron.While I’m not at all sad to leave Iron Fist (both series and character) behind, the Meachums have been decent enough to make it worthwhile. I’ve never stopped seeing them as the MCU’s Fallon and Adam Carrington which has helped. Neither was as well-serviced in the second season as the first (and at times they were wasted in this series) but they still had their moments. I may not have cared for the exploration between Ward and his predatory sponsor, but Tom Pelphrey had a winning monologue in the final episode as Ward tearfully shared at his NA meeting after learning he was to become a father. The character I will miss most is Misty Knight whom I believe we’ve now seen the last of and who had become a great character in her own right. The arc in the latter part of Iron Fist felt like it was gearing up for a Daughters Of The Dragon spinoff, and while I’m fine with that never happening (Misty and Colleen are far better as supporting players in any media), it would be a waste for Misty to never be heard of again in the MCU.</blockquote>

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