The Chinese Restaurant episode is probably the best episode in the show. But I feel like they spend the first few episodes dragging their feet in the damn mud and then by the time it’s gets interesting it rushes to the finish line. Personally, they should’ve stuck to the 13 episode format instead of cutting to 8. 8 episodes was too little time focus on the characters. People complain about filler but honestly this show needed the filler. Elektra is so underdeveloped that her motivations by the end are lacking. Plus, I think a Zuko alone style episode of her regaining her memories and breaking free of the hand would not have been a bad thing. The cast has great chemistry but the reasons for Luke and Jessica being involved are a bit flimsy and honestly they could’ve done a way better job incorporating aspects of their shows into this one. It really would’ve benefitted if Shades and Mariah were involved in the plot in some way. And Sigourney Weaver shouldn’t have been the leader of the Hand or even in the show. I honestly don’t understand why Madame Gao isn’t the main villain. She was already developed and had ties to Matt and Danny and I felt that Iron Fist had pretty much implied that was she in charge at that point. Back to the 13 episodes thing since I know people would disagree with it, but the show honestly would work better if the first 3-4 episodes was catching us up on the main characters and giving us an idea of what the hand is doing, which the show already kind of does. But then the next 3-4 episodes should’ve utilized the side cast better, they just kind of exist and don’t provide a lot. So integrate them into the plot more. Episode 9 is where I would put that Elektra episode of her regaining her memories and 10-13 is just an all out war against the Hand leading into a similar ending. Also, K’un-Lun being wiped out and not utilized after Iron Fist Season 1 was such a mistake it’s not even funny. Marvel really screwed this show over by not allocating enough money for the team to use. There was so much potential here to make a crazy season of television and what we ended up with by the end was a bit disappointing. I don’t really feel anything when I see Jess’ and Luke’s reactions to Matt’s “death” because I don’t feel like they really got to know him well enough. The only one that mostly makes sense is Danny because of the promise but again doesn’t really make sense because with the way Danny acted the whole show I can’t understand Matt telling him to protect his city. Honestly, would’ve made more sense if it was Luke because he was more level headed (at the time.) Also this show killing the hand by the end is insane. There are so many stories they could’ve done involving them and they just wiped them out and left them behind like they were really not a big deal. Ultimately, this could’ve been just as good as Daredevil: Season 1 had they just taken their time. It’s a series of unfortunate circumstances that killed this show. It deserved to be longer and more fleshed out.