- Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand investigate criminals and fight injustice, unaware their paths are about to cross.
- While Danny Rand faces a mysterious woman ninja, Matt Murdock refuses to leave his retirement, Jessica Jones doesn't take any cases and Luke Cage is in prison. The arrival of a member of "The Hand" to Rand Enterprises will unite their ways.—Henry Drae
- In the sewers below Phnom Penh, Cambodia, an unnamed man is being chased and attacked by a shadowy figure with double katanas, later revealed to be Elektra Natchios (Elodie Yung). The two exchange blows, and the man is clearly getting overwhelmed in the fight. Before Elektra can land the killing stroke, Danny Rand (Finn Jones) appears out of the darkness and jumps into the fight to draw Elektra away. Danny is holding his own, but Elektra is clearly a superior fighter, and lands a nice slice across Dannys tattoo; in his shock, Elektra gets the opening she needs and stabs the mystery man to death. Danny tries to chase down Elektra as she flees, and manages to land one Iron fist-packed punch on her, which sends her flying, but she disappears as quickly as she appeared. When Danny returns to the man, Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick) has caught up with him, and hes clearly dying. With his final words, the man tells them that their fight is not there, its in New York City. Danny is extremely frustrated, as this man has been one of their biggest leads in their search for the Hand, and just like that, hes gone.
After the opening credits, we jump back and forth between the four protagonists of the show and the main antagonist, as they go about their daily lives. The scenes are all color coded, with Jessica's scenes being primarily lit in blue tones, Matt's scenes with red tones, Luke's scenes in warm yellow, and Danny's scenes in pale green.
Jessica Jones
Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) is introduced passed out drunk in an empty bar and gets rudely awakened by the bartender, who helpfully informs her that its morning and she should probably leave. Outside, it's a rainy morning as Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) runs to keep her car from getting towed, as she parked illegally in a loading zone. The parking enforcement officer writing the ticket is unsympathetic and refuses to unhook it. Suddenly, there's a loud bang as Jessica shows up and rips Trish's car off the tow cable with her bare hands. She then pops up and snarkily asks the cop if he has a problem, and Trish has trouble holding back a smile. We then see Trish and Jessica walking down the street with coffee cups and fighting over Jessica's life state now that Kilgrave is dead. Jessica's life apparently now involves a lot of drinking and zero working, which greatly concerns Trish. Trish lets Jessica know that shes been getting a lot of interest in her story and wants Jessica to take some interviews on Trish Talk, if only to make some extra money while shes not working. Trish is disappointed as only Jessica could take such a triumphant event like defeating Kilgrave and make it all negative, but Jessica tries to tell her not to worry. Trish takes a sip of her coffee and nearly spits it out. It turns out Jessica had accidentally handed her coffee to Trish, which is laced with whiskey.
Later, Jessica returns to her apartment, which has still not been fixed since the fight she and Trish had with Will Simpson. The window is boarded up and the apartment itself is still absolutely trashed with holes in the wall. There are two people standing outside the door as she approaches: Michelle Raymond (Michelle Federer) and her teenage daughter Lexi (Chloe Levine). They've heard about what Jessica did and want her to take a case: Michelle's husband John has been missing for a week, and she's worried for him. Jessica flat out says no. As the woman presses her case, Jessica goes into mocking mode, and suggests that everyone thinks THEIR partner would never do anything like this, but usually they're always cheating. Lexi lobs a few snarky comments at Jessica and the mom, and finally the two of them leave. Jessica has a moment of remorse as shes opening the door, turns around, and calls out to them. Michelle turns around hopefully but Jessica only says that she hopes they can find him soon. Just as Jessica is settling down in her apartment, her phone rings. A man using a scrambler to disguise his voice gives her a simple message: do not look for John Raymond.
This tells Jessica that someone might be targeting John. So she gets on her computer and begins researching information on her missing mystery man. At one point, Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) strolls in, which pisses Jessica off. Shes already told him to stop coming into her apartment, he says she gave him a key. She counters that he made himself his own copy of the key, he helpfully clarifies because he was helping her get her locks changed. Malcolm lights up at seeing that Jessica is on her computer and researching a case. She insists she hasn't taken it...yet, and he's already celebrating that she's totally taken the case and runs over to hover over her shoulder while she's researching, which pisses her off. They talk briefly about the missing man. John Raymond is apparently an MIT graduate and an architect at Duncan & Dotter Designs, and has designed numerous skyscrapers all over the world.Jessica mentions that the only reason why she's even doing this is because of the threatening message she got. Malcolm posits the possibility that the guy is actually an amateur, and what if she could track the call back by calling the phone company. Jessica immediately picks up the phone and calls the operator, pretending that she received a call from her grandfather who is missing from dementia and gets the number.
The address the number is connected to is a payphone at 11th Avenue and 49th Street, which Malcolm remembers from his days as an addict in Kilgrave's employ is a shooting gallery - a super shady place that people generally used to get off the grid to use drugs, and other illicit vices.
That evening, Jessica goes to the building Malcolm helped her identify. It is indeed as sketchy as Malcolm suggested it to be: flickering lights, sounds of people fighting and/or having sex, a real ball. She heads up the stairs to the specific apartment belonging to John Raymond. She bangs on the door, shouting to John that she knows hes inside. After getting no response, she breaks in by breaking the doorknob. Theres a TV on playing the evening news, but the place is otherwise dim and abandoned. She slowly walks through, peeking into the bedroom and rounding back out to the living area. She spots some boxes, opens one up and immediately pales as she notices that the boxes are full of explosives.
Luke Cage
Luke Cage (Mike Colter) is being escorted down the corridor at Seagate Prison, while the inmates cheer him on. He's being released from prison now that all the charges against him have been dropped. As he's being discharged, he is greeted by his lawyer Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson), who was able to clear the charges thanks to Bobby Fish supplying the necessary evidence. Foggy congratulates Luke for his restraint, making it through his time served without a single incident. Luke asks for Claire, but Foggy tells him only lawyers are allowed. Luke decides its time to hop on a bus and get back to New York ASAP. As Luke leaves, Foggy gives him his business card and lets him know that he can always reach out to Foggy's firm Hogarth Chao & Benowitz if he ever needs help. Luke assures him he doesn't need to start over, just need to move forward. Foggy helpfully lets him know that most people call him Foggy, to which Luke quips, "And you let them?" which earns an amused smirk from Foggy.
Luke hops on a bus, and returns to New York City, taking in the sights, including Pops Barbershop, which has been restored to mint condition since Diamondback tore up the place. Once in Harlem, he gets off the bus, which is plastered with a New Harlem Renaissance ad, hinting that Mariah Dillard is still active. As he disembarks, he's greeted by Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson), who has been waiting for this moment and asks him if he wants that coffee. They end up back at her apartment and immediately have very passionate sex, overturning furniture, going at it all over the place, on the floor and on the dining room table. As Luke and Claire bask in the afterglow, they make small talk on what Luke might do now that hes back in New York. He calls Claire out a little bit, saying that he knows she kept some things from him in the letters they exchanged while he was away. She confesses a lot of things happened and are still going on in the city, and she's concerned about Luke trying to be a hero.
Luke and Claire's little post-coital chat is interrupted by a knock on the door. It's Detective Misty Knight (Simone Missick), who is bemused to see Luke at Claire's place so quickly after being let out, and asks if he can take a walk down the street with her. As Luke and Misty go out for a stroll, they exchange some small talk about taking down Diamondback. Apparently Mariah and Hernan "Shades" Alvarez are still active, but they're not Misty's priority, as she has been made lead detective on a citywide task force combating a new crime syndicate. Their conversation takes them to the charred remains of a car, which is decorated with flowers. Misty explains that since Luke went to jail, there have been a rash of somewhat suspicious murders that bear striking similarities: young black males all from Harlem get recruited into some kind of mysterious well-paying job, move their moms out of the projects and into nice houses in Westchester County, then turn up dead. No one knows what the job is, and whether it's drug running or it could be something more nefarious. Misty doesn't know. Luke wants to help, which Misty reacts to with skepticism. But then she gets to the real kicker: this burned out car belonged to Shawn Miller, a brother of Candace Miller, the would-be witness who was killed by Shades to keep her from testifying to witnessing Mariah kill Cottonmouth. Candace had two brothers, and Misty wants Luke to track down the last brother Cole, who she last heard wasn't exactly on the right side of the law, and talk some sense into him before the mother of that family loses her last child.
Luke heads over to Cole's apartment, which like the shooting gallery Jessica is investigating, is full with flashing lights, except this time with loud music. Luke encounters a group of guys in front of an apartment and asks them where he can find Cole. They're about to snap at him for interrupting them until Luke pulls down his hoodie, at which points their jaws snap shut and they direct him one floor up. Luke lets himself into the apartment, sees Cole (J. Mallory McCree), and walks up to an expensive looking speaker set up to turn down / off the music. Cole angrily exclaims, thinking that his friends are messing with his equipment and is surprised to see its Luke. Luke says hes here to pay his respects, and the two have a conversation in which Cole pretty much stubbornly refuses to listen or provide any information on his brother who just died. Luke notices that for a kid between jobs, Cole seems to have some pretty nice things (the music / speaker system, spacious apartment, really nice shoe collection) and asks if he might have taken on the same job his brother had before he died. Cole is silent, and Luke exchanges a few words of wisdom before he leaves.
Matt Murdock
Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) is introduced in his apartment, rehearsing an argument for an upcoming case as his pages are printed off on a Braille printer. Suddenly, he freezes as he hears the sound of a fight breaking out outside. Matt tenses, trying to resist the urge not to rush off as Daredevil. He relaxes when he hears the police arrive to break up the situation and resumes practicing his speech...
..and we switch immediately to a courtroom, where Matt is grilling the head of a construction company. He's being sued for faulty construction and using substandard materials, which caused a young boy named Aaron James to have an accident that put him in a wheelchair. Matt manages to pin the executive on the stand into a corner and goes in for the kill.
Matt successfully wins his case, with Aaron's family having won $11 million in punitive damages. Aaron's parents walk ahead to talk to the group of news cameras that are there to report on the verdict, while Aaron hangs back. Aaron is very nervous, so Matt steps back to talk to Aaron, who is clearly having a hard time adjusting to his new circumstances. Matt gives Aaron some words of advice about how he shouldn't let his disability and other people define who he is, rather, he should define who he is by himself. This gets through to Aaron, who wheels away to join his family during their little hallway press conference.
As Matt lingers, he picks up a familiar heartbeat standing right behind him. It's Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), who is here covering the case in her capacity as a reporter for the New York Bulletin. Karen congratulates Matt on winning the case and is complimentary toward him and what he did in the room. She timidly mentions that she needs a quote from him for the story shes writing, and suggests that maybe they could go out and do it over lunch, which Matt seems surprised at, but agrees to.
Matt and Karen are later seen sitting in a diner, and while the atmosphere is a little awkward, its still friendly. They exchange some small talk about their jobs. With the closure of Nelson & Murdock, Matt has been doing pro bono lawyering. Meanwhile, Ellison has been giving Karen free reign as she gets settled in to her new career. Karen really feels like this journalism work is what shes meant to do, and a great way of honoring Ben Urich's legacy. She lowers her voice a bit and asks Matt whether he misses being Daredevil. He hesitantly admits that he doesn't regret it, but he doesn't miss it either. Karen seems to be satisfied with that response, and comments that she really feels like they needed some time to figure themselves out and, now that she knows Matt is Daredevil, they're in a much better place. She mentions shes been covering the police beat and she really thinks the police are doing a good job handling the crime, at which Matt cracks a bit of a cynical smile, realizing that maybe he actually did it-he was the hero this city needed and now they don't need Daredevil anymore. But Karen thinks that right now the city needs more of Matt Murdock. She then remembers that she still needs that quote, which Matt quickly gives her.
Later that day, Matt goes to his church and sits down in the confessional box to speak to Father Lantom (Peter McRobbie). It's been three days since his last confession, and he's going more consistently and often. Matt and Father Lantom start the conversation by talking about his reunion with Karen. Matt feels bad, telling Karen a white lie about not missing Daredevil. Father Lantom assesses Matt's mood about the conversation, and the conversation changes to Elektra and how Matt is dealing with her death.
Danny Rand
As Danny and Colleen are flying back to New York on a company plane, Danny has a vivid nightmare in which he sees the dead bodies of monks in K'un-L'un. Colleen rousts him and tries to get him to talk about the screaming, which he tries to shrug off as turbulence terrors, but she's not buying it. They talk about the man they hunted down in Cambodia and its clear that he's feeling guilty about his death, and is still feeling guilty about the not being at K'un L'un to protect his city. Colleen insists that it's not his fault, but Danny remains unconvinced. On their return, they take an evening helicopter ride over the city.
Alexandra
We first see Alexandra (Sigourney Weaver) in some sort of nondescript building, and she's waiting for an appointment, looking classy as ever. A person comes up and leads her to a really bare, empty room, and asks Alexandra to change into a patients gown. The nurse brings her out of the room and to a larger room with a CAT scan machine. The doctor greets her warmly but has bad news for her, which she seems to be expecting: her blood cell count is precipitously low and her body's organs are starting to shut down. She asks what the doctor is going to do about it, and he says there isn't anything they can really do, which is an answer that clearly doesn't satisfy her. When she asks how long she has, he guesstimates around a few months.
We see Alexandra later in Central Park, sitting on a bench and feeding the pigeons. Madame Gao (Wai Ching Ho) sits down and says she thought shed find her here, its always been her favorite spot. Alexandra muses about how surprised she is this place hasn't already been razed to the ground and replaced with high rise buildings, she remembers when it used to be forest. She starts into a mini history lesson about New York City and how the Dutch bought it for 24 dollars then she drops a burn: it was 24 dollars too much. She delivers it with such classy disdain. They move onto discussion of more important things, like nefarious evil plans. Madame Gao updates Alexandra about some part of this plan and says in a few months they should be ready to make their move. Alexandra quickly shuts this down, which seems to take Madame Gao by surprise. Instead, Alexandra wants to make her move now, which Gao tries to talk her out of. She doesn't think its a good idea, they still need more time, but knowing what we know about Alexandra's updated life expectancy, she obviously can't afford to wait to make her move.
Later, on the rooftop gardens of Rockefeller Center, Gao lets Alexandra know that things have begun, which seems to please Alexandra greatly. And at this point, we start to see what exactly that plan is.
Epilogue
Matt has returned to his apartment after his confession with Father Lantom. Just as he's about to grab a beer from the fridge, the ground suddenly begins shaking and he freezes, unsure what to do. The shaking intensifies, dust and debris flying off, and he can only freeze up in fear.
Jessica, in the mystery apartment shes tracked down, is also looking around in a mixture of confusion and fear as the pictures on the walls begin shaking and the TV newscast flickers out.
On the streets of Harlem, the tremors cause entire rows of cars to be propelled upwards with some sort of strange force before slamming back into the ground. At the memorial for Candace's brother, Candace and Cole's mother is standing outside of the car and looking around in shock as the street shakes around her. A streetlight breaks and starts to fall, but Luke appears and immediately bears the weight of the falling lamp and pushes it back up and away from her.
Danny and Colleen have just gotten off the helicopter, unaware of what's going on on the ground, but in just a few moments as they walk off the landing pad, the ground cracks beneath them and between them, they hear loud crashes, and the lights of nearby skyscrapers go out.
As everything crumbles outside, Alexandra calmly turns from the edge of the rooftop and walks over to a hooded Elektra and tells her, "It's just a city. You'll get used to watching them fall."
As the dust settles, Matt goes into sensory overload as he is overwhelmed by the sounds of cries for help.
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