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While not as great as Daredevil, it has its moments and is overall an enjoyable series.

"Who are you people?" – 1x03 Worst Behavior

Love that I get to watch characters I used to read in comic books come to life in such a spectacular way. (Read a lot of them at my uncle's house but my cousin didn't own any Jessica Jones so she's a 'new' character to me.)

"I'm just saying, y'know. I'm glad we found each other." "I'm not hugging you." – 1x08 The Defenders

Hands down my absolute favourite scene of the series.

Where were the rest of the Defenders during the entire season? I was half expecting Danny (at the very least) to check up on Matt (or who he would have thought to be Matt) when Dex started showing up in the Daredevil suit (since Danny was watching over Hell's Kitchen at the end of The Defenders).

Matt said something before he told us to leave. He said, "Protect my city." – Danny Rand [The Defenders 1x13]

Especially once the KILLING started? That alone would have been a lightbulb moment... as in hey, I don't think THAT'S Daredevil (or even... oh, the guy finally snapped, we need to stop him before he hurts anyone else), and the three heroes band together once more.

(Okay, that would have made Daredevil a completely different show altogether but some continuity would have been nice. Name-dropping Jessica Jones in one episode does not count!)

Continuity issues aside, it was great watching our boy make catwalk his way into the hotel after he'd cleverly goaded Dex into doing all the heavy lifting for him (and the final three-way showdown). Nicely done, Mr Lawyer Vigilante sir.

“I’m coming for you, Dex. And my suit.”

(Perfect soundtrack for this scene: Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees. Trust me on this.)

I was also genuinely surprised that Dex left Fisk’s pre-ballroom security alive, since he tends to kill indiscriminately when he's angry. Then again, they are fellow agents and he can be pretty focused. Dex didn't take out Matt when he had the chance the first time they fought, mostly because killing the Man in the Mask wasn't his main objective. (A decision I'm sure he sorely regretted seeing that he did try to end Matt during their fight at the choir loft.)

[On that note, a special shoutout to Mr Potter: Holy horns, Melvin, that's one heck of a suit upgrade!

Except for the final battle, Dex basically walked away from most of his fights with barely a scratch (unlike poor Matt).]

I still have questions... but Season 3 rocked, including that shot of Matt and his signature rooftop crouch at the end of the Kingpin’s storyline.

Too bad there was only one season of The Defenders. Would have loved to see more of the four heroes banding together to save their little corner of the world, and perhaps with a little help from one Frank Castle (Matt trying to keep Frank in line as they work together to save the day would have been really fun to watch).