Ironically, she is. The way she moved out of Lockhart/Gardner was completely political.

Yeah, this season has been really hit and miss, and honestly the show has lost a lot of what made it great (I just finished a rewatch, and I can't believe this is the same show that gave us "Hitting the fan").

67… Named characters? iMDB lists 62 main characters for Age of Ultron, and they count FRIDAY (which was three lines) as a main character, so if their definition is similar, then we are not that far.

Somebody on tumblr argued that Claire could very well be Nick Fury's niece… And I find myself agreeing with that idea.

I hope they can bring Cassie back. From their last conversation, I think a great episode would be her trial, where we (the audience) know the truth but the way thhe lies start to spiral makes the characters doubt what happen.

I want Claire to be the main character of The Defenders series.

In comics, it does.

Which is why, I think, he never orders anyone to kill themselves, or kill anyone (that we see). He just gives orders that, when followed in spirit, will result in someone else's death.

He was in "love". He was torturing Jessica with the idea of Trish becoming his slave, because he saw it as the thing that would hurt Jessica the most.

The problem is how do you show that? What commands do you start showing that are not powerful enough to be followed, and which ones are? Ordering to kill is impossible to follow because it questions morals, but ordering to kill yourself can override survival instincts?

In the comics is a Deus Ex Machina: Jean-Grey (from X-Men) put a mental barrier inside Jessica's mind so she could be immune to him.

It was the same smile we saw when she was having dinner with him in the first episode. It was a book end.

Agreed. I don't understand why people are too focused on criticizing Jessica's plans as awful.

That was a very bad use of extras. I wonder if they had ran out of money or something.

Regarding Jessica's immunity, I never saw it as contrived or incomplete answer. Maybe I read too much within the lines.

While all of this is true (and I love the way Eka Darville portrayed him) there was always a sense of selfishness in the way he was acting. As if him being a victim entitled him to something.

The problem with having Claire before this episode is that, the earlier she had appeared, the more the question would have been "Why isn't she calling Matt?", taking away from Jessica.

Understandable.

That's when she realizes he is no longer in control. She doesn't let go, and even looks at her hand with a WTF look on her face.

For me it meant it was the first time he was putting others before him in a long time.