Oh, good grief. I think I know the scene you mean. The first thing I thought was: "I have unlocked the cheat code"

Ha! Shades was almost the only reason I watched as much of LC as I did. Who do I need to badger to get a scene with the two of them together in Defenders?

What does Colleen see in him?????

The writing helps Tom Pelphry in the same way that an obstacle course helps an athlete. I mean, it doesn't aid them in getting anywhere but it does make me the observer go "woah! they managed to climb that!"

I liked this episode for the fact we got more time with Colleen who is my favourite character in this series. (Or at least joint first with Ward Meachum - keep watching, he just keeps getting better). The interaction between her and Danny is a strength to the series.

Dear gods, I'd prefer not to! In a sea of awful moments with that character, his asking Amanda Walla for "B.E.T." managed to stand out as especially awful. An impressive and unfortunate feat. :(

She's not a very nice person, no. But you don't think your response to that might be just a leeeetle extreme? :/

Now listen to my story 'bout a man named Dan,
He was a poor kung-fu monk, trained to fight the Hand,
Then one day he was staring at the pass,
When an eagle came along and told him time to move your ass…
To New York, that is.

Which is perverse. Because with lots of characters and their associated secondary characters, Defenders is probably the one series of them all that should have more episodes than the others!

HK does not have the same historical and social contexts when it comes to race and appropriation as the US

It might be a cliché. It's also often been the case. I know of at least one Chinese gang in Manchester years back that operated from a Chinese take-away.

He had a priveleged life up until about ten years old. Then he spent every moment of it from then till now raised in a country where he was a minority, lived without modern luxuries people in the West take for granted and being beaten with sticks. And when he finally, after having spent the majority of his life in…

"Can you imagine what Stephen Chow could have done with this?"

Calling people monkeys is pretty common in many parts of the world and isn't based on race. I recall a New Zealand sports commentator calling someone a "speedy little monkey" with nobody reacting at the time until coverage reached the USA where people attacked the guy for racism. It's unfortunate the term has acquired…

Colour blindness is absolutely what I practice. In Europe, the traditional approach has long been to ignore race unless there's some good reason it is relevant on the grounds that skin colour is an entirely superficial trait. You don't judge someone by their skin colour. Unfortunately, that is getting beaten out by…

Well, I've now finished the season and I can answer your question in a non-spoilery way. No, I didn't really enjoy the fight scenes that much. I liked them in that they were water in the desert, but they didn't quench my thirst. Too short, too basic, inconsistent levels of ability on Danny's part. (And I'm not…

Empire State Building is a hundred-and-two stories. If even Villainous Dad can afford a penthouse apartment in that, I'm pretty blown-away. Even the Burj Khalifa "only" has a hundred and sixty-three floors. I don't know of any that reach the hundreds.

You should open your own private smacking allowed school. Half the parents would withdraw their children and write horrified articles about you on Huffington Post. The other half would whisper "oh thank god," and buy you a new car. :D

I'll save my real full-season comments for when they give us a space, but can't resist replying:

Totally agree with you about Davos. Whilst personally I'm not a big fan of killing, he was spot on to point out that Danny had taken on the position of a warrior and sworn an oath to destroy the hand, and then it turns out…

Which makes me want to point out that in good writing, things flow from the characters themselves, not the characters change who they are to justify the plot.