Ward actually had the best arc of any of the characters, which I found weird on reflection because he IS a secondary character without magic powers.

Ward’s story is good and I think the actor does a really good job. It’s worth finishing up for that.

Some people seem to have missed that subtext. I thought Danny was pretty realistically written considering his circumstances. Dude saw his parents die in front of him and was then beaten with sticks...while he was like 12 years old. He was raised in the lap of luxury and then forced into a cloister with a bunch of…

at some point IO9 went from a site for nerds to nerd out over stuff to a site where hipster elitests hate on everything.

Came here to second this and most comments below. I’m only halfway through (an abundance of television is to blame) but it’s not terrible. The things I find most problematic, I chalk up to the writing.

I felt the same way. Whether it was intended as subtext, or I might just be giving it undue credit, Danny seems to vacillate between naivete and anger.

I’m still only about six episodes in, but to be honest, whether intentional or not, Finn Jones’ stilted acting kinda works for me. I mean, Danny is written to be a naive dolt who grew up in a remote monastery and now wants to try to run with NYC bigshots—of course he’s going to come across as somewhat dull and…

Another huge issue was the premise that this is essentially an Iron Fist with the training wheels still on. An Iron Fist that has no clue what being Iron Fist means or what he can do isn’t that interesting. And honestly makes the character seem less than a superhero.

Gotta agree, Iron Fist wasn’t a chore to watch. There’s a lot of elements that made it enjoyable, just not the titular character.

Man, the Danny Rand hate is getting old. Was it perfect? No. But Danny wasn’t really the problem. Iron Fist felt super rushed all over and except the Meachums and Gao, everyone was bad. Even Claire was bad. And Colleen Wing was hands down the worst character in the show.

It’s still a massive failure because it barely deviates from the standard cable packing or live TV paradigm. The cost, when you factor in the requisite speeds for quality streaming, are no better than most bundled internet/tv packages from most providers. Add to that the horrible quality of Hulu streams and navigation…

The only way they can make this anything more “interesting” is if this is a time remnant. Dude looks all jacked up, maybe when they fought Zoom last season instead of him dying he gets lost in the future, and is resentful at being left for dead.

Yeah, but even if you left Grant Gustin in the speed force for 1000 years he won’t have even half of that scruff :P

I never thought I’d say this but Danielle Panabaker was the highlight of the show last night. Caitlyn is almost always so freaking bland and it seems like last night was the first time the actress as really gotten to do something.

“Somehow this actually works, mainly thanks to another of The Flash’s favorite things, the rallying pep talk, this time given by H.R.”

It’s still missing something to make him truly evil....Barry also needs to have an evil goatee to show how far over the line he’s really gone..

The Flash Has Finally Revealed Its Big Villain: Its Own Formula

I had enough of this about six episodes ago. I wish CW would do 16 or 18 episodes per season and use the extra time for better cross overs.