The focus for this episode is more on the characters as individuals. We're caught up to speed on where they are since their respective shows ended, but we also see events set in motion that will inevitably bring them together.
I got a kick out of watching the opening credits crawl. Just seeing the casts of all four shows listed in one go is something to behold. They really did get just about everybody.
The show does a good job of juggling it all too. Each hero gets about the same amount of screen time and things do move forward on all fronts. True, the episode can veer its focus more towards dialogue, but there is still momentum to be seen.
While the main heroes don't converge yet, we do see some crossover in the supporting cast. Iron Fist faces off against Elektra and we see that Foggy was the one to get Luke freed from prison. They were small moments, but it was still a nice touch and it's interesting to see the casts intersect like this.
The aforementioned fight makes for the show's major action beat. From what I saw, it was well done, though the lighting didn't allow for the viewer to catch as much of the match up as they would like. I'm guessing that the person she was attacking was a member of the Chaste. He knows about Danny, and warns him that he should refocus his war on the Hand back in New York, but it could be something else.
It was rather odd to see a majority of the cast question their role as heroes. Jessica's attitude towards the idea is consistent with what we saw, Matt has called it quits after Elektra (though he seems to want to go back) and puts more focus on helping people as an attorney, and Luke ponders helping Harlem in ways that don't involve punching gang members. It just seemed like overkill on that concept.
You can kind of feel the Hand's presence throughout, but they largely take a backseat. We are introduced to Sigourney Weaver's character, though all we learn about her is that she has some terminal illness. The theory that she is the head of the Hand seems to be correct, as Gao reports to her. That seemed kind of obvious, but still.
It was weird seeing Gao in such a subservient role. Even when she was working with Fisk back in "Daredevil", she still had a strong presence. I know, this is supposed to indicate how bad Weaver is, but I don't know if it was the right way to go about it.
We still don't know what the Hand's endgame is, but Weaver's illness is apparently pushing up the time table.
The episode does give us a pretty good taste of what they're really capable of, however, as they create some sort of seismic activity that is felt by all four heroes. I think it's safe to say that this is why they were digging that giant hole in the ground.
Based on the trailers, one of the major strengths of the show is going to be seeing the interplay between the four heroes. Sadly, this doesn't really give us any of that. Then again, I didn't really expect it to this early on. Overall, this might not be the jaw dropping opening that one might have hoped for, but it got the job done. I am still excited to see how the remaining seven episodes play out.
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