Mean Right Hook

Mean Right Hook is the second episode of the first season of The Defenders.
==Synopsis==
As a new conspiracy takes shape, Matt finds old habits are hard to break, Jessica gets in over her head, Luke tracks a lead, and Danny meets his match.
==Plot==
Taking to the rooftops, Matt Murdock surveys the immediate area. In one direction, he hears young looters raid a nearby business, its employees armed and ready with shotguns cocked. As fast as his feet could move, Murdock scales across a couple buildings and leaps down from a fire escape and quickly subdues the gunmen, whom showed no interest in lowering their firearms. Afterwards, one of the defeated men ask who he is, but Murdock only silently walks away from the alleyway.
The following morning, Trish Walker walks to her car, leaving a voicemail for her sister Jessica Jones, who wouldn't pick up her calls, asking for her condition after the earthquake. Reaching a small crowd and a line of police, she requests to get through but discovers that her car is stuck in a cave-in. On Trish Talk, Walker engages her listener via calls, in which they discuss the earthquake that was centered in Hell's Kitchen. She receives a call from a geologist, who informs her that the quake was no ordinary quake, only happening 300 feet deep beneath the surface when typical ones run up to 50 miles deep. When the call is cut abruptly, Nicole informs Walker that their superiors do not want them to continue the conversation and to redirect.
Meeting her superior Captain Strieber at the scene, Misty Knight is brought up to speed on the situation; he discloses that they have received a tip by Jessica Jones that John Raymond has kept a stockpile of explosives in his apartment. The two briefly comment on Jones' appearance and surprisingly small stature, before Knight approaches her, witnessing her make a few rude comments to an officer. After allowing her to leave the scene, Knight catches her stealing a document and tries to get her, only to be too late.
At Chikara Dojo, Colleen Wing comments gratefully that the building was intact, after finding no structure damage. She rejoins with a meditating Danny Rand and speaks to him about Shaft. She makes note that despite not knowing Rand, he had referred to him as "Iron Fist." Since Shaft cited that their fight was based in New York City, Wing reasoned that they may have allies here — others who are fighting the Hand, just like them. Wing also remembered a specific sword used in their struggle, explaining that it was rare and that Shaft could have had business with an esteemed weaponsmith in New York, indicating that as their first lead.
In Harlem, Claire Temple provides immediate aid to those injured in the quake, while Luke Cage lifts debris from damaged buildings. The two regroup and speak about Cage assisting in helping Cole Miller. Despite informing her that he is doing his best to step away from trouble, Cage cannot resist helping. Temple gives in and informs him that his search for criminals will be at Trouble in a Pair-of-Dice instead of Elmore's.
Murdock returns to his apartment, shaken by his encounter in the alley. Though he turns to a first-aid kit, he angrily shoves it aside from the table. It isn't before long until he directs his attention to the chest of his Daredevil's Suit, before he receives a call from Foggy Nelson to meet at Josie's Bar. Nelson asks if he had returned to his vigilantism, and when Murdock doesn't respond, Nelson comments that Murdock's bloodied knuckles already speaks volumes. Irritated, Murdock attempts to leave the bar but stays upon Nelson's protests. Calming down, Nelson gives Murdock cases that he is too busy to work on at the time, citing that he had hoped that this would keep him from being Daredevil again.
Reid attends a private musical performance and is approached by Sandra, whom converses with her about the song the string quartet played and offers to have a public show for her because of the grand donation she gave to the theatre, to which Reid declines. Eventually, Reid is pulled aside by Madame Gao, informing her that their digging has left them at a blockage crafted by the Chaste. Though Gao pushes that they have tried all that they could to dismantle it, Reid believes the blockage is a door in need of a key, ordering that they seek answers from the Chaste.
Carrying the stolen document, Jones searches through shelves and drawers filled with files on Midland Circle Financial and associated businesses, taking pictures of every document; gradually, however, she becomes distraught that she can't figure out what the businesses did and sought assistance from a clerk. Jones, redirected to an archive elsewhere, is stopped and taken aside by Jeri Hogarth. Hogarth informs Jones that the case that she is tangled with has reached the eyes of the FBI, and she warns her about digging further and getting into more trouble. When Jones discloses that she believes John Raymond is innocent and questions her reasoning for warning her, Hogarth requests that she should take some free time away from the Raymond case. Jones chooses to ignore Hogarth.
Nightfall at Trouble in a Pair-of-Dice, Cage confronts Turk Barrett on where he could locate White Hat. At first, Barrett claims to not know who that is, but then tells Cage that he only knows him by his common appearance of wearing formal white. Leaving, Cage threatens that if he is not telling the truth, he would return. 
Rand and Wing travel through Chinatown and enter the Wall of the Chaste. Wing discovers a sharpened sword to the one mentioned prior. Wing calls Rand over to a trail of blood, leading them to a room filled with deceased members of the Chaste. Unknowing who they are, Rand then notices with surprise a banner with the image of K'un-Lun. They continue to search the building, until men in hazmat suits arrive and pour chemicals on the dead bodies. Rand and Wing hide and secretly watch.
Meanwhile, Cage witnesses a blue van arrive across the street. He calls Detective Knight to inform her, however, after seeing Cole Miller converse with White Hat, he decides to handle the situation on his own. 
Rand goes after one of the clean up men and unmasks him. The man turns out to be Cole Miller, whom Rand does not know and proceeds to try to punch, but he is stopped by Cage who had trailed Miller. Cage attacks Rand, who promptly challenged him. After a few punches, Rand realizes that Cage is unlike a normal human, they fight some more. Rand decides to use the Iron Fist, which sends Cage flying. Soon, the cops show up. Wing yells to Rand to run while Cage escapes. However, Miller is arrested.
As Hogarth leaves the building, she pulls Nelson aside and tasks him with taking care of any and all issues that arise from Jones's actions, asking that he disconnect her from Hogarth, Chao & Benowitz. 
Jones speaks with Walker through her cellphone as she returns to her apartment. Approaching her door, she notices the door was ajar and tells Walker that she would call her back. Cautiously, she walks towards the door and sighs at the sight of Malcolm Ducasse. Believing it is only him, Jones begins to scold him but stops when she sees John Raymond himself pull Ducasse close, threatening a gun to his head, telling Jones she should not have searched for him. She questions him, and Raymond fearfully stammers that they are coming after him, to which Jones asks whom he is referring to. He states that he can't tell her but says that they are going to take down the city. Elektra suddenly breaks in to assassinate him, but he shoots himself instead. Jones tails Elektra when she leaves but cannot catch up. Instead, she is found by Knight who tells her to put her hands up.
At a hidden building, Alexandra Reid takes a hood off of her captive, Stick, and tells him they have a lot to talk about. 
Meanwhile, at the precinct, Knight interrogates Jones. Knight asks her who she was chasing, but Jones doesn't say. Then, Matt Murdock walks in telling Jones to not talk and he is her attorney.
==Cast==
Main Cast:
*Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil
*Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones
*Mike Colter as Luke Cage
*Finn Jones as Danny Rand/Iron Fist
*Eka Darville as Malcolm Ducasse
*Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson
*Jessica Henwick as Colleen Wing
*Simone Missick as Misty Knight
*Rachael Taylor as Trish Walker
*Élodie Yung as Elektra
*Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple
*Scott Glenn as Stick
*Sigourney Weaver as Alexandra Reid
Special Guest Star:
*Carrie-Anne Moss as Jeri Hogarth
Guest Stars:
*Wai Ching Ho as Madame Gao
*Rob Morgan as Turk Barrett
*Babs Olusanmokun as Sowande
*Ron Simons as Captain Strieber
*J. Mallory McCree as Cole Miller
*Emily Dorsch as Sandra
*Amy Rutberg as Marci Stahl
*Susan Varon as Josie
*Alex Moggridge as John Raymond
*Nichole Yannetty as Nicole
*Kevin Kevin as City Worker
*Jacqueline Knapp as City Clerk
*Otoja Abit as FBI Agent
*Tim Brown as Shop Owner
*Adam Wood as Cop
*Nicholas Tavani as The Aeolus Quartet Member (uncredited)
*Rachel Saphiro as The Aeolus Quartet Member (uncredited)
*Caitlin Lynch as The Aeolus Quartet Member (uncredited)
*Alan Richardson as The Aeolus Quartet Member (uncredited)
*Rachel Jarvis as Injured Girl (uncredited)
*Unknown Voice Actress as Jane (uncredited)
==Appearances==
===Locations===
*New York City, New York
**WNEX Station
**John Raymond's Hideout
**Chikara Dojo
**Matt Murdock's Apartment
**Josie's Bar
**Trouble in a Pair-of-Dice
**Wall of the Chaste
**Jessica Jones' Apartment Building
***Alias Investigations Office
**29th Precinct Police Station
**Chrysler Building
**Elmore's Bar (mentioned)
**New York City Hall (mentioned)
** (mentioned)
*Cambodia (mentioned)
*K'un-Lun (mentioned)
===Events===
*Excavation of Midland Circle
**Attack on John Raymond
**Attack on the Wall of the Chaste
**Ambush at the Wall of the Chaste
**New York City Earthquake (mentioned)
*Battle of New York (mentioned)
===Items===
*Mark of Shou-Lao
*Colleen Wing's Katana
*Trish Talk
*Daredevil's Suit
*Daredevil's Billy Club
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===Concepts===
*Chi
===Vehicles===
To be added
===Organizations===
*Hand
**Midland Circle Financial
**Twin Oaks Shipping Company (mentioned)
**Sherwin Holdings (mentioned)
**Wütend Enterprises (mentioned)
**Folgen Industries (mentioned)
**Yoshioka Corporation (mentioned)
*Alias Investigations
*Rand Enterprises
*New York City Police Department
*FBI
*Chaste
*WNEX New York
*Hogarth, Chao & Benowitz
*Fire Department of New York City
*The Aeolus Quartet
*Hudson Rubbish & Disposal
*United States Department of Homeland Security (mentioned)
* (mentioned)
* (mentioned)
===Mentioned===
*Shaft
*Pop
*Karen Page
*Michelle Raymond
*Mariah Dillard
*Shades
*Lexi Raymond
*Johannes Brahms
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*Ludwig van Beethoven
==Trivia==
*The rare katana that Danny Rand and Colleen Wing find is called a which is a reference to Japanese film director who directed .
*The book that Rand is resting his head on is "Karate-Do: My Way of Life" by , a master of Karate who helped to introduce the martial art to Japan at the in Tokyo in 1922.
==Music==
Song title 	Artist 	Location(s)
Allies Aren't Alone 	John Paesano 	
*Colleen Wing tells Danny Rand that they aren't alone in their fight against the Hand, then suggests they follow up a lead at a workshop. Matt Murdock washes the blood from his hands and tries to reign in his anger.
 	The Aeolus Quartet 	
*Alexandra Reid listens to The Aeolus Quartet play one of Johannes Brahms compositions.
Aliasing 	John Paesano 	
*Jessica Jones looks up various records related to her missing person case.
 	Red Hot Chili Peppers	
*Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson meet up at Josie's Bar after the earthquake the night before. They update each other on their lives and Nelson asks Murdock about his adventure as Daredevil the night before and offers him cases so that he won't keep seeking out nightly danger.
Brothers on the Slide	Cymande 	
*Luke Cage goes to Trouble in a Pair-of-Dice to search for answers and runs into Turk Barrett at the bar. Cage grabs Barrett and interrogates him for information.
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