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Five Thoughts On: The Defenders “Fish in the Jailhouse”

By Michael Mazzacane | Sep 11, 2017 | Television

It’s a penultimate episode, the episode of maximum drama and no pay off. Defenders goes for maximum drama and falls well short of it in the execution. “Fish in the Jailhouse” was directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá and written by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich & Marco Ramirez 1 Oh, Iron Fist – A Good Fight Now Danny using […]

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Five Thoughts On:The Defenders “Ashes, Ashes”

By Michael Mazzacane | Sep 6, 2017 | Television

And the elliptic structure of Defenders strikes again as the series goes from a high to a sorta middling episode. For a series that operates on a 24 condensed structure, there sure is a lot of waiting around. “Ashes, Ashes” was directed by Stephen Surjik Written by Drew Goddard & Marco Ramirez 1. Elektra Flashback […]

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Five Thoughts On: The Defenders “Take Shelter”

By Michael Mazzacane | Sep 4, 2017 | Television

“Take Shelter” was directed by Uta Briesewitz and written by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, Douglas Petrie & Marco Ramirez 1. This Is A Pretty Good Episode If you were to count “The H Word” as something of a prologue, more of a mood piece than a traditional episode, “Take Shelter” might just be the single best […]

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