Television provides so many units in which to appreciate the medium’s annual output. A series can leap to the forefront on the strengths of a single great season; if it’s running as part of the traditional broadcast calendar, those accolades might have two halves of separate seasons. Try as streaming services and…

The Defenders may have been about a man who loved his city more than himself, but the show itself was all about the man in the mask.

To the protagonists go the TV spoils: The spotlight scenes, the attention of award-giving bodies, the premium paychecks. And while a well-realized main character might hook you in to a TV show, that show isn’t worth sticking with unless its world is also populated by equally well-realized characters who support,…

This is the review for the seventh episode of The Defenders. To discuss subsequent episodes or the series as a whole, please visit our Spoiler Space.

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, August 23. All times are Eastern.

This is the review for the sixth episode of The Defenders. To discuss subsequent episodes or the series as a whole, please visit our Spoiler Space.

This is the review for the fifth episode of The Defenders. To discuss subsequent episodes or the series as a whole, please visit our Spoiler Space.

This is the review for the fourth episode of The Defenders. To discuss subsequent episodes or the series as a whole, please visit our Spoiler Space.

This is the review for the third episode of The Defenders. To discuss subsequent episodes or the series as a whole, please visit our Spoiler Space.

This is the review for the second episode of The Defenders. To discuss subsequent episodes or the series as a whole, please visit our Spoiler Space.

Welcome to the Spoiler Space for The Defenders. This is a place for those who have seen the entire series to discuss any plot points, questions, critiques, or other topics involving the overall show that don’t belong in the comments of the episodic reviews.

There’s exactly one action scene in the first episode of The Defenders, and it happens in the first three minutes. Not only that, but it’s nigh-incomprehensible, having been chopped into Michael Bay-like oblivion under the eye of director S.J. Clarkson. To some degree, this is meant to throw us with jarring force into…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television on Friday, August 18 and Saturday, August 19. All times are Eastern.

Netflix seems to be shooting for something of a theme in August, presumably to coincide with the release of a highly anticipated original series bringing together a team of superhumanly talented individuals to change the world for the better. We speak, of course of Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, the latest…

We’re expecting at least a few big reveals out of today’s Defenders panel at Comic-Con—come on, new trailer, new trailer, new trailer—but apparently Netflix felt the need to get some of its, let’s say, less thrilling news out of the way first. Case in point: The announcement that the lukewarm response greeting this…

Release date: Some time in 2017

Iron Fist debuted last month to less than rave reviews, but at least Danny Rand’s arrival meant that Netflix had finally finished introducing all of The Defenders. The 8-part series has loomed since about the time Daredevil first hit the Netflix scene, with various hints dropping between the premieres of Jessica Jones …