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The Defenders

2017

Action/Adventure/Crime

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Season 1

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8. The Defenders

7. Fish in the Jailhouse

6. Ashes, Ashes

5. Take Shelter

Cast

Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock)Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones)Mike Colter (Luke Cage)Finn Jones (Danny Rand)Elodie Yung (Elektra Natchios)Jessica Henwick (Colleen Wing)Scott Glenn (Stick)Sigourney Weaver (Alexandra Reid)Rosario Dawson (Claire Temple)Wai Ching Ho (Madame Gao)Elden Henson (Foggy Nelson)Simone Missick (Misty Knight)Yutaka Takeuchi (Murakami)Eka Darville (Malcolm Ducasse)Ramón Rodríguez (Bakuto)Rachael Taylor (Trish Walker)Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page)Babs Olusanmokun (Sowande)

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Creators

Gil Kane, Stan Lee, Douglas Petrie, John Romita Sr., Roy Thomas, Brian Michael Bendis, Bill Everett, Drew Goddard, Lauren Schmidt, Archie Goodwin, Marco Ramirez, George Tuska, Michael Gaydos, Matt Owens

Synopsis

Set a few months after the events of the second season of Daredevil, and a month after the events of Iron Fist, the vigilantes Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist team up in New York City to fight a common enemy: The Hand.

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