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** Claire recognizes Karen from her part in Wilson Fisk's downfall, and vaguely also recalls her participation in the Frank Castle fiasco
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** Having never actually set foot in Nelson & Murdock, Claire recognizes doesn't know that Karen from her part used to be Matt and Foggy's secretary. She is aware though that Karen was involved in the Union Allied scandal and the downfall of Wilson Fisk's downfall, Fisk, and vaguely also recalls her participation is aware of Karen's role in the Frank Castle fiascofiasco. All she really knows for certain is that Karen is one of the few people Matt hasn't pushed away since becoming Daredevil.
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** Trish volunteers herself to be the driver to get Claire and Misty to the hospital.
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** Trish volunteers herself to be the driver to get Claire and Misty to the hospital. She had previously been the driver when she, Jessica and Simpson had tried to black-bag Kilgrave.
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend:
**Karen becomes one to Matt as they take on Murakami, actively shooting at him with her gun to throw off his guard and give Matt the upper hand.
**Male variant with Luke, who becomes an unstoppable rage machine against Bakuto and his men after Bakuto stabs Claire.
**Karen becomes one to Matt as they take on Murakami, actively shooting at him with her gun to throw off his guard and give Matt the upper hand.
**Male variant with Luke, who becomes an unstoppable rage machine against Bakuto and his men after Bakuto stabs Claire.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Matt is a bit unnerved when Karen first draws her gun at the precinct, due to realizing she's kept secrets from him like her ability to use a firearm.
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* {{Retcon}}: Elektra's fight with Danny in the pit during the actual show happens simultaneous to Matt, Jessica and Luke's fight upstairs with Madame Gao, Bakuto and Murakami in the parking garage. Here, the fight happens a bit earlier and the power outage triggered by Danny punching out the wall with the Iron Fist is the signal for Bakuto and Murakami to start their attack on the precinct.
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* {{Retcon}}: Elektra's fight with Danny in the pit during the actual show happens simultaneous to Matt, Jessica and Luke's fight upstairs with Madame Gao, Bakuto and Murakami in the parking garage. Here, the fight happens a bit earlier while Matt, Luke and Jessica are still at the precinct, and the power outage triggered by Danny punching out the wall with the Iron Fist is the signal for Bakuto and Murakami to start their attack on the precinct. attack.
* SkewedPriorities: While escaping the precinct, Matt has to actually tell Foggy to stop pestering him about keeping his two lives separate because right now, with Claire badly wounded (plus Misty and Karen by the time the second part of the fight is over), protecting his secret identity is the ''least'' priority on his mind.
* SwitchingPOV: Several times. In scenes focusing on the Hand leaders, things are told from Murakami's point-of-view. When switching to the protagonists, Matt is the focus character.
**This is very apparent in the precinct attack, where the lead-in to the attack is told from Matt's perspective (as the attack happens right after he receives the Daredevil suit from Foggy). Then it switches to Claire's point-of-view as the attack begins and Bakuto kills Strieber, overpowers Misty, stabs Claire, and engages Colleen. Once Claire is stabbed with the poisoned tonto, the perspective changes back to Matt as he and Foggy show up. When they're ambushed outside the precinct, the perspective changes to Murakami's perspective, meaning the majority of the scene is Murakami's fight with Matt and Karen, while Luke, Jessica and Trish's fight with Murakami's ninjas, plus Colleen and Misty's second round with Bakuto, are happening in his peripheral vision. Once Murakami and his men flee, the focus turns back to Matt as he rushes to get the ''tonfa'' out of Karen, then uses the tonfa to break into a parked van so Trish can get their casualties to the hospital.
**This is very apparent in the precinct attack, where the lead-in to the attack is told from Matt's perspective (as the attack happens right after he receives the Daredevil suit from Foggy). Then it switches to Claire's point-of-view as the attack begins and Bakuto kills Strieber, overpowers Misty, stabs Claire, and engages Colleen. Once Claire is stabbed with the poisoned tonto, the perspective changes back to Matt as he and Foggy show up. When they're ambushed outside the precinct, the perspective changes to Murakami's perspective, meaning the majority of the scene is Murakami's fight with Matt and Karen, while Luke, Jessica and Trish's fight with Murakami's ninjas, plus Colleen and Misty's second round with Bakuto, are happening in his peripheral vision. Once Murakami and his men flee, the focus turns back to Matt as he rushes to get the ''tonfa'' out of Karen, then uses the tonfa to break into a parked van so Trish can get their casualties to the hospital.
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* WrittenInAbsence: It's explained that Brett Mahoney's absence from ''The Defenders'' is because he's on vacation.
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* WrittenInAbsence: It's explained In chapter 2, it's revealed that Brett Mahoney's absence from ''The Defenders'' Mahoney is because on vacation and that's why he's on vacation.not in the show.
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* AscendedExtra: The supporting cast of the standalone shows become a bit more relevant due to actively being targeted by the Hand. Karen Page gets to shine a bit more and her role as one of the hostages in Nobu's attempt to lure in Matt and Elektra becomes relevant as it allows the Hand to determine they need to attack the precinct. Trish also gets to use her Krav Maga.
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* AscendedExtra: The supporting cast of the standalone shows become a bit more relevant due to actively being targeted by the Hand. Karen Page gets to shine a bit more and her role as one of the hostages in Nobu's attempt to lure in Matt and Elektra becomes relevant as it allows the Hand to determine they need to attack the precinct. Trish also Walker gets to use her Krav Maga.Maga and do some actual fighting.
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* BattleCouple: Matt and Karen tag-team Murakami when he ambushes the group outside the precinct; Jessica and Luke, who are exes, fight Murakami's ninjas with an assist from Trish while also shielding Foggy, Claire and Malcolm; Colleen and Misty tag-team Bakuto.
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* BattleCouple: Two cases are happening during the precinct attack: Luke and Jessica, who are exes, engage Bakuto and his men and hold them off long enough for Matt to get Claire and the others out of the precinct. When that group is ambushed by Murakami and his men, Matt and Karen tag-team team up to fight Murakami when he ambushes the group outside the precinct; while Luke and Jessica and Luke, who are exes, fight begin fighting Murakami's ninjas with an assist from Trish while also shielding Foggy, Claire and Malcolm; Colleen and Misty tag-team Bakuto. Trish.
* DistressedDude: Malcolm and Foggy get to play this part.
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* NonActionGuy: As the ones who don't fight, Malcolm and Foggy spend the second part of the attack covering a wounded Claire.
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* NonActionGuy: As the ones who don't fight, Malcolm and Foggy spend the second part of the attack covering a wounded Claire.
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** The point of divergence for the heroes' storyline is right after Foggy delivers Matt the gym bag with his Daredevil stuff.
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** The point of divergence for Bakuto and Murakami's attack on the heroes' storyline is precinct happens right after Foggy delivers Matt the gym bag with his Daredevil stuff.
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* {{Retcon}}: Elektra's fight with Danny in the pit during the actual show happens simultaneous to Matt, Jessica and Luke's fight upstairs with Madame Gao, Bakuto and Murakami. Here, the fight happens a bit earlier and the power outage triggered by Danny punching out the wall with the Iron Fist is the signal for Bakuto and Murakami to start their attack on the precinct.
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* {{Retcon}}: Elektra's fight with Danny in the pit during the actual show happens simultaneous to Matt, Jessica and Luke's fight upstairs with Madame Gao, Bakuto and Murakami.Murakami in the parking garage. Here, the fight happens a bit earlier and the power outage triggered by Danny punching out the wall with the Iron Fist is the signal for Bakuto and Murakami to start their attack on the precinct.
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* ShutUpHannibal: Matt and Colleen remain behind to interrogate Bakuto while Luke and Jessica are taking a wounded Karen, Claire, and Misty to the hospital. Matt punches Bakuto in the face to knock him out before Bakuto can counterract Matt's defense of Danny.
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* ShutUpHannibal: Matt and Colleen remain behind to interrogate Bakuto while Luke and Jessica are taking a wounded Karen, Claire, Misty, Malcolm, Foggy and Misty Trish to the hospital. Matt punches Bakuto in the face to knock him out before Bakuto can counterract Matt's defense of Danny.
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* TactfulTranslation: When Murakami ambushes the group escaping the precinct, he addresses them in Japanese, but Karen doesn't understand a word he's saying, making Colleen translate.
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* SwappedRoles: The precinct attack has plenty of elements from the climactic fight at Midland Circle, but moves some of the roles around:
**Luke is the one to assist Misty and provide medical attention after her arm is cut off
**The scene of Claire and Colleen hobbling with a wounded Misty is replaced with Foggy and Malcolm carrying a wounded Claire
* TactfulTranslation: When Murakami ambushes the group escaping the precinct, he addresses them inJapanese, but Japanese. Karen doesn't understand a word he's saying, making saying and asks Colleen to translate.
**Luke is the one to assist Misty and provide medical attention after her arm is cut off
**The scene of Claire and Colleen hobbling with a wounded Misty is replaced with Foggy and Malcolm carrying a wounded Claire
* TactfulTranslation: When Murakami ambushes the group escaping the precinct, he addresses them in
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* WrittenInAbsence: Brett Mahoney's absence from ''The Defenders'' is explained here as being because he's on vacation.
* WrongNameOutburst: Once Murakami's men retreat, Matt rushes to aid Karen while Luke frantically improvises a tourniquet from what's left of his hoodie and shirt trying to stop the bleeding from Misty's severed arm. Seeing that Misty needs to be rushed to a hospital, Luke calls out to Matt and nearly calls out to him by his real name rather than his alter ego:
* WrongNameOutburst: Once Murakami's men retreat, Matt rushes to aid Karen while Luke frantically improvises a tourniquet from what's left of his hoodie and shirt trying to stop the bleeding from Misty's severed arm. Seeing that Misty needs to be rushed to a hospital, Luke calls out to Matt and nearly calls out to him by his real name rather than his alter ego:
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* WrittenInAbsence: It's explained that Brett Mahoney's absence from ''The Defenders'' is explained here as being because he's on vacation.
* WrongNameOutburst: Once Murakami's men retreat, Matt rushes toaid remove the tonfa that Murakami lobbed into Karen while Luke frantically improvises a tourniquet from what's left of his hoodie and shirt trying to stop the bleeding from Misty's severed arm. Seeing that Misty needs to be rushed to a hospital, Luke calls out to Matt and nearly calls out to him by his real name rather than his alter ego:
* WrongNameOutburst: Once Murakami's men retreat, Matt rushes to
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* InsistentTerminology: Whereas the protagonists call Murakami's men 'ninjas', Murakami prefers their Japanese name ''shinobi''. Nobu apparently preferred the Western name over the Japanese name.
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* WrongNameOutburst: Once Murakami's men retreat, Matt rushes to aid Karen while Luke frantically improvises a tourniquet from what's left of his hoodie and shirt trying to stop the bleeding from Misty's severed arm. Seeing that Misty needs to be rushed to a hospital, Luke calls out to Matt and nearly calls out to him by his real name rather than his alter ego:
-->'''Luke Cage:''' Hey, M-er, Daredevil! We need to get Misty to a hospital quick, she's bleeding out too fast for me to do anything!
-->'''Luke Cage:''' Hey, M-er, Daredevil! We need to get Misty to a hospital quick, she's bleeding out too fast for me to do anything!
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* ActionGirl: We get to see Karen, Trish and Misty be these.
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* ActionGirl: We get to see Karen, Trish Trish, Misty, Claire, and Misty Colleen be these.
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** The Fingers use the scheme Nobu had tried to use to hit the heroes' loved ones. They also acknowledge its failures.
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** The Fingers use the scheme Nobu had tried to use to hit the heroes' loved ones. They also acknowledge its failures.that it failed because they just lumped everyone together .
-->'''Misty Knight:''' Fucker dodged bullets, like something out of the fucking Matrix!
-->'''Jessica Jones:''' Shit, he didn't show that the first time around. Trish, how's your krav maga?
-->'''Jessica Jones:''' Shit, he didn't show that the first time around. Trish, how's your krav maga?
* NonActionGuy: As the ones who don't fight, Malcolm and Foggy spend the second part of the attack covering a wounded Claire.
* SlasherSmile:
**Murakami lets one form as Karen and Misty try shooting at him.
**Matt exhibits one as he and Karen fight Murakami.
**Murakami lets one form as Karen and Misty try shooting at him.
**Matt exhibits one as he and Karen fight Murakami.
-->'''Malcolm Ducasse:''' Why?
-->'''Colleen Wing:''' We're apparently bait.
-->'''Murakami:''' ''[in Japanese]'' Exactly.
* TheAdjectivalSuperhero: Murakami regards Jessica as "The Unyielding Woman" and Luke as "The Man with Unbreakable Skin".
-->'''Colleen Wing:''' We're apparently bait.
-->'''Murakami:''' ''[in Japanese]'' Exactly.
* TheAdjectivalSuperhero: Murakami regards Jessica as "The Unyielding Woman" and Luke as "The Man with Unbreakable Skin".
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* BattleCouple: Matt and Karen tag-team Murakami when he ambushes the group outside the precinct; Trish, Jessica and Luke fight Murakami's ninjas while also shielding Foggy, Claire and Malcolm; Colleen and Misty tag-team Bakuto.
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* BattleCouple: Matt and Karen tag-team Murakami when he ambushes the group outside the precinct; Trish, Jessica and Luke Luke, who are exes, fight Murakami's ninjas with an assist from Trish while also shielding Foggy, Claire and Malcolm; Colleen and Misty tag-team Bakuto.
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** Colleen becomes much more aggressive against Bakuto after he cuts off Misty's arm, to the point that she almost decapitates him, but Matt talks her out of it saying that they need him alive for answers.
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** Colleen becomes much more aggressive against lets out a scream of rage when Bakuto after he cuts off Misty's arm, to the point that she and almost decapitates him, but Matt talks her out of it saying that they need him alive for answers.answers and settles for knocking him out instead.
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* ImmuneToBullets: Misty tries shooting Bakuto when he shows up at the precinct. The bullets hit...but Bakuto has no reaction to them.
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* ImmuneToBullets: Misty tries shooting Bakuto when he shows up at the precinct. The bullets hit...but Bakuto has no reaction to them. Later, Murakami nonchalantly dodges when Karen and Misty try shooting him.
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* IronicEcho: Matt repeats Foggy's "That's what family's for" back to him as Foggy is assisting a wounded Karen to the getaway van.
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* IronicEcho: Matt repeats Foggy's "That's what family's for" back to him as Foggy is assisting a wounded Karen to into the getaway van.van.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Matt has to desperately hide his secret identity when the precinct is attacked. For the first wave of the attack, Matt hangs back with Foggy and they help Karen and Trish attend to a maimed Claire, while Luke and Jessica fight Bakuto and his men to keep them back while Misty leads the others out to safety. Once outside, Matt plans to slip into an alleyway to change into the Daredevil suit, but is forced to resort to his original costume because there's not enough time to change into the red Devil suit with horns.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Matt has to desperately hide his secret identity when the precinct is attacked. For the first wave of the attack, Matt hangs back with Foggy and they help Karen and Trish attend to a maimed Claire, while Luke and Jessica fight Bakuto and his men to keep them back while Misty leads the others out to safety. Once outside, Matt plans to slip into an alleyway to change into the Daredevil suit, but is forced to resort to his original costume because there's not enough time to change into the red Devil suit with horns.
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* OhCrap: Matt when he senses Murakami's presence and realizes that this is a planned attack on them.
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* OhCrap: Matt OhCrap:
**When the precinct is attacked, Jessica curses "Shit" at knowing the Hand are back, and they've brought an army larger than that they faced at Midland Circle.
**Matt when he senses Murakami's presence and realizes that this is a planned attack onthem.them.
*ParallelConflictSequence: Danny's fight with Elektra in the caves and breaking down the wall with the Iron Fist happens concurrent with Murakami and Bakuto's attack on the precinct.
**When the precinct is attacked, Jessica curses "Shit" at knowing the Hand are back, and they've brought an army larger than that they faced at Midland Circle.
**Matt when he senses Murakami's presence and realizes that this is a planned attack on
*ParallelConflictSequence: Danny's fight with Elektra in the caves and breaking down the wall with the Iron Fist happens concurrent with Murakami and Bakuto's attack on the precinct.
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* ShootTheMedicFirst: Claire is stabbed by Bakuto during his attack on the precinct, forcing Matt, Karen, Foggy, Colleen, Malcolm, Trish, and Misty to coordinate getting her to safety. Once outside, they are ambushed by Murakami, and when it's all said and done, Misty has also lost her right arm and Karen has been stabbed in the knee.
* ShutUpHannibal: Matt and Colleen remain behind to interrogate Bakuto while Luke and Jessica are taking the others to to the hospital. Matt punches Bakuto in the face to knock him out before Bakuto can counterract Matt's defense of Danny.
* ShutUpHannibal: Matt and Colleen remain behind to interrogate Bakuto while Luke and Jessica are taking the others to to the hospital. Matt punches Bakuto in the face to knock him out before Bakuto can counterract Matt's defense of Danny.
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* ShootTheMedicFirst: Claire is stabbed in the shoulder with a poisoned ''tanto'' by Bakuto during his attack on the precinct, forcing Matt, Karen, Foggy, Colleen, Malcolm, Trish, and Misty to coordinate getting her to safety. safety while Jessica and Luke hold off Bakuto's men. Once outside, they are ambushed by Murakami, Murakami and his ninjas, and when it's all said and done, Misty has also lost her right arm and Karen has been stabbed in the knee.
* ShutUpHannibal: Matt and Colleen remain behind to interrogate Bakuto while Luke and Jessica are takingthe others to a wounded Karen, Claire, and Misty to the hospital. Matt punches Bakuto in the face to knock him out before Bakuto can counterract Matt's defense of Danny.
* ShutUpHannibal: Matt and Colleen remain behind to interrogate Bakuto while Luke and Jessica are taking
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* BetaOutfit: Matt is forced to use his old black costume when Murakami ambushes them, and it's still got the rips in it from where . Jessica still mocks him for it:
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** Elektra, in her lust for Matt's darker side, contemplates killing Danny to push Matt over the edge. Learning from Madame Gao about the attack Bakuto and Murakami are carrying out on the precinct, Elektra's first thought is the fact that she could leverage or kill Foggy to bring out Matt's darker side.
* BetaOutfit: Matt is forced to use his old black costume when Murakami and his ninjas ambushes them, and it's still got the rips in it fromwhere .his fight with Fisk and Nobu. Jessica still mocks him for it:
* BetaOutfit: Matt is forced to use his old black costume when Murakami and his ninjas ambushes them, and it's still got the rips in it from
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* BilingualDialogue: Murakami solely speaks in Japanese. To convey this, all of his dialogue is italicized. Most of the time, no one bothers to translate him, except outside the precinct where Colleen has to translate Murakami's words for Karen.
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* TactfulTranslation: When Murakami ambushes the group escaping the precinct, he addresses them in Japanese, but some of the group don't speak the language, making Colleen translate.
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* TactfulTranslation: When Murakami ambushes the group escaping the precinct, he addresses them in Japanese, but some of the group don't speak the language, Karen doesn't understand a word he's saying, making Colleen translate.
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* BackToBackBadasses: Matt, Jessica, Luke, Karen, Claire, Colleen, Misty and Trish all work together to fight off the Hand when they come to the precinct.
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* DefiantToTheEnd[=/=]FaceDeathWithDignity: Captain Strieber keeps his composure even knowing Bakuto is about to kill him.
-->'''Capt. Strieber:''' Detective Knight?
-->'''Misty Knight:''' Sir?
-->'''Capt. Strieber:''' [[KilledMidSentence I am ordering you to get these people out-]]''[Bakuto stabs him through the heart with his katana]''
-->'''Capt. Strieber:''' Detective Knight?
-->'''Misty Knight:''' Sir?
-->'''Capt. Strieber:''' [[KilledMidSentence I am ordering you to get these people out-]]''[Bakuto stabs him through the heart with his katana]''
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* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the plot changes, a lot of things from the original show still happen: Misty Knight still loses her right arm fighting Bakuto, Midland Circle is demolished and Matt is presumed "dead".
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* {{Retcon}}: Elektra's fight with Danny in the pit during the actual show happens simultaneous to Matt, Jessica and Luke's fight upstairs with Madame Gao, Bakuto and Murakami. Here, the fight happens a bit earlier and the power outage triggered by Danny punching out the wall with the Iron Fist is the signal for Bakuto and Murakami to start their attack on the precinct.
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** The Fingers are established to have gotten their abilities due to mastering them as part of their initiation into the priesthood of K'un-L'un: Bakuto took the path of learning healing and endurance, Murakami learned how to mentally slow down time, and Madame Gao studied telekinesis.
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* AscendedExtra: The supporting cast of the standalone shows become a bit more relevant due to actively being targeted by the Hand. Karen Page gets to shine a bit more and her role as one of the hostages in Nobu's attempt to lure in Matt and Elektra becomes relevant as it allows the Hand to determine they need to attack the precinct.
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* AscendedExtra: The supporting cast of the standalone shows become a bit more relevant due to actively being targeted by the Hand. Karen Page gets to shine a bit more and her role as one of the hostages in Nobu's attempt to lure in Matt and Elektra becomes relevant as it allows the Hand to determine they need to attack the precinct. Trish also gets to use her Krav Maga.
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* AscendedExtra: The supporting cast of the standalone shows become a bit more relevant due to actively being targeted by the Hand. Karen Page in particular gets this because her being one of the hostages in Nobu's attempt to lure in Matt and Elektra is what allows the Hand to determine they need to attack the precinct.
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* AscendedExtra: The supporting cast of the standalone shows become a bit more relevant due to actively being targeted by the Hand. Karen Page in particular gets this because to shine a bit more and her being role as one of the hostages in Nobu's attempt to lure in Matt and Elektra is what becomes relevant as it allows the Hand to determine they need to attack the precinct.precinct.
* BattleCouple: Matt and Karen tag-team Murakami when he ambushes the group outside the precinct; Trish, Jessica and Luke fight Murakami's ninjas while also shielding Foggy, Claire and Malcolm; Colleen and Misty tag-team Bakuto.
* BattleCouple: Matt and Karen tag-team Murakami when he ambushes the group outside the precinct; Trish, Jessica and Luke fight Murakami's ninjas while also shielding Foggy, Claire and Malcolm; Colleen and Misty tag-team Bakuto.
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** When outside the precinct, Matt goes for Murakami first when he begins advancing on Karen. Matt becomes more vicious with his punches after Murakami is able to lob a tonfa into Karen's leg.
* BetaOutfit: Foggy brought Matt's old black costume to the precinct in addition to his red Devil costume, allowing Matt to make a faster change when Murakami ambushes them. Jessica still mocks him for it:
* BetaOutfit: Foggy brought Matt's old black costume to the precinct in addition to his red Devil costume, allowing Matt to make a faster change when Murakami ambushes them. Jessica still mocks him for it:
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** When outside the precinct, Matt goes for Murakami first when he begins advancing on Karen. Matt becomes more vicious with his punches after He also practically lets the devil out when Murakami is able to lob lobs a tonfa into Karen's leg.
** Colleen becomes much more aggressive against Bakuto after he cuts off Misty's arm, to the point that she almost decapitates him, but Matt talks her out of it saying that they need him alive for answers.
* BetaOutfit:Foggy brought Matt's Matt is forced to use his old black costume to the precinct in addition to his red Devil costume, allowing Matt to make a faster change when Murakami ambushes them.them, and it's still got the rips in it from where . Jessica still mocks him for it:
** Colleen becomes much more aggressive against Bakuto after he cuts off Misty's arm, to the point that she almost decapitates him, but Matt talks her out of it saying that they need him alive for answers.
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* ActionGirl: We get to see Karen, Trish and Misty be these.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Misty still loses her right arm while fighting helping Colleen fight Bakuto, but it happens outside the precinct instead of at Midland CircleCircle, and happens when the fight is interrupted by the tremors caused by the start of substance mining.
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* BetaOutfit: Foggy brought Matt's old black costume to the precinct in addition to his red Devil costume, allowing Matt to make a faster change. Jessica still mocks him for it:
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* BetaOutfit: Foggy brought Matt's old black costume to the precinct in addition to his red Devil costume, allowing Matt to make a faster change.change when Murakami ambushes them. Jessica still mocks him for it:
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* AdaptationExpansion: The Hand is more fleshed out in this continuity. The relationships between the Fingers are given more explanation, especially with Fingers who never got to interact on-camera (Sowande and Bakuto, in particular).
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* AdaptationExpansion: The AdaptationExpansion:
**The Hand is more fleshed out in this continuity. The relationships between the Fingers are given more explanation, especially with Fingers who never got to interact on-camera (Sowande and Bakuto, inparticular).particular).
**It is explained ''how'' members like Murakami and Bakuto [[StealthHiBye pull their "disappearing into thin air" trick]]: the training they received in K'un-L'un allows them to slow down time around them.
**The Hand is more fleshed out in this continuity. The relationships between the Fingers are given more explanation, especially with Fingers who never got to interact on-camera (Sowande and Bakuto, in
**It is explained ''how'' members like Murakami and Bakuto [[StealthHiBye pull their "disappearing into thin air" trick]]: the training they received in K'un-L'un allows them to slow down time around them.
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* TactfulTranslation: When Murakami ambushes the group escaping the precinct, he addresses them in Japanese, but some of the group don't speak the language, making Colleen translate.
-->'''Murakami:''' ''[in Japanese]'' It would have been easier to shoot every last one of you dead, but then there would be nothing to live for and nothing to lose.
-->'''Karen Page:''' Anyone understand what the hell he just said?
-->'''Colleen Wing:''' He's saying he could have shot us dead with the bows and arrows that each Hand member gets training for, but he's considering this a courtesy and favor for keeping us alive for now.
-->'''Murakami:''' ''[in Japanese]'' It would have been easier to shoot every last one of you dead, but then there would be nothing to live for and nothing to lose.
-->'''Karen Page:''' Anyone understand what the hell he just said?
-->'''Colleen Wing:''' He's saying he could have shot us dead with the bows and arrows that each Hand member gets training for, but he's considering this a courtesy and favor for keeping us alive for now.
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* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: The knife-wound variant. With Claire stabbed, Matt has to tell Karen and Trish to not remove the knife so that Claire won't bleed to death. The ''tonfa'' that Murakami uses to wound Karen is a different case, as Matt can actually pull that one out without risking her bleeding to death.
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* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: The knife-wound variant. With Claire stabbed, Matt has to tell Karen and Trish to not remove the knife ''tonto'' so that Claire won't bleed to death. Which also proves detrimental because the ''tonto'' is also one with a poisoned blade. The ''tonfa'' that Murakami uses to wound Karen is a different case, as Matt can actually pull it's shallow enough that one out without risking her Karen doesn't need to risk bleeding to death.
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* IronicEcho: Matt repeats Foggy's "That's what family's for" back to him as Foggy is assisting a wounded Karen to the getaway van.
* ShutUpHannibal: Matt and Colleen remain behind to interrogate Bakuto while Luke and Jessica are taking the others to to the hospital. Matt punches Bakuto in the face to knock him out before Bakuto can counterract Matt's defense of Danny.
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* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: The knife-wound variant. With Claire stabbed, Matt has to tell Karen and Trish to not remove the knife so that Claire won't bleed to death. The ''tonfa'' that Murakami uses to wound Karen is a different case, as Matt can actually pull that one out without risking her bleeding to death.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Misty still loses her right arm while fighting Bakuto, but it happens outside the precinct instead of at Midland Circle
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* BerserkButton: Claire BerserkButton:
**Claire getting stabbed leads to Luke giving a ferocious beating onBakuto. Bakuto.
**When outside the precinct, Matt goes for Murakami first when he begins advancing on Karen. Matt becomes more vicious with his punches after Murakami is able to lob a tonfa into Karen's leg.
* BetaOutfit: Foggy brought Matt's old black costume to the precinct in addition to his red Devil costume, allowing Matt to make a faster change. Jessica still mocks him for it:
-->'''Jessica Jones:''' The black's better, definitely more slimming to your physique, but you still look like a dick.
**Claire getting stabbed leads to Luke giving a ferocious beating on
**When outside the precinct, Matt goes for Murakami first when he begins advancing on Karen. Matt becomes more vicious with his punches after Murakami is able to lob a tonfa into Karen's leg.
* BetaOutfit: Foggy brought Matt's old black costume to the precinct in addition to his red Devil costume, allowing Matt to make a faster change. Jessica still mocks him for it:
-->'''Jessica Jones:''' The black's better, definitely more slimming to your physique, but you still look like a dick.
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** Trish gets to use her Krav Maga.
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** Trish gets to use her Krav Maga.Maga fighting Murakami and Bakuto.
** The tonto that Bakuto uses to stab Claire is laced with what Matt recognizes as the poison that Nobu's men had coated their blades with when they had attacked him and Elektra in Midland Circle back in season 2.
** Trish volunteers herself to be the driver to get Claire and Misty to the hospital.
** The tonto that Bakuto uses to stab Claire is laced with what Matt recognizes as the poison that Nobu's men had coated their blades with when they had attacked him and Elektra in Midland Circle back in season 2.
** Trish volunteers herself to be the driver to get Claire and Misty to the hospital.
* DodgeTheBullet: Murakami demonstrates an ability to do this when Misty and Karen shoot at him.
* ImmuneToBullets: Misty tries shooting Bakuto when he shows up at the precinct. The bullets hit...but Bakuto has no reaction to them.
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* RealityEnsues: The threats Sowande made to the heroes while he was being interrogated are not bluffs in this version of events.
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* RealityEnsues: The RealityEnsues:
**The threats Sowande made to the heroes while he was being interrogated are not bluffs in this version ofevents.events.
**The stress of another bout with Bakuto causes Colleen's stomach wound from the fifth episode to reopen.
**When the second earthquake hits due to the mining operation beginning, Murakami is in the midst of taking on Matt and Karen. He instinctively flattens himself to the ground and shields his face from debris.
**The threats Sowande made to the heroes while he was being interrogated are not bluffs in this version of
**The stress of another bout with Bakuto causes Colleen's stomach wound from the fifth episode to reopen.
**When the second earthquake hits due to the mining operation beginning, Murakami is in the midst of taking on Matt and Karen. He instinctively flattens himself to the ground and shields his face from debris.
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* ShootTheMedicFirst: Claire is stabbed by Bakuto during his attack on the precinct, forcing Matt, Karen, Foggy, Colleen, Malcolm, Trish, and Misty to coordinate getting her to safety.
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* ShootTheMedicFirst: Claire is stabbed by Bakuto during his attack on the precinct, forcing Matt, Karen, Foggy, Colleen, Malcolm, Trish, and Misty to coordinate getting her to safety. Once outside, they are ambushed by Murakami, and when it's all said and done, Misty has also lost her right arm and Karen has been stabbed in the knee.
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''Soliloquy'' is a fanfic written by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Shadow_Chaser/pseuds/Shadow_Chaser Shadow_Chaser]]. It's an Alternative Universe to the final two episodes of ''Series/TheDefenders2017'', where rather than wait for Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage to come to Danny Rand's rescue, The Hand's leaders decide that the best way to deal with the four heroes is to attack them first.
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* DelayingAction: Bakuto and Murakami coordinate an assault on the 29th Precinct and the heroes' loved ones to break Matt, Luke and Jessica's spirits as well as stall them while they harvest the substance.
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* CopKiller: Bakuto kills Captain Strieber and his men manage to kill or maim several other cops.
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* CopKiller: Bakuto kills Captain Strieber Strieber, and it's clear from the amount of blood on the blade of his men manage katana when he gets to kill or maim them that he's already cut down several other cops.cops with it.
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* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: The knife-wound variant. With Claire stabbed, Matt has to tell Karen and Trish to not remove the knife so that Claire won't bleed to death.
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** The gym bag that Foggy uses to deliver the Daredevil suit to Matt is established to be the gym bag that Matt takes when he works out at Fogwell's Gym. Not only has Foggy brought the armor that Melvin tailored for Matt, but he's also brought Matt's original costume.
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** The gym bag that Foggy uses to deliver the Daredevil suit to Matt is established to be the gym bag that Matt takes when he works out at Fogwell's Gym. Not only has Foggy brought the armor that Melvin tailored for Matt, but he's also brought Matt's original costume.
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* CrazyPrepared: Foggy has brought Matt not just the current Daredevil suit, but also the old black costume Matt wore during his first altercations with Fisk's organization.
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* BerserkButton: Claire getting stabbed leads to Luke absolutely giving a ferocious beating on Bakuto.
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* OhCrap: Matt when he senses Murakami's presence and realizes that this is a planned attack on them.
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>''Bakuto had rather liked his conversations with the other man, even when they had attempted to kill each other numerous times. The ones he found to be the most enlightening usually involved their mutual deaths or the death of one another from time to time. There had been something exciting and he would freely acknowledge, arousing, when he sunk his blade into Sowande or when Sowande scored an extremely well-placed shot in his own body. The black man's – he would never call Sowande African as Sowande was as K'un-L'unan as he was – death had been like a keen blade in his own heart.''
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* AscendedExtra: The supporting cast become a bit more relevant due to actively being targeted by the Hand. Karen Page in particular gets this because her being one of the hostages in Nobu's attempt to lure in Matt and Elektra is what allows the Hand to determine they need to attack the precinct.
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* AscendedExtra: The supporting cast of the standalone shows become a bit more relevant due to actively being targeted by the Hand. Karen Page in particular gets this because her being one of the hostages in Nobu's attempt to lure in Matt and Elektra is what allows the Hand to determine they need to attack the precinct.precinct.
* BerserkButton: Claire getting stabbed leads to Luke absolutely
* BerserkButton: Claire getting stabbed leads to Luke absolutely
** Karen being one of the hostages from Nobu's scheme is acknowledged
** The gym bag that Foggy uses to deliver the Daredevil suit to Matt is established to be the gym bag that Matt takes when he works out at Fogwell's Gym
** When Bakuto and his men attack the precinct, they kill the lights first. Claire is very much reminded of the Hand's attack on Metro-General.
** Matt's past relationship with Claire is acknowledged here.
** Claire recognizes Karen from her part in Wilson Fisk's downfall, and vaguely also recalls her participation in the Frank Castle fiasco
** Trish gets to use her Krav Maga.
* CopKiller: Bakuto kills Captain Strieber and his men manage to kill or maim several other cops.
** When Bakuto and his men attack the precinct, they kill the lights first. Claire is very much reminded of the Hand's attack on Metro-General.
** Matt's past relationship with Claire is acknowledged here.
** Claire recognizes Karen from her part in Wilson Fisk's downfall, and vaguely also recalls her participation in the Frank Castle fiasco
** Trish gets to use her Krav Maga.
* CopKiller: Bakuto kills Captain Strieber and his men manage to kill or maim several other cops.
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* TheCorrupter: Elektra, out of her twisted love for Matt, thinks that killing Danny will be enough to drive him over the edge and bring out his dark side she's so turned on by.
** Elektra is established to have never thought too fondly of Foggy, seeing him as a thorn in the side given how he was Matt's biggest support.
* PointOfDivergence:
**The point of divergence for the heroes' storyline is right after Foggy delivers Matt the gym bag with his Daredevil stuff.
**For Madame Gao, Bakuto and Sowande, the point of divergence is right after Elektra kills Alexandra, and right after Alexandra's remains are removed from the room.
**The point of divergence for the heroes' storyline is right after Foggy delivers Matt the gym bag with his Daredevil stuff.
**For Madame Gao, Bakuto and Sowande, the point of divergence is right after Elektra kills Alexandra, and right after Alexandra's remains are removed from the room.
* SherlockScan: Matt recognizes Colleen's Hand training from her fighting style
* ShootTheMedicFirst: Claire is stabbed by Bakuto during his attack on the precinct, forcing Matt, Karen, Foggy, Colleen, Malcolm, Trish, and Misty to coordinate getting her to safety.
* ShootTheMedicFirst: Claire is stabbed by Bakuto during his attack on the precinct, forcing Matt, Karen, Foggy, Colleen, Malcolm, Trish, and Misty to coordinate getting her to safety.
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** While they're escaping the precinct, Foggy tries to once again warn Matt about not casting off the blind man act, but Matt shuts him down saying that at this point, Claire's health matters more than protecting his secret.
* WrittenInAbsence: Brett Mahoney's absence from ''The Defenders'' is explained here as being because he's onvacation.vacation.
* YouFightLikeACow: Bakuto is not too impressed with Claire's fighting abilities.
-->'''Bakuto:''' Such ferocity, and is this what Colleen is resorting to sending me when she can't fight her battles? Not even a full trainee?
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* YouFightLikeACow: Bakuto is not too impressed with Claire's fighting abilities.
-->'''Bakuto:''' Such ferocity, and is this what Colleen is resorting to sending me when she can't fight her battles? Not even a full trainee?
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''Soliloquy'' is a fanfic written by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Shadow_Chaser/pseuds/Shadow_Chaser Shadow_Chaser]]. It's an Alternative Universe to the final two episodes of ''Series/TheDefenders2017'', where rather than wait for Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage to come to Danny Rand's rescue, The Hand's leaders decide that the best way to deal with the four heroes is to attack them first.
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!!Tropes contained in this fanfic:
* AdaptationExpansion: The Hand is more fleshed out in this continuity. The relationships between the Fingers are given more explanation, especially with Fingers who never got to interact on-camera (Sowande and Bakuto, in particular).
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Hand are more ruthless due to deciding to attack the heroes' loved ones at the precinct.
* AscendedExtra: The supporting cast become a bit more relevant due to actively being targeted by the Hand. Karen Page in particular gets this because her being one of the hostages in Nobu's attempt to lure in Matt and Elektra is what allows the Hand to determine they need to attack the precinct.
* TheBusCameBack: Tyler, the red-headed woman who had helped Nobu coordinate his kidnapping scheme and put a gun to Karen's head on the hostage bus, returns.
* ContinuityNod:
**When the Hand attack the precinct, Karen grabs from her purse the gun we saw her draw on Frank Castle before her apartment got shot up.
**The Fingers use the scheme Nobu had tried to use to hit the heroes' loved ones. They also acknowledge its failures.
**Elektra remembers Tyler very well and has plans to kill her.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Elektra looks at Madame Gao as the ring finger of the Hand: considered the weakest, but in reality one of the strongest that was hidden and worked in concert with the other fingers of a hand.
* FriendlyEnemy: Bakuto considers that he and Sowande were these before Sowande's beheading. Sowande's men have pledged loyalty to Bakuto in light of their boss's death.
>''Bakuto had rather liked his conversations with the other man, even when they had attempted to kill each other numerous times. The ones he found to be the most enlightening usually involved their mutual deaths or the death of one another from time to time. There had been something exciting and he would freely acknowledge, arousing, when he sunk his blade into Sowande or when Sowande scored an extremely well-placed shot in his own body. The black man's – he would never call Sowande African as Sowande was as K'un-L'unan as he was – death had been like a keen blade in his own heart.''
* HiddenDepths: The Fingers are more fleshed out here.
**Sowande, despite being dead by this point, is established to have a very friendly relationship with Bakuto.
**Murakami is established to have not thought highly of Nobu.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: By virtue of always being under Alexandra's thumb, Elektra knows pretty much everything about the operation even if she had been mostly mute up until her killing Alexandra.
* RealityEnsues: The threats Sowande made to the heroes while he was being interrogated are not bluffs in this version of events.
* WhatTheHellHero:
**A villainous example happens as Murakami expresses annoyance at Bakuto for not grabbing Danny when he went to attack Claire and Colleen.
* WrittenInAbsence: Brett Mahoney's absence from ''The Defenders'' as being because he's on vacation.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Elektra senses that the Fingers are planning on eliminating her once they get to the substance. So she in turn has plans to get rid of them.
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!!Tropes contained in this fanfic:
* AdaptationExpansion: The Hand is more fleshed out in this continuity. The relationships between the Fingers are given more explanation, especially with Fingers who never got to interact on-camera (Sowande and Bakuto, in particular).
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Hand are more ruthless due to deciding to attack the heroes' loved ones at the precinct.
* AscendedExtra: The supporting cast become a bit more relevant due to actively being targeted by the Hand. Karen Page in particular gets this because her being one of the hostages in Nobu's attempt to lure in Matt and Elektra is what allows the Hand to determine they need to attack the precinct.
* TheBusCameBack: Tyler, the red-headed woman who had helped Nobu coordinate his kidnapping scheme and put a gun to Karen's head on the hostage bus, returns.
* ContinuityNod:
**When the Hand attack the precinct, Karen grabs from her purse the gun we saw her draw on Frank Castle before her apartment got shot up.
**The Fingers use the scheme Nobu had tried to use to hit the heroes' loved ones. They also acknowledge its failures.
**Elektra remembers Tyler very well and has plans to kill her.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Elektra looks at Madame Gao as the ring finger of the Hand: considered the weakest, but in reality one of the strongest that was hidden and worked in concert with the other fingers of a hand.
* FriendlyEnemy: Bakuto considers that he and Sowande were these before Sowande's beheading. Sowande's men have pledged loyalty to Bakuto in light of their boss's death.
>''Bakuto had rather liked his conversations with the other man, even when they had attempted to kill each other numerous times. The ones he found to be the most enlightening usually involved their mutual deaths or the death of one another from time to time. There had been something exciting and he would freely acknowledge, arousing, when he sunk his blade into Sowande or when Sowande scored an extremely well-placed shot in his own body. The black man's – he would never call Sowande African as Sowande was as K'un-L'unan as he was – death had been like a keen blade in his own heart.''
* HiddenDepths: The Fingers are more fleshed out here.
**Sowande, despite being dead by this point, is established to have a very friendly relationship with Bakuto.
**Murakami is established to have not thought highly of Nobu.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: By virtue of always being under Alexandra's thumb, Elektra knows pretty much everything about the operation even if she had been mostly mute up until her killing Alexandra.
* RealityEnsues: The threats Sowande made to the heroes while he was being interrogated are not bluffs in this version of events.
* WhatTheHellHero:
**A villainous example happens as Murakami expresses annoyance at Bakuto for not grabbing Danny when he went to attack Claire and Colleen.
* WrittenInAbsence: Brett Mahoney's absence from ''The Defenders'' as being because he's on vacation.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Elektra senses that the Fingers are planning on eliminating her once they get to the substance. So she in turn has plans to get rid of them.
