History Recap / IronFist2017S1E1SnowGivesWay

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: If you just walk right into a million dollar company looking like a hobo and claiming you are the long lost son of the previous owner, of course everybody is going to be skeptical. Acting extremely aggravated, beating up security guards and breaking into the home of somebody is definitely NotHelpingYourCase.

* CuckooNest: Danny is drugged by Joy and sent to an asylum, where his claims of being Danny Rand will be ignored.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: A RunningGag involves people telling this BarefootLoon where he can get some cheap shoes. Danny eventually accepts a pair from Colleen.

* FeetFirstIntroduction: Showing that our hero DoesNotLikeShoes.

** Danny walks into Colleen's dojo and says "I want to challenge your master." [[spoiler:Bakudo? One of the five fingers of the Hand? Sworn enemy of the Chaste and the masters of K'un-Lun? Yeah, Danny ''does'' want to challenge her master.]]

** Harold's remark about Kyle ("Get them while they are young. Give them twice what they are worth; it inspires loyalty") foreshadows the cult like methods the Hand use for recruitment. That sort of grooming behavior is also common among abusers, psychopaths, and narcissists.

** Harold's remark about Kyle ("Get them while they are young. Give them twice what they are worth; it inspires loyalty") foreshadows the cult like methods the Hand use for recruitment.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Back when travel, whether by ship or by plane, was more dangerous, people showing up out of nowhere claiming to be the heir to a fortune wasn't unheard of. It's far more uncommon these days, with planes and helicopters and cell phones making it so a person will either be rescued or confirmed dead in a few days.

* ProductPlacement: Apparently K'un-L'un provides its disciples with [=iPods=].

* CassandraTruth: If you just walk right into a million dollar company looking like a hobo and claiming you are the long lost son of the previous owner, of course everybody is going to be skeptical. Acting extremely aggravated, beating up security guards and breaking into the home of somebody is definitely NotHelpingYourCase.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Harold's remark about Kyle ("Get them while they are young. Give them twice what they are worth; it inspires loyalty") foreshadows the cult like methods the Hand use for recruitment.

* KeyUnderTheDoormat: Danny tries to enter his old house using a key he knows is hidden outside. RealityEnsues and it doesn't fit as the lock has been changed years ago.

* RealityEnsues: If you just walk right into a million dollar company looking like a hobo and claiming you are the long lost son of the previous owner, of course everybody is going to be skeptical. Acting extremely aggravated, beating up security guards and breaking into the home of somebody is definitely NotHelpingYourCase.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: A RunningGag involves people telling Danny where he can get some cheap shoes. He eventually accepts a pair from Colleen.

* CallBack: As if acknowledging [[Series/LukeCage the previous Netflix Marvel series]], the episode proper kicks off with a hiphop tune despite taking place in a very upmarket and white neighborhood.

* TheBully: As shown in a flashback of Danny, Joy, and Ward playing Monopoly, Ward was this to Danny as a child, constantly picking on him for seemingly no reason other than his father telling him that rules are for pussies. Danny later also mentions a few other times he tormented him. Despite this, Ward still seems to have thought of Danny as a friend back then and denies any of that happened.