The third episode of Iron Fist (2017).
After escaping from the Birch Psychiatric Hospital, Danny takes legal steps to get back what belongs to him. Meanwhile, Harold gets put in his place by the Hand.
- Affably Evil: The thug breaking into Colleen's dojo tries to reason with her once he finds Danny is (apparently) not there. Though that might also have something to do with Colleen having just kicked all their asses.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: For all the complications of drugs and money and an undead father and a mystical society willing to kill them all... Ward and Joy really do have a loving relationship.
- Backhanded ComplimentDanny: You were like a brother to me! A terrible jackass of a brother, but still!
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Jeri gives Danny money to smarten himself up, pointing out the hobo look is Not Helping Your Case.
- Bait the Dog: Joy seemingly tries to reconnect with Danny, only to try have him sign a deal in which he gets a (relatively) low amount of money ($100 million) and has to legally change his name, meaning abandoning everything that rightfully belongs to him. As Jeri later points out, Danny's rightful share of the company is worth billions. Then again, she also goes behind Ward's back to slip Danny the pottery mug with the fingerprint, which Ward quickly figures out in the next episode.
- Berserk Button: Showing disrespect and lacking discipline in a dojo shows to be one for Danny, as he violently puts one of Colleen's students in his place when he taunts him one too many times. Colleen is not amused.
- Blood Knight: One of the reasons why Colleen joins the fight club.
- Canon Welding: Madame Gao is revealed to be a member of the Hand after being introduced in Daredevil (2015) as member of a separate organization whose only apparent affiliation with the Hand was that they were both tied to Wilson Fisk. Given her heroin was inscribed with the sigil of the Steel Serpent, itself derived from the Iron Fist's Shou Lao tattoo, this was likely intended from the beginning.
- Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Harold once again stresses how important it is to keep Danny alive and disciplines his son never to ignore his orders again.
- Casual Danger Dialogue: While sparring with Colleen, Danny chats with her about using internal instead of external energy.
- Ceiling Cling: Danny does this in Colleen's dojo to hide himself from Ward's men.
- Cliffhanger: The episode ends with Danny being shoved out the penthouse window he just broke into.
- Continuity Cameo: Jeri Hogarth returns. Turns out she was once an intern for Rand Enterprises. She agrees to help Danny regain control of Rand Enterprises, on the condition that he put her firm on retainer if they succeed.
- Continuity Nod: The organ donor is at Metro-General Hospital, Claire Temple's former workplace.
- Curb-Stomp Battle:
- Colleen disposes of Ward's goons pretty easily.
- Later averted with Colleen's cage fight against Rusty, where she first seems to be able to dodge his attacks and put him down casually, but then he uses his bulk and dirty fighting techniques to actually give her a quite brutal fight.
- The Dreaded: Madame Gao appears at Harold's penthouse and puts him in his place, forcing him to kneel on shards of glass.
- Good is Not Nice:
- Danny was seemingly beaten bloody by monks of the Order of the Crane Mother as part of his training.
- After finally knocking down Rusty, Colleen is shown beating his face bloody to ensure he won't get up again.
- Hypocrite: Colleen tells a student his prize-fighting for money is wrong, but later turns up herself to take on the Open challenge.
- Interface Spoiler: Despite Madame Gao being hidden in shadow when she appears in Harold's penthouse, her identity is given away if you've already watched Daredevil (2015), or if you have the subtitles turned on. Or the fact that Wai Ching Ho is listed in the credits.
- Kneel Before Zod: When Madame Gao turns up in his apartment unexpectedly, Harold drops a glass in shock, and she orders him to get down on his hands and knees on the broken glass as a sign of submission.
- My God, What Have I Done?: When Colleen calls Danny out for hitting one of her students, she says she's providing them a safe space from family abuse and bullying on the streets. Danny looks deeply ashamed, due to having been bullied by Ward as a child, though he doesn't yet recognize his experience in K'un-Lun as abuse. He sniffs, apologizes, stands, bows, and leaves.
- Mythology Gag: Colleen dubs herself "The Daughter of the Dragon" to participate in the clandestine cage match. Daughters of the Dragon was the name of a comic book starring Misty Knight and her, as well as their collective nickname.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Colleen gives a vicious one to Rusty to win the cage match.
- No-Sell: Colleen tries a pure strength blow against Rusty. It doesn't go nearly as well as her pressure point strikes and joint manipulations.
- Oh, Crap!: Ward has two moments. First one when Jeri presents him Danny's fingerprint, providing a legal proof for his identity and the second one when he realizes that both Danny and Joy may know that Harold is still alive.
- Pressure Point: Having learned this from Danny, Colleen uses this move in her fight against Rusty after he has her pinned to the floor.
- Sadist Teacher: Young Danny is shown being beaten by the monks, and hits one of Colleen's students when he mocks him during a lesson. Colleen is not impressed, pointing out her dojo is a haven for people who face street violence and domestic abuse.
- Scary Black Man: It's the second one sent out by Ward, this time to burn the medical records that might have Danny's skateboard accident among them.
- Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: Danny might have been willing to take the $100 million offer if it weren't for the requirement that he legally change his name.
- Ship Tease: There's noticeable sparks flying when Danny spars with Colleen, but Danny messes things up by mistreating a student and she throws him out.
- Sincerity Mode: Harold shmuck-punches his son to punish him for disobeying his orders, but when he returns later and seems on the verge of refusing to obey him, he shows his injuries from Gao's visit and pleads for his help, saying all their lives are in danger.
- Something Only They Would Say: Danny successfully convinces Jeri of his identity by reminding her that she was an intern in Rand's legal department, she called his secretary a hatched-faced bitch and Jeri gave him 5 bucks to keep him quiet. She asks where was her office and desk. He accurately remembers that she didn't have one and used a foldable table in the copyroom with a file under one leg, which she takes as enough evidence it's him. Which is remarkably faster than the Meachums, but then again, Jeri did witness Kilgrave's abilities up close so is more likely to believe in the unlikely.
- Take That!: When Colleen dodges all of Rusty's initial attacks during their cage match, he tells her to "cut the Floyd Mayweather shit".
- Trapped in Villainy: Both Ward and Harold discuss this, Ward when he talks with Joy and mentions how often he just wants to walk away from all this, and Harold when he tells Ward that he and Joy will be killed by the Hand if he doesn't continue to help him.
- Unperson: Ward has removed any evidence that Danny Rand even existed, right down to a library card, so no-one can verify his identity. Danny turns up just as a thug is torching his medical records as well.
- Would Hit a Girl: Rusty. The announcer thinks the pairing is one-sided, since on top of Rusty being twice Colleen's size he fights dirty, but since he paid the entry fee he can't stop it.
