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Netflix’s latest superhero show

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part because of how they focus on why such a get-together shouldn’t work at all.

But before Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Iron Fist (Finn Jones) team up to defend New York City, the producers divide the four into pairs.

Matt Murdock is still reeling from the pain of losing the woman he loved, Elektra (more on that later), and has left his Daredevil/ vigilante days behind to focus on being the best lawyer possible. And who should end up needing a good, affordable attorney? Jessica Jones.

Murdock and Jones butt heads from the start as they realise they’re both investigat­ing something that connects to an evil scheme.

That something is Sigourney Weaver’s Alexandra, who may be the biggest surprise of

She’s a compelling villain with a mysterious past that borders on the unbelievab­le – we can’t say more than that without giving too much away.

Also on Alexandra’s trail is Danny Rand, the Immortal Iron Fist, who realises that she is connected to some of his father’s company’s previous shady financial dealings. Some of the grunt work of those deals is handled by young men in Harlem, which puts Luke Cage into the path of the Iron Fist, literally: The two come to blows before Cage gets a chi-glowing fist to the jaw. SUPER: If they can stand one another lon just might save New York City.

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