'Iron Fist' Recap: 'Immortal Emerges from Cave'

3/24/2017

Written by Scott Edwards

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Danny is surprised to find himself holding one of the most valuable assets of the Hand, their chemist that will be creating their synthetic heroin. With such a powerful card to play, Danny has now put another target on his chest and will have to come face to face with the ones he is to destroy sooner rather than later. Rand Enterprises on the other hand is having issues of their own as Danny’s video promising to make things right has gone viral and Ward has gone crazy with the heroin that Danny is trying to stop from getting onto the streets.

After a rough night of trying the Hand’s new synthetic heroin, Ward is back on his feet and ready to start a new day, however his sister Joy is not sure that he is ready. Lying about his problem, Ward happily throws away all of his medications to appease her, but little does he know what he is doing. Needing to be able to get Danny to show up for an emergency meeting about the company, Ward falls short, but that is not his only issue as he sees the head of a fallen warrior in the back of a trailer and now he needs help from his drugs more than ever. Finding that his garbage has been taken out for the day, he needs to find some way to cope with what is coming his way and will do everything in his power to get yet another fix.

Being able to save Radovan’s life for the time being with the help of Colleen and Claire, Danny finds out what is driving the chemist to work for the Hand. With his daughter being thrown into the mix, Radovan is not willing to step out of the shadows, even if it means saving his own life. Figuring out more about the Hand, Danny uses his assets at the company to find out where they might be hiding the daughter of his new friend and makes a day of it trying to find her. Finding an invitation in the mouth of a decapitated head of a fallen warrior, Danny knows what must be done to save the girl and will stop at nothing to bring her home safe.

Claire is starting to see Radovan's vital signs fail and knows that there is only one way to keep him alive, to get him to the hospital. Trying to keep her appearance under wraps, she is shocked to run into Shirley Benson who seems to be waiting for her in the emergency room. With her past in the hospital not being so nice, Claire fears for the worst, but does not tell Colleen what they should be expecting. As time rolls on, Claire is tired of waiting for an update on Radovan and asks where he has been admitted to, but there is no record of the man even being checked in. Knowing that something is wrong, Claire and Colleen check the security footage to see that Radovan is being taken out of the hospital by someone that does not work there. With him being their only bargaining chip, the two try to interrupt the apprehension of the chemist, but find out that they are much too late.

Danny arrives at the address indicated in his note to meet Madame Gao who is ready, for the Iron Fist to fight to the death. As the terms are being laid out Danny makes it known he wants Radovan’s daughter free from the clutches of the Hand, and he also wants them out of his building. With an agreement on the table, Danny is forced to fight in three different stages of combat and while not killing anyone in the first two, his will is tested in the third as visions of his master Lei Kung appear in his mind about what needs to be done next. Knowing that he must concede if he wants to save the girl’s life, Danny forces himself to do so against his master’s wishes, since he is not on this mission to defeat the Hand, but that might cost him in the long run since all of their greatest warriors are still breathing and will be waiting to fight another day.

I would have called this episode reflections, since that is really what everything was being based off of for the characters. Danny is using what he learned from Master Lei Kung in K’un Lun, to put down the threat that is in front of him to save an innocent, but fails at his quest to destroy the Hand with his first opportunity to do so. Against her better judgement, Claire is forced to take her patient to the hospital where she was fired from to save his life and finds out that they are still as corrupt as ever and will cause her more issues. Ward likes to try and tell himself that he does not have a drug problem, but after a long meeting, it is apparent that he needs it much more than even he could possibly imagine. What I liked most about this episode is that everyone was human with their faults, be it not following through with their destined path or admitting that they need help, I think that this is what is sitting very well with me about this series. I do hope that both Danny and Ward are able to find common ground somewhere and talk about being drugged up at some point, because most people would not be able to even talk after having so much pumped through their bodies. Well, we saw a taste of what the Hand has to offer in the fight, so I am happy with that, but now it is time to find out what else they have up their sleeves when it comes to meeting the newest Iron Fist.

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