Iron Fist 1.03

Rolling Thunder Cannon Punch

Colleen Wing gets a visit from some guys from Rand Security. They break into her dojo late at night. There is a brief fight wihich she wins and they go scurrying off after warning her that the guy who claims to be Danny Rand has escaped from the mental institution. As they are leaving she spots Danny, hiding on the ceiling. She helps him but insists that he cannot stay long.

Danny visits Joy at her apartment. She apologizes for drugging him and offers him $100 million to walk away from the company his father founded. He turns down her offer.

Danny attempts to re-establish his identity and his claim to the company that bears his name. He contacts Jerry Hogarth, who was his father's lawyer and played a big role in season 1 of Jessica Jones. She promises to help him. They need something to prove Danny's identity but can't seem to find any trace of anything that will help to prove that he is Danny Rand. He tries tracking down some x-rays that were taken after a skateboarding accident only to discover that someone hired by the Meachum's got there first and is about to burn the room where the records are stored. They fight but Danny isn't able to stop him from setting the room on fire.

Joy and Ward talk quite a bit about what to do about Danny. It becomes clear to me now, I don't recall if I noticed this before, that Joy does not know that their father is still alive and well. The secret seems to be eating away at Ward. Joy seems to be the tougher one in this episode. I'm really starting to wonder whose side she is on. At times it seems like she wants to side with Danny, but I'm also left wondering if that is all just a ruse. It doesn't seem outside of the realm of possibilities that she might be playing her brother and Danny off against one another. Her ultimate goal maybe to help herself.

Colleen takes part in a steel cage match. This part seemed a bit weird and out of character. Earlier in the episode she was giving one of her students a hard time for taking part in illegal fights. At first I thought she was there to find her student and make sure he was safe but he was nowhere to be seen.

Madame Gao shows up, although you only hear her voice. I suspected it was her and the credits on IMDB confirm that it was. She pays a visit to Harold Meachum to chastise him for visiting Danny in the mental hospital. She first showed up in season 1 of Daredevil. Earlier in the episode Danny mentioned to Joy that her father paid him a visit. He thought it was a dream, a side effect of the drugs they gave had him. She later mentions it to Ward. I wonder if she suspects that their father is alive?

There were a few sudden and weird twists in this episode, like the steel cage match. There was also the piece of clay pottery that Jerry Hogarth somehow got her hands on. It was a gift from Danny to Joy years ago. It seems like Joy must have somehow given it to Hogath, but why? I didn't think this episode was great. The best part is the Meachums, all three of them. Danny Rand has yet to win me over. I'm not about to give up on this show but it is far from great or without shortcomings.